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Charters Annual Beer Festival will be showcasing 20+ Real ales, locally and nationally sourced, 8+ ciders and more! Great entertainment throughout the festival : Thurs 27th Aug – Pub Quiz 8pm Fri 28th Aug – Vinyl Night 8pm Sat 29th Aug – DJ Pat Unwin & Guests 2pm Sun 30th Aug – Outlaw Eagles 3pm & Music quiz 6.30pm Entry to the festival is free – all welcome.

*Multi-Venue Event* As part of West Dorset CAMRA’s 50th anniversary celebrations, we thought it would be a great idea to have an Ale Trail (or 5!) around our area. The pubs included are those who have been in the CAMRA Good Beer Guide the most times and have agreed to be involved. The aim is to increase footfall across the pubs, without making the event too onerous for the pub staff. The overarching trail is split into 5 sub-trails, colour-coded and within reasonable geographical closeness – with a couple of outliers in each trail, we want you to explore pubs you might not have visited before! The pubs involved have been supplied with inked stamps to evidence your visit. Any drink qualifies for a stamp, not only real ale, and soft drinks are included. As well as being within the Spring 2026 edition of the Giant’s Pint, participants can also download the trail, pubs will accept both versions.

For the past 6 years at SMOD we've put on one of the best (little) lager festivals on the British Isles. This year it is once again four weekends long! SMODFEST is inspired by summertime folk/bierfestivals that we've been to in Franconia, Germany, like Annafest in Forchheim, Kulmbach Bierwoche and the Bergkirkweih in Erlangen. These festivals are a time to grab seats with friends and family, hunker down with lagerbier, and laugh, sing, dance, eat... Expect 4 SMOD lager beers on tap, gravity poured "stichfass" barrels, pitch-lined wooden "holzfass" barrel SMODFESTBIER (limited dates/stay tuned) food, tons of schlager music and just plain old fun. This year we will be premiering a brand new German lager glass design at the SMODFEST! Please join us on the following Fridays and Saturdays, July 24th & 25th, July 31st & August 1st, August 7th & 8th, and August 14th & 15th. There is no entry fee to SMODFEST - just bring your best vibes! You can reserve seats at a smodfest table, please email [email protected] with "SMODFEST" in the subject line. Reservations can only be accepted by email. If you don’t reserve, please feel free to show up, but we can’t guarantee we’ll have a seat for you. Reservations must have a start time and a leaving time. If you don’t give a leaving time you’ll be reserved for 3 hours. Reservations are available beginning at 2pm and if you want to stay until 8, you can, just tell us!