Wednesday 21 May 2014

Drinking in Dorking

I got down to Dorking beer festival on Saturday, and event run by Surrey Craft Beer. It was billed as Dorking's first beer festival, though unlike the organisers I can remember the previous CAMRA festival, though admittedly it is a couple of decades since it stopped.











The beer range was surprisingly small for a beer festival, so I went straight for pints. I was hoping to find a mild but it was not to be. It's looking like it's going to be a mildless may for me.

 The beer was bright, didn't really show them at their best so I won't comment further on them.

I had a great time though. Sitting out in the sun drinking beer has a lot to be said for it.





We headed off when it started to get cold, after only modest intake for a beer festival. It was quite enough though for us the fully appreciate the mural in a subway on the way home.




They must have some strong acid in Dorking.
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6 comments:

  1. Anonymous21 May 2014 at 11:49

    I was there on Friday at 6pm, took 30 minutes to get the first beer. Chaotic. Crap food and expensive. More of a charity event with some beers than a feer festival. Would have liked to meet brewers. Should've gone to Kingston one instead. No wonder Surrey Hills skipped this one.

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    1. Ed21 May 2014 at 19:05

      Ouch. It was their first festival so I think it was quite a learning experience for them. They had to get local breweries to re-stock their supplies on the Saturday too.

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  2. Curmudgeon21 May 2014 at 13:10

    From the look of them, they are moles, as in the name of the local river.

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  3. Cooking Lager21 May 2014 at 14:44

    call that a set of festival pictures? Wheres the fat bloke with a festival t shirt? The man dressed as Gandalf? The stewards that look like a zz top tribute band? The man with the tankard belt holster?

    C-
    could do better.

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    1. Ed21 May 2014 at 19:03

      Well the last beer festival I was at a got a picture of old blokes singing along to the Wild Rover so I think I'm still ahead on points as far as sterotypes go.

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