Sensing a sway in public demand for exotic new bar drinks, George Grant and Paul Delamere promptly purchased a home-brewing kit in 2012 and began churning out beers by the bucket-load – passing them on to pals at house parties.

Cornwall has its pasties and Cumberland has its sausages. Has Manchester found its own niche in craft beer?

Catherine – who plays Coronation Street barmaid Eva Price – was invited along to the pop-up The Exchange Arms to pull the first pint.

Manchester Beer Week showcases the cutting-edge creativity of the city’s microbreweries and confirms Manchester’s status as the beer capital of Britain.

An open brewery offering people the chance to sign up and make their own beer is coming to Manchester.

MM donned its Lederhosen and Dirndls, brushed up on its German vocab and headed to sunny Albert Square for Manchester’s first German Bierfest. Altogether now: “eins, zwei, drei, GSUFFA!”

One Manchester beer enthusiast knows the best way to cure your New Year hangover is hair of the dog so why not swap Dry January for Tryanuary…

The Manchester Food and Drink Festival (MFDF) will soon be back in Albert Square and the 18th year of this culinary delight is set to be its biggest and best yet.

This evening, new Piccadilly microbrewery Alphabet will take over the taps at Northern Quarter drinking den Port Street Beer House to officially launch their selection of seven beers.

Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) will play host to over 40 real ales and ciders at Bolton’s Ukrainian Club from Thursday April 9 – Friday April 10.

A popular Deansgate watering hole has been awarded Pub Of The Year by Campaign For Real Ale.