Exeter in festive spirit

Exeter and East Devon CAMRA are holding their Festival of Winter Ales from 18-19 January 2019 at St James’ Park, home of Exeter City FC. Organisers have assembled more than 76 real ales, plus cider and perry, for the 30th instalment of the festival, which also has live music from Go Tell Alice on Friday…

Let’s drink to Koningshoeven Abbey

One of only a handful of places around the world to brew Trappist beer, Koningshoeven Abbey in the Dutch village of Berkel-Enschot, in Noord-Brabant, is putting the environment ahead of profit by becominhg the first brewery in western Europe to construct a plant-based water filtration system that avoids the current waste of seven litres of…

Canterbury on the hop this weekend

Kent Beer Festival celebrates its 43rd birthday this year when glasses will be raised at Merton Farm near Canterbury to great Kentish beer. The festival, which gets underway this weekend (20-22 July), sees more than 200 ales and ciders on sale, plus a foreign beer bar, tasty local grub and sound live entertainment. There’s also…

Bigger venue for Shrewsbury Beer Festival

The suds will be flowing at a new venue this year when Shrewsbury Beer Festival gets underway later this month. This year the popular festival moves from Morris Hall to the former Wakeman School, with organisers promising new beers and new breweries, more old favourites, a wider range of ciders and a bar dedicated to…

There’s beer beckoning in Beckenham

Bromley CAMRA are holding their 4th Beckenham Beer Festival next weekend. Running from Thursday, 20 July, to Saturday, 22 July, the festival takes place at Beckenham Rugby Club, with doors opening from noon until 10pm. There’s a selection of more than 65 beers, ciders and perries to try, as well as hot and cold food.…

Hop to Ealing for the best of British beer

The 28th Ealing Beer Festival gets underway today in Walpole Park. As well as a line-up of more than 500 beers, ciders, perries and wines, there’ll also be live music from The Hanwell Ukelele Orchestra, The Graduates, The Good Old Boys and the King Buster Blues Band. Showcasing over 340 beers from around the UK,…

Taste of the south-east’s finest ales

Tonbridge Juddians Rugby Club is the venue for the SIBA South East Beer Festival, which takes place on Friday and Saturday, 7-8 July. The 11th in the series, and growing bigger every year, the festival features more than 180 cask ales in various categories from the south-east’s finest independent brewers. And whether new to real…

Cider and beer on banks of the Wye

Wye… you may ask, well it’s because it’s one of the ‘must-do’ events in the county and a place where you can try more than 120 cask beers. Set in a giant big top-style marquee in a meadow next to the city’s Rowing Club, Beer On The Wye gets underway this weekend in the heart…

Great ales on draught in Derby

Showcasing more than 300 draught real ales and a vast array of ciders, perries and meads, the City Charter Summer Beer Festival returns to Derby today for its 40th edition. The festival, organised by the Derby branch of CAMRA, runs from 5-9 July inside a marquee on Market Place, where visitors will be able to…

Six days of great ales in Chelmsford

One of the biggest events in the Chelmsford social calendar kicks off at midday today at Admiral’s Park, Rainsford Road. Boasting 300 different real ales and more than 100 types of cider and perry, the Chelmsford Summer Beer and Cider Festival runs from Tuesday, 4 July, to Saturday, 8 July. This year is the 39th…