More obscure ales please!

I think that all beer festivals should sell only obscure, rare and one-off ales. When there are hundreds of tasty real ales on sale why do they pander to people who drink tasteless lager ? As for the inclusion of foreign beers (excepting Scotland and Ireland of course!). These are not “proper” beer so why are they included?

Don’t get me started about those other drinks not made from the grain of the barley. Who would think of crushing apples and pears and leaving them to rot for several months then drinking the effluent that they produce!

National Winter Ales Festival is GO

Yes the National Winter Ales Festival is again going to happen in the New Century Hall, Manchester from Wednesday 17th January until Saturday 20th January 2007.

We are trying to make this Festival even better than the 2006 event, so we would like to know what YOU would like to see included in the festival.

One group of people, the beer buffs, are asking for even more unusual beers from obscure breweries.
Another group would like more accessible, mainstream beers which they are likely to find down their local.
A final group simply ask for "A pint of lager, mate".

How should we address these diverse views?