The dedicated bar for keg & membrane keg beers will be located in the Church Hall, brought to you in association with Whalley Range’s top beer bar, The Hillary Step.
The bar will feature 31 different beers over the festival with 15 lines available at any one time. Beers will rotate as lines become free. Please check back on this page to see which are on sale at any one time (at busy times there may be a delay in updating the page).
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AVAILABILITY | Brewery | Bar Type | Beer | Style | ABV | Notes (Long) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SOLD OUT | Abbeydale | Sheffield | Mango Sour | Unbeliever Sour | 4.7 | A throwback to the first EVER sour we made here! Packed with succulent, juicy mango, backed up by bold and fruity Galaxy hops. Sweet, tart and tropical with a refreshing finish. |
| SOLD OUT | Abbeydale | Sheffield | Wave Breaker | West Coast Session IPA | 4.5 | Radical red fruit flavours and ripples of tropical tastes! |
| SOLD OUT | Blackjack | Collyhurst, Manchester | Hazy Meadows | Hazy Pale | 3.8 | A session version of a soft juicy NEIPA style beer done with our own stamp. Oats and wheat give a - to style - soft, velvety texture and firm hazy base which is then liberally dry hopped with Idaho-7 and Strata to give big tropical fruit & jelly sweet aro |
| SOLD OUT | Blackjack | Collyhurst, Manchester | In Simpatico | Dry Hopped Pilsner | 4.9 | Dry hopped Pilsner, a homage to a homage. Inspired by Tipopils from Birrificio Italiano itself chasing the dream of a herbal Jever bottle. We've taken that love for the clean and herbal Germanic lager and updated it a bit further by dry hopping with nobel |
| SOLD OUT | Blackjack | Collyhurst, Manchester | Phoenix Works | New England IPA | 6.4 | IPA showing off Nelson Sauvin’s iconic juicy, grape character plus more tropical flavours from NZ hops Enigma and Ella, with a big hit of pineapple on the nose! While it’s packed with flavour, we care about balance, so expect a soft and easy-drinking N |
| SOLD OUT | 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 |
| SOLD OUT | Fell x Castle Rock | Flookburgh | Slate Stout | Stout | 5.5 | Brewed in collaboration with our friends at Fell, Slate is a rich and satisfying stout inspired by the rugged beauty of the Lake District. Crafted with a complex malt grist, it reveals layered notes of dark chocolate, ripe dates and subtle bramble, offeri |
| SOLD OUT | Fell x Fell NQ | Flookburgh | Budding Young Philosophers | American Pale | 5.0 | Smooth juicy easy drinking beer |
| SOLD OUT | Kirkstall x Five Points | Leeds | Extra Stout | 5.0 | A collaboration with The Five Points Brewing Co, this historically inspired Extra Stout takes it cues from the 1930s. Using a hefty dose of Challenger hops to balance its biscuity, cinder toffee malt character, this cask stout becomes more enjoyable with | |
| SOLD OUT | Marble | Salford | Lagonda | IPA | 5.0 | Classic india pale ale, immense citrus and floral hop notes balanced against a dry bitter finish. |
| SOLD OUT | Marble | Salford | Marble Stout | Stout | 5.7 | Extra winter stout with a rich palate, roasted notes, fruity hops & a long, dry, bitter finish |
| SOLD OUT | Neptune | Liverpool | Sway | Raspberry & Peach Sour | 4.3 | This fruit beer brings a ‘sherbet fizz’ to the palate in the form of raspberries. Sweet and sour flavours are balanced by tropical peach on the finish. A light, fresh and zingy beer! |
| SOLD OUT | Pomona Island | Salford | I Want To Breathe Like A Baby Dragon | DIPA | 8.0 | DIPA with Cryo Mosaic, CGX Strata, Cryo Citra, Mosaic HyperBoost & Strata |
| SOLD OUT | Pomona Island | Salford | Kathleen Turner Overdrive | Fruited Gose | 5.0 | We’re on the verge of being Kathleen Turner Overdrive, but this evening we will be known as a Raspberry Gose with a touch of Halen Môn Sea Salt. |
| SOLD OUT | RedWillow | Macclesfield | Ageless Anniversary | West Coast IPA | 7.2 | Reconceptualised for the brewery’s 15th anniversary year. An abundance of C-hops delivers a blast of citrus and pine with a resounding bitterness. A classic, from the golden age of IPA’s that is truly Ageless. |
| SOLD OUT | 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. |
| SOLD OUT | RedWillow x Deya | Macclesfield | Fearless | Hazy Session Pale | 4.7 | Boldly hopped for a full blast of tropical fruit, balanced, and beautifully drinkable. It’s hazy, juicy, and unapologetically confident. |
| SOLD OUT | Runaway x Stockport Gin | Stockport | Stockport Dry Wit | Belgian Style Wit | 4.5 | Brewed in collaboration with Stockport Gin, this Belgian style wheat beer combines floral hops with coriander seed, juniper and citrus zest - a real summer smasher |
| SOLD OUT | Salopian | Shrewsbury | Auric | Session IPA | 4.0 | An excessively dry hopped session IPA,with a strong grapefruit aroma and a dry body with a quenching array of fruit rind,dried pine, lemon zest sparkling over a long enveloping finish. |
| SOLD OUT | Stubborn Mule | Timperley | Biscoffi Porter | 4.8 | The Mule' delicious gouse Porter recipe this time with a touch of every one’s favourite coffee biscuit Biscoffi | |
| SOLD OUT | Sureshot | Manchester | Small Man's Wetsuit | Pale ale | 3.9 | Petite pale dry hopped with Idaho 7, Citra & Galaxy. Submerged in hops with a gentle tropicality. Soft corners, light bitterness, and a stonefruit edge. |
| SOLD OUT | Sureshot x Bundobust | Manchester | Comb Your Hair & Be Polite | Fruited Sour | 4.5 | Fruited sour brewed in collaboration with Bundobust. Fruited / spiced with strawberry, rhubarb, vanilla and cinnamon. Soft, smooth fruitiness mixes with tart sharpness and aromatic spice. |
| SOLD OUT | Thornbridge | Bakewell | Double IPA | Hazy Double IPA | 8.4 | The second release in our 2025 Brewers’ Series, this Double IPA is a bold, full-bodied brew with a beautifully hazy appearance and an irresistible tropical aroma. Hops take centre stage, with a powerhouse blend of Galaxy, Mosaic, Amarillo, and Simcoe deli |
| SOLD OUT | Thornbridge | Bakewell | Lukas | Helles Lager | 4.2 | Straw blonde, full-bodied yet sparklingly light Bavarian style Helles |
| SOLD OUT | Thornbridge x Northern Monk | Bakewell | Jaipur Joins Faith | Hybrid IPA | 5.9 | A hybrid of Thornbridge's classic Jaipur IPA and Northern Monk's flagship hazy pale Faith |
| SOLD OUT | Tom's Tap and Brewhouse | Crewe | Mango Ice Cream Pale | Mango ice cream pale | 4.4 | Vegan Ice Cream Pale made with Mango Tea, Vanilla, Mango Pulp and Maltodextrin (instead of Lactose) |
| SOLD OUT | Tom's Tap and Brewhouse | Crewe | Not A Cisterhood | Raspberry Pavlova White Stout | 6.0 | Pale pink in colour, flavours of tart raspberry with a hint of pistachio |
| SOLD OUT | Torrside | New Mills | Late To The Party | Black IPA | 5.5 | Robust yet light black IPA, packed full of citrus hops to perfectly offset the roasted flavours of the dark malts |
| SOLD OUT | Tun | Chorlton (brewed Cockerham, Lancashire) | Archetype | Modern English IPA | 6.0 | Blending the vibrant, hop-heavy character of American West Coast IPAs with the soul of British brewing, this Modern English IPA proudly raises a glass to the British craft beer movement. Packed with new-generation English hops from Charles Faram, a UK-bas |
| SOLD OUT | Tun | Chorlton (brewed Cockerham, Lancashire) | Gem State Of Mind | New England IPA | 6.5 | Hazy, juicy, and packed with tropical character, Gemstate of Mind is a lush NEIPA with a smooth, pillowy mouthfeel thanks to wheat and oats. Idaho #7 and Citra hops bring waves of mango, pineapple, and citrus, with subtle pine and stone fruit undertones. |
| SOLD OUT | Tun | Chorlton (brewed Cockerham, Lancashire) | Lemondrop | Pilsner | 4.7 | A crisp, golden Pilsner brewed with Bohemian Pilsner malt and Carapils for a classic Czech malt flavour. Saaz, Lemondrop, and Saphir hops bring floral spice, citrus zest, and subtle fruit notes. Fermented cold, it finishes refreshingly dry with a balanced |
