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Three Valleys Beer & Cider Festival - Sat 2nd June 2012

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Plans are starting to come together for this years Three Valleys Festival, which will take place across a number of venues in and near Dronfield on Saturday 2nd June. A free bus will link all the venues and also pick up at Dronfield railway station.

 

Venues so far....

 

Coach & Horses, Dronfield

outside bar with 6 guest breweries, live music

 

Dronfield Arms, Dronfield

outside bar with 6 guest ales in addition to the beers on the normal inside bar, food, live music.

 

Three Tuns, Dronfield

Bar showcasing Spire Brewery beers, guest beers direct from the cellar, live music, pizza, hog roast.

 

Miners Arms, Dronfield Woodhouse

Revised beer range, all day food

 

Hearty Oak, Dronfield Woodhouse

6 real ales, mini cider festival, hot roast meat sandwiches, live music

 

Castle Inn, Bradway

Cider Festival, gourmet BBQ

 

Cricket Inn, Totley

mini beer festival, BBQ

 

Horns, Holmesfield

Festival bar with 8 guest beers sourced via RAW Brewery in addition to beers on the main pub bar.

 

Barlow Brewery, Barlow

Barlow Brewery beer showcase, live music, food

 

The Jolly Farmer in Dronfield Woodhouse will also be participating, details once confirmation is received.

Edited by Andy C

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Bus service:

 

Will start from Coach & Horses then call at Dronfield rail station, Dronfield Arms, Three Tuns, Jolly Farmer and Miners Arms, every 30 minutes from roughly midday until 11pm.

 

After the Miners Arms alternate buses will run via either:

1) Hearty Oak, Castle Inn, Cricket Inn

2) Horns, Barlow Brewery

Edited by Andy C

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Cross border festival. Could be interesting.

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Update on whats happening......

 

The free festival buses:

3 routes will operate, each hourly, combined every venue will have a bus every 30 minutes and all routes interchange at the Miners Arms:

route 1: Coach & Horses > Dronfield Rail Station > Dronfield Arms > Three Tuns > Jolly Farmer > Miners Arms > Horns Inn > Barlow Brewery

route 2: Barlow Brewery > Horns Inn > Miners Arms > Hearty Oak > Castle Inn > Dore & Totley rail station > Cricket Inn

route 3: Coach & Horses > Dronfield Rail Station > Dronfield Arms > Three Tuns > Jolly Farmer > Miners Arms > Hearty Oak > Castle Inn > Dore & Totley Rail Station > Cricket Inn

Timetable can be found at http://www.sheffieldcamra.org.uk/3Valleys.htm

 

The venues:

 

Coach & Horses

6 Thornbridge beers on inside the pub and changing beers from 6 guest breweries on an outside bar - 24 beers on the list in total - along with 2 ciders. There will also be a BBQ and live music in the beer garden.

 

Dronfield Arms

Selection of around 12 beers and ciders across 2 bars (one inside and one outside) along with live music and food.

 

Three Tuns

12 beers from Spire Brewery on handpump plus up to 13 guest beers on gravity from the cellar along with a selection of ciders. Live music. Hog Roast. Outdoor pizza oven.

 

Jolly Farmer

Kelham Island Brewery meet the brewer event. Reasonably priced bar meals and snacks all day.

 

Miners Arms

5 real ales and a cider, bar food served all day.

 

Hearty Oak

9 real ales from various Derbyshire brewers, carvery sandwiches, BBQ, pizzas. Neil Diamond tribute act in evening.

 

Horns Inn

3 well known beers on main bar, 8 guest beers on festival bar mainly from RAW brewery along with a selection of ciders. BBQ. Live music in afternoon, disco in evening.

 

Barlow Brewery

Range of beers from Barlow Brewery including their new Barlow Blonde, Gourmet Sausages, live music from 4pm until late.

 

Castle Inn

Beers from Bradfield, Oakwell and Wentworth, Woodthorpe Hall Cider, BBQ. New beer garden will be open. Discounts on beer for CAMRA members. Live music in evening.

 

Cricket Inn

Guest beers and BBQ.

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Thanks for that, hope it doesn't rain. Are you going to Barrow Hill next month?

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Thanks for that, hope it doesn't rain. Are you going to Barrow Hill next month?

 

I'll be working as a volunteer, probably behind a bar.

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The beer lists are slowly coming in for Three Valleys....

 

so far the following breweries are represented with many more to come: Ashover, Barlow, Blue Bee, Bradfield, Dark Star, Kelham Island, Leeds, Magic Rock, Oakwell, RAW, Salamander, Saltaire, Spire, Thornbridge, Thwaites, Wentworth

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The beer lists are slowly coming in for Three Valleys....

 

so far the following breweries are represented with many more to come: Ashover, Barlow, Blue Bee, Bradfield, Dark Star, Kelham Island, Leeds, Magic Rock, Oakwell, RAW, Salamander, Saltaire, Spire, Thornbridge, Thwaites, Wentworth

 

Do you know where the Magic Rock beer is going to be on?

 

I like the sound of their beers, but I've only ever tried one which was at The Sheffield Tap.....Very nice it was.

 

Regards

 

Doom

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Beer list so far... many more to be added nearer the time. Tasting notes and which venue each beer will be at should soon be online at http://www.threevalleysfestival.org.uk

 

Barlow Brewery Anastasia Russian Imperial Stout 8.0%

Barlow Brewery Carnival Ale 4.0%

Barlow Brewery Full Monty 6.5%

Barlow Brewery Heath Robinson 3.8%

Barlow Brewery Three Valleys IPA 5.0%

Blue Bee Brewery Nectar Pale Ale 4.0%

Bradfield Brewery Farmers Blonde 4.0%

Bradfield Brewery Farmers Brown Cow 4.2%

Bradfield Brewery Farmer’s Stout 4.5%

Bridgehouse Brewery Bad Elf 3.8%

Bridgehouse Brewery Porter 4.5%

Buxton Brewery Axe Edge 6.8%

Dark Star Brewing American Pale Ale 4.7%

Dark Star Brewing Espresso Stout 4.2%

Dark Star Brewing Hophead 3.8%

Kelham Island Brewery Various

Leeds Brewery Jubilee 4.8%

Leeds Brewery Midnight Bell 4.8%

Magic Rock Brewing Dark Arts 6.0%

Magic Rock Brewing Kegged Cannonball 7.4%

Magic Rock Brewing High Wire 5.5%

Magic Rock Brewing Rapture 4.6%

Oakwell Brewery Barnsley Bitter 3.6%

Oakwell Brewery Senior 4.3%

Peak Ales Jubilee ?.?

Peak Ales Summer Sovereign 4.0%

Raw Brewing Anubis Porter 5.2%

Raw Brewing Apollo Summer Bitter 3.8%

Raw Brewing Blonde 3.9%

Raw Brewing Dark Peak 4.5%

Raw Brewing Edge 4.5%

Raw Brewing Grey Ghost IPA 5.9%

Raw Brewing JR Best 4.2%

Raw Brewing Solstice Summer Ale 3.8%

Salamander Brewing Golden Salamander 4.5%

Salamander Brewing Mudpuppy 4.2%

Saltaire Brewery Cascade Pale Ale 4.8%

Saltaire Brewery Raspberry Blonde 4.0%

Spire Brewery 80 Shilling Ale 4.3%

Spire Brewery Candleriggs 1909 Dark 5.2%

Spire Brewery Chesterfield Best Bitter 4.5%

Spire Brewery Coal Porter 4.5%

Spire Brewery Dark Side of The Moon 4.3%

Spire Brewery Deepdale Pale Ale 4.8%

Spire Brewery Enigma 6.4%

Spire Brewery Joan Smythe’s Extra Rough 3.7%

Spire Brewery Land of Hop and Glory 4.5%

Spire Brewery Prince Igor 8.5%

Spire Brewery Sgt. Pepper Stout 5.5%

Spire Brewery Sovereign’s Escort IPA 5.0%

Spire Brewery Twist & Stout 4.5%

Spire Brewery Whiter Shade of Pale 4.0%

Thwaites Brewery Dronfield Arms Best 4.2%

Thwaites Brewery Nutty Black 3.3%

Wentworth Brewery Bumble Beer 4.3%

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Do you know where the Magic Rock beer is going to be on?

 

I like the sound of their beers, but I've only ever tried one which was at The Sheffield Tap.....Very nice it was.

 

Regards

 

Doom

 

Coach & Horses and Dronfield Arms both plan on having Magic Rock beers.

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Coach & Horses and Dronfield Arms both plan on having Magic Rock beers.

 

Thanks Andy!!

 

Of the beer festiavals we attend, I'd actually put the Three Valleys at the top of my list.

 

It's the variety of pubs, beers on offer and food that make it such a brilliant day out that I'd recommend to any real ale enthusiasts.

 

Only one minor gripe from last year.....The bus timetable times were changes quite late on, so for those of us who had run it off a few days earlier we were caught out at one of the venues and had to wait an extra 20 minutes for the beer bus. :D

 

Apart from that minor issue, everything else ran like clockwork.....Can you also organise for it to be sunny? :hihi:

 

Regards

 

Doom

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only reason I can see we may have to make any late changes to the buses this year is if there are issues with the roads to the Cricket Inn, that shouldn't alter the timetable just the route in the Totley area. Also we are using Linburg rather than TM Travel and all venues will have a half hourly bus service this year. An even better FREE bus service!

 

The programme can now be downloaded from http://www.sheffieldcamra.org.uk/3Valleys.htm

 

Note there are still more beers to be added to the list though....

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