4th
April 2009: Derbyshire Brewer wins Beer
of the Festival at the 19th Sussex Beer
& Cider Festival
“There was no sign of the credit
crunch at the 19th Sussex Beer & Cider
Festival recently held at the Hove Centre.
A record of over 4,200 people attended the
three day festival and nearly drank all
the beer”, says Peter Mitchell, Festival
Publicity Officer. “Not only was the
beer a big attraction but the Cider and
Perry bar was completely sold out by 9.00pm
despite a late reorder.” The Friday
and Saturday night sessions were completely
sold out with Thursday evening very busy.
Jaipur IPA from the Thornbridge brewery
based at Bakewell, Derbyshire was voted
Beer of the Festival. The winning beer is
described as “a complex and well balanced
beer, hoppy and dangerously drinkable.”
Cider of the Festival was JB from West Sussex
and Perry of the festival was Gwatkins Oldfield
Perry.
Dark Star brewery based at Ansty won the
Bev Robbins award presented by the Brighton
& Southdowns branch for the best Sussex
Beer with their Saison and they also took
the first three places in the South East
Regional Champion Beer of Britain competition
with Imperial Stout in first place, American
Pale Ale second and Original third place.
Espresso Stout was first in the Speciality
Class.
Thanks to the generosity of the festival
goers who donated unused tokens, the festival
charity the SusSAR benefited by £1,100
and over £ 700 collected in cash boxes.
Next years festival will be held on the
11th – 13th March 2010.
Peter Mitchell
Publicity Officer for the Sussex Beer and
Cider Festival
April 2009
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