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The twenty-fourth
CAMRA Bristol Beer Festival ran from Thursday 16th to
Sunday 19th November 2023 at City Hall, College Green,
Bristol. We hope that everyone who attended had a great
time. After a trade session and five public sessions the
festival finally closed at 5pm on Sunday with a great range of 50 real ales and 13 ciders still available. The Bristol Beer Festival would not exist without the hard work put in by a lot of unpaid CAMRA volunteers to plan, set up, run and then take down the event, so a big thank you to everyone who contributed towards it. Sponsorship deals help to balance the festival budget and keep prices down for customers, so our thanks also go to the main sponsors Arbor Ales and LWC Drinks and all the other pubs and breweries that took out adverts in the programme, sponsored the tokens or sections of the stillage, or donated prizes for the games. So thanks again to ... pubs: Bank Tavern, Cornubia, Gryphon, Shakespeare Tavern; breweries: Arbor, Butcombe, Exeter, Fierce & Noble, Moor Beer, Nuttycombe, On Point, Otter, St Austell/Bath Ales, Uley; others: Chris Hull (Pig & Pen), LWC. Some judging sessions were organised by the branch tasting panel. All tastings were done blind, and a beer from all breweries featured at the festival were judged. The results of their deliberations for beer of the festival were as follows: Some judging sessions were organised by the
branch tasting panel and the cider team and the results of
their deliberations were as follows:
1st Elland 1872 Porter 2nd Orkney Dark Island 3rd Long Man Rising Giant APA 4th Cumbrian Ales Loweswater Gold The ciders and perries were also judged by the cider team, with Dorset Nectar’s Sweet Maiden being declared the winner.
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taken 15 November 2023! This year there is
a new Friday lunchtime session which has already sold out.
Ticket prices for the other sessions are unchanged from
last year with Thursday, Friday and Saturday costing £14
and tickets for the session on Sunday afternoon costing
£11. Tickets for all sessions include £5 worth of beer
festival tokens, which customers will receive on entry
enabling them to go straight to the bar. Also included are
a festival programme and commemorative glass. Please note
that as the branch still has a large stock of unused
glasses that we had made for the 2020 beer festival (which
was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic) these will be
used for this festival. On presentation of a current
membership card when entering the festival, CAMRA members
will also receive a voucher on entry for a half pint of
beer up to 5% ABV. In light of
customer feedback that at the peak of some sessions of the
2022 festival it felt a bit too crowded, the overall
number of tickets on sale per session has been reduced.
The festival organisers are aware that some people prefer
Brunel’s Old Station at Temple Meads as a venue, however
it is not currently available for hire. IMPORTANT When buying
tickets please double check that you have selected the
correct session(s) that you want to attend and that you
enter your email address correctly. We strongly advise keeping an eye on this website for further beer festival information including updates about ticket availability and the beer and cider lists as they become available.
Tickets for the Friday lunchtime, Friday evening and Saturday lunchtime sessions are SOLD OUT. Code of Conduct CAMRA has produced a Code of Conduct that applies to everyone attending a CAMRA beer festival, including ours. You can read it HERE Click the following links for the:
BEER
ORDER (updated 15/11/2023) Trade
Session In addition to the
public sessions there will be a 'Trade session' on
Thursday 16th November which will start at 1pm and end at
4pm. The session is intended for brewers and the allied
trades but we would also like to hear from publicans with
an interest in real ale who may wish to attend. For more
information or to register interest to attend please
contact tradesession@camrabristol.org.uk.
The 2022 CAMRA Bristol Beer Festival took place from Thursday 17th November to Sunday 20th November at City Hall, College Green, Bristol. This is where the festival was held for the first few years before moving to the larger venue of Brunel’s Old Station at Temple Meads. This was our first branch beer festival since 2019 (the 2020 event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic) and it was great to be back! Due
to moving to a smaller venue (Brunel's Old Station at Temple
Meads was not available for hire) some compromises were
necessary, such as the number of food vendors and not having
a separate LocAle bar. But overall the festival went well
and was a great team effort, with lots of unpaid CAMRA
volunteers pitching in at fairly short notice to make it
happen. Very well done everyone!
Sponsorship deals help to balance the festival budget and keep prices down for customers, so a big thank you to the main sponsors Arbor Ales and Exeter Brewery and all the other pubs and breweries that took out adverts in the programme or sponsored sections of the stillage. A branch member kindly managed to arrange a presentation of the third place certificate at Fyne Ales brewery in rural Argyll (Scotland):
Click here to view Bristol Beer Festival 2019 pictures Click here to view 2018 pictures Click here to view 2017 pictures Click here to view 2016 pictures Click here to view 2015 pictures Click here to view 2014 pictures Click here to view 2013 pictures Click here to view 2012 pictures Click here to view 2011 pictures Click here for a video of the 2012 ticket sales at the Commercial Rooms Click here for a video of the 2012 ticket sales at the Old Fish Market |
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