Easter Real Ale & Cider Festival

Our Easter Real Ale and Cider Festival will be held on Good Friday 29th March, Saturday 30th March, Easter Sunday 31st March and Easter Monday 1st April 2024.

30+ stunning real ales, ciders & perry, craft keg, cans and bottles.

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

Card payments only.

  • Preview Thursday 28th Mar 6pm – 11pm (Club and CAMRA members only)
  • Friday 29th Mar 12pm – 11pm
  • Saturday 30th Mar 12pm – 11pm
  • Sunday 31st Mar 12pm – 5pm
  • Monday 1st Apr 12pm – 10pm

Provisional Beer & Cider List

Pale Beers [Main Bar]:

  • Leigh On Sea Legra Pale 3.8%
  • Only With Love Wishbone 4.3%
  • Stay Wild Patty APA 4.6% (LocAle)
  • Three Acres Extra Pale 4.5%
  • Iron Pier Wealdway IPA 4.5% (LocAle)
  • Mighty Oak Cascade IPA 6.2%

Other Beers [Main Bar]:

  • Green Duck Bostin Bitter 3.8%
  • New Bristol Bristol Bitter 4.0%

Brown/Amber Beers [Festival Bar]:

  • Pennine Adultress Saffron 4.2%
  • Stewart Brewing 80/- 4.4%
  • Bexley Crook Log 5.2% (LocAle)
  • Westerham Audit Ale 6.2% (LocAle)
  • Goachers Old 1066 Ale 6.7% (LocAle)

Dark Beers [Festival Bar]:

  • Craven BAP Porter 4.5%
  • Marlix Chocolate Raspberry Stout (LocAle)
  • Canterbury Kazbek Rye Porter 4.6%
  • Mutineers Black Flag – Vanilla Edition Stout 4.8% (LocAle)
  • Mersea Island Oyster Stout 5.0%
  • Tonbridge Velvet Raven Stout 5.2% (LocAle)
  • Gadds Dogbolter Porter 5.6%

LocAle is a CAMRA term signifying real ale from breweries within 30 miles of the club.

Kegs [Main Bar]:

  • Craft Beer Man Helles Lager 4.0% (Local) A Helles style Lager brewed to the German purity laws. With its citrus notes, it is gluten-free and vegan friendly. Brewed in Knockholt.
  • Pig & Porter A Night Like This 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.

Ciders & Perry [Main Bar]:

  • 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 Blackcurrant 5.0% A blackcurrant cider, clear and bright ruby red in colour. Rich berry flavour with a balance of tart and sweetness. 
  • 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. Best Kent Cider, Taste of Kent Awards 2018 and Silver Medal at the British Cider Championships, Royal Bath & West Show, 2017
  • Turners Pear 5.5% Made with a careful blend of fresh juice of Conference and Comice Pears with a dash of Bramley Apple Cider.
  • Turners Dry 7.0% Still, light, crisp cider with high acidity and low sweetness. Unfiltered and unpasteurised. Very Highly Commended at the British Cider Championships, Royal Bath & West Show, 2015
  • Broadoak Perry 7.5% Sweet but incredibly refreshing with a glorious fresh tasting pear flavour and a wonderful pear aroma.
  • Biddenden Medium 8.0% 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.
  • Turners Single Variety Russet 8.0% Still, big and full flavoured. Medium-dry.

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