Pick up tickets for the tastings on Saturday to guarantee a pour of an amazing selection of beers and ciders from the fantastic @nightingalecider.bsky.social and Dolphin Brewery too! balancebrewing.co/products/fes...

We've got marigolds, merch and free shipping (over £50)! Our final release of the year is out: Under the Tomatoes - Marigold Saison. This collab with Cinderwood Market Gwrden is one of the most stunning aromas we’ve ever captured in a beer, it’s uniquely floral and very pretty.

Beer Today’s rundown of new brews, brewing projects, and collaborations, in a slightly longer form than the home page news in brief beertoday.co.uk/2025/11/26/r... #beer #beernews #beerreleases @balancebrew.bsky.social @indierabble.bsky.social @neonraptor.bsky.social

Next up, Funk Club faves... @balancebrew.bsky.social, the mixed-ferm geniuses from Manc. Will & James brew with intent, blending beer & yeast cultures into something quite profound. Their mixed-ferm creations capture the beauty of time & technique. Tickets: bit.ly/ChesterBeerExpo26

We've been stepping up our production this year and we're really happy to be starting to release more in keg out to trade. You should be able to see Balance on taps more and more over the next twelve months starting with these two stunners: New Moon & Spectral Diffusion.

🍅 Under The Tomatoes 🍅 Together with Conderwood Market Garden and Higher Ground we’ve produced an incredibly unique beer very much of a moment. You can try this collaboration at Higher Ground, Bar Shrimp and Flawd this week before it goes onto our webshop next week.

Looking for inspiration for Christmas gifts? Look no further! We have a trio of funky delights that will have the beer fan in your life jumping for joy. We’ve got creak 2024, Ripple 2024 & Spectral Diffusion, our collab. with Barth Haas X. Pick them up through our webshop or from the taproom. 🍻

🎄 Festive Block Party 🎄 On Saturday December 13th we’re going to be feeling festive and putting on a day full of winter cheer and merriment for the final Block Party of 2025. We have three guests at the taproom in Dolphin Brewery, @kernelbrewery.bsky.social and @nightingalecider.bsky.social too!

This Thursday we will be releasing three beers in bottle for your pleasure and in good time to ensure those stockings are filled and the tree is adorned with festive funky bottles come Christmas.

We're pleased as punch to have been nominated again this year for Independent Drinks Producer of the Year MCR Food Fest! We're incredibly proud to just be nominated for this award amongst such esteemed company. If you'd like to vote for us then please go to foodanddrinkfestival.com

🐐 Hail The Goat 🐐 Phwoar! What a night we had on Friday with Johnny from Holy Goat. An absolute behemoth of a lineup, each one unique, flavourful and of such high quality. We’re lucky to have Holy Goat in our lives.

We've teamed up with Holly Pickles and Magic Lantern Film Club and we invite you to an evening at the "Balance Bistro" on Wednesday the 10th of December. We’ll be serving up a French bistro style dinner to accompany a truly magnificant, animated film, Belleville Rendezvous by Sylvain Chomet.

🤫 Keep it quiet 🤫 Today we’re over at Silent Brew Co. and we’re brewing something outside our usual funky stuff…together we’ve come up with a recipe of all British malt and hops to create a Golden Rye Ale. The grist is actually quite similar to our Amber Saison, with Maris Otter, rye, Cara & wheat.

🐐 🍻 Holy Goat at Balance Taproom 🍻 🐐 On Friday November 7th we'll have a fresh drop of Holy Goat beers available on draft and in bottle. We will also have Johnny from Holy Goat with us for a tasting in the barrel store! balancebrewing.co/products/hol...

🎄 Festive Bookings at Balance Taproom 🎄 Needing somewhere for an office Christmas party? To catch up with some pals or for a right old knees up? Look no further! If you want to reserve a table for two or book the whole place out for a big shin dig we’ve got you covered.

😈 Seitanic Block Party Scran 😈 If you happen to be feeling peckish tomorrow at the taproom then look no further than the devilish Seitanic Kebabs! They'll be firing out kebabs and loaded fries all day long for your pleasure.

What a lineup for Block Party this Saturday! We'll be pouring these absolute beauties from @millsbrewing.bsky.social, @burningskybeer.bsky.social & Pastore. We'll also have a fine selection of bottles and cans in our fridges from all of the above including two brand new collaborations!

This week we have the amazing @balancebrew.bsky.social turning up to talk through their new cider range. Come along and see what happens when brilliant brewers turn their hands to the art of cider making! Weds 8th from 7pm.

On Saturday October 11th at 1pm we’re going to be hosting a @millsbrewing.bsky.social tasting at the Taproom. Jonny from Mills will be up here with us and he’ll be guiding you through four of their most recent releases including a collaboration that we brewed together in October 2023. 🍻

🌶️ 🔥 Chilli beers out now! 🔥 🌶️ Available online now and at the taproom from 5pm today. For the beers we used the same base saison split between three tanks and three different chillies/chilli combos to add flavour and heat. All of the chillies were grown by John, our friend and tap regular.

Tomorrow we're throwing a chilli party! There's three chilli beers, collab hot sauces, a hot sauce shop and hot wings! Can't make it? Well, the beers are on tap today 🌶️

🌶️ 🔥 Chilli beers out now! 🔥 🌶️ Available online now and at the taproom from 5pm today. For the beers we used the same base saison split between three tanks and three different chillies/chilli combos to add flavour and heat. All of the chillies were grown by John, our friend and tap regular.

As summer begins to feel like a distant memory and the temperature starts to drop outside, we've got something that will most definitely warm you up and get you groovin'! We've got three beers in bottle and on draft showcasing different chillies grown locally by our pal John.

We've got a right event for you lot next Saturday at 5pm (27th September). A chilli tasting, chilli beer tasting and hot sauce tasting combined! It's limited to only 10 tickets and comes with a portion of hot cauli wings. Check it out on our website.

Last week we made the trip down to Worcester where we joined Charles Faram on a tour of the hop yards of Worcestershire and Herefordshire. These farms, often having been in families through generations, produce traditional and newer varieties of hop for the brewing requirements of the UK and beyond.

🍎 🍏 Cider Release On Thursday 🍏 🍎 Handily coinciding with the next Manchester Cider Club, we’ve got a real treat this week with our second ever cider release. We’ve got five ciders for you, all made using cider from the 2023 season.

🚨 75th Manchester Cider Club! 🚨 Thurs 11 Sept, 7pm @balancebrew.bsky.social Taproom 🍏 Feat. @littlepomona.bsky.social – with unreleased champagne-method ciders + rare bottles 🍾 🎟 Limited tickets – don’t sleep on this! #CraftCider #ManchesterEvents

🍌🍻Plantain Reclaim Release Day🍻🍌 A collaboration that we’ve been working on for quite some time now with our friend Ngwafu, owner of Gwafuvegan, who’s food you may have sampled at taproom events. This beer is limited with only 112 bottles available so get yours while you can!

🍌🍻Plantain Reclaim Release Day🍻🍌 A collaboration that we’ve been working on for quite some time now with our friend Ngwafu, owner of Gwafuvegan, who’s food you may have sampled at taproom events. This beer is limited with only 112 bottles available so get yours while you can!

Just a few bottles from @manchestercider.bsky.social last night. Fantastic evening, what a pleasure to have it in the taproom. Thanks to everyone who came along and made it so special.

Trotting along the railway arches for a debut visit to the @balancebrew.bsky.social taproom #Manchester. Classy place, classy beer 👌 #BskyBeer

Cider club will be hosting a bottle share on 14th August at 7pm from @balancebrew.bsky.social tap. No need to buy a ticket. Turn up with a 750ml bottle of cider - or equivalent & join in.

Clingstone 2023. This beer is a tribute to the beautiful flavour of the damson stone. Fruit pits often bring this fascinating marzipan character and damson stones are no exception. Giving 2023's damsons a second life, their character emphasises the vanilla overtones of the oak barrels.

Block Party is here! 🥳 One of the best days of the calendar, Block Party is go! A celebration of good beer, good food and good times with our mates at @cloudwaterbrew.bsky.social, Sureshot and @trackbrewingco.bsky.social.

Say hello to Sean! 👋 Sean’s joining us to takeover proceedings as Taproom Manager! He joins us with a wealth of knowledge and passion for beer of all ilks with a bit of a soft spot for big, funky, wild fermented bevs and an ice cold bottle of Augustiner Hell.

This Saturday should be a special one! Scatterlings are making some of our favourite British saisons, cannot wait to see what they're bringing 😁

We're up and running @runawaybrewery.bsky.social. Pouring Long Shadows and Ripple, as well as Confluence on the Runaway bar 🍻

We've got a pop-up bar at Runaway tomorrow! Pouring from 1pm with a couple of draught lines, a few bottles and the first part of our new collab on the Runaway bar! 🍻

A wonderful night last night for @manchestercider.bsky.social club. We presented seven of our own ciders from the 2023 harvest of Yarlington Mill and Chisel Jersey varieties. We had four barrel aged single variety offerings plus three blended ciders aged on hops, sage and elderflower respectively.

Not long to go ‘til this scorcher of a Block Party 🥳 Who’s coming out to play? 🌞 🍻

Yo! Got a new project on with James & Will @balancebrew.bsky.social which we're calling Confluence. One wort + time + barrels = 4 new beers... ...and we'll be pouring The Source - the first beer this weekend. They'll be joining us at the Taproom on Saturday pouring their delightful beers too.

It's Little Earth Fest this week! It's going to be a bit emotional, after Little Earth announced that they are stopping brewing for the foreseeable. They have been such a big part of the mixed ferm scene over the last decade and we cannot wait to drink some of their fantastic beers this week.

It's the return of Block Party on 19th July! We're hosting Scatterlings who make the most delicious saisons, spot on for Summer supping. We've also got Gwafuvegan returning to dish up the best West African food. It's one of our favourite days in the calendar, come join us from midday 🍻

Huge thank you to everyone that popped in over our birthday weekend! We had so much fun. Massive thanks to Beth and Sophie from Pray Tell who mixed up some magnificent cocktails on Friday night. The beer cokctails were sublime & pick 'n' mix Negronis might have to make a comeback at some point too!

Very, very excited for this! We're showcasing a lot of new and exciting ciders... 🍏

Happy Birthday to Us! 🎂 Come join us in celebrating today at @balancetaproom! We've got Birthday Blend 2024 on hand pull. We've got the only keg in existence of Beetroot Dark Wild Ale. We've got some aged and limited bottles in the fridge. Party hats are not mandatory but highly recommended 🥳

Cocktail night tonight with our pals from Pray Tell! We’ve got two cocktails with Saison de Maison & Ripple + some classics too! 🍸🍹

🥳 Birthday Blend 2024 is Out Now 🥳 Last year we offered a peek behind the curtain and a chance to blend the first of our annual Birthday Blends. We were joined by a wonderful group of folk for the day and we journeyed through barrels, hops and the blending process to come up with this beer.

Tomorrow it's the first day of our birthday weekender!! 🥳

This Friday night, as part of our Birthday Weekender we'll be welcoming Pray Tell to the taproom for an evening of cocktails! Beth has developed two cocktails which showcase two of our beers, Saison de Maison and Ripple, and having tasted them you're in for an absolute treat.