Real Ale & Cider Festivals

Our Autumn Real Ale and Cider Festival will be held on Friday 10th October, Saturday 11th October and Sunday 12th October 2025.

Nearly 40 stunning real ales, ciders & perry, plus craft keg, cans and bottles.

Free entry for Club/CAMRA members, else £1.00/day entry on the door.
Card payments only.

  • Preview Thursday 9th Oct 6pm – 11pm (Club and CAMRA members only)
  • Friday 10th Oct 12pm – 11pm
  • Saturday 11th Oct 12pm – 11pm
  • Sunday 12th Oct 12pm – 5pm

Pale Beer [Main Bar]:

  • Humpty Dumpty – Swallowtail 4.0% A refreshing pale amber thirst quenching ale with a lively hop finish.
  • New River – Lost River 4.0% Named in celebration of our historic ‘lost’ river, this is a dry, delicately hopped blonde.
  • Gadds – Green Hop Ale 4.8% Here in Kent, we brewers brew Kent Green Hop ales, fetching freshly picked and undried hops from the growers during the harvest in September, and rushing back to the brewery to capture the spirit of the season in the day’s brew.
    Followed by Larkins – Green Hop Best 4.0% Made from hops that are brewed on the day they are picked and therefore not dried – the fresh hops add unique qualities to the beer.
  • Castle Rock – Brian Clough 4.2% Pilsner-style pale ale. Brewed to celebrate the best manager England never had!
  • Skinners – Porthleven 4.8% Made with Cornish water, whole-flower Northdown, Citra and Mount Hood hops, this is a straw-coloured pale ale.

Other Beer [Main Bar]:

  • Golden Triangle – City Bitter 3.6% A traditional English ale in style with a depth of flavour not often found in beers of this strength.
  • Pig & Porter – Yes, No, Wait, Sorry! Best Bitter 4.0% A flavourful medium-bodied refreshing and well balanced Best Bitter which is extremely drinkable and rewarding.
  • Stay Wild – Messner Lager 4.3% Hoppy Vienna lager. A crisp, light amber coloured lager, with a light cereal base and a good dose of European and American hops.

Brown/Amber Beer [Festival Bar]:

  • Loch Lomond – Gloaming 4.4% Dark reddish brown ale brewed in the style of a classic 80/-. Rich roasted malts on the nose followed by flavours of biscuit and cereal on the palate followed by a sweet yet dry finish.
  • Leatherbritches – Mad Ruby 4.4% A ruby brown ale, packed full of malt flavours. Full bodied and well-rounded taste.
  • Pot Belly – By The Orders Of Piggy Blinders 4.5% Traditional old fashioned brown beer with plenty of Goldings giving a proper old fashioned taste.
  • Tonbridge – Special Brew TSB 4.6% This auburn Special Best Bitter has treacle toffee and dried fruit malt flavours with hints of dark fruit and spice from the hops.
  • Tombstone – Big Nosed Kate 5.2% Malty and fruity, ruby coloured ale with a subtle passionfruit flavour.

Dark Beer [Festival Bar]:

  • Milestone – Classic Dark Mild 4.0% Traditional smooth creamy dark mild, enticing aroma, leading to chocolate flavours on the palate, fruity notes and a long, silky finish.
  • Mighty Oak – Solstice Porter 4.1% Robust winter porter with rich chocolatey malts together with grapefruit and herbal hoppy overtones.
  • Gadds – Blarney Stone Stout 4.3% Dark chestnut, rich, smooth and creamy stout brewed with three dark malts.
  • Hop Kettle – Long Nights Irish Stout 4.7% Brewed with a simple combination of base malt, a touch of oats, and plenty of roasted barley.
  • Deeply Vale – DV8 Stout 4.8% Our multi award winning breakfast stout. Deliciously smooth, easy drinking breakfast stout.
  • Brentwood – Beer Outta Hell Porter 4.8% Hellish porter infused with fresh chilli and ginger.
  • Kent Brewery – Kent Porter 5.5% A full bodied porter with coffee and chocolate undertones.

Keg Beer [Main Bar]:

  • Tonbridge – Das Kolner 4.3% Light, fresh tasting blonde beer, with a slightly nutty taste. This style of beer originated in Cologne, is brewed with ale yeast, and is lagered for 3 weeks.
  • Tonbridge – American Pale 5.0% Full bodied rich malty American pale ale brewed with four American hops providing a distinct refreshing citrus finish.
  • Craft Beer Man – Garden Of England 4.0% This easy drinking pale ale showcases the best of the Kentish hops Ernest and Bullion.

Cider & Perry [Main Bar]:

  • SeaCider – Sticky Toffee Pudding 4.0% A genuine taste of sticky toffee made from caramel and apples.
  • SeaCider – White Peach 4.0% A fruity and refreshing blend of our Medium Apple Cider infused with white peach.
  • SeaCider – Strawberry 4.0% A fruity and refreshing blend of our Medium Apple Cider with Strawberries.
  • SeaCider – Honeycomb 4.0% Cider infused with taste of honeycomb.
  • SeaCider – Mango 4.0% A fruity and refreshing blend of our Medium Apple Cider infused with mango.
  • Turners – Apple Pie 4.0% Flavoured with spices and sweetened with fresh apple juice.
  • Turners – Rhubarb 4.0% Blended with fresh-pressed Kentish rhubarb this is a very refreshing cider.
  • Turners – Medium 5.0% Still, cloudy, naturally sweetened with fresh-pressed apple juice, giving a full, fruit flavour. Unfiltered.
  • Biddenden – Kentish Kiss 5.0% Created from apples with an aesthetically pleasing golden yellow skin with a slight red blush and rosy coloured flesh, giving a Provence rosé colour.
  • Turners – Elderflower 5.5% Still, fruity and floral, naturally sweetened with
    elderflower syrup. Unfiltered.
  • Turners – Medium Dry 6.5% Still, crisp and fruity cider with a balance of acidity and sweetness.
  • Turners – Dry 7.0% Still, light, crisp cider with high acidity and low sweetness. Unfiltered and unpasteurised.
  • Broadoak – Perry 7.5% Sweet but incredibly refreshing with a glorious fresh tasting pear flavour and a wonderful pear aroma.
  • Turners – Single Variety Russet 8.0% Still, big and full flavoured. Medium-dry.
  • Biddenden – Medium 8.4% Medium, wine style cider made from Kent grown culinary and dessert apples. Our famous Strong Kentish cider is still and smooth with a refreshing apple taste.

Click Here for details of our previous Real Ale & Cider festivals.