The Durham Beer Festival will return for its 42nd edition in August 2024. As with our last 4 festivals we'll be at the Durham City Rugby Club on Green Lane - see the Location page for more details.
Some details are still being finalized, but we currently plan on having 25 handpulls and 6-8 ciders and perries available.
Keep an eye on our Social Media channels and the website for updates!
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HOLLOW DRIFT, GREEN LANE DURHAM DH1 3JU |
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Ended Sat 31 Aug 2024 |
This festival is organised by the Campaign for Real Ale | |
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https://www.durhambeerfestival.org.uk/ |
Information is provided to the best of our knowledge, but please check with the festival organiser before attending as the details here may be inaccurate.
This beer list is tentative, please check at the festival for available beers as changes can occur before and during the festival.
Allendale
The Adder Lager is slow fermented and traditionally lagered at 0 deg C for 8 weeks. This is a crisp, refreshing pilsner style lager. A perfect drink for summer BBQ's.
Allendale
Big Lamp
A refreshing, easy-drinking bitter. Golden in colour, full of fruit and hops. Strong bitterness with a spicy, dry finish.
Brass Castle
A chewy chocolate vanilla dream of a porter.
Consett
Complex beer. roasty and sweet with some interesting fruitiness. The hop combines with the roast malts for a satisfying and lasting finish.
Consett
Sweet, fruit and malty aromas lead to a creamy, full bodied balanced red ale with caramel flavours and a lasting finish.
Darwin
A copper coloured bitter brewed with British malts and flavoured with North American Willamette hops.
Durham
A bitter beer with a drying bitter finish. Hops dominate with some sweetness and fruit helping to balance.
Fullers
Dark amber coloured smooth premium bitter. Sweet caramel, orange marmalade, apricot and caramelised fruit flavours. Finish is of spicy hops with a developing dry bitterness. Slight roasty character throughout. Malty sweet nose with a little citrus.
George Samuel
Citrus hops and fruity aromas are complemented by a moderate sweetness with rising and lasting bitterness at the end.
Harviestoun
A Scottish cask lager, brewed using a lager yeast and Hersbrucker hops. A hoppy aroma, with fruit and malt, leads to a malty, bitter taste with floral hoppiness and a bitter finish.
Hill Island
Hopper House
Hopper House
McColls
Orkney
A sweetish roast chocolate malt taste leads to a long-lasting roasted, slightly bitter, dry finish. Winning many awards.
Orkney
This tawny red ale has a well balanced mix of red fruit, malt and hops. Slight sweetness throughout.
Ossett
Ossett
A sweet fruity stout with vanilla and a long dry roast finish.
THREE KINGS
Dark roast malts and a sweet creamy body last through to a drier finish of roast bitter.
Yard of Ale
Initial data sourced from CAMRA
This website is not endorsed by the festival organisers, it's just something I put together which I thought might be useful. Bear in mind that the information provided here may be inaccurate.