{"id":2560,"date":"2022-03-25T13:02:15","date_gmt":"2022-03-25T13:02:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/?p=2560"},"modified":"2022-03-25T13:04:19","modified_gmt":"2022-03-25T13:04:19","slug":"woodfest-returns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php\/2022\/03\/25\/woodfest-returns\/","title":{"rendered":"WoodFest returns"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>At the start of the 21st century, there were only a very few breweries producing beers which were served from wooden casks and only one or two active coopers in the UK. Since then there has been a notable revival in the use of wooden casks for both the maturation and dispensing of beers. This has been further stimulated by the determination of activists from the Society for the Preservation of Beers from the Wood (SPBW), mostly in the north east and Yorkshire, to promote the merits of beers from the wood. Whereas, historically, wooden casks were lined with materials to prevent contact between wood and beer, brewers have come to appreciate that the flavour and character of beer can be enhanced in the wood. The SPBW now looks to encourage and support the use of wooden casks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In order to showcase the growth of beers from the wood, the SPBW organised its first WoodFest in 2017 in Castleford, Yorkshire. The venue was adjacent to the Junction, a pub serving exclusively beers from the wood. A second Woodfest took place the following year in North Shields, Tyneside. Both events featured some 60 beers served from wooden casks and the events attracted considerable interest. A third WoodFest was scheduled for May 2020 but, like all other beer festivals, had to be postponed due to the Covid pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Barring unforeseen events, the 3rd WoodFest will finally take place this year, from 25 to 28 May at the Turk\u2019s Head, 28 Winchester Road, St Margaret\u2019s (near Twickenham) TW1 1LF. More details arbelow or look at our website: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spbw.beer\/woodfest-2022\/\"><em>www.spbw.beer\/woodfest-2022\/.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Why not come along and sample some beers from the wood?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Roger Jacobson<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"722\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/image-10-722x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/image-10-722x1024.png 722w, https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/image-10-212x300.png 212w, https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/image-10-768x1089.png 768w, https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/image-10-1083x1536.png 1083w, https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/image-10-1444x2048.png 1444w, https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/image-10.png 1751w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 722px) 100vw, 722px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the start of the 21st century, there were only a very few breweries producing beers which were served from wooden casks and only one or two active coopers in&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2565,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-beer-festival"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2560"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2560\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2564,"href":"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2560\/revisions\/2564"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2565"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}