BEER

Once again we are focusing on local brewers. As ever we will bring you some of the best cask beers the midlands has to offer - 30 of them in total. Plus for a little twist, and to keep up with the growing 'craft' trend, this year we have introduced 10 keg beers from some of the region's rising stars. Here are the brewers and their beers that we have confirmed so far:

Church End - Poachers pocket, Gravediggers Ale, Goats Milk, Cuthberts, What the fox's hat,  Vicars ruin, Stout coffin, Fallen Angel

Craddocks - Hop and Glory

Enville - Enville Ale, Blizzard, Enville Ginger

Fixed Wheel - No Brakes IPA, Chain Reaction Pale Ale, Blackheath Stout, Century Gold

Fownes - King Korvak's demise

Sadlers - Citrus Tide, American Rye IPA

Green Duck - Duck Under, Sweet Caroline

Purity - Lawless, Longhorn IPA

Rock and Roll - Thunderbolt

​Shed - Jester's Ruby Ale, Spotted Cock

Silhill - Gold Star, Blonde Star, Dark Star

Slaughterhouse - Saddleback, Boar d'eau

Sperrin - Meadieval, Nice rub down
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Twisted Barrel - Beast of a Midlands Mild, Inspired, God's twisted sister, Icel, Saison from another place

CIDER

Ciders are always popular at our festival so this year we have teamed up with Hogans to supply many of them. Here's the full list:

Hogans - Hazy Daisy, Elderflower, Picker's Passion, Panking Pole, Poacher's Perry, Keg Cider, Hopped Cider...and for something different we will be serving their mulled cider warmed through - perfect for a February weekend

Thistly Cross - back by popular demand we have their cracking Whisky Cask cider

Sandford's Orchards - another firm favourite and early sell-out is Strawberry Lane, made with real strawberries

Cotswold Cider Co - Muscle Mary, Hornblower (an interesting chai-spiced cider)