Faversham Hop Festival 3

[jazzy_dave]

A short trip over to Faversham today to get some items from a supermarket and to  visit the last day of the Faversham Hop Festival. I had a conversation with one of the guys who serving at the micro pub and found out that it was only open for the festival, then closing down for eight weeks to be fitted out, and then re-open again as a proper micro pub. I look forward to its re-opening.

I tried a few beers and ciders, particularly Core Hardcore Cider (7.5 % ABV) and Gadds No.5 ale (4.4 % ABV).



Apart from cider the company do apple juice as well.


Inside the micro pub.

I also took more pictures under the cut.



Another top Kent beer company, Hop Daemon.


The Whitstable Brewery stall. The raspberry wheat beer was lovely.


More rocking music.


Quite a few local shops, which do not open on a Sunday,  were open cashing in on the festival including the Past Sentence bookshop.

I bought a book  on the life of philosopher Rudolf Steiner from a charity shop  stall for ten pence -



Despite some threatening clouds it turned out to be quite a sunny day.

Comments

[calico-pye.livejournal.com]

Steiner was a very interesting guy, influenced by the Rosicrucians etc.

[coming42.livejournal.com]

Whitstable Brewery's Oyster stout - I have enjoyed that at the Eastbourne Beer Festival!

[a-phoenixdragon.livejournal.com]

Lovely day...and what a fantastic post!

[thespian15.livejournal.com]

Nothing like a little festival to open up the stores. :)

Did they really make beer out of oysters? :o :o :o
Hugs, Jon

[xolo.livejournal.com]

Oddly, we have a Rudolf Steiner-based restaurant here, organized around his ideas about food.


Edit: http://www.tillfare.com/ is the restaurant. And apparently there's also a Steiner-based preschool as well - http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/briar-rose-and-waldorf-education

[kabuldur.livejournal.com]

That Steiner book would be interesting. I'm not too au fait on his philosophy.