• Planning Meetings

    Our planning meetings for the 2026 festival have started, but there’s still time to get involved and help us out. The next meeting will be held on Monday 20 July 2026, at 8pm in the Wheatsheaf, Kilmarnock.

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  • Beer of the 2025 Festival Presentation

    Members of the branch travelled down to Jennings Brewery, Cockermouth at the end of February 2026 to present them with the Beer of the Festival Certificate. We enjoyed several of their ales at the brewery tap and were treated to a brewery tour.

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  • Charity Presentation

    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.

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  • Thank You

    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/

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