The Thatched House pub in Exeter is to host its first ever real ale festival with a bumper two-day event including live music.
Starting at 5pm on Friday 31 March the ‘Alepril Fool’ beer festival will then run on into Saturday 1 April with local buskers providing entertainment on both evenings.
Owned by leading pub retailer and brewer Greene King, responsibility for the business lies with tenants, Paul Knott and his partner Nataliya.
Among the highlights of the festival will be a rare chance to sample a vintage beer seldom made available for sale, Greene King’s Old...
The Sandy Park Wild West Real Ale & Cider Festival, in association with Otter Brewery and Heineken, will be running alongside the Mitsubishi Motors Exeter 7s, but a special launch night will take place on Friday 8th July.
From 6.30pm, the Wigwam Bar will be open with a range of real ales and ciders on offer. Tickets for this event will be priced at £7 and will include a commemorative half-pint cup and three half-pints.
Entertainment for the evening, sponsored by Orchard Pig, will be provided by the Somerset Paddies, who play a unique blend of Somerset and Irish music -...
Get the taste buds tingling at the 24th Tucker Malting’s Beer Festival in Newton Abbot (14-16 April), one of the few ale festivals set in a Victorian malthouse.
The event attracts in excess of 3500 ales lovers and features over 250 beers.
With dozen of breweries represented, visitors have the opportunity to try scores of West Country ales while listening to live music from local artists including Nicky Swann and Last Resort.
Even the unpredictable British weather cannot dampen spirits, with an all weather family marque and hot food available. Entrance prices start...
Exeter Racecourse will be staging its very own beer festival on Tuesday evening with Otter Brewery providing local ales on tap at its race meeting.
Otter Amber, Otter Bright, Otter Ale and Otter head will all be available in a marquee on the lawn where a television showing the races and betting facilities, will add to the atmosphere.
The beer celebrations are all part of the racecourse’s first ever Rugby at the Races evening which honours Exeter’s Chiefs Neil Clark during his testimonial year.
Clarke, as well as his team mates and back up staff from Sandy Park, will...
