The QA is a truly fine venue, my current favourite pub in town. Knowledgeable and friendly host Paul and his lovely wife Krystyna presiding over 29 barrels of fine ales (and a few ciders) from all over the UK, including Valhalla Ales from the spectacularly remote isle of Unst in the Shetlands, the most northerly island in the UK. So remote is this place that you can't get any definition on Google maps below about 30000 feet!
Located in a marquee in the pub garden the festival was already in full cry when we arrived at around 7:45 ish. Amongst the ales tried were Alederflower, a fine distinctive hoppy ale, Simmer Dim from the aforementioned Valhalla Brewery - very nice mellow light ale that obviously travels well, Photon cask lager (a lager that actually tastes of something by jove!), Gravitas from Buckinghamshire's Vale Brewery - this is a long time staple usually imbibed at the now sadly neglected Victoria Inn in Northampton on pub quiz nights, but it tasted better here! Also Apache which was refreshing and very nice, and the stonkingly named Verbal Viagra, and Dursley Steam Bitter, a good session ale. There were a few others but our** memory ain't what it was. Who are you again??!
**thanks to Phill for remembering about half of the above beer names for me!**
Here's a suitably blurry pic from the QA Facebook page:
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