This post courtesy of Matt, the Beer Baron.
London’s Forest City Beer Fest was held on
Saturday, August 10th and despite intermittent showers, there was a great
turnout. Now in its third year – and first being held at the Covent Garden
Market downtown – the Beer Fest was organized by Aaron Brown, who pulled
together a great day of craft beers, food trucks, beer seminars, cooking
classes and local vendors.
I started the day with an English Bitter
called Elvis Has Left the Building, the official beer of the festival. I’ll let
Aaron share the back story:
“Once upon a time, I worked with Peter
Fowler, and English brewer located near Oxford. The brewery was called Pitstop
and all of the beers had an automotive theme. My favourite beer we brewed was
called On The Button, named after driver Jenson Button who raced for the
Williams F1 team located just down the street from the brewery.
The beer has been given a new name on this
side of the Ocean, but it is a faithful recreation of Peter's original English
Bitter.”
