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We Are Beer represents the largest beer events in the UK, bringing together the very best breweries across craft, ale, stout and world lager. With 75%+ of the UK's good beer buying power in attendance, these events are where brewers, buyers and distributors meet to shape what's next for the beer market. Offering extensive opportunities for connection and community. We'd love Guild of Beer Writers members to join us for both events! Here's the lowdown on session times / dates:

Great Newsome Brewery is set to hold its popular beer, food and music ‘Festivale’ on the 19th and 20th June 2026, at Great Newsome Farm, near Hull. Now in its 9th year, following a “Glastonbury” style break in 2025, the event welcomes up to 1000 people over the 2-day event as the Holderness countryside comes alive with local bands, food trucks and Great Newsome Brewery beer. This year the event will be supporting the RNLI and in particular the local Withernsea RNLI station. T

Devon brewer Exeter Brewery has launched a new low alcohol version of Darkness Stout, one of its best-known beers. The move is in response to fast-growing demand for full flavour alternatives with lower strength. The new beer, Darkness Low, is a 0.5 per cent stout based on Darkness®, the brewery's full bodied 5.1 per cent stout and multi award winning CAMRA favourite, and is now available to trade and retail in packs of 12 x 440ml cans. Originally a cask and bottle product, a

Members are hereby given notice that the Annual General Meeting of the British Guild of Beer Writers will be held on: Wednesday 3rd June at 7:00pm BST (Online) All members are welcome to attend, but only individual full members may vote. To register your interest in attending, click here. If you are unable to attend but would like to submit a vote via proxy, please click here. The proxy vote deadline is 31st May. The deadline to submit motions and nominate directors has passe