Beer lovers and local residents will be toasting the return of Bury’s biggest Beer Festival.

After three years, Bury Beer Festival is making a return to The Met on November 11 and 12 for a celebration and to raise a glass to the borough’s booming microbreweries.

Over the weekend festival goers will be able to sample more than 100 beers available on keg, cask, bottle and can from local brewers.

The Met will also be running its own cider bar and there will be live music from a line-up of musicians including Flat Cap 2 and DJ sets from Wax and Beans.

Drinkers will also get the chance to vote for the coveted Bury’s “Beer of the Year” award and food will be provided by The Met’s own restaurant, Automatic, from the upstairs bar.

Victoria Robinson, CEO of The Met said: “We’re so pleased that the beer festival is back after a very long wait!

“We’re really looking forward to welcoming beer fans back to The Met – the perfect space for the festival.

“Once again, we’ll be working with local brewers and businesses to give beer fans a choice of fantastic ales and ciders and many local bars will also be joining in the fun.

“This year we’re delighted to receive so much support from a record number of sponsors and we would like to extend our warmest thanks for their invaluable support.”

The Met has welcomed support from the newly formed Bury Business Improvement District (BID) which is sponsoring the Bury Beer Week which is taking place all over the town.

The Beer Festival is a favourite with the region’s beer drinkers, and also provides support to local breweries. This year the event will welcome:

  • Brewsmith, family-run microbrewery based in Ramsbottom.
  • Brightside: Award-winning beers from Radcliffe.
  • Deeply Vale: Family business established in central Bury in 2012.
  • Northern Monkey: Fine craft beers from the Bolton brewery.
  • Rivington: A Modern craft brewery founded in 2014 drawing inspiration from the past.
  • Strange Times: A Salford-based brewery with over fifty years of collective experience in the beer industry and a desire to experiment.
  • Red Rose: Beer done good. Made in Lancashire with British hops.
  • Kwoff: Manchester-based win and wine merchant stocking beers not found in the supermarket.

In the run-up to the weekend, local independent pubs including Thirsty Fish, Broad Street, Automatic and Trackside will be joining in the fun with a week-long celebration of beer, with entertainment and tastings.

The festival is an important charity fundraiser, and the money raised will continue to help The Met run its successful year-long programme of events and community activities.

The festival sponsors include, Bury BID, AFG Law, Avoria, Butcher and Barlow, Clough and Willis, Handelsbanken, JM Architects, Lex Business, Longden & Cook, Performance Electrical, PM&M, WHN Solicitors, Thumbs Up, Appleyard and Trew, and 2DegreesC.

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