January 2025

1st-5th January: New Year Beer Festival at The Rashleigh Inn, Polkerris, Par PL24 2TL.

3rd January: Beer festival at the Blackfriars Tavern, 94 Blackfriars Road, Great Yarmouth NR30 3BZ.

3rd and 4th January: The Westy Beer Festival at The West End Centre, 48 Queens Road, Aldershot GU11 3JD.

3rd-5th January: Dark Beer Festival at The Jolly Fisherman, 3 East Beach Street, Hastings TN34 3NR.

7th January: She Drinks Beer presented by Good Chemistry Brewing at The Good Measure, Victoria Street, Bristol BS1 6DE.

10th January: Alcohol-free beers launch party at the UnBarred Brewery taproom, 19-23 Elder Place, Brighton BN1 4GF.

10th January: Beer tasting and charcuterie night with Mysterious Brewing at Harry’s Coffee Shop, Reading Road, Burghfield Common, Reading RG7 3BL, 7pm.

10th-12th January: Pie and Porter Festival at The Perseverance, 2 High Street, Wraysbury, Staines TW19 5DB.

11th and 12th January: Winter Beer Festival at The Drapers Arms, 47 Gloucester Road, Bristol BS7 8TZ.

15th January: Tasting of Stairway to Heaven Nelson Sauvin and Centennial variants at the Burton Bridge Inn, 24 Bridge Street, Burton on Trent DE14 1SY, from noon.

16th January: Public consultation by Joule’s Brewery on pub changes at The New Inn, Harborne, Birmingham B17 0DJ.

16th-18th January: Exeter Festival of Beer at the Corn Exchange, Exeter EX1 1BW.

16th-18th January: Winter Beer Fest at GRUB, Manchester M4 4HF.

17th January: DEYA tap takeover at The Wolf, 2-10 Constitution Hill, Birmingham B19 3LY.

18th January: Mash Gang ‘Funeral for a Boring January’ in Brighton, with wake at the Bison Beach Bar @ Sea Lanes, 300 Madeira Drive, Brighton BN2 1BX.

18th January: State of Kind Brew Co tap takeover at Wigan Central, Arches 1 and 2, Queen Street, Wigan WN3 4DY.

22nd January-2nd February: Beer festival at Wetherspoon London pubs.

23rd January: Norfolk breweries (Grain, Moon Gazer, and Tindall) at the Shirker’s Rest, 9 Lewisham Way, New Cross, London SE14 6PP.

23rd January: Project Excess launch, featuring four iterations of a beer named Too Much by four different breweries, at Indie Beer, 322 Holloway Road, London N7 6NJ.

23rd January: DEYA tap takeover at One Inn The Wood, 209 Petts Wood Road, Orpington BR5 1LA.

24th January: Launch of Verdant Putty 2025 at various locations nationally. See preview

Chester Craft Beer Expo

24th and 25th January: Chester Craft Beer Expo at Storyhouse, Hunter Street, Chester CH1 2AR.

24th and 25th January: Salisbury Winterfest at The Guildhall, Market Square, Salisbury SP1 1JH.

25th January: Bar Day at Wishbone Brewery, 2A Worth Bridge Industrial Estate, Chesham Street, Keighley BD21 4LG, noon-7pm.

25th January: Burns Night Ceilidh at Stewart Brewing, 26A Dryden Road, Bilston Glen Industrial Estate, Loanhead EH20 9LZ.

25th and 26th January: Tyneside Lambic Trail at: the Cumberland Arms and Free Trade Inn, Ouseburn; Mean Eyed Cat and Town Mouse, Newcastle; Elder Beer and House Bar, Heaton; and Central Bar and Axis, Gateshead.

28th January: Imperial Tasting Night at Wigan Central, Arches 1 and 2 Queen Street, Wigan WN3 4DY. Tickets £25.

29th January-1st February: Colchester Winter Ale Festival at Colchester Arts Centre, Church Street, Colchester CO1 1NF.

30th January: Start of an Oakham tap takeover (while stocks last) at The Acorn Inn, 12-18 Tamworth Street, Lichfield WS13 6JJ.

30th January-1st February: Pendle Beer Festival at The Muni, Albert Road, Colne BB8 0AE.

30th January-3rd February: Beer festival at The Mallard, Carlton Road, Worksop S80 1PP.

31st January: Beer, Brains and Balti at The Chequers Inn, Front Street, Binham NR21 0AL. In aid of testicular cancer awareness.

31st January: Meet the maker with Mash Gang at Brewery Market, 48-49 Church Street, Twickenham TW1 3NR, 7.30pm.

31st January and 1st February: Dorchester Beerex at the Corn Exchange, 26 High East Street, Dorchester DT1 1EZ.

31st January and 1st February: Tonbridge Juddians Beer Festival at Tonbridge Juddians RFC, The Slade, Tonbridge TN9 1HR.

31st January-2nd February: Dark and Delicious Winter Ales Festival at The Coopers Arms, Coopers Lane, Crowborough TN6 1SN.

31st January-2nd February: Bridgetown Brewery Winter Beer Festival at The Albert Inn, 32 Bridgetown, Totnes TQ9 5AD.

Brewery tours

Billericay Brewing Co: 11th and 25th January. Find out more.
Black Country Ales: 18th January. Find out more.
Docks Beers: Every Sunday, noon and 2pm. Find out more.
Double-Barrelled Brewery: 18th January: Find out more.
Left Handed Giant Brewpub: 18th, 22nd, 25th, and 29th January. Find out more.
Old Cannon Brewery: First Saturday of every month. Find out more.
Palmers Brewery: Most weekdays, excluding bank holidays. Find out more.
Round Corner Brewing: 18th and 25th January. Find out more.
Stonehouse Brewery: 11th January. Find out more.
Westerham Brewery: Every Saturday. Find out more.

Taprooms