Next Saturday (June 24) sees the return of one of the best village beer festivals on the circuit, when no fewer than 30 cask ales will be served at Clifford Village Hall. As village events go, this is a pretty impressive number. And unlike many festivals where beer is served directly from barrels racked up behind the bar, here all the ales will be cooled to the correct temperature by a professional quality system and dispensed through handpumps with sparklers, to present them foaming with a nice creamy head. Event spokesman Richard Coldwell says: “Previous experience tells us that local drinkers don’t like flat beer drawn directly from the cask so we’ve teamed up with a professional cellar services company to give our customers the sort of pint they get in their local pub – there’ll be no flat pints here!” Among the beers you can try will be Last Over, which has been specially created by Elland Brewery to celebrate the sporting achievements of Ryan Sidebottom, who is retiring from professional cricket this year. The Yorkshire and England star is a long-time supporter of the festival and has occasionally brought along his equally famous dad Arnie, who played both professional cricket and football in the 1970s and 80s. Says Ryan: “I’m really pleased to be connected with Clifford Beer Festival. It’s a fantastic charity raising money for local causes.”
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