The event takes place annually at the Magna Centre, Rotherham a former Steel works, it is the largest indoor beer festival taking place outside London and unlike many other festivals serves all cask ales using traditional gravity-based hand pumps.
[4] The festival is typically opened by local dignitaries which have included Rt Hon John Healey MP former minister for pubs as well as the mayor of Rotherham.
Such was the success of the festival, that the event was repeated every year, helping to raise money for the school.
Following the move to Magna, the festival has continued this charitable ethos, supporting a selection of charities within Rotherham and South Yorkshire, with attendances growing from 10,000 to over 12,000 between 2011 and 2014.
In addition to providing tasting notes, jokes and trivia attributed to Baa'sil appear in around the festival.
Organised by the Rotherham Branch of CAMRA The prize is highly sought after by brewers in the region.