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Probably the best beer in the banding world

4Bars Best bitter is making a return at the forthcoming Fleetwood Contest.

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It is well known that lots of bandsmen and women like to follow 4BR in the comfort of a bar at most brass band events, so we have joined up with the Fuzzy Duck Brewery at the forthcoming Fleetwood Contest to enable you to do just that whilst enjoying a pint in the process.

Best bitter

You will now be able to log into 4BR at the Marine Hall contest venue and The Strawberry Gardens Pub on Sunday October 7th whilst enjoying a pint of ‘4Bars Best’ bitter – after landlord Dave Shaw and the expert brewers at Fuzzy Duck will once again produce the brilliant banding bitter.

After last year’s success, the beer will be available on tap at both the contest and the great bandsman’s pub just around the corner, where players and supporters will also be able to tuck into bacon and sausage baps, chips and plenty of tea and coffee to help them through their contesting day.

The star attraction at the pumps though will be ‘4Bars Best’ – a ‘golden coloured beer with tangy citrus tasting aroma’4BR

Golden

The star attraction at the pumps though will be ‘4Bars Best’ – a ‘golden coloured beer with tangy citrus tasting aroma’ as fellow landlord Ben Croston told us, which should refresh the parts other brass band bitters cannot reach!

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