We are delighted to announce the return of our ever so popular…
❄️WINTER BEER FESTIVAL❄️
We simply can't wait to have you back with us for everyone’s favourite celebration of winter beers at GRUB.
The event will take place over FOUR sessions…
❄️Thursday 16th January 5pm - 11pm
❄️Friday 17th January 5pm - 11pm
❄️Saturday 18th January 12 noon - 5pm
❄️Saturday 18th January 6pm - 11pm
There will be winter brews aplenty with four brewery bars plus over 30 guest taps. You can also expect street food, mulled wine, cocktails, special events and more.
BREWERY BARS
We will be joined by four special guest breweries bringing their own brewery bars to the event:
🍺BlackJack - Stroopwaffel - Pastry Stout
🍺Left Handed Giant - Bristol based brewery brewing modern, progressive beers since 2015.
🍺Tartarus Beers - Microbrewery based in Leeds producing small batch beer with a mythical edge…
🍺Zapato Brewing - Independent, family-run brewery based in the beautiful Colne Valley.
GUEST TAPS
We will also have over 30 taps of specially curated guest beers poured from the GRUB bars. More info and final beer list coming soon!
🧇BlackJack - Stroopwaffel - Pastry Stout
💛Cloudwater - Fuzzy - Pale
🧡Cloudwater - Piccadilly Pilsner
🧡Deya - Magazine Cover - IPA
💛Deya - Steady Rolling Man - Pale Ale
💛Elusive - Anthemis - Belgian Blonde
🍊Holy Goat - Double Choc Orange Stout
🍑Holy Goat - Unicorn Wizard - Golden Sour with Peaches
🖤Indie Rabble Brew Co - The Magician - Black IPA
🤎Neighbourhood - As Dusk Falls - Rye IPA
🖤Neighbourhood - Dark North - Oatmeal Stout
🇺🇸Neptune - Artemis - Barrel Aged American Strong
🖤Neptune - Northern Wave - Baltic Porter
🖤Newbarns - Complicated Dark Beer - Barrel Aged Imperial Stout with Omnipollo
🖤Newbarns - Nitro Stout
🤎Otherworld - Flanders Brown - Flanders Style Ale
🥃Otherworld - Solitude - Barrel Aged Whiskey Sour
💛Pollys - Oh My… - Citra & Sabro Pale
🧡Pollys - Patternist - IPA
🤎Queer - Endless Gloom - Barley Wine
🇺🇸Queer - The Love That Dare Not Speak Its Name - American Stout
🩸Rivington - Blood Machines - DIPA
☀️Rivington - Paint On The Car - WCIPA
🫚Runaway - Gingerbread Stout
🇳🇿Runaway - NZ Pale (Nelson Ed.)
🧡Sureshot - Belga Lugosi - NEIPA
💛Sureshot - Fish In The Percolator - Pale Ale
🧡Unity - Camplight - Amber Ale
🍫Unity - Hug It Out - Hazelnut Chocolate Pastry Stout
💙Vault City - Bubblegum Brew - Sour
🫐Vault City - Winter Berry Crumble - Pastry Sour
STREET FOOD
We will be joined by the following food vendors from Thursday - Saturday…
🥟ALL FRIED UP - Try their signature Taiwanese fried chicken, salt n pepper tofu, gyoza, tonkatsu chicken buns and more!
🇮🇹BONNIE & CLYDE ITALIAN STREET FOOD - DO NOT leave this beer festival without trying their deep fried lasagne, deep fried carbonara and fresh arancini…
🌭OSCAR’S DOGS - It wouldn’t be a beer festival without DOGS, these are NYC style loaded cinema specials with more nachos and jalapeños than you can shake a stick at!
Also joining us on Saturday…
🧁MUNCHIE MUMMY’S BAKERY - For those of you that love a sweet treat with your winter beers we’re drafting dessert queen Dani in for the day to keep you caked and coffee’d up all day long
FOOD & BEER PAIRINGS - NEW for 2025 our beer-loving team will be putting together some tantalising suggested beer pairings for you to try with your grub, keep your eye out for the signs on the trader stalls for the best beer to try with your chosen scran!
TICKETS
Tickets for the Thursday & Friday sessions are priced at £4 (we have a limited number of early birds available at £3)
Tickets for the Saturday sessions are priced at £5 (we have a limited number of early birds available at £4)
A limited numbers of £6 tickets may be available on the door and will be allocated on a first come, first served basis!
Your ticket includes…
🎟️Entry to the event
🍻Access to the full range of beers including all the brewery bars and guest taps
🍺A branded glass to take home
🎤FREE optional entry to any of the entertainment events taking place during your session (see below for details)
Purchase your ticket below and don’t forget to check your time slot carefully!
ENTERTAINMENT - SPECIAL EVENTS (SATURDAY ONLY)
🍻SATURDAY DAY - THE ULTIMATE PUB PUB QUIZ🍻
Join us for a our special Pub Pub Quiz. Yes that's right a pub quiz about pubs, everyone's specialist subject so no excuse for nil points! Expect rounds to test your brain, your skills and your creativity.
🍻SATURDAY NIGHT - BEEREOKE🍻
It's Saturday night and the feeling is right... which is why we'll be letting you lot on to the stage in the cinema for some beery karaoke! We'll have all the best party hits waiting for you on the cinema sound system for you to belt out your faves to a lovely audience. Please don't fall off the stage.
Please note, this event will be taking place over two floors. If you have any access needs, please familiarise yourself with the info here before buying your tickets and do let us know in the comments on the ticket purchase if we can help in any way.
OFFICIAL PRE & POST DRINKS AT FAIRFIELD SOCIAL CLUB (SATURDAY ONLY)
Join us for beers before or after your Saturday session at our sister venue, Fairfield Social Club the official festival location for pre and post drinks! FSC is just two minutes walk down the road from GRUB - opposite Black Jack Brewery - and will be pouring a special lineup of tasty Black Jack beers. Show your WBF ticket at the FSC bar and get 10% off any of all beers. Open from 4pm-midnight on the Saturday of the fest.
