Cider & Perry List 2013

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Here's the list of traditional ciders and perries which have been ordered for the festival so far. More will be added nearer the festival date. Cider ABV Barbourne Dry 6% Medium 6% Barkers Cider 6% Biddenden Bushels 6% Strong 8% Broadoak Bristol Port 6% KB 7.5% Moonshine 7.5% Crones Organic 7.5% Crossmans Cider Dry 6% … Read more

Belgian Beers 2013

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List of Belgian bottles beers which will be available at the 2013 Chorlton Beer & Cider Festival

Beer ABV
Blanche des Honnelles 6.0%
De Koninck 5.0%
Moinette Blonde 8.5%
Ecaussinnes Cookie Beer 8.0%
Ecaussinnes Ultramour 5.0%
Floris Mango 3.6%
Floris Apple 3.5%
Floris Passionfruit 3.6%
Floris Honey 4.5%
Floris Kriek 3.6%
Floris Chocolat 4.2%
Delirium Tremens 8.5%
Het Anker Lucifer 8.0%
Timmermans Peche 4.0%
Slaapmutske Blond 6.4%
St Feuillien Triple 8.5%
St Feuillien Blonde 7.5%
Het Anker Boscoli 3.5%
Blanche de Bruxelles 4.5%
Lindemans Cassis .5%
Mort Subite Gueze 4.5%
Bersalis Kadet 4.5%
Brugse Zot Blond 6.0%
Petrus Special 5.5%
Ename Dubbel 6.5%

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Mild Magic Participating Pubs 2013

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The following pubs are participating in Mild Magic 2013 ADSWOOD Cross Keys; ALL SAINTS Sandbar; ALTRINCHAM Costello's Bar; BROADHEATH Old Packet House; CASTLEFIELD Wharf; CHEADLE Cheshire Line, Crown, Red Lion; CHEADLE HULME Cheadle Hulme, Church Inn, Kings Hall; CHORLTON Oddest, Sedge Lynn; CHORLTON GREEN Horse & Jockey, Beech; COMPSTALL Northumberland Arms; DIDSBURY Fletcher Moss, Milson … Read more

Mild Magic 2013

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Mild Magic 2013The local branches of the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) in Manchester, Stockport & the surrounding towns are pleased to announce details of Mild Magic 2013.

Mild Magic is the annual celebration of an endangered beer style, cask conditioned Mild which for 2013 will see over 100 pubs participating in a "pub passport scheme" – one of the largest such promotions in the country. These pubs have committed to stocking a cask conditioned Mild for the duration of the promotion with drinkers able to collect stickers when drinking Mild in these pubs. At the end of the promotion, completed sticker cards can be exchanged for prizes including free entry to Stockport Beer Festival and a range of exclusive Mild Magic clothing.

 Click here for full list of partipating pubs

Click here to download collectors card

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Pub Of The Season – Spring 2013

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Old Packet House

Trafford & Hulme branch have voted the Old Packet House, Navigation Road, Broadheath as their Pub Of The Season for Spring 2013. Built in the 1770’s the Old Packet House was the second stopping place on the journey, by boat or barge, from Manchester to Runcorn along the Bridgewater Canal, providing shelter for passengers and storage facilities for packages for dispatch or collection. Now run, since June 2004, by the father & daughter team of Terry & Claire Hardman.  The pub is now a cheery & welcoming local serving two cask ales, Little Bollington from Dunham Massey and Golden Best from Timothy Taylors

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Old Packet House, Braodheath

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Flixton and Urmston 2013

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On a relatively mild Saturday in January 2013, the Trafford and Hulme branch had a long overdue trip to the far reaches of Flixton and back to Urmston, including a chance to visit some new clubs (to some) now sending out the real ale message. A Saturday afternoon social does not suit all but was … Read more

The 9th Chorlton Beer Festival

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Trafford and Hulme CAMRA and St Clements Church are pleased to confirm that the 9th Chorlton Beer and Cider Festival will take place on Friday 5th and Saturday 6th July 2013.

The festival will feature its largest range of cask ales ever with over 90 planned. There will be the usual mix of established festival favourites, the best from local breweries and a selection of carefully chosen featured beers from around the country. There has been an explosion of new breweries in the area over the last couple of years and there are now 66 breweries located within 20 miles of the festival. 

For the second year in a row, the festival will be hosting the North West Round of the Champion Speciality Beer Of Britain Competition – visitors can look forward to sampling the best cask ales with unusual ingredients – fruit, spices, honey and whatever else brewers choose to brew with. The finalists are voted for by CAMRA members across the North West with the top eight coming to Chorlton where they will be judged by a panel made up of trained CAMRA tasters, local publicans and celebrities. The winning beer will go forward to be judged against the winners of rounds across the country at the Great British Beer Festival in London.

Alongside the cask ales, there will be a choice of around 50 traditional ciders and perries and a large range of bottled continental beers from some of Europe's finest traditional breweries.

Find the festival on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ChorltonBeerFestival

Follow us on twitter @chorlbeerfest

Opening Times:
Friday 5th July: 5pm – 10.30pm
Saturday 6th Juy: 2pm – 9.30pm

Festival Entry:
£5 including a free souvenir glass.
CAMRA members will receive a free half pint on presentation of a valid membership card.

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Pub Of The Season – Winter 2012/13

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parlour night

parlour nightThe Trafford & Hulme CAMRA Pub Of The Season for Winter 2012/13 is The Parlour, Beech Road, Chorlton.

The presentation will take place from 8-30pm on Thursday 10th January. All welcome to join in the celebration and beat the post-holiday blues.

Since opening in 2010 The Parlour has attracted plenty of attention and customers. Sister pub to the much revived Castle in Manchester, real ale is a prominent feature of the bar, and a newly discovered passion for managers Jamie and his wife Goska.

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Pub Of The Season – Autumn 2012

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Hillary Step

The Trafford & Hulme Branch Pub Of The Season for Autumn 2012 is The Hillary Step on Upper Chorlton Road, Whalley Range. The award will be presented on Monday 1st October from 8pm. The pub are promising to lay on an extra special range of beers – all are welcome.

Hillary StepThe pub achieved brief notoriety when it first opened in 2004 by being Manchester’s first non-smoking pub. Although the change in the law three years later removed its unique selling point, the pub has continued to go from strength to strength, so much so that earlier this year, it almost doubled in size with a large extension being added to the rear and the bar being extended.

Prior to the Hillary Step, drinkers in Whalley Range had to journey to The Whalley right at the northern end of Upper Chorlton Road or south to neighbouring Chorlton. Set in a short row of shops a few hundred yards from the junction with Seymour Grove, the Hilary was neighbour to well regarded Italian restaurant Palmiro which had been established in 2000. The two venues gave new life to the area and were soon joined by Jam Street Café. Palmiro was sold in early 2010 and is now the home to Nip & Tipple, the three bars now making this short strip a viable alternative to Cholrton’s more intensive scene.

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