Great British Beer Festival 2020

The Great British Beer Festival, which usually takes place this week at Olympia in London, is making its virtual debut from 11-13 September 2020. For the first time ever, visitors to CAMRA’s iconic event can purchase a ticket to a weekend of live beer tastings that will run from 2 pm – 9:30 pm on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. There will be tastings taking place each day led by experts such as Roger Protz, Cheryl Cade and Adrian Tierney-Jones.

There will also be pre-recorded ‘events’ for visitors to dip into in between the tastings, which includes a tour and Q&A at:

Charles Faram hop farm
Crisp Malt maltings
Harvey’s Brewery
Little Pomona Orchard
500 tickets are now on sale, retailing at £46/each. Ticket holders will receive a 2020 festival glass and 11 beers so that they can participate in two of the tasting sessions. These include an ‘introduction to beer’ session, which features five category winners from last year’s Champion Beer of Britain competition, and an additional six beers for an in-depth tasting of a specific style of their choice.

Festival organiser Catherine Tonry said: “The Great British Beer Festival is truly the heart and soul of what CAMRA is all about – bringing people together and making friends over a great pint. While we are sadly not all out on the festival floor this week, I am delighted to welcome back new friends and old to our very first virtual festival.