Five guest brewers from the UK taking part at the 2014 Corfu Beer
Festival are confirmed as The Little Beer Corporation (England), The Kelburn
Brewing Company (Scotland), Conwy Brewery (Wales), Everards Brewery (England) and
The Galway Bay Brewery (Ireland).
Each brewer will work together with Corfu-Beer from
Greece to ensure that all guests at this year’s annual Corfu Beer Festival (8th-12th
October) will be able to experience a range of different ales and beers of
various tastes and strengths. Collaboration
between Corfu-Beer and the UK guest brewers will see Corfu-Beer working closely
with them in terms of ingredients and equipment so they can produce their own
unique beers at the Corfu Microbrewery. Guest brewers will travel to Corfu a month
before the festival for brewing and quality control and October will see the
return of the brewers to be able to serve their own brand during the five day festival.
Claudio Mouzakitis, Head Brewer and Director of
Corfu-Beer, will be in charge of the production. He has a wealth of experience and knowledge
in the industry and was responsible for the creation of the unique Corfu-Beer
special, ‘Koroibos Ale’, exclusively produced for the London Olympic Games in
2012 as well as the ‘Ionian Coffee Porter’ brewed for the Wetherspoon chain in
Britain after the International Real Ale Festival competition in 2013. Mouzakitis
said “This is an enormous privilege to work alongside fellow brewers from the
UK and to be entrusted with their production at our microbrewery. We are excited about this joint venture and
will ensure that the standards of the UK brewers are upheld”.
Two brewers from England will take part. The Little Beer Corporation is a Guildford
based nano-brewery who focuses on quality, variety and creativity and have a
motto of “Live a big life, drink a little beer”. Everards Brewery from Leicestershire will
also join to showcase their beers. They
are an independent family brewery established in 1849 and also own more than
170 pubs in the UK where they stock their award-winning ales.
Also taking part is The Kelburn Brewing Company, a
family run business based in East Renfrewshire, Scotland. The company is run by Derek
Moore with his son Ross and daughter Karen.
After forming their company in 2001, they commenced brewing in 2002 and
over their 12 years in operation their high standard of beer has won them more
than 50 industry awards gaining a high reputable position in the trade.
They have a permanent range of ales including
Kelburn Cart Blanche, Cart Noir, Goldihops and Misty Law as well as a seasonal
range of ales and specials. Discussing
the opportunity to join the Corfu Beer Festival this October, Kelburn Brewery
family member Ross Moore said “We are looking forward to have the chance to
brew in a different brew-plant, especially one in another country. This will give our brewers a great experience
and allow them to see if they can achieve similar results as we do here in
Scotland”.
From Wales, Conwy Brewery will take part in the
Corfu Beer Festival and recently won the Welsh Pale Ale competition with their
‘Honey Pale’. Guests will also be able
to enjoy beers from Ireland produced by The Galway Bay Brewery who believe in
full-on flavours in their beers, producing small batches of beers using
carefully selected hops to make a tasty brew with a punch!
Visitors to the festival will also be able to have
the chance to drink the local beer from Corfu.
Corfu-Beer is a microbrewery based in Arillas and is Greece’s only real
ale producing brewery. The festival
itself will take place at the Corfu-Beer grounds this October. Readers are asked to not miss information
about the festival in October. We will be
sending out regular newsletter updates so they can stay informed and be included
in our mailings by contacting Sofia Kaloudi on sofiakal@corfubeer.com
more info www.corfubeerfest.gr
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