Beer Day Britain 2026 – Cheers to Beer!
- Guild Secretary
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Beer Day Britain, the UK's annual national beer day happens on June 15th 2026 (and in Northern Ireland as Beer Day Northern Ireland). This year is the event's 11th anniversary, and it falls on a Monday, a typically quiet day for pubs. The event founder Jane Peyton is encouraging everyone to visit their favourite pub to celebrate Beer Day Britain and support the pub sector.
Jane Peyton, Beer Day Britain instigator said, 'Beer Day Britain is always a fun and positive celebration. In previous years, pubs have marked the occasion with special events, quiz nights, and beer & food matching menus. Some have even assembled teams to compete in Beer Day Britain's Got Talent by singing Cheers To Beer, the official anthem of Beer Day Britain.'
The event is a celebration of all beer from mainstream lager to limited edition craft beer and everything in between no matter where it is brewed -- alcohol and no-alcohol.
Each year the focus of Beer Day Britain is the National Cheers To Beer toast at 7pm. This simple activity is not only marked across the UK but by beer drinkers around the world who participate each year. The hashtag #cheerstobeer always trends on social media.
Jane said, 'Beer has a supernatural ability to unite people and get the party started. Beer is Britain's national alcoholic drink so you could say that every day is beer day but June 15th is an extra special day and one to bring the nation together to say Cheers To Beer!'
Jane chose the date of June 15th for Beer Day Britain is significant because that is also the date Magna Carta was sealed in 1215. The great charter mentions ale in Clause 35: "Let there be throughout our kingdom a single measure for wine and a single measure for ale and a single measure for corn..."
Jane says, 'I've already gathered a group of friends to go on a crawl of our favourite Brighton pubs on Beer Day Britain and raise a pint and say Cheers To Beer!'
For more information and to download a Beer Day Britain logo please visit www.BeerDayBritain.co.uk or on social media -- @BeerDayBritain on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter/X.
Notes to Editors
About Jane Peyton
• Jane Peyton is the instigator and driving force of the UK's annual national beer day -- Beer Day Britain (June 15th). She is a beer sommelier, drinks educator, writer, broadcaster, and public speaker. She is the founder of the School of Booze -- a drinks education consultancy and corporate events production company.
• Jane was the UK's first accredited Pommelier (cider sommelier) and Britain's first Beer Sommelier of the Year. She is a former Imbibe Magazine Drinks Educator of the Year. For her beer work she was awarded the title Outstanding Individual Achievement in Beer from the Beer & Cider Marketing Awards, and a Lifetime Achievement Award from Britain's All Party Parliamentary Beer Group.
• Jane is the author of three novels (written under a pen name) and fourteen non-fiction books including 'The Philosophy of Beer', and 'Beer Knowledge Box'.
• She conceived and co-wrote the musical anthem 'Cheers To Beer' for Beer Day Britain.
• Her favourite place to be is in the pub drinking beer with friends.
For more information:
Website: www.BeerDayBritain.co.uk
Jane Peyton email: jane@BeerDayBritain.co.uk
Social media: X/Twitter and Instagram @BeerDayBritain. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/beerdaybritain/