While we’ve expanded our range of drinks over the years, cask conditioned beer has been at the heart of what we do at Chorlton Beer & Cider Festival since 2005. This year we will have 76 cask conditioned ales available from a wide range of breweries – the majority from around the Greater Manchester region plus some of the best from further afield.
Cask beers from breweries beginning A – G will be in the Youth Centre with breweries from H – W in the Church Hall. 72 beers will be served across the two main bars with four additional cask beers on The Beer House Bar.
To see which beers are vegetarian, vegan, wheat free or gluten free, click here.
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Brewery | Location | Beer | Style | ABV | Notes (Long) | Bar name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashover | Clay Cross | Turning Stone | Dark brown ale | 4.4 | Dark brown ale, malty and rich hopped with Motueka and Pacific Gem giving a hint of oak and berry fruit. | Youth Centre |
| Blackjack | Collyhurst, Manchester | Fruition | Hazy pale ale | 4.2 | Rotating hop hazy pale ale | Youth Centre |
| Blackjack | Collyhurst, Manchester | Pub Ale Best Bitter | Best bitter | 4.2 | Light mahogany marvel of flavour. Bitter and lasting bite, refreshing in its simplicty. Bramling Cross | Youth Centre |
| Blackjack | Collyhurst, Manchester | Salvation! Session IPA | Golden ale | 4.5 | A modern tip of the hat to the crispy west coast IPA of yore, but jammed with modern hops and at a sessionable ABV. A tempting bright golden hue, with crispy clarity and a citrus nose and supporting bitterness. A lip smacker for sure. | Youth Centre |
| Blackjack | Collyhurst, Manchester | Summers' Porter | Hoppy porter | 5.0 | US Amarillo pellets impart an orange nose and zest to a light classic porter body. | Youth Centre |
| Bollington | Macclesfield | Eastern Nights | IPA | 5.6 | This latest IPA is hugely rich in body and flavour with great sweetness but a typical well defined bitterness. | Youth Centre |
| Bollington | Macclesfield | Ginger Brew | Ginger pale | 3.6 | A classic ginger bitter, pale hoppy bitter flavour, a smooth taste with fresh root ginger added at the end. | Youth Centre |
| Brewsmith | Ramsbottom | Brewsmith Bitter | Pale session bitter | 3.9 | A pale session bitter. Moderate bitterness, pronounced floral/citrus hop aromas. | Youth Centre |
| Brewsmith | Ramsbottom | Oatmeal Stout | Oatmeal stout | 5.2 | A full bodied, richly textured stout. Balanced bitterness. Coffee, liquorish, blackcurrant and citrus aromas. | Youth Centre |
| Brid's Cross | Rochdale | Bolster's Blood | Red IPA | 5.5 | A delicious Red IPA. There is a powerful tropical fruit aroma up front, a hint of toffee from the malt, and a resinous bitter finish, which draws you back in for more | Youth Centre |
| Brid's Cross | Rochdale | Under the Eildon Tree | West Coast IPA | 5.7 | A slight caramel malt flavour reminiscent of old school IPAs. The hops bring a blend of grapefruit and orange, with hints of peach and apricot in the background | Youth Centre |
| Brightside | Radcliffe | Joule's Gold | Pale blonde ale | 4.2 | A pale blonde ale made from lager malt with some wheat. Based on Saaz lager hops with lots af American stuff to liven it up. | Youth Centre |
| Brightside | Radcliffe | Nano | Blonde ale | 3.4 | Light on the malt & dry hopped with Cashmere & Coumbus pellets to create a juicy, soft fruit character beer with a zip of citrus on the finish | Youth Centre |
| Brightside | Radcliffe | The Mancunian | Blonde ale | 4.5 | The Mancunian is a blonde-IPA hybrid, drawing on the best of both styles to create a real crowd-pleasing beer. Amber and Crystal malts included in the purposefully delicately flavoured malt bill give a blonde with more depth, onto which we layer full fla | Youth Centre |
| Brightside | Radcliffe | Time Bandit | Hoppy gold | 4.2 | With a light malt bill and hopped with Simcoe, Amarilo & Magnum, it's a hoppy fruity, delightful afternoon hijacker. | Youth Centre |
| Brimstage | Brimstage | Elder Pale | Elderflower pale | 4.1 | Award winning pale ale made with wheat & real dried elderflower to give a subtle, crisp flavour. The perfect thirst quencher for a long summer evening. | Youth Centre |
| Brimstage | Brimstage | Sandpiper | Light ale | 3.6 | Don’t let the low strength fool you, Sandpiper is bursting with refreshing tropical citrus flavours, making it an award-winning light session ale. | Youth Centre |
| Cloudwater | Ancoats, Manchester | Centennial In Your Heart | Hoppy pale | 4.4 | Inspired by our home city of Manchester where 'pale & hoppy' rules supreme, this is our latest iteration of the In Your Heart series. This time we embrace the Centennial hop to create a Pale Ale that is soft, smooth and saturated in flavour. This hop brin | Youth Centre |
| Cloudwater | Ancoats, Manchester | Happy | Easy pale | 3.5 | Seamlessly blending contemporary softness with time-honoured drinkability, it offers a smooth body and a dry finish that allows the juicy flavours to linger on the palate for a satisfying experience. | Youth Centre |
| Cloudwater | Ancoats, Manchester | Piccadilly Porter | Porter | 4.5 | Creamy, soft and with a touch of roastiness to finish. | Youth Centre |
| Cloudwater | Ancoats, Manchester | Verses of Solitude | Mild | 3.4 | A roasty, malt forward, nutty mild with fruit yeast esters and a huge drinkability | Youth Centre |
| Coniston | Coniston | Thurstein Pilsner | Pilsner style | 4.8 | Pilsner Style, top fermented Lager with 100% Hallertau Hersbrucker leaf hops from S Germany. Matured for over 30 days. | Youth Centre |
| Craven | Skipton | Alt | Altbier | 4.6 | Brewed as part of Dave's Heritage Range and for the Euro's in Germany. Altbier is German for old beer and is an old rarely brewed style from the Rhineland, around Dusseldorf. It is fermented at a moderate temperature using a top-fermenting yeast—which gi | Youth Centre |
| Craven | Skipton | VIP | Victorian Imperial Porter | 6.5 | First brewed by Dave Sanders over 22 years ago. Often replicated but never improved or bettered, brewed originally from a porter recipe dating from the late 1800’s, this porter is the definition of flavour and body | Youth Centre |
| Dunham Massey | Dunham Massey | Deer Beer | English ale | 4.5 | Deer Beer is a clean, full bodied, malty English ale, with a hint of toffee, and a distinct hop finish. | Youth Centre |
| Dunham Massey | Dunham Massey | Summer Meadow | Golden ale | 4.3 | A light, hoppy, Summer ale, with a hint of citrus and blackcurrant. | Youth Centre |
| Elusive | Finchampstead | Oregon Trail | West Coast IPA | 5.8 | Classically-styled West Coast IPA. Simcoe, Chinook and Columbus hops combine to deliver a resinous profile with a citrus undertone. The bitterness help to balance the light caramel flavours of the malts. | Youth Centre |
| Elusive | Finchampstead | Roots | Citra pale | 3.8 | Single hopped with Citra, this super light and refreshing cask-only Pale Ale is all about camping out for the day in a sunny beer garden and necking several pints whilst getting slightly sun burnt despite wearing factor 50. We know those days all too well | Youth Centre |
| Elusive x Totally Natural Solutions | Finchampstead | Alone In The Dark | Black IPA | 5.8 | We teamed up with the Totally Natural Solutions team to create this beer which showcases their flowable hop products. We used HopGain® FLOE Citrulicious for the whirpool addition then HopBurst® Citrulicious and HopBurst® Nectaron cold side before dialling | Youth Centre |
| Fell | Flookburgh | Crag | Bitter | 3.8 | Classic northern bitter. Simple, traditional and with pride | Youth Centre |
| Fell | Flookburgh | Topaz & Eclipse | Hoppy pale | 5.0 | A light, bright, hoppy pale ale showcasing two new exciting Australian hop varieties. Expect clementine, mandarin, lychee, and kiwi. | Youth Centre |
| Fell x Hardknott | Flookburgh | Azimuth | Fruity IPA | 5.8 | Hardknott's Dave Bailey was a brewing pioneer showcasing American style hoppy ales back in the "noughties", way before the rest of UK brewing caught on. Dave sadly passed away in 2022 but CBCF were delighted when his partner Ann agreed to team up with h | Youth Centre |
| Five Towns | Wakefield | Psychomodo | Peach and hibiscus IPA | 7.8 | Peach and hibiscus IPA | Youth Centre |
| Green Arches | Manchester | After Dark | Irish dry stout | 4.1 | Irish dry stout | Youth Centre |
| Green Arches | Manchester | Harvest | American IPA | 5.5 | Chinook, Centennial, Citra & Simcoe hazy American IPA | Youth Centre |
| Holt | Cheetham Hill | 175 Pale Ale | Pale ale | 4.1 | Light, clean pale ale celebrating 175 years of the brewery. | Church Hall |
| Lune | Lancaster | Lune Valley Gold | Golden ale | 4.2 | A crisp & fruity Golden Ale using a traditional malt bill & modern US hops. Cascade & Amarillo. | Church Hall |
| Lune | Lancaster | Stout 8 Malt | Stout | 4.8 | A good old plain Stout, 8 malts in the grist and a lovely chocolatey roasty flavour. | Church Hall |
| Merlin | Arclid | Excalibur | Hoppy blonde | 3.9 | Sweet throughout with a hoppy bitterness which takes control of the finish. Malt and fruit flavours add to the mix. | Church Hall |
| Merlin | Arclid | Spellbound | Premium English ale | 4.0 | Spellbound is a premium English ale, full-flavoured and bitter. Very quaffable, it’s an excellent session beer and rewards repeated sampling. Light chestnut in colour, it has a subtle citrus aroma and a dry finish with excellent levels of bitterness in th | Church Hall |
| Milestone | Cromwell | Raspberry Wheat Beer | Raspberry wheat | 5.6 | Continental style wheat beer infused with fresh, wild raspberries producing a refreshing fruit beer | Church Hall |
| Neptune | Maghull | Fontana | American strong | 7.7 | Rich robust toffee notes entwined with toasted malt, leading to citrus and candied fruit flavours balanced with a resinous bitterness. | Church Hall |
| Offbeat x RedWillow | Macclesfield | Way Out Wheat, More Or Less | Award winning wheat beer | 4.5 | Offbeat Brewery began brewing in Crewe in 2010, an early pioneer of the micro-brewing boom. Brewer Michelle was ahead of her time brewing hop forward pale ales, IPAs and speciality styles in a world of bitters and golden ales. Offbeat closed in 2018 but | Church Hall |
| Phoenix | Heywood | Flight | Blonde | 3.7 | Summery, easy drinking blonde ale brewed with Centennial hops for a nicely balanced brew | Church Hall |
| Phoenix | Heywood | White Monk | Light hoppy pale | 4.5 | Brewed to a higher strength, the addition of crystal malts adds colour and malt character to the flavour of this beer. This balances well with the light citrus aromas of the hops. Refreshing and satisfying. | Church Hall |
| Pictish | Rochdale | Nectaron | Hoppy pale | 4.0 | Pale, hoppy beer brewed using Nectaron hops for pineabple and passion fruit flavours | Church Hall |
| Pictish | Rochdale | Summer Solstice | Blonde ale | 4.7 | A crisp refreshing blonde ale. Rounded pale malt flavours in the mouth are balanced by a subtle bitterness which leads to a dry finish with a delicate floral hop aroma. | Church Hall |
| Pied Bull | Chester | Minotaur | Black IPA | 6.5 | Crisp coffee notes with a sharp bitterness from aggressive hopping. | Church Hall |
| Problem Child | Wigan | Big Girls Blouse | Pale blonde ale | 3.8 | Lightly hopped, pale blonde, session ale | Church Hall |
| Problem Child | Wigan | Isolation | Golden ale | 4.5 | Golden , full bodied and satisfying ale with great aroma and flavours of apricot & stone fruits. | Church Hall |
| RedWillow | Macclesfield | Dauntless | English IPA | 5.1 | A quintessential English IPA made with finest hops from the heart of Kent. Lightly floral with pleasant tangerine, a hint of marmalade, and an undaunted bitterness. | Church Hall |
| RedWillow | Macclesfield | Doubtless | GF Pale | 4.0 | Some things just work and there is no doubting the harmonious interplay between Citra and Amarillo hops. Orange and mango, a soft body and clean finish. | Church Hall |
| RedWillow | Macclesfield | Kellerbier | Lager Bier | 4.3 | A classic unfined and unfiltered ‘cellar beer’ made with Pilsner and Vienna malts for a sweet satisfying bready body with a lemony finish and a kiss of peppery spice. | Church Hall |
| RedWillow | Macclesfield | Wreckless | Pale ale | 4.8 | Beautifully balanced pale ale loaded with Citra and Amarillo hops providing massive amounts of tropical fruit and a clean finish. | Church Hall |
| Runaway | Stockport | Kellerbier | Lager | 5.0 | Unfiltered, hoppy lager with Kasbek and Most | Church Hall |
| Runaway x Beermoth | Stockport | Drinking Beer #8: Biere Blonde | Belgian pale | 4.3 | Belgian style session pale brewed in collaboration with Cafe Beermoth | Church Hall |
| Serious | Rochdale | Matmos | Belgian Dubbel | 6.4 | A great winder-warmer, Matmos is a dark, smoky Belgian dubbel with beech smoked malt. Originally brewed specially for #MBCF17 | Church Hall |
| Serious | Rochdale | Whitewell | Pale ale | 4.0 | House pale at the brewery's own micropub The Whitewell in Waterfoot (between Rochdale & Burnley). Light & fruity with bitter finish | Church Hall |
| Steelfish x Chorlton Homebrewers | Ardwick | El Verano | Rye IPA | 6.5 | Originally brewed as a collaboration between Chorton Homebrew Club & Track Brew Co for the BrewCon 2019 National Homebrew Competition, where it made the Quarterfinals, we're now bringing it back for 2024. | Church Hall |
| Steelfish x Levenshulme Home Brew Club | Ardwick | Kings of the Mild Frontier | Double dark mild | 6.5 | A stronger version of the winner of the "Brown & Mild Ale" Category of the Stockport Beer & Cider Festival Homebrew Competition 2024. Based loosely on an old Boddingtons Strangeways Brewery recipe. A malt forward dark mild with notes of dark chocolate wit | Church Hall |
| Storm | Macclesfield | PGA | Lager style beer | 4.4 | Light, crisp, lager-style beer with a balance of malt, hops and fruit. Moderately bitter and slight dry aftertaste. | Church Hall |
| Storm | Macclesfield | Summer Breeze | Pale ale | 3.8 | A zestful, light, refreshing beer with a hint of summer fruits | Church Hall |
| Stubborn Mule | Timperley | Donkey Punch | New England IPA | 5.5 | Its highly hopped, highly charged and fruity. With a bitter zing this NEIPA will without doubt wake up your taste buds. Visually, its dank, its opaque, it's whatever en vogue term you want. With a natural carbonation that sets it all off perfectly, think | Church Hall |
| Stubborn Mule | Timperley | Who Gose There | Rhubarb, raspberry & ginger gose | 4.5 | A traditional Gose made with freshly picked Timperley rhubarb, raspberry & ginger | Church Hall |
| Thornbridge | Bakewell | Bowie | Blonde | 3.4 | A light & joyful aroma leading to floral & citrus notes on the palate | Church Hall |
| Tom's Tap and Brewhouse | Crewe | Double Mighty Stout | Imperial oatmeal stout | 7.2 | Imperial version of the brewery's core stout, made using oats from Mornflake in Crewe | Church Hall |
| Tom's Tap and Brewhouse | Crewe | ESB | Extra Special Bitter | 5.3 | A modern take on a traditional beer. Our 5.9% Extra Special Bitter features Bramling Cross hops added at the end of the boil in the same way that we would for a New England style hazy ipa. Still refreshingly bitter the blackcurranty hops combine with the | Church Hall |
| Torrside | New Mills | Sto Lat | Grodziskie | 2.8 | Ultra-refreshing, extra-pale "Polish champagne", brewed with oak-smoked wheat | Church Hall |
| Torrside x Docks Beers | New Mills | Continental Drift | Euro WC IPA | 6.8 | A classic west coast IPA, save for the fact it's brewed with 100% European hops | Church Hall |
| Wakey Wakey | Rochdale | Bunk | Session bitter | 3.8 | A robust bitterness is tempered with a combination of toasty and toffee malt flavours and finishes with a clean crisp hop finish. A traditional English session bitter. | Church Hall |
| Wakey Wakey | Rochdale | Fever Dream | British dry hopped IPA | 5.0 | Unfined and unflitered, this Hazy IPA is supercharged with uk hops Ernest, Jester and Olicana giving it a big juicy hit of mango, apricot and pineapple and backed up with the bitter pithiness of grapefruit. | Church Hall |
| Welbeck Abbey | Welbeck, Worksop | Red Feather | Robust auburn ale | 3.9 | Robust auburn ale. Plenty of crystal malt gives this beer a rich colour and combination of bold walnut and bitter-sweet caramel flavours | Church Hall |
