GREAT HONOUR

'Yours truly' is honoured to have been asked to pull the first pint to officially open Brigg District Lions' Beer Festival on Thursday (7pm).
The venue is John Reid Trucking's depot, on Atherton Way (not far from what we call Tesco roundabout).
The event - previewed in today's Scunthorpe Telegraph - continues on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
It features a wide range of drinks, including the following (with alcohol content listed):

BEERS
Ballard Midhurst Mild 3.5
Bowland Sawley Tempted 3.7
Saltaire Yorkshire Pale 3.7
Wells & Young Young’s Bitter 3.7
Arundel Castle 3.8
B & T Shefford Bitter 3.8
Milestones Lion’s Pride 3.8
Bradfields Farmers Bitter 3.9
Bryson’s Wammellers Wheat 4.0
Grindleton Old Fecker 4.0
West Berkshire Good Old Boy 4.0
Bazens Flatbac 4.2
Kelham Island Easy Rider 4.3
Three B’s Tackler’s Tipple 4.3
Barngates Taglag 4.4
Buffy’s Mucky Duck 4.5
Cairngorm Gold 4.5
Grindleton Lancashire Pale Ale 4.5
Jarrow McConnells Irish Stout 4.5
Little Valley Hebden’s Wheat 4.5
Strathaven Claverhouse Red 4.5
Weetwood Old Dog Premium 4.5
Potbelly Inner Daze 4.6
Nelson in the Riggin 4.7
Summerskills Whistle Belly Vengeance 4.7
City of Cambridge Parker’s Porter 5.3
Thornbridge Jaipur IPA 5.9
Sarah Hughes Dark Ruby 6.0

CIDERS
Broadoak Sweet
Thatchers Farmer’s Tipple Medium
Thatchers Cheddar Valley Dry
Weston Traditional Scrumpy


BOTTLED BEERS
Florisgaarden Griotte
De Troch Topical (Banana)
Lindeman Cassis
Bacchus Frambozen
Blanche de Bruxelles
Hoegaarden Special
Leffe Dubbel
Bacchus Kriek
Leffe Blonde
Bruges Trippel

LAGERS
Atlas Latitude
Oakleaf I Can’t Believe It’s Not Bitter
Ossett Silver King
Dent Rambau
Harviestoun Schiehallion
Elland KSA
Our picture, from last May, shows Miss Scunthorpe Telegraph, Penny Bissett, and Lions' president John Reid enjoying a pint of Regal Blonde at the opening night.
Proceeds from this year's event will help the Lions with their valued work for good causes.
The festival is now a very well-established event in Brigg's social calendar.
Please pop along if you can, and support a worthy local venture.