Keg & KeyKeg Bar 2022

The dedicated bar for keg & KeyKeg beers will be located in the Church Hall.

The bar will feature 34 different beers over the festival with 15 lines available at any one time. Beers will rotate as lines become free. Please check back on this page to see which are on sale at any one time (at busy times there may be a delay in updating the page).

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Availability	Brewery	Town	Beer	Style	ABV	Notes (Long)
SOLD OUT	Assembly Brew Co	Reddish	Fog On The Rhine	Kölsch style lager	4.5	Lager malt’s, ale yeast, Noble German hops, a Sprinkle of Mandarina Bavaria and cold conditioned for almost 4 weeks
SOLD OUT	Beer Ink x Varvar	Huddersfield	Kavun	Pickled Watermelon Sour,	4.5	We had the pleasure to brew with Varvar. Together we brewed a 4.5% Pickled Watermelon Sour, a homage to the traditional Ukrainian snack. Money from this brew will be going to Ukrainian charities. We tasted it this weekend and it's unbelievable!
ON SALE	Blackjack	Collyhurst, Manchester	Helles Special Reserve	Helles Lager	5.6	100 day lagered Helles Bier. Commercially, a stupid move, but what a delight this beer is. Beyond crispy, notes of bready yeast and supreme refreshment.
SOLD OUT	Blackjack	Collyhurst, Manchester	Washington Roller	West Coast IPA	5.0	The Yakima Valley in Washington state is a place held in almost religious esteem by brewers across the world. The fertile conditions are divided into distinct growing areas allowing a concentration of production with a wide range of hop varieties. Two
ON SALE	Blackjack x Wild Horse	Collyhurst, Manchester	Raspberry Sour	Raspberry Sour	5.0	Kettle sour. 360kg of raspberry on a silky oat base with fresh lime zest and motueka dryhop.
SOLD OUT	Bollington	Bollington	Modus	NEIPA	5.4	A wheat heavy NEIPA with everyones favourite combination of Citra and Mosaic hop.
ON SALE	Brewsmith	Ramsbottom	West Coast Pale	West Coast Pale	4.5	Centennial, Columbus, Chinook, Cascade, and Citra hops make this refreshing West Coast Pale
ON SALE	Brightside	Radcliffe	Freyja Pale	Dry hopped pale	3.8	Using Odin as a base, we’ve stepped it up by heavily dry hopping it in the FV with Amarillo and Citra pellets (the same hops we use in the boil) to super enhance what you already love about about the beer. Try them side by side to see the difference made
SOLD OUT	Brightside	Radcliffe	Keller Lager	Helles Lager	4.0	Helles Lager using the classic European noble hops Hallertauer and Saaz which are synonymous with the traditional European style. The beer is straw coloured with very mild bitterness, has a clean and fresh taste, and shows delicate hop aromas and flavours
COMING SOON	Burton Road	Congleton	Wheat For My Sweet	Wheat Beer	3.0	Light bodied and a low ABV mean it's perfect for a sunny afternoon. The addition of grapefruit adds a slight sweetness and plenty of taste. Drink cold and preferably in the sunny
ON SALE	Distant Hills	Glossop	Hefeweizen	Wheat beer	5.2	Fruity and highly carbonated with notes of banana throughout. Hopped with Chinook and Herkules and brewed authentic smoked malt; make for a memorable Hefeweizen.
ON SALE	Fell	Flookburgh	Eleos	IPA	6.5	An insanely juicy & easy drinking IPA, hopped with El Dorado, Vic Secret & Citra. Loaded with notes of ripe stone fruits, massive mouthfeel and a gentle bitter finish.
SOLD OUT	Fell	Flookburgh	Saison Modeste	Saison	3.8	Floral and citrus notes shine through with a gentle spice on the finish.
ON SALE	Libatory	Altrincham	Stopped Into A Church	California Common	5.4	Our take on a California common, first brewed by European settlers in San Francisco. With no access to cool caves as they had in Europe, the settlers were forced to brew at higher temperatures, and the yeast evolved over time to produce a new style. The b
SOLD OUT	Manchester Union	Manchester	Manchester Union Lager	Czech style laer	4.8	Big malty body with rounded mouthfeel finishes with intense dryness from Saaz and Marynka hops. Crisp and refreshing.
COMING SOON	Marble x Rivington	Salford	Cold IPA	IPA	6.3	This beer seamlessly blends Rivinton's incredible fog beers with Marble's love for IPL's to create a smooth and delicious Cold IPA.
COMING SOON	Pomona Island	Salford	If The Devil Is 6	West Coast Pale	5.5	Bitter, resinous and piney with stonefruit notes and a touch of licorice
COMING SOON	RedWillow	Macclesfield	Ageless	IPA	7.2	American style IPA with a huge hit of tropical fruit aroma and an assertive bitter finish
COMING SOON	RedWillow	Macclesfield	Damson Foeder Saison	Fruit Saison	5.8	In summer 2021 we filled our Foeder with 500 kilos of fresh damsons, a farmhouse style Saison, and a harvested local wild yeast. After resting for six months, it was blended with fresh Saison to give a delightfully refreshingly tart and vibrant beer.
SOLD OUT	RedWillow	Macclesfield	Witless	Wheat Beer	4.2	Easy drinking and refreshing wheat beer. Coriander in the boil & orange zest in the fermenter gives a crisp and zesty finish.
COMING SOON	Runaway	Manchester	Apricot Sour	Apricot Sour	5.3	Clean, crisp and tart, a heavily fruited kettle sour with seasonal Apricots and a hint of rosemary for subtle complexity on the finish
COMING SOON	Runaway	Manchester	Pale Ale	Pale Ale	4.7	Crisp, dry, refreshing Pale Ale with a big citrus character
SOLD OUT	Squawk x Electric Bear	Ancoats, Manchester	Ursus	Hoppy Stout	6.5	Hoppy stout. A complex malt bill & fruity dry hop blends chocolate malts with coconut & lime
SOLD OUT	Steelfish	Reddish	Big Hands of Jai	West Coast IPA	6.3	Based on our 'Hands of Jai' Pale Ale recipe, this West Coast influenced IPA presents a copper coloured with a clean crisp malt body, resinous bitterness with notes of tangerines and grapefruit imparted through generous additions of Azacca and Ekuanot hops
ON SALE	Strange Times	Salford	Mad King Sweeney	Irish Red	4.6	Irish red ale brewed with rye and oats. Smooth and balanced.
COMING SOON	Sureshot	Manchester	Small Man's Wetsuit	Pale Ale	3.9	Hopped with Idaho 7, Citra & Galaxy. Gentle tropicality, soft corners, light bitterness, and a stonefruit edge
SOLD OUT	Sureshot	Manchester	Step Away From The Cookie Jar	IPA	6.5	New England IPA brimming with Citra & Mosaic. Fluffy, crumbly, tropical juicy goodness with an opaque, hazy body packed out with oat and wheat. That’s good innit. Do it again.
COMING SOON	Thirst Class	Stockport	Pale Ale Sabro	Pale Ale	5.5	Brewed with award winning homebrewer Gregory McCormick for Stockport Beer & Cider Festival. Expect distinct tangerine, coconut, tropical fruit, and stone fruit aromas, with hints of cedar, mint, and cream
ON SALE	Thirst Class	Stockport	Stocky Oatmeal Stout	Oatmeal stout	4.7	Brewed with nine different malts, smooth with chocolate and coffee notes.
COMING SOON	Tom's Tap and Brewhouse	Crewe	Honigweizen	Honey Wheat Beer	5.5	Honey Wheat beer made with honey from bees kept by one of the brewery taproom's regular customers.
SOLD OUT	Tom's Tap and Brewhouse	Crewe	Mango Ice Cream Pale	Mango Ice Cream Pale	4.4	Vegan Ice Cream Pale made with Mango Tea, Vanilla, Mango Pulp and Maltodextrin (instead of Lactose)
ON SALE	Torrside	New Mills	Bugbear	Americal Brown	4.5	American brown, mixing roasty, almost chocolatey, flavours from British brown malt with a feisty blend of US, Australian and European hops
ON SALE	Track	Ancoats, Manchester	From Above	Hazy Pale Ale	4.1	What is this we have here. A beautiful Pale Ale, dazzling like the sun off a shimmering lake? Bright zest filling your nostrils with lemon & white grape? We agree. But look deeper… what’s missing… can you see what it doesn’t contain… GLUTEN. That’s right
ON SALE	Wander Beyond	Manchester	Dragon Dance	Imperial guava Milkshake IPA	12.0	We've taken the base beer of the popular Octopod and refermented it on half a tonne of guava. With a hyper-viscous mouthfeel and tropical fruit notes derived from the fruit and Chinook dry hop additions,