The irony of this beer festival - is that the best drink is a cider. As the clouds close in and the sun sinks, I'm on my third half of this local beauty. It's medium sweet and full of all the earthy, apple flavours you'd hope for. So very drinkable and yet disguising of its strength. Fresh, tart and lovely. And I suspect, the reason that even after a lift home through the lanes I'm spaced out like a Luna monkey.