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- Forthcoming Beer Festivals -

Our September 2005 Beer Festival Logo South Devon CAMRA organise our main festival annually in Newton Abbot in September & help staff three other festivals locally during the spring and early summer. Our next festival in 2010 is listed below... The other festivals that we support by helping out at annually include the now annual Torbay Coast and Countryside Trust late spring festival at Occombe Farm featuring beers from Devon and Cornwall. We also help staff the Tucker's Maltings Beer Festival in April in Newton Abbot and the Ales of Devon tent at the Devon County Show in mid-May.

Other beer festivals in and around our area are listed at the bottom of this page. Please step forward and contact us if you're interested in helping out at our festivals. We're always looking for extra helpers. Do let us know if there are any festivals that we've not listed.

We're planning to have one special beer from each of the nine breweries in our branch area
with the remaining 45 brews coming from much further afield.

If you'd like to help out at the festival please fill in our staffing form and E-mail it to Bob. Any help will be gratefully received as the festival relies totally on the support of volunteers

Live Band Friday evening and other entertainment Saturday lunchtime.
Food is available for all sessions (rolls, hot pies, chips, jacket spuds) and free soft drinks for drivers.

Entrance

Card carrying CAMRA members £2 and non members £3 which includes free programme and festival glass

Beer Fest 2006 photo

Directions from railway station: Follow the main road opposite towards the town centre and turn left just before Wetherspoons. Turn right into East Street at the top and follow the road past the Cider bar and 2 other pubs. The Ambulance Hall is on the right hand side (10/15 minutes)

Directions from the bus station: Head past the cinema with the Market Tavern on your right and turn first left heading towards the clock tower. Keeping the tower on your right enter a short pedestrian area with the Union Inn to the right and turn left into East Street and the Ambulance Hall is on your left hand side (less than 5 minutes)

Accommodation: Newton Abbot does not have very much in the way of B&B accommodation and you would better advised to look in nearby Teignmouth, Dawlish or Torquay and with well served by rail and the number 2 and 12 buses.

Camping: At Ware Barton 2 miles out of the town centre but well served by the no.2 bus (Newton Abbot to Exeter)

Public transport

Last train FRIDAY to Teignmouth, Dawlish and Exeter is 2358 (previously 2248). Note that this does not apply to SATURDAY when the services shut down earlier at 2209

Last train FRIDAY to Torquay/Paignton is 2315 but on Saturday at the earlier time of 2130
There are plenty of late night trains to Plymouth (2305 and 2329 on Friday + 2303 and 2312 Saturday)
Last bus 2 to Teignmouth and Dawlish via Ware Barton is 2305

Bus 12 to Torquay, Paignton and Brixham also run after 2300

Contact Bob Southwell
ecosochistoryman@hotmail.co.uk
0796 3263075 (please use text only)

If you are interested in helping out at the festival please fill in our staffing form and return to Bob

Festival Beer List last updated 13th August 2010
1	Ballards	Hants	Midhurst Mild	3.5	Mild
2	Barngates	Cumbria	Cracker	3.9	Copper Hoppy Bitter
3	Bays	Devon	Topsail	4.0	Deep Amber Ale
4	Beartown	Cheshire	Bear Ass	4.0	Ruby Malty Bitter
5	Beartown	Cheshire	Polar Eclipse	4.8	Dry Bitter Stout
6	Bowland	Lancs	Hen Harrier	4.0	Gold Fruit Bitter
7	Breconshire	Powys	County Ale	3.7	Amber Hoppy Bitter
8	Buffys	Norfolk	Mucky Duck	4.5	Porter
9	Caingorm	Highlands	Black Gold	4.4	Liquorice Dry Bitter
10	Cairngorm	Highlands	Stag	4.1	Tawny Bitter
11	Conwy	Conwy	Clogwyn Gold	3.6	Gold Bitter
12	Cotswold Spring	Gloucs	Codrington Codger	4.2	Malty Best Bitter
13	Country Life	Devon	Golden Pig	4.7	Golden Smooth Bitter
14	Dartmoor	Devon	Legend	4.1	Malty Bitter
15	Enville	W.Mids	Ginger	4.6	Golden Gingered Beer
16	Fyne	Argyll	Pipers Gold	3.8	Golden Session Bitter
17	Gidleys	Devon	Valley	3.8	Amber Hoppy Bitter
18	Goachers	Kent	Imperial Stout	4.5	Irish Style Stout
19	Hambleton	Yorks	Stallion	4.2	Hoppy Malty Bitter
20	Harviestoun	Clacks	Schiehallion	4.8	Lager style Beer
21	Hobsons	Worcs	Twisted Spire	3.6	Blond Bitter
22	Hunters	Devon	Full Bore	8.0	Strong Bitter
23	Leyden	Lancs	Black Pudding	3.8	Dark Creamy Mild
24	Little Valley	Yorks	Crag Vale Bitter	4.2	Amber Bitter
25	Little Valley	Yorks	Hebdens Wheat	4.5	Creamy Wheat Beer
26	Milk Street	Somerset	Funky Monkey	4.0	Copper Fruity Ale
27	Milton	Cambs	Jupiter	3.5	Copper Bitter
28	Oakleaf	Hants	Blakes Gosport	5.2	Spiced Berry Strong Bitter
29	Old Bear	Yorks	Black Maria	4.2	Malt Stout
30	Otter	Devon	Amber	4.0	Complex Amber Bitter
31	Pictish	Lancs	Alcemist	4.3	Yellow Hoppy Bitter
32	Quartz	Staffs	Blonde	3.8	Amber Bitter
33	Quercus	Devon	Sunstorm	4.8	Dry & Bitter Ale
34	RCH	Somerset	East Street Cream	5.0	Strong Brown Bitter
35	Red Rock	Devon	Capstan	5.8	New Malty Ale
36	Ringmore	Devon	Oarsome	4.6	Triple Hop Amber Bitter
37	Sarah Hughes	W.Mids	Sedgley Surprise	5.0	Smooth Malty Bitter
38	Skinners	Cornwall	Betty Stoggs	4.0	Copper Bitter
39	Slaters	Staffs	Queen Bee	4.2	Golden Sweet Bitter
40	South Hams	Devon	Eddystone	4.8	Golden Fruit IPA
41	Southport	Lancs	Carousel	4.0	Floral Hoppy Bitter
42	Spectrum	Norfolk	42	4.2	Blackcurrant Brown Ale
43	Stewart	Lothian	Copper Cascade	4.2	Tawny Malty Beer
44	Teignworthy	Devon	Harvesters	5.5	Amber Maris Barley Bitter
45	Three B’s	Lancs	Knocker Up	4.8	Creamy Porter
46	Three B’s	Lancs	Stokers Slake	3.6	Dark Brown Mild
47	Three Castles	Wilts	Barbury Castle	3.9	Spicy Pale Ale
48	Village Brewer	Yorks	Old Raby Ale	4.8	Smooth Dark Ale
49	White	Sussex	1066 Country Bitter	4.0	Amber and Sweet
50	White Horse	Oxon	Village Idiot	4.1	Blonde Hoppy Ale
51	Woods	Salop	Shropshire Lad	4.5	Strong Rounded Bitter
52	Wylam	North E.	Gold Tankard	4.0	Golden Hoppy Bitter
53	Yeovil	Somerset	Star Gazer	4.0	Dark Copper Bitter
54	York	Yorks	Guzzler	3.6	Golden Hoppy Ale

Festival Cider and Perry List last updated 25th August 2010
Perries (made from pears) Hecks Gwyntyddraig. Moores New Forest Ross on Wye There will also be an additional ‘mystery’ perry Ciders (made from apples) Dry 1. Countryman 2. Naish 3. Reddaways (whiskey fermented) 4. Sheppy Medium 1.Bollhayes 2. Broadoak Bristol Port 3. Gwyntyddraig Happy Daze 4. Grays 5. Heck’s Kingston Black 6. Janets Jungle Juice 7. Parson’s Choice 8. Sandfords 9. Winkleigh Autumn + Grandma’s Weapons Grade alcoholic Ginger Beer

OTHER BEER FESTIVALS IN & AROUND OUR AREA

BEER FESTIVAL	WHEN	OTHER NOTES
South Devon Railway Rails and Ales Beer Festival, Staverton Station and on trains between Totnes and Buckfastleigh	Fri 27 - Mon 30 August 2010	The Devon Diesel Society are running their 6th beer festival in the idyllic setting of Staverton Station. Lots of beer, cider, steam and diesel. Festival opens at 2pm on the Friday. Transport info: Friday 14:00 -23:00, Last train to Totnes 22:10, Buckfastleigh 23:00 (steam) Saturday 11:00 - 23:00, Last train to Totnes 22:15, Buckfastleigh 22:55 (steam) Sunday 11:00 - 23:00, Last trains as Saturday Monday 11:00 - 17:00, Last train to Totnes 17:20, Buckfastleigh 17:55 (diesel) More information on this event can be found here. Have now got a beer/cider list! Ansells Bitter Bitter End Lakeland Gold Blackwater MOD Black Dog Whitby Abbey Blindman Icarus Bowman Swift One? Buffy Polly Folly Burton Bridge Battle Brew Celt Experience Bronze Clearwater Ansome Concrete Cow Cock & Bull Conwy Shipwreck IPA Exe Valley Rogers & Hammersteined Gargoyle Best Bitter, Dawlish Pale & Summer Ale Great Orme Celtica Green Jack Orange Wheat Isca Glorious & Superb Lees Game On Loddon Bamboozle Oakham Bishops Farewell & Jeff Hudson Oakleaf IPA Otter Bitter Purple Moose Snowdonia RCH PG Steam Springhead Bare Bon? Summerskill Tamar Tetley Dark Mild Tring Maid of the ?? Williams Bros Midnight Sun Porter Wold Top Bitter Ciders Crossman Medium Hecks Slack my Gripple Rich Medium Sanford Devon Scrumpy Thatchers Cheddar Valley Westcroft Janets Jungle Juice
Somerset CAMRA Real Ale Festival, Minehead Station, West Somerset Railway	Sat 11 - Sun 12 September 2010	This very popular website returns to the West Somerset Railway again. Bus/rail connections to the Beer Festival are available from the national rail network at Taunton.
Abbfest – next to Fermoys Garden Centre on the A381 Newton Abbot-Totnes road, near Abbotskerswell. Raising money for local charities and good causes	Friday 24 - Sun 26 September 2010	125 real ales from almost every brewery in Devon plus Devon cider all at just £2 per pint! Food stalls, cookery demonstrations, craft stalls, hog roast, barbecues, entertainment, including the Fab Beatles on Saturday night. Free bus running between the festival site and Newton Abbot throughout the festival. More information on www.abbfest.org where you can also buy advance tickets. Festival opening times are Fri: 5pm-11pm, Sat: 11am-11pm & Sun 11am-4pm
Yeoford Cider Festival, Yeoford Village Hall	Sat 2 October 2010	Following the success of our 3 Yeofests so far, we're expanding out into cider territory with Yeo Cider at Yeoford Village Hall in aid of the New Community Hall.There will be 10 ciders, ginger beer and nettle beer. There'll also be games, food and entertainment. Festival runs all day and evening. The festival's only a short walk from Yeoford station on the Tarka Line, so do consider catching the train if you live near a rail station as there's trains running regularly during the festival. More information is on the Yeo! Cider website.

It is strongly recommended that you telephone or email the organisers before making a special journey
or if you know of any other beer festivals in the south west especially in South Devon. Please let me know for a listing.

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This page was last updated on 28-Aug-2010