Alton Winter Beer Festival - 2007
Congratulations and a big thanks to all involed in yesterday's lunchtime session.
Superb organisation, excellent beers and good music to boot.
Sandy, Aldershot
Thanks to the organisers, bar staff and the many others who helped out to make this an enjoyable event
(even with the unexpected fire alarm break). A nice selection of ales and ciders, impressive venue and well
run, not overcrowded so room to move about and excellent bar service - just how a beer festival should be.
Made for a relaxing and enjoyable afternoon drinking session, 10 out of 10 - keep up the good work.
Graham, Folkestone
Thank you very much for a very good beer fest, yet again....the committee and all the helpers
once again pulled out all the stops to make it so, and the music was fab.
Ken, Alton
Alton Beer Festival - Summer 2005
When you see a column of men looking very determined while making
their way through the town towards the Community Centre then it is
bound to be the occasion of Alton Beer Festival ..... More than 750 made
the trek, and they were not all male by a long shot ..... In all, 3,150
pints of beer were consumed and an estimated £4,000 minimum raised for
local charities..... beers came from a variety of breweries .... there
were dark bitters and ones that were strawberry coloured, blonde, golden,
copper and light amber, as well as session bitters, summer ales, tawny
bitter and milds. Mr Whitehead's company supplied three cask ciders,
from medium to dry. The beers came from far and wide ..... their strengths
varied from an ABV of just 3.7 up to a mind-numbing 7.5. Two new breweries
were represented - Surrey Hills with their Shere Drop, and Crondall
with Mr T's Wedding Ale...... Judged the best beer in the festival was
Shere Drop, the first brew from Surrey Hills Brewery, which was awarded
the coveted Slaphead Trophy.
Alton Herald
"We have had a lot of happy people through the doors, but as in all our beer festivals, we have had no-one drunk and no fights." "People just come along to enjoy the taste of many different beers and help us to raise money for local charities." Peter Legg
Alton Winter Beer Festival 2005
Television cameras, reports in the national papers - has some
sort of scandal happened in Alton? No, they were all reporting on the
Alton Winter Beer Festival..... one of the most popular events on the
Real Ale calendar. Like the last event six months ago, the festival
was a huge success and saw big crowds turn up to the community centre
on both morning and evening sessions..... At a time when lager dominates
off licences and bars, occasions like the Alton Winter Beer Festival
are not to be missed.
Alton Gazette & East Hants Observer 16 February 2005
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