We’d been looking forward to this one for ages and we weren’t disappointed. About 20 breweries represented on about 10 stands, street food, craft soft drinks and lots of people having fun.
Mike had a good chat with the Steep couple. We saw them at the Manchester Beer Festival last year and they were a lovely pair who’d started in home brew then used their kit and skills to make soft drinks instead. Mike was immediately taken by the idea because at the time Barrs had just announced that Irn Bru was having sweeteners added. He wants to make his own. After a bit of online research he was left puzzled so this provided a good opportunity to clear up some of the confusion and hear the process from the people who know what they’re talking about.
Pen enjoyed herself with multiple beers and even went down the street to visit Squawk for a while. Not many of the people we’d advertised the event to turned up unfortunately but we met up with Gillian and her friends. It was fun to meet various family members of the home brew group: Craig’s wife and kids; Rich and his family; Arran’s little one and various others.