Eight merry pictures capture local pride and good spirits as Dudley Winter Ales Fayre gets underway
One of the Midlands' biggest beer festivals has gotten underway this week - and with more than 80 drinks on offer - locals were seen coming together to get merry at the event.
Dudley Winter Ales Fair, at the town hall in St James's Road, opened its doors at 1pm yesterday (November 27), and runs through until Saturday.
It is one of the most popular events in the West Midlands' real-ale calendar, this year's festival includes 63 different cask ales - with extra barrels ordered for the biggest sellers - and 16 ciders and perries, as well as a choice of wines for those who prefer the grape to the grain.
Highlights include an 11 per cent beer from Green Duck Brewery in Stourbridge and Full Centurion, a 10 per cent beer from Kinver Brewery which is celebrating its 21st birthday.
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The festival also marks the annual launch of Batham's 6.3 per cent winter ale XXX, and it wouldn't be the Dudley Winter Ales Fair without Sarah Hughes famous winter ale Snowflake, which is the reigning Camra champion winter ale, as well as the silver medallist in the overall Champion Beer of Britain competition.
The three-day real ale festival has been held in the borough since 1986. The 2025 event, organised by Campaign for Real Ale (Camra) members from Dudley and South Staffordshire and neighbouring branches, offers beers from the Black Country, Scotland and the east and west of the country.
