Beer Festival

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Beer and food matching at the Great British Beer Festival gathers crowds

10-Aug-2016 By Sara Hussein

CAMRA’s Great British Beer Festival draws in drinkers with 900 beers, ciders, and perries on offer, but the festival also gives suppliers the chance to promote products with beer and food matching suggestions.

Giving the Americans an IPA history lesson

24-Oct-2011 By Roger Protz

India Pale Ale was a beer designed to travel, and it keeps on going. First brewed in England in the 19th century for export to India and other British colonies, it has become a cult style in the United States.

CAMRA calls for brewer mascots to launch GBBF

22-Jun-2011 By Michelle Perrett

CAMRA is today calling out to British brewers exhibiting at the Great British Beer Festival to join them for a national photo call to the UK media.

SIBA to hold first ever Great Northern Beer Festival

26-Oct-2010

The Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) will hold its first northern beer festival later this week. The Great Northern Beer Festival runs from...

Angry pubs slam CAMRA World Cup beer festival

26-May-2010 By John Harrington

Licensees have criticised a local CAMRA branch for screening England's first World Cup game at a massive indoor beer festival.

'Beer festival closes after customers drink all the beer'

06-Jul-2009

A beer festival had to close a day early after customers drank the bar dry. The Beer on the Wye festival in Herefordshire was due to run until Sunday...

Oktoberfest: Time to take note?

21-Nov-2007

Adam writes: People have a lot of clichéd, pre-conceived ideas about the Oktoberfest in Munich - I know I did. I had images in my mind of steins,...

Festive season

18-Sep-2006

While the Campaign for Real Ale has been doing an increasingly good job of marketing the Great British Beer Festival, it still loses out when it...

Pub & Bar preview: It's your round…

31-Mar-2006

Find out all you need to know to spice up your drinks offer - from beer festivals to cocktails. And have fun!Organising a beer festival for your pub...

Record numbers pulled in by the taste of real ale

11-Aug-2005

by MA Reporter The Campaign for Real Ale's Great British Beer Festival saw a record 47,000 visitors at London's Olympia last week. This is an...

GBBF preview: Upmarket move

15-Jul-2005

Ben McFarland looks forward to a momentous change for the Great British Beer Festival.While many people head off for the sun in the first week of...

Eat,

29-Apr-2004

drink and be merry Licensees who stage successful beer festivals are on a winner. But, warns Adrian Tierney-Jones, it's a dedicated affair, so don't...

JDW beer festival czeched out

01-May-2001

JD Wetherspoon's UK beer festival got off to a flying start when staff from the Czech Embassy popped down to the Lord Moon of the Mall pub in...