

Round Corner Brewing’s CEO and co-founder, Combie Cryan, said: “We’re delighted to be hosting the fourth running of the Rare Foods Festival after the success we’ve had over the past three years, seeing a bumper crowd of 500 attend in 2021. "We have a beer in the tanks at the moment, which is a Smoked Helles, which I believe is the only one made in the UK currently, which is a very rare style of beer. We’re currently planning on brewing a Doppelbock, and there’s not many of those brewed in the UK. “I think 'uncommonly good beer' could be considered rare and we’ve made beer over the years which could be classed as rare, such as some barrel aged beers, ones brewed with different yeasts, and Zomba which has lavender as an unusual botanical. L-R Round Corner Brewing founders Colin Paige and Combie Cryan Pairing these with beer was a perfect opportunity to offer them to a new audience.

"So we thought there was a unique opportunity to get some great chefs and try some more unusual cuts of meat or proteins.

What are delicious and well-regarded foods in some countries, might be considered unusual in the UK.

Round Corner Brewing’s head brewer and co-founder, Colin Paige, said: “Having lived and made beer all over the world I’ve been fortunate enough to try some amazing foods.
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The festival will run from 1pm until 10pm, and you can register for free tickets via the website. Elsewhere, the event will also include live music from local musician Sam Hinds. The person who finishes all their dishes first will be crowned the 2022 rare foods eating champion. At that point they will be able to try pig blood pannacotta, boiled and salted pigs snout and pigs brain burrito with a durian guacomole and crispy critters will be on the menu. Those who manage to polish off the dishes mentioned above will progress to the final. That will see participants compete to eat some of the rarest and most bizarre food combinations on offer. The highlight of the festival will be the fourth edition of Round Corner Brewing’s rare foods eating competition. Although the exact details have not been finalised, it is expected to be a chocolate stout cake, using Reverend Hooker. Plus, Leicestershire baker Frances Quinn, winner of the Great British Bake Off 2013, will be creating a cake for the event using Round Corner Brewing's beer. READ MORE: Inside the £1 million brewery that's opened in a former sheep shed at Melton Livestock Marketįood available to buy will include Rollright cheese, washed in Round Corner's Portobello Pyro ale, being served by King Stone Dairy, and Round Corner pizzas - with a few surprise toppings. It is hosted alongside the traditional and native rare breeds show at the market. The culinary fun will take place on Saturday, September 10, at Round Corner Brewing's home at Melton Market. All three delicacies will be among the treats on offer to those taking part in the festival's annual rare foods eating competition. Or how about the 'rare foods offal feast pizza'? They tell us that is topped with liver, kidney, brain, heart and testicle. 'Squid ink with a floating fish eye' and 'barbecue pig penis kebab with a bug glaze' are just two of the offerings which jump off the menu. Those with a strong stomach will have the opportunity to try an array of unusual foods this weekend, as Leicestershire's Round Corner Brewing hosts its fourth Rare Food Festival'.
