Beer X
At the beginning of a new year you often find yourself reflecting
back over the year that was. Remembering the gigs you attended (Black Sabbath at Sheff
arena will long stay in my good time memories) and in my case, the beer I
imbibed too. Luckily there’s an app or two
for that, just as long as you can manage to swipe and stab at your phone under
any state of affairs, it’ll help you remember what you relished drinking along
the way.
One of my personal beery highlights from last year was sharing a
toast of Brooklyn
Brewery’s Sorachi Ace, a delicate Belgium style farmhouse saison, with the
man who created the recipe - head brewer Garrett Oliver at the Society of
Independent Brewers (SIBA) gathering
last March. It was announced not long after that Sheffield would again host the
event and its associated beer festival, Beer X. How time
flies as twelve months later here we are with SIBA’s 2014 event launching in a
matter of weeks.
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| behind the scenes last year |
Guest speakers at this year’s event have been revealed with Dr Charlie Bamforth, a respected and globally acknowledged brewing industry guru
and Steve Grossman of Sierra Nevada Brewing Company
amongst the speakers’ list. For SIBA delegates there are workshops and seminars
from industry contemporaries John Keeling, Fuller’s head brewer and Roger
Ryman of St Austell
Brewery. Roger Ryman was awarded the All Parliamentary Brewer
of the Year in 2009 and is the man responsible for St Austell’s now flagship
Tribute Ale. Beer X is the proceeding beer festival and is open to everyone,
offering 300 plus beers. A wide range of beer styles will be available to
sample offered on dispense from cask and keg from all across the United
Kingdom.
Last year I sampled Manchester brewery Marble’s beers next to Scotland’s Fyne Ales to Cornwall’s The Rebel Brewing Co
and back home to Sheffield’s Kelham
Island. The Everly
Pregnant Brothers perform on the Saturday night of
the wrap up weekend, so I’d buy your ticket early doors to secure your bar
inclining spot near the stage. Just saying.
Tickets and information: http://www.beerx.org
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