Homebrew Festival Norwich Amateur Brewers @ The Mad Cat

[MartinHaworth]

NAB have been holding annual homebrew festivals for several years, and this Saturday's will be the best.

We've sold out (>150 paying customers), and will offer 28 different homebrew beers on keg. We're taking over a pub - The Mad Cat - build, run and teardown in a day. This Saturday.

For modesty reasons, it is in fact an educational event, and every penny that punters pay will go to the East Anglia Air Ambulance - usually 2-3K.

Lotsa pro brewers doing talks and tastings + a pro/homebrew triangle taste test.

I'm down as the event photographer, and will post nonsense for your beery delight.

Just to get you going, tonight we moved the kegs into the pub cellar. That T4 is looking very low with 30 kegs, 12 line chiller, several bars...etc..etc

Cheers

 

[SMP Brewery]

Sounds like it will be a cracking day, and the weather has turned just in time

 

[Stu]

NAB have been holding annual homebrew festivals for several years, and this Saturday's will be the best.

We've sold out (>150 paying customers), and will offer 28 different homebrew beers on keg. We're taking over a pub - The Mad Cat - build, run and teardown in a day. This Saturday.

For modesty reasons, it is in fact an educational event, and every penny that punters pay will go to the East Anglia Air Ambulance - usually 2-3K.

Lotsa pro brewers doing talks and tastings + a pro/homebrew triangle taste test.

I'm down as the event photographer, and will post nonsense for your beery delight.

Just to get you going, tonight we moved the kegs into the pub cellar. That T4 is looking very low with 30 kegs, 12 line chiller, several bars...etc..etc

Cheers

Did you ever do the Reepham beer festival?
I did it both times and a big fan. Loads of beers, good day out.
No idea why it stopped - was very busy!

 

[MartinHaworth]

Build crew on site

 

[MartinHaworth]

Talk venue built

 

[MartinHaworth]

Bar built underway

 

[MartinHaworth]

Tap list up and running

 

[MartinHaworth]

12 lines through madcat taps, and 12 through our own chiller and portable bar

 

[MartinHaworth]

Our probrewer panel from adnams, moongazer and ampersand.

 

[MartinHaworth]

Judging is underway, 30 mins until the doors open

 

[YeastFace]

Excellent. Have a great day.

 

[MartinHaworth]

First customers

 

[MartinHaworth]

In the triangle taste test, the festival goes preferred the homebrew!!!!

It's getting busy!

 

[MartinHaworth]

Adnams showcase, deep sea

s Belgian blonde, with Connor. Recipe and style discussion

 

[MartinHaworth]

Second triangle taster test

 

[MartinHaworth]

Homebrew won again!

 

[MartinHaworth]

Pip, head brewer at ampersand, beer showcase. ( Pip learned his trade brewing for cask at thornbridge)

 

[MartinHaworth]

A top day out. Everything now cleaned/dried/put away for our next event.

Our hosts at The Mad Cat / The Fat Cat were absolute legends - really generous and helped us so much.

Will post again once we've crunched the numbers + the winners of the pro-brewer challenge / general public challenge are in.