12th June 2013 - Burton-on-Trent

At the Old Cottage tonight, beers sampled were Bank's and Taylor SPA and Old Cottage's Oak Ale.

31st May 2013 - Hopwas Beer Festival

We are again, off to the privately run beer festival and the Coton and Hopwas Social club near Tamworth.  As always a nice if small collection of ales, and ciders, available.

Meeting point however was at the Globe in Tamworth town centre where I sampled Thwaites Nutty Black and then Holdens Mild (May is Mild month in many pubs hence the number of milds available this time.)

Off by taxi to the festival narrowly avoiding another car en route.  We arrived to find video of wheeltapers and Shunters on the big screen later being replaced by a band whose name escapes me.  Beers tasted in the all too short time we had available were :

• Morgan's ale - Bring Me Sunshine
• Wentworth - Tempestuous
• Wye Valley - Hopwas Pale Ale
• Tollgate - Billy's Best

Back into town finishing at the Market Vaults which has recently joined the Joules stable and had their Pale Ale and also Slumbering Monk.