The Swan’s 18th annual beer festival takes place from 2nd to 10th July and this year will have a real taste of the Cotswolds.
There will be 50 cask ales and 20 real ciders from the finest brewers and micro breweries the Cotswolds has to offer, as well as live music across the festival and The Swan’s popular pub quiz on the Tuesday night. It’s one of the highlights of the year in Stone.
Dark Horses will kick off the festival on Saturday 2nd July, followed by:
- Sunday 3rd: Alexandra Jayne
- Wednesday 6th: Matt Bishop and Heidi Brown
- Thursday 7th: The Vanz
- Friday 8th: Donna & The Dukes
- Saturday 9th: Karl’s Bavarian Brass
There’s lots more information on the Swan’s website HERE and you can also follow the pub on Facebook and Twitter
Beer festival
[box type=”info” ]The Cotswolds is home to some wonderful breweries.
One of the most historic is Donnington Brewery, near Stow-on-the-Wold, where the Arkell family have been producing beer for 150 years in a building that dates back to 1291. The original mill wheel is still used to drive pumps and machinery to brew Donnington beer the same way as it did in 1865.
Hook Norton Brewery, located in the Oxfordshire Cotswolds, has been brewing beer for a little over 150 years and is a proudly independent and passionate family business. One of only 32 family-owned breweries, Hook Norton is the finest example of a Victorian tower brewery in the country.
Among the newer breweries in the Cotswolds is The Cotswold Brewing Company, based off the Fosse Way at Bourton-on-the-Water. A family-owned and run company, it was one of England’s first micro-breweries, making kegged lagers and speciality beers using traditional methods.
North Cotswold Brewery, established in 1999, is a family-run craft brewery situated at Ditchford Farm, near Shipston-on-Stour. Producing award-winning “Fine Ales from the Fosse” the brewery has a core range of four beers, including Windrush Ale and Cotswold Best.
Information from www.lovingthecotswolds.com[/box]
