It must have been because we were on sacred ground that the weather over the weekend of the Waendel Beer Festival, was the best it had been for weeks, which graciously allowed our drinkers the opportunity to sit and embibe in the sunshine. So much so that we completely sold out of ale on the Saturday night at around 11.30pm, just perfect!
A big thank you to our sponsors Prop-search.com and Discover Wellingborough who without their financial assistance we would not be able to run such a great festival. Friday night kicked off in the usual style with Dr Busker bringing his unique twist on traditional songs to our awaiting audience and the drink flowed heavily, then again on Saturday night our 9 piece band The Skatoons took to the stage and had people dancing continuously whilst enjoying the fine ales and ciders.
The range of grog was pretty good to, with many local breweries benefitting from the exposure of their new ales, such as Phipps with the old recipe for Jubilee Ale, produced for the first time since prior to WW2. Potbelly of Kettering had Hop Trotter, A Limp Pig Gold and ‘Luverly Jubilee’ and Nobby’s of Guildsborough sold out fast with their Biggus Dickus and T’owd Navigation. In all a great selection of fine ales chosen as always by Farmer Norton from Orlingbury.
Our thoughts are now on our annual festival, ‘the big one’ in September (27th-29th) and if you would like to grab a part of this with either sponsoring a tub of ale or the collectors glasses or even by advertising in our full colour programme then contact Alan Piggot on 01933 624222 or email him at alan@promoteitltd.co.uk and he can give you full details.
Thank you again to everyone concerned and two charities will be benefitting from the proceeds, the Rotary and the Lifeboat Appeal.
See you in September
The Chamber Committee
