REJOICE hopsters, Indy Man Beer Con opens this weekend in Victoria Baths.
Organised by Jonny Heyes and the team behind Common, Port Street Beer House and The Beagle, the festival aims to showcase the best craft beers and breweries from the UK and beyond.
Eleven beer tokens will cost you £25 - measures are 1/3 of a pint
The full list of breweries involved, session by session, can be found below, as well as those providing the grub.
And it’s a cracking line-up.
There’s also been a shake-up in the ticketing of this year’s event.
“One Indy Man Beer Coin for any beer at the festival. One token to rule them all,” says the website.
For the first time every beer, from session to super strong, will be the same token price.
“For IMBC 16 we have been working on a token structure that breaks down boundaries, giving all beers at the festival a level playing field. This is in response to the way you, our customers, like to drink at IMBC.
“In our experience you like to try a bit of everything we have on offer: pale, strong, dark, sour, the lot, and we wanted to make this easier. If you have one token in your hand there will be no limitations on where you spend it. You can take that one token and cash it in at any of the 35+ breweries on any given session on any one of the 150+ beers on offer.”
He bloody loves itThe third of a pint measure also still rules, giving drinkers the chance to sample a wider range of brews. Tokens can also be used to purchase food, merchandise, soft drinks, and cider, while excess tokens can be used to purchase cans of their favourites to take away.
It's £25 for eleven beer tokens.
Tickets are now SOLD OUT, sorry.
BEER:
On the THURSDAY 6th and FRIDAY 7th October 2016 sessions you will find…
BEAVERTOWN (London)
CLOUDWATER (Manchester)
FOURPURE (London)
NORTHERN MONK (Leeds)
REDCHURCH (London)
SIREN CRAFT BREW (Wokingham)
WILD BEER CO (Bristol)
ALMASTY (Newcastle)
ARBOR (Bristol)
ATOM (Hull)
BOUNDARY (Belfast)
BRASS CASTLE (York)
BREWDOG (Aberdeen)
CHORLTON BREWING COMPANY (Manchester)
DRY & BITTER (Gørløse, Denmark)
HAWKSHEAD (Kendal)
JESTER KING (Texas, USA)
LERVIG (Stavenger, Norway)
LOST AND GROUNDED (Bristol)
MAD HATTER (Liverpool)
MAGIC ROCK (Huddersfield)
MARBLE (Manchester)
NORTH BREWING CO (Leeds)
QUANTUM (Stockport)
RUNAWAY (Manchester)
SIX DEGREES NORTH (Aberdeen)
SQUAWK (Manchester)
STONE BERLIN (Berlin, Germany)
TO ØL (Copenhagen, Denmark)
TRACK (Manchester)
VERDANT (Falmouth)
WARPIGS (Copenhagen, Denmark)
WYLAM (Newcastle)
The Thirsty Games Bar
FIVECLOUD (Leek)
MAREGADE (London)
WILDE CHILD (Leeds)
Cloudwater will be thereAnd on the SATURDAY 8th and SUNDAY 9th October sessions your IMBC 16 breweries will be…
BEAVERTOWN (London)
CLOUDWATER (Manchester)
FOURPURE (London)
NORTHERN MONK (Leeds)
REDCHURCH (London)
SIREN CRAFT BREW (Wokingham)
WILD BEER CO (Bristol)
AGAINST THE GRAIN (Louisville, USA)
BLACKJACK (Manchester)
BREW BY NUMBERS (London)
BREWDOG (Aberdeen)
BRODIE’S (London)
BURNING SKY (Firle)
BUXTON (Buxton)
HAWKSHEAD (Staveley)
JESTER KING (Texas, USA)
KERNEL (London)
LEFT HANDED GIANT (Bristol)
LERVIG (Stavanger, Norway)
LINES (Caerphilly)
MAGIC ROCK (Huddersfield)
MONDO (London)
MOOR (Bristol)
PARTIZAN (London)
SIX DEGREES NORTH (Aberdeen)
SUMMER WINE (Holmfirth)
THE BEAK (Leeds)
THIRST CLASS (Stockport)
THORNBRIDGE (Bakewell)
TO ØL (Copenhagen, Denmark)
TORRSIDE (New Mills)
VOCATION (Hebden Bridge)
WARPIGS (Copenhagen, Denmark)
WEIRD BEARD (London)
WYLAM (Newcastle)
ZAPATO (Yorkshire)
The Thirsty Games Bar
FIVECLOUD (Leek)
MAREGADE (London)
WILDE CHILD (Leeds)
Almost Famous are bringing the meatFOOD:
AL PASTOR PAUL (Manchester) - Top shelf tacos from the culinary chops of the Common and Beagle kitchens.
ALMOST FAMOUS (Manchester) - Wondrous precision burger flingers, Almost Famous, return to IMBC to power you on through.
BUNDOBUST (Leeds) - Leeds (and soon to be Manchester) Indian street food heroes, Bundobust, make a welcome comeback to IMBC with their always emphatic spread.
GREAT NORTH PIE (Wilmslow) - Pie kind of guys, Great North Pie, are back at IMBC with their wonderful pastry walled houses. Pea me up, Scotty.
HONEST CRUST (Altrincham) - Sourdough pizza legends of Altrincham Market are back in the building with their perfectly blistered edible plates of joy.
MOTHER MAY I (Salford) - Vegan kitchen impresarios, Mother May I, make their IMBC debut with their super impressive health plates.
Snack Vendors:
BLAWD x IDLE HANDS (Manchester) - Two of the greatest minds on the independent Manchester bake/coffee scene unite to create an all-powerful super brain offering you the best bean-based refreshments and dough-based sweet treats.
EPICERIE LUDO (Manchester) - Chorlton deli grocery, Epicerie Ludo, is back at IMBC 16 to sling out the most solid of cheese platters alongside one of a kind meats.
HOLY CRAB (Manchester) - Sustainable seafood and veggie snacks that make one simply proclaim, HOLY CRAB! Making their IMBC debut, make ’em welcome.
IN TRUFFLE WE TRUST (Manchester) - Ganache whisperers, In Truffle We Trust, make their IMBC 16 debut with an outstanding selection of handmade artisan chocolates.
KARKLI (Welbeck) - All-conquering IMBC hero, Karkli, is back in the zone with the most picante and tongue tingling of beer snacks. The immaculate form that is Karkli, in all their flavour clad variants.
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