The Keighley and Worth Valley Beer and Music Festival 2007
Matt, Debbie and I had an excellent day yesterday at the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway beer and music festival. The KWVR is a 5-mile long preserved railway, the trains of which are regularly featured in the Good Beer Guide, as the buffet cars of the steam-hauled services sport impressive bars complete with real ale.
We didn’t really know what to expect from this weekend-long event. The whole line was the beer festival. There was a bar on Keighley station, each train was serving at least three ales (and good burgers) and the main engine shed at Oxenhope was the festival proper. It was packed, people squeezing in between the massive steam engines, live bands and the almost 80 cask ales. It was a very geeky combination - steam trains and ale, but we didn’t mind. The atmosphere was that of a true festival - everyone was in good spirits and there aren’t many beer festivals where the scenery out of your window changes at around 30mph while bands play on!
I made shoddy notes, but some of the ales I tried were:
- Old Spot Black Stuff
- Tim Taylor’s Golden Best
- Dark Star Espresso
- Hidden Pint
- Hopstar Darwen Masher
It was an excellently-well organised event and one we’ll look forward to visiting again next year!
