The beers are tapped and everything is now set for a fabulous 'FirkinFest' debut as Grayshott's first beer & cider festival is due to get underway at Grayshott Village Hall tonight (Friday 30th Oct) at 6pm.
FirkinFest promises to offer something for everyone with thirty award winning real ales & ciders, all at just £2.50 a pint, a selection of wine & soft drinks, great food from the barbeque, and live music at each of the three sessions.
The festival opens on Friday 30th October at 6pm with live music during the evening from The Claire Phoenix Band, playing chic, sophisticated, mellow soul, pop and jazz to accompany the selection of refreshments on offer. FirkinFest continues on Saturday at noon with foot tapping jazz numbers from Binky's Dixie Demons during the afternoon, and concludes on Saturday night with the ultimate tribute band 'The Upbeat Beatles'
Throughout the festival Kemal and the boys from the Kapadokya restaurant in Grayshott, which is due to re-open as 'La Bella Luna' at the end of the month, will be cooking up a selection of treats on their barbeque including 'beer belly bangers' supplied by Kaighin & Daughter, Grayshott's popular butchers, fishmongers and delicatessen, and made to their secret recipe which includes Fullers 'Red Fox' real ale donated by FirkinFest's main sponsors The Fox & Pelican.
Tickets for all three sessions are available in advance from Grayshott Books in the Square, and on the door if not sold out, and will include your stylish FirkinFest 2009 souvenir glass, festival guide and tasting notes. Festival goers returning to subsequent sessions with their glass can choose to receive a pint beer token instead of another glass.
The festival has already received generous support from local businesses, organisations and suppliers with all 30 beers and ciders having been sponsored.
Organisers of this the original FirkinFest, Peter Hatch, David Phillips, Tony Legat and Graham Pullen, are hoping this will be the first of many FirkinFestivals to come.
For more details visit the festival website www.firkinfest.co.uk
Contact Peter Hatch on 07855519644 or email peter@firkinfest.co.uk
