Ayrshire Beer & Cider Festival

05/11/2025

Charity Presentation:
At our festival washup meeting held on Monday 3 November, we handed over a cheque for £1,173.03 to Tony Scott (pictured 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.

08/10/2025

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/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tx3V6jpUYl0

A selection of photos from the 2025 Ayrshire Real Ale Festival

03/10/2025

Thanks to everyone who came along on Friday to the festival despite the brisk weather conditions - you were a great crowd! We're still open on Saturday, so why not come along with your friends and spend some time at the festival. Travel options are on our website at https://www.ayrshirebeerfestival.co.uk/travel-information, but the main bus services in Troon are Stagecoach's 14 and 10/110.

2025 Festival – Coming Soon! Thursday 2 – Saturday 4 October, 2025 in Troon Concert Hall. Planning meetings are finished, and we’re ready for the 24th Ayrshire Real Ale Festival which opens on Thursday 2 October 2025 at 12 noon for CAMRA members, or 2pm for non-CAMRA members. We’re just a sh...

29/09/2025

We're no strangers to travel disruption at previous festivals, and we're hoping there won't be any this year, but we've created these quick guides showing some of the options and timings available by bus and train to get you to/from Troon from across Ayrshire and beyond. As always though, check with ScotRail or Stagecoach for latest travel information.

Travel InformationYou can easily get to Troon by public transport using train or bus. For trains, please check the Scotrail website at scotrail.co.uk for latest timetable information and prices. For buses, please check with stagecoachbus.com for times. However, we’ve produced two summary sheets li...

23/09/2025

20/09/2025

The Beer and Cider Lists are now available on the website by clicking this link:
https://www.ayrshirebeerfestival.co.uk/ales-ciders/

18/09/2025

Last, but by no means least of our main sponsors, are Brown Brothers Printers, Irvine, who have sponsored our Beer Token cards. Brown Brothers also print the festival programme, along with our multi award-winning quarterly magazine Full Pints.
https://www.brown-bros.com/

18/09/2025

We'd like to thank Ayrshire IT, Troon for sponsoring and hosting our festival website (www.ayrshirebeeerfestival.co.uk). If you've any IT-related issues then give Ayrshire IT a shout.
https://www.ayrshireit.com/

18/09/2025

Thanks to Number 47, Troon, for sponsoring our Learn & Discover Zone. If you'd like to find out more about the malts and hops that go into your beer, along with tasting the differences between a Stout and a Porter - brewed by the new & local Blackshaw Brewery, then check out the Learn & Discover Zone in the Walker Hall.

Number 47 will also be open late until 3am during the festival for all the party animals!
https://www.facebook.com/p/Number-Forty-Seven-100063652566583/

18/09/2025

Our thanks go to R&A Muir Haulage Contractors, Dreghorn for once again sponsoring our Cider Bar. We'll have 25 real ciders and perries from across the UK available, including four from Ayrshire Riviera Cider.. https://www.facebook.com/RAMuirHaulageContractors/

18/09/2025

Our Walker Hall Bar, which we've renamed as the Bobby Shaw Bar, in memory of Bobby who was a regular festival volunteer and who sadly passed away earlier this year, is being sponsored by Five Kingdoms Brewery. We'll have McGregor's Mild, Summerisle, Prentice and Dark Storm available on the bar.
https://www.fivekingdomsbrewery.com/