REALLY BIG THANKYOU TO ALL WHO MADE THE 2022 RUGBY AND DISTRICT BEER FESTIVAL A GREAT SUCCESS.

What a fantastic turnout for the Rugby and District CAMRA beer festival held on 4^th and 5^th March 2022 at the Arnold House.

A really big thankyou to all our members who came and helped with setting up the festival, during the festival over the two days, take down Sunday. It really makes a difference even if you only help for a few hours.

All of the wonderful festival attendees who helped make it such a great weekend. I hope you all enjoyed our great selection of beers and hospitality

Lisa and Graham at the Seven Stars for the staff T-shirts

All of our Fabulous beer end and Cider Sponsors.

Beer Festival Sponsors - 2022 Fantastic Support- Cheers

Beer of the festival

1^ST Place- WILDBEER BREWERY – Millionaire Stout

2^nd Place – BEWDLEY BREWERY- Baldwin IPA

3^RD Place – RED WILLOW BREWERY- Weightless

= 4^th Place – TWISTED BARREL – Finlandia (Key Keg)

= 4^th Place – SHINY BREWERY- Rees’

At this years Festival we also held the West Midlands Region CHAMPION BEER OF BRITAIN – Judging on- Pale, Blonde, Golden ales: session- This is a blind tasting by a selection of Real Ale lovers.

Thanks to:

Ian Martin- Owner Real Ale Classroom- Lutterworth

Kevin Fowell-CAMRA Head Judge

Lisa James- Landlady Seven Stars- Rugby

Rod Perkins- Real Ale Blogger

Gaynor Imrie- Rugby and District CAMRA Editor of InnTouch

Richard Potter – Vice Chairman Rugby and District CAMRA

1^ST Place SALOPIAN BREWERY- ORACLE

2^nd Place BEWDLEY BREWERY- BALDWIN IPA

3^RD Place FIXED WHEEL – CHAIN REACTION

Over the next few weeks, we will upload some of the photos taken before and during the festival, but they are available now on the Facebook site.

Cheers All

Andy Imrie Chairman and Festival Organiser Rugby and District CAMRA