WHAT we need is more beer. After supping Manchester dry during this long hot summer to end all long, hot summers there’s now a chance to contemplate escaping the coming winter while tackling a mind-boggling array of craft ales from one of the great destinations – the USA.
Head down to Spinningfields Square on Friday and Saturday, September 14 and 15. and tap into Virgin Atlantic and Delta Air Lines’ specially flown-in vending machine.
It will be serving 230 different US craft beers – from San Francisco’s Anchor Steam to Neapolitan Milk Stout from Michigan and Wandering Blues in Georgia. Oh, and if you really must, there’s non-alcoholic root beers, too.
It’s all to publicise the 200-plus US destinations that UK travellers can fly to from Manchester Airport. So there’ll be in-flight snacks and money-off flight vouchers also on offer, both days, from noon until 7pm.
Our resident beer expert recommends you try (in moderation, of course):
New York: Sixpoint Brewing Sweet Action (5.0% ABV) Founded in 2004 in Brooklyn, Sixpoint started as a draught-only brewery before moving on to release canned creations in 2010. The company's motto is Beer is Culture, a play on the cultural significance of beer and brewing, as well as the point that yeast is, in fact, a culture.
Boston: Spencer Brewing Trappist Ale (6.5% ABV) Brewed by the Trappist monks of St. Joseph’s Abbey in Spencer, Massachusetts, the Spencer Brewery