Beer Festival takes place in Eathorpe this month

Preparations are well underway for this year's Eathorpe Beer Festival.
By The Newsroom
Published 9th Feb 2017, 14:15 BST
Updated 1st Mar 2017, 09:34 BST
Eathorpe Beer Festival organisers David Wray, Sue Burt, David Smith, Maggy Smith at the Gates Brewery in Burton-on-Trent.Eathorpe Beer Festival organisers David Wray, Sue Burt, David Smith, Maggy Smith at the Gates Brewery in Burton-on-Trent.
Eathorpe Beer Festival organisers David Wray, Sue Burt, David Smith, Maggy Smith at the Gates Brewery in Burton-on-Trent.

A team has visited breweries to choose various beers for the festival with ales from South Derbyshire and Burton-on-Trent being picked.

Organiser David Wray said: “Although all our breweries are from a very small area , we are sure we’ll have some surprises, even for the beer connoisseurs.”

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Soft drinks will be on offer along with cider wine and perry and children are welcome.

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The Willow and Tool Band will be performing on the first evening, with the inimitable Coventry Mummers followed by rock and roll from Mid-Life Crisis the next day.

Entry is free and the doors of village hall open at 5.30pm on Friday February 17 and at 1pm on Saturday February 18.