The Craft Beer Rising festival will return to London the last weekend of February with the noble aim to “bring good, flavorsome, creative beers to the masses and to “help inform drinkers of the beers available and support the brewers to get their products to the customers.” 2014 will be the second year the festival will celebrate the best in artisan and small batch beers from around the world (with of course plenty of locally produced brews from London across the UK). The three-day event will bring together dozens of breweries offering more than 200 beers to sample alongside a mix of street food, beer talks, tastings and other events as well as entertainment such as music by headliner, DJ Mr Scruff.
Beers slated for the festival include the following:
Adnams, Anspach and Hobday, Bateman’s, Bath Ales, Beerd, Bellerose, Beer Cat Barcelona, Brains Craft, Brewery, Bristol Beer Factory, By The Horns, Curious Brew, Celt Experience, Dominion, Duvel, Elgoods, Fordham, Franciscan Well, Freedom, Kings, The Brew House, Meantime, Redwell, Sharps, Thistly Cross Cider, Harbour, Oro di Milano, Harry Bromptons, Harviestoun, Hiver, Late Knights, Left Coast Distribution, London Velvet, St Austell, Stevens Point, Stewarts, Rebel Brewing Company, and Thornbridge.