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St Austell Brewery partners with student-run microbrewery to bring campus favourite stout to Wetherspoon’s national beer festival

Sunday 8 March 2026

St Austell Brewery partners with student-run microbrewery to bring campus favourite stout to Wetherspoon’s national beer festival

Stu Brew - Europe’s first student-led brewery, based at Newcastle University – travelled to St Austell Brewery’s headquarters in Cornwall in February to scale up production of Exam Room Tears (5.5% ABV), its rich maple and pecan stout that has become a firm favourite in the North East.

Full write up here St Austell Brewery partners with student-run microbrewery to bring campus favourite stout to Wetherspoon’s national beer festival