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Beer Festivals
Trafford & Hulme CAMRA currently organise the Chorlton Beer & Cider Festival in conjunction with St Clement's Church, Chorlton
The festival offers visitors the opportunity to sample a much wider selection of real ales than you could do at even the best pub. All Trafford & Hulme festivals also feature a range of traditional cider & perries.
The eight Greater Manchester branches of CAMRA join together to organise the Manchester Beer and Cider Festival, the innaugaural festival being arranged for January 2014 at the iconic Manchester Velodrome at the National Cycling Centre.
In addition, many members of the branch volunteer at other CAMRA festivals including the The Great British Beer Festival.
All CAMRA festivals rely on the efforts of CAMRA volunteers to run. Volunteering to work at beer festivals is great fun and an excellent way to make new friends.
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The 7th Chorlton Beer & Cider Festival once again saw drinkers descend on St Clements Church in their thousands, drinking the festival dry 45 minutes before planned closing on Saturday night.
Organisers ordered 20% more beer, cider & perry than in 2010 but even torrential rain on opening night, Friday 8th July, could not drive the Chorlton community away. Over 3000 pints of ale & 800 of traditional cider & perry were sold on Friday alone, at a rate of almost 15 pints a minute.
Visitors had the choice of 40 locally brewed beers from the CAMRA LocAle bar plus a further 22 sourced from outside of the local area on the second bar opposite. The LocAle selection included festival specials "Clement Summer" from Macclesfield's Bollington Brewery and "STout CLEMENT", brewed by the Bootleg Brewing Company just 200m down St Clements Road at The Horse & Jockey pub.
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After last year's sell out, this year's Chorlton Beer & Cider Festival will have 20% more cask ale than last year.
These will be split over two bars. The LocAle bar will feature beers from local breweries, while the "FarAle" bar will feature some of the best breweries from the 700 in the rest of the UK. For the first time at Chorlton, some beers will be served via handpump, with the rest served by gravity.
The list of beers delivered to the festival is given below.
We cannot guarantee the availability of any particular beer at any given time.
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Here's the provisional list of cider & perries for this year's festival.
CIDER | ||
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DRY | ||
| Biddenden Bushels | 6.00% | |
| Hartlands Islay Malt Cask Smokey | 7.50% | Whisky Cask |
| New Forest Kingston Black | 7.00% | Single Variety |
| Tardebrigge | 6.50% | |
| Virtual Orchard Hardcore | 6.50% | Gold |
MEDIUM | ||
| Gwatkins Kingston Black | 7.50% | Single Variety |
| Gwatkins Stoke Red | 7.50% | Single Variety |
| Hecks Port Wine Of Glastonbury | 6.50% | Single Variety |
| Ralphs | 7.50% | |
| Rathays Red Donkey | 6.00% | |
| Sandford Orchards | 6.00% | |
| Winkleigh Sams | 6.00% | |
| Gwatkins Yarlington Mill Rum Cask | 7.50% | Rum |
SWEET | ||
| Broadoak Moonshine | 7.50% | |
| Broadoak Old Bristolian | 7.50% | |
| Carey Organic | 6.00% | Certified Organic |
| Countryman | 6.50% | |
| Double Vision | 7.40% | |
| Gregg's Pit Brown/Kingston Black & Sweet Coppin | 7.50% | |
| Gwynt y Ddraig Black Dragon | 7.30% | Silver |
| Hartland | 6.00% | Bronze |
| Mad Hatter Nine Holes | 6.70% | Made In Stockport |
| Mad Hatter Sunny Bank | 7.30% | Made In Stockport |
| Springherne | 6.50% | |
PERRY | ||
DRY | ||
| Hecks Blakney Red | 6.50% | Single Variety |
MEDIUM | ||
| Olivers | 6.50% | Joint Bronze |
| Ralphs | 6.00% | Joint Bronze |
| Rathays Painted Lady | 5.00% | Gold |
| Rathays Sutton St Nicholas | 6.40% | |
| Springherne | 6.30% | |
SWEET | ||
| Broadoak | 7.50% | |
| Double Vision Impeared Vision | 7.40% | |
| Gwynt y Ddraig Malvern Hills | 7.00% | |
| Gwyny y Ddraig Two Trees | 4.50% | Silver |
| Note. List is preliminary. Final range available will depend on actual deliveries. Cider & Perry at the Festival might differ to this in strength and taste. | ||
Beer list to follow shortly.
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7th Chorlton Beer & Cider Festival
St Clements Church, Edge Lane, Chorlton-cum-Hardy
Friday 8th July 2011 - 5pm - 10.30pm
Saturday 9th July 2011 - 2pm - 10.30pm
More beer, cider and perry than ever before - 20% more than in 2010.
New simplified entry system
More room in beer hall
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The 6th Chorlton Beer Festival
This year over 50 real ales will be available to sample along with a collection of at least 30 traditional ciders.
On Saturday afternoon (until 7.00pm) children are welcome and receive free entry. A range of bands will be playing live music throughout the festival and even pouring rain has failed to dampen the spirits in previous years.
The Chorlton Beer Festival is run by St Clement's Church Chorlton in keeping with the church's desire to become an integral part of Chorlton life. The beer festival is organised and run by members of the church with the aid of Trafford and Hulmel Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) branch.
The Festival has its own website http://chorltonbeerfestival.org.uk/
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Following the success of the previous three year’s festivals, St Clements Church have enrolled Trafford and Hulme Branch of CAMRA to ensure the quality and range of the beers continue to develop. Although T&H have been instrumental in organising, managing and serving the beer for the previous festivals, this is the first time that the relationship has become official, meaning that the event has now hit the CAMRA diary.
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Chorlton Beer Festival 2007 - A Bar Manager's View
Once again, St Clements church in Chorlton approached Trafford & Hulme branch to request assistance in looking after and serving the beers at their, now annual, fund raising beer festival. Read a Bar Managers view of the festival
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This is the list of foreign bottled beers ordered for the 2nd Manchester Museum Of Science And Industry Real Ale & Cider Festival.
As ever, the list is subject to change and availability of a given beer cannot be guaranteed.
| Brewery | Tasting Notes | ABV |
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Trappist | Beers brewed to strict order by Trappist Monks |
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| Orval | Golden amber with a sour apple aroma | 6.2 |
| Rochefort 8 | Dark and complex with a great balance | 9.3 |
| Westmalle Tripel | A hoppy bitter tripel full of character | 9 |
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Regional Beers | A selection from some of Belgium’s Regional selection | |
| De la Senne Taras Bulba | Golden hoppy ale with citrus tones | 4.5 |
| De la Senne Zinnebir | Sweet malty, fruity and yeasty with a smooth bitterness | 5.8 |
| Dupont Moinette Blonde | A golden ale with a yeasty malty aroma, very nice | 8.5 |
| Dupont Saison | Classic Saison style ale, perhaps the best in Belgium | 6.5 |
| De Ranke XX Bitter | A classic ‘strong bitter’ ale, one of the best bitter ales in Belgium | 6.2 |
| Slaapmutske Blonde | ‘Nightcap’ is a wonderful blonde beer with a nice balance of malts, citrus, and yeast. | 6.4 |
| St Bernardus Pater 6 | Slightly dry and full flavoured, punching above it’s weight at 6.7% | 6.7 |
| St Bernardus Wit | Excellent Wit beer made using citrus spices | 5.5 |
| St Feuillien Blonde | This light ale has a deep golden colour with a smooth, frothy head. | 7.5 |
| St Feuillien Triple | One of the best Belgian triples well balanced and flavoursome | 8.5 |
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Geuze Beers | Complex sour beers brewed using spontaneous fermentation, for connoisseurs | |
| Frank Boon Oude Geuze | A subtle blend of aged lambics, slightly sour with a citrus, musty aroma | 5 |
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Fruit Beers | A small selection of this popular style of beer | |
| Liefmans Cuvee Brut Kriek | A sweet cherry beer made with brown ale | 6 |
| Timmermans Peche | A light and refreshing peach beer | 4 |
| Timmermans Strawberry | Refreshing and subtle strawberry beer | 4 |
| Lindemanns Cassis | Blackcurrant beer with a champagne like finish | 3.5 |
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HOLLAND | ||
| De Molen Vuur & Vlam | A wonderful hoppy, bitter beer in the American IPA style | 6.2 |
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GERMANY | ||
| Andechser Weisse Hefetrüb | One of Germany’s best Weisse beers, a subtle banana and spicy mouthfeel and a dry finish | 5.5 |
| Ayinger Brau Jahrhundert (Hell) | Golden in colour with a hint of lemon, some caramel sweetness, with a crisp clean finish | 5.5 |
| Göller Original | An aromatic dry pilsner with a lingering finish | 4.9 |
| Göller Zeiler Hell | A bitter-sweet favour with a light to medium body | 4.9 |
| Göller Brotzeit Seidla | A complex bitter beer with a dry finish and a hint of vanilla softer than pils | 4.3 |
| Gut Forsting Export Hell | A superbly crafted ‘Helles’, a smooth mouthfeel with a well balanced body | 5.2 |
| Hellers Kölsch | From a small brew pub in Cologne, rarely seen outside Germany, a slightly sweet Kölsch | 5 |
| Gastof Kraus Hefeweizen | A smooth beer with the aroma of banana, clove and lemon, crisp and sweet | 5.5 |
| Gastof Kraus Edelpils | Crisp and refreshing, slightly buttery and a gentle malt flavour with subtle spices | 4.7 |
| Tegernseer Spezial | A pale yellow beer with a malty, grainy, grassy aroma and a fruity aroma | 5.6 |
| Tegernsee Hell | With malty and lemon notes this is a very nice ‘Helles’, with a mildly hoppy, dry finish | 4.8 |
| Tegernsee Max Joseph | Golden in colour with a light citrus aroma, with a slightly sweet honey/citrus taste | 5.2 |
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The 15th Chorlton Beer and Cider Festival will be held on 11th - 13th July 2019 at St Clement's Church on Edge Lane in Chorlton-cum-Hardy.
Run in conjunction with St Clements, the festival began in 2005 to raise funds for the repair of the church buildings, but has grown to become a firm fixture in the Chorlton social calendar and the branch's premier festival. The festival continues to raise funds for the upkeep of the church complex which offers a wide range of meeting places serving the Chorlton community.
The festival takes place in the buildings and grounds of the Church. 2019 will see the festival focus on local breweries and community events. Expect 60+ beer plus one of Manchester's largest cider & perry bars with over 50 traditional ciders & perries.
There's live music in the grounds and a range of quality street food available at each session.
For more info see www.chorltonbeerfestival.org.uk
MOSI Real Ale Festival Article Count: 8
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In March 2011 Trafford & Hulme CAMRA joined with Manchester Museum Of Science & Industry (MOSI) to organise the First MOSI Real Ale Festival which was followed by a successful second festival in March 2012.
For 2013, the festival has moved to September. The Third MOSI Real Ale & Cider Festival will take place from Thursday 26th to Saturday 28th September 2013.
Other Festivals Article Count: 0
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