GBBF 2013

not a gimmick, just a bit of persuading them that it would be worthwhile. It was sublime, a true English Sour.

 

Don't think anyone complained that not every brewery is there. But I.suppose if anyone was going to have had a super secret special role in it, no surprise it's you.

 

Try Nottingham in October.More beers, cheaper, less fuss.

 

my only role has been to coordinate the BSF entry for the programme.

 

Au contraire -- please do.

 

Ah yes, but will Cromarty be allowed to send beer despite being available in both cask and the supposed dreaded craft keg?

 

Oddly I remembered that a few hours ago, and realised that two of the three medals won by Tiny Rebel at the Welsh fest are also available on keg (Urban IPA and Fubar, which got Silver and Bronze, Dirty Stop Out got Gold but I don't think its on keg).

Hell they even had several keg taps at the fest, for the likes of Artisan and maybe the foreign beers.

 

Why wouldn't they?

 

exactly, if invited to send beer they will be invited to send Cask. CAMRA has nothing against Keg, it's just not relevant to the campaign to preserve Real Ale.
It's the likes of certain breweries who like to perpetuate this myth and their fans who swallow it whole.

 

Is it not because of the precedence of camra not allowing a Cromarty beer due to it being also available on keg? From the camra rule book saying something like only beers solely on cask are allowed to be served at their festivals, or something similar to that effect.

 

That's exactly what I understood and the reason why I asked the question. And FWIW, I stand between the CAMRA and craft worlds seeing the pros of both but won't turn a blind eye when either faction dives into the depths of the asinine, pigheadedness or pretension.

 

Aren't foreign brewers the only ones allowed to showcase their beers through kegs?

 

we do not, and never have served any beer using CO2 at GBBF. Cask Conditioned beers from USA for over 20 years (longer than any USA Festival), German & Czech beers (unfiltered) with air pressure where needed, Belgian, Dutch, Italian, Irish, Japanese, Finnish none of them have been been served using CO2 or the abominable Nitro.

 

Oooooooooooh...Will there be many Japanese beers this year?

 

not this year, and Toshii is now in Guam

 

That's a shame, though I'm sure I'll make do...Somehow.

 

Thanks. Good to know.

 

shortly, by which I guess CAMRA mean in the next couple of days.