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A collective beer celebration
Beer Day Britain, the UK’s annual national beer day happens on June 15th 2025 (and in Northern Ireland as Beer Day Northern Ireland). This year is the event’s 10th anniversary – which, appropriately for beer, is the Tin Anniversary.
Father’s Day falls on Beer Day Britain this year so pub visits and beer sales will increase on June 15th!
Beer in Magna Carta
June 15th 2025 is also the 810th anniversary of the sealing of Magna Carta. Beer Day Britain shares the date with Magna Carta because ale is mentioned in Clause 35. ‘Let there be throughout our kingdom a single measure for wine and a single measure for ale and a single measure for corn, namely the London quarter‘. (FYI, the London Quarter refers to a measure of weight for corn and not a measure of volume for beer or wine. No-one knows that the legal measure was for beer (or wine) in 1215).
Cheers to beer
Each year the focus of Beer Day Britain is the National Cheers To Beer toast at 7pm. This simple activity is not only marked across the UK but by beer drinkers around the world who participate each year. The hashtag #cheerstobeer always trends on social media.
Not everyone can get out to a pub or taproom, especially people who live in care homes, so Beer Day Britain instigator Jane Peyton encourages breweries to adopt a care home in their area and take the pub to them by donating beer so they can celebrate national beer day and join the Cheers To Beer.
Jane Peyton said, ‘Beer has a supernatural ability to unite people and get the party started. With beer being Britain’s national alcoholic drink you could say that every day is beer day but June 15th is an extra special day and one to bring the nation together to say Cheers To Beer!’
For more information and to download a Beer Day Britain logo please visit www.BeerDayBritain.co.uk or on social media – @BeerDayBritain on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter/X.
Beer Day Britain Facts
- Beer Day Britain is an annual celebration on June 15th for all beer lovers. The event celebrates beer from mainstream lager to limited edition craft beer and everything in between no matter where it is brewed.
- June 15th is significant because that is also the date Magna Carta was sealed in 1215. The great charter mentions ale in Clause 35.
‘Let there be throughout our kingdom a single measure for wine and a single measure for ale and a single measure for corn…..’ - Ale was so important in England in 1215 that it was cited in one of the most significant legal documents in history. Today beer and pubs are still central to British life and seven out of 10 drinks sold in a pub are beer.
Podcast with Jane Peyton
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