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What food and drink festival would be complete without the chance to a sample and buy a stunning selection of wines and regional real ales?

At Drink in the Park you can enjoy a huge range of global wines and Champagnes, as well as an entire showcase of Greater Manchester Ales – with all of the region’s breweries taking part!

Taste... buy... enjoy.

Beer Bar For The Summer
Meanwhile, a Greater Manchester Ale Bar will feature a huge showcase of the region's brewers! Greater Manchester has the highest concentration of micro breweries in the UK, and Summer in the Park will celebrate this by allowing Festival-goers the chance to sample them all under one roof! The summer beers showcase will be a one-off for real ale lovers, with all breweries in the region invited to take part, including Marble, Hydes, Phoenix, and Bank Top. The Summer Beers Showcase is supported by CAMRA - the Campaign for Real Ale!
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Odd Bar Wine List
Manchester's favourite independent bar 'Odd' will be bringing their inimitable style to the Festival, and transforming an area of the park into a wine Odd-yssey! This is attendees' opportunity to try and buy new and old world wines, specially selected for Summer in the Park, and all with a local twist. With over 30 varieties of new and old world wine on offer to taste and buy, this area is dedicated to wine experts and amateurs alike. Expect a truly global celebration of the grape from Australia to Irlam! Wine tastings will be hosted by experts throughout the weekend and a tasting table will be sampling hourly throuhgout the weekend.
http://www.oddbar.co.uk

REAL ALE LIST

All Gate-
Indianna Pale Ale 4.6%
Hasty Knoll 4.2%

Banktop-
Bikes, Trikes and Beer 3.6%
Port O'Call 5%

Bazens-
TBC

Boggart Hole Clough-
Standrd Pioneer 4%

Dunham Massey-
Bollington 3.7%
Stamford 4.2%

Fallons-
Lancastrian Gold 4%
Red Merkin 4%

Green Mill-
Green Mill Gold 3.6%
Cheif 4.2%

Greenfield Real Ale Co.-
Delph Donkey 4.1%
Dob Cross Bitter 4.2%

Hart-
Nemesis 4.5%
Validiction 4.8%

Hornbeam-
Lemon Blossom 3.7%
Owd Peg 4.1%

Leyden-
Nanny Flyer 3.8%
Rammy Rocket 4.2%
Raglan Sleeve 4.6%

Marble-
Summer Marble 4.7%
Janine's 1 4.9%

Mayflower-
Medieval Ale 3.5%

Millstone-
Three Shires 4%
True Grit 5%

Phoenix-
White Tornado 4.3%
Midsummer Madness 4.5%

Pictish-
TBC

Prospect-
Silver Tally 3.7%
Blinding Light 4.2%

Red Rose-
Target 4%
Old Ben 4.3%

Shaws-
Golden Globe 4.3%
Double Century 4.8%

Hydes-
TBC

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RED WINE

Zarepath Cab Sauv (Australia)

HOUSE WINE - Diamond Bay Cabernet Shiraz (S Africa)

Vistamar Merlot (Chile)

McGregors Res Shiraz (Australia)

Omaka Springs Pinot Noir (Chile)

Sepia Pinot Noir (Chile)

Raimat Abadia Crainza (Spain)

Vina Pomal Crianza (Spain)

Septima Syrah / Malbec (Argentina)

Harewood Est Shiraz Cab (Australia)

Mount Trio Cabernet Merlot (Western Australia)

http://www.oddbar.co.uk

ROSE WINE

Vistmar Cab Sauv Merlot (Chile)

Discovery Beach Zinfandel (California)

Nuviana Rosado (Spain)

http://www.oddbar.co.uk

SPARKLING WINE

Rene Barnier Brut (France)

Rene Barnier Rose (France)

Cava Bach Platinum Brut (Spain)

Codorniu Teresa Rosado Brut (Spain)

http://www.oddbar.co.uk

WHITE WINE

Raimat Vina 24 Albarino 2007 (Spain)

HOUSE WINE - Diamond Bay Chenin Colombard (S Africa)

Pinot Grigio (Italy)

McGregor Res Chard (Australia)

Septima Chardonnay (Argentina)

Little Brother Unwooded Chardonnay (Australia)

Rickety Gate Reisling (Australia)

Omaka Springs Sauv Blanc (New Zealand)

Vistamar Sauv Blanc (Chile)

Mount Trio Sauv Blanc (West Australia)

Omaka Springs Pinot Gris (New Zealand)

http://www.oddbar.co.uk

 

Bulmers in the Park!

That's right, Bulmers cider will be making a big appearance this weekend to help us celebrate with some free samples of their fruity, golden joy. They will be distributing apples and pears via their specially created fruit carts, so once you've taken a bite out of the lovely summer fruit, head over to one of the event bars with your promotional sticker for your free taster.* The roaming Bulmers photographers will catch every candid moment of you enjoying yourselves and you'll be able to revisit your experience of the day at their online photo gallery at www.bulmers.co.uk.

* terms and conditions apply.

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Win two weekend passes including afternoon tea at Cup and loads of Mr Scruff goodies!

Well done to Helen Davies from Bolton who won 2 weekend passes and a load of Mr Scruff goodies! Don't worry if you didn't win, there's still chance to buy tickets and see Mr Scruff, just click on 'buy tickets' at the top.

Make Us A Brew! give you the coolest cuppa in town courtesy of DJ, cartoonist and tea-lover Mr Scruff. After years of sharing his love of tea by serving it at his clubs Mr Scruff decided to source his own tea and set up his own tea company. Make Us A Brew! launched a range of organic brews earlier this year including its Fairtrade English Breakfast, Forest Fruit (especially for berry freaks), Yerba Mate (a South American favourite caffeine kick) and their now famous Mint and Chilli (tasting is believing). Mr Scruff designed the packaging (printed on recycled cardboard of course) himself using his unique cartoon style. Try them all plus a few new brews they're taste-testing exclusively at Summer in the Park.
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Comedy comes to Summer in the Park

We are pleased to announce that the following stand up acts are confirmed for Summer in the Park.

Headliners:
Duncan Oakley (Saturday)
Des Sharples (Sunday)
Plus:Nick Fraser
Danny Macloughlin
Chris Stokes
Chris Roche
Kelly J Roberts
George Cottier
Rachel Fairburn
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