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What types of beer are available?

Santa has selected an amazing range of locally brewed Cask Ale and Craft Beer for you to try.

Cask Ale or ‘Real Ale’ is the traditional form of British Beer. It is a “living” product that continues to ferment in the cask until it is served and according to CAMRA, the Campaign for Real Ale, it represents the “pinnacle of brewing art”, critics would categorize it as “flat & warm”!

The term Craft Beer originated in the USA. Mass-produced bland lager led to the growth of small independent brewers being formed to brew beer with great taste. The predominant style was based on India Pale Ale (IPA) originating from England but these new brewers experimented by adding loads more hops and a range of other ingredients. More recently, they have similarly experimented with other traditional beer styles.  They coined the term ‘craft beer’ and defined it as beer brewed traditionally by small independent brewers. Craft beer is force carbonated and served chilled – “cold & fizzy”.

To help you choose your beer we have categorized our “Cask Ale” and “Craft Beer” as shown below:

 

Lager
 Lager is a fizzy beer served chilled that has a reputation, at least amongst beer nerds, for lacking taste.We have selected a Craft Lager for the festival that shows that this doesn’t have to be the case! Perfect for those who prefer a chilled fizzy drink. Real ale drinkers should try it to see how good lager can be.

Check out our Craft Lagers. Lager is not available as a Cask Ale
Pales & IPAs
 India Pale Ale was first brewed for the colonial market and is strong in alcohol and high in hops to survive the sea journey. Look for juicy malt, citrus fruit and a big spicy, peppery bitter hop character, with strengths of 4% upwards.

Golden Ale was developed in the 1980s as a lower strength refreshing summer drink to tempt lager drinkers. Golden ales are lighter hopped and hence less bitter that IPAs.

Check out our Cask Pales and Craft Pales.
Bitters
 These are the traditional English beer style. Look for a spicy, peppery and grassy hop character, a powerful bitterness, tangy fruit and juicy, and nutty malt.

Best Bitters are stronger than Bitters and the malt and fruit character tends to dominate.

Check out our Cask Bitters and Craft Bitters.
Milds & Stouts
 Mild is the oldest beer style in the country but out of fashion until recently. It has a taste all its own. Look for chocolate, fruity and nutty flavours. If you have never had Mild before, give it a try!

Stouts have a profound dark and roasted malt character with raisin and sultana fruit, espresso or cappuccino coffee, liquorice and molasses, all underscored by a bittersweet taste.

Check out our Cask Darks and Craft Darks.
Sours
 Sour beer is a type of beer that has an intentionally tart, sour, or acidic taste. It’s made using wild yeasts or acid-producing bacteria. Fruit can be added to sour beers to make them taste more tart. The flavor of sour beer can range from light and fruity to intensely sour, and it can also include familiar beer flavors like malts and hops.

Check out our  Craft Sours.

We also have Alcohol-Free (AF) and Gluten-Free (GF) beers available.

Some of our beers are suitable for  Vegans (Vg). Check out our  Vegan Cask Ales and  Vegan Craft Beers.

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Lost parents

Parents are responsible for the supervision of their children at all times.

If a child is found without a parent, volunteers will calmly escort the child to the ticket desk, which serves as the designated safe area. 

Efforts will be made to contact the parent using the information on the child’s wristband, or announcements may be made over the event’s PA system. 

A copy of our Safeguarding policy and contact details for our Designated Safeguarding Officer(DSO) is available here.

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Burghfest 2023

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Burghfest 2023 featured:

  • Over 50 Cask Ales and Craft Beers from 20+ local brewers including our very own Burghfield Santa’s Peel-y Good Brew brewed in collaboration with Reading Amateur Brewers and Elusive Brewing.
  • A selection of still and fizzy Cider from our local cider producers
  • A gin bar, featuring the award-winning Blowing Stone range from local distiller, Hawkridge.
  • Top-quality range of Wine and Prosecco as well as Pimms
  • An exciting program of Live Music from local acts including Burghfest favourites Murdoch’s Crazy Eyes and Dirtbag.

and rasied £24,000   for Thames Valley Air Ambulance and other local good causes.

Want to know more?  Download our Event Report

Thanks for your support

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Burghfest 2022 featured:

  • Cask Ale and Craft Beer from 20+ local brewers including our very own Burghfield Santa’s Reinbeer of the Mohicans brewed in collaboration with Reading Amateur Brewers and Elusive Brewing.
  • A selection of still and fizzy Cider from our local cider producers
  • A gin bar, featuring the award-winning Blowing Stone range from local distiller, Hawkridge.
  • Top-quality range of Wine and Prosecco as well as Pimms
  • An exciting program ofLive Music from local acts including Burghfest favourites Murdoch’s Crazy Eyes and Indie Generation.

and  rasied £11,000   for Thames Valley Air Ambulance.

Thanks for your support

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Burghfest 2021

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Burghfest 2021 featured:

  • Cask ale and Craft beer from 20+ local brewers including our very own Burghfield Santa’s – Summer Reinbeer brewed in collaboration with Elusive Brewing.
  • A selection of still and fizzy  cider from our local cider producers
  • A gin bar featuring the award-winning Blowing Stone range from local distiller, Hawkridge.
  • Top-quality range of Wine & Prosecco as well as Pimms
  • An exciting program of Live Music from local acts including Burghfest favourites Murdoch’s Crazy Eyes and Indie Generation.

and  rasied £10,000   for Thames Valley Air Ambulance.

Thanks for your support

Beer Award Winners

As voted by you on Untappd.

Beer of Festival

Burghfield Santa’s – Summer Reinbeer
IPA
Brewed by us in collaboration with our friends at Elusive Brewing!

Best Cask Ale

Siren Craft – Lumina
Session IPA
Usually only available in keg or can this was awesome in cask.

Best Craft Beer

Double-Barrelled – Hello Simcoe
Pale Ale
Amazing craft beer from Phantom Brewing Co on their first appearance at Burghfest.

Congratulations to all the award winners.

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Burghfest 2018 Beer & Cider Awards

 

Best Bitter or Amber  & Beer of the Festival

New Wharf – Santa Brews
Specially brewed for Burghfest. 
We drank 6 cask of this. Now we need to persuade New Wharf to brew it again!

Best Pale Ale or IPA

New Wharf – Tea with Erin
American Ale infused with Earl Grey Tea
The first beer we sold out of this year.

Best Dark Beer

Elusive – Shadow of the Beast
An unusual black IPA 
An IPA and a stout in one. Awesome!

Best Cider or Perry

Crazy Dave’s – Berkshire Rebel
At 7.3% it’s not for the faint hearted!
People kept coming back for more until they couldn’t.

Congratulations to all the award winners.

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Burghfest 2017

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Last years event was awesome. Over 3,000 people came along and consumed:

and enjoyed Live Music from some awesome local bands.

Most importantly £20,000 was raised for Thames Valley Air Ambulance.

Festival Awards

Beer of Festival

New Wharf Voyage
Brand new beer from our newest local brewery

Best Pale Ale or IPA

Loddon Forbury Lion
An IPA as an IPA should be

Best Bitter

Little London Pryde
A best bitter full of spicy hop notes

Best Mild or Stout

West Berkshire Maggs Magnificent Mild
CAMRA Beer of Britain 2017 Silver Medal

Best Cider or Perry

Tutts Clump Traditional Farmhouse
A crisp refreshing Eastern Counties style Cider

Congratulations to all the award winners.