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Craft Beer

Saucy Jack said:
I like craft beer but I don't think it's any better than real ale aside from being served cold. The stuff you buy in the shop comes in much smaller bottles than real ale and for twice the price and its no better really.

Far as I can tell, craft beer is just the hipster name for real ale .
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Quite interesting, and I tend to agree...

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I shall be partaking of a (hopefully) nice citrus based IPA possibly two , on Saturday afternoon

James said:
Are they all there at all times?
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It doesn't say. There was a lot of criticism last year about there being a reduced range available at certain times so you'd hope they had learnt from it but can't find a program or owt

Edit - I have asked them if they have a list
 
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Henners61 said:
Cheers .. only time I can get thru is Saturday afternoon and its sold out :-(
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I'm waiting to hear from a mate to see if her and her husband are still coming - if for some reason they're not I might have two tickets spare

They say they are working on a list of what beers will be on each day's but with so many different Brewers bringing a selection it's a bit difficult - doesn't sound that difficult tbh but they're working on j
 
Nookie Bear said:
I'm waiting to hear from a mate to see if her and her husband are still coming - if for some reason they're not I might have two tickets spare

They say they are working on a list of what beers will be on each day's but with so many different Brewers bringing a selection it's a bit difficult - doesn't sound that difficult tbh but they're working on j
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Cheers Nookie , just called my mate and he in tied into a Halloween thing with the family so cant make it . Thanks anyway
 
Saucy Jack said:
I like craft beer but I don't think it's any better than real ale aside from being served cold. The stuff you buy in the shop comes in much smaller bottles than real ale and for twice the price and its no better really.

Far as I can tell, craft beer is just the hipster name for real ale .
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Not all real ales are craft beer, and not all craft beer is a real ale.

As I understand it, real ale generally refers to "traditional" cask conditioned ales, low carbonation levels and, generally, using traditional British hops (although some do use "New World" hops). They are generally tied in to CAMRA definitions, and quite a few real ale breweries are rather large (Marstons for example), as well as there being plenty of microbreweries that brew real ale.

Craft beer has more variety - different beer styles which lend themselves to different carbonation levels, often using "New World" American, Australian or New Zealand hops, large amounts in some of the American style ales. Usually associated with smaller breweries (in America there's a legal definition over what size of brewery can call themselves craft brewers but the same doesn't apply in the U.K. where the likes of Goose Island, owned by ABInBev, and Blue Moon, owned by coors, are often referred to as craft beer brands) and more experimentation.
 
I might go to this thing on Saturday. Any chance of just walking up and getting in?
 
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