At our festival washup meeting held on Monday 3 November, we handed over a cheque for £1,173.03 to Tony Scott (left) on behalf of Return to Life, our festival charity this year which supports kidney patients and operates Scotland’s only walk in renal charity centre. The magnificent sum was donated by customers via unused tokens and collecting tins. Thank you very much to everyone for their generosity.

Thanks to everyone who supported the 24th Ayrshire Real Ale Festival, despite the best efforts of Storm Amy in disrupting travel. We hope you all had a great time. Beer of the Festival was Jennings Sneck Lifter, and the Cider of the Festival was Dudda’s Tun Cherry Cider.

Next year’s festival dates are Thursday 1 October – Saturday 3 October 2026.

Here’s a video clip of some photos taken at the festival, but the uncropped photos can be viewed here: https://www.ayrshirebeerfestival.co.uk/photos-2025-festival/