About Us

The Online Beer Festival Ltd was founded in 2005 by Matt Franklin. In 2006, Matt was joined by Andrew Williams who joined the company as Business Development Director.

The original concept for our business came out of the frustration of not being able to access, all year round, the range of exciting ales that we've sampled at beer festivals. It became our endeavour to source and provide such ales to our customers.

Our ethos is 'fair and ethical'. First and foremost, it is our desire to provide a quality of service to our customers, which is second to none, delivering a good choice of reasonably priced real ales directly to your front door.

Whilst we enjoy quaffing a good pint or two, we believe it is our responsibility to promote responsible drinking and we are committed to the principles outlined within the Government's advice on sensible drinking.

We acknowledge survival is not always easy for the smaller breweries, so we also endeavour to support our selected breweries by offering a national sales opportunity.

Our Real Ale Connoisseurs Club was formed in 2007 and provides our customers with an opportunity to sample a range of beers from our selected breweries. Every couple of months we will deliver a mixed case of 12 bottles directly to your door. This provides you with the opportunity to taste the diverse and exciting range of ales that our smaller breweries have to offer.