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WHAT: Stonehaven Real Ale
Festival
announces this year's charities and
unveils a new, specially-created ale.
WHEN: The event runs from Thursday, November 3; Friday, November 4 (5pm to midnight) and
Saturday, November 5
(from 1pm until visitors drink
us dry)
WHERE: Stonehaven Town Hall
WHO: Organised
by local real ale fans.
Contact is organiser Robert
Lindsay on07840
678243 or at
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STONEHAVEN Real Ale Festival is hoping for a tide of generosity to help boost two of the town's seafaring charities. Profits from this year's celebration of Scottish ales will go to Stonehaven Sea Cadets and to Maritime Rescue International, which runs Stonehaven's vital lifeboat service. And to celebrate the hard work of both organisations this year's special festival ale has been unveiled - to be called Seafarer.
Festival organiser Robert
Lindsay said: "Both of these charities do remarkable work in
Stonehaven - one helps save lives, the other helps build and
shape young lives. "MRI and the Sea Cadets
deserve all the support we can give them, and we are sure
visitors to this year's festival will join in and toast to
the very good health of both these organisations."
Last year, the festival - a
not-for-profit event run by local real ale fans - attracted
2,000 visitors and raised £5,000 ,
which went to
MRI.
Robert, owner of
Stonehaven's Marine Hotel and a master brewer, said he was
sure visitors would enjoy this year's festival ale during
the three day event at Stonehaven Town Hall from Thursday,
November 3, to Saturday, November 5. He said: "Seafarer is a nod
not just to the two charities we are supporting this year,
but also to Stonehaven's long seafaring tradition going back
centuries and continuing to this day."
The ale is a classic bitter
and was brewed vy festival organisers at Houston Brewery,
this year's main festival sponsor. Robert said: "Houston's own
Peter's Well was named Champion Best Bitter of Great Britain
in the national CAMRA awards. I'm sure Seafarer will be a
champion, too."
Drew Lawson, sailing training
principal for Stonehaven Sea Cadets, said the
backing of the real ale festival would be a boost for the
young folk of TS Carron. He said: "We are fundraising
for a new sailing dinghy at the moment, so the money raised
for us by the festival will go towards that. "The whole aim of the sea
cadets is to give young people a wide range of experiences
and opportunities to stand them in good stead for the rest
of their lives. I'm sure visitors to the real ale festival
will feel that's more than worth raising a glass to. "
Ann Laing, general manager of
MRI, said she was delighted by the continued support of the
real ale festival. "It is so heartening to see a
community event, such as the town's popular real ale
festival, back the work that we do.
"Our organisation depends on
donations such as this to keep us at sea and keep people
safe.
"We hope that people will come along to the festival
and have a great night, knowing they are helping others at
the same time."
The festival is this year
sponsored by Houston Brewery (www.houston-brewing.co.uk),
Harviestoun Brewery (www.harviestoun.com) and The
Bay Fish and Chips, Stonehaven (www.thebayfishandchips.co.uk)
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