24th Sept - Loughborough

Off with RG for a trip the Great Central Railway hosted beer festival featuring breweries that are close to where they used to run. Headed into the rushes just off the town cntre first however to The Swan in the Rushes for a couple fo Castle Rock beers (Sherriffs Tipple and Black Gold.)

Over to a Lloyds bar , The Amber Room for Thornbridge Jaipur.

Time for the festival qwhich we foud under canvas on the GCR platform. Milds and Porters typically selected resulting in:

• Boggart Hole Dark Mild (RG who likes mild didn't approve)
  
• Acorn Brewery Old Moor Porter
• Dow Bridge Bonum Mild
• Redemption Urban Dusk
• Vale Black Swan Mild (which we thought was excellent)
  

Between beers took time to review the various engines they have stored by the station.

After the festival took the train to Beeston and the Victoria for Darkstar Hop Head and Thwaites Nutty Black.