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 |