04/07/2013

City Beerfest

In partnership with City of London Festival and the Worshipful Company of Brewers, the festival will combine a programme of live music with an exhibition of beers from throughout the UK. The festival will be open to the public and free to attend, but beer tokens will be sold to those who would like to enjoy the beer.

Buy limited edition glasses and beer tokens online for a special discounted price, and to skip the queue on the day. All proceeds will go to the Lord Mayor's Appeal.

Entertainment includes:
- Live music
- Youngs Brewery dray horses
- Coopering displays
- Great British food stalls

We hope you will join us and enjoy some delicious beers, great food, and fantastic music!

Prices:
Individual entry package- £12 (£15 on the day). Includes entry to the festival, strip of 4 beer tokens (4 half pints), and 1 limited edition City Beerfest glass.

1 ENTRY PACKAGE MUST BE PURCHASED PER PERSON ATTENDING CITY BEERFEST

Top up beer tokens (4 half pints). Special online price £8 (£10 on the day).
Top up limited edition City Beerfest glasses. Special online price £4 (£5 on the day).

NOTE: Your beer tokens and glasses will be available to collect on the day from the presales table located in Guildhall Yard when accompanied by valid ID and booking reference.

There will be a number of food stalls selling a selection of quality British foods to complement the beer. The City Beerfest will present a unique opportunity for City workers to come together on a summer's evening and enjoy some fantastic music and delicious beers.

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25/11/2011

The British Beer & Cheese Festival

Malt meets milk as the Beer Academy's hosts it first Festival of Beer and Cheese

Over 150 people joined the Beer Academy for its first festival of British beer and cheese in the magnificent Hall of the Worshipful Company of Brewers in the City of London. Cheese Makers and Head Brewers were on hand to help participants discover the art of beer and cheese matching (see Notes for Editors for details of all the cheese makers and brewers represented).

Beer Sommelier and keen amateur cheese maker, Peter Haydon who attended the event said "Any brewer understands cheese-making because the processes are so similar. Cheese is basically beer backwards - and vice versa. It's not surprising that beer and cheese are natural bedfellows".

Nigel White of the British Cheese Board said "It is only in recent years that I discovered the joy of beer with cheese. There is such an enormous variety of both beer and cheeses that finding a perfect match is virtually inevitable".

Beer Sommelier Steve Livens said "There are few hard and fast rules to matching beer with any food; it's very much a matter of personal preference. But there are simple tips to bear in mind. When it comes to cheese, a stronger weightier cheese, such as blue stilton, usually needs a robust beer such as porter or even heavily hopped dark ale. Whereas a salty cheddar responds perfectly to the refreshment of a lighter golden ale or a floral lager. But in the end, the real joy and excitement of finding the perfect combination comes from the voyage of discovery!"

For further information contact:

Paul Hegarty at Paul.k.hegarty@googlemail.com or +44 (0)7808 096250

Notes for Editors.

Cheeses were from Denhay Farms, Dewlay, The British Cheese Board, Goodwood Cheese, Milk Link, Long Clawson and Paxton & Whitfield.

Beers were from the Badger Brewery, Caledonian Brewery, Everards, Fuller Smith & Turner, Greene King, Marston's, Meantime Brewery, Shepherd Neame and Wells & Young's.