Guest
2009-11-12

after the event

Made it at 1800 on the Thursday and was very impressed with the set-up. Enjoyed beer from the pump rather than from the barrel, as is the norm at the Aberdeen festival. Agree with previous comments about seating etc, but great oaks / little acorns. Entertainment was good as was the silent Whisky Galore film, Will the festival beer be available at any outlets ? it would make a nice xmas tipple. My thanks to the serving staff who were both enthusiastic and keen, nice to see service with a smile. cheers 

Webmaster says: Thanks for the comments, we hope to improve the seating next year.

Guest
2009-11-12

A great event.
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Well done Robert and all his team.  A great event and a great achievement by everyone involved.  It was a wonderful sight to see all the Ales on handpulls which must have been a major challenge on it's own, never mind getting at least a cask from every brewery in Scotland.  That must have been a first!  Thanks for collecting our cask from Carnoustie and getting us in the festival at the very last moment.  I'm looking forward to next year already.  Well done.

Webmaster says: Thanks for the comment, we seem to be on the right track

Guest
2009-11-11

great stuff

glad we got there early.Very impressed with the setup .I've been to a few festivals and the idea of having bands was spot on,they weren't to loud and just added to the atmosphere and the fine beer.

Thanks to all involved.

PS Nearly forgot the football ,top marks for that one. 

Jim
2009-11-10

unlucky ones

Well done guys. Myself and several others were unlucky not to get in. We did , however go to the Royal and saw a great band (Sanctuary) and had a great time. Hope you have another go next year. I live in Oldmeldrum and have contacts in Stoney. Next year I'll make sure to come earlier, a lot earlier. Once again. Well done to all. Great effort.
> P.S. Love the food at the Marine.

Webmaster says: So sorry you could not get in. Popularity of the ale and the small size of the venue meant we had no choice but to close the doors. We really did not want to do it but next time we hope to have a bigger venue and even more ale!

Guest
2009-11-09

Idea

For the next event, would it be possible to provide some tables (to put your glass down on) around the hall and possibly some seats? The stovies went down well along with the ale (after I emptied my glass and put it in my pocket to free up my hands) but a bigger selection of food I think would be appreciated. Too much ale on an empty stomach isn't good. Other than that I enjoyed myself down there.

Webmaster says: Thanks for the comments, we'll possibly have a new venue next year and some thought needs to go into the setup.

Scott Wilson
2009-11-09

Good night out.

Attended both evenings and tried beers from all the Scottish breweries I had never seen before. Well done for getting the Colonsay, Mull, Glenfinnan, Plockton, Traquair etc beers. It must have been a challenge estimating the amount of beer and arranging the number of attendees to almost match. Lasting till about 10pm on the closing day was a good result;  it did get busy down at the Deeside end by the end of the night! Looking forward to next year. Scott

Webmaster says: It is always good to try beers you've never touched before.  Look forward to seeing you!

Jim
2009-11-09

Thanks

Great event,great beers, well organised and using entertainment and video worked brilliantly,loved the football.

Will be back,

Jim

Webmaster says: Thanks for the comment, all appreciated, we'll have some news about the next festival here shortly

Sandy and Marion Henderson
2009-11-08

Fantastic - Thanks very much

Robert,

Thanks to you and all your team for providing a fantastic beer festival. We really enjoyed ourselves and it was superbly well organised. We were very impressed with the whole thing.

Looking forward to next year.

Webmaster says: Thanks, we look forward to seeing you next year

Alan Lawson, Angus Ales, Carnoustie
2009-11-07

Unique event

Great effort by Robert and his team to collect casks from all the breweries (including ours, as a last-minute entry), making this a unique event.  And putting everything on handpulls was another major plus-point.  The stovies could've done with a bit more salt in them,,, but that's the only criticism of this wonderful success-story!

Webmaster says: Sorry about the stovies, we'll put more salt in the ale to compensate...

Keith Mackay
2009-11-07

Thank you guys

A very big thank you to Robert, Iain and Kenny for organising the festival. The hard work you put in was very much in evidence on the night.

The beer choice and the condition it was served in was great. Fantastic to see the residents of Stonehaven get behind the festival after what has been a tough time for many of them.

Thanks to Rob at Deeside brewery as well. The festival ale was indeed like Dundee cake, a meal in itself!!!!!

Roll on next year with longer hours, an extra day and more beer.

Cheers everyone,

Keith from CAMRA Aberdeen

Webmaster says: To get good reviews from CAMRA is all that we could wish!

Guest
2009-11-07

Dave

Well done Robert for an excellent beer festival.

Range of beers was fabulous it shows What Scottish breweries can produce It was shame I did not try Rob's Festival ale I was saving that for last .But maybe next year I will try and get a couple of day passes from the wife to go for all three days

Your Staff was friendly. 

Webmaster says: Thanks for the comment, we agree!

Guest
2009-11-07

Great festival!

Great festival, Robert - well organised - looking forward to 3 days next year - and I'll organise a busload from Banchory and Deeside then.

Webmaster says: The more the merrier, new venue more happy drinkers

M Willet
2009-11-06

Mr

Thank,s to the tinacity of the organisers of this 1st beer Festival. After all the Advercities that have befallen the Town this last 6 days Looking forward to this night of tasting real ALE Also thanks to the Breweries for arriving not knowing what to expect after our Disaster. TO SAY THE LEAST THANK YOU ONE and ALL. YOURS TRULY M Willet

Webmaster says:  Your appreciation of all the efforts has been passed onto the organisers and will be gratefully received 

Mr M Willet.
2009-11-06

Mr

Once again it is nice to see that s/haven after all its gone through this past 7 days , The resilience of this beautiful Town once again raises its self from the ashes of dispaire to do its obligations to the folk from far and near to exhibit a show for real ale.I am looking forward to this evenings event.May i wish and thank the organiser,s Yours truly

Mr M Willet.

Johnny
2009-11-03

worthy event

Delighted that you are organising this Scottish beer festival. Stovies and entertainment! CAMRA will have to look to their laurels. It's sure to draw a large crowd. I'll be travelling from Aberdeen, so leave some of the Festival ale for me to sample. well done.

Webmaster says:  We look forward to seeing you, bring as many as you can, tell your friends and colleagues we need to let the world know that the festival is on despite the inclement weather!

Guest
2009-11-02

Beer

Yay, me and friends are soooo happy to have a beer fest in November again since our CAMRA one moved to June - even better, now we have 2 fests!

Thanks for comfirming the rain hasn't stopped you - it wont stop us either!

Good luck, we'll see you at 5pm on Thurs.

Webmaster says:  We look forward to seeing you there. East or West, our beer is the best!

aletalk events team
2009-10-16

aletalk

we've added the festival to our calendar of real ale events

http://www.aletalk.co.uk/events/scotland_ni.php

hope it goes well

the aletalk events team

Webmaster says: Thanks for that, aletalk team, we appreciate the help, no-one is doing anything commercially here, not even me!

Stuart Walker
2009-10-10

Well Done

Hi Well done guys it is a fantastic idea as I love my ales and to put this on would not had been an easy task I take my hat off to you . I will download your posters and put up in The Bettridge Centre in Newtonhill and send through my email contacts .

regards

Stuart Walker

Webmaster says: The link for the poster is now working again, sorry about that. The last version was 3.7mb and this new one is a mere 107kb so will download in a few seconds

BlueTooner
2009-10-08

Feeling Thirsty

Nice website - If you can put a downloadable publicity poster on the website I can put on a few workplace noticeboards.  Looking forward to sampling some of the beers on the list.

Webmaster says:  As per your kind suggestion we have added a lowish resolution version of the poster here which is also accessible on the front page:

http://www.stonehavenrealalefestival.co.uk/downloads/stonehaven-real-ale-festival-poster.html

Webmaster
2009-05-05

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