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10th TWICKENHAM BEER & CIDER FESTIVAL 2008

23rd - 25th October 2008

We will need staff during all the times that the festival is open. We also urgently need help with setting-up on Tuesday 21st and Wednesday 22nd and with take-down on the morning of Sunday 26th. Last year we were short of staff on Sunday, so any additional help this year would be appreciated. As ever tokens will be provided for free beer at each session and a reduction in the prices for food.

If you would like to help please complete and submit the online Staffing form. A printable Staffing Form is also available.

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The Festival will be held again in the Clarendon Hall/Hyde Room at YORK HOUSE Richmond Road, Twickenham, TW1 3AA.

Around 70 draught beers plus ciders, perries and foreign bottled beers + Food will be available.

Admission £1.50 (£1.00 Friday lunchtime) CAMRA members 50p (FREE Friday lunchtime). Families welcome until 6:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday. See location map.

Opening Times:
Thursday 23rd October - 5.00pm to 10.30pm
Friday 24th October - 11.00am to 10.30pm
Saturday 25th October - 11.00am to 10.30pm

9th TWICKENHAM BEER & CIDER FESTIVAL 2007

18th - 20th October 2007

view of main hallThe Festival was held in the Clarendon Hall/Hyde Room, York House, 44 York Street, Twickenham. TW1 3BZ

The Rugby Union World Cup final between England & South Africa was screened at the festival.

Approximatly 2,600 visited the festival over the three days.

Pictures taken at the festival can now be seen by following the link from the Gallery page.

List of the Beers that were ordered for the Festival:

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* missing from list:
Achel Donker 0.33cl 8% - The dark beer from Belgium's newest Trappist Brewery!

We estimate around 1,160 bottles of foreign beer and 8,000 pints of cask ale was consumed over the three days of the festival!

Our chosen charity this year was 'Beating Bowel Cancer'. They are based at 39 Crown Road, Twickenham, and £636 was collected at the festival for them.

This years festival will be from Thursday 23rd to Saturday 25th October.

8th TWICKENHAM BEER & CIDER FESTIVAL 2006

19th - 21st October 2006

Social group at this year's festival 2006

Last year's festival at York House, Twickenham (the biggest bar in town!) proved to be another great success. With well over 8,500 pints of beer and Cider to be drunk over the three day event the festival goers have met the challenge with glee. Picture left taken Friday evening.

Our chosen charity this year was the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, for which we raised over £900!

We estimate that around 2,600 visited the festival over the three days. See photo gallery.

The 'Beer of the Festival' with 26 votes cast was Autumn Blaze from Twickenham Fine Ales. Second was Jaipur IPA from Thornbridge (which won the Peterborough Beer festival) with 24 votes. In third place was Hophead's Dark Star with 13 votes.

Read about what Chris Wickham of the Richmond and Twickenham Times had to say about the 2005 festival.

The list of beers and ciders that were available at the Festival can be printed from the links below. (NB. The beers/ciders available in 2007 will be completely different with a few exceptions.)

Last year we including in the Festival Programme a pull-out pub guide for the Twickenham area. Below is a printable version of the map and pub descriptions.

* NB. Some pubs have changed since publication.

The guide lists all pubs in the TW1 and TW2 postal areas which include Twickenham, Whitton and St Margarets. Not all pubs listed will serve real ale and many that do, serve it in less than ideal condition. Please note that pubs, beers and management will always be subject to change and although the guide has been compiled with our best endeavours, we accept no responsibility for any inaccuracies that may be found. Changes to pubs are regularly reported in the London Drinker (select Captital Pub Check) which is available bi-monthly from many pubs in the area.