For our 20th festival, we’ve gone all out to revamp our beer range including welcoming twenty breweries who we’ve never poured before – ranging from Manchester microbreweries Big Trip and Coleys to craft beer heavyweights Deya & The Kernel.
We’ve also got ourselves out on the road to make some new beers for you.
In early June, our Geordie John joined Rob from malt supplier Loughran Brewers Select at Poynton’s Neighbourhood Brew Co to make Saints, a beer celebrating the 50th anniversary of St Clement’s daughter church St Barnabas.
Loughran Rob was also on hand when our Mark joined Blackjack Beers at Neptune Brewery to brew Copal, an American Amber.
That was on the same day that John went to Stockport to brew the festival’s first ever collab lager – a cask lager – with RedWillow’s Toby and Runaway Brewery – find Mash Hopped Live Lager on the J P & Brimlow Church Bar.
The local pubs have also joined in with Alex from The Beer House joining John at Tom’s Tap & Brewhouse in Crewe to make hazy pale It’s Up To You, The Chorlton Tap brewing Four Banks at Salford’s Marble Beers and The Hillary Step team heading to Bakewell to brew Step Into The Light Wheat Pale at Thornbridge Brewery.
We sent the Chorlton Homebrewers group into Manchester city centre to have a go on the newly commissioned kit at Steelfish Brewing Co’s new Temperance Street brewery and tap room. There they brewed a new pale ale with Steelfish’s Ali – himself a former homebrewer. The resulting beer, a pale ale named Timothy Tiler will be available on the J P & Brimlow Church Cask Bar.
Rounding off our brewing adventures, our co-organiser Caz headed up to Rochdale to visit festival favourites Pictish Brewing Co, who have featured at the festival since 2005, to make Fenella’s Night Out named after the witchy nemesis of Chorlton The Happiness Dragon.
Not to miss out, the Reverend Ken did his own collaboration at Timperley’s Stubborn Mule Distilling to make our very own festival gin Old Clem’s Temptation using blackberries from the Rectory garden, along with applies and a blend of herbs and spices. As well as being to enjoy Old Clem’s Temptation on the Vicar’s Gin Bar, we’ll also have bottles on sale to drink at home or give as gifts.
New breweries to #CBCF26
- Amity
- Anspach & Hobday
- Balance Brewing & Blending
- Bang The Elephant
- Big Trip
- Black Iris
- Burton Bridge
- Colbier
- Coleys
- Full Circle
- Heritage Brewing Co
- Kernel
- Logan Beck
- Neighbourhood
- Radio City Beer Works
- Silent
- Skipton
- Tartarus
- Vault City
- Weekend Project
- Wilde Child
