Thursday, 16th October - Sunday, 19th October 2003
Nottingham Beer Festival 2003 | |
|  | | There'll be over 350 real ales to sample at the 27th Nottingham Beer Festival |
| | As a 27th Nottingham Beer Festival approaches... the public have come up with names for 12 tram-themed tipples. |
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| | The biggest bar in town opens its doors to the public on Thursday, 16th October at the Victoria Leisure Centre, Sneinton. They will remain open until Sunday, 19th October.
Tram-themed beers
This year's festival has been tied in with the forthcoming launch of the Nottingham Tram.
The breweries asked the public to come up with names for their new ales and now special pump clips have been created for the beers:
 | | Alcazar - 'Owd yer tight. Click here for enlargement |
 | | Belvoir - Just The Ticket. Click here for enlargement |
 | | Brewsters - Lady And The Tramp. Click here for enlargement |
 | | Broadstone - Streetcar Named Desire. Click here for enlargement |
 | | Castle Rock - Trammie Dodger. Click here for enlargement |
 | | Mallard - Con-Duck-Tor. Click here for enlargement |
 | | Nottingham - Express Transit. Click here for enlargement |
 | | Oldershaws - Off The Rails. Click here for enlargement |
 | | Springhead - Ticket To Ride. Click here for enlargement |
These beers will be available in some local pubs from Friday, 10th October 2003 – the weekend before the festival.
The festival organisers are promising an event that is bigger and better than ever with over 350 real ales to sample, with accompanying food during the day and live music at night supplied by Kelly's Heroes and Left Hand Thread.
There will also be around 160 volunteers working in the two halls capable of holding more than 1400 people.
Nottingham Beer Festival 2002
Have a look at how the two halls at the Victoria Leisure Centre were laid out for the 2002 beer festival and take a virtual sup of your beer: Hall One - Hall Two.
Below are the opening times of this year's festival:
| Opening times | Thurs 16th
Oct 2003 | Fri 17th
Oct 2003 | Sat 18th
Oct 2003 | Sunday 19th
Oct 2003 | | 11.00 to 5.00 £1.00 | 11.00 to 5.00 £1.00 | 10.00 to 5.00 £1.00 | 12.00 to 3.00 Free | | 5.00 to 11.00 £3.00 Quiet night | 5.00 to 11.00 £3.00
Entertainment: Kelly's Heroes live | 5.00 to 11.00 £1.00
Entertainment: Left Hand Thread live |   |
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