Sunshine Beer & Cider Festivals
You've missed it!!
This year's festival closed on 20th July, dates for next year will appear here soon.
The Sunshine Beer and Cider Festival is organised by the South Devon Branch of CAMRA. It is run entirely by volunteers with the aim of introducing you to some good beers and cider. Held at Teignmouth Rugby Football Club, the Festival will have 60 real ales and over 20 ciders. Our aim is to support brewers and cider makers across the country and to give our visitors an enjoyable environment to sample the best of real ale and cider
This year we added a marquee on the offchance it may rain at some time....and it did!
Beer Judging
During the festival there was a judging session for the South West part of the Champion Beer of Britain. The winners here go forward to be judged against winners from other areas and eventually the Champion Beer of Britain emerges.
Our results were as follows:
Session : Pale, Blond, Golden Ales:
1st (Gold) Arbor : Shangri La
2nd (Silver) Exeter 'fraid Not
3rd (Bronze) Hanlons : Yellowhammer
Premium : Pale, Blond, Golden Ales:
1st (Gold) Bristol Beer Factory : Independence
2nd (Silver) Arbor : C Bomb
3rd (Bronze) St Austell : Proper Job
So a Gold and Silver for Arbor !
We also had our own little contest for the 'Black Country' Beer of the Festival
This was won by Sarah Hughes-Surprise - Congratulations to Sarah Hughes.
A few photos from 2024
Ready to go
Gazebos galore!
Mayor of Teignmouth cuts the tape to open the event
For two days the sun shone
For two days the sun shone
Then on Saturday it rained!
Ady Byng brought his pig racing to entertain us
Even Sir Nigel Gresley did a 'flypast'
The Air Ambulance was our chosen charity
Cask Ales
2024 Cask Ale List - PDF format
2024 Cask Ale List - Word Format
2024 Cask Ale List - Excel format
Ciders & Perries
Cider & Perry List - PDF format
Cider & Perry List - Word format
Previous Years reports