The 2011 WINNING ALE was.......
HOLE HEARTED
brewed by OAK LEAF BREWING CO. LTD., GOSPORT
Winston Churchale - Arundel
Fruit Bat - B&T
Tabatha The Knackered - Anglo Dutch **2010 winner**
Port O Call - Bank top
Black Hole Bitter - Black Hole
PG Sips - Blue Monkey (NOT AVAILABLE - sadly 'exploded' during delivery)
Nettle Thrasher - Elland
Fire-Bellied Toad - Frog Island
The Ripper Tipple - Green Jack
Coronation Street - Lees JW
Black Adder - Mauldons
Hole Hearted - Oak Leaf **2011 winner**
Dark Side of the Moose - Purple Moose
Smuggler - Rebellion
Lemon Dream - Salopian (NOT AVAILABLE)
Blackberry Cascade - Saltaire
Dragons Blood - ST Georges
Doff Cocker - Three B's
Ginger Explosion - TSA
Village Idiot - White Horse
Keel Over - Skinners
Cotswold Lager - The Cotswold Brewing Co
Cotswold Cider - The Cotswold Brewing Co
Yes lots. BBQ in the daytime, and chilli and curry in the evening.
Always a massive part of this Festival and this year could be the best yet. There will be Morris Dancers, jazz, rock, pop and choral - something a little different to challenge those aural receptors.
If the kids are happy......well you do the maths. The really big Mega Slide will be back again this year, plus there will be the usual kids bits and bobs; colouring tent, biscuit decoration, face painting. All free.
Michael Wigley has kindly offered the use of the field opposite the Memorial Hall for car parking for beer festival visitors. So, if you are driving to the event, please consider using the field and help us to keep the highway outside the hall clear of parked cars.
Access to the field entrance is via Horseshoe Lane (go down the hill from the Cafe de la Post towards Charlbury) approx 350 metres and turn left into the field. Parking is at the bottom of the field and stewards should be on hand to help. Once you have parked it is only a two minute walk back up the field and through the gate to get to the Hall. Thanks!
Cricket match (we hope), entertainment by Chadlington Primary School, possibly ferret baiting or candle weaving - anything is possible!
Details will be added to the relevant part of this website as and when they are firmed up. So, come back and check every few weeks and let's meet up for a beer? How about Saturday 4th June, in the centre of Chadlington?
This Beer Festival is the chief fund raiser for the Friends Of Chadlington School and all proceeds go to the school. If you have any comments or requests, go to the Comments And Suggestions page and type away.
Which will be the winning beer?
Each year the assembled punters vote for their favourite beer and a winner is duly announced.
The 2011 winner was HOLE HEARTED brewed by Oak Leaf Brewing Co. Ltd, Gosport. The winning beer is awarded a Commemorative Trophy, in memory of Mike Willis, former landlord of the Tite Inn, Chadlington.
The first Chadlington Beer Festival was held in 2004 in aid of Chadlington Primary School and organised by the Friends Of Chadlington School. Following its success it has now become a permanent village fixture, taking place in the first week of June.
The original mastermind was Rik Yapp, expertly aided by The Committee (which anyone is welcome to join if they want to help).
The festival is entirely run by volunteers and is run as a fundraising and community project. So please support it in any way you can:
We are very grateful as ever to our Sponsors And Supporters. Please take note of who they are: they are supporting the community through this event - please support them in turn. Local businesses need local customers if they are to flourish!