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Post by bh on Feb 10, 2007 15:41:37 GMT
Lovely, aggggghhhhhh!!!
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Post by amberaleman on Feb 11, 2007 1:40:27 GMT
I'm slightly vexed by the subject header of this thread, as the Battersea Beer Festival 2007 was another resounding success. We had over 4,000 customers and took in £58,000 in three days. Not bad for an event run by a bunch of ale-swilling volunteers. Our hope now is that there will be a 2008 festival. As one or two of you may know, our venue the Battersea Arts Centre (BAC) -noted for having staged the first ever production of Jerry Springer the Opera - is threatened with closure. Wandsworth Borough Council are proposing to slash the BAC's annual grant and to start charging £275,000 annnual rent - which would mean that the centre is no longer financially viable. A campaign to save the BAC is already under way- it's even united Tony Blair and Ken Livingstone. ;D PS: in response to earlier postings - the verb "to spile" may not be found in any self-respecting dictionary, but as a part of beer-keepers' argot it surely has a home on a tinpot forum such as this.
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Post by bh on Feb 12, 2007 15:35:40 GMT
Sorry AA, I did not mean to besmirch the good name of those willing volunteers who have put on such a wonderful event, just these complicated computer things. Please accept my deepest apologies! I haven't missed Battersea for the last five years, and would certainly miss this wonderful annual event if it cannot take place in future. Again, sorry mate, hopefully a pint will be bought in the fullness of time (Cambridge??) in recompense for my mistake!
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Post by ambersalamander on Feb 17, 2007 23:26:35 GMT
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Post by amberaleman on Feb 17, 2007 23:33:37 GMT
And only two weeks away! I'm expecting the beer selection in Cambridge to be more goldcup than tinpot. But I'm sure the day will be hallmarked as tinpot!
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