More than 60 real ales and 16 ciders on offer at Dudley's 3-day winter beer festival
There will be more than 60 real ales and 16 ciders on offer at one of the Black Country's biggest beer festival this month.
The three-day Dudley Winter Ales Fair, which attracts hundreds of real-ale buffs from around the Midlands, returns to Dudley Town Hall on November 27 to 29.
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There will also be a choice of wines, as well as copies of the 2026 Good Beer Guide, festival merchandise and commemorative T-shirts.
This year there will be special festival glass celebrating the 200th anniversary of Dudley's Priory Hall, and legendary Black Country boxer William Perry, better known as the Tipton Slasher.
The first bottle of Dark Ruby Mild, produced by the award-winning Sarah Hughes brewery in Sedgley, will be among the prizes in a charity raffle, with all funds going to Dudley cardio-rehabilitation charity Action Heart.
There will be musical entertainment on Friday and Saturday.
The event has been running since 1986, and has been held at the town hall since 2002, when it moved from its previous venue at Netherton Arts Centre.
Advance tickets for Thursday and Friday, priced at a discount rate of £10 for Camra members and £14 for the general public, are available from the event's website. The tickets include £10 worth of drink tokens, meaning admission is effectively free for Camra members.
There is free admission for all on the Saturday.
Sponsorship this year has come from Batham's Brewery, Brierley Hill; Holden's Brewery, Woodsetton; Davenports Brewery, Smethwick and Bains Wines, Netherton.
The festival opens at 1pm on November 27, closing at 10pm. It is then open 11am-10pm on November 28, and 11am-8pm on the closing Saturday - unless the beer runs out first.
