Real ale in spotlight at Good Food Show
Visitors to this year's BBC Good Food Show will be able to learn about the wonders of real ale and sample a host of regional brews, courtesy of the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA).
The consumer group will be offering the Great British Beer Experience at the event at the NEC Birmingham from November 26-30.
As well as a handful of head brewers, beer tutors such as Roger Protz and Jeff Evans will lend some of their knowledge on the subject. Some of the beers on offer will be:
- Banks's Original, Wolverhampton
- Wychwood Hobgoblin, Oxfordshire
- Marstons Pedigree, Staffordshire
- Ringwood Fortyniner, Hampshire
- Jennings Cumberland Ale, Cumbria
- Teme Valley THIS, Worcestershire
- Hogs Back TEA, Surrey
- Wye Valley Stout, Herefordshire
- Fullers 1845, Greater London
- Young's Special London Ale, Bedfordshire
- Coniston Bluebird, Cumbria
- Hampshire Lionheart, Hampshire
- O'Hanlon's Royal Oak, Devon
- St Austell Proper Job, Cornwall
- Brakspear Triple, Oxfordshire
Nik Antona, CAMRA regional director for West Midlands, said: "An event of such magnitude and reputation provides the perfect environment for people to learn a little more about real ale and its importance within our national culture.
"With such a regional spread of samplings on offer in the tasting theatre, we hope to show visitors the importance of their local brew in relation to the growth in cask ale sales at the moment.'
