London's German Bier Fest-Map of Beers

To get an idea of where all the beers are actually from, have a look at the Beer Map.

Cheers,
Andy

Bruxellensis 2008

This year's Bruxellensis Festival is on Saturday 13 September and Sunday 14 September.

For more information see Bruxellensis Festival.

We should be there, more information nearer the time.

A great festival, well organised by Yvan and Bernard, some great beers and of course a damn good time!

Cheers,
Andy

London's German Bier Fest 15-17 May 2008

London's German Bier Fest
This prestigious event has been organised by Bier-Mania! Cultural Beer Tours and Zeitgeist (@ Jolly Gardeners) German pub in Lambeth in association with Stonch from Stonch's Beer Blog.
The Beers
We have around 250 litres of draught beer from 13 different breweries and 15 different beers. These are all beers which have a shelf life of around 3 to 4 weeks and as such never make it to the shores of the UK.
Beer List page 1
Beer List page 2

Most beer is in 10l barrels (Stichfass), although in order to give a larger beer selection we will also have some beer via Zapfanlage (CO2) such as the Rauchbier and Bolten Ur Alt and Landbier.
We will have 'around' 6 different beers on at one time, turn-around of beer will depend on how fast beer gets consumed!
The beers are from 2 of Germany's premier Beer Zones, namely Franconia Beer Zone (Bavaria) and the Düsseldorf/Niederrhein Beer Zone (Nord-Rhein Westfalen) although 2 of the beers are from the Oberpfalz (Bavaria) region on the border with the Czech Republic.
When

• Thursday 15 May
• 1500-1230/closing time (3pm-12.30am)
• Friday 16 May
• 1200-0130/closing time (midday-01.30am)
• Saturday 17 May
• 1200-0130/closing time (midday-01.30am)

Where
The Jolly Gardeners, 49-51 Black Prince Road, Lambeth, SE11 6AB
See map.
Cost

• £3.50 per 0.5 litre beer.
  

• Tokens to be purchased at the main bar.

Food
If the weather is good then a BBQ should be on.

See you all there.

Cheers,
Andy

Bruge & Flanders Special (26 April 2008) Tour Photos

Bruges & Flanders Special
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Burgundy Babble Belt and Bier-Mania!
Thanks everyone for a great day out in the West Vlaanderen and French Flandre countryside. Thanks also for the great weather we had on Saturday.

For photos see BF-080426 Tour Photos.


Special thanks to Jeremy from the Burgundy Babble Belt for having his birthday and making this tour happen!

See you all soon!
Cheers,
Andy

Bohemia & Franconia Special (11-20 April 2008) Tour Photos

Bohemia & Franconia Special
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Well what a tour!
For tour photos please see PM-080411 Tour Photos

Thanks to you guys for making it such a great time! For a great account of the tour have a look at Ron Pattinson's (Big Ron) blog. Comanche Jim eat your heart out!

Cheers,
Andy