Just a reminder, guys and gals! The National Winter Ales Festival
opens its doors in Manchester, on Wednesday this week, at four of the
afternoon, with more beer than ever before. Usual venue, New Century
Hall, near Victoria station. (That's Manchester Victoria, I hasten to
add, in case anyone from Carshalton Beeches or Virginia Water thinks
they can get the last train home.)

The Champion Winter Beer of Britain will be announced on Thursday. And
for some reason, Saturday is Fancy Dress Day (purely optional), and
the theme is pirates. Or is it parrots? Parrots seem to be very much
in the local news of late.

More details on t'Interweb at <http://www.alefestival.org.uk/
winterales/>.
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Pat Ricroft, City of Salford, UK
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"Pat Ricroft"  wrote in message 
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> Just a reminder, guys and gals! The National Winter Ales Festival
> opens its doors in Manchester, on Wednesday this week, at four of the
> afternoon, with more beer than ever before. Usual venue, New Century
> Hall, near Victoria station. (That's Manchester Victoria, I hasten to
> add, in case anyone from Carshalton Beeches or Virginia Water thinks
> they can get the last train home.)
>
>

I think I recall that there was an argument last year about which Victoria 
it was on this  NG!
Trains from Virginia Water go into Waterloo so they'd be wrong on both 
counts!


Anyway hope to go tomorrow the beer list looks quite good.

Well it was a pleasant night out.  Didn't fancy much of the real ale but the 
Bernard Unpasteurised was excellent as was the Augustiner Octoberfest.

Sadly the  Tegernsee Spezial, which is what I went for "wasn't yet 
available" - shame but you can always make do.

And I note that Dr Busker of Worth Valley Beer and Music Festival fame is on 
stage on Saturday night - shame I can't go.