Great British Beer Festival
great british beer festival sometimes abbreviated gbbf annual beer festival organised campaign real ale camra present selection cask ale champion beer britain award held august year gbbfs sister festival great british beer festival winter held february year great british beer festival styled biggest pub world offer around different beverage least beer british brewery well around foreign beer country including belgium germany usa well traditional british cider perry festival staffed unpaid volunteer around work festival festival usually held first full week august run tuesday saturday tuesday afternoon session open trade press champion beer britain award winner announced midafternoon general public admitted afternoon evening session tuesday evening saturday evening camra figure show people visited festival course week consumed pint beer — one pint sold less half every open second part huge improvement ticket sale attributed festival organiser marc holmes move olympia earl court much larger easily accessible venue since event returned olympia remains massively popular well beer festival offer entertainment live music traditional pub game well variety food stand camra held first large beer festival covent garden london september day event attracted people drank pint real ale strictly speaking gbbf considered forerunner festival first proper gbbf held alexandra palace venue moved city since first established settled london since year festival held due fire venue covid pandemic respectively camra announced festival take place due renovation olympia lack suitable alternative venue gbbf website camra campaign real ale festival beer search beer festival around world gbbf tourist