ACTIVITIES IN 2017

BINGLEY BREWERY
Bingley brewery launched a new bar to coincide with Cask Ale Week. The launch event included guest beers from 3 other Yorkshire Breweries as well as food from the local Peacock Bar in Bradford which created a mini beer festival style opening.

BLACK TOR BREWERY
Black Tor Brewery of Christow, Dartmoor National Park celebrated Cask Ale Week 2017 with the release of a new limited edition beer Pale 4.4% ABV, served in carefully chosen pubs across the south west.

BRAKSPEAR
Brakspear are pairing up with The Chilterns Walking Festival. They will be hosting a guided walk in the attractive hills of Henley on Thames on Friday 22nd September from 9am. The 7 mile thirst-creator finishes with a free tour of the Bell Street Brewery in the Bull. This will be led by the head brewer and assistant brewer. Pie, chips and cask ale will complete the happy experience. For further information and booking see http://www.visitchilterns.co.uk/walkingfest.html

BUTCOMBE
Enjoy a Butcombe Trio tasting paddle, try out a new cask beer and understand more about flavour profiles. They will be available during the Week for £3.50. They are also hosting a Meet the brewer evening at The Swan in Roeborrow – try 8 beers and pair with food Keep an eye out on their social media pages for competitions during the Week – Facebook: Butcombe Brewery and Twitter: @ButcombeBrewery

CHARLES WELLS (FRANCE) – ELEPHANT AND CASTLE, LYON
Cask Ale Week is heading overseas to France! Elephant and Castle in Vieux Lyon will be hosting a range of activity during the Week. They will be hosting a pub quiz, ale and cheese tasting evening, main of the day matching and a sample tray of cask beers will be available – plenty to test your taste buds with.

CHARLES WELLS (FRANCE) – THE CROSS OF ST GEORGE, PARIS
On Thursday 28th September, The Cross of St George will be hosting a Beer and Cheese tasting night, in partnership with La Souris Gourmande – a marvellous cheese shop on Rue des Martyrs. It will feature five traditional English beers which will be perfectly paired with five delicious cheeses (2 English and 3 French).

DARTMOOR BREWERY
Two promotions were running at the Two Bridges Hotel during Cask Ale Week. The first, a food pairing involving a pint of Jail Ale and the second ‘A Taste of Dartmoor’ – one third pint tasters featuring three different Dartmoor ales.

ei GROUP
15,000 pints of Sharp’s Doom Bar were up for grabs during the Week. The offer was available in 500 pubs across the UK.

EVERARD’S
Everard’s teamed up with There’s a Beer For That to host a beer and food pairing event at the Bulls Head, Leicester Forest West. The festival style event was themed around end of harvest, giving focus to their Golden ale ‘Sunchaser’.

FOX ON THE HILL
Hosted 3 different evenings with brewers from Southwark, Portobello and Sambrooks Brewery. Each brewery showcased a range of 4/5 of their beers.

HARP, COVENT GARDEN
Tap takeover of past and present GBBF winners. This included 2017 winner: Goats Milk, alongside winners from 2015, 2011, 2006 and 2005.

HOOK NORTON
There were various tutored tasting events taking place, some included menu matching.

JENNINGS BREWERY
The brewery held a beer festival on the first weekend of Cask Ale Week. Each night included different entertainment, starting with a comedy night on the Friday, local live music on the Saturday and finished off with a Cask Ale Week quiz night on the Sunday. An exclusive new brew, brewed between Jennings and Tractor Shed Brewing was available for the festival weekend.

JOSEPH HOLT
Joseph Holt, hosted a special Beer Tasting and Meet the Brewers event. The evening was held at the Old Monkey in Manchester.
They also held a pie and a pint promotion which received a number of redemptions across their pubs. They also took to social media to hold two competitions to win a gallon of cask ale – both proved very popular in terms of engagement.

JW LEES
JW Lees ran a buy 4 get 1 free supported by a consumer collector card. There were four different cask ales on offer to give consumers as much choice during the Week.

LANCASTER BREWERY
Insight into the day-to-day inner workings of Lancaster Brewery through tours of the brewery.

MARSTON’S
Marston’s opened up their brewery gates in Burton to host the Beertown Brewery Bash. The event included ten cask ales from seven different breweries such as Marston’s Brewery, DE14, Freedom and Tower Brewery. Artisan food was also available from Speedough Pizza and Yes Chef Gourmet Burgers. The event was complete with live entertainment.