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Winchester Beer and Cider Festival 2026 This year's festival will be held at Winchester Student Union on 12th/13th June with up to 60 real ales, craft beers, real cider & perry and bottled beers. |
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Sponsors & Partners
Sponsors and Partners
This year we would like to thank the following companies and organisations for their ongoing support and sponsorship:
Festival T-Shirt Sponsors: Flower Pots Inn and Brewery
The Flower Pots Inn and Brewery
Cheriton, Hampshire
theflowerpots.co.uk
The “Pots”, are fortunate to welcome customers new and old back again and again on a regular basis. With fresh beer straight from the onsite brewery, local and seasonal food, stunning views and a team of brilliant and familiar staff. As a traditional country Inn, The Flower Pots are dog, horse and bike friendly and look forward to seeing you soon.
Flower Pots multi-award-winning on-site brewery have been carefully crafting fine cask ales and beers since 1993. As an industry-leading Hampshire brewery, Flower Pots are known for their in-depth knowledge and passion for brewing, and have won numerous CAMRA awards for their beers including Pots Bitter (3.8% Bitter), Goodens Gold (4.8% Golden Ale), Perridge Pale (3.6% Pale Ale), and Cheriton Porter (4.2% Porter).
Festival Glass Sponsors: Hop Back Brewery
Hop Back Brewery
Batten Road Industrial Estate, Downton, Salisbury
hopback.co.uk
Established in 1987 by John Gilbert at the Wyndham Arms in Salisbury, and moved to larger premises in Downton six years later. Hop Back was one of the original golden ale brewers and is probably best known for Summer Lightning amongst it's amazing array of award winning beers. Possibly the most awarded cask ale brewer in the UK we retain a quality first approach to our beers.
Hop Back Brewery have recently taken over ownership of the Albion pub (near to the Railway Station), which serves a range of Hop Back cask ales.
In addition to our sponsors & partners, we would also like to thank our all of our festival ticket outlets (listed below) and the University of Winchester.
- Albion, 2 Stockbridge Road, Winchester, SO23 7BZ
- Hyde Tavern, 57 Hyde Street, Winchester, SO23 7DY
- William Walker, 34 The Square, Winchester, SO23 9EX
- Belgium and Blues, 184 Above Bar Street, Southampton, SO14 7DW
The University of Winchester, of course, requires no introduction winchester.ac.uk
CAMRA has organised, run and equipped Winchester’s annual Beer Festival, with volunteers from the local Southern Hampshire Branch and other branches, completing all the roles from running the bar, setting up the cooling, to designing the layout and writing the programme.
With nearly 150,000 members around the world, the Campaign for Real Ale is considered one of the most successful consumer campaigns ever. Our aim is to have good quality real ale, craft keg beer, ciders and perries, and to have thriving pubs and clubs in every community.