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Organic beer festival
22 June 2000
The UK's first Organic Beer Festival is to be held from 23rd to 25th June at the Anchor Public House, Rea Street, Digbeth (1) . To coincide with Friends of the Earth's Real Food week(2) an organic barbie will be provided by Birmingham FOE and organic nibbles by Digbeth based The Warehouse café (3) from 6pm to 9pm on Friday 23rd June. Beers include:
| Pitfield Brewery | Summer Ale | 3.6% |
| East Kent | 4.2% | |
| Eco Warrior | 4.5% | |
| Catford Special | 4.5% | |
| Hoxton Heavy | 4.8% | |
| Black Eagle | 5.0% | |
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| Batemans Brewery | Yella Belly | 4.2% |
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| Caledonian Brewery | Golden Promise | 4.0% |
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| Organic Brew House | Lizard Point | 4.0% |
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| Brakespear Brewery | Ted and Ben's Ale | 4.7% |
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| Heather Brewery | Kelpie | 4.4% |
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| Hopback Brewery | Entire Stout [Vegan but not Organic] | 4.2% |
Gerry Keane of The Anchor said:
“In this, the first organic beer festival in the UK, we have been amazed by the interest not only from the punters but the brewers themselves. We have 12 brews from all over the country and this could be the start of an annual event.”
Nick Whittingham of Birmingham Friends of the Earth said
“Real Food week is an opportunity to promote food people want - not food multinational companies want us to eat. This is a great way of showing that organic produce is mainstream and growing from strength to strength. “
Molly Murtagh from The Warehouse cafe said:
“Organic food is the food of the future and we are aiming to be 100% organic.”
(1) The Anchor is Birmingham's premier Real Ale pub and has been the Birminghamg Campaign for Real Ale(CAMRA) pub of the year a twice in 1997 and 1999.
(2) REAL FOOD week runs from 17th to 25th June and is organised by Friends of the Earth to promote the food people want. More info from FOE 0121 643 9117 or 020 7490 1555.
(3) The Warehouse cafe is Birmingham's top vegetarian and vegan cafe.
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Published by Friends of the Earth Trust
Last modified: Jul 2008
