Lyme Regis Beer Festival 2012

Well, what do you know, Lyme's very own Beer Festival. After last year's huge success "The Three Brewers" are at it again. The Town Mill Brewery and the Mighty Hop Brewery both from Lyme Regis and ART Brew from North Chideock are joining forces to bring you an array of exciting, tasteful, wonderful real ales.

Saturday 31st March    12pm - 11pm

On its way to becoming a regular fixture in Lyme's Calendar, the Beer Festival is your opportunity to sample beers and ciders from local breweries and enjoy the best of local food and entertainment - all at the Marine Theatre. And there’s cider for those who just can't get their taste buds around real ale. Come and join in the fun at The Marine Theatre located just around the corner from The Town Mill Brewery.

Update on Wednesday, April 18, 2012 at 4:22PM by Julian

So how did it go then?

Three Brewers. Twenty one different ales. Six hundred happy beer drinkers.  For the second year Town Mill Brewery, Mighty Hop Brewery and Art Brew joined forces to stage this celebration of beery flavours at the Marine Theatre in Lyme Regis.  Alongside a selection of old favourite ales, there were some brand new ones showcased for the first time plus a wide range of interesting ciders from local producers.  All the festival goers had a great time tasting the ales, listening to a variety of performers during the day and local band Coast in the evening. All this and burgers, pies and pasties too meant a happy day for everyone who came - visitors and residents alike.  The three brewers: Mark Jenkin of Mighty Hop, John Winnerah of Art Brew and Rainer Dresselhaus of Town Mill were all serving the customers (with the help of an army of volunteers!) and always available to talk about their creations.  With such wonderful ales as Mighty Red IPA, Spanked Monkey and Granny's Teeth available, the happy drinkers were spoiled for choice and made the most of it by drinking over 2000 pints. The day was great fun and everyone had a brilliant time,  as one visitor said: ‘’It’s been a great day. Good beer, good food and a fantastic atmosphere.  We’ll be back next year." 

And so will the Three Brewers!

Granny's Teeth, "The Beer With Bite"

 
This photo of Lyme Regis is courtesy of TripAdvisor

Named after the famous steps set into the Cobb Harbour Wall in Lyme Regis our new beer, Granny's Teeth, ABV 6% was brewed to be a good, strong Christmas Ale. It's proved to be very popular and sold out easily so we've made even more! So now that Christmas has passed let's call it a Winter Ale and get on with drinking it.

My word, that looks like a huge glass of our Black Ven, ABV 5% just waiting as encouragement for those brave enough to take on the famous teeth. Now if Louisa Musgrove in Jane Austen's Persuasion had, while flirting with Captain Wentworth, jumped into that instead of his "absent" arms, there would have been no death and unhappiness, just an intoxicating, exciting and happy ending.

Cider Man Martin Lea Gives Town Mill Best a "Tick" in Weymouth

Martin Lea was out and about at Weymouth's Annual Beer Festival today. Said Martin in The Dorset Echo: "It is with minimal experience that I arrive at Weymouth Octoberfest ready to try a few ales, under orders from my editor. Keen to support Dorset beers, I select Town Mill Best from Lyme Regis. It’s a malty biscuity brew and pleasant enough that it deserves a tick in my programme."

And that was about the best it got for Martin who's a cider man at heart ... Read the whole story at:

http://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/localnews/9295072.Weymouth_s_annual_beer_festival_at_the_Pavilion/