The 18th Manchester Food and Drink Festival will take place from the 10-21st September across the city and surrounding areas. The Festival’s free central “Hub” is built on Albert Square (a pop up food and drink village), whilst dozens of events take place across the city and surrounding areas too. From foraging to feasting – MFDF has a plate for all palates.
This year’s event will celebrate an
extraordinary time for the city’s food and drink scene and, with this in mind, the
Festival is pleased to announce the biggest, most exciting food jamboree yet
with collaborations from a range of the city’s food stars and visiting gastro
guests too.
The Festival’s now famous “100 Greatest Manchester Beers Fest” does what the name
suggests, and has grown, alongside Manchester’s unstoppable brewing scene, year
on year. This year, organisers have broken the beer fest’s namesake record,
surpassing all other years and are delighted to announce that there’ll be 120
beers on the menu in 2015!
Revellers
will have 7 days to taste their way around the beer map of the region as part
of a sheer beer nirvana experience from the 14th – 20th September.
The exciting likes of Cloudwater, Runaway and Alphabet are just some of the new
kids on the block that will be available from the giant, beer banquet bar this
year, alongside comparative veterans such as 7 Brothers and Squawk (formed way back in 2013!)
Of course, longer-established brewers feature too in the enormous beer bar that is the centrepiece of the Hub for the final furlong of the Festival.
The bar will sit alongside the huge range of streetfooders, foodie events and masterclasses, cocktail bar, wine bar and an excellent live music programme all taking place at the free to enter Festival Hub.
Stars of the show include…
Allgates Brewery presenting Tag, California, Florida, Wigan Junction, Dry Bones, Patchcroft and Plum Porter
Banktop Brewery presenting Barley to Beer, Sweeney’s, Flat Cap, Gold Digger, Dark Mild and Port O’Call
Blackedge Brewery presenting HoP, Pike, American, Black Stout and Ginger.
Boggot Hole presenting Cascade, Dark Mild, 99 Steps and I Am Beer.
Brightside Brewery presenting Odin, The Optimist, Our Town, Best Bitter, Manchester Skyline, Mancunian, Amarillo and B-side Golden Ale.
Dunham Massey Brewery presenting Green Hop Beer, Summer Meadow, Chocolate Cheery Mild, Obelisk, Mildly Ginger and Big Tree Bitter.
Dunscar Bridge Brewery presenting Gold and Monroe.
First Chop Brewery presenting SUN, AVA, DOC, Extra Love, Good Measure and CHA.
Greenfield Brewery presenting Silver Owl, Dobcross Bitter, Copper Cascade, Greenfield and Pretty Eclectic.
Greenmill Brewery presenting Gold, Northern Lights, Old Git, Citrus Snap, Big Chief, Hophurst, Cosmaty, Joust, Flaxen and Campfire.
Hornbeam Brewery presenting Lemon Blossom, Poke, Top Hop Best Bitter and Voyager.
Irwell Works Brewery presenting Lightweights and Gentlemen, Breadcrumbs, Mad Dogs and Englishmen, Steam Plate Best Bitter and Costa Del Salford.
Leyden Brewery presenting Balaclava, Black Pudding, Oyster Stout and Raglan Sleeve.
Lymm Brewing Company presenting Lymm Bitter and Lymm Heritage Trail Ale.
Martland Mill Brewery presenting Clog Maker, Lancashire Loom and Chonkin Fettle.
Phoenix Brewery presenting Hopsack, Double Gold, Arizona, Spotland Gold and Tornado
Wilson Potter presenting Tandell Hill, Holkham Hill, Rum in the Black and Ruby Red.
Trakk presenting Sonoma, Toba and Zaka
And… with their beers soon to be announced:
Pictish Brewery Problem Child
The Festival’s Wainwright Ale Trail Bar will open proceedings at the Festival Hub and will be taking
over the mammoth Festival Bar from the 10th – 13th
September, setting the tone for some serious beer appreciation before the 100
Greatest Fest rolls into the Hub. The The Wainwright Ale Trail Bar will provide ample opportunity
to savour its delicate citrussy flavours balanced... but that's just the start
of the trail. Festival-goers will be invited to explore the wonderful
combinations of hops and malts featured on the bar. For new drinkers wanting to try cask ale for
the first time it's the perfect, unintimidating introduction. The Wainwright
team will guide with simple-to-understand tasting notes and sampling sessions.
In all, there’ll be 15 different beers to choose from, including seven cask
beers from five separate breweries. In addition there are four craft keg beers
plus four European lagers, including the award winning Czech Pilsner Krosowice
making its debut. Tasting sessions will run in the Snug next to the Wainwright
Ale Trail Bar.
On Friday 18 you can even pair your pint with creations from a six-course Experimental Ice Cream Banquet from Ginger's Comfort Emporium (£35). Buy tickets here
100 Greatest Manchester Beers Fest, Festival Hub, Albert Square, M2 5DB, 14-20 Sept, noon-11pm. Free
