Better with a brew: the beer-lover's guide to summer | There's a beer for that
Make the most of the summer with this guide to the best events and beer and food festivals around the country. Challenge your taste buds with some new beers, broaden your musical tastes and have a bit of a boogie ...
Foodies Festivals: 23 June-3 September
These events have, in the past, included Michelin-starred chefs such as Prue Leith, now a judge on the Great British Bake Off. The Drinks Theatre is the place to sup beer with perfectly paired food. And if you’re brave enough, enter the chilli-eating competition. A one-day VIP ticket includes a goody bag, plus priority entry to theatres and masterclass sessions. You can also hear the best of British unsigned music on the live music stage.
Nationwide
Manchester Beer Week: 23 Juneâ€"2 July
It’s the party capital of the north and last year an estimated 10,000 visitors flocked here for its inaugural beer week. The cream of Manchester’s brewing talent is vying for your attention. Check out Black Jack’s special beer for the event available at Co-op stores around Manchester. Special tastings, talks and beer-inspired meals are just some of the 94 options on offer. Enjoy the carnival atmosphere in Madchester’s brewing hubs of Piccadilly and the Green Quarter.
Various Manchester venues
Glasgow Mela: 2 July
Scotland’s biggest free multicultural festival, in Glasgow’s beautiful Kelvingrove Park, vibrates with live music, theatre performances and fantastic food from all over the world. There’s shopping galore at the Mela bazaar, which offers a range of textiles, fragrances, saris, accessories and gifts. One of the best live acts to catch here is Material Men, who were on the Guardian’s list of top five dance shows of 2017 â€" a unique display of classical Indian and hip-hop.
Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow G3 6BY
London Beer City: 3-13 August
Now in its fourth year, this 10-day long celebration takes in the capital’s best breweries (including Beavertown, Five Points, Fourpure and Fuller’s), pubs, bars and bottle shops. More than 100 events will take place, including Sour Power, your chance to sample sour beers from the UK and Belgium perfectly matched with unusual food pairings.
Various London locations
Great British Beer Festival: 8-12 August
Celebrating its 40th birthday, the Great British Beer Festival showcases a fine range of more than 900 real ales and international craft beers. Brewery bars include Ireland’s White Hag, with its Black Boar Imperial Stout; Tiny Rebel from south Wales and its Bo Ho Pils; and Oxford’s XT Brewing Co. There are also pub games, live music, food stalls, including some of London’s finest street food vendors, and tutored tasting sessions.
Olympia London, Hammersmith Rd, Kensington, London W14 8UX
Edinburgh Fringe: 4-28 August
The Pleasance Courtyard is a great place to soak up the atmosphere of the world’s largest arts festival. It’s considered by many to be the heart of the Fringe, as well as a useful spot for eyeballing the stars of the festival who come to unwind after a hard day on the boards. For cool dudes, head to the Bourbon Bar, which offers an excellent selection of pale ales and the local Belhaven Scottish Oat Stout.
Various Edinburgh venues
Just So Festival: 18-20 August
Inspector Morse, who loved his beer and his opera, would feel at home here. At the Just So Festival, held in the grounds of Rode Hall, a Georgian country house, there’s a heady mix of literature, arts, theatre, music and comedy. This upmarket camping festival also offers star-gazing sessions led by an astronomer, so you can ponder the universe after sampling from a selection of fine ales at the Towbar, a funky bar on wheels, built from the shell of a 1970s Eccles Turbotown speedster 111.
Rode Hall Parkland, Scholar Green, Cheshire ST7 3QP
Toby’s Garden Festival: 16-17 September
Back for a fourth year, Toby’s Garden Festival â€" held this summer in the stunning setting of Forde Abbey â€" is a firm favourite. This year’s festival combines two of the UK’s favourite hobbies â€" gardening and beer drinking. Guest speakers Christine Walkden (BBC One Show) and Charlie Dimmock will be on hand to answer all your questions . You can also sample a range of ales and the magnificent food hall stocks speciality foods from all over the West Country.
Forde Abbey, West Dorset, TA20 4LU
Cask Ale Week: 21 Septemberâ€"1 October
If you’re looking to improve your knowledge of the amber liquid then Cask Ale Week is full of tasty surprises. Last year, hundreds of pubs, breweries and Camra branches took part, keen to try out new beers on thirsty punters. There’s 12,000 free pints of cask ale lined up and your name is on one of them, redeemed by signing up using your smartphone.
Various venues nationwide
Bristol Beer Week: 14-21 October
Bristol Beer Week celebrates the people at the core of the Bristol beer scene, home to some of the country’s most lauded small breweries and independent establishments. Now in its fifth year Bristol Beer Week takes place between 14 and 21 October, with a wide range of events taking place throughout the week.
Various venues in Bristol
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