Durham City Rugby Club to host the city’s 43rd beer festival

The annual Durham Beer Festival returns for the 43rd time over four days later this month.

As with the previous five festivals, it will be staged at Durham City Rugby Club’s Hollow Drift clubhouse, on Green Lane.

It is the blue riband event in the calendar of organisers, the Durham branch of the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA).

(Image: Durham branch of CAMRA) Branch chair Paul Dobson is looking forward to the annual celebration of some of the best real ales brewed in the region, with a few beers being brought from further afield.

“Some details are still being finalised, but we currently plan on having 25 hand pulls and between six to eight ciders and perries available.”

(Image: The Northern Echo) The festival will start with the first pint pulled at 4pm on Wednesday August 27, with last orders at 10.30pm.

But from Thursday (August 28) to Saturday (August 30) it will run from 12-noon to 10.30pm.

Entry is £5, with all festivalgoers receiving a half-pint glass and a programme.

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Tokens for half-pints of all real ales, ciders and perries are £2 each.

Members of CAMRA also receive a beer token.

Further updates, including confirmation of the full beer menu, will be posted on the festival website, www.durhambeerfestival.org.uk, and via social media sites, including on Facebook, via /CAMRADurhamBeerFestival,