2000 - LOCAL FESTIVALS - 2000
October 20-22	Holly Bush Alcester	Winter Beer mini-festival with 16 dark and/or strong beers from Abbeydale, Adnams, Bateman, Burton Bridge, Cotleigh, Exe Valley, Harviestoun, Kitchen, Moles, O'Hanlon, Spinnaker, Swale, Tisbury, Tomintoul, Triple FFF, Woodforde.
Sep 29-Oct 15	Pen & Parchment Stratford-upon-Avon	About 45 beers over 15 days (up to seven at any one time). Adnams, Bateman, Brain, Brakspear, Cain, Caledonian, Coniston, Cotleigh, Daleside, Everards, Exmoor, Fullers, Hampshire, Harviestoun, Hook Norton, Hop Back, Jennings, King & Barnes, Mauldon, Moorhouses, Nethergate, Oakham, O'Hanlon, Rebellion, Ridley, Ringwood, Robinson, T Taylor, Thwaites, Titanic, Woodforde, & Tom Wood.
Sept 15-17	Kings Arms Cleeve Prior	10-12 real ales in the 14th-century barn.
July 7-9	The Fleece Inn Bretforton	52 beers from Adnams, Ash Vine(2), B&T, Bateman(2), Beowulf(2), Black Sheep(2), Cains, Caledonian(2), Cannon Royall(2), Castle Rock, Cottage, Dent, Elgood, Exmoor, Freeminer(2), Goffs(2), Hampshire, Hart, Highgate & Walsall(2), Hook Norton(2), Hop Back, Itchen Valley, Jennings(2), Malvern Hills(2), Milkstreet, Scattor Rock, Shepherd Neame, Smiles(2), Teignworthy, Thwaites, Uley(3), Woodforde's, Woods(3), and Wychwood(2), plus 5 ciders and a perry.
June 23-July 2	Queen's Head Iron Cross	40 beers plus 3 ciders over 10 days. Beers from Fat Gods(10), Ash Vine, Cannon Royall, Church End(2), Cotleigh, Crouch Vale(2), Gales, Hanby, Harviestoun, Hobson(2), John Joule(3), Malvern Hills(2), Nethergate, Oakham, O'Hanlons, Old Chimneys, Orkney, Ruddles, Shugborough, Stanway, Teme Valley, Weltons, Weatheroak, Wickwar and Wychwood. Entertainment every evening. Minibus service available to and from Holly Bush Beer Festival in Alcester on first weekend.
June 23-25	Holly Bush Alcester	32 beers in the function room from Archers, Brakspear(3), Burton Bridge(2), Church End(2), Cotleigh, Cropton, Daleside(2), Dunn Plowman(2), Fat Gods, Frog Island, Guernsey(4), Hardys & Hansons(2), Highgate, Highwood, Hop Back, Oakhill, RCH, Stonehenge(3), Tomintoul and Uley, plus seven regular beers in the pub. Barbecue in garden Sat and Sun. Runs alongside Forest of Arden Festival 2000, and features live music in garden and Terrace Room. Minibus service available to and from Queen's Head Beer Festival at Iron Cross.
May 27-30	Kings Arms Cleeve Prior	12 beers over the bank holiday weekend - Bateman Miss Whiplash & Salem Porter, Black Sheep Bitter, Coniston Bluebird, Everard Tiger, Gibbs Mew Bishop's Tipple, Greene King Abbot, Holden Bitter, Nimmo XXXX, Shepherd Neame Spitfire, Wells Bombardier and Wychwood Fiddler's Elbow.
Apr 13-27	Pen & Parchment Stratford-upon-Avon	25 beers at £1.70 over 15 days (up to seven at any one time) from Abbey Ales, Archers (2), Arkells, Arundel, Ashvine, Becketts, Branscombe, Bunces, Exe Valley, Exmoor, Hampshire, Hoskins, Itchen, Moles, Otter, Palmers, Rebellion (2), Ringwood (2), Smiles, Wychwood (2) & Wye Valley

1999 - LOCAL FESTIVALS - 1999
Many of these festivals are run every year, so we have kept details on the website of those gone by to help you plan your diary for next year.
October 28 - 31	Old Swanne Evesham	Wetherspoon's Wicked Beer Festival featured 5 exclusive ales from B&T, Cotleigh, Hampshire, Hop Back and Smiles. In adition up to 25 guest beers were featured from Adnams, Arundel, Batemans, Brakspear, Burton Bridge, Cains, Caledonian, Castle Eden, Coach House, Cottage, Everards, Exmoor, Hall & Woodhouse, Highgate, Hook Norton, Jennings, Kitchen, Oakhill, Poole, Rebellion, Ridleys, Shepherd Neame, Ushers, Wychwood and York.
October 21-31	Pen & Parchment Stratford-upon-Avon	54 beers over 10 days from £1.50 (7/8 at any one time) from Adnams(2), Belhaven, Black Sheep, Belhaven, Brakspear (2), Bunces, Burtonwood, Cains (2), Caledonian (2), Castle Eden (2), Coach House, Coniston, Enville, Everards, Exmoor, Freeminer, Fullers (2), Gales, Gibbs Mew, Greene King, Hall & Woodhouse, Hardy Hansons, Hook Norton, Hop Back, Jennings (2), Kelham Island, Mordue, Marstons (2), Morlands, Nethergate, Orkney, Rebellion, Ridleys, Ringwood, Robinsons, Roosters, Shepherd Neame, Smiles, Timothy Taylor, Titanic, Wadworth, Wells, Woodfordes, Wychwood, Wye Valley, Wyre Piddle and Youngs.
Sept 24-25	Public Hall Market Square, Evesham	10th Wychavon Festival of Brass with beers from Batemans, Brakspear, Broughton(2), Cains, Castle Eden, Elgoods, Hydes, Jennings, Morland(2), Old Mill, Orkney, Smiles, Thwaites, Titanic, Tomintoul, Ushers and Wells(2).
Sept 18-19	Kings Arms Cleeve Prior	Seven beers in the 14th-century barn - Butcombe Bitter, Gales HSB, Greene King Abbot, Hobson Town Crier, Morland Old Speckled Hen, Wadworth 6x and Whitbread Fuggles Imperial.
Sept 10-12	Civic Hall Stratford-upon-Avon	25 beers, mostly over 4%, plus country wines and cider from Biddenden & Westons. Ales from Arundel, Badger, Banks's, Batemans, Brakspear, Broughton(2), Caledonian, Castle Eden, Cottage, Cox's Yard, Elgoods(2), Hoskins, Harviestoun, Jennings, Marstons, Old Mill, Orkney, Otter, Rebellion, Thwaites, Titanic, Wells & Wychwood
Aug 27-30	Brandy Cask Pershore	The 7th annual festival featured nearly 50 beers from around the UK as well as Brandy Cask Brewery's own range. Beers from Abbey, Arkells, Berkeley, Brakspear (2), Caledonian, Cotleigh, Courage, Cropton, Crouch Vale, Darwin, Dent (3), Exe Valley, Farmers, Fat Gods, Freeminer, Goose Eye, Greene King (2), Harviestoun, Heart, Home County, Hydes, Inveralmond, Juwards, Moor, Oakham, Otter, Phoenix, Pinchinthorpe, Princetown, RCH, Ridleys, Ringwood (2), Ruddles, Shepherd Neame (2), Titanic (2), Tomintoul, Uley, Ushers (2), Weetwood, Worfield and York were available at various times over this 4-day festival
July 24-25	Shakespeare Welford-on-Avon.	21 beers from Batemans (7), Burtonwood, Cains, Caledonian (2), Courage, Hobsons (2), Hook Norton, Robinsons, Shepherd Neame, Theakston, Thwaites, Whitbread and Woods.
July 9-11	The Fleece Inn Bretforton	70+ beers from Ash Vine (3), Everards (2), Fiddle and Bone (2), Greene King (4), H B Clarke (6), Highgate & Walsall (5), Holdens (3), Hook Norton (3), Leatherbritches (9), Moor (2), Mordue (3), Quay (2), RCH (4), Ridleys (5), Slaters (4), Tisbury (2), Titanic (7), Uley (3), Ushers (2), Weston's Cider (4) and Budvar
June 18-27	Queen's Head Iron Cross	24 guest beers over the week, plus seven Fat Gods beers, including a " special" brewed for the festival. List includes beers from Ash Vine, Beowulf, Brandycask, Broughton, Buffy's, Bushy's, Cannon Royall, Everards, Evesham, Gales, Hart, Highgate, Tom Hoskins, Teme Valley, Tetley, Tomintoul, Weatheroak, Woods.
May 28-31	Kings Arms Cleeve Prior	10 beers over the bank holiday weekend - Draught Bass, Brakspear Special, Greene King Abbot, Hobsons Bitter, Morland Old Speckled Hen, Ruddles Best & County, Shepherd Neame Spitfire, Tetley Bitter, Whitbread Fuggles Imperial IPA
May 21-29	Pen & Parchment Stratford-upon-Avon	25 beers over 10 days from Abbey Ales, Archers, Arkells, Arundel, Becketts, Branscombe, Bunces, Exe Valley, Exmoor, Hoskins, Itchen Valley, Moles, Otter, Palmers, Poole, Rebellion, Ringwood, Smiles, Vale, Wychwood & Wye Valley
Apr 29 - May 2	Old Swanne Evesham	Great Wetherspoon Beer Festival. Up to 50 guest ales including 5 exclusives.