Nottingham’s Robin Hood Beer and Cider Festival returns with more than 600 beers and 26% stout

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Nottingham Robin Hood Beer Festival begins, with an expected 15,000 to attend

By Tommy Bonnet

More than 600 beers and 140 ciders from around Notts, the UK and even America have been on offer as the annual Robin Hood Beer and Cider Festival returned to the county.

The event launched on Wednesday, October 9 and runs until Saturday (October 12) at the Trent Bridge Cricket Ground, but for the first time, it has gone pitch-side on the world-famous boundary.

Organised by Nottingham’s Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) for its 47th event, the festival aims to celebrate some of the best ales and ciders from local breweries and around the country.

With its growing size and popularity, the festival has a new bar on the cricket pitch as well as bars around the concourse.

Andrew Ludlow, secretary for CAMRA said: “We are really grateful for the cricket club allowing us to put a bar on the pitch.

CAMRA secretary Andrew Ludlow and Robin Hood standing out on the Trent Bridge field at the bar new to this year.

“This particular bar is mainly local beers, anything within 20/30 miles we have tried to get a selection of, people who are not aware of all the different breweries that are around here should pop along and will realise that Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire brew some excellent real ales.”

One of the standout drinks is the 26 per cent stout named “Terror from the Sky”, produced by Sneinton-based brewer The Liquid Light Bar.

With only four 36-pint casks, it’s the strongest beer ever at the festival and is only available in third-pint measures.

No Half Measure member Alice Henley poured one of their many ales from women-led breweries.

Local female beer enthusiast group No Half Measures also has a bar in the event, with an array of ale from women-led breweries, and breweries with strong female connections.

The beer-drinking social group has been together for two years with over 50 members now.

Alice Henley, a bar volunteer and a member of No Half Measures, said: “We are here to celebrate the role of women in the beer industry as a whole.”

“If we can represent [women] on the bar, talk to people about beer and share information, we are making it more accessible and hopefully gain some members this weekend.”

More than 15,000 people have attended the festival in each of the last three years at Trent Bridge, and organisers expect to achieve those numbers again.

The Saturday night party will also feature two stages and DJs at the festival, while drinks are available through tokens.

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