Full line up of beers ordered for Manchester Beer & Cider Festival 2014 listed alphabetically by brewery. PLEASE CHECK BACK LATER IN THE YEAR FOR THE BEER LIST FOR 2015.
All beers will be put on sale as soon as they are ready for sale but we cannot guarantee that any particular beer will be available at any given session. All beers are subject to availability.
To find which bar each beer is on, see bar list.
| Brewery & Beer | Style | ABV |
| Abbeydale (Sheffield, South Yorkshire) | ||
| Brimstone | B | 3.9% |
| Acorn (Barnsley, South Yorkshire) | ||
| Blonde | GA | 4.0% |
| Bouclier IPA | SB | 5.0% |
| Bullseye | BB | 4.5% |
| Gorlovka | S | 6.0% |
| Old Moor Porter | P | 4.4% |
| Alechemy (Livingston, Edinburgh and The Lothians) | ||
| Black Aye PA | SB | 4.8% |
| Citra Burst | SB | 5.4% |
| Rhapsody | B | 3.8% |
| Allgates (Wigan, Lancashire) | ||
| Gin Pit | Sp | 4.3% |
| Ostara | B | 3.6% |
| Sloe Stout | Sp | 7.2% |
| Bank Top (Bolton, Lancashire) | ||
| Barley To Beer | B | 3.6% |
| Dark Mild | M | 4.0% |
| Flat Cap | BB | 4.0% |
| Port O Call | P | 5.0% |
| Banks & Taylor’s (Shefford, Bedfordshire) | ||
| Shefford Old Strong (SOS) | O | 5.0% |
| Banks’s (Wolverhampton, West Midlands) | ||
| Sunbeam | GA | 4.2% |
| Batemans (Wainfleet, Lincolnshire) | ||
| Batemans XB | B | 3.7% |
| Mocha Amaretto | Sp | 6.5% |
| Salem Porter | P | 4.7% |
| Yella Belly Gold | GA | 3.9% |
| Beartown (Congleton, Cheshire) | ||
| Bearskinful | BB | 4.2% |
| Black Bear | SM | 5.0% |
| Ellava Bear | SB | 4.8% |
| Peach Melbear | Sp | 4.4% |
| Polar Eclipse | S | 4.8% |
| Black Hole (Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire) | ||
| Milky Way | W | 6.0% |
| No Escape | P | 5.2% |
| Blackjack (Manchester, Greater Manchester) | ||
| Centennial Single Hop IPA | GA | 5.2% |
| Ginger Stout | S / Sp | 5.2% |
| King Of Clubs | S | 7.2% |
| Shuffled Deck | B | 3.9% |
| You Bet 4 | GA | 4.0% |
| Blakemere (Northwich, Cheshire) | ||
| Deep Dark Secret | P | 5.2% |
| Hit & Run | Sp | 4.5% |
| Summit Special | SB | 5.0% |
| Boggart Hole Clough (Manchester, Greater Manchester) | ||
| Meme | L | 3.8% |
| Rum Porter | P | 4.6% |
| Bollington (Bollington, Cheshire) | ||
| Bollington Best | BB | 4.2% |
| Eastern Nights | GA | 5.6% |
| Ginger Brew | Sp | 4.1% |
| Goldenthal | BW | 7.4% |
| Long Hop | GA | 3.9% |
| Oat Mill Stout | S | 5.0% |
| Winter Reserve | O | 4.5% |
| Bootleg Brewing Co (Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Greater Manchester) | ||
| Chorlton Pale Ale | GA | 4.0% |
| Lawless | SB | 4.7% |
| The Real McCoy | BW | 9.2% |
| Treason | S | 4.6% |
| Bradfield (Sheffield, South Yorkshire) | ||
| Farmers Belgian Blue | SB | 4.9% |
| Farmers Bitter | B | 3.9% |
| Farmers Blonde | GA | 4.0% |
| Farmers Brown Cow | BB | 4.2% |
| Farmers Pale Ale | GA | 5.0% |
| Farmers Stout | S | 4.5% |
| Brains (Cardiff, Glamorgan) | ||
| Barry Island IPA | SB | 6.0% |
| SA Gold | GA | 4.3% |
| White Out | BB | 4.0% |
| Brass Castle (Pocklington, North Yorkshire) | ||
| Bad Kitty | P | 5.5% |
| Port Cask Christmas Kitty | P / Sp | 5.5% |
| Sunshine | SB | 5.7% |
| Brentwood (Brentwood, Essex) | ||
| BBC2 | B | 2.5% |
| Chockwork Orange | O / Sp | 6.5% |
| Brewsters (Grantham, Lincolnshire) | ||
| Marquis | B | 3.8% |
| Bridgehouse (Keighley, West Yorkshire) | ||
| Aired Ale | BB | 4.1% |
| Bridgehouse Blonde | GA | 4.0% |
| Bridgehouse Porter | P | 4.5% |
| On Yer Bike | BB | 4.1% |
| Stokers Bitter | B | 3.9% |
| Brightside (Radcliffe, Greater Manchester) | ||
| Amarillo | GA | 5.0% |
| Darkside Stout | S | 4.6% |
| Inn Crowd | M | 3.8% |
| Manchester Skyline | GA | 4.5% |
| Our Town | BB | 4.0% |
| Solstice | GA | 4.5% |
| Burton Bridge (Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire) | ||
| Bramble Stout | Sp | 5.0% |
| Old Expensive | BW | 6.5% |
| Church End (Nuneaton, Warwickshire) | ||
| Pooh Beer | Sp | 4.3% |
| Coniston (Coniston, Cumbria) | ||
| Infinity IPA | SB | 6.0% |
| No 9 Barley Wine | BW | 8.5% |
| Special Oatmeal Stout | S | 4.5% |
| Winter Warmer Blacksmiths Ale | O | 5.0% |
| Conwy (ConwyLlysfaen, North-West Wales) | ||
| California | GA | 4.4% |
| Honey Porter | P | 4.9% |
| Minera Mountain Ale | Sp | 4.0% |
| Rampart | BB | 4.5% |
| Copper Dragon (Skipton, North Yorkshire) | ||
| Black Gold | M | 3.7% |
| Golden Pippin | GA | 3.9% |
| Silver Myst | L | 4.0% |
| Cotleigh (Wiveliscombe, Somerset) | ||
| Honey Buzzard | Sp | 4.5% |
| Cumbrian Legendary Ales (Hawkshead, Cumbria) | ||
| Grasmoor Dark Ale | SM | 4.3% |
| Loweswater Gold | GA | 4.3% |
| Dancing Duck (Derby, Derbyshire) | ||
| 22 | BB | 4.3% |
| Seduction | SB | 5.2% |
| Dark Star (Partridge Green, West Sussex) | ||
| Espresso | S | 4.2% |
| Original | O | 5.0% |
| Dent (Dent, Cumbria) | ||
| Aviator | BB | 4.0% |
| T’owd Tup | S | 6.0% |
| Dunham Massey (Dunham Massey, Greater Manchester) | ||
| Deer Beer | BB | 4.5% |
| Dunham Porter | P | 5.2% |
| Winter Warmer | O | 6.6% |
| Dunscar Bridge (Bolton, Greater Manchester) | ||
| Dunscar Best Bitter | BB | 4.1% |
| Northern Storm | BB | 4.6% |
| Porter Black | P | 5.0% |
| Rialto 47 | GA | 3.9% |
| True North | GA | 4.1% |
| East London Brewing Company (London, Greater London) | ||
| Quadrant | S | 5.8% |
| Elland (Elland, West Yorkshire) | ||
| 1872 Porter | P | 6.5% |
| Eden | GA | 4.2% |
| Head Brewers Reserve – Kitty Hawk | GA | 4.6% |
| Enville (Enville, Staffordshire) | ||
| White | W | 4.2% |
| Fernandes (Wakefield, West Yorkshire) | ||
| Bullet IPA | SB | 5.0% |
| First Chop Brewing Arm (Salford, Greater Manchester) | ||
| Doc | B | 4.1% |
| Syl | S | 6.2% |
| Tea | SB | 5.0% |
| Fool Hardy Ales (Stockport, Greater Manchester) | ||
| Rash Dash | B | 3.8% |
| Rat-a-tat-tat | S | 5.0% |
| Rou Shou | GA | 4.1% |
| Fuller’s (London, Greater London) | ||
| 1845 | SB | 6.3% |
| Bengal Lancer | SB | 5.0% |
| Chiswick Bitter | B | 3.5% |
| London Porter | P | 5.4% |
| Vintage Ale | BW | 8.5% |
| Wild River | BB | 4.5% |
| Fyne Ales (Cairndow, Argyll and The Isles) | ||
| Jarl | GA | 3.8% |
| Vital Spark | P / SM | 4.4% |
| Green Jack (Lowestoft, Suffolk) | ||
| Lurcher Stout | S | 4.8% |
| Orange Wheat Beer | W | 4.2% |
| Greenfield (Saddleworth, Greater Manchester) | ||
| Copper Caskade | BB | 4.3% |
| Silver Owl | GA | 4.0% |
| Vanilla Stout | S | 5.2% |
| Hand Drawn Monkey (Huddersfield, West Yorkshire) | ||
| Red Wit | Sp | 5.4% |
| Smaller IPA | B | 2.8% |
| What Would Jephers Do? | BB | 4.5% |
| Happy Valley (Bollington, Cheshire) | ||
| Blackout XO | P / Sp | 4.4% |
| Dangerously Dark | SB | 5.6% |
| Lazy Daze | BB | 4.2% |
| Harbour (Bodmin, Cornwall) | ||
| Amber | BB | 4.4% |
| Oatmeal Stout | S | 5.0% |
| Hardknott (Millom, Cumbria) | ||
| Azimuth | SB | 5.8% |
| Cool Fusion | Sp | 4.4% |
| Harviestoun (Alva, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs) | ||
| Schiehallion | L | 4.8% |
| Hawkshead (Staveley, Cumbria) | ||
| Bitter | B | 3.7% |
| Brodie’s Prime | P | 4.9% |
| Cumbrian Five Hop | GA | 5.0% |
| Drystone Stout | S | 4.5% |
| Lakeland Lager | L | 5.0% |
| NZPA | SB | 6.0% |
| Windermere Pale | B | 3.5% |
| XXX Brodie’s Prime | O | 8.5% |
| Hop Back (Downton, Wiltshire) | ||
| Taiphoon | Sp | 4.2% |
| HopCraft (Pontyclun, Rhondda Cynon Taf) | ||
| Citra Plus | SB | 5.4% |
| Monkey Business | Sp | 6.0% |
| Hornbeam (Manchester, Greater Manchester) | ||
| Mary Rose | B | 3.8% |
| Organge Blosson | GA | 3.8% |
| Top Hop | BB | 4.2% |
| Winterlong IPA | SB | 4.7% |
| Howard Town (Glossop, Derbyshire) | ||
| Dark Peak | P | 6.0% |
| Longdendale Lights | B | 3.9% |
| Milltown | M | 3.5% |
| Robin’s Nest | SM | 5.2% |
| Wren’s Nest | BB | 4.2% |
| Hydes (Salford, Greater Manchester) | ||
| Lowry “The Mill” | BB | 4.5% |
| XXXX | BW | 6.8% |
| Hydes Beer Studio (Salford, Greater Manchester) | ||
| Burnt Sienna | SB | 5.0% |
| Crystal Chestnut | SB | 6.0% |
| Dark Umber | SB | 5.2% |
| Winsome Blonde | GA | 4.0% |
| Ilkley (Ilkley, West Yorkshire) | ||
| Fireside Porter | P | 4.2% |
| Forbidden Fruit | SB | 5.0% |
| Ilkley Gold | GA | 3.9% |
| Joshua Jane | B | 3.7% |
| Lotus IPA | SB | 5.6% |
| Mary Jane | GA | 3.5% |
| Jennings (Cockermouth, Cumbria) | ||
| Cockle Warmer | BB | 4.2% |
| Dark Mild | M | 3.1% |
| Sneck Lifter | O | 5.1% |
| Joseph Holt (Manchester, Greater Manchester) | ||
| Bitter | B | 4.0% |
| Mild | M | 3.2% |
| Two Hoots | GA | 4.2% |
| JW Lees (Middleton, Greater Manchester) | ||
| Bitter | BB | 4.0% |
| Drayman’s Cheer | BB | 4.1% |
| Governor | B | 3.8% |
| John Willies | BB | 4.5% |
| Manchester Pale Ale | GA | 3.7% |
| Moonraker | BW | 6.5% |
| Kirkby Lonsdale (Kirkby Lonsdale, Lancashire) | ||
| Cherkeby | W | 5.0% |
| Jubilee Stout | S | 5.5% |
| Kirkstall (Leeds, West Yorkshire) | ||
| Black Band Porter | P | 5.5% |
| Echelon | SB | 7.4% |
| Generous George | SB | 6.1% |
| Kirkstall Pale Ale | GA | 4.0% |
| Lancaster (Lancaster, Lancashire) | ||
| Amber | B | 3.7% |
| Blonde | GA | 4.1% |
| Blueberry Ale | Sp | 4.3% |
| Lancaster Black | S | 4.6% |
| Mr Trotter’s Chestnut Ale | Sp | 4.0% |
| Red | SB | 4.9% |
| Liverpool Organic (Liverpool, Merseyside) | ||
| 24 Carat Gold | GA | 4.2% |
| Best Bitter | BB | 4.2% |
| Honey Blond | BB | 4.5% |
| Imperial Russian Stout | S | 7.9% |
| Josephine Butler | Sp | 4.5% |
| Kitty Wilkinson Chocolate & Vanilla Stout | S | 4.5% |
| Liverpool Pale Ale | B | 4.0% |
| Shipwreck | SB | 6.5% |
| Lymestone (Stone, Staffordshire) | ||
| Stone The Crows | SM | 5.4% |
| Lymm Brewing Company (Lymm, Cheshire) | ||
| Bridgewater Blonde | GA | 4.0% |
| Mallinsons (Huddersfield, West Yorkshire) | ||
| Amarillo | GA | 4.2% |
| Citra Noir | B | 3.8% |
| Mallinsons & Riverhead (Huddersfield, West Yorkshire) | ||
| Hop Headed Woman | B | 4.0% |
| Marble (Manchester, Greater Manchester) | ||
| Best | BB | 4.3% |
| Chocolate Marble | SM | 5.5% |
| Dobber | SB | 5.9% |
| Earl Grey IPA | SB | 6.0% |
| Ginger | Sp | 4.5% |
| Manchester Bitter | BB | 4.2% |
| Pint | GA | 3.9% |
| Stouter Stout | S | 4.7% |
| Marston’s (Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire) | ||
| EPA | B | 3.6% |
| Old Empire | SB | 5.7% |
| Maxim (Houghton le Spring, Durham) | ||
| Double Maxim | O | 4.7% |
| Moor Beer (Long Sutton, Somerset) | ||
| Smokey Horyzon | Sp | 5.0% |
| Moorhouses (Burnley, Lancashire) | ||
| Black Cat | M | 3.4% |
| Blond Witch | GA | 4.5% |
| Ice Witch | GA | 4.3% |
| Pendle Witches Brew | SB | 5.1% |
| Premier | B | 3.7% |
| Pride of Pendle | BB | 4.1% |
| Nethergate Growler (Pentlow, Essex) | ||
| Umbel Ale | B | 3.8% |
| Nook Brewhouse (Holmfirth, West Yorkshire) | ||
| Cherry Stout | Sp | 5.2% |
| Northumberland (Bedlington, Northumberland) | ||
| Sheepdog | O | 4.7% |
| Oakham (Peterborough, Cambridgeshire) | ||
| Black Hole Porter | P | 5.5% |
| Inferno | GA | 4.0% |
| Offbeat (Crewe, Cheshire) | ||
| Dotty DIPA | SB | 7.2% |
| Out Of Step IPA | SB | 5.8% |
| Way Out Wheat | W | 4.5% |
| Weird Whiskey Mac | Sp | 6.1% |
| Offbeat / Otherton Ales (Crewe, Cheshire) | ||
| Zany Smoky Winter Wit | Sp | 4.0% |
| Okells (Douglas, Isle of Man) | ||
| Aile | P | 4.8% |
| Bitter | B | 3.7% |
| IPA | GA | 4.5% |
| Jiarg | SB | 4.7% |
| MPA (Manx Pale Ale) | GA | 3.6% |
| Olaf | M | 3.9% |
| Oldershaw (Grantham, Lincolnshire) | ||
| Grantham Stout | S | 4.3% |
| Great Expectations | BB | 4.2% |
| Orkney (Quoyloo, Northern Isles) | ||
| Dark Island | SM | 4.6% |
| Outstanding (Bury, Greater Manchester) | ||
| Imperial IPA | BW | 7.4% |
| Stout | S | 5.5% |
| Pictish (Rochdale, Greater Manchester) | ||
| Alchemist Ale | BB | 4.3% |
| Blue Moon | SB | 6.0% |
| Porter | P | 4.4% |
| Prospect (Wigan, Lancashire) | ||
| Big John | SM | 4.8% |
| Clementine | Sp | 5.0% |
| Quantum (Stockport, Greater Manchester) | ||
| American Light | B | 3.6% |
| Interocitor | L / Sp | 5.9% |
| Small Beer | B | 2.7% |
| Quantum / Elixir (Stockport, Greater Manchester) | ||
| Elixum | P | 6.0% |
| Rat (Huddersfield, West Yorkshire) | ||
| Ratsputin | S | 7.4% |
| RedWillow (Macclesfield, Cheshire) | ||
| Faithless XXX | S | 5.0% |
| Heartless | S | 4.9% |
| Smokeless | P | 5.7% |
| Wreckless | SB | 4.8% |
| Riverhead (Marsden, West Yorkshire) | ||
| White Cloud | BB | 4.5% |
| Robinsons (Stockport, Greater Manchester) | ||
| Dizzy Blonde | GA | 3.8% |
| Hannibal’s Nectar | B | 3.9% |
| Old Tom | BW | 8.5% |
| Trooper | SB | 4.8% |
| Unicorn | BB | 4.3% |
| Saddleworth (Oldham, Greater Manchester) | ||
| Shaftbender | O | 5.4% |
| Salopian (Shrewsbury, Shropshire) | ||
| Shropshire Gold | GA | 3.8% |
| Sharp’s (Rock, Cornwall) | ||
| Cornish Coaster | B | 3.6% |
| Doom Bar | B | 4.0% |
| Special | SB | 5.0% |
| Siren (Finchampstead, Berkshire) | ||
| Broken Dream | S | 6.0% |
| Springhead (Retford, Nottinghamshire) | ||
| Bees Knees | Sp | 3.6% |
| Tatton (Knutsford, Cheshire) | ||
| Red Hot Poker | Sp | 6.0% |
| Ruck & Maul | P | 4.5% |
| Tatton Gold | SB | 4.8% |
| Yeti | O | 4.5% |
| Thornbridge (Bakewell, Derbyshire) | ||
| Jaipur | SB | 5.9% |
| Thwaites (Blackburn, Lancashire) | ||
| Fallen Nun | BW | 7.4% |
| Gain Line | GA | 3.5% |
| Lancaster Bomber | BB | 4.4% |
| Old Dan | O | 6.5% |
| Smoke Stack | Sp | 5.8% |
| Wainwright | GA | 4.1% |
| Timothy Taylor’s (Keighley, West Yorkshire) | ||
| Boltmaker | B | 4.0% |
| Golden Best | M | 3.5% |
| Landlord | BB | 4.3% |
| Ram Tam | O | 4.3% |
| Tiny Rebel (Newport, ) | ||
| Billabong | SB | 4.6% |
| Dirty Stop Out | S | 5.0% |
| Fubar | BB | 4.4% |
| Ulverston (Ulverston, Cumbria) | ||
| Bad Medicine | O | 6.3% |
| Fra Diavolo | SM | 4.3% |
| Lonesome Pine | Sp | 4.2% |
| Waen (Llanidloes, Mid Wales) | ||
| Blackberry Stout | Sp | 3.8% |
| Chilli Plum Porter | Sp | 6.1% |
| Janner’s Pride | BB | 4.0% |
| Wapping (Liverpool, Merseyside) | ||
| Journey’s End (Stan’s Penultimate Beer) | SB | 6.1% |
| Smoked Porter | P | 5.0% |
| Winter Ale | O | 6.5% |
| Weird Beard (Hanwell, Greater London) | ||
| Camden BearD | W | 5.5% |
| Decadence Stout | S | 5.5% |
| Fade To Black | SB | 7.3% |
| Wells and Young’s (Bedford, Bedfordshire) | ||
| Winter Warmer | SB | 5.0% |
| Wild Beer (Evercreech, Somerset) | ||
| English Roots | SM / S | 4.8% |
| Fresh | SB | 5.5% |
| Wilson Potter (Manchester, Greater Manchester) | ||
| Bon Don Doon | GA | 4.2% |
| In The Black | S | 4.2% |
| Is This The Way | SB | 5.2% |
| Rock It Fuel (Festival Ale in association with Real Radio XS) | GA | 4.1% |
| Ruby Red | BB | 4.4% |
| Tandle Hill | GA | 3.9% |
| XT (Long Crendon, Buckinghamshire) | ||
| XT13 Pacific Red Ale | BB | 4.5% |
| XT4 Mellow Amber | B | 3.8% |
| XT8 Dark Roast | SM | 4.5% |
| York (York, North Yorkshire) | ||
| Eboracum | B | 3.7% |
| Great Walls Of Fire | P | 5.1% |
| Guzzler | GA | 3.6% |
Style Key:
| GA | Golden Ale |
| B | Bitter |
| BB | Best Bitter |
| SB | Strong Bitter |
| M | Mild |
| SM | Strong Mild |
| O | Old Ale |
| S | Stout |
| P | Porter |
| BW | Barley Wine |
| Sp | Speciality Beer |
| L | Real Lager |
| W | Wheat beer |