Bank Holiday Beer Festivals!

Bank Holiday Beer Festivals!

Well the big one, the Swansea Bay Beer Festival, is in the  Brangwyn Hall in Swansea and is open between Thursday & Saturday – looking forward to trying the beers from Tatton Brewery and a few others here - beer list here.  

Elsewere on the Gower the Poundffald Inn in Three Crosses will be holding a festival lasting into the Monday.

Bell Inn, Glangrwney,Powys. Situated between Abergavenny and Brecon this will be the second festival of the year for this up and coming pub. Friday-Monday. Friday – Beer & Sausage night, Saturday beach Party. Live music Sat & Sunday

Crown Inn, LlantwitFardre, Mid-Glamorgan will be holding a festival on Sunday 28^th in aid of the British Heart Foundation.

Clytha Arms, Raglan, Monmouthshire

What to say? A beer and cheese festival in one of Wales' best pubs. Live music, camping etc.

Beer List: 

Rhymney Rhymney Dark 4.0%
Bevan’s Bitter 4.2%
Export Ale 5.0%
General Picton 4.3%
Rhymney Bitter 4.5%

The Kite Brewery Thunderbird 4.5%
Cwrw Haf 4.1%

Heart of Wales Innstable 6.8%
Welsh Black 4.4%
Boggled 4.5%

Conwy Brewery Beachcomber Blonde 4.2%

Montys Brewery Sun Shine 4.2%
Mischief 5.0%

Bragdy ’r Gogarth - Merlyn 4.9%
Great Orme brewery Celtica 4.9%
Orme 4.2%

Vale Of Glam Wheats Occurin 5.0%
Light Headed 4.0%
Original no.1 4.3%

Otley Gold 5.0%
07 Weissen 5.0%
Thai-Bo 4.6%
Oxymoron 5.5%

Bragdy ‘r’ Nant Mwnci Nel 5.5%
Chwaden Aur 4.3%

Newmans Brewery Green Lady 5.2%
Mt Snowdon Pale 4.0%

Kingstone Brewery Humpty Fuddle
Tewdrics 

Kilverts, Hay-on-Wye, Powys, another of Wales' best pubs is playing host to the Hay on WyeAle & Literature Festival – a cultural celebration of the best of Welsh beer and talks by beer writers. Beer & food pairings as well. Full details on their website.

Cross Inn, Garth,Maesteg. Home to the Cerddin Brewery and holding a beer festival over the bank holiday weekend.

Red Cow, Llwydcoed,Aberdare. The Mid-Glamorgan Branch of CAMRA Pub of the Year will be holding another one of their successful beer festivals from Friday-Sunday with live music throughout the weekend.

Will also see the launch of Grey Tree Brewery Reccabites Bitter – a 4% beer brewed by Ray the landlord of the pub. Beer list here.

Star, Treoes, Bridgend

Annual cider & music festival with a hog roast

Greenhouse, Llantarnam, Friday-Tuesday, beers from Batemans, Hook Norton, Timothy Taylor, Thwaites etc.

Plas Derwen, Abergavenny will be holding a small festival over the weekend.

Goat Major, Cardiff, handy if you live in Cardiff and want something to do on a bank holiday Monday.

Red Lion, Caersws has a festival on with beers from Monty's amongst others!