We may have had the season for boozing but why not carry on the sipping and celebrating into 2025? After all, January is normally a little quiet. Luckily street food venue GRUB is here to brighten up the cold month with their annual Winter Beer Fest.
Taking place from January 16-18, the festival will bring together some of the best breweries in the UK, serving a selection of their best winter brews. Punters can expect pop-up brewery bars from Green Quarter neighbours Green Arches, Bristol’s Left Handed Giant, Leeds microbrewery Tartarus Beers and family-run Zapato Brewing in Colne Valley, plus over 30 guest taps from even more amazing breweries on the GRUB bars.
The street food destination located in the Green Quarter will also be running guided beer tasting events over the weekend, alongside an independent street food market, a mulling bar, cocktails and more. You can also expect beereoke and the ultimate pub quiz that is all about pubs too.
Winter Beer Fest will take place at GRUB over four sessions:
- Thursday 16th January, 5pm – 11pm
- Friday 17th January, 5pm – 11pm
- Saturday 18th January, 12 noon – 5pm
- Saturday 18th January, 6pm – 11pm
Tickets for the Thursday session are priced at £4 (with a limited number of early birds available at £3) and tickets for the Friday & Saturday sessions are priced at £5 (with a limited number of early birds available at £4). Tickets include entry to the festival, access to the full range of beers including all the brewery bars and guest taps, free optional entry to any of the entertainment events taking place during your session as well as a souvenir glass to take home.
Just a short walk from Manchester Victoria station, GRUB boasts two floors of indoor seating, three bars, different events spaces hosting all types of events and not forgetting Manchester’s best kept secret beer garden. The street food hotspot, which food trader line-up rotates weekly, is also home to a unique independent cinema (Chapeltown Picture House) and performance space- perfect to cosy up in with some independent food and drink over the colder months.
Tickets are now live on GRUB’s website. A limited numbers of £6 tickets may be available on the door and will be allocated on a first come, first served basis.
Find GRUB at The Red Bank Project, M4 4HF.