A big thank you to all who voted for the beer of the festival, and we are pleased to announce that the winner is (insert dramatic drumroll)…

Continue reading →

Just to confirm we have now officially sold out of all beers, ciders, perries and wines. Thank you to all who have attended over the last three days.

If you have any pictures or video you would like to share, send them through and we will put up a selection of the best.

An update on the beers at the start of the 16:30 :

Bushy’s Shuttleworth Snap
Battledown Four Kings Ale
Brecon Brewery Pale Beacons
Brecon Brewery Six Beacons
Bushy’s Castletown Bitter
Burton Bridge Thomas Sykes
Bushy’s Ruby Mild
Bushy’s Oyster Stout
Bushy’s Old Bushy Tail
Bushy’s Silverd’ ale
Bushy’s Golden Ale
Castle Rock Brewery Black Gold
Conwy Brewery Mulberry Dark
Conwy Brewery Rampart
Howard Town Dragon Nest
Loddon Brewery Ferrymans Gold
Green Jack Brewery Baltic Trader Imperial stout
Peerless Brewery Red Rocks
Harviestoun Brewery Brookers Bitter and Twisted
Hilden Brewery Halt
Tring Brewery Collys Dog
Okells Spring Ram
Wasworth 6X
Okells IPA
Okells Red
Okells Alt
Okells Premium Steam
The Orkney Brewery Skull Splitter
Old Laxey Bosun
Titanic Brewery Captain Smith
Williams Bros Brewing Midnight Sun Porter

Start of the final day here today, but only 31 different real ales and 12 ciders and perries left.

As at 13:00 we had:

Bushy’s Shuttleworth Snap
Battledown Four Kings Ale
Brecon Brewery Pale Beacons
Brecon Brewery Six Beacons
Bushy’s Castletown Bitter
Burton Bridge Thomas Sykes
Bushy’s Ruby Mild
Bushy’s Oyster Stout
Bushy’s Old Bushy Tail
Bushy’s Silverd’ ale
Bushy’s Golden Ale
Castle Rock Brewery Black Gold
Conwy Brewery Mulberry Dark
Conwy Brewery Rampart
Howard Town Dragon Nest
Loddon Brewery Ferrymans Gold
Green Jack Brewery Baltic Trader Imperial stout
Peerless Brewery Red Rocks
Harviestoun Brewery Brookers Bitter and Twisted
Hilden Brewery Halt
Tring Brewery Collys Dog
Okells Spring Ram
Wasworth 6X
Okells IPA
Okells Red
Okells Alt
Okells Premium Steam
The Orkney Brewery Skull Splitter
Old Laxey Bosun
Titanic Brewery Captain Smith
Williams Bros Brewing Midnight Sun Porter

Plus 12 ciders and perries

The food we have on offer today:
Jumbo Hot Dogs – £3.00
Pork and Black Pud Subs – £3.00
+ chips £4.00

Come down and fill up..

We have opened for day 2 of the beer festival, with todays sessions being. 12:00 – 15:30 and 16:30 until 23:00.

With over 20% of beer sold last night, we would encourage you to come early. The venue does have a capacity limit, and once full, we will be operating a 1 in 1 out policy, so we would encourage you to get down early!

Follow us on Twitter for updates throughout the day.

The first day of the beer festival is upon us. Please remember that today is a CAMRA members and invited guests only, starting from 4pm. If you are a member, please remember to bring your CAMRA card. Not a member but would like to come along today? Join CAMRA at the beer festival (it is certainly worth it!)

Keep checking back for updates on the site, and don’t forget to follow our Twitter feed @iombeerfestival.

The sessions for tomorrow and Saturday are 12:00 – 15:30 and 16:30 – 23:00. All of these sessions are open to the general public.

Setup is well underway, with the racking now up.  Beers are due to arrive in about 10 hours from now.

To see how it all went, check out the time lapse video below of the racking being constructed.

If anyone is interested, the racking is available for hire. Please get in touch with the branch for further details.

Click here to view video -> Beer Festival Setup

We can now confirm we have a full listing of ciders and fruit wines for the festival.

Check out the What’s On->Beers page for full information.

We can now reveal we have an extra special barman serving the first pint of the Bushy’s TTMA beer – His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor Mr Adam Wood.