Smokefest

SMOKEFEST 2023

Smokefest 2023 is on! Be ready for September 16th & 17th, back in what we hope will be a reasonably unchilly time-slot, and with cheery & optimistic faith that all public transport links will be fully operational.

For those of you new to the Smokefest concept:
We love smoked beer, and feel everyone else would too, given the proper oportunity. With that in mind, every year we organise the UK’s only all-smoked beer festival.
Whether you’re a hardened smoked beer fan, or just curious to see what can be done, we’re confident we can cater to everyone’s tastes and showcase the range of flavours that smoked ingredients can bring.

Smokefest is advance-ticketed to keep numbers sensibly limited, as our intent is to have the whole beer list available on both days, and also to keep enough space and elbow room that it's a comfortable environment throughout.

Tickets will be £15 each, which covers your entry, this year's limited edition Smokefest glass, and also your first beer (in measure appropriate to the strength - pint of rauchbier, third of rauchwine).

We have two all-day sessions, 12 noon till 8pm. This makes sure there's plenty of time to work through whatever you like on the beer list, socialise, fuss brewery dogs, and chat, all while avoiding palate fatigue (our water supply is unsmoked and freely available, and there'll be other soft drinks).

We're expecting to have ~14 beers on keg, 4-5 casks on handpull, maybe a couple more on gravity, and a few guest bottles/cans.

And there will be hot food available this time round, supplied by our friends at Epic Pizza, who will be bringing some smoked toppings, and also some vegan ones.

Also we should have our smoking gun on hand once again, so we can enhance any snacks you may bring along!

A bit of Smokefest history

We started this in 2018, after the idea occurred to us during a Sunday afternoon bottling session, and it was good! so we did it again in 2019.

We had a wide range of beers with different styles of smoke: some very small batch festival exclusives: and a guarantee of like-minded company.
There's also been a good range of smoked snacks – cheeses, meats, nuts - and in 2019, guests also brought various intriguing things for on-demand cold smoking: tea-cakes, flying saucers, and Coca-cola all worked surprisingly well.

Then we skipped a couple of years for reasons, and then in 2022 we ended up with a set of smaller Smokefest fragments, so we look forward to resuming normal service.

When:
September 16th & 17th
12 noon - 8pm

Where:
At the Brewery (see below)

How much?
£15 per person

How do I book?
On this very website! Look to the right! (or maybe below, if you're on mobile)

How do I get there?
Trains are convenient! - we're 3 minutes from Newtown station, and 10 mins from Central. New Mills is around a 40 minute journey direct from Manchester Piccadilly. And we'll be watching for service announcements and changes on the day to make sure you all get home.
If someone drives you, while there's no parking possible at the brewery there is nearby on-road parking (or the Newtown station car park).

Please note:
Over-18s only, except for dogs - dogs of all ages are welcome!
The Marina is private property and the residents' living space - please don't wander around outside the brewery.
And if you have non-smoke imbibers / beer drinkers who want to come along for the company/experience, they will be able to obtain other beverages from our well-stocked fridges.