Below is a brief memoir of the Craft 100 Beer Festival held as Easter 2016 (24-28th March). It was held at then then Craft Beer pub near Clapham North station (the Craft Beer Co still has a number of excellent pubs across London).
The festival was held in the bar of the pub and in a Marquee at the back. Several points to note nine years on. Firstly there were 100 beers of which 80 were cask and 20 keg. I suspect that in 2025 there would be less cask and more keg, albeit a fair bit of that keykeg. Secondly a number of breweries focused on that festival such as Beavertown and Brixton are no longer independent(both owned by Heineken)
On Thursday Megan and myself ventured Sarf to Clapham. The Craft 100 was again running at the Craft in Clapham.
These are always well organised events and this year was no exception. It was busy but there was no issue getting served and the decision (at last) to serve in thirds (as well as halves and pints) made a huge difference. Interesting beers could be sampled in greater numbers and in my view a third of Even More Jesus (cask 11.4%) is considerably more enjoyable than a half.
The range as always was exceptional and at the end of the night I realised I hadn’t sampled one keg beer. So is it right that more interesting beers are now more often to be found on keg than cask? Hmmm.
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