Good Beer Guide Leads to the 2010 Derby Beer Festival
Derby is normally referred to as the real ale capital of England and due to it’s reputation for beer quality, seems to be the place to visit or live if you want an ‘all-year-round’ beer festival.
This point is emphasised in the month of July when locals and visitors alike descend on the Midlands Beer Capital for the annual Derby Beer Festival.
The festival takes place at the Derby Assembly Rooms with beer-lovers ready and willing to devour the excellent range of traditional ales, cider, Perry, bottled conditioned and overseas beers on offer. With well over 100 traditional ales from all over the UK available across its 5-day length, there really is something for everyone. Each session has its own musical entertainment in the form of folk, rock and tribute acts.
The of the Assemble Rooms is where the majority of the beers are located but the Darwin suite is also utilised and hosts an ever-changing variety of beer from local and semi-local breweries. Actually,the Darwin suite proves very popular due to it’s somewhat more intimate environment.
Food is available during the festival but over recent years, this has been expensive and of questionable quality. Either take your own or eat before you go in(or have that customary annual kebab on your journey home).
This annual festival is operated by volunteers from the Derby branch of The Campaign for Real Ale, or CAMRA as it is commonly abbreviated. Founded in 1971 as a non-profit consumer association, CAMRA has fought and won many battles to retain real Ale and the traditional British pub. It was set up to champion consumers’ rights and recent victories being to expose pubs serving short drink measures and to break-up the monopolies of large beer conglomerates.
The economic recession and additional alcohol duty has seen a radical reduction in profitable public houses across the UK with a substantial amount closing or diversifying their business. This has been a testing time for CAMRA who continue to fight for the rights of Ale lovers and pub landlords alike.
The 33rd Derby Beer Festival will be held at the Derby Assembly Rooms between Wednesday 7th and Sunday 11th July 2010 and this is the very first year when there will be all day opening on the Thursday, Friday and Saturday (11.30 – 23.00).
For full details on this excellent festival, visit http://www.derbybeerfestival.co.uk
It is expected that the opening ceremony will take place on Wednesday evening at 1815 in the Market Place by the Mayor of Derby, the Beer King plus a Private Derby-Mercian Regimental Mascot.
There is also a winter Derby Beer Festival to complement the summer festival but this is on a smaller scale and limited to the Darwin Suite at the Assembly Rooms in February each year.
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