Yearly archives: 2016

New Beers for Saturday

 in Festival News

Some last minute additions to our beer list – on sale or going on sale today:

 

Brewery Beer Style ABV
Allgates Cripplegate Sloe Stout Sp 7.2
Allgates Dry Bones BB 4.0
Arbor Motueka IPA IPA 6.7
BlackEdge Black S 4.0
Boggart Dandy Sp 4.2
Deeply Vale Citra Storm GA 4.6
Front Row Lohag B 3.8
Front Row Lomu IPA 5.4
Front Row No 8 M 3.7
Green Mill Chief GA 4.2
Green Mill Northern Lights GA 4.5
Hopcraft Mate Spawn and Die IPA 5.4
Hopcraft Prophets of Doom Coconut Sp 4.5
Hopcraft We Come in Peace BB 4.6
Howard Town Longdendale Lights B 3.9
Howard Town Superfortress BB 4.4
Howard Town TRYPA IPA 6.6
Oakham Citra GA 4.2
Pig and Porter Red Spider Rye sb 5.5
Prospect Big John S 4.8
Ramsbottom Craft Fat Lady Stout S 4.3
Ramsbottom Craft Flaori Maori GA 4.1
Siren Love Of Work GA 3.6
Torrside Late To The Party IPA 5.5
Vocation Chop & Change BB 4.6
Vocation Cloak & Dagger S 5.9
Waen Summit and Nowt BB 4.5

Champion Beer Of The North West 2016

 in Festival News

CHAMPION BEER OF THE NORTH WEST 2016

GOLD: Prospect – Nutty Slack

SILVER: Robinsons – Old Tom

BRONZE: Blackedge – Dark Rum

 

CHAMPION WINTER BEER OF BRITAIN NORTH WEST REGIONAL ROUNDS 2016

PORTERS

Gold: Blackedge – Dark Rum

Silver: Bank Top – Port O Call

Bronze: Dunham Massey – Dunham Porter

Finalists:
Boggart Hole Clough  Rum Porter
Fell                            Robust Porter
Happy Valley              Black Out XO
Hawkshead                Brodie’s Prime

STOUTS

Gold: Barngates – Goodhew’s Dry Stout

Silver: Peerless – Oatmeal Stout

Bronze: Stringers – No 2 Stout

Finalists:
BlackEdge                 Black
Brimstage                  Oyster Catcher Stout
Dent                          T’owd Tup
Hawkshead                Dry Stone Stout
Hooded Ram              Jack the Ram

BARLEY WINES & STRONG OLD ALES

Gold: Robinsons Old Tom

Silver: Bolington – Goldenthal

Bronze: Coniston – No 9 Barley Wine

Finalists:

Dunham Massey             Winter Warmer
Hawkshead                     Brodie’s Prime Export
Lees                               Moonraker
Outstanding                    Imperial IPA

OLD ALES & STRONG MILDS

Gold: Watermill – Shih Tzu

Silver: Saddleworth – Shaftbender

Bronze: Cumbrian Legendary – Grasmoor Dark

Finalists:
Beartown                        Black Bear
Fuzzy Duck                    Ruby Duck
Marble                            Chocolate Marble
Merlin                             Dragonslayer

Unfined beers suitable for vegetarians

 in Festival News

Most of the beers at the festival are fined with isinglass. Below is a list of beers where the brewer has advised that they are unfined and therefore suitable for vegetarians.

BREWERY BEER BAR
Ad Hop Sasquatch 1
Almasty Gingerbread Mild 1
Almasty Winter Saison 1
Alphabet Brew Co A to The K 1
Bad Seed Orange and Rosemary Belgian Pale 1
Bad Seed Summer Ale 1
Beer Nouveau Satanic Mills 1
Beer Nouveau / Chorlton Home Brewers Et Tu Brewtus 1
Beer Nouveau / MBCF Sally’s Tipple 1
Bexar County Un Poquito Pequeño 1
Bexar County Victoria Export Stout 1
Boudicca Spiral Stout 1
Boudicca Three Tails Bitter 1
Brass Castle Cliffhanger 1
Brass Castle Helles Lager 1
Brass Castle Sunshine 1
Five Oh Brew Co Sorachi Grey 1
High Peak Brew Co Pale Ale 2
High Peak Brew Co Porter 2
Left Handed Giant US Porter 2
Moor Old Freddy Walker 2
Moor Sloe Walker 2
Northern Alchemy 60 Min Pils 2
Offbeat Disfunctional Functional IPA 2
Offbeat Lupy Lager 2
Offbeat Off The Rails Chocolate Stout 2
Offbeat Outlandish Pale 2
Pilot Iced Tea Ale 2
Quantum Grailfrit 3
Quantum Milk Stout 3
Stringers No 2 Stout 3
Stubborn Mule Single Hop IPA (Amarillo) 3
Thirst Class Penny Black IPA 3
Thirst Class Wild Wit Fury 3
Torrside Centenial 3
Torrside Franconia 3
Torrside / Manchester Homebrew Club Upstairs Downstairs 3
Waen Snowball 3
Weird Beard Little Things That Kill 3
Weird Beard Pankot Palace 3
Blackjack Ace of Spades Blackjack
Blackjack Aces High Blackjack
Blackjack Belgian Red IPA Blackjack
Blackjack Dead Man’s Hand Blackjack
Blackjack Dragon’s Tears Blackjack
Blackjack Four of a Kind Blackjack
Blackjack New Deck Blackjack
Blackjack Porter Blackjack
Blackjack Snip Snap Snorum Blackjack
Blackjack Stout Blackjack
Blackjack The Pokies Blackjack
Blackjack Wai-iti IPA Blackjack
Blackjack / Hawkshead / Quantum Manuka Blackjack
Cloudwater Bitter Cloudwater
Cloudwater Brown Cloudwater
Cloudwater ESB Cloudwater
Cloudwater Imperial Stout Cloudwater
Cloudwater IPA Cloudwater
Cloudwater Pale Cloudwater
Cloudwater Stout Cloudwater
Ad Hop If you’re hoppy and you know it clap your hands Key-keg
Ad Hop / MBCF Choc Rockin’ Beats Key-keg
Alphabet Brew Co Flat White Key-keg
Alphabet Brew Co Nouvelle Saison: Beetroot and Horseradish Key-keg
Bad Seed I am the one who Equinox Key-keg
Bad Seed Vic Secret Sour Key-keg
Bexar County Death in the Sea of Mediocrity Key-keg
Bexar County Papa Steve Key-keg
Brass Castle Heretic Key-keg
Brass Castle / Ad Hop California Steamin Key-keg
Brew By Numbers 01|14 Saison Jarrylo Key-keg
Brew By Numbers 10|05 San Sebastien Key-keg
Brew By Numbers 25|03 Enigma Key-keg
Intrepid Cornucopia Rhubarb & Strawberry Key-keg
Quantum Imperial Stout (Cranberry) Key-keg
Weird Beard Mac Spreadsheet Ninja Key-keg
Weird Beard Saison 14 Key-keg
Weird Beard Trad Spreadsheet Ninja Key-keg
Marble Chocolate Marble Marble
Marble Earl Grey IPA Marble
Marble Ginger 5.1 Marble
Marble Lagonda IPA Marble
Marble Manchester Bitter Marble
Marble Pint Marble
Marble Stouter Stout Marble

 

The Great Manchester Beer Debate

 in Festival News

WELL, AT LEAST THERE ARE SEATS

Saturday festival-goers can take a foyer seat and join in The Great Manchester Beer Debate, a free discussion on Saturday afternoon, starting at 2.30pm.

If you’re opinionated, interested or passionate about beer and everything associated with making, promoting or just drinking it, we have a star-studded panel for you. Chaired by Connor Murphy – who may take every opportunity to promote the first Manchester Beer Week in June – the panel comprises:

  • Peter Alexander – our Deputy Organiser who blogs about beer as Tandleman
  • Dave Bailey – HardKnott Brewery owner, brewer and force majeure
  • Jerermy Stull – Beermoth co-owner and man of opinions
  • Mark Welsby – Runaway brewer and non-shrinking violet

We expect it to be a rather more lively affair than the BBC’s fast-fading Question Time, and the Chair hopes that questions will flow – especially from “you, yes you – the chap at the back holding the pint”.

All welcome, no charge.

Gluten Free Beers

 in Festival News

With all the beers we have available at MBCF16, we are concious that unfortunately some people can’t enjoy them all because they have an intolerance to some of the ingredients. Most of our beers are made with malted barley and therefore contain gluten.

We have however sourced a number of Gluten Free beers so that coeliacs and others with gluten intolerance can still enjoy a beer or two.

And of course all our range of ciders and perries are also gluten free.

 

Bar 1
First Chop Extra Love Golden Ale 4% Warming, US-style pale ale using real mangos. Hazy golden with a tropical fruit aroma.
First Chop AVA Bitter / Pale Ale 3.5% Czech ‘noble’ aroma & fruity Australian hops give a whole lot more flavour & character than might expect
Bar 2
Nene Valley Bitter Bitter 4.2% A smooth, full-bodied, pale chestnut traditional bitter for everyday drinking
Nene Valley Mid-Week Bender Strong Bitter 7.4% Amber ale brewed to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Maris Otter malt
Bar 3
Stringers Plan B Bitter / Pale Ale 3.7% Pale, light and zesty. With a touch of honey.
Stringers Turbine Porter Porter 5.1% A warming tasty porter with hints of coffee & caramel
The Font – KeyKeg Conditioned Bar
Nene Valley Big Bang Theory Strong Bitter 5.3% Balanced pale ale with a huge hop aroma giving way to malty sweetness and a gentle bitter finish
Bière Sans Frontières – German / Beligian / Czech
Greens Dark Stout / Porter 5.8% A pronounced chocolate flavour with sour cherries and burned sugars, has a rich and complex mouthfeel.
Greens India Pale Ale IPA 5% Amber red in colour with a mix of herbal and pine aroma, a full mouth feel of the special hopping is unique for this IPA
Mongozo Pils Lager / Pils 5% Mongozo Pils is the first beer in the world to combine gluten free, organic and Fairtrade in one bottle. This beer is easy to drink and has a mild slightly bitter flavour of hops.
Brew Dog Vagabond Best Bitter / Pale Ale 4.4% Hop-forward pale ale, that just so happens to be gluten free. Vagabond Pale Ale melds citrus and tropical hop flavours with a light caramel malt base, backed up with a raucously resinous bitterness
Bière Sans Frontières – Rest Of World
Estrella Daura Lager / Pils 5.4% A clear yellow beer with aromas of grain and frosted corn flake aromas. Taste is much the same with toast, grain, and sweetened corn flake flavors on the finish. There is a very mild amount of hop bitterness on the palate with each sip. This beer still tastes like a normal beer of this style even though it is gluten removed. Gluten Free