Bath Beer Festival

Last updated October 04, 2019

Bath Beer Festival is an annual beer festival held in the city of Bath, England.

A beer festival is an event at which a variety of beers are available for purchase. There may be a theme, for instance beers from a particular area, or a particular brewing style such as winter ales.

Bath is the largest city in the county of Somerset, England, known for its Roman-built baths. In 2011, the population was 88,859. Bath is in the valley of the River Avon, 97 miles (156 km) west of London and 11 miles (18 km) south-east of Bristol. The city became a World Heritage site in 1987.

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to the west and Scotland to the north. The Irish Sea lies west of England and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. England is separated from continental Europe by the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south. The country covers five-eighths of the island of Great Britain, which lies in the North Atlantic, and includes over 100 smaller islands, such as the Isles of Scilly and the Isle of Wight.

The festival offers opportunities to taste over 85 real ales, along with a range of traditional cider and Belgian beers.

Cask ale or cask-conditioned beer is unfiltered and unpasteurised beer which is conditioned and served from a cask without additional nitrogen or carbon dioxide pressure. Cask ale is also sometimes referred to as real ale in the United Kingdom, a term coined by the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA), often now extended to cover bottle-conditioned beer as well.

Cider is an alcoholic beverage made from the fermented juice of apples. Cider is popular in the United Kingdom and Ireland and widely available. The UK has the world's highest per capita consumption, as well as its largest cider-producing companies. Cider is also popular in many Commonwealth countries, such as India, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. Aside from the UK and its former colonies, cider is popular in other European countries including Portugal, France, northern Italy, and northern Spain. Central Europe also has its own types of cider with Rhineland-Palatinate and Hesse producing a particularly tart version known as Apfelwein. In the U.S., varieties of fermented cider are often called hard cider to distinguish alcoholic cider from non-alcoholic apple cider or "sweet cider", also made from apples. In Canada, cider cannot be called cider if there are no apples. Furthermore, according to the Food and Drug Regulations in Canada, cider cannot contain less than 2.5% or over 13% absolute alcohol by volume.

The 30th CAMRA festival was held on two nights beginning 19 October 2007 at The Pavilion.^[1] 10,000 pints were served at the event.^[2] Local brewery Abbey Ales used the event to launch a new beer, Bellringer Maximus.^[3]^[4]

The CAMRA Beer Festival, held for 33 years in Oct in the Pavilion has moved venue and season. In 2011 the local CAMRA branch found that the hiring conditions imposed by the venue were unacceptable. Since 2011 some festivals have been held in the traditional venue and calendar slot but these have been commercial ventures not connected with CAMRA in any way.

Since 2013 the CAMRA festival has been held in the Premier Suite of Bath Rugby and preparations are well advanced for the 37th CAMRA Bath Beer Festival to be held 10 -11 April 2015, once again in The Premier Suite, Bath Rugby.

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References

↑ "30th Bath Beer Festival". CAMRA. Archived from the original on 26 December 2007. Retrieved 11 January 2008.
↑ "Festival's 30th Anniversary". The Bath Chronicle. 25 October 2007. Retrieved 12 January 2008.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
↑ "Abbey Bellringer Maximus". Rate Beer. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
↑ "Abbey Ales Limited". Visit Bath. Retrieved 10 April 2018.

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[1] "30th Bath Beer Festival". CAMRA. Archived from the original on 26 December 2007. Retrieved 11 January 2008.

[2] "Festival's 30th Anniversary". The Bath Chronicle. 25 October 2007. Retrieved 12 January 2008.^{[ permanent dead link ]}

[3] "Abbey Bellringer Maximus". Rate Beer. Retrieved 10 April 2018.

[4] "Abbey Ales Limited". Visit Bath. Retrieved 10 April 2018.