Lottery to pick brewers at Sheffield independent beer festival

The BeerX festival and trade show takes place in March

A festival showcasing the UK's best independent brewers will be held in Sheffield in March - and organisers held a lottery-style draw to decide who would be allowed to showcase their wares.

BeerX, a national trade show and beer festival, takes place between March 16 and 19 and has been organised by The Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA).

For the first time the event will feature 20 different brewery bars run by the breweries themselves and featuring two independent craft keg beers, plus bottles and cans. Demand was so high amongst SIBA’s 850 brewery members that a lottery-style draw was introduced to select the breweries to be given a place.