Walk around the beer festival

The Wanstead Beer Festival (WBF) will be bigger this year, with more beers and a gin bar. The 40+ beers and ciders are drawn from across the UK, with Essex based breweries Brentwood, Elephant and Billericay all being well represented. Brentwood's popular Pride of Prague, brewed to mark West Ham's European Conference Cup victory last year, will once again be available. Get in quick, as this one sold out last time. Another Essex based brewery is Mighty Oak, which brings it's champion beer, Captain Bob - always popular and goes quickly. The popular Sussex brewery, Listers, makes a return, bringing it's best bitter. A new one from Listers is their premium bitter, Special Ale. Harveys of Lewes will again be represented, with Best Bitter and a new surprise beer. Gloucester brewery, Goffs, makes a first time appearance, with the all American hopped Cheltenham Gold. Closer to home is West London based Portobello, who bring Markets Porter and Central Line Red - hopefully they'll be on time. The WBF prides itself on its local ethos. So east London breweries like Redemption, Beerblefish, Neckstamper, East London Brewery and Pretty Decent are all prominent, particularly amongst the keg beers. There will also be a variety of ciders available. Devon based, Farmer Jim's will be providing the popular Rhubarb Bob. There will also be a Farmyard Perrie on offer. New, this year is the English gin bar. There will be gins from Essex, Sussex and east London. Wine prosecco and soft drinks will again be available. Christchurch will be doing the food. So plenty to look forward to at the second WBF. More people, more beers and gin - what's not to like. Roll on the 12th October - 1 pm kick off. Tickets selling fast, for the link, see: www.wansteadbeerfestival.co.uk