The annual Beer Festival is back by popular demand, we will have lots of fun with live music, local beers and much more.

Save the Date

This will be an evening not to miss if you love to eat fresh fish! Our Chefs will be using a great variety of culinary skill to develop an amazing menu from the freshest fish available. We won’t be able to release the menu until a few days before so that we can ensure that we have the freshest catch available.

 The Chefs are really excited to be using the freshest produce and for the challenge of creating amazing dishes especially for you.

NEW - Please find details of the special menu

We are taking bookings now  - these events are very popular so book early.
Just call us on 01256  892254 and we will be happy to help

The annual Beer festival is back by popular demand, this year with a twist to ensure that there is something for everyone . During the weekend we will have a variety of food and activity to suit the whole family ranging from a large selection of beers and a special cocktail designed for us by Bombay Sapphire through to a wide variety of street food and lots of entertainment for everyone. 

Put the date in your diary now.

May 24th – 27th 2019

Below you will find an overview on the activities planned throughout the weekend

Friday 24th

We will kick off the weekend with Tony and Una.  Acoustic music at its best…Van Morrison, Simon and Garfunkel to The Beetles mixed up with some Irish Flavour and Craic. They will play from 6 - 8pm.

We will also have a selection of street food available, please see below for more details.

Saturday 25th

Street food available all day – from Beer battered fresh haddock, Thai Fish Cakes, Pull Pork Burritos, Burgers, Spice Butternut Squash and Quinoa Burgers to Crepes and Ice cream to name just a few and to whet your appetite*

Fresh Coffee and Hot drinks served by La Kordun from their mobile coffee bar

Beers and Cider station.  A wide selection of draught beer and cider from local breweries as well as a selection of bottles.

A Cocktail station featuring the special Bombay Sapphire cocktail designed for this event, along with a selection of non-alcoholic cocktails for those drivers and great for kids.

Wine and Cheese station – Choose from 9 wines and and 10 cheeses, selected to suit a wide taste range.

Crepe Station - serving both sweet and savoury crepes, including vegetarian and vegan choices

*Exact menu subject to availability and popularity               

Evening 7 – 9pm

The party will continue into the evening with live music from The Cover Brothers

Sunday 26th May - FAMILY DAY

We will be running all the above stalls but today we will have the addition of very special activities for designed for your children. New for this this year, we will be running a kids club working with two brilliant local child focused businesses, both based in Laverstoke (only ½ a mile down the road), we have asked them to join us and turn our lovely conservatory in to the kids club, it is an ideal space whatever the weather. Both activities are complementary for guests of the beer festival.

The Watership Down Nursery  provides a fun, caring and homely environment which enables children to flourish and learn through exploration and play.  They will be running a drop-in play area throughout the day and the activities will include, stone painting, sensory play and a relax zone with some musical instruments and books.    Open 12 – 5pm and ideal for ages 0 - 6*

* please note children need to be accompanied by an adult

 Cookery Doodle Doo use fantastic quality ingredients to cook fun, tasty recipes with your kids in a relaxed and friendly setting. In their cooking classes the children can have fun and get messy, learn important skills, try new flavours and chat about where ingredients come from. It’s a brilliant way for kids to explore food and enjoy the whole experience of making something tasty to eat. Katie from Cookery Doodle Doo will join us to run two 20 min pre-bookable sessions making a ‘Flowerpot Cheesecake' using pear 'rocks', chocolate-flavour 'mud', biscuit 'soil' and even a 'growing' mint sprig!

Sessions will be for up to 10 children and be starting at  

·        1.30pm

·        3.30pm

 All classes are prebookable on a first come first serve basis as we will only have 20 spaces in total.  Please email Katie katie.black@cookerydoodledoo.com to book your child/ren slots today

Ideal for children age 3 – 10

Ian Kirk - Magician. In addition to this we are pleased to announce that we will have the brilliant Ian Kirk joining us. Ian is part of the magic circle and will be amazing you with his wonderful close up magic. If you have never seen close up magic before prepare to be astonished and completely perplexed. He will be wandering among you during 12 - 2pm so be prepared.

Monday 27th May

The beer tent will be open, but we will be moving the kitchen back inside the pub and serving from our seasonal menu.  For a copy of what on offer please check the menu online, specials will be updated on the blackboard in the pub and posted on our social media pages.  If you would like to follow us, please find the links below.

Don’t forget to come and join us for the weekend and have fun with the whole family.

Beer and Cider Menu

Choose from a wide selection Beer and Cider from a selection of local breweries

Cider
Lilly’s Mango  Cider 4.0%
Red Rabbit 6%

Longdog Brewery
Bunny Chaser 3.6% - Dark copper coloured beer, plenty of malt
Stout Lamplight Porter 5.0% - In the style of a London Porter, chocolate &  coffee flavours

Bowman Ales
Elderado 3.5% - Has a subtle injection of Elderflower

Hogs Back Brewery
Tea 4.2% - Light amber well balanced bitter
Surrey Nirvana 4.0% - Golden beer with a good bitter sweet balance

Ramsbury Brewery
Ramsbury Gold 5.0% - golden colour, high hoppy aroma
Flint Knapper 4.2% - Pale ale and chocolate malt

Hop Back Brewery
Summer Lightning 5.0% - straw colour, fresh hoppy aroma with a dry finish 
Crop Circle

Red Cat Brewery
Prowler Pale 3.6% -light straw colour, gentle citrus and fruity notes
Scratch 4.0% - Golden, fruity aroma, hints of apricot

Itchen Valley Brewery
Pure Gold 4.8% - Initial bitterness with sweet malty  flavour
Watercress Bitter 4.2% Light Hoppiness gives way to a slightly peppery finish

West Berkshire Brewery
Mr Chubbs Lunchtime bitter 3.6% -fresh light floral flavour – good session beer
Good Old Boy 4.0% - Well balanced full flavour beer

Tripple fff Brewery
Moondance 4.2% - Amber coloured bitter, hint of sweetness
Goldffinger 5%-Real lager

Stonehenge Brewery
Sign of spring 4.8%-Green Beer
Danish dynamite 5%-IPA

Come and treat your Mother and family to a delicious Sunday roast at the Watership.

Book early to avoid dissapointment. 

We are bringing a little bit of Greece to Hampshire! Join us and enjoy traditional dishes such as Moussaka and Saganaki.

Take a look at our Greek Night Menu here

Spoil your loved one this Valentines Day with a romantic dinner at the Watership Down. Alongside our normal menu we will be serving an array of sumptuous Valentines specials.

Book early to avoid disappointment. 

Come and join us on Pancake Day, when we will be offering our standard menu alongside a mouthwatering selection of pancake specials, both savory and sweet!

Come and join us for Valentines Evening.

Bookings taken from 6.00pm on Tuesday 14th February 2017.

Reservations now being taken.

Valentines Menu