Burton BeerFestival2024

Our 2023 Sponsors

Here is a list of our sponsors who have generously donated to the Beer Festival.

Beer Sponsors

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• Steve & Pauline

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• Crawford Tool Hire

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• Steve Peace Joinery

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Glass Sponsors

This year the Beer Festival glasses have been sponsored by Crawfords Shooting Supplies and Think Access.

Pre-Sales Beer Tokens

How it Works

Experience has shown us that newcomers to the festival often don't understand the system we use, coming straight to bar the with cash and no glass, expecting a pint, like you may in a normal pub. But because the festival can get very busy we employ a different system to maintain a fast turnover during busy times.

Before The Bar

Before proceeding to the bar visit the desk at the marquee entrance where you can purchase half pint beer or cider tokens and collect your glass. You can also pick up a free Beer Guide at the same time.

The half pint tokens are priced at £2 each for beer and £2.50 for cider. The two types of token will be different colours to distinguish them. Previous year's tokens of another colour will not be accepted at the bar.

Please consider how many tokens you want to buy as unspent tokens cannot be reimbursed. This is particularly important to consider on the Sunday when stock is likely to be running low. Once you have your tokens and a glass, you can then proceed to the bar and choose a drink.

Choosing a Drink

Our Beer Guide lists the drinks we ordered for the festival, but be aware that the drinks listed in this guide were correct at the time of going to print, we cannot account for unforeseen changes such as a let-down in supply. Also it is not practical or financially viable to have an inexhaustible supply of every beer. Beer does eventually run out, some faster than others, so it's possible the one you are looking for isn't available. If in doubt, look at the pump badges on the bar, we usually remove the pump badge when a beer goes off. If you see it, we probably have it. If you don't see it, we probably don't have it!

To help you find your choice on the bar we will attempt to put the pumps in the same alphabetical order, left to right, as printed in the guide to make them easier to locate.

Getting Served

Once you know what you want, ask one of our bar staff and hand them your glass. Note that we only server half pints at our festival. The reason for this is efficiency, some cask ales can be very lively and can take some time to pull and settle. When busy it simply isn't practical to spend that much time pulling one drink, while pulling a half into a pint glass leaves ample space without having to wait. This also reduces wastage, so the beer stock lasts longer.

Please don't ask our staff to pull you a full pint, it holds everyone up and you will get less value in the long run, you can always come back for more.

Pay for a half with a token. Again the reason for using tokens is for efficiency. The volunteer bar staff don't have to worry about dealing with cash, tills and change, so they can focus their attention on pulling your ale to perfection!

Fancy Another One?

When returning to the bar for another drink, we kindly ask that you hold onto the same glass you were given at the start for as long as possible. The festival can get extremely busy with hundreds of drinks sold, there simply aren't enough beer glasses on the Stather for everyone to have a new glass for every drink and glass collectors/washers are not able to keep up with demand.

Price List

The Beers

Here is this year's selection of Ales.

The Ciders

Here is this year's selection of Ciders.