Just pay your £2 at the main gate to the Food and Beer Festival.”īreweries already confirmed as taking part include Wylam, Born in the Borders, Allendale, fresh from its successes at the SIBA (Society of Independent Brewers) Awards 201, and The Thistly Cross Cider Bar. “We operate a cash bar and entry to the beer tent is free. All our beers are kept in cold storage on site before being served on a rotational basis. “For the uninitiated we operate our beer festival a little differently to others in an effort to serve the best pint possible and to give excellent value. “Brewers well established as Berwick Beer Fest favourites will be supplying again this year, but many will also be showcasing new beers. Simon Vickers says: “The Beer festival will be back this year in our fully floored marquee outside the Barracks with a wider range of beer, more great music and as always a great atmosphere for everyone. The Beer Festival will kick off the weekend’s celebrations on the afternoon of September 4. The festival is organised by Berwick’s Slow Food Group and Simon Vickers of The Barrels Alehouse. Rikki’s efforts will be revealed at the now annual food and beer festival, which this year takes place between September 4-6, and alongside a plethora of produce stalls will feature an impressive range of brews from both sides of the Border.

Now brewer Rikki Graham is hard at work experimenting with various malts courtesy of Simpsons to produce the commemorative ‘Berwick 900’ ale, which will mark the nine centuries since King David of Scotland named the town as one of his two Royal Burghs. Regular brews include Winding Spring, an American hopped beer Heartstring, a UK-hopped session beer Curmudgeon, a traditional style bitter Wickety, a robust black beer, and Wit Dwarf, a Belgian style wheat beer flavoured with orange and coriander. The ale is being developed by Bear Claw Brewery from Spittal with the main ingredient coming from the food and drink festival’s principal sponsor, Berwick-based Simpson’s Malt.īear Claw is a nano-brewery specialising in hand crafted beers. A new brew celebrating Berwick’s 900th anniversary is to be unveiled at the town’s food and beer festival next month.

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