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Awards Night| NORFOLK NIPS
Awards Night
at The Cottage
On Thursday 24th January, the Norwich and
Norfolk Branch celebrated the 35th Norwich
Beer Festival by presenting the awards to the
winning Breweries. The Category Winners were
announced in the Winter Edition of NIPS and
most gathered at The Cottage in Silver Road,
Norwich to collect their Certificates.
The Nominated Charity of the Festival,
NorLSAR - Norfolk Lowland Search and Rescue,
were also on hand to collect their cheque for
£3,500 from Branch Chairman, Graham
Freeman. They were clearly delighted to receive
such an amount. Chairman Paul Chamberlain
said that the money would go to useful equipment,
such as radios, tents, and display boards for
events, because awareness of who they are and
what they do is as important as raising money.
Already it has been a busy year for them. One
night they were training near Thetford when
they got a callout to look for a missing person in
Gimmingham, the other side of the County!
Fortunately, the missing person turned up safe
and sound. They provide this service to the
Police 365 days a year and so far have had 2 call
outs and 5 stand byes and it’s not even
February.
Awards were also made on the night to
winners of Norfolk Real Ale in a bottle.
The overall Champion was India Pale Ale from
the Grain Brewery which was the winner of the
Strong Bitter Category and Runner up was The
Squirrels Nuts from the Beeston Brewery which
won the Mild Category.
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