Sheffield set to feast on beer

It all kicked off as a one-day celebration of craft beer at the beginning of last year’s Sheffield Beer Week, but this year the Indie Beer Feast is back… but this time as a two-day event running from 8-9 March. With an emphasis on great quality, independent craft beer, both sessions at last year’s event…

The road to Wigan Beer Festival

Now in its 32nd consecutive year, Wigan Beer Festival takes place from Thursday, 28 February, to Saturday, 2 March, at Robin Park Sports and Tennis Centre, opposite the DW Stadium. The festival will feature more than 70 real ales from brewers such as Newcastle’s Almasty, Atom from Hull and Beatnikz Republic out of Manchester. There’s…

Digbeth to become Beer Central

With events in London, Edinburgh and Bristol, beer festival-organisers We Are Beer have already established themselves on the UK circuit… but now they’re adding a fourth event in Birmingham in July. Since opening the doors to their first London Craft Beer Festival in 2013, the company has been celebrating the creativity, diversity and dynamism of…

World’s biggest pub quiz a worthy venture

Next month pubs across Britain will play host to the World’s Biggest Pub Quiz. Now in it’s fourth year, the PubAid-organised event will see the nation getting quizzical for some great causes including Prostate Cancer UK and many other local charities. In 2018 more than 1,500 venues took part, raising £190,000 in the process, with…

Liverpool cathedral beer bash

More than 200 real ales and ciders will find their way into the Metropolitan Cathedral Crypt later this month when Liverpool Beer Festival returns to the city. The event runs from 21-23 February, with afternoon and midday sessions available across all three days. On the Friday and Saturday evening sessions there will also be entertainment…

A tonic for gin lovers

It’s a generally accepted fact that Russians consume the most vodka, but what nation consumes the most gin? Any ideas? Britain, the US, China? Nope… the world’s biggest gin consumer is in fact the Philippines, drinking almost half of the 60 million cases sold annually. More than 22 million cases of Ginebra San Miguel are…

Stockton in ale and arty spirit

A cocktail of music, comedy and ale, lots of ale, comes to Stockton at the end of February when the annual Ale and Arty Beer Festival clocks into the ARC from 28 February to 2 March. Offering more than 80 real ales, ciders and perries, the CAMRA-organised festival has a broad selection of quality beers…

Beer festival returns to Bradford

Featuring more than 130 UK beers as well as a wide selection of draught and bottled international ales, Bradford Beer Festival returns to Victoria Hall, Saltaire, for its 22nd successive year at the end of February. This year there will be a craft keg bar featuring innovative beers from local and regional new-wave brewers, plus…

Dartmouth event in aid of charity

  With more than 20 real ales and ciders from Devon breweries, plus live entertainment and good food, Dartmouth Charity Beer Festival is a fun and informative event that provides an opportunity to meet local brewers and talk about beer making, whilst also raising money for two worthy causes. Organised by Dartmouth Rotary Club, the…

New York goes berserk for beer

New York goes berserk for beer next month when the city plays host to the 11th Annual New York City Beer Week. The 10-day affair runs from Friday, 23 February, to Sunday, 4 March, and includes 150 events in all five city boroughs and at 100 different NYC beer destinations. Some of the events taking…