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While much of the UK’s beer revolution has been driven from the cities of England, in recent years our Celtic cousins from Ireland, Wales & Scotland have shown that they have caught up fast and Chorlton Festival is setting out to showcase some of the best.

Champions

In 2015, Newport’s Tiny Rebel took the Champion Beer Of Britain title for Wales with the Cwtch red ale, narrowly pipping Scotland’s Kelburn Brewery who took Silver for their Jaguar golden ale. Both beers will feature on Chorlton’s Celtic Invasion bar which will feature the best of Scottish and Welsh cask conditioned beers plus a couple of rare cask conditioned imports from Northern Ireland’s blossoming craft beer movement.Read More

Chorlton Beer & Cider Festival have teamed up with Chorlton’s own Bootleg Brewing Co to offer a local home brewer the chance to have their own beer on sale at the festival and in selected Holt’s pubs across the area for Manchester Beer Week. The beer will be brewed in time for the Festival and Manchester Beer Week at the brewery at The Horse and Jockey Pub.

The winner of the Home Brew competition will brew their recipe on a commercial scale with Stef Occhi, Head Brewer for Bootleg. The winning beer will be racked into casks for Chorlton Beer Festival and sold through selected pubs in Manchester. You will name your own beer when you enter and the Bootleg Brewing Co will design a pump clip for the winner. On top of that, The Bootleg Brewing Co will also bottle some of your beer for you to take home.

The challenge which has been set is brew an Anglo American Beer. This can be English / American Hops or English Malt / American Rice. Anything that combines these two countries in a beer can enter the competition – click here for full details.

The Home Brew competition will be judged by a panel of experienced and respected judges at a tasting in June. An Awards Ceremony will be held at the Horse and Jockey with a party for all entrants.

To enter, home brewers must register at HomeBrewComp@BootlegBrewingCo.com

We can’t wait to taste your creations.

The dates and times for the thirteenth Chorlton Beer & Cider Festival have been confirmed. Organised jointly by St Clement’s Church and Trafford & Hulme CAMRA, the festival sees beer lovers from across the city and beyond flock to the halls and grounds of the Edge Lane church to enjoy some of the finest beers & ciders.

The festival will open at 6pm on Thursday 6th July when drinkers will get the first chance to sample the range of over 200 beers & ciders which will be on offer. There will be a choice of around 100 draught beers served from cask and key-keg with a massive range of bottled beers from around the world, topped off with 50+ traditional and real fruit infused ciders and perries.

Prices are being held at the same level as 2016. Those who want to try the widest range of drinks will have the option of buying a discounted weekend ticket giving access on all three days of the festival (advance purchase only).

The opening times for the 13th Chorlton Beer Festival 2017 will be:

• Thursday 6th July: 6pm – 10.30pm
• Friday 7th July: 6pm – 10.30pm
• Saturday 8th July: 1pm – 9.30pm*

Advance tickets will go on sale at 9am on Thursday 13th April 2017