Join us in the atrium of activity that is our beer warehouse at IMBC 22 as we lay on a selection of very special tastings. Reserve your places via the links below. Tickets cost £10 and include all drinks at the tasting. Expect tastings to last around 20 – 30 minutes.
Please note that tasting tickets are only valid for ticket holders to that specific session. If you don’t have a ticket for the session, please do not purchase a tasting ticket.
Scroll down for some special events that SIREN are running throughout, and keep your eyes peeled for completely free pop-up tastings across the course of the festival.
Oh, and we’re also pleased to announce that FREDERIKSDAL will now be joining us for the entire festival. Joy of joys!
Individual day tastings
Each ticketed tasting costs £9 advance, and if they have not sold out before your session, tickets can be purchased at the festival at the token desk for £10: booking now is strongly advised.
THURSDAY
Ticketed tastings
Steve Grossman of Sierra Nevada – BUY TICKETS HERE
A member of the founding family of Sierra Nevada joins us as he talks you through each of the cask single dry-hopped variants of Pale Ale, as well as the company itself.
Warehouse, 7pm
FRIDAY DAY
Ticketed tastings
Kirkstall present The Randonneur Triple Crown Luxury Tasting Experience: The Rando, Grand Rando, and Barrel Aged Grand Rando – BUY TICKETS HERE
Yorkshire legends offer three of their rarest beers for your delectation. Three variations on a theme, giving you the full Rando experience – Kirkstall’s own classic Belgian Blonde.
Warehouse, 2pm
FRIDAY NIGHT
Ticketed tastings
3 Fonteinen – BUY TICKETS HERE
Almost everyone’s favourite geuzestekerijen, 3 Fonteinen have been blending lambics with fruit and creating gueuze since they opened their original cafe in 1887. Hands down the most interesting and complex amongst the handful of classic blenders and brewers to occupy the golden lambic homeland Pajottenland near Brussels 3 fonteninen blend lambic from classical neighbours and brew their own wort as well – and they’ll be talking you through some of their finest.
Warehouse, 7pm
Frederiksdal – BUY TICKETS HERE
Denmark’s multi-award winning producers of cherry wine. We thought that travel limitations meant that they’d only be at Friday & Saturday sessions of the festival – but now they’ll be with us for the entire thing! Only using cherries grown on their own estate, Frederiksdal started almost by accident in 2016, and have become beloved of both craft beer drinkers and wine lovers , and will be talking you through their range
Warehouse, 8pm
SATURDAY DAY
Ticketed tastings
Unity Brewing – May Provisions – BUY TICKETS HERE
A walk on the wildside of unity brewing’s new project with some special beers femented with wild yeast sourced from Charlie Herring wines grape skins. A graf (cider/ale hybrid), a wild ale aged on riesling skins, a rye saison and a brett IPA based on the lockdown WC IPA collab with Zapato which has made a welcome return for this years festival!
Warehouse, 2pm
SATURDAY EVENING
Ticketed tastings
Frederiksdal – BUY TICKETS HERE
Denmark’s multi-award winning producers of cherry wine. We thought that travel limitations meant that they’d only be at Friday & Saturday sessions of the festival – but now they’ll be with us for the entire thing! Only using cherries grown on their own estate, Frederiksdal started almost by accident in 2016, and have become beloved of both craft beer drinkers and wine lovers , and will be talking you through their range
Warehouse, 7pm
Unity Brewing – May Provisions – BUY TICKETS HERE
A walk on the wildside of unity brewing’s new project with some special beers femented with wild yeast sourced from Charlie Herring wines grape skins. A graf (cider/ale hybrid), a wild ale aged on riesling skins, a rye saison and a brett IPA based on the lockdown WC IPA collab with Zapato which has made a welcome return for this years festival!
Warehouse, 8pm
Pop-up Tastings
Stay tuned at the festival for pop-up tastings: look for the pop-up tastings sign.
SUNDAY
Ticketed tastings
3 Fonteinen – BUY TICKETS HERE
Almost everyone’s favourite geuzestekerijen, 3 Fonteinen have been blending lambics with fruit and creating gueuze since they opened their original cafe in 1887. Hands down the most interesting and complex amongst the handful of classic blenders and brewers to occupy the golden lambic homeland Pajottenland near Brussels 3 Fonteinen blend lambic from classical neighbours and brew their own wort as well – and they’ll be talking you through some of their finest.
Warehouse, 2pm
Pastore – BUY TICKETS HERE
IndyMan first timers developing a classy line up of fruited wild and mixed ferm beers, who’ll be talking you through three of their finest – Wild Limone, Montone e Capra, and Sake Kasu Beer – with more about their ethos as a brewery. Unmissable.
Warehouse, 3pm
EVERY DAY / SESSION
Siren
These are unticketed – just pop along to their bar to see them
Caribbean Chocolate Cake pairing
Thursday, Friday Night, & Saturday 8pm; Friday Day, Saturday Day, Sunday 2pm
Free pairing for the first 50 to get themselves to Siren: choose classic CCC and get a brownie, or get a blondie when you get CCC Pancake. Purchase of beer required.
MEXspresso Martinis
Thursday, Friday Night, & Saturday 8pm; Friday Day, Saturday Day, Sunday 2pm
Siren will be turning the Mole version of CCC into a MEXpresso Martini – limited availability, expect queues.
Death By Beer Spike
Thursday, Friday Night, & Saturday 8pm; Friday Day, Saturday Day, Sunday 2pm
Siren heat up a bit metal rod, then stir it into CCC Death By. You think we’re joking? Check this out. Limited availability, expect queues.
Pool Parti Boilermakers
Available all IMBC
Siren’s IMBC special Pool Parti, but upgraded to a boilermaker. Available all through IMBC, or as long as stocks last.