Winter Ales Fayre 2000
Netherton Arts Centre
The festival ran from Thursay 23rd to Saturday 25th November 2000.
We had around 40 different real ales to try out, old favourites alongside
the higher gravity, winter seasonal beers, plus some ciders and wide selection
of European bottled beers on the Saturday night.
We hosted the West Midlands Winter Beer of the Year competition and
also the West Midland Champion Beer of the Year Competition (Judging
was by tasting panel and not by public vote).
Our first set of chosen judges blind tasted the 6 winter beers, which had
been selected in advance by the West Midland CAMRA Branches. The winner of
this group was Bathams XXX, second was Holden's XL and third was Burton
bridge Top Dog Stout.
A second panel of judges, which included West Midlands Euro MP Simon Murphy, then judged the West Midland Champion Beer of the Year which was won by Slater's Bitter. Slater's Supreme was second and third was Church End Grave Digger's Ale.
