Wherner, CAMRA National Winter Ales Festival, The Roundhouse, Pride Park, Derby. 2015
Wherner is an uncontrollable two minute fit of laugher following Derek’s comment regarding the essence of sausage, CAMRA National Winter Ales Festival, The Roundhouse, Pride Park, Derby. Thursday 12 February 2015.
Wherner, Derek and I went to this beer festival and we all agreed it was probably the best organised CAMRA beer festival outside London that we have ever been to.
450 beers were available most of which were sold from an area around three-quarters of the circumference of the roundhouse adjacent to the outer wall; the other quarter was used for food stalls. The area where the railway tracks lead off the turntable to the outer wall was used for walking and standing and the turntable area was for table and chairs. Therefore you only had a few seconds walk to the majority of the festival with the toilets only 30 seconds walk away. Live music was located in an adjacent marquee just a minutes’ walk away as was the carriage room.
We spent 4½ hours at the festival and were very impressed, however sadly we were told that 2016 Winter Ales Festival will be the last one held at this venue, therefore a decision has already been made than we will be going again next year.
The Roundhouse which is a Grade II listed building, thought to be the oldest surviving railway roundhouse in the world. It is now part of the Derby College complex and is used as a learning centre and for holding events.
Photograph copyright: Ian 10B.
Wherner, CAMRA National Winter Ales Festival, The Roundhouse, Pride Park, Derby. 2015
Wherner is an uncontrollable two minute fit of laugher following Derek’s comment regarding the essence of sausage, CAMRA National Winter Ales Festival, The Roundhouse, Pride Park, Derby. Thursday 12 February 2015.
Wherner, Derek and I went to this beer festival and we all agreed it was probably the best organised CAMRA beer festival outside London that we have ever been to.
450 beers were available most of which were sold from an area around three-quarters of the circumference of the roundhouse adjacent to the outer wall; the other quarter was used for food stalls. The area where the railway tracks lead off the turntable to the outer wall was used for walking and standing and the turntable area was for table and chairs. Therefore you only had a few seconds walk to the majority of the festival with the toilets only 30 seconds walk away. Live music was located in an adjacent marquee just a minutes’ walk away as was the carriage room.
We spent 4½ hours at the festival and were very impressed, however sadly we were told that 2016 Winter Ales Festival will be the last one held at this venue, therefore a decision has already been made than we will be going again next year.
The Roundhouse which is a Grade II listed building, thought to be the oldest surviving railway roundhouse in the world. It is now part of the Derby College complex and is used as a learning centre and for holding events.
Photograph copyright: Ian 10B.