2019 White Cliffs Beer Festival

Contents

Introduction The Venue The Event Festival Details

Volunteering Sponsorship For more information

Introduction

The Deal, Dover, Sandwich and District branch of the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) is proud to announce the 26th White Cliffs Festival of Winter Ales, a festival the branch has hosted since 1994.

This year we'll be serving a range of around 70 real ales none less than 5% ABV, of which over 35 are from Kent breweries and the rest are from mostly small independents and micro-breweries. We'll also have an extensive range of Kent real ciders available.

The Beer of the Festival is awarded to the first empty firkin of the event.

The Venue

This is the 26th year our Festival of Winter Ales has been held in Dover's Town Hall, the oldest and most historic venue for a beer festival in the country. With its superb stained glass windows, collection of arms and official portraits of the Lords Warden of the Cirque (pronounced ’sink’, not ’sank’) Ports it makes for a unique location for a beer festival.

For more information about the venue, see the following websites:

   Dover District Council
   Dover Museum
   Wikipedia

The Event

	Location:	Maison Dieu (Town Hall), Biggin Street, Dover, Kent, CT16 1DL
	Date & Time:	Friday, 1st February 2019 from 1pm to 11pm Saturday, 2nd February 2019 from 10.30am to 6pm (or unless the beer runs out)
	Admission:	Admission is free to card-carrying CAMRA members. Admission, for non-members, is £5.00 on Friday and £2.00 on Saturday - Admission will be refunded if you join CAMRA at the beer festival

Festival Details

	Beers:	All beers are £3.50 a pint and will be available from 1.00pm on Friday (subject to condition).
		Click here for the draft list of ales and ciders that will feature at the festival. A full programme will be published closer to the festival.
	Glasses:	Special souvenir glasses, available for £3.00. Refunds will be given if glasses are returned intact
	Food:	Food is available at the venue, however no food or drink may be brought in and consumed at the festival
	Wheelchair Access:	Please telephone the town hall on (01304) 201200 if you need to make use of the lift.
	Families:	Families with well-behaved children are welcome on Saturday afternoon
	Seating:	Plenty of seating is available in the Connaught Hall
	Entertainment:	CAMRA stall and music on Friday evening and Saturday afternoon
	Accommodation:	There are plenty of Bed & Breakfast facilities available in Dover
	Tourist Information	Click here to go to the tourist office's website

Volunteering

Our Beer Festival is run and staffed by unpaid volunteers and we are always on the lookout for staff to help setup and run the festival.

But don't think that you have to work behind a bar - there are plenty of other jobs to be done:

• Setting up and loading the stillage (Mon morning, 28th Jan)
• Preparing the stalls (Fri morning, 1st Feb)
• Putting up banners, signs & posters (Fri morning, 1st Feb)
• Serving on the ticket and glasses stalls (Fri, 1st Feb & Sat, 2nd Feb)
• Serving beer (Fri, 1st Feb & Sat, 2nd Feb)
• Taking down the stillage and tidying up the hall (Sun morning, 3rd Feb). This is as important a job as the rest, so if you can spare any time at all, even an hour, it would be greatly appreciated.