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25 March 2012

Flying Saucer wins beer of the festival at Winchester Real Ale and Cider Festival last weekend!

30 December 2011

Bottles are currently available at the following local outlets:

10 December 2011

Vibrant Forest Brewery is pleased to annouce that a selection of bottle conditioned ales shall shortly be available in selected local outlets. Flying Saucer, Stormbrew and Dark Castle Porter have been bottled as well as an Imperial Russian Stout called Black Oktober.

Black Oktober is a very special full bodied strong stout with a coffee froth style head which leads to a rich aroma of bitter chocolate and liquorice. The taste is bitter, alcoholic and warming with a dry roasted-grain finish.  ABV 7.2% 

bottles

1 November 2011

Flying Saucer shall feature at The South Western Arms beer festival weekend of 17 November 2011.

6 different Vibrant Forest beers have been delivered to the Egham beer festival this weekend:

17 October 2011

Wheatwave has just been judged runner-up in the Hampshire beer of the year 2011 awards at Octoberfest in Basingstoke! This big event features beers from all of Hampshire's 19 breweries and there were some truly excellent beers availlable this year. A really big thanks to everybody who voted for Wheatwave.

13 October 2011

The Guide Dog in Southampton and The Rock in Canada, near West Wellow have recently placed beer orders. Both outlets have both requested a new (one-off?) brew called Flying Saucer.

12 September 2011

Future beer festivals featuring Vibrant Forest beers:

24 September 2011: Sherfield on Loddon (http://www.sherfieldbeerfestival.org.uk/)
7 - 8 October 2011: Woolston (http://www.woolstonbeerfestival.org.uk/)
15  - 16 October 2011: Octoberfest, Basingstoke (http://www3.hants.gov.uk/octoberfest)
3 - 6 November 2011: Egham, Surrey (http://www.eghambeerfestival.co.uk/)

31 August 2011

Summerlands, Ginga Ninja and Wheatwave shall be available at the Cuckoo Inn beer festival from 8 September until 11 September 2011. The fantastic Cuckoo Inn is located in Hamptworth, near Landford on the Hampshire/Wiltshire border.

23 August 2011

Summerlands, Ginga Ninja and Wheatwave shall be available at the Pulse festival being held by Sunnyfields organic farm on 3 September 2011. See the festival web site for information on this great event:

http://www.pulsefestival.org.uk/pulse/

We are pleased to state that this event is being held less than one mile away from the Vibrant Forest Brewery, so please go on down and enjoy some really local ale and support this family charity event!

12 August 2011

Summerlands and Wheatwave shall be available at the annual Flowerpots beer festival (located in Cheriton) during the August bank holiday weekend.

25 July 2011

A couple of casks of Wheatwave shall be available at The Langley Tavern this weekend (30 July 2011) as part of a charity event held by the pub.

10 July 2011

Please check back regularly for news on pubs, clubs, beer festivals and other outlets selling our ales.