lovely bumping into you on Tuesday🍻 thankyou for letting me grab a quick photo👍 legendddd

So lovely to see you getting to taste some Harvey's Best! It's a smashing beer and the yeast strain that they use to make it is over 60 years old! Great video as always. Thank you

Simon hats off to you brotha, great videos for beer lovers.

Cracking video Si, great to see John and co. What a fantastic array of beers, looked sensational! Really good to see what's on offer. Stone The Crows! 🍻

As someone for the US it was nice to see some breweries I am familiar with and of high quality at that fest. Mast Landing, Jacks Abby, Widowmaker, and Vitamin Sea all make insane beer and I haven’t had a bad beer from any

Absolutely great video buddy Just finished watching b4 bed. I loved the range of beer and the food stalls I’ve got to surprise one year and just tap ya on the shoulder while filming 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Awesome video Simon! Been waiting all week to watch this on Friday with a cold beer. You need to come to the Great American beer festival this year in Colorado! Cheers 🍻

You have the distinct honour of being the first - and possibly the only - channel that I subscribe to. Keep up the excellent work Simon 👏

Great video. Didn't know this was happening this week so cheers for the tour it's the next best thing. Love Olympia been to a few games expos there.

So funny to see them all guzzling the beers before the public has entered 😂

Ah, glad to see you had a wonderful time! Wow, festival looks incredible. Thank you for videoing. Hope your head is alright!

Watching this while on my way to this cheers Si for doing this video

@realaleguide

Жыл бұрын

Enjoy your day 🍺🍺

First 5mins was great, similar to the rest. You're on the Ball. Appreciated. Well Done. Regards from an old Roman Town in East Dumbartonshire.

Great coverage of the festival. Loved this video!

I agree with your comment about best bitter and other traditional ales. So many pubs, at least in my area, have jumped on the band waggon and sell pretty much only pale beers that are heavily hopped.

@oscarosullivan4513

Жыл бұрын

Hear hear

“Simons Sausage” Oh my word 😂🥴

Excellent vid 👍, festival looks great

Amazing video Martin. Superb beer and food combo. Regards from Warsaw Peter.

Best Bitters, such a underrated beer, specially outside UK!

Didn’t really understand the naming of the beer areas. I would assume the Edinburgh bar would have all Scottish beers etc.

I only once visited GBBF in 2012, enjoyed all the British Real Ale's

@jonathanlake6053

Жыл бұрын

Wow, that would have been some session.that's a lot of Ale.

Great coverage Simon nice one dude 👍

Fantastic video Simon

Harveys Best is very popular here in Hastings, there's a pub that sells it for £2.55 a pint, and it's first class, although I find Harveys best a bit too spicy - strong taste of cinnamon or nutmeg?

@oscarosullivan4513

Жыл бұрын

Great price

Please get a gimbal Si, I feel dizzy! 😅. The event looks great , wish I was there!

Kid in a sweet shop energy 🙌

Great video 👍

Haha quality Si! What a day that was 👌🍻

@realaleguide

Жыл бұрын

Yes it was! Amazing mate

@traviswilson7990

Жыл бұрын

Looks like you behaved yourself Marc 🤣

@TheCraftBeerHub

Жыл бұрын

Ah mate, I needed to after Brew LDN that's for sure 🤣

What an Awesome video .Cheers dude

Cracking video buddy 👏👏👏👏👏

Was there on Wednesday Simon, had a cracking time. Acorn Old Moor Porter was the best, closely followed by Rhymney Export. Only had one not to my taste, Norbert Hazy IPA by Strahov at the Brandenburg Gate Bar. Hopefully The Winter Beer Festival will be back next Feb.

The reason I stopped going to the GBNF was the beer prices. Why don't you say what the costs are?

@jamesstewart6685

Жыл бұрын

Meant to type GBBF.

@jonathanlake6053

Жыл бұрын

@@jamesstewart6685 Do you know what the prices are? £8 for a 1/3 is taking the proverbial.

cracking video mate, I'm only here for the mispronunciation of shawarma and falafel 🤣

@nathanrodriguez780

Жыл бұрын

Ooh I think going forward I’m only going to call it “shawarmi”

@ScottishT

Жыл бұрын

@@nathanrodriguez780 haha, not important of course but we all like a wee laugh

@joebidensdentures4541

Жыл бұрын

You should hear him pronounce "Pancetta".

I CANNOT WAIT TO GO!!

Looks awesome; I love that there's cask available. I wish it was more common in the US.

@oscarosullivan4513

Жыл бұрын

I also wish it was more common here in Ireland

Simon, I’m only halfway through the video but if you’re still standing after all is said and done then bravo to you my friend. Nice to have your choice of a thousand beers👍🏻🍻😀

Cheesy chips otherwise known in Canada as poutine

GBBF will never be the same without the wonderful Gr0mmet, he was always there to make people smile. R.I.P. Gr0m, We will always miss you.

@oscarosullivan4513

Жыл бұрын

Who is Grommet

@lewissmith3896

Жыл бұрын

@@oscarosullivan4513 Good question. Not even I know the answer to that.

@oscarosullivan4513

Жыл бұрын

@@lewissmith3896 Aye

How's your summer treating you? Your HAIR!!! Having fun with the family? It'll be good to see you regularly every week in September. Miss you guys tons. Jayne & Craig in Ottawa Canada 🇨🇦

@realaleguide

Жыл бұрын

Hi Jayne, driest summer on record here, it’s going to be 35 degrees today, crazy hot summer, roll on September

Being a beer nerd, I've read a lot about the Allsopp's Brewery. I understand the current beer is a modern representation, still I'm excited to see the review.

38:30 the beer is so good Simon turns into Wario 😛

In addition to listing the country and brewery names on the signage, it would be nice if the regions and states within the countries were also listed next to each brewery. Maybe next year!

@oscarosullivan4513

Жыл бұрын

Thought it was British beers only

@jonathanlake6053

Жыл бұрын

@@oscarosullivan4513 You're right the name GBBF was British beers of all guises but not according to London,an absolute scam,shame on them.

@oscarosullivan4513

Жыл бұрын

@@jonathanlake6053 Then again CAMRA has awarded a number of Irish breweries

Love the thumbnail pic. Proper Cheshire Cat grin haha.

Love to have gone again? Can't afford that and Peterborough though.

I would love to attend,it's on my bucket list.Shame it's in London though.

This fest just jumped to the top of my to do before I die list. I’d park myself near a toilet and my fav brewery. Unreal…

Hope u got to try them American beers like vitamin sea... Totally agree with the gueuze for £8 .. people would probably say that's bonkers but would be willing to pay 8 quid for a glass of cheap wine in a bar

Love the part with the Ukrainian Golden Ale!

You coming to the peterborough beer festival ?

Where’s Johnny and Brad!🍻

Try out Belgrano Bitter if you come across it. Goes down a treat.

Good video but one thing I noticed with the German bar are all the beers in bottles rather than draught as I am going Saturday but was hoping for draught rather than bottles. As I can drink the bottles here.

@oscarosullivan4513

Жыл бұрын

Agreed

Nice to meet up with you late on in the day (19 beers down), sorry if I was really drunk :)

@realaleguide

Жыл бұрын

It was terrific to finally meet you mate

@oscarosullivan4513

Жыл бұрын

Were there any good keg ales, stouts or porters

@Unclejona

Жыл бұрын

@@oscarosullivan4513 - I personally loved the 2 versions of Cinder Toffee Stout from New Bristol Brewery

@oscarosullivan4513

Жыл бұрын

@@Unclejona Thought this festival was cask only

@oscarosullivan4513

Жыл бұрын

@@Unclejona Interesting seems both Irish and British breweries have a habit of putting it in 440ml cans

This looks amazing, the amount of brewers in one place is good. .. I find after about 10 pints I can't drink any more beer!! hopefully they offer the quarter pint tasting glasses because I'd want to try as many as possible

@oscarosullivan4513

Жыл бұрын

Or 1/3 rd pint glasses

@jonathanlake6053

Жыл бұрын

Keep practising and you will succeed!

All beers are on draught. On the American cask ale bar -statue of liberty.

I attended the trade day on Tuesday, I had a season ticket so also went on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. I was disappointed this year with the beer list which didn't have any tasting notes or any notes about which acts were playing on the stage or details about the food stands. Having said that it was good to see that the pricing of the beers was not pegged at central London prices of over £5 per pint, I'd say that the pricing was more like outer or outside London prices which was good compared with the prices at the last GBBF which were eye watering. I'm a fan of "traditional" amber, brown or ruby ales. I feel that the current trend for over hopped citrus pale ales is damaging the industry. There are too many good beers that appear to have disappeared in favour of IPA's. In a favoured pub that I use they have 10 cask ales on, 3 are standards and always available: Bass, Harvey's Sussex Bitter and Big Smoke Solaris. The other 7 will be guest beers, recently there have been occasions where 6 of the other beers have been strong citrus IPA where as most of the customers were drinking Bass or Sussex which ran out! I've started drinking porter or even milk stout! Despite the smaller footprint of the festival this year due to the building work I think that the festival was a success. I felt that it was a bit under attended however in chats with CAMRA staff at the festival they stated that the takings were up on the last festival. I am a CAMRA life member though my only CAMRA activities are attending beer festivals and claiming discounts offered by some pubs to CAMRA members.

@jonathanlake6053

Жыл бұрын

Interesting, I agree with your view on the IPA's & also I'm getting tired of the Citra brews. Things are not as they used to be regarding tasting notes from the last Beer Festivals that I have attended.Some of those prices are taking the proverbial for a beer.I think some of the brewers are aiming for a more exclusive market,good luck to them if they can get the money,more decent Ale for the rest of us,I say!

STONE THE CROWS!

I love falafalafal

Vocation beard wude!

£8 for a third. Beyond me when there is so much choice available.

@jonathanlake6053

Жыл бұрын

You don't need to spend that sort of money to enjoy a beer or three.

The Maidan bar had the Australian flag but beers all from other countries. And I don't mind, because Australia is still beholden to the low cost and tasting like ass hop "Pride of Ringwood". Something that should be stoned along with the crows. And I say that as an Australian.

Good excuse for a piss up 😉

Makes me wonder if the Yeastie boys dude has tried his Bigmouth ipa? what a shite beer that is

@jonathanlake6053

Жыл бұрын

Yes,I thought it was a load of crap too.

Great sneak preview - heading there today and tomorrow. We've missed it last few years due to Covid so can't wait!