In my relentless search to seek out new beer festivals, here's one worthy of consideration.
The Old Hall Inn at Chinley in Derbyshire is a wonderful old C16th pub in the heart of the village. It has had an annual beer festival for some years now which is very popular with locals but has failed to reach the wider audience it deserves.
I attended last year and it's fabulous. Multi-roomed (and in fact multi-pubbed - other pubs appear to take part), it's nice to have a festival which is not in a large civic hall or sports venue with rank upon rank of barrels. (OK there's a small marquee in the grounds, but it's only a small part of the whole)
This year's is bigger than ever with 100 beers, food and entertainment.
There's an hourly train service from Manchester and Sheffield and it's about a half mile walk down the hill and a little way up the other side.