A site for real ale lovers (and other drinkers) to share experiences.
1999
SANDROCK 2ND ANNUAL BEER FESTIVAL
Boundstone, Farnham, SU 829 445
Saturday 6 March 1999
Normal service has been resumed in that the beer list has been carefully marked with the selection made.
| Brewery | Beer | % |
| Timothy Taylor | Golden Best | 3.5 |
| Triple fff | Pressed Rat & Warthog | 3.5 |
| Hop Back | Best Bitter | 4.0 |
| Eccleshall | Slater’s Top Totty | 4.0 |
| Kelham Island | Pale Rider | 5.2 |
| Caledonian | Deuchars IPA | 3.8 |
| Bathams | Best Bitter | 4.3 |
| Church End | Wheat-a-Bix | 4.2 |
Attended by:-
PV & TM
INDEPENDENT BREWERS BEER FESTIVAL
Farnborough Recreation Centre, SU 868 553
Saturday: March 1999
Due to a comment received by Andrew that the beer festivals would not get passed the 6th, this one was actually called ‘Not the 7th Indie Beer Festival’
Continuing our journey southwards, we had now hit the Shire Counties below Birmingham.
| County | Brewery | Beer | % |
| Gloucestershire | Donnington | BB | 3.6 |
| - | Berkeley | Old Friend | 3.8 |
| - | Berkeley | Dicky Pearce | 4.3 |
| - | Freeminer | Iron Brew | 4.2 |
| Avon | Smiles | Golden Brew | 3.8 |
| - | Smiles | March Hare | 4.0 |
| Buckinghamshire | Vale | Edgar’s Golden Ale | 4.3 |
| Hertfordshire | McMullen | Original AK | 3.7 |
| - | Tring | The Ridgeway Bitter | 4.0 |
| Oxfordshire | Hook Norton | Generation | 4.0 |
Attended by:-
PV, ROC, KOC, TM, RN & PC
GREAT BRITISH BEER FESTIVAL
Olympia, London TQ 242 790
Tuesday 3 August 1999
| Brewery | Beer | % |
| Bridge of Allan | Stirling Brig | 4.0 |
| Tring | Finest Summer Ale | 3.7 |
| Bath | SPA | 3.7 |
| Ledbury | Pioneer Gold | 4.3 |
| Ossett | Silver King | 4.3 |
| St. Peter’s | Mild | 3.9 |
| Hop Back | Eclipse | 4.5 |
| Rother Valley | Lighterman | 3.4 |
| Cotleigh | Blue Jay Bitter | 4.2 |
| Exmoor | Fox | 4.2 |
| Inveralmond | Ossian | 4.1 |
| Mighty Oak | Burntwood Bitter | 4.0 |
| Nethergate | Umbel Ale | 3.8 |
| Fenland | Sparkling Wit | 4.5 |
| Hogs Back | It’s Gone Dark | 4.7 |
| Hoegaarden | Wit | 5.0 |
Attended by:-
PV & DF
Saturday 7 August 1999
| Brewery | Beer | % |
| Weissbrau Zu Koln | Weisse | 5.0 |
| Brooklyn | Blanche de Brooklyn | 4.5 |
| Van Eecke | Watou Wit | 5.0 |
| Brouwerij T’ij | Zatte | 8.0 |
| Brouwerij T’ij | Plzn | 5.0 |
| Altstadhof | Helles | 4.6 |
| Meusel Brau | Pils | 4.8 |
| Drie Kronen | Hefe Pils | 4.6 |
| Lowenbrau Buttenheim | Ungespundet | 4.9 |
| St. Georgen | Annafestbier | 5.6 |
| Tegernsee | Spezial Hell | 5.6 |
| Akkurat | Hell | 5.0 |
Attended by:-
PV, ROC, MG, KOC & TM plus others
INDEPENDENT BREWERS BEER FESTIVAL
Farnborough Recreation Centre, SU 868 553
Saturday: October 1999
Andrew’s desire to source beers specifically from region had disappeared and there was no particular theme to this or subsequent festivals.
So we just set about a few of our favourites. Very nice they were too.
| Brewery | Beer | % |
| Harviestoun | Bitter & Twisted | 3.8 |
| Branscombe | Vale Branoc | 3.8 |
| Orkney | Red MacGregor | 4.0 |
| Kent Garden | Corn rose | 3.6 |
| Black Sheep | Best Bitter | 3.8 |
| Welton’s | IPA | 4.9 |
| Daniel Thwaites | Stadium Bitter | 3.6 |
| Princetown | Dartmoor IPA | 4.0 |
Attended by:-
PV, ROC, KOC, TM, RN & PC
6TH WOKING BEER FESTIVAL
Woking Leisure Centre, TQ 007 578
Saturday 13 November 1999
The beer list just gets better and better, of particular note was the Bass Museum’s historic No.6 Mild, just a pity Paul V did not manage to try it. The festival special brew was Hogs Back’s Six Not Out.
| Brewery | Beer | % |
| Barum | Barumburg | 5.1 |
| Beckett’s | Old Town Bitter | 3.7 |
| Cain’s | Brewery Bitter | 3.5 |
| Church End | Gravediggers | 3.8 |
| Enville | Czechmate Saaz | 4.2 |
| Hambleton | Goldfield | 4.2 |
| Hogs Back | Six Not Out | 4.6 |
| Humpty Dumpty | Un Petit Deux Petit | 4.1 |
| Keltek | Golden Lance | 3.8 |
| Keltek | Mild | 3.8 |
| Museum (Bass) | Victoria Ale | 3.5 |
| O’Hanlon’s | Malsters Weiss | 4.0 |
| Potton | Autumnal Ale | 4.0 |
Attended by:-
PV, ROC, MG, KOC, TM, RN, PC & DF