Awards, Beer Festivals

Huddersfield Oktoberfest 2012 Beers of the Festival – corrected

Here are the results of the Beers of the Festival Competition held at Huddersfield Oktoberfest 2012. Apologies, previously Mrs Bloke was missing as joint winner of Beer of the Festival.

Mild: Black Lightning, Owenshaw Mill, Sowerby Bridge

Bitter: Quasar, HDM/Mallinsons, Huddersfield

Strong: Yakima IPA, Great Heck, Great Heck, N Yorks

Porter/Stout: Burnout Stout, Brass Castle, Pocklington, E Yorks

Speciality: HDM 4 CC IPA, HDM Brewing Co, Huddersfield

David Charlesworth (‘Charlie’) Award for Overall Beer of the Festival: Joint winners:
HDM 4 CC IPA, HDM Brewing Co, Huddersfield & Mrs Bloke, Mallinson, Huddersfield

Cider/Perry: Whisky Cask, Udders Orchard, Huddersfield

(187 voting forms were returned)

Beer Festivals, Branch Diary, Pub News

Branch Meeting at Berry Brow Liberal Club on Mon 17th Sep and more

On Monday 17th Sept 2012 at 8pm, we will be holding our Branch Meeting at Berry Brow Liberal Club, Parkgate, Berry Brow, HD4 7NF (map).

Catch the 19:40 314 First Bus from Huddersfield Bus Station.

We hope to see you there.

Between Fri 14th – Sun 16th Sept, there is the Crickfest Beer Festival at the Cricketers, 48 Haigh Lane, Deanhouse, Holmfirth, HD9 3UG (map). There will be 20 beers, and the festival is open 12 noon – 11pm all days.

Finally, Huddersfield Oktoberfest Beer & Cider Festival takes place in early October at the Sikh Leisure Centre. It is open to the public Thu 4th – Sat 6th Oct, but we also need help from CAMRA members setting up Tue 2nd & Wed 3rd and taking down Sun 7th. More details on the website here, including a link to a staffing form and other information.

 

Branch Diary

Colne Valley Crawl on Saturday 1st September

On Saturday 1st September 2012, we will be doing a Colne Valley Crawl.

Catch the 11:30 184 First Bus from Huddersfield Bus Station to arrive around 12:00 at the Great Western, HD7 6NL (map).

We will then move on to Carriage House, HD7 6NL (map), and then catch the 13:45 184 on to  Marsden. Then onwards to Slaithwaite, Linthwaite etc.

We hope to see you there.

The Huddersfield & District Branch of the Campaign for Real Ale