The smaller of the two beer fests the Cherry Tree (Oxfordshire) holds each year, with 18 casks racked up. Some very good quality ales, made especially so because there was a very good water-cooling system keeping them nicely below room temperature (and nothing to do with me helping to choose the beers for it :-) )

We arrived at 3.30pm on Friday, after an interesting 45 minute 1 mile jaunt across the countryside involving stiles, fences, cobbles, reams of steps to cross the A34 and a partially submerged field (which may be considered a challenge by those with crutches....sorry Dan!) and made the somewhat fatal decision of going for pints instead of halves. After a regular 6X and a standard Broadside, we worked out whereabouts in the pub the festival was, and moved onto the proper beers...of which I didn't actually drink many, as I ended up behind the somewhat crazily bar every night...doh!

Brewer	Region	Name	ABV	Tasting Notes	Rating
Butts	Berks	Barbas Barbas	4.6%	Light and full of bouncy hops. A quality beer.	8/10
Elgood	Cambs	Greyhound	5.2%	Very dark in colour, but light with a sweet aftertaste.	7/10
Ringwood	Hamps	Old Thumper	5.6%	Dark chestnut, pleasant quite sweet flavour	7/10
Spining Dog	Hereford	Top Dog	4.2%	Light brown and very fizzy. Sharp and acidic with a pine aftertaste.	5/10
Triple F	Hamps	Pressed Rat and Warthog	3.8%	Very inoffensive, with a pleasant light flavour for a mild	7/10
Wolf	Norfolk	Wolf in Sheep's Clothing	3.8%	Dark chestnut with an inoffensive malty flavour	7/10