Heart of the Community

One of Cornwall’s oldest breweries will soon be putting on the county’s biggest charitable beer festival in its Victorian cellars.

St Austell Brewery’s annual Celtic Beer Festival sees thousands of beer lovers descend on the brewery for a day filled with fantastic beers and live music. 

The festival does more than just bring people together through a shared love of beer; its primary purpose is to raise vital funds for the St Austell Brewery Charitable Trust. Last year, people’s pint-drinking efforts at the festival raised a huge £20,000, which supports charities and causes across the whole of the South West. Since its launch in 2003, the Charitable Trust has raised more than £1,000,000 to give back to its communities where it’s needed the most; In 2023, the Trust donated more than £80,793 to important causes in the region.

One example of fundraising within St Austell Brewery’s pubs is its fish and chips offer. For every portion ordered, 25p is donated to the Charitable Trust. In 2022, £16,743 was raised for Cornwall Air Ambulance. 

This year, the Charitable Trust is donating money raised from its fish and chips to its Heart of the Community campaign, which is helping to fit defibrillators onto 55 of its pubs across the region, where the business has identified a need for one.

The Celtic Beer Festival will see a jam-packed line-up of musicians throughout the day, along with an impressive beer list showcasing more than 100 tipples from brewers across the UK. Alongside guest beers from other breweries such as Gypsy Hill, St Ives Brewery and Palmers, St Austell Brewery is putting on 27 of their beers brewed just for the beer festival. 

A hibiscus-infused kettle sour, a blood orange Belgian Wheat beer, a passionfruit and tangerine Saison and a chilli stout are just a few of the inventive beers the brewing teams have created. 

The festival will also feature 12 special guest beers from St Austell Brewery’s small batch programme, as well as a dedicated bar from Harbour Brewing Co. 

Tickets for the Celtic Beer Festival, which will take place on November 30th, will be available on the day at the brewery.

St Austell Brewery
St Austell PL25 4BY
www.staustellbrewery.co.uk