Presentation of our North Beds Branch Pub of the Year 2026 Award to this impressive micropub in Bedford town centre, relaunched as a cask beer outlet only 7 months ago . The pub offers two well-kept cask beers, usually from local independent brewers, and an unusual range of draught and bottled beers from Lithuania. If you are a local CAMRA member or a supporter of the pub, do join us for the presentation., The more cheers the better!

The Hidden Barrel is now our North Beds branch candidate for the Bedfordshire Pub of the Year county title. For more information on the award, view the Branch Awards feature on our PubTalk page (click menu link top left). For further details of the winning pub, click event header then the underlined pub name above.