"BeerFestival" news and stories

Thai chicken soup. Photo: elana's pantry, Flickr.

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• The Colorado Beer Festival descends on Colorado Springs this Saturday, and offers more than 70 beers to sample, as well as a designated-driver program.
• The Wynkoop Brewery will hold its own Beers of the Year mini-festival on Saturday, also.
• Dublin-made cream liqueur Coole Swan, which gets its name from Yeats' poem "The Wild Swans of Coole," is finally for sale in Colorado, and one food writer -- who claims it's the finest cream liqueur he's ever tasted -- couldn't be happier.
• A "gastropub" opens in Cherry Creek, inspiring food critic Tucker Shaw to explore the etymology of the word.
• A knife-wielding blogger discovers the bounty of the duck.

Leatherbritches is a delightfully named brewery located in one of the UK's most picturesque regions - the Peak District.

Sadly their website is 'under construction' which doesn't help in tracking down details of their participation in the Peak Booze and Blues Festival. All I can find out is that it is running from the 26th May to the 29th. There will be around 100 ales to sample as well as the blues music. You need to find The Bentley Brook Inn, Fenny Bentley, DE6 1LF where all the fun is happening. More details of the brewery and attached hotel can be seen on the Peak District website. Looks lovely.

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