A ‘pint-sized’ festival in Hersham

There may not be many lace-up boots and corduroys but Hersham boys, and girls, will be in for a treat this weekend when the “perfect pint-sized summer festival” hits the town. And although Sham 69 aren’t on the bill, there will be live entertainment from Newport boys Goldie Lookin’ Chain and Judge Jules in the…

Bromsgrove set for beer extravaganza

There will be 144 different beers and more than 50 ciders and perries available for visitors to taste at the Bromsgrove Beer and Cider Festival, which runs from Thursday, 29 June, to Saturday, 1 July, at Bromsgrove Rugby Club. Run by the Redditch and Bromsgrove branch of CAMRA, the town’s 15th beer and cider festival…

On the beer trail in Manchester

Manchester’s only city-wide beer festival starts today, providing an unrivalled celebration of Britain’s favourite drink across 10 event-filled days until Sunday, July 2. Now entering its second year, Manchester Beer Week’s first outing was a huge success, showcasing the best of beer through 94 events at 72 venues across Greater Manchester, including pubs, bars, breweries,…

Nottingham celebrating great beer

Craft Beer Week is well underway in Nottingham, where pubs and brewers are really entering into the spirit of the week with tastings, brewers’ forums and tap-takeovers frothing right across the city. The organisers’ aim for Nottingham Craft Beer Week is to “celebrate the city’s great brewing tradition and hopefully encourage people to drink better…

Lions, sevens and 23 great ales

Beer… tick. Gin… tick. Sport… tick. Live music… tick. Summer fun… tick. Seems the Ormskirk Beer Festival ticks all the right boxes for a fabulous weekend of great summer entertainment for all the family. Taking place at Ormskirk Rugby Club in Green Lane on 23-24 June, the festival will feature 23 great ales, lagers, craft…

It’s all happening at Kingskerswell

Taking place from 22-24 June 2017, the Kingskerswell Summer Moon Festival is a celebration of great beer and fine music followed by a community fun-day on the Sunday after the festival. Set on the Parish Meadow at Kingskerswell, near Exeter, all money raised from the festival goes to local charities. A “Night at the Proms”…

Saints go marching in for beer

There’s a brand new venue for this year’s Southampton Beer Festival… St Mary’s Stadium, home of Southampton Football Club. And there’ll be up to 90 high-quality cask ales and a range of up to 30 popular ciders and perries to tease the taste-buds from 23-24 June! This year’s festival features a new layout – with…

Taste of great ale in Glasgow

Nothing like an old fish market to get a bloke in the mood for a beer or two… so the ale should really be flowing at Glasgow Real Ale Festival (GRAF) next weekend. Organised and run by the Glasgow and West of Scotland branch of CAMRA, the Glasgow Real Ale Festival takes place at the…

A real taste of Thames ales

The theme for this year’s Braintree Real Ale Festival is “A Trip Along The Thames”, with beers sourced from along the path of the river from its source in the Cotswolds to its mouth near Southend. The event gets underway at the Bocking Arts Theatre (formally the Braintree Insitute) on Thursday, 15 June, and runs…

Yorkshire brewing’s magic three

Everyone knows that three’s the magic number… and when it comes to brewing in North Yorkshire there’s certainly some truth in that theory. Not that there aren’t many more great breweries in the area, but there are three in particular that offer a fantastic insight into what goes into the brewing process and creating Britain’s…