Good news for #CaskAle! 37,000 attendance @cambeerfest.bsky.social, official figures. Well done @cambridgecamra.bsky.social & to all the volunteers & the brewers. And for raising so much for chosen charity @samaritans.bsky.social beyond expectations.

Are you helping us look out #watervoles? 💧 If you're contributing the the National Water Vole Monitoring Programme you have until the 15th June to submit your sightings! 👇 watervoles.ptes.org/auth/login#watervoles? 📸Iain Green

Good news! @adnamssouthwold.bsky.social & Ghost Ship survive. Fear of sell-off in 2024 averted. The 154 yr old regional family brewer & cosy country pubs dominating the Suffolk town of Southwold has reduced unsustainable debt. Chair Simon Townsend describes asset disposal as painful but "essential".

Back to work - and do spare a thought for your local brewers today. There's a whole lot of boiling going on and it's already pretty hot in the brewery. Solidarity with everyone on a brew day today!

Highlights from this year's festival: how much you raised for charity, your favourite drinks, and just how much cheese and pickle you ate! www.cambridgebeerfestival.com/2026/05/25/h...

You did it! Thank you to everyone who was able to donate their glass to Cambridge @samaritans.bsky.social when they left the festival. With your support, they exceeded their target of 5,000 glasses by a whopping 1,804 and you also donated in other ways during the festival. You are the best!

There are still over 100 beers left for you to try, including blondes and goldens, as we head into the final day of this year's festival. There's also the International Bar, lots of cider, perries and meads available, as well as low and no-alcohol drinks. Enjoy! #cbf2026

Day 5, still one to go. The best place to enjoy the scorching weather! #CBF2026 @camraofficial.bsky.social

Finally!! It’s Friday and it’s perfect pint weather! We’re open today and tomorrow 12-8pm with full taps, a well stocked fridge and outside seating, so head on down!

Heatwave reminder - stay hydrated.

On the Disco bar later today at @cambeerfest.bsky.social !

It's official: you can try out the best beers in Britain at this year's festival! On Tuesday we hosted the prestigious Champion Beer of Britain competition finals. Find out more and download the full list of winners: tinyurl.com/yvx4m67y #cbf2026 @camraofficial.bsky.social

Take a look back on 10 years of Elusive! Andy never set out to be big, but he wanted Elusive to be good and do good. This is something we take with us as a team into the future, and we’re incredibly grateful to community that have supported us. Read more —> www.elusivebrewing.com/blog-1/2026/...

Head over to Grain Brewery in our main marquee to try a brand new, Belgian-style ale called Strangers’ Blonde, making its debut at this year's festival. Brewed in Norwich, and inspired by Belgian and British brewing traditions. History and tasting notes: tinyurl.com/yvxa5ejf

What's the best beer in Britain? Find out today at the Cambridge Beer Festival as we announce the winner of the Champion Beer of Britain competition! Neil, festival organiser, will announce the winner at 4pm in our main beer marquee. @camraofficial.bsky.social

Off to @cambeerfest.bsky.social to prepare for one of the high spots of the brewing year - final judging of @camraofficial.bsky.social #ChampionBeerofBritain. Good luck to all the brewers who have made the final round. Results announced tomorrow approx. 4pm. Hope to see you at Jesus Green Cambridge!

Small and very cute Bank Vole by Phil Winter.

The programmes have arrived and look fantastic! Thanks to @gearset.com for sponsoring. You can pick up your copy as you enter the festival, or take a look at the version online. www.cambridgebeerfestival.com/2026/05/14/2...

A hazy?! That’s right! We’re one of the first UK breweries to get our hands on some fresh 2026 crop Motueka! What better way to use this hop than pairing it with Nectaron in this 4.5% Hazy Pale! This beer is laden with notes of pineapple, fresh lime and zingy passionfruit. Available online now!

We lose our heads over water vole surveying... If you live near a waterway, please consider signing up to help look for water voles! The survey season is open until the 15th June 💧Find out more👇 ptes.org/get-involved/surveys/countryside/national-water-vole-monitoring-programme/how-to-take-part

Announcing this year's showcase brewery bars: Ampersand, Buntingford, Osset, Pastore and Wylde Sky. Buntingford is paying tribute to the #cbf2026 theme with the 5.5% Polar Bear. Check out this year's beer list for details of more themed beers: tinyurl.com/yyvc4f6h #cbf2026

The incredible Abbot’s Bridge in Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, dates mainly to the early 13th century (with some 14th century adaptions), and is very special indeed 🤩

We have an *extremely* important announcement to make. From Wednesday, we will be launching our puffin live cam, coming to you from the Farne Islands. So you can watch puffins all day long. In celebration, please enjoy this clip of puffins being really busy for 39 seconds straight.

The beer list is live! So many delicious British beers, in both cask and keg. Tell us: what are **you** looking forward to in particular? Low/no alcohol beer, cider, perry, international beer, mead, and wine lists to follow in the next week or so. www.cambridgebeerfestival.com/products/cbf...

Tuesday 19 May - unlike in previous years, we'll be ***open all day*** from 12pm to 10pm. Entrance is free 12-4pm, entry after 4pm is £5 per person. Get your advance tickets now: www.cambridgebeerfestival.com/visitor-info...

The early mouse catches the peanuts? 🌇🌤️ A quarter of Britain’s native mammals are at risk. But by recording sightings and signs of those you share your towns and cities with, you can help protect their future. Take part in our #LivingWithMammals survey now 👇 ptes.org/lwm

Water vole training day and I got to play in the river... ❤️🦦 Lots and lots of signs of the little critters.

Just a hedgehog having a good scratch for your viewing pleasure 🦔 You can make your garden hedgehog friendly by making wild corners with log piles for nesting, creating holes in fences and walls for hedgehogs to pass through and leaving out a shallow bowl of fresh water.

Wisteria hysteria is upon us. This showstopping flower is one of the best things about spring. Whilst it smells divine, it's also an excellent nectar source for bees, butterflies and hoverflies - perfect for both you and wildlife to enjoy in your garden this spring.

Worth a moment of your time just for the dog’s expression. 😂

Glorious C13th decorative flintwork capping a dressed stone archway at Dunwich Greyfriars monastery, Suffolk, established by Franciscan monks Much of the original port city has now been lost to coastal erosion Read more here: www.dunwichgreyfriars.org.uk/greyfriars-m... 📷 My own, last week

Help us change the fortune of our riverside friends! If you live near a waterway you can help survey for #watervoles from today until 15th June 💦🐾 Become a water vole surveyor and help us achieve something amazing👇 ptes.org/get-involved/surveys/countryside/national-water-vole-monitoring-programme

Remember that lovely stout Black Bauble we brewed for Christmas, it’s had a little tweak and a rename to Imagine Darkness 4.5% and it’s brewing today

***Stop Press*** A rather incredible piece of news just in. The Crick has examined the DNA of the two individuals in a Saxon burial at Cherington in our dig with @timeteam.bsky.social & @cotswoldarch.bsky.social & found that they were BROTHER & SISTER. Astonishing what science can do now.

Keep your eyes out for our posters and flyers, appearing in pubs from today.

NOW AVAILABLE: Hickling Ghost, Hazy Pale 4.4%. Our first beer brewed at our new home in Salford. Trade enquiries tap us up for cask orders. #cask #beer #realale #folkale #hazypaleale

Wait for it...

Is coffee porter your kind of beer? Cask aged Hell Bent is available (trade pals - [email protected]) - it's a coffee-based collab with award winning local artisan coffee roastery, Two Chimps Coffee of Oakham.

In some much-needed good news, I apparently so impressed in my water vole poo counting that I'm going to be trained to be an official, bona fide, water vole surveyor! I don't think I've been happier about getting a qualification... ...I just wish I had a CV to write it on! 🤣

APRIL events where you’ll find Bríd’s Cross beers. Check our online events calendar for more details. #beerfestival #markets

Our official charity partner for 2026 is Cambridge @samaritans.bsky.social. Last year their local volunteers answered over 28,000 calls for help and it's your support that helps keep them listening. Find out about their vital work and how you can donate: tinyurl.com/5edan2uu #cfb2026

📢 Some great news from Orkney! A new report shows Orkney Vole abundance last spring was the highest it's been since efforts to remove invasive non-native stoats began. This small, elusive vole is found nowhere else and is threatened by the arrival of stoats (in 2010). 📷: Adam Hough

The Coast to Coast Path is now officially a National Trail 🥳 53 years after Alfred Wainwright devised a 190 mile, Coast to Coast Walk, between St Bees on the Irish Sea and Robin Hood’s Bay on the North Sea in 1973. Learn more about the history of the Coast to Coast Path 👇 https://ow.ly/IPMi50Yz2Tw

Advance tickets go on sale this Sunday, 29 March, at 12pm. Cambridge Beer Festival, 18-23 May 2026, Jesus Green, Cambridge. www.cambridgebeerfestival.com/visitor-info...

This #Oystercatcher, though not an early bird, still managed to get the worm. A great image with which to start a #NaturePhotography thread featuring pics from my visit to @wildlifebcn.org Summer Leys reserve on Saturday. #UKWildlife #Birds #BirdPhotography #ECK 🌿

So many images taken today from a cold, misty start at RSPB Fowlmere. Once again Water Voles were stars of show. @wildlifebcn.org @rspb.bsky.social @rspbengland.bsky.social

Exciting day ahead trying to find and record signs of these little critters, with some expert guides. So excited! 🤩

Ventured up to RSPB Fowlmere to capture these furry little posers. #UKWildlife #UKMammals @wildlifebcn.org @mammalsociety.bsky.social

Water vole, including a through the keyhole habitat image. 4 seen this evening. @wildlifebcn.org