After selling out last year and because we were opening all day on Thursday we started with 76 firkins (75 different beers) lots of extra cider and 400 German bottles. The dark ale aficionado was well catered for with nine milds and stouts and four porters.

Thornbridge Jaipour was the first to run out followed by Dorset Coastguard and Marston Moor Honey Rabbit. The favourite by popular vote was the Jaipur with Blackfriars Old Habit second and Westerham’s Audit Ale, Orkney Red Macgregor and Sambrooks Wandle Ale joint third. More people voted this year than lsat and 47 different ales received a vote. Perry of the festival was local producer Big Tree from Hartley and Magic Bus, again local in Horton Kirby came first and second in the Cider awards with Kriekee Bus and Original. Westcroft’s Janet’s Jungle Juice was third.

Many thanks to :- Sidcup Sports Club for allowing us to run the event, particularly Ian, Jeanie and Robin. Tony at Fullers Brewery for sponsorship via the London Porter. Co-Organiser Paul Simons for the non-controversial logo and Smart T’s for designing and printing the JD Wetherspoons sponsored T-Shirts. Robert Wicks, as always, from Westerham Brewery for the sponsored glasses and excellent beer.

Eternal thanks as always to all the CAMRA members from branches far and wide who gave up their free time to help set-up, staff and take-down this event. Thanks also to Ian and Martin French of F.C. Pipework for the loan of the transportation.

This year we had two organisers Paul Simons and Alan Boakes who managed to bring together everything and everyone to ensure that the festival ran with its customary smoothness; Bexley Branch thanks you both. Although we didn’t sell out, from a campaigning point of view it was very successful.

History was made as Steve (Two Dinners) Leyfield, well known, respected and damned hard worker on the festival circuit downed his 10,000^th different draught British Real Ale at the festival – Westerham’s Audit Ale.