I’ll drink to that: Stockport Beer and Cider Festival attracts thousands of pint purists and ale anoraks
More than 6000 beer enthusiasts will descend on Edgeley Park this weekend to drink in the 28th Stockport Beer and Cider Festival.
Stein me up! Global Bavarian beer festival Oktoberfest set to pour on Manchester’s Albert Square
Beer enthusiasts will be able to drink their fill as the world’s biggest beer festival, Oktoberfest, will soon be settling down in Manchester’s Albert Square on October 22-26
More round for your pound: UK’s first Pound Pub slammed for creating ‘staggering morning drunks’
An Atherton pub is causing a stir amongst revellers by offering alcoholic drinks for just £1 in the UK’s first Pound Pub.
Ale to the king: Iron Maiden celebrate first anniversary of Stockport-brewed beer Trooper
Iron Maiden-branded beer Trooper, brewed by Stockport-based Robinsons, is celebrating a hugely successful first year in business today.
Up in smoke: Rochdale pair see £3.2m bootleg cigarette haul BURNED for National Grid
Two Castleton, Rochdale, pirate tobacco barons are behind bars over a plot to smuggle £3.2million worth of bootlegged cigarettes into Britain – hidden inside crates of fruit.
Sips ahoy! Manchester’s steady ship Privateer Beers sets sail for boozy victory
Manchester’s burgeoning craft beer scene has another ship of the horizon – Privateer Beers!
You’re ale-ways on my mind: Beer expert Ron Pattinson chats all things hops and barley after Manchester trip
Self-confessed lover of all-things-ale-related and of ‘general drunkenness’ Ron Pattinson talks, erm, all things beer with MM.
A feather in the cap: Manchester microbrewery Squawk takes flight with range of new craft beers
MM meets the man behind Manchester’s latest microbrewery Squawk Brewing Company.
From the bottle to the grave: Manchester is UK drink death capital city
Manchester’s alcohol-related deaths are among the highest in the country – second only to Blackpool – claims a report from the Office of National Statistics.
Time to clink: Beers and ideas to flow in booze-inspired Northern Quarter networking event
‘Beers and Ideas’ will be held tomorrow at The Basement, Little Lever St, Manchester, from 6-10pm
Hoppy holidays! Manchester beer lovers helped to explore European Holy Gr-ales of hops by boozy travellers
A Manchester company are offering beer enthusiasts the chance to experience the best of foreign beer festivals by organising trips to a number of top European destinations.