Beer Festival (first time beer drinker!)

Cornish Pilsner is nice, but thats fairly common in pubs I guess though..

Anyone know of a decent festival soon in Brighton/sussex?

Have fun though, and don't laugh at midgets :D
 
Stay away from the mead, that way madness lies. It always seems like a good idea late on the last day when the only beer left is a porter that is more gel than liquid, but don't do it.
 
Bickaxe said:
Rather than make a new thread, I'll revive this one....

Off to Portsmouth Beer Festival on Saturday, a nice looking Line Up, some of which I've had before.

Anything in particular you recommend for a mainly dark ale/stout/porter drinker? I'm not a fan of IPA's in general (although Beavertown's Neck Oil is nice)

Are there any near you that a worth a look at?
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Beavertown Neck Oil FTW
 
I've been to the Portsmouth beer festival on numerous occasions — always a good laugh.

The hall itself is quite dark and the live music is varied at best. If the weather is decent, I'd be standing in the outside area eyeing up the hog roast / bratwurst stall. :)

There's always a good selection of beers from the usual ales and porters, to the experimental flavours. Ginger and lemongrass IPA was lush for 1/4 pint but even after 1/2 pint I'd had enough. There's a dark chocolate and cherry porter which is vile.

It's a personal thing, but I'm really not a fan of over-hopped beers. It seems to be a fad at the moment to make all ales as flowery as possible.
 
I went to the 2014 Beer Festival at the Guild Hall, Portsmouth. I used the brochure to find drinks that sounded nice by the ingredients. But nope, most of everything tasted similar and tasted like ****. I defaulted and went after the cider, the strongest they had, which apparently everyone else did as I found out as I went down the list from strongest to weakest.

Would definitely go to another.
 
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