Real Ale & Cider Festival

Our Easter Real Ale and Cider Festival will be held from Friday 3rd April to Monday 6th April 2026.

33 stunning real ales, ciders & perry, plus craft keg, cans and bottles.
Snacks & rolls also available.

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

  • Thursday 2nd April 6pm – 11pm (Preview night for Club/CAMRA Members Only)
  • Good Friday 3rd April 12pm – 11pm
  • Saturday 4th April 12pm – 11pm
  • Easter Sunday 5th April 12pm – 5pm
  • Easter Monday 6th April 2pm – 10pm

Pale Beers:

  • Little Eaton – Bates Pale 3.8% Very light in colour, gently hopped with English Cascade which gives a slightly citrusy flavour.
  • Pig & Porter – Scarecrow 4.0% This IPA is made with an American ale yeast well suited to the style, with Maris Otter and Munich malt giving biscuit notes. The hop combination is stunning with lots of orange, tangerine, and mango from Krush which we used as the dry hop.
  • Stay Wild – Sasquatch Pale 4.1% A Single Malt And Single Hop (SMASH) pale ale. Using a crisp light malt base this beer is all about the Citra hops.
  • Tollgate – Ashby Pale 4.5% Golden pale ale with traditional medium bittering but with a refreshing citrus finish. Hops: Cardinal, UK Cascade and UK Chinook.
  • Goff’s – White Knight IPA 4.6% A well hopped bitter with a light colour and full bodied taste. Bitterness predominates in the mouth and leads to a dry, hoppy aftertaste. Deceptively drinkable for it’s strength.
  • Leigh-On-Sea – Crowstone Black IPA 5.5% A rich blend of malts gives this distinctive beer its dark colour while serious quantities of New World hops provide flavour and aroma. Vegan friendly.

Amber/Brown Beers:

  • Acorn – Barnsley Bitter 3.8% Well balanced session bitter. Fine, rewarding taste with hints of chocolate with a fresh fruit and bitter taste.
  • Castle Rock – Easy Lover 4.1% A rich traditional bitter made using chocolate malt with a resinous hop finish.
  • Black Hole – Cosmic 4.2% Cosmic has an amber glow with an initial malt aroma.
    The complex balance of malt and English hops give lingering tastes of nuts, fruit and a dry hoppy bitterness.
  • Mr Grundy’s – Big Willie 4.3% Thirst Quenching Golden Ale packed with English Hops, giving a lasting dry bitter finish.
  • Brentwood – Braveheart ESB 5.0% A strong Scottish ale with deep malty notes and a warming finish. Gluten free.
  • Three Acres – Old Aged Ale 5.5% Deep, rich and malty, with notes of roasted chestnut, raisins and a hint of spice. Vegan friendly.

Dark Beers:

  • Xtreme – SmoXey Mild 4.0% Smokey mild with Pacific Jade and Chinook hops.
  • Tollgate – Old Rasputin 4.5% Rich dark stout, full of flavour with a thick creamy head. Hops: Bramling Cross.
  • Leatherbritches – Dancing In The Dark 4.5% A small batch limited edition full bodied malty porter. Rich waves of roasted malts lead the way, followed by notes of dark chocolate, freshly brewed coffee and toasted bread.
  • Kent Brewery – Dubai Stout 4.7% A luxurious milk stout full of creamy pistachio-infused chocolate goodness. Contains lactose.
  • Titanic – Plum Porter 4.9% This beer is dark strong and well rounded; the richness of such a rotund beer is brought to an even keel by the late addition of Goldings hops and natural plum flavouring.
  • Ossett/Vault City – Swally Rat 5.0% A deliciously decadent, silky smooth salted caramel coffee stout.
  • Iron Pier – 19th Century Heritage Porter 5.1% Brewed true to late-19th-century porter tradition with brown malt, invert sugar and classic Goldings hops. A firm bitterness meets smooth roasted malt. Gluten free and vegan friendly.
  • Wharf – Nine Feet Underground Stout 5.2% A chocolate oatmeal stout, rich and smooth.

Keg Beers:

  • Tonbridge – Bohemia Pilsner Lager 4.1% Crisp, fairly dry lager with a bready maltiness and subtle floral, herb and spice hop flavours. Brewed with Czech Saaz hops and a live yeast originating from an independent Pilsen brewery. Gluten free.
  • Tonbridge – American Pale Ale 5.0% Full bodied rich malty American pale ale brewed with four American hops providing a distinct refreshing citrus finish. Gluten free and vegan friendly.
  • Pig & Porter – A Night Like This – Blood Orange IPA 5.3% The Mosaic and Simcoe hops already gave this IPA strong elements of tropical fruit and citrus but the addition of a significant amount of blood orange puree takes this beer a lot further. Vegan friendly.

Ciders & Perry:

  • Kent Cider – Mango 4.0% Refreshingly sweet and fruity! Our mango cider offers a vibrant and tropical twist on traditional craft cider.
  • Lilley’s – Rum Cider 4.0% A quality medium cider made from a blend of bittersweet and medium apples. This unfiltered cider is smooth and mellow with a hint of rum.
  • 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.
  • Kent Cider – Toffee Apple 4.0% A perfect combination of apple, sweet caramel and demerara sugar gives this traditional still cider a contemporary twist.
  • Kent Cider – Spiced 4.0% This apple cider is lightly infused with warming spices: fresh ginger, cinnamon, star anise and cloves.
  • Sandford Orchard – Devon Mist 4.5% Rich autumnal fruit with a perceptible sparkle and satisfying finish.
  • Dorset Nectar – Sweet Maiden 5.0% A smooth farmhouse sweet cider blend, ripe with natural sweetness and intriguing velvety finish.
  • 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.
  • Lilley’s – Somerset Scrumpy 6% Made with a blend of bittersweet cider apples this is a very traditional unfiltered cider. Perfect for those that like a dry Somerset cider. Full-bodied and full of character.
  • Broadoak – Perry 7.5% Sweet but incredibly refreshing with a glorious fresh tasting pear flavour and a wonderful pear aroma.
  • Turners – 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.

Away over Easter? Don’t miss our next festival 9-11 October 2026.