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Saturday June 17th 2023

The second of our Let’s Rock gigs this year takes us to Temple Newsam, a country estate in the heart of Leeds.

Our usual bus was hired out to another act so the gear went in one van….

and us in another.

No time for a stop off as the journey is only a couple of hours.

Also no DVD player so conversation was the order of the day

Peter and Roy were listening to podcasts but Carl spoke about a film he’d watched recently called ‘The Mole People’

No expense spared for costumes or special effects…

Keith told us about a recent trip down to Worcester to pick up his new dog Chapo…

As usual I spoke at length about brewing…

As we crossed the border it started to rain…

but eventually there was some scenery to enjoy.

Apparently we were sent the wrong postcode…

so after a quick detour along the M1 we finally made it to the venue….sober!

Coffee and cakes all round…

We had a quick look to see what time we were on…

then wandered outside to have a look around.

We came across an auction of memorabilia.

Then we had an idea to visit the museum…

Newsam House Museum & Gallery in the background.

but decided against it and walked over to the VIP bar.

Here we watched Roland Gift.

The bar was busy…

We had a pint and a photo with a few of our Leeds mates…

we had the Atlantic Pale Ale

**The Beer in brief:** Atlantic is a modern pale ale that captures the essence of Sharp’s home on the rugged north coast of Cornwall. It is brewed with Sharp’s trademark precision to give complexity, subtlety and a cleanness of palate while showcasing the fresh citrus flavours of New World hops. All in, a beautifully refreshing pale ale. Deep golden in Colour, Atlantic has a vibrant fruity aroma redolent of lime zest to mango. The flavour is harmonious balance of barley sugar and grapefruit with a refreshingly crisp citrus linger.
**Malt:** Pale Ale and Low Colour Caramalt
**Hops:** Cascade, Aurora, Citra, Simcoe
**Aroma:** Citrus and tropical fruits, fresh hops and candyfloss
**Flavour:** Delicate sweetness with a fruity succulence and citrus spice to the fore
**Finish:** Clean with a hoppy linger

As it was served far too cold you couldn’t taste any of the above😀

Oh well, time to head back as we were on shortly.

Safely back in the artists area…

and into our dressing room!

Few more beers before we go on…

Keg & bottle; Pasteurised.
First brewed in 1952.
Ingredients: Water, barley malt, maize, wheat malt, colour:caramel, hop extract
Kronenbourg 1664 is France’s No.1 selling beer and the UK’s second-biggest selling premium lager.
Kronenbourg 1664 is made with a unique blend of hops including aromatic hops from Alsace.

At last, time to go on!

Great crowd!

What a great gig!!

All Together Now

Great praise from Stu Kershaw, OMD’s drummer – the band had arrived early in order to catch our performance!

We stayed around to watch the remaining acts.

Liverpool legends The Real Thing…

Midge Ure

OMD

Soft Cell

It was a fantastic festival!

Saturday July 16th 2022

Today we’re off to Shrewsbury for the Let’s Rock festival. It’s based at The Quarry, a beautiful 29-acre parkland near the river Severn.

It’s a very early start as we have to be there for 10.00 am.

Different route today and we’re going via the Wallasey tunnel

Alas, no videos and no time allocated to stop off at a Camra awarded pub😕

At least we could stop for a bit of breakfast after seeing this omen…

We didn’t hang around for long…

We motored on and arrived fairly quickly at the venue.

The artists area was great!

Just enough time to have a look around the festival!

We had a quick line check as the crowd were starting to file in…

We were on stage soon…

so we headed back stage to check the rider.

The taste of Peroni Nastro Azzurro is distinctive, crisp and refreshing. You’ll find it has a notable citrus aroma and a pale, golden colour reminiscent of Prosecco.
It is gently brewed to give you an intensely crisp, refreshing taste with that unmistakable touch of Italian style.

The crowd had come right up to the front now…

We were ready to go on after meeting the legendary David Benson Phillips who was compere for the days event.

David gave us a great introduction and then we were on!

Crowd were brilliant!

We got a great reception and headed off backstage.

Edward Tudor-Pole was also performing!

Lovely guy!

We then went back out front into the sunshine to watch Scritti Politti

They were excellent and we met Green Gartside backstage!

We wanted to stay longer and see Bad Manners but we had to get back to Liverpool.

So we had to say farewell to Shrewsbury!

On the way in we’d earmarked the Olde Bucks Head as a possible getaway from the festival but it was never going to happen.

So instead we decided to travel up to Liverpool and head to The Old Tap in Waterloo where a couple of beer aficionado’s were keenly awaiting our arrival.

We had something to eat on the bus and a possible snooze then….

The Mersey Tunnel!

5 minutes in the tunnel then another 15 to Waterloo and we arrived at The Old Tap.

It’s a new pub getting rave reviews

First off we sampled the Polly’s ‘Neither Odd or Even.

Anybody who has followed the brewery long enough will know we love to smash together previous hop combos from our dearly departed Originals range and create modern day frankenstein’d-together bangers. Citra Columbus always has a special place in our heart, after a particularly memorable after-work “sampling session” held by Sean and Arron, and we were huge fans of the original version of Enigma Simcoe IPA, so much so that we carried it over to the Augment range that now holds the brewery up. Smashing the two together and reeling back the ABV to a more sessionable 5.6%, we’ve created a pale ale that brings a swag bag of stone fruit, mango, peach and tangerine notes to the party, with just a little grassy bitterness to boot.
5.6% ABV

Went down very well…

Next I’m sure we had the ‘From Above’ by the Track brewing company.

From Above is our easy-going, quaffable gluten-free beer. Brewed using malted barley, Cara Gold and oats to bring fullness and a lovely bready malt character and dry hopped with Mosaic and Nelson. Up front, youll find exquisite pineapple and tropical fruit punch, a soft bitterness and mouth-watering lemon peel followed by a long finish. Beautifully balanced, drinkable and satisfying.

Maybe we had one more for the road but I can’t remember what it was, or much else for that matter.

But what a fantastic day out we all had!

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