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Reading Beer Festival 2008 (CAMRA Beer Festival)
| Beer (sort) | Average Score (sort) | No. Samples (sort) |
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| BrewDog - Edge |  | 1 |
| Coastal - Merry Maidens Mild |  | 1 |
Visits Details
03 May 2008 (Ian)
Saturday, and as I stayed overnight, I got into the queue around 10.10 for the 11.00 opening. Jan and Charlotte from Denmark had beaten me to it by some distance. I'm glad too as the queue was already starting to build up. I felt terrible in the morning, but woke up after a couple of strong bottled German beers. Came back via London on the train.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coastal - Merry Maidens Mild | 4.00 | | Very dark brown. Very mild, bit of roasted malt. A little grainy. Fine. |
02 May 2008 (Ian)
Travelled up in the morning and got here about 12.30ish. Bumped into some Ratebeer people and had a great evening with such beer luminaries as Gazza Prescott, Chris_o and Phil Lowry. Drank too much Moor JJJ IPA and Worthington's P2 Imperial Stout towards the end of the day.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| BrewDog - Edge | 3.20 | | Very dark brown, bubbly beige head. Some hops on aroma. Some grainy choc and cereal. It's not a bad little mild, bit grainy, but fine. Bit smokey, some hop on finish. Didn't think it matched up to all the hype it had been getting. |
About the Reading Beer Festival 2008
Summary of Beer Scores
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The pub is found in Reading, Berkshire, RG1 8BN.
If anything bigger and better than before. The second smaller marquee is now another huge one and the queues to get in went up to 3-4 hours on Saturday afternoon. Over 400 UK cask beers, 150 ciders and perries, 150 foreign beers plus English wines and meads. Easy to get to from the town centre.
We have visited this pub twice, seen 2 different beers and tried both.
Postcode: RG1 8BN