Tickets for a much loved Dorchester beer festival go on sale today. 

Dorchester Beerex 2025 is just around the corner and punters can now get their hands on the in demand tickets.

The first 100 festival goers ordering online will also have the chance to win a Beerex festival shirt.

Held over the weekend of Friday January 31 and Saturday February 1 at the Dorchester Corn Exchange, it is organised by members of West Dorset Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) and Dorchester Casterbridge Rotary Club.

Beerex committee chairwoman Gemma Scott said “The event is full steam ahead with regards to the organisation; we can't wait for the tickets to go on sale plus the launch of the new competition.

The festival's main sponsor is Cerne Abbas brewery of which representatives will be around for a chat with around 84 cask ales from around the U.K along with large selection of ciders.

The festival’s main beneficiary will be the Yeovil Free Wheeler Blood Bikes which provides a free, rapid, and reliable emergency medical motorcycle courier service.

Funds raised through a raffle will also go to the Dorchester Youth & Community centre in King’s Road, a place for youngsters to safely meet and take part in activities with volunteers and youth leaders.

Tickets are priced at £11 and includes a free pint, souvenir glass and programme and are available from the following locations

  • The Convivial Rabbit, Dorchester
  • Tom Browns, Dorchester
  • Copper St Brewery Tap, Dorchester
  • The Brace of Butchers, Poundbury.
  • The Globe Inn, Weymouth
  • On-line.  www.camrawdorset.org.uk