VIDEO: Beds brewers and boozers at the Great British Beer Festival

All hail the ale and raise your glasses to the great British Beer Festival, which was bigger and better than ever this year.

The Campaign For Real Ale’s five-day event at Olympia London was attended by about 55,000 enthusiasts who were able to choose from 800 real ales, ciders, perries and international beers.

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Great British Beer Festival at Olympia London

Breweries – small, medium and large – from across the country were represented, including three from Bedfordshire (Wells & Young of Bedford, Banks and Taylor of Shefford, and Potton Brewery).

This short video captures the atmosphere on the festival’s fourth day as visitors sampled some of the Bedfordshire-brewed beers on offer.

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