The Robin Hood Beer and Cider Festival returns to Trent Bridge in two weeks’ time, with over 900 drinks, street food and live music set to grace our ground’s concourses.

Tickets for the event, which runs from 11 to 14 October, are available here…

You’ll find brewers with unusual backstories and creatively crafted drinks aplenty at Nottingham CAMRA’s flagship festivities – with just a few highlighted below.

 

From Carlton to Copenhagen

The Denmark-based People Like Us brewery is making its first appearance at the festival, with part-owner Paul Froome looking forward to something of a homecoming.

Born and bred in the city, Paul will join his fellow People Like Us brewers to make the trip to the city with beers including the 4.5% Waltzing Vanilla – a raspberry and vanilla concoction – and the 10.3% imperial stout Covfefe, made with coffee, pecans, vanilla and cacao nips.

People Like Us try to employ people with neurodiversity diagnosis whenever possible - with diagnoses ranging from Autism and Aspergers to ADHD and PTSD.

 

A local flavour

Closer to home, the Sutton-in-Ashfield based Two Matts Brewery will be making their maiden appearance at the festival.

The Crich and Dungeon breweries will also be appearing for the first time – with both taking their place at the festival’s nano bar.

 

Blue Monkey’s Beer Festival Specials

Giltbrook-based Blue Monkey Brewery are letting their creativity shine through as they prepare for the 2023 festival.

Their Berry Smoothie Sour is a lip-smacking 7.8% creation, packed with mixed berries to give a crisp tartness and a hint of sweetness.

Brewed specially for the festival, their 6.6% Lemon Meringue Pie is an IPA featuring zesty lemony tang and a fresh, crisp, clean bite from the freshly grated lemons, rounded off with a hint of sweetness.

 

Ginger beer

Alongside a host of newer creations at the festival will be an alcoholic ginger beer that has stood the test of time.

Leeds-based DMC’s OGB is a traditional 5.2% brew dating back to the 1700s, featuring a fiery sweetness.

 

Green hops

Just as fresh and dried herbs can provide a dramatically different flavour when cooking, green hops can elevate a brewer’s creation to new heights.

These field-fresh, never-dried hops can only be harvested at this time of year, with the festival therefore providing a rare opportunity to sample the impact it makes on those drinks which make use of them.