As you will have seen from our post of 6th August, we were among the sponsors of the Wessex Beer Festival, which talks place each year in Chilcompton, and which, as well as being a fixture of the summer social scene, raises money for local and international charities.

However, by some terrible oversight, despite being regular sponsors for the festival, and being local solicitors with our Norton office just 3 miles from the festival, we have never actually attended!

This year, Partners Jonathan Wood of our property department, and Marjorie Taylor of our Family department corrected that oversight, and spent an enjoyable evening at the festival on Friday evening.

‘Our’ barrel  was Branscombe Brewery’s ‘Summa That’, a golden amber pale ale – the tasting notes describe it as “fruity with a bitter finish”. Very tasty. Of course, we also sampled some of the other beers on offer (it would have been rude not to, after all!) and had the pleasure of meeting many of our friends and neighbours.

The festival is organised by Somer Valley Rotary and the money raised will be going to various charities over the court of the year. Charities supported in the past year have includes both local charities and projects such as Local Defibrillators, Radstock Youth Hub and the RUH, and other National and International Charities.