Celebrate with us as we launch “In The Meadows,” our 2024 collab brew with Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust. Be the first to try the beer and help raise money to protect wildlife.
Save the Date: Thursday, 29th August at the Canalhouse. Enjoy a quiz, speeches, and a huge raffle!
Doors open at 6:30 PM: First, try the beer first and settle in for a night of trivia and great company.
Event starts at 7 PM: Next, enjoy a welcome talk from Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust, quiz at 7:30 PM, followed by a raffle.
Over 18’s only. Places are limited, so book your tickets soon.
Tickets include entry for your table of four to six, which will also be your quiz team. You will also have the option to select add ons. Fancy a jug of beer or a sharing platter for your table? Upgrade your ticket option to enjoy discounted prices on beer and nibbles AND increase your donation amount.
All proceeds are donated to Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust. Your donations will go towards their meadow work activity including providing tools like scythes for their teams to perform annual meadow cuts; as well as supporting species monitoring; and go towards transportation costs for their nature grazing herd and flock.
Special host, Charlie from the Poppy and Pint, will be including a couple of themed rounds in the quiz – one written by Castle Rock and the other by NWT.
Next comes the raffle. Tickets are a £1, or £5 for a strip. Prizes range from event tickets (including The Festival of Food and Drink and Robin Hood Beer Festival) to beers, sweet treats and even adventure golf!
A massive thank you to the wonderful local businesses that donated a prize: Sneinton Cider Co, Stewarts Coffee, The Festival of Food and Drink, Treat Kitchen, The Watered Garden, DHP, The Lost City Adventure Golf and more to be confirmed!
Please note, this beer is NOT VEGAN.
The name: In the Meadows
The recipe: Sessionable pale ale brewed with honey from the Poppy and Pint’s rooftop hives.
The vessel: Cask
About the Name: We’re raising money for NWT’s Nottinghamshire Meadows Appeal with this beer, and guess where Castle Rock Brewery is based? In the Meadows!
We have been partnered with Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust for more than 20 years now. Through creative projects like our series of ‘Natural Selection’ beers, which championed wildlife as part of the Trust’s Adopt a Species campaign and gave rise to over 100 beers, including the ever-popular Screech Owl, we have raised over £130,000 together to support nature.
Our alliance with the Trust began, like many of our stories, over a beer. Erin McDaid, Head of Communications and Marketing at the Trust, met up with our founder, Chris Holmes, with the hope of combining two of his passions: wildlife and beer. Over two decades later, our friendship with the Trust is stronger than ever, and we’re always chatting about what we can do next.
This beer was brewed in support of their new Meadows appeal, which aims to protect, restore, and sustain some of the county’s most important remaining wildflower meadows. Across the UK, it is estimated that we have lost 97% of wildflower meadows since the 1930s, but here in Nottinghamshire, experts believe it to be as high as 99%. Today, the Trust, which cares for nature reserves across Nottinghamshire, has launched a fundraising appeal to raise at least £10,000 to protect the meadows in its care, support habitat restoration, and sustain the annual cycle of management which supports an array of species – including vital pollinators and ground-nesting birds such as the skylark.
Read more about the appeal here.
We can’t wait to celebrate the launch with everyone. Tickets are extremely limited, so book yours now!
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