Unfortunately, this year the GBBF is on at the same time as the London olympics, which means the city will be crowded and hotels will be charging up to TEN times their normal room rates. Airfares will also be higher. It will be impossible to organise a London GBBF and pub tour this year but I plan on organising a pub and local beer festival tour when the olympics are over and prices come down.
Last January, 11pm and I visited a small winter beer festival in Cambridge. There were fewer than 100 beers on t