The twenty-fifth CAMRA Bristol Beer & Cider Festival ran from Thursday 14th to Sunday 17th November 2024 at City Hall, College Green, Bristol. We hope that everyone who attended had a great time. After a trade session and five public sessions the festival finally closed at 5pm on Sunday with 31 real ales and 11 ciders still available. And customers even received an up to date 2024 commemorative glass!

Organising the Bristol Beer & Cider Festival is a significant undertaking and it would not happen without the hard work put in by a lot of unpaid CAMRA volunteers to plan, set up, run and then take down the event. So a very big thank you to everyone who contributed towards it. Sponsorship deals help to balance the festival budget and keep prices down for customers, so our thanks also go to the main sponsors Butcombe Brewing Co. and Grey Trees as well as all the other pubs and breweries that took out adverts in the programme, sponsored the tokens or sections of the stillage, or donated prizes for the games. So thanks again to: (pubs) Bank Tavern, Brewhouse & Kitchen, Bridge Inn, Cornubia, Crown Tavern, Gryphon, Highbury Vaults, Llandoger Trow, Port of Call, Seven Stars, Volunteer Tavern (breweries) Arbor, Butcombe, Grey Trees, Hop Union, Moor, Otter, Sandford Orchard, Sheppy’s, St Austell, Twisted Oak.

Some judging sessions were organised by the branch tasting panel. All tastings were done blind and the results of their deliberations for beer of the festival were as follows: 1st: Twisted Gaucho, 2nd: Dancing Duck Dark Drake, 3rd: By The Horns Hopadelic, 4th: Incredible Brewing Co. English IPA. The ciders and perries were also judged by the cider team, with Sandford Orchard cleaning up and winning 1st for Devon Red and 2nd for The General.

Generous festival goers donated their unused tokens to charity, raising a total of £600 which was shared equally between FareShare and Alive.