Beer Day Britain – Saturday 15th June #Blog

Victoria Hayes
13th June 2019

Beer Day Britain is the UK’s national beer day and it happens annually on June 15th.

This date is significant because it shares the date that Magna Carta was sealed in 1215.  Ale is mentioned in clause 35 of the great charter.
‘Let there be throughout our kingdom a single measure for wine and a single measure for ale and a single measure for corn, namely the London quarter’.

What Happens on Beer Day Britain?

People drink and celebrate beer!

At the pub, brewery taproom, home, a party, picnic, BBQ, on an ale trail, and myriad other places to drink beer they join in the National Cheers To Beer at 7pm (19.00h).

People raise a glass and say ‘Cheers To Beer’, then post a social media message using the hashtag #CheersToBeer. Each year this hashtag trends throughout the day and evening.

Beer Day Britain was instigated and launched in 2015 by Jane Peyton – award winning beer sommelier, drinks educator, broadcaster, and writer.

Jane Peyton said ‘We have so much to be proud of with Britain’s vibrant brewing heritage and current brewing scene and the fact that our pubs are a cornerstone of the social life of the nation. Without beer, pubs would be wine bars. Now we have an official day to celebrate beer in Britain so please join us for a national party so we can make Beer Day Britain the best beer fiesta in the world!’

All the major organisations in the beer industry support Beer Day Britain including Britain’s Brewing Alliance, British Beer & Pub Association, Campaign for Real Ale, and Society of Independent Brewers.

For more information about Beer Day Britain, please go to https://www.beerdaybritain.co.uk/

Taste Cheshire happily recommends the following beers to celebrate this special day with : –

The Cheshire Brew House

The Cheshire Brewhouse microbrewery is based in Congleton Cheshire. 

“Craft Beer From Cheshire That’s Far From Plain”

The driving force behind the scenes is Shane Swindells an internationally recognised master Brewer. Shane has a real passion for quality cask, keg and bottled beers from around the world. He is a great believer in local produce and is passionate about supporting local businesses, rather than multinationals, striving to use local, British ingredients wherever possible.

 

Love Lane Brewery

Love Lane Brewing is based in the heart of Liverpool’s Baltic Triangle, voted the “coolest” district in the UK. They are keeping the city’s proud brewing heritage alive, with a new brewery and distillery.

Love Lane is a craft beer, first brewed in a converted railway arch at Liverpool’s Love Lane. One of the city’s most loved beers, they make Love Lane Pale Ale and Lager as well as limited edition ales.

They’ve created a new brewing company that is passionate about creating beers for a new generation of beer enthusiasts.

 

Tatton Brewery

Tatton Brewery is a family-run brewery in Knutsford in the heart of Cheshire, just a stone’s throw from Tatton Park. 

By combining a custom-built modern brewery, an historic local yeast, and years of experience producing internationally renowned recipes, they aim to brew Cheshire’s finest beers.

They have 4 regular beers always available, complemented by seasonals and occasionals to add variety and a little fun to the range. The occasionals will challenge your senses and are of course, as you would expect from the Tatton Crew, beautifully brewed.

 

Wrexham Lager

Inspired by Bavarian tradition; built for modern times. Wrexham Lager has stood the test of time by providing the World with the exquisite taste of Welsh liquid gold.

From the humble beginnings of their German founders, to reaching far across the former British Empire; the combination of British malt and hops, Welsh mountain water and pure original lager yeast give a drinking sensation unique to North Wales.

The new Wrexham Lager brewery, in the heart of Wrexham town centre itself, is a typical Bavarian brewery built by Kaspar Schulz of Bamberg, the brewing capital of the world. Schulz have been building breweries for 340 years and are renowned worldwide for the quality of their work and the breweries they build. Working with Schulz has allowed Wrexham Lager beers to be brewed in the traditional Bavarian style of their German founders.

 

Beer Day Britain logo designed by Louisa Fitch of Sugarway
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