BOTTOMS UP TO POCKTOBERFEST BEER FESTIVAL.

(From Hull Daily Mail)

Byline: Ian Midgley

What makes a great beer? Is it a delicate blend of hops and barley? Is it the yeast, the subtle infusion of flavours or the nuanced palate of ingredients that lifts an ale above the ordinary.

Perhaps ... What's more likely to stick in the memory though is a rollicking good name.

A moniker blessed with cheeky double entendre or the promise of total inebriation also helps.

Because, let's be honest, the first thing you look for when you arrive at a beer festival is the beer with the silliest name.

This year's Pocktoberfest, which will be held - unsurprisingly - in the East Riding market town of Pocklington next month, certainly won't disappoint. …