Helping Thirty Five Beer Festivals Thank you Astley Hire for supporting the beer festival since, well, since forever. We managed to trace some mention of them as far back as our 2003 sponsors. This is only because 2003 is about as far back as our digital records go. Things get a bit murkey trying to…
There are better things in life than alcohol, but alcohol makes up for not having them. Terry Pratchett It took us a while and a lot of refreshes to get that page with that quote. It’s one of our favourites. It’s been there since (almost) day 1 of the Bent and Bongs website. And that…
Farewell Pete October 2024 was not a good month. The world lost a true gentleman, Pete Robinson. We won’t try to say that which has already been said. Our words could never do justice to the man that Pete was. Instead we will try to remember him as we knew him and celebrate everything that…
February 2023 was the 32nd Bent and Bongs Beer Bash. Back then the festival had raised £486,922 over those previous 32 years. We were all curious how 2023 would turn out. It was the first year back since the missing two years due to Covid. Would everyone still want to turn out on a winter’s…
It seems like the whole world is going ChatGPT crazy at the moment. So we thought hey, let’s give it a try. If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em. We asked ChatGPT: Please tell me about the Bent and Bongs Beer Bash Here’s what ChatGPT told us: The Bent and Bongs Beer Bash is an annual beer…
(Recreated from the original blog post on blog.bentnbongs.com, 14-January-2012) There isn’t really one specific point in the year when the planning starts for the next beer festival. These days the next festival seems to start just as the previous one finishes. A week or so after a festival the committee plus helpers hold a de-brief session,…
(Recreated from the original blog post on blog.bentnbongs.com, 14-September-2011) (We weren’t sure whether to include this post when we converted blog.bentnbongs.com onto the new site. The more we thought about it the more we thought we should). Yes, we hadn’t heard of it either! But it’s a killer! Marfan’s syndrome is a genetic connective tissue disorder that…
(Recreated from the original blog post on blog.bentnbongs.com, 28-May-2011) (We weren’t sure whether to include this post when we converted blog.bentnbongs.com onto the new site. It’s really more of a post about the charity side of the festival which feels a better fit to the trust’s site: bnbct.org But it’s a good indicator of what…
(Recreated from the original blog post on blog.bentnbongs.com, 6-February-2011) (The first every post made to the original beer festival blog, blog.bentnbongs.com. Saved here for posterity). It’s official! We are one second faster than Eusain Bolt! We have the fastest bar in the West. The North West that is, Atherton to be specific. At the 2011…
