Ross & Frazer organised the first Garstang Beer Festival at the Kirkland Memorial Hall in Churchtown from Friday 4th to Sunday 6th September. There were 40 beers and ciders, which included some interesting beers, the Avid Brewing Co, a pilot brewery based in St.Michaels-on-Wyre, with an American Pale Ale, they plan to start commercial production in 2016; Snowhill Gold from Scorton, other new breweries for me were the Parker Brewery of Southport, Seven Brothers Brewery of Manchester. Other breweries were :- Allgates, Borough, Bowland, Burscough, Dark Star, Goosnargh, Fuzzy Duck, Hart, Lancaster, Lytham, Old School, Prospect, Waen (Snowball at 7% an award winning brew from Llanidloes) and York. Ciders from Gwynt y Draig (Pontypridd), Moles (Somerset) and Mr Whitehead’s (Hampshire).