What to do and see in North West England, England: The Best Food & Drink

Moorhouse's Brewery invites you to learn more about the brewing process in its brand-new brewing plant. See, touch, smell and taste how raw ingredients are converted to award winning ales! Conference suites and function room available to hire for your event.

Micro brewery with on site brewery tap and kitchen. Great range of own and guest beers to drink in or takeaway along with an mix of artisanal gins, a range of ciders and full wine list. Snack on cheese fondues and cheeseboards with freshly baked bread. The first Friday of the month sees an open day and night (12:00 to 10:00 PM) with live music and a larger selection of beers.

Keswick Brewing Company is a craft brewery within two minutes walk of Keswick town centre. Visit our Fox Tap bar, Beer Shop & enjoy a Tour of the brewery. Brewery Socials on last weekend of month. Brewery Tours - Enjoy the brewery tour which includes sampling a selection of our beers. Discover how beer is made, how we use sheeps wool to brew great beers and what makes our beers green! Brewery Tours Tuesday - Saturday at 11.30am & 1.30pm. Tours can be booked on-line or by phone. Pre-booking recommended. The Fox Tap - Enjoy a beer where it is brewed in our new Fox Tap bar. Open Tuesday - Saturday 12 - 5pm (for extended hours see our website) Beer Shop - with cask beer to take away, bottled & canned beers, merchandise, local gins, cider & gifts. Open Monday - Saturday 10.30 - 5pm. There is no charge for entry to our beer shop or bar. Brewery Socials - Brewery fresh beers, new releases & great street food. Last weekend of month On-line Shop - with free Brewery collection available.

House of Malt is an independent purveyor of the finest spirits available. Founded in 2016 with the goal of helping Cumbria and the rest of the UK to find the most delectable, mouth watering beverages from every corner of the earth. Specialising primarily in malt whisky but having found the highest quality craft now available in other spirits like gin, vodka and brandy we are specialists in only the most desirable beverages.

The City of Manchester Distillery is the 1st ever fully licensed distillery in the city’s history! Home to multi award winning Three Rivers Gin, The UK’s original ‘Gin Experience’ as well as the newly launched Gin School, Rum and Vodka Experiences, we are an essential stop on any tour of Manchester, whether local or visiting from further afield. Visitors to any of the distillery’s experiences can expect to learn all about the exciting, intriguing, often dark and dangerous, weird and wonderful histories of a range of the world’s favourite spirits. Tour the distillery and see how we make our award-winning liquids, before finally having the chance to work with our distillers to create your own bottle or barrel of booze to take home. All this whilst sampling a range of drinks which include classic and bespoke cocktails. With over 50 botanical flavours to choose from, why not visit us and make your own perfect (potentially award winning!) gin, vodka or rum. Book your place now!

BeerDock is a Craft Beer Bottle Shop and Tasting room in Nantwich, Cheshire. Stocking over 500 different beers at any one time, it has one of the best selections in the area.

THE WORKSHOP The workshop offers a 3-4 hour experience for the keenest of gin fans. Combined with an informal talk, drinks and nibbles, customers can create their own bottle of Gin TOURS An intimate, social setting to discuss Cuckoo Gin and try the perfect serves

We're an independent microbrewery just outside Altrincham. You'll be pleased to know we hold regular monthly Brewtaps so feel free to come and visit. To avoid disappointment call us or check our website or social media to confirm dates and times.

Multi-award winning boutique Cheshire distillery. Visit us to craft your own bottle, or pop down for our tour and tasting every Saturday. Set in a beautiful woodland location opposite Cholmondeley Castle, Three wrens produce a range of artisan gins, using locally sourced Cheshire botanicals. Gold medal winners at the 2020 world gin awards and winner of UK’s most innovative craft gin distillery 2020.

Hawkshead Brewery - The most successful Craft Brewery in The Lake District. Based in the heart of the UNESCO English Lake District, brewers of bold, innovative beers since 2002. Internationally, one of the most respected craft brewers, with highly innovative range of award winning beers. Our beer range is eclectic and includes thirst quenching session beers, big hopped pale ales, deep dark stouts and sours, available in Cask, Keg, Bottle and Can. Brewery Tours available daily at 1pm, please call to book your place.