Beer Festivals

The splendid Chorlton Beer and Cider festival returns to St. Clements Church on the 6th-8th July. This is a friendly festival with a great selection of Beers, Food and Entertainment The full beer list for the festival is now on the festival website:

https://chorltonbeerfestival.org.uk/beer/

You'll also find the cider and perry line up and details of the gin bar on the site. Tickets are now available:-

https://chorltonbeerfestival.org.uk/tickets/.

where you can buy tickets, but note as usual, they are selling out quickly, so to avoid disappointment get yours now.

Our congratulations go to Dunham Massey Brewery whose Deer Beer received the Bronze prize in the "Beer of the Festival" competition at Chorlton Beer Festival 2022. The certificate was eventually awarded to the Brewery on the 20th December at Costellos Altrincham. Here we see from left to right:-

John Costello  (Owner Costello’s & Dunham Massey Brewery), Ben Cook (Deer Beer brewer), Caz O'Donnel (Festival Organizing Comittee) and Jamie Stevens (Brewer)

Well that was fun!!!

After a three year gap, it was great to see the grounds of St Clement’s packed with happy people enjoying the beer, the cider, the gin, the music and the sun! Attendance on all three days exceeded all expectations and you almost drank us out of beer – but not quite..

. and we extend a warm thank you to the around 90 volunteers gave up their time to make the festival happen – some of them working for months in advance – and we hope you agree they did a great job. With it being so busy on Saturday, volunteers on the gate and on the bars worked almost non-stop in sweltering heat for hours and hours on end to keep you supplied with drinks. And we must pay special thanks to the dozen or so who worked through until after midnight clearing the church hall ready for Sunday service and then came back to work all day Sunday to take down the Youth Centre and Cider bar and transport it all back to the CAMRA storage.

We would also like to say thanks to all our sponsers – Brightside Brewery, Blackjack Brewing Co, Thirst Class Ale, The Beer House, Fell Brewery and the Prairie Schooner Tap House – and the local businesses who sponsored a cask. 

Also thank you to all who voted for your beer & cider of the festival, sponsored by The Font.

The votes have been counted and we are pleased to confirm that the winners were:

Cask Beer Of The Festival

• Winner: Marble – Birthday Beers No. 3 Ginger
• Runner Up: Dunham Massey – Deer Beer

Keg Beer Of The Festival

• Winner: Wander Beyond – Dragon Dance
• Runner Up: Thirst Class – Stocky Oatmeal Stout

Overall Beer Of The Festival

• Winner: Marble – Birthday Beers No.3 Ginger
• Runner Up: Wander Beyond – Dragon Dance

As we were unable to hold the normal Chorlton Beer Festival we have organized a "Festival in the Community"  supporting  St. Clements Church charities and the local clubs and bars.

The festival runs from 1st-9th October and between these dates you can pick up a card at participating venues or down load one from HERE and print it yourself..

Collect a sticker for each bar you visit, collecting as many stickers as you can. Enter your contact detail on the card and retiurn it to the Beer House to be entered into the prize draw.

Don't forget to donate generously to the Church using the QR code on the card or by visiting the festival Just Giving page https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/chorlton-beerfest