Great British Beer Festival

From 4^th-8^th August the Great British Beer Festival will be held at Earls Court in west London. With over 450 beers available it is Britain’s biggest beer festival.

Britain is famous for its unique ‘bitter’, usually a dark beer with virtually no gas that isn’t served cold. It often isn’t popular with visitors to the UK when they first try it as it has a stronger taste than most lagers and is unfamiliarly flat (without gas) and warm. However, after the initial surprise many people love a pint of bitter and enjoy learning about the different breweries and their different ales (beers).

Brewing bitter is an art that is keenly followed in Britain. A lot of bitter doesn’t travel very well so it is common for regions to have their own brewery and therefore their own beer which means there are lots of different sorts to try!

As well as British beers there will be lots of international beers at the festival. If you’re in London why not go down and find out more about an important part of Britain’s famous ‘pub culture’.