‘Chilled-out setting’ in Alconbury for new beer festival

ALL THE BEER, CIDER AND GIN IS PRODUCED IN THE LOCAL AREA

A CAMBRIDGESHIRE settlement is set to host its first-ever beer festival.

Alconbury Weald will be hosting the inaugural event on Saturday, April 13 and Saturday, April 14.

Organisers say it will showcase a carefully selected range of beer, cider and gin from across the region.

Soft drinks will also be available and food trucks will be serving pizza, fish and chips, and a fusion of South African and Jamaican cuisine during the festival.

Urban&Civic, master developer for Alconbury Weald, and Wheatsheaf Brewery have teamed up to host the festival. It is being held in The Pavilion at Alconbury Weald from 11.30am to 10pm on both days of the weekend.

As well as some of Wheatsheaf Brewery’s finest beers, festival-goers can sample beers from Ivo, Papworth, Bakers Dozen, Biochemist, Briarbank and Xtreme Ales.

Soft drinks and snacks will also be available from the bar, and food trucks will be serving hot food from midday to 2pm and 5pm to 8pm on both days.

Frank Gillham, from Wheatsheaf Brewery, said: “We are really excited to be sharing details of our first beer festival and can’t wait to introduce people to the fantastic range of beer, cider and gin produced in the local area.

“The Pavilion avilion at Alconbury Weald is a fabulous s venue and we’re hoping for r a dry, sunny weekend so people can sit outside and enjoy y their drinks and food looking king out over the cricket pitch.” ch.”

People le coming from rom the surrounding villages and Huntingdon gdon are encouraged uraged to get the bus, with additional l transport

THE Alconbury Weald site was previously part of RAF Alconbury. Permission for the first phase of the new settlement was granted in 2014.

In 2018, Cambridgeshire County Council move to a new building at Alconbury Weald.

being provided from Alconbury Weald to Huntingdon bus and train stations along Ermine Street until 10pm on both days.

Single bus tickets are £2 each and will be available to buy from the festival desk.

Natalie Leigh-Brown, community development lead for Urban&Civic, said: “Alconbury Weald has an active and dynamic community with a wide range of events and activities throughout the year.

“The Beer Festival is a great way to catch up with friends, family and neighbours in a chilled-out setting. “We hope people from the surrounding villages and Huntingdon join the Alconbury Weald community to sample the wonderful range of drinks brewed and distilled locally and discover some of the great spaces and amenities we have to offer.”

Festival organisers are on the lookout for volunteers and are interested in hearing from anyone who can lend a hand, even if just for a few hours.

If you can help, please email info@ wheatsheafbrewery.co.uk.

Entrance to the festival will cost £20. For this, visitors get entrance e to the festival, a festival fes glass (choice of be beer or gin glass) and £14 of drinks tok tokens to use at the bar. ba The bar will only be accepti accepting payment using drinks tokens. For further infor i n f o rmat i o n , includi including about drinks, food and transport transport, go to: wheatshea wheatsheafbrewery. co.uk/pages co.uk/pages/our-festivals.