MORE than 2,200 people flocked to Bromsgrove Beer and Cider Festival after a three-year hiatus.
From Thursday, June 30 to Saturday, July 2 more than 95 volunteers put on the 18th Bromsgrove Beer and Cider Festival at Finstall Park.
Visitors were greeted with 144 real ales, nine Key Keg beers and 53 ciders and perries to choose from.
The theme this year was the Beatles which was reflected in the festival’s logo – a yellow ‘Pub-marine’.
The Court Leet opened the festival on Thursday night with a traditional beer testing and blessing and Bromsgrove MP Sajid Javid visited the festival on Friday night.
Despite torrential downpours on Saturday, people still turned out in the droves but there was plenty of beer left for volunteers for a well-earned pint.
A total of £952.81 was raised for the festival’s charity of the year – Primrose Hospice - through donations or unused beer tokens.
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