MaltingsFest
Organised by SIBA (Society of Independent Brewers) South West Branch
In 2019 we moved on to Osborne P There is plenty of room, so you are not going to miss out.
Tuckers Maltings opened to the public in 1991 and one of the first ideas was to hold a beer festival to give publicity to the visitor attraction. After much planning it was realised that this would not be an easy venture if it was going to be on a large scale. Tuckers approached Carl Beeson of Summerskills Brewery to see if SIBA South-West would be interested in running a beer festival to exhibit
21/04/2024
All good things must come to an end
Thank you to all who supported us this year and see you in 2025
10th, 11th, 12th April 2025
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20/04/2024
The sun is shining, the beer is ready
Last chance to visit the Best Beer Festival in the South West for this year
We open at 11am - admission £7 today - all beers / Ciders/ lagers £2 per half pint
Hope to see you here 🍺
19/04/2024
Despite this intrepid group be slightly down in numbers they have already tried a cask beer from every brewery at the festival 🍻
19/04/2024
Congratulations to Stannary and Hop Union as champions of the cask and keg competition - and to all the other award winners
Full details here
Stannary Brewing Co & Hop Union Brewery named Champions of the South West at SIBA Independent Beer Awards 2024 - SIBA - Society of Independent Brewers and Associates Stannary Brewing Co and Hop Union Brewery have taken home the two Overall Champion awards at the Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) South West Independent Beer Awards, which took place last night at the MaltingsFest beer festival in Newton Abbot. ‘Winnemucca’ by Stannary Brewing Co, a hazy d...
19/04/2024
Lovely day for a Beer Festival!
But already they queue half an hour before we open at 11am - hope you all enjoy it
18/04/2024
Beer judging today
We open to the public at 5pm
17/04/2024
ONE DAY TO GO!
We open at 5pm Thursday 18th April
5pm - 11pm Thurs 18th April
11am -- 11pm Fri 19th April
11am - 10pm Sat 20th April
Sponsored by
Warminster-Maltings
Newton Abbot Town Council
16/04/2024
And finally for today - TOILETS
16/04/2024
Lots of progress today - mainly involving BEER 🍺
15/04/2024
Thank you to Boss Scaffolding for securing our stillages - all ready to put the beer up now 🍺🍺
15/04/2024
The ground has firmed up nicely in the last few days - we now have marquees and stillages
10/04/2024
An update on this year's festival - worry not, it is all going ahead!
Sponsored by Warminster-Maltings and Newton Abbot Town Council
07/04/2024
We are indebted to our sponsors who help us make this all happen 🍻
Warminster-Maltings Newton Abbot Town Council
03/04/2024
We will also have keg and still ciders, gins, rums and whiskey + soft drinks
02/04/2024
Here is something to tempt you - the 2024 Beer Menu - 🍻
It all kicks off at 5pm on Thursday 18th April and we close at 10pm on Saturday 20th April
Maltingsfest, the new name for Tuckers Maltings Beer Festival The new Tuckers Maltings Beer Festival, as well as Cask Ale now also featuring Keg beers and Lagers, Ciders and Spirits produced by South West SIBA members.
12/03/2024
Got a local business - want to reach our visitors?
Here a chance to advertise in our programme - details on the flyer or e mail [email protected]
01/03/2024
Here is the line up of entertainment on Friday 19th April and Saturday 20th April - the session on Thursday 18th April is a quiet session
28/04/2023
A big thank you to Boss Scaffolding who literally support the festival cask stillage. Setting up nearly 200 casks of beer in the middle of a field is no easy task and we certainly couldn't do it safely without their help.
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Our Story
Tuckers Maltings opened to the public in 1991 and one of the first ideas was to hold a beer festival to give publicity to the visitor attraction. After much planning it was realised that this would not be an easy venture if it was going to be on a large scale.
Tuckers approached Carl Beeson of Summerskills Brewery to see if SIBA South-West would be interested in running a beer festival to exhibit their beers.
A committee was formed, chaired by Carl and over 20 years later it is still running. Various brewers have taken their turn to be chairman and each year the original format has been followed but with gradual changes to make improvements and to handle the increasing number of beers and customers.
There were 67 beers at the first festival and this increased year by year until there were more than 300 about five years ago. However it became clear that the more beers there were, the less space there was for customers so the number has been limited to about 280 in the last two or three years.
The festival has been helped by Teignbridge Council who allow a marquee on the park alongside the Maltings which has given extra space as the event keeps increasing in popularity.
All the beers are judged in a competition which is held on the Thursday before opening to the public. The number of classes has increased over the years and to win an award is a great help to a brewer’s marketing.
The festival has always been run on a voluntary basis by the brewers, with great help from CAMRA, and provided there are always enough volunteers the future looks good for the festival to continue for many years to come.
2019 - in October 2018 Tuckers Maltings ceased production and the building will be sold.
We are continuing with the festival which will be held on Osborne Park outside the maltings building
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