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About the Festival

The Great Yarmouth Beer and Cider festival is returning to its new home, the Drill House with a twist on it’s name!

The annual event will take place from 19th – 22nd September at the Drill House on York Road with A ‘Best of’ award ceremony judged by East Norfolk CAMRA and Lacons as lead supporting brewery.

There will be a whole new range of beers and ciders from breweries across the region including casks from Lacons. Counting 27 beers and 10 ciders!

The 2024 event will welcome a huge injection of Circus and other live entertainment, all included in the entry fee.

Times:

Thurs: 5pm – 11pm

Fri: 12noon – 11pm

Sat: 12noon – 11pm

Sun: 12noon – 4pm

Beers:
Barsham Brewery – Norfolk Topper – PALE – 3.80%
Batemans – Triple XB – PALE – 4.8% (Classic English Pale)
Batemans – Dark Fruits Porter – PORTER – 4.6% (Porter)
Bristol Beer Factory – Every Time Session – IPA – 3.8% (IPA)
Chalk Hill – CHB – BITTER – 4.2% (Session Bitter)
Earl Soham – Sir Rodgers Porter – STOUT/PORTER – 4.2% (Porter)
Earl Soham – Tolly Roger – GOLDEN – 4.2% (Golden Ale)
Fat Cat – Tropical Tom – IPA – 4.1% (Tropical Session IPA)
Fengate – Superdelic – IPA – 5.6%
Grain – Piccadilly Pothole – SPECIAL – GOLDEN – 4.2% (Golden)
Hop Back – Entire Stout – STOUT – 4.5%
Humpty Dumpty – Quayside – AMERICAN PALE – 4.5%
Lacons – Sundown – RUBY – 4%
Lacons – Falcon – BITTER – 4.2%
Moon Gazer – Hare Today – AMBER – 4.3%
Nethergate – Umbel Ale – AMBER – 3.8% (Spicy Amber)
OPA Hayze – Samuel Engels Meister Pils (Semp) – LAGER (on rack) – 4.8%
Winters – Caramel Mild – MILD – 4.3% (Caramel Mild)
Wolf – Mad Wolf – BROWN – 4.7%
Wolf – Lavender Honey – FLAVOURED – 3.8% (Sweet Flavoured Ale)
Duration – Desire Lines – SPECIAL – PALE – 4.4% (Citra Hopped Pale)
Green Jack – Mahseer – IPA – 5.8%
Humpty Dumpty – Barley Wine – BARLEY WINE – 9.0%
Lacons – Audit Ale – COPPER – 8.0%
Nethergate – Harvest Stout – SPECIAL – STOUT – 4% (Black Stout)
Nethergate – Old Growler – DARK – 5% (Legendary Dark Beer)
St Peters – Gold Dust – GOLDEN – 4.5%
Estrella – Damm Lemon – SHANDY – 3.2%
Tindall Brewery – Wheat Will Rock You – WHEAT BEER – 6%
Lacons – LGR – LAGER – 4%

Ciders:
Snails Bank – 2023 – Biscoff – 4% (Sweet)
Snails Bank – 2023 – Raspberry Ripple – RASPBERRY – 4% (Sweet)
Snails Bank – 2023 – Rhubarb – RHUBARB – 4% (Sweet)
Lilleys – Bee Sting – PERRY – 6.8% (Pear)
Lilleys – 2023 – Pina Colada – PINA COLADA – 3.4% (Sweet)
Pulp – Tequila Sunrise – ORANGE & TEQUILA – 3.4%
Pulp – Strawberry Daiquiri – STRAWBERRY & RUM – 3.4%
Cockeyed Cider – Bush Pig – CLOUDY APPLE – 7.0% (Scrumpy)
Russel – 2023 – Normal for Norfolk – MEDIUM APPLE – 4.0% (Medium)
Russel – Peach – PEACH DRY – 4%
Russel – Weavers Way – APPLE – 6.9% (Dry)