St Neots Booze on the Ouse Beer and Cider Festival 2020

The Booze on the Ouse that almost never was, coming just before the COVID-19 pandemic hit. So much so, it was the very last CAMRA festival to take place before restrictions came into place. Concerns aside, Booze on the Ouse 2020 was a safe and successful festival (considering the circumstances) with 65 beers and 16 ciders on offer to give the festival goers an outstanding choice of real ales and ciders over the 3 days. Many of those who came along to make this festival such a successful event kindly agreed to share their experience with us all by being in a photo. If you're in the photo selection that follows, share the love and let your friends know.

Find out which pubs and clubs won awards at the festival on our Pub Awards page.

The Volunteers. It takes a host of willing and enthusiastic volunteers to run the Booze on the Ouse Festival. Firstly, the branch committee thanks everyone who gave up some time to help us run the festival; I'm sure everyone who attended will join us in that sentiment. Here are a few shots of the team that made the festival happen.

Champion Beer of Britain Competition. Festivals are often offer the ideal opportunity to host Champion Beer of Britain (CBoB) competitions. We held the Eastern Region round for the Golden Ales category. Someone has to do it, but the panel had the difficult job of tasting all the short listed beers and scoring each individually in order to determine a winner. The top 3 ales of the Eastern Region Golden Ale category for 2020 were:

GOLD – Oakham Green Devil
JOINT SILVER - Crafty Beers Sauvignon Blonde and Grain ThreeOneSix
BRONZE – Oakham Citra

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