Thursday 14th August - Saturday 16st August 2008
Facts and Figures
| Thursday | 1,300 |
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| Friday | 1,900 |
| Saturday | 6,100 |
| Total | 9,300 |
Donations to Charity
The Charity Box contained £2128.63 in unused tokens donated by our kindhearted customers. Because of the all the hard work given by our unpaid volunteers, the Festival made a modest net surplus, and therefore the total amount to be donated will be £2255.08
The total will then be divided between the 2008 Festival's charities: The County Air Ambulance. Charity No. 1001064; Motor Neurone Disease Association. Charity No. 294354; and St Richard's Hospice. Charity No. 515668.
New & Old Members of CAMRA
91 new members were signed up, of which 40 were local to the Worcester Branch area and 15 were "youngsters" under 26.
A total of 736 existing members of CAMRA visited the festival and signed-in.
Competition Winners
The winner of our "Suggest-a-Beer" competition was John Davies from Malvern.
The winner of our "Taste All the Ciders and Perry" competition was Ben Hastilow from Worcester - and he duly undertook this arduous task on the afternoon of Thursday 14th August.
Don Parker from Worcester won a polypin of Bewdley Brewery Old School Bitter from the "Win a Barrel of Beer" competition run by the Worcester News.
Rachel Henley from Worcester won bottles of Cider and Perry from the competition run by the Worcester News.
Beers, Ciders & Perries
Champion Beer of the Festival
| 1st | Phoenix Spotland Gold |
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| 2nd | Arbor Oyster Stout |
| 3rd | Potbelly Pigs Do Fly |
Champion Cider of the Festival
| 1st | Mr P's Neighbour |
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| 2nd | Upper House Farm Oak Conditioned |
| 3rd | Newton Court Med Perry |
Champion Perry of the Festival
| 1st | Hecks Blakeney Red |
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| 2nd | Newtons Sweet |
| 3rd | Minchews (Black Barrel) |
West Midlands Mild Competition
| 1st | Highgate Dark Mild |
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| 2nd | Church End Gravediggers |
| 3rd | Hobsons Mild |
West Midlands Cider Competition
| 1st | Newton Court Medium |
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| 2nd | Gwatkins Yarlington Mill |
| 3rd | Dunkertons Medium |
West Midlands Perry Competition
| 1st | Oliver's Medium |
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| 2nd | Malvern Magic Perry |
Lists
Gallery
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