St Clement’s Church is delighted to be hosting, with the invaluable help and hard work from our friends and partner organization CAMRA, the 10th annual Chorlton Beer and Cider Festival.
As the Rector of St Clement’s I have met a variety of responses from people when they discover our church holds a Beer Festival. Some people are surprised. Most people are delighted. Only once have I be told I am a hypocrite and it is “disgusting” (whatever that may mean). But it does beg the question why does a church run a Beer Festival? Is really what we should be about?
To my mind there are three main reasons…
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.