The Real Ale Database for Festivals
Beer Festivals Are Our Speciality
We started The Real Ale Database for a small festival with about 100 real ales on sale. Since then, we have grown and added features to help beer festivals to manager their beer list. We now list beers and ciders whether 'real' or not. Keg and KeyKeg are among the dispense options to choose from.
The big issue with beer management for beer festivals is that the printed programme is often out of date before the festival opens. This can be due to beers not arriving or not being ready to serve when the doors open.
This is very frustrating for customers who, having looked at the beer list and selected the beer they want to buy, only to be told it's not available when they get to the bar.
With the LiveBar, the beer list is easily kept up to date by the bar managers on a tablet, phone or laptop. You can put beers on sale or take them off sale with just a few clicks
The setup is really simple too. You can select the beers yourself and add any which are not yet listed. We will then find the tasting notes for the beer. Alternatively, you can send us a list of your beer order along with tasting notes and dietary information and we can add the list for you.
The simplicity means you can spend more time serving your beers and if customers need information, it's there on the website. We can even send you QR codes to use around the festival and in the programme to guide customers to the LiveBar.
Designed for bar managers
We have worked with a variety of beer festivals and each have their own way of doing things. We have built the site to allow you to use the options applicable to you. When adding beers, you can add flags which will show on the website to give better information to your customers.
Optional features & Dietary Requirements
- Gluten Free
- Wheat Free
- Vegetarian
- Vegan
- Unfined
- Hazy
- LocAle
- Sale or Return
We can build and host a generic page on our web server or we can build a bespoke website to your specifications. The choice is yours
Beer Festival Toolbox
We are adding new features to simplify some of the other tasks associated with running a festival bar.
We have already created a Cask Label Generator which will produce a pdf containing all the information on cask end labels to save you having to input the information again.
We have developed a Dips Manager to allow bar managers to enter their beer dips directly into the system instead of having to write them on paper and add them later.
We can build pages to automatically cycle through your LiveBar and display it on a TV screen or projector. Adverts can be added to this feed to help generate an income.
The Bronze Package
In the Bronze Package, we will:
- Build a basic website for your festival based on our templates.
- Host your site on our server as a subdomain of our site.
- Provide the interface to add and update your beers.
- Supply a QR code to link directly to the LiveBar
- Create LiveBar TV pages for displaying on TVs
Initial website cost £250
Based on all relevant information being added by the festival including beer list and any dietary information you need to display. If adding new beers, you will send the brewer's tasting notes for us to add to the beer.
The Silver Package
In the Silver Package, we will:
- Build a basic website for your festival based on our templates.
- Host your site on our server with your own web domain name.
- Provide the interface to add and update your beers.
- Find missing tasting notes and link your beers to Untappd.
- Set up your own email addresses at your domain.
Initial website cost £500
Based on all relevant information being provided by the festival including beer list, brewer's tasting notes and any dietary information you need to display. We will then add the beer list for you.
The Gold Package
In the Gold Package, we will:
- Build a bespoke website for your festival based on your requirements.
- Host your site on our server with your own web domain name.
- Provide the interface to add and update your beers.
- We will attend your festival to assist in managing your updates throughout your festival.
- Set up your own email addresses at your domain.
Initial website cost from £750
Based on all relevant information being provided by the festival including beer list, brewer's tasting notes and any dietary information you need to display. We will then add the beer list for you.