We enjoy supporting local Lake District causes and can\u2019t wait for this one\u2026The Keswick Beer Festival.<\/p>\n
And, our beer has been unveiled. We\u2019ve been allocated No3 Porter Nine Standards \u2013 from the award-winning Settle Brewery.<\/p>\n
And, while it sounds like a divine afternoon in a coffee shop as its notes are black with tastes of caramel and coffee, it has an ABV of 4.7%, so it\u2019s definitely a beer. It sounds a very nice pint.<\/p>\n
The Settle Brewery is a thriving brewery in the heart of the Yorkshire Dales next to Settle Railway Station on the famous and picturesque Settle to Carlisle line.<\/p>\n
The beer name comes from the \u2018Nine Standards\u2019 Stones or Cairns in the North Pennines between Westmorland and Swaledale.<\/p>\n
The beer we\u2019ve sponsored is one of many of the great array of beers and ciders on offer this year as the Keswick Beer Festival<\/a> celebrates its 20th<\/sup> anniversary.<\/p>\n But, the big question is, who chooses the annual offerings? Well, that job goes to the festival chairman Nigel \u2013 possibly the most enviable job in the Lake District!<\/p>\n He says he likes 2\/3 of the beers at the festival to be from local Cumbrian brewers and the other third from the rest of the UK and tries to choose as many new local beers as possible.<\/p>\n