JBK Craftbrew Festival 2010

[Jim]

Sounds like a great idea, chaps.

[befuggled]

Camping on your lawn then Jim?

[garwatts]

i'm with scooby, i definately favour the informal approach. just bring as much beer as you want to drink thru the event and swap bottles with everyone else. any large campsite would do. lake district is good! KJ

Can't find Scooby's comment in this thread

As there seem to be only 3 from the civilised end of the UK, I must add my vote to Boingy, Garwatts and Floydmeddler.

1) It will save us having to get passports and visas to proceed further north than Watford Gap.
2) It will save on the cost of hard hats for protection from the woad painted natives.
3) As Garwatts says, it will save on the cost of Foul Weather Gear as it always rains up there.

And don't forget the inoculations

All the same, have camper-truck will travel, it has been up to Berwick-on Tweed once and carries cornys easily!

Snap

[befuggled]

Damn!! - it's a convoy to Jim's then!!

[garwatts]

Jim, what facilities have you got in your garden?
How many electric hook ups?

[kay-jay]

i'm with scooby, i definately favour the informal approach. just bring as much beer as you want to drink thru the event and swap bottles with everyone else. any large campsite would do. lake district is good! KJ

Can't find Scooby's comment in this thread

As there seem to be only 3 from the civilised end of the UK, I must add my vote to Boingy, Garwatts and Floydmeddler.

1) It will save us having to get passports and visas to proceed further north than Watford Gap.
2) It will save on the cost of hard hats for protection from the woad painted natives.
3) As Garwatts says, it will save on the cost of Foul Weather Gear as it always rains up there.

And don't forget the inoculations

All the same, have camper-truck will travel, it has been up to Berwick-on Tweed once and carries cornys easily!

Snap

oops....meant boingy

KJ

[floydmeddler]

Happy days, glad the ball is rolling on this one. Was beginning to worry there lads. I said the Midlands because, well, it's in the middle. Happy to go on up north though. I like the sound of the Lake District. How would we go about it then?

Aleman, when you've done it in the past, did you all just book onto a campsite and start sampling? That sounds like my kinda holiday.

Perhaps Mr Wheeler could come along and be a judge?

[Jim]

Camping on your lawn then Jim?

Err, no.

[Aleman]

Aleman, when you've done it in the past, did you all just book onto a campsite and start sampling? That sounds like my kinda holiday.

Well we used to stay at one of the members houses near Rugby which had a large field to the side of it. . . . And yes, turn up pitch tent start sampling . . . We have had as few as 15 beers on and as many as 40 . . . I'm still not sure if it is an honor or not to take home 3 empty cornii .

We did do a bit of organising producing an annual glass, and T Shirts . . . . Chipped in for meat for the BBQ . . . chipped in for food. . . . . Nowadays we have brewery sponsorship and get to play on big boys toys on the saturday.

[TC2642]

This sounds like a great idea. I'd be up for it.

[floydmeddler]

I guess it depends how far you want to take it. A good start might be a bunch of folks on a camp site sharing beer. No need for tokens, competitions or any real organisation. Just set a date and a venue (and if the weather is good) then "they will come".

I reckon this sounds realistic for a first crack at it. Turn up, open our car boots and do swaps etc. for the weekend. Be a nice opportunity for people to sell / swap equipment too and generally yap about brewing with like minded people.

Should have created a poll on this thread to get an idea of definite numbers.

[rick_huggins]

Id be up for it too; I'm sure we'd have a few smokers/BBQs on hand too!

[kay-jay]

glad were making progress! might i suggest coniston in the lake district for the venue? there is a massive camp site on farmland on the banks of coniston water. its really beautiful up there in the summer. and should the weather be hot enough to cause a shortage of ale due to quick consumption there is a few good pubs within walking distance.

also, how about someone sorting out a few JBK t-shirts ahead of the event?? profits to go to Jims leukaemia fund.....

KJ

[crookedeyeboy]

This sounds great!! Would love to spend a weekend being geeky and swapping ideas!

[DarloDave]

Can we chip in for a stripper?