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Great Northern Section Events Calendar

Please note that all dates are provisional and subject to change.

2026 events

  • 5th Feb - Webinar on advanced hop products  
  • 12th Feb - Visit to Encirc360 glass bottle manufacturer and packaging facility 
  • 25th March - Visit to Balance Brewing and Blending with presentation from a mushroom grower using brewers spent grains 
  • 23rd April - AGM and sensory event hosted by Cara Technology. Location: York TBC
  • 14th May - visit to the new £8.5m Robinsons brewery in Stockport
  • 13th June - walking weekend Bingley West Yorkshire and visit to Goose Eye Brewery
  • 10th July- Networking Lunch at Triple Point Brewery Sheffield, including talk and brewery tour with Alex Barlow
  • August - Manchester brewery and taproom day targeting early career/ younger members. Likely a Friday in August, date TBC
  • September - Brew day at Northern Monk Refectory Leeds to brew a beer for the dinner - date TBC
  • 17th September a talk and Q&A with beer writer Matt Curtis and beer illustrator David Bailey at Runaway Brewery in Stockport
  • 9th October Distilling Day at Ad Gefrin in Northumberland
  • 23rd October talk by Charlie Bamforth (location TBC) followed by dinner at Queens Hotel Leeds