This year Chorlton Beer & Cider Festival invites you to cross the North South Divide.
In the church you will find beers from the North West of England – Manchester, Cheshire and Cumbria – spread across two bars.
Meanwhile, the youth centre will be taken over by brewers from London and the South East.
Listed below are the 106 cask ales which have been ordered – the largest range of beers we’ve ever had. As ever, the list is subject to change.
We will endeavour to have as many beers as possible available at opening, but we cannot guarantee that any particular beer will be available at any particular section.
| THE NORTH WEST | |||
| Beer | Style | ABV | Note |
| Blackedge (Horwich, Greater Manchester) | |||
| Black Port Porter | P | 4.9% | Complex, roasted coffee & chocolate flavours with a hint of liquorice and sweet port finish. |
| Summer | GA | 4.2% | Light refreshing blonde ale with melon like & summer fruits flavour & aroma. |
| Blackjack (Collyhurst, Manchester, Greater Manchester) | |||
| Aces High | IPA | 5.5% | Classic IPA, hoppy and delicious |
| Honey Porter | P | 4.5% | A smooth and tasty porter made with a splish of organic honey from Cheshire. |
| New Deck | GA | 4.2% | Traditional Golden Bitter |
| Small Saison | Sa | 4.5% | An easy going and refreshing saison, hopped with Pilot, Willamette and Pacific Jade. |
| Blackjack / Thornbridge (Collyhurst, Manchester, Greater Manchester) | |||
| Jaffa | Sp | 5.4% | Collaboration for Manchester Beer Week. Jaffa cake inspired milk stout hopped with Mandarina Bavaria with added orange peel & cacao nib extract |
| Bollington (Bollington, Cheshire East) | |||
| Bollington Best | GA | 4.2% | A delightfully hoppy bitter. Clean & Crisp with a light golden colour and refreshing bitter after taste. |
| Ginger Brew | Sp | 4.0% | A classic ginger bitter, pale hoppy bitter flavour, a smooth taste with fresh root ginger added at the end. |
| White Nancy | B | 3.6% | Pale coloured session ale with lots of body and good fruity taste. |
| Bootleg (Chorlton, Greater Manchester) | |||
| Chorlton Pale Ale | BB | 4.0% | A refreshing blonde beer with a hint of citrus and a long dry finish |
| Fools Gold | B | 3.9% | A crisp pale ale bursting with tropical fruit hops. |
| Urban Fox | BB | 4.2% | A red “rye PA” packed with citrus hops. An ideal session beer. |
| Brewsmith (Ramsbottom, Greater Manchester) | |||
| Bitter | B | 3.9% | A pale session bitter. Moderate bitterness, pronounced floral/citrus hop aromas. |
| Centenial | IPA | 5.0% | American hopped IPA brewed specially to celebrate Manchester Beer Week |
| Mosaic | B | 3.5% | Session strength light ale brewed with Mosaic hops to give tropical fruit flavours |
| Brightside (Radcliffe, Greater Manchester) | |||
| Boston Vienna Lager | L | 4.8% | Malty, rich golden coloured lager brewed with Saaz & Hallertauer Mittelfruh to bring refreshing hop balance |
| Dr Rudi IPA | IPA | 5.0% | Expect resinous, citrus and pine characteristics from New Zealand hop Dr Rudi |
| The Optimist | GA | 3.8% | Fruity hopped golden ale |
| Brightside / XT (Radcliffe, Greater Manchester) | |||
| North South Collide | GA | 4.0% | North South Divide collaboration between Bury’s Brightside and Buckinghamshire’s XT brewed specially for Chorlton Beer & Cider Festival. Golden ale made with Ella & Styrian Cardinal hops. |
| Cloudwater (Ancoats, Manchester, Greater Manchester) | |||
| Bitter | BB | 4.3% | A traditional bitter with new world hops. Dosed with NZ and AUS hops it’s perfect seasonal session beer |
| Session IPA | IPA | 4.5% | Well hopped but session strength IPA From Cloudwater’s newly launched Summer range which was only revealed this week. |
| Cryptic (Stockport, Greater Manchester) | |||
| The Ghost | M | 3.7% | Dark & fruity Mild with a hint of chocolate enriched with a hazelnut flavour. |
| Cumbrian Legendary Ales (Hawkshead, Cumbria) | |||
| American Pale Ale | BB | 4.5% | Dry hopped in the cask. Pale but packed with massive American hop flavours. |
| Loweswater Gold | GA | 4.3% | A true golden ale, brewed using three malts including lager. Bursting with tropical flavour, an outstanding beer. Finalist CBOB 2009. |
| Dent (Dentdale, Cumbria) | |||
| Fell Ranger | B | 3.7% | A blonde session ale with a full, floral flavour. |
| Rambrau | Sp | 4.5% | This Pilsner inspired ale with fine German malt & hops to create a light, crisp & refreshing beer |
| Dunham Massey (Dunham Massey, Greater Manchester) | |||
| Chocolate Cherry Mild | Sp | 3.8% | All the class of Dunham’s traditional dark mild, with a dry hint of cherry that cuts through the beer. |
| Experimental #3 | BB | 4.0% | Blonde beer with experimental hop giving e a strawberry and sweet fruit flavour |
| Milk Stout | S | 4.0% | Full bodied and creamy, with a roast malt character. |
| Hawkshead (Staveley, Cumbria) | |||
| Cumbrian Five Hop | GA | 5.0% | Zesty, tropical fruit flavours balanced by juicy malt character. |
| Great White | Sp | 4.8% | Spiced, cloudy, wheat beer with coriander seeds, dried Seville Orange peel and Motueka hops |
| Lakeland Lager | L | 5.0% | It’s lager, but its tasty. Pale, with restrained but fresh hop character from European lager hops. |
| Manchester Brewing Co (Manchester, Greater Manchester) | |||
| Cut Like A Buffalo | IPA | 4.5% | Centennial, Delta & Cascade provide hop punch balanced over caramel sweet malt grain bill |
| Pick Me Up | P | 4.7% | Easy drinking porter spiked with a cold coffee brew |
| Wolf of the Willows (Pekko) | IPA | 4.4% | Single hop IPA using American Pekko dwarf hops |
| Marble (Collyhurst, Manchester, Greater Manchester) | |||
| Earl Grey IPA | Sp | 6.8% | A pale but strong beer with a subtle hint of Earl Grey tea in the aftertaste. |
| Howgate & Kemp | SB | 6.4% | A New Zealand hopped pale ale orginally brewed as a collaboration. Howgate has moved on & Kemp is now Marble’s Head Brewer! |
| Manchester Bitter | BB | 4.2% | Yellowy gold with white head. Light, citrusy and bitter hop aroma then biscuity maltiness. Hop bitterness with dry floral finish. |
| Outstanding (Bury, Greater Manchester) | |||
| 3.9 | GA | 3.9% | Extra pale, light, hoppy |
| Alpha Papa Rye IPA | IPA | 5.7% | Pale amber, high in US hops, subtle grainy spice |
| Eat My Goal | BB | 4.2% | Alan Partridge inspired extra pale ale. Cascade with a splash of Citra. Aromatic & flavoursome with bitter finish |
| IPA | IPA | 5.5% | Four diverse hop varieties combine to create complex yet well-balanced golden, dry IPA style beer. |
| Stout | Sp | 5.5% | Jet black, roasty, liquoricey. |
| Pictish (Rochdale, Greater Manchester) | |||
| El Dorado | BB | 4.4% | A pale, very hoppy beer brewed using El Dorado hops. |
| Ginger Ale | Sp | 3.9% | Pale amber coloured ale brewed with ginger for a powerful spicy flavour. |
| Summer Solstice | GA | 4.7% | A crisp refreshing blonde ale with subtle bitterness, dry finish & delicate floral hop aroma. |
| Quantum / Buxton (Stockport, Greater Manchester) | |||
| Mint Ball Mild | M | 4.1% | Brewed for Manchester Beer Week, it is what it says on the tin! |
| RedWillow (Macclesfield, Cheshire East) | |||
| Smokeless | P | 5.7% | Surprisingly approachable smoked porter, velvet smooth with a robust malt backbone. |
| Weightless – Citra | GA | 4.2% | Fourth in the Weightless series of single hop session IPA’s – this time with Citra |
| Serious Brewing (Rochdale, Greater Manchester) | |||
| Redsmith IPA | BB | 4.5% | Copper-coloured, English-style IPA flavoured with American Centennial and Cascade hops |
| Stringers (Ulverston, Cumbria) | |||
| No 2 Stout | S | 4.0% | Roasty nose. Some grain and dark toast. Firmly bitter. A seriously drinkable low ABV jet-black stout. |
| The North | BB | 4.9% | Red beer with herbal hop aroma, touch of sweetness and a tangy bitter finish. Gluten free |
| Thirst Class (Stockport, Greater Manchester) | |||
| American Brown Ale | SB | 5.6% | American style brown ale with Citra, Cascade & Columbus hops. Hoppy with a roasted maltiness |
| Stocky Oatmeal Stout | S | 4.7% | Smooth, full-bodied oatmeal stout with notes of coffee & chocolate |
| Torrside (New Mills, Derbyshire) | |||
| Lubelski | BB | 5.6% | Single-hopped European pale ale brewed exclusively for Manchester Beer Week |
| Torrside / Yes! Ale (New Mills, Derbyshire) | |||
| Blackstar | IPA | 7.2% | Big American black IPA showcasing Sorachi Ace hops, brewed in collaboration with beer blog Yes!Ale |
| Track (Ancoats, Manchester, Greater Manchester) | |||
| Santiam | IPA | 6.2% | A lovely tropical fruit flavoured pale golden IPA |
| Sonoma | GA | 3.8% | A fantastic session pale, fairly dry but refreshing and fruity too. |
| Valpo | SB | 5.0% | Hoppy red ale |
| Ulverston (Ulverston, Cumbria) | |||
| Lonesome Pine | Sp | 4.2% | A pale, honey beer with sweet malts followed by tangy citrus fruits. Refreshing all the year round |
| Wilson Potter (Middleton, Greater Manchester) | |||
| Don’t Fall | B | 3.9% | A lovely pale hoppy blonde |
| Rum In The Black | S | 4.2% | A delicious, dark stout with a lovely liquorice finish & a hint of rum |
| THE SOUTH EAST |
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| Animal (XT) (Long Crendon, Buckinghamshire) | |||
| Grizzly | GA | 4.6% | Smooth, easy to drink beer with clean profile, American citrus hop character & gentle follow on of malt |
| Sloth | BB | 4.6% | Rye amber. Rye flavour balanced with toffee notes & strong hop finish, with a blast of citrus & mellow tropical flavours |
| Bexley (Bexley, Greater London) | |||
| Redhouse | BB | 4.2% | Darker pale ale combining Crystal malts with English Goldings hops for a richer flavour |
| Binghams (Ruscombe, Berkshire) | |||
| Coffee Stout | S | 5.0% | Coffee complements the dark malts & mellows the flavours to provide a smooth drinking stout |
| Space Hoppy IPA | IPA | 5.0% | Refreshing golden India Pale Ale with citrus hops. |
| Brodie’s (Leyton, Greater London) | |||
| Jamaican Stout | S | 5.4% | A hoppy stout with coffee and roast malt characters. |
| Shoreditch Sunshine | GA | 4.5% | Passion fruit aroma from Australian Galaxy Hops |
| Whitechapel Weizen | W | 4.2% | Hoppy wheat beer. Tropical fruit on nose with wheat, citrus, spice and leaf in the taste. |
| Caveman (Dartford, Greater London) | |||
| Palaeolithic | GA | 3.8% | Light session beer with a high dose of aromatic US Cascade hops giving grapefruit & citrus |
| Shatkora IPA | IPA | 5.5% | IPA brewed with Shatkora fruit and kaffir lime |
| Dark Star (Partridge Green, West Sussex) | |||
| Hophead | GA | 3.8% | Pale golden ale with strong floral aroma & elderflower notes from Cascade hops |
| Seville | Sp | 4.0% | Wheat, Maris Otter barley with El Dorado hops before maturing with hint of Spanish bitter oranges |
| Sunburst | GA | 4.8% | Initial sweetness adds to fruitiness & grapefruit tangwithout detracting from clean flavour & rich hop aroma. |
| Five Points (Hackney, Greater London) | |||
| Hook Island | SB | 6.0% | Red Rye ale with some dryness & spice with a dash of pine & passion fruit from the hops |
| Railway Porter | P | 4.8% | Aromas of chocolate & coffee with hints of caramel, brewed with British East Kent Goldings hops |
| Fuller’s (Chiswick, London) | |||
| ESB | SB | 5.5% | Wonderful rich mahogany . Cherry and orange, balanced by soft malty toffee and caramel notes. |
| Goldmark (Arundel, West Sussex) | |||
| Liquid Gold | GA | 4.0% | A refreshing full bodied golden beer with bursts of fruit and citrus |
| Mandarin | W | 5.2% | A sunset glow coloured wheat beer with a subtle hint of mandarin oranges |
| Hammerton (Islington, London) | |||
| Life On Mars | BB | 4.6% | A taste of berry and caramel & a deep ruby appearance. Aroma of grapefruit, pine & earthy hop & medium-high bitterness. |
| Oakham (Peterborough, Cambridgeshire) | |||
| Citra | GA | 4.2% | Light and refreshing Citra hopped beer. |
| Inferno | GA | 4.0% | This light igniting ale flickers complex fruits across your tongue leaving a dry fruity bitter finish smothering your thirst. |
| Pig & Porter (Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent) | |||
| Signs of Triviality | Sa | 5.5% | A classic saison style brewed with English hops to give an element of sherbet lemon in the aftertaste |
| Skylarking | IPA | 4.0% | Ultra-pale session IPA hopped with Ella and Galaxy for hints of tropical fruit, mango, lychee & melon |
| Pig & Porter / Weird Beard (Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent) | |||
| Weird Pig | Sp | 5.6% | California Common or Steam Beer brewed with lager yeast. Elements of pine, citrus & tobacco on the nose merge into passionfruit & guava on the tongue. |
| Portobello (Portobello, Greater London) | |||
| American Pale Ale | SB | 5.0% | Six different hops create a fruity & clean beer with citrusy notes of orange & pink grapefruit. |
| VPA | BB | 4.0% | Very Pale Ale. A happy meeting of lager and IPA |
| Ramsgate (Broadstairs, Kent) | |||
| Gadds No 3 | SB | 5.0% | True taste of East Kent with pale malt & Goldings hops |
| Redemption (Tottenham, Greater London) | |||
| Big Chief | IPA | 5.5% | Packed full of Kiwi hops with hints of honey & nectar, plenty of tropical citrus & floral notes |
| Fellowship | P | 5.1% | Chocolate, coffee, liquorice & dry roasted malt flavours complimented with hints of dark fruit |
| Trinity | B | 3.0% | Seville orange aromas & initial malt sweetness dominated by citrus flavours. Good body for ABV |
| Siren (Finchampstead, Berkshire) | |||
| Soundwave | IPA | 5.6% | west coast IPA: golden, immensely hoppy and alive with grapefruit, peach and mango flavours. |
| White Tips | W | 4.6% | Wheat beer hopped to IPA proportion with zest of grapefruit, orange and lime |
| Weird Beard (Hanwell, London) | |||
| Black Perle | S | 3.8% | Coffee milk stout chock full of roasty malts, milk sugar & hopped with handfulls of perle on a chest ful of Zamorana coffee beans |
| Little Things That Kill | B | 3.9% | Very hoppy, very sessionable and generally delightful pale ale |
| Mariana Trench | SB | 5.3% | Riot of mango & passion-fruit on the nose but balanced |
| Wild Beer (Westcombe, Somerset) | |||
| Milllionaire | Sp | 4.7% | Chocolate and salted caramel milk stout |
| Wild Weather (Silchester, Hampshire) | |||
| Sundowner | GA | 3.4% | Light refreshing golden ale with subtle floral and fruity notes |
| Windsor & Eton (Windsor, Berkshire) | |||
| Conqueror | IPA | 5.0% | Rich, complex and distinctive. Intense combination of roasted flavours balanced with full fresh pine hop aroma |
| Park Life | B | 3.2% | Refreshing light ale with selection of fine New World hops. |
| XT (Long Crendon, Buckinghamshire) | |||
| XT3 IPA | IPA | 4.2% | Packed with Chinook, Columbus & Cascade hops from American – crisp, clean & refreshing |
| XT8 Dark Roast | S | 4.5% | Smooth rich dark beer brewed with a careful blend of four malts along with a cocktail of hops for a bit of zing. |
Two years ago, Dunham Massey Chocolate Cherry Mild took the Gold award at the 8th Chorlton Beer & Cider Festival. Success in the regional round at Chorlton took it to the national round judging at the Great British Beer Festival at London Olympia where the beer took the title of Champion Speciality Beer Of Britain.