The Brighton Tap Takeover — the big city-wide beer festival — returns this November to the South Coast for a fifth year.
The three-day celebration of beer and pubs takes place from 11th to 13th November and will feature more than 130 craft beers produced by brewers from Brighton, Sussex, and around the UK.
The festival takes place in 22 pubs across Brighton, each craft brewery taking over its own pub with entertainment programmes. These will include DJs, live music performances, and beer tasting sessions.
As ever, the festival hub will be the North Laine Brewhouse, home of event host Laine Brew Co’s experimental microbrewery. Here, tickets can be purchased and festival guidance given. Laine’s beers will be available throughout the festival venues, alongside the tap takeover beers from 22 of the UK’s finest craft breweries.
The other participating breweries are:
- Northern Monk
- Two Tribes
- Abyss
- Beak
- Burning Sky
- Brixton
- Pressure Drop
- Gosnells,
- 360°
- Beavertown
- Orbit
- Cloudwater
- Cloak and Dagger
- Magic Rock
- Vault City
- Queer
- Whiplash
- Amundsen
Participating pubs are:
- North Laine Brewhouse
- Black Lion
- Earth & Stars
- Fiddler’s Elbow
- Actors
- Mesmerist
- Oculist
- White Rabbit
- East Street Tap
- Inn On The Square
- Victory
- World’s End
- Fountain Head
- Tempest
- Mash Tun
- Dead Wax Social
- Bath Arms
- Hope & Ruin
- New Unity
- Fortune of War
Gavin George, chief executive of Laine, said: “The return of the Brighton Tap Takeover festival in 2021, following a two year gap during the pandemic, was a massive success. People really did want to start discovering great craft beers again in an environment where great craft beers taste the best — the pub.
“This year, we’re excited to bring new breweries to our beloved city, as well as welcoming back favourites from previous years. We’re looking forward to a fun weekend for our customers and brewing friends from around the country.”
• Weekend tickets for the festival cost £20, which includes four free half-pints of craft beer, plus £1 off any festival beer and 50p off half-pints. For tickets, visit taptakeover.co.uk.
