Vintage and Classic Car Day and Beer Festival at Croots Farm Shop, Derbyshire

Croots Farm Shop in Derbyshire is staging a Vintage and Classic Car Day and Beer Festival on Saturday August 27th.

The bank holiday weekend event at the farm shop in Wirksworth Road, near Duffield, will also feature bird of prey displays, a barbecue and a bouncy castle.

Around 25 vintage and classic cars are expected to be on show at the event, which is free to enter and runs from 10am to 5pm.

It will also be the chance to try Croots ales on draught in the beer tent manned by Nutbrook Brewery.

“We held a similar event last year for the first time and it went down very well, so we decided to hold it again this year and include additional attractions, like the static and flying bird of prey displays,” said Steve Croot, who runs Croots Farm Shop.

“We’re expecting around 25 different cars of varying makes and models, plus there’ll be the added attractions of the beer tent, the bouncy castle and the barbecue.”

The event will be held in fields in front of the farm shop, which sells award-winning sausages and pies, has an extensive meat, cheese and deli counter, and offers a wide range of quality food and drink.

A representative from Real Honey Apiaries at Somercotes will be running tasting sessions of Beryl’s Honey in the store during the day.

Croots Farm Shop opened a plant nursery to the public earlier this year, has a play area for young children, and also serves teas, coffees, breakfasts and lunches in its café overlooking the Ecclesbourne Valley.

Based at Farnah House Farm, last year it was a runner-up in the Best UK Independent Food Retailer 2010 category of the Observer Food Monthly Awards. The year before, it was named in The Independent’s top 50 best food shops.

Croots Farm Shop and Kitchen is open Sundays from 10am to 4pm (café until 3.45pm), and from Tuesday to Saturday from 9am to 5pm (café until 4.30pm). It is closed on Mondays.

For more information visit www.croots.co.uk

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Vintage car day and beer festival at Croots Farm Shop in Derbyshire on bank holiday Saturday

Derbyshire farm shop Croots will be staging its first vintage car day and beer festival on Saturday 28th August 2010.

The free event is being held at the Duffield farm shop as part of bank holiday weekend celebrations.

West Hallam-based Nutbrook Brewery, which produces Croots’ farmyard range of beers, will be running the beer tent. A number of Croots’ beers will be available on tap, including the award-winning Cow Juice ale which recently scooped a one star gold award in the 2010 Great Taste Awards.

Around 25 vintage cars are expected to be on display at the event, which starts at 11am and runs throughout the day.

“We’ve got such a lot of space here that we thought it would be a great idea to run an event over the bank holiday weekend,” said Steve Croot, who runs Croots Farm Shop & Kitchen at Farnah House Farm, Wirksworth Road, Duffield. “It’s already generated quite a bit of interest. It’s a great opportunity to try our Croots beers on tap and also to see a few local vintage cars from the area.”

The vintage car day and beer festival will also feature a BBQ serving up some of Croots award-winning sausages and other meat.

The farm shop has recently opened a play area which has a real tractor as its centrepiece.

http://www.croots.co.uk/