Bedford Beer & Cider Festival
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Corn Exchange, St Pauls Sq, Bedford, MK40 1SL |
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Wed 07 Oct 2026 until Sat 10 Oct 2026 |
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This festival is organised by the Campaign for Real Ale |
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http://northbeds.camra.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.
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This beer list is tentative, please check at the festival for available beers as changes can occur before and during the festival.
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Double Star
Gentle biscuit malt sweetness followed by toffee and caramel notes perfectly balanced with clean, snappy bitterness from all English hops. A proper pub session ale with depth, drinkability and a satisfying, morish finish.
- Cask Label Colour: White
(3.4%)Favourite Not rated yet -
Half the World Away
Biscuit, toffee and caramel flavours offset by moderate bitterness and roasted malts’ characteristics with a slightly dry finish.
- Cask Label Colour: Dark amber
(4.5%)Favourite Not rated yet -
Goatee
Rich and flavoursome with a blend of 8 malts including roasted crystal malts and toasted oat malt. Rich, roasty and creamy with classic Fuggles & First Gold hops for a light fruity finish.
- Cask Label Colour: Blue
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Everytime
Bristol Beer Factory (Bristol. Avon )
Refreshing easy drinking golden ale with candied lemon and soft tropical fruit tones, a floral and grassy hop bite and bitterness that increases in the dry finish.
- Cask Label Colour: Yellow
- Gluten-Free / Vegan: GF
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Independence
Bristol Beer Factory (Bristol. Avon )
Initial aroma of citrus and pine leads to refreshing flavours of crisp citrus and tropical fruit over a biscuit malt backbone before a clean bittersweet aftertaste. Gold award in Champion Beer of Britain 2026.
- Cask Label Colour: yellow
- Gluten-Free / Vegan: GF
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Wildcat
A full-bodied warming strong bitter. Malt predominates but there is an underlying hop character through to the well-balanced aftertaste. Drinks dangerously less than its 5.1%. Silver award in Champion Beer of Britain 2026.
- Cask Label Colour: white
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Lou's Brew
Golden beer laden with orange and grapefruit flavours with spice, pepper notes and some malt. Tropical fruit aromas give way a long-lasting tangy grapefruit bitterness.
- Cask Label Colour: yellow
- Gluten-Free / Vegan: GF / vegan
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Alfie's Revenge
Very smooth and rich strong red ale with deep malt aroma. Nutty and earthy malt flavour with sweetness and a kaleidoscope of dried and stone fruit flavours. Gentle bitterness with spicy and red berry notes. Long malty, fruity finish, slightly dry. Bronze award in Champion Beer of Britain 2026.
- Cask Label Colour: red
- Gluten-Free / Vegan: GF / vegan
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Clovers Mild
This mild is ruby red in colour, refreshingly hopped with Fuggles and Goldings with a light malty taste.
- Cask Label Colour: Red
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Road Apple Strong Ale
A full-bodied premium bitter. Well balanced malty caramel taste with a very smooth finish.
- Cask Label Colour: Red
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Embers
Redcurrant fruitiness shines throughout, complemented by a balanced interplay of malt and hops. Subtle woody notes drift gently beneath, adding depth and character to a smooth, satisfying finish.
- Cask Label Colour: Red
(4.0%)Favourite Not rated yet -
Tom Cat
A crisp citrus character with lemon, lime and orange to the fore in aroma and taste. Bitterness grows as a cut grass hoppiness slowly fades.
- Cask Label Colour: yellow
- Gluten-Free / Vegan: GF
(4.1%)Favourite Not rated yet -
McGregor's Mild
Traditional mild with low hop and loads of malt for easy drinking.
- Cask Label Colour: blue
(3.8%)Favourite Not rated yet -
Cockleboats
Deep copper colour, brewed using 5 Malts including some German. 2 American hop varieties.
- Cask Label Colour: white
- Gluten-Free / Vegan: GF / vegan.
(4.0%)Favourite Not rated yet -
Stout
Robust dry Irish stout.
- Cask Label Colour: blue
- Gluten-Free / Vegan: GF
(4.5%)Favourite Not rated yet -
Delapre Dark
A sweet roasted caramel and dried fruit aroma with a balanced bitter sweet flavour of coffee and treacle. The finish is a smoky dry lingering dark chocolate with a hint of coffee.
- Cask Label Colour: blue
- Gluten-Free / Vegan: Vegan
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Tailshaker
A complex golden ale with a great depth of flavour.
- Cask Label Colour: yellow
(5.0%)Favourite Not rated yet -
Bitter and Twisted
A superbly-balanced, refreshingly-lively beer. It has a malty-sweet aroma with a floral, fruity hoppiness and a zingy, zesty flavour. Complex, rounded, sweet and dry.
- Cask Label Colour: yellow
(3.8%)Favourite Not rated yet -
Old Engine Oil
Heavily-scented chocolate aroma with loads of roast malt and dark fruit. Loads of chocolate flavours, some coffee and a sweet, fruity note.
- Availability: Available Sat
- Cask Label Colour: Blue
(9.0%)Favourite Not rated yet -
Summer Lightning
Strong Pale Ale with a hoppy aroma and slightly astringent bitterness in the taste, balanced with some fruit sweetness, in the dry aftertaste.
- Cask Label Colour: yellow
(5.0%)Favourite Not rated yet -
Featherstone Amber
A robust traditional bitter with a soft, fruity finish.
- Cask Label Colour: white
- Gluten-Free / Vegan: GF
(3.6%)Favourite Not rated yet -
Triple Goat IPA
Deep golden-coloured beer, well balanced with notes of orange and a touch of spice.
- Cask Label Colour: yellow
- Gluten-Free / Vegan: GF
(5.0%)Favourite Not rated yet -
Derwent Mild
Deep burgundy dark mild. Smooth, full bodied and splendidly refreshing.
- Cask Label Colour: blue
(3.4%)Favourite Not rated yet -
Keswick Gold
A golden bitter with a subtle citrus and spicy flavour and aroma.
- Cask Label Colour: yellow
- Gluten-Free / Vegan: GF
(3.6%)Favourite Not rated yet -
Harold’s Brew
Classic red ale, brewed specially for this festival, including fuggles and golding hops.
- Cask Label Colour: Red
(4.1%)Favourite Not rated yet -
Black Buzzard
A crazy marriage of six different malts delivers a wonderful, complex, robust porter.
- Cask Label Colour: Blue
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Lost In Mosaic
Loch Lomond Brewery (Alexandria, Dunbartonshire)
Our new world india pale ale. Pineapple and citrus aromas lead to orange and melon flavours followed by fresh citrus flavour.
- Cask Label Colour: yellow
(5.0%)Favourite Not rated yet -
Spiffing Wheeze
Pale with lemongrass and a pepper bitterness.
- Cask Label Colour: yellow
(3.9%)Favourite Not rated yet -
Muddy Duck
A traditional English-style bitter featuring a low characteristic malt profile balanced by English hops.
- Cask Label Colour: White
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Diablo
West Coast inspired IPA but with English Cascade and Chinnock hop varieties.
- Cask Label Colour: yellow
(4.8%)Favourite Not rated yet -
London Porter
Dark brown/black-coloured porter with a good balance of chocolate and roasted barley. Full-bodied on the palate with bittersweet liquorice and rich chocolate flavours and a creamy finish.
- Cask Label Colour: blue
- Gluten-Free / Vegan: Vegan
(5.0%)Favourite Not rated yet -
Oscar Wilde
Roasty dark mild with suggestions of forest fruits and dark chocolate. A sweet taste yields to a more bitter finish.
- Cask Label Colour: blue
(3.9%)Favourite Not rated yet -
Kings
This yellow-gold beer is easy on the palate with a gentle anchor of citrus hops and a slowly tapering malty sweet background.
- Cask Label Colour: yellow
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Twin Parallel
Strong hop, grapefruit and apricot presence in aroma and taste. A bittersweet background flows through to give depth. Balanced with a strong flowing finale.
- Cask Label Colour: yellow
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Implosion
Imperial Russian Stout – powerful, rich and warm collision of chocolate, liquorice and sweet raisin goodness.
- Cask Label Colour: blue
- Gluten-Free / Vegan: Vegan
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Twin Spring
A clear golden ale, with a light creamy head. Brewed with Caramalt providing mellow, caramel flavours and Wai-iti hops from New Zealand creating a delicate fruity aroma.
- Availability: Available Fri/Sat
- Cask Label Colour: yellow
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Blind Poet
Easy drinking porter. A light roast malt aroma leads to a satisfying bitter-sweet palate with chocolate and liquorice flavours and a light smokey, slightly bitter aftertaste.
- Cask Label Colour: blue
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Citra
Oakham Ales (Peterborough, Cambridgeshire)
Robust golden ale with an explosive hit of grapefruit and lemony hop. A scattering of sweet malt in the mouth provides contrast but hop bitterness deepens into a crisp dry finish.
- Cask Label Colour: yellow
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Omertà
Oakham Ales (Peterborough, Cambridgeshire)
A smooth new porter, hopped with Bramling Cross, a UK variety long venerated as a classic black beer hop. Blackcurrant, passionfruit and lemon zest flavours with a hints of earthy spice and a clean bitterness.
- Cask Label Colour: Blue
(5.0%)Favourite Not rated yet -
Anne Bonny
This pale ale combines the classic US hops; Centennial, Chinook and Cascade.
- Cask Label Colour: yellow
(4.5%)Favourite Not rated yet -
Gunners Daughter
A well-balanced premium bitter with a complexity of hop, fruit, sweetness and bitterness in the flavour, and a lingering hoppy, bitter aftertaste.
- Cask Label Colour: white
(5.5%)Favourite Not rated yet -
Cliff Edge
Orkney Brewery (Quoyloo, Orkney)
Full of grapefruit citrus and mixed red fruit but a dry astringent finish.
- Cask Label Colour: white
(4.7%)Favourite Not rated yet -
Gullhyrndr
A golden ale as bright and smooth as its name. Gullhyrndr (Old Norse for “golden-horned” ᚴᚢᛚᚼᚢᚱᚾᛏᚱ) is crisp, clean, and endlessly quaffable. Amarillo hops bring soft citrus and floral notes, baked gently into a malt bill of Maris Otter, Cara Malt, Naked Oats, and Torrefied Wheat. Light-bodied, smooth, but full of flavour.
- Cask Label Colour: yellow
- Gluten-Free / Vegan: GF
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Mild
A smooth ruby-brown mild. Light malt and stone fruit aroma. Grainy malt and light coffee-roast dominate the palate with chocolate, toffee, blackcurrant, raisin and prune notes. The finish is gently fading sweet roast malt with a light bitterness and dryness. Gold award in Champion Beer of Britain 2025.
- Cask Label Colour: blue
(3.6%)Favourite Not rated yet -
Potion No. 9
Hoppy session pale ale with peach, apricot and light malt aroma. Malt to start, soon overtaken by citrus flavours. Citrus grapefruit hops and tropical fruit flavours dominate the taste with some pine resin notes, faint biscuit malt and flashes of bubblegum esters and musty mints. Light, smooth, hoppy and refreshing. Slight mandarin and bitter marmalade in the lasting bitter finish.
- Cask Label Colour: yellow
(3.9%)Favourite Not rated yet -
Piggin' Saint
A malty citrus nose with some sweetness. A clean taste with notes of apple which continues to the biscuit malt aftertaste.
- Availability: Available Fri/Sat
- Cask Label Colour: yellow
- Gluten-Free / Vegan: GF / vegan
(4.2%)Favourite Not rated yet -
Black Sun
A blend of Beijing Black and Crazy Daze.
- Cask Label Colour: blue
(5.0%)Favourite Not rated yet -
Knucker
Delivers tropical and citrus aromas with a hoppy profile.
- Cask Label Colour: Red
(4.2%)Favourite Not rated yet -
Overthrow
A session blonde ale with light sweet biscuit malt and citrus hop aroma. These flavours expand in the mouth developing a sweet malty palate supported by fruity hop. A gentle bitterness develops and lasts through to a pleasing dry finish.
- Cask Label Colour: yellow
(4.3%)Favourite Not rated yet -
Moffat Toffee Ale
This delicious Moffat Toffee infused golden ale. By infusing the ale with Moffat Toffee the ale has subtle notes of vanilla, honey, caramel and lemon. SIBA Gold Award 2024.
- Cask Label Colour: yellow
(4.5%)Favourite Not rated yet -
Cresta Stout
A session stout with a four grain twist and a floral blackberry finish.
- Cask Label Colour: blue
(4.2%)Favourite Not rated yet -
Mill Race
Yellow to straw pale ale with a sweetish slightly malty aroma with hints of lemon continuing into the flavour with caramel notes and a dry biscuity finish.
- Cask Label Colour: yellow
- Gluten-Free / Vegan: Vegan
(3.9%)Favourite Not rated yet -
Black Fire
Treacle and vanilla aroma with hints of roast malt followed by a dry bitter flavour of dark chocolate and a dark pruney aftertaste.
- Cask Label Colour: blue
- Gluten-Free / Vegan: Vegan
(5.2%)Favourite Not rated yet -
Mansion Mild
Smooth ruby-brown mild with a restrained malty, fruity aroma and an impressive light bitter-sweet balance of fruit and malt.
- Cask Label Colour: black
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Death or Glory
A strong, dark, aromatic barley wine.
- Cask Label Colour: copper
(7.2%)Favourite Not rated yet -
The Day We Caught the Train
Chew this salted caramel stout, inspired by one of Scotland's best loved stouts. Indulge yourself in layers of Belgian candy sugar, lactose and sea salt. Complex, sessional yet chewy.
- Cask Label Colour: blue
(6.0%)Favourite Not rated yet -
Hurricane
New World IPA brewed with Mosaic & Citra hops.
- Availability: Available Fri/Sat
- Cask Label Colour: yellow
- Gluten-Free / Vegan: GF / vegan
(4.5%)Favourite Not rated yet -
Black Pig
Black porter with a sweet aroma. The flavour is of sweet malt, roasty chocolate and fruit that fade in the finish.
- Cask Label Colour: blue
- Gluten-Free / Vegan: GF / vegan.
(4.5%)Favourite Not rated yet -
Gold
Single hop, thirst-quenching golden ale. Brewed with Simcoe hops, with a delicate fruity aroma, refreshing citrus flavour and a crisp finish.
- Availability: Available Fri/Sat
- Cask Label Colour: Yellow
- Gluten-Free / Vegan: Vegan
(4.0%)Favourite Not rated yet -
Ruby
A deep red ale with a rich, inviting hue that promises warmth and complexity. The malt bill delivers notes of dried vine fruits, balanced by hops that bring fruity aromas. A smooth and rounded ale offering malty depth, subtle hop character, and a gentle bitterness.
- Cask Label Colour: red
- Gluten-Free / Vegan: Vegan
(4.4%)Favourite Not rated yet -
Hop Kitty
A hugely hoppy, golden-coloured ale, bursting with intense tropical and citrus flavours.
- Cask Label Colour: yellow
(3.9%)Favourite Not rated yet -
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Brewery Map
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Initial data sourced from aletalk.co.uk
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