Past visits to Norwich during its ’City of Ale’ festivals have been the inspiration for forthcoming ‘Real Ale & Cider Trails’ in Falmouth. Although on a much smaller scale than the Norwich festival, CAMRA Kernow have planned and organised some short trails which cover the pubs and bars in the town as part of CAMRA’s 50th anniversary celebrations. We have produced a double-sided leaflet which will be freely available in the participating pubs and it will also be available to download from our website in advance of the two-week event which takes place between 11th- 24th October 2021.
The aim of this pubs-based festival is to promote and support pubs and bars in the town which sell real ale and real cider in the post lockdown period. After months of enforced closures and the implementation of social distancing measures, resulting in reduced footfall and economic concerns for the hospitality industry in general, we are sure you will agree that this is a worthy objective and something to look forward to!
The routes mostly radiate out from ‘The Moor’ in Falmouth and encompass central, well known pubs, those in the main street and those in the quieter back streets which may be less familiar to visitors to the town. CAMRA Kernow committee members have canvassed all possible venues in the town to get involved. Twenty-four venues have agreed to participate in this launch event. These have been formed into four ‘trails’ of six venues. There are no ‘rules’ or ‘rewards’ for this launch event; a trail can be followed or venues from different trails can be ‘mixed and matched’ if you wish. Hopefully the descriptions and symbols on the leaflet will help in the choice! Each venue has been invited to organise and promote pub-based events of their own during the festival fortnight if they wish to add to the fun! You are also encouraged to vote for your ‘beer/cider of the festival’ if you wish! Whatever you choose, please drink responsibly. If this launch is well supported, we have plans to make this an annual event.
The leaflet of trails can be downloaded here