Here We Go Again!

By The Tippler - April 17 2012
Here We Go Again!
Start getting yourself in the good books and get your pass sorted out for Saturday July 7th 2012.  Your hard working  Cask Ale Research Team is already busy  finding the very best ales for our second West BeerFest ...

Even before they'd taken their first sip the CART boys had decided to bring back last year's quickest seller - the fearsome but strangely  refreshing Jaipur from the Thornbridge brewery.

Sadly, it doesn't look like the 2011 Festival Favourite - Filly Drift - will be available this year  so CART is busy trying to find something which matches  as close as possible.

Thornbridge Jaipur
 For some reason it's taking them some time. All they have to do is  find is a beer which is: "A rich brown, easy drinking beer. Full bodied malty taste with a fruity, hoppy aroma. Brewed with fair trade sugar. The beer name was inspired by the practice in the New Forest of rounding up and checking the horses which is done at this time of year."

However, Ringwood will be well represented at this year's West BeerFest with "Boondoggle," " Fortyniner," and "Old Thumper. Watch this space for updates on the latest ales and ciders as well as for the Bands and the wines at the West Wine Bar ....