Cheltenham first town to get a Beer Week
This September, Cheltenham will become the first town (as opposed to city) in the UK to hold a dedicated ‘Beer Week’. Cheltenham Beer Week (CBW) will be a collection of…
Help wanted at Beer Festivals – Reading
This year’s Reading Beer and Cider Festival starts in just 2 weeks (28th April – 1st May) , and they are very short of volunteers! (They are even down a…
CMC Good Friday Beer Festival
The Cheltenham Motor Club is getting ready for their Good Friday Beer Festival. This year we will see beers from Dark Star, Tiny Rebel, Summer Wine, Hopcraft and more. The…
Craft Keg Beer Festival heading for Cheltenham
A Craft Keg Beer Festival is coming to Harry Cook’s Freehouse from April 3 to June 26. The pub will rotate a wide and diverse range of craft beers throughout…
Beer of the Festival – Tewkesbury Winter Ales
Below are the results of the judging to find Gloucestershire’s Champion Winter Ale (judged by a tasting panel from Gloucestershire CAMRA) and the Beer of the Festival (nominated by the…
National Winter Ale of Britain Named
After over a year of local tasting panels and regional heats leading up to the finals, the Campaign for Real Ale, CAMRA, has announced that today Chocolate Marble has been…
CRAF16 Tombola Prizes
We have started collecting Tombola prizes for our beer festival in August. If you have any beer related unwanted gifts or are clearing out your cupboards, then please think of…
Postlip Volunteers Needed
The organisers of Postlip are looking for volunteers to help with the Cotswold Beer Festival. If you can spare us a few hours over the course of the festival, which…
1st Summer Ale & Steam Weekend reaches Toddington
The ever popular Ale and Steam Weekend run by North Cotswold CAMRA held on 16th and 17th August was a great success and once again blessed with fine weather. Normally…
Looking Back at the Ale & Steam Festival
On an unusually warm and sunny Saturday in May, I boarded the 2.25pm steam train from Cheltenham Racecourse station on the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway. After a leisurely ride through the…