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Festival Programme METROPOLITAN CATHEDRAL CRYPT Feb 24th-26th CAMRA Liverpool & Districts 2011 Beer Fe s t i val Sponsored by Welcome to and celebrates Liverpool as the “Real Ale Pubs Capital the 31st of Britain”. If anyone is in any doubt as to the wealth Liverpool of pub architecture, not to mention the beer, available & Districts in the City, pick up a copy Available at: of our Historic Guide, Grapes (Roscoe Street) L1 Stamps Too, Brook Hotel (Waterloo) CAMRA available at the Festival. Cheshire Cheese (Wallasey Village) Belvedere L7 Everyman Bistro (Hope Street) Roscoe Head, Ship And Mitre, The Font, Pilgrim, Beer Festival Supplement it with your organized and staffed Vernon, Ye Cracke, White Star, Philharmonic Hall (Grand Foyer Good Beer Guide and the Bar) Cat & Fiddle (Bootle) Old Harkers (Chester), Brewery Tap 2011 locally by volunteers, and latest edition of our award events such as Cask Ale winning magazine, (Chester) Bridge Inn (Chester), The Angel (Manchester) 2011 is the fortieth Week to celebrate the “MerseyAle”and you’re all Smithfield Hotel (Manchester), Helter Skelter (Frodsham) Turks anniversary of the variety of beer styles set to take to the streets Head (St Helens) Guest House (Southport) Clarence Hotel (New formation of our available in pubs up and and explore what we have Brighton) Cock & Pullet (Birkenhead) Old Bank South Road campaigning organization (Waterloo) Edinburgh Sandown Lane (Wavertree) down the country. As the to offer outside the Festival when, in 1971,Michael largest campaigning venue. Now, all that Hardman, Graham Lees, Bill consumer organization in remains for me to do is say Mellor and Jim Makin, tired Liverpool Organic Brewery supply a varied range of Bottled Conditioned Beers - thanks to all of the hard- of the poor quality of beer Imperial Russian Stout . Kitty Wilkinson . Joseph Williamson working volunteers, in Britain that was fizzy, Tunnale . William Roscoe . Honey Blond Liverpool Pale Ale . without whom this Festival characterless and tasteless, Shipwreck IPA . 24 Carat Gold wouldn’t happen, and to formed the “Campaign for Available at: Oddbins (Allerton Rd, Formby, Bromborough), TC Wines (Blundellsands), welcome all of our the Revitalization of Ale”. Liverpool Cheese Co. (Woolton), The Waverley (West Kirby), Legendary Lancashire customers, beer festival Heroes (Southport), Inn Beer Shop (Southport), Delifonseca (Stanley St & Dockside), Since this term was a good newcomer or seasoned Source Deli (Ormskirk), Mello Mello (Slater St) and Little Pizza Kitchen (Waterloo). mouthful, unlike the beer “ticker”, to Liverpool. Enjoy they were drinking, the email: [email protected] www.liverpoolorganicbrewery.com the Festival, enjoy the City name was soon changed to and have a safe journey the Campaign for Real Ale Europe, CAMRA now has home. or CAMRA. In 1974, the the ear of politicians who Liverpool Branch was Cheers! I’m sure see the benefit of formed and soon getting onside with those afterwards, the first beer who send them to “exhibition”took place in Westminster! In Liverpool, the Everyman Theatre. not only do we run a sell- CAMRA’s achievements out Festival here in the locally and nationally have Cathedral Crypt but we been immense. Nationally, have organized successfully the organization has run over a number of years the thousands of initiatives to Liverpool Real Pubs Festival Geoff Edwards Branch Chair promote real ale and pubs, that highlights Liverpool’s Liverpool and Districts including beer festivals, CAMRA rich architectural heritage 39 Brasenose Road, Liverpool L20 8HL. 0151 933 9660 3 Liverpool Beer Festival Users Guide Please Observe our Code of Conduct Beer Vo u c h e r s CA M RA Me m b e r s h i p L iverpool and Distri ct s These come in sheets The membership desk is B ranch of CA M RA with a value of £10 located in the main hall next to consider themselve s and they are initially the food area. Here you can a vailable in multiples find information on the va r i e t y ex t re m e ly lucky to have of £5. After the busy of activities that CAMRA is this wo n d e rful ve n u e period (which may i n vo l ved in both locally and for our ever ex p a n d i n g be as long as the first n a t i o n a l ly. In addition to the beer fe s tiva l . 2 hours), they are normal benefits of CAMRA a vailable in multiples membership local members are The Cathedral staff are ve ry of £1. All vo u c h e r s able to buy tickets for the Beer helpful and work ove rtime in are only valid for the Fe s t i val before they go on sale their effo rts to keep the cry p t session of issue, to the general public and ge t and toilet facilities as clean and ho we ve r , any unused their first coach trip free tidy as possible. The security vouchers are fully Beer of the Fe s tiva l s t a ff also help and are there fo r refundable at the your benefit just in case there A nyone attending the fe s t i va l cash desk up to are any problems with ove r can vote for Beer of the Fe s t i va l . 30min after the boisterous customers. Please complete a voting fo r m , session closing time. which are available from the All the rest of the fe s t i val staff Please note we use membership stand, and place it are volunteers who give up their m a r ker pens to in the ballot box provided. time to make this a pleasant i n validate yo u r experience for you the customer. vouchers after use. Colour co d i n g So please try to make the fe s t i va l Don't be daunted by the licence holder and the ve n u e . Your Glass Please don't try and tear off To help you select your beers as safe and enjoyable as presence of our marshals and This could result in us being This year we are pleased to individual vouchers. from the ve ry wide range possible, use the bins provided, security staff, they are only unable to use the crypt again. h a ve the L iverpool Orga n i c Beer Pri c i n g on display we use a system l e a ve tables as tidy as possible there for your protection and to We have the greatest respect B re we ry and Fe s tival Glass We are continuing with our of colour coding on the and report broken glasses and help you when necessary. and confidence in you our sponsoring souvenir glasses. simplified beer pricing scheme b a rrel ends. s p i l l a ges immediately to one Please note that any trouble fe s t i val 'customer' so enjoy yo u r One is provided free fo r with the lower strength beers at of our staff who will clean it up could result in the loss of beers and ciders and have a e ve ryone attending the fe s t i va l £1.00 per half and the higher ■ B l u e Mild, Stout or Po rt e r s for you. licence, both for the personal h a p py and safe fe s t i va l . and should you so wish it is strength ones at £1.50 per half. ■ yours to keep. If you want to R e g r e t a b ly with the increases in Re d Dark or Strong t a ke it home, please put it in beer prices and part i c u l a r ly ■ G r e e n Fruit or Flavoured Support the Festival Charity your pocket or in a bag, openly duty and VAT we have been ■ c a rrying glasses in Live r p o o l forced to change the cut off O ra n g e Medium beers city centre is illegal. point between the two bands. ■ Ye l l ow Light Ales This year we are supporting local c h a r i t i y, K I N D, which is dedicated to helping under- privileged children. Fu rther information can be found near Help De s k may provide some protection. Please ensure you obtain a pass out when going outside so the voucher desk. Unused beer toke n s Ask at the membership stand or at less busy you can get back in again. may be donated to help this wo rt hy times the beer voucher sales area. c h a r i t y, in the charity box at the cash To i l e t s desk. S m o ki n g Ladies at foot of stairs, Gents at top of stairs, If you wish to smoke you may do so outside t e m p o r a ry urinals outside concert room back We will also be taking collections the front door. In inclement weather the area d o o r. The disabled toilet is at foot of stairwa y. during the fe s t i val. beneath the stairs to the right of the entrance Please leave for disabled use only. Please give ge n e ro u s ly to supp o rt LO CAL chari ti e s Photos will be taken in all sessions by CAMRA Liverpool & Districts Photographer and may be used for publication 4 5 Festival Food The Virtuous Circle At Liverpool Beer Fe s tiva l o ffering a varied changing pasties and steak pies are If you are a vegetarian you commercial breeds, which is into sausages which we can we believe Real Ale menu of hot food and made with Aberdeen Angus probably should stop another reason why they enjoy.