The Tap Social brewery in Oxford has announced dates for its summer beer festival.
Tap Social Movement, on the Curtis industrial estate in North Hinksey Lane, will stage its third annual Change is Brewing craft beer festival on Saturday, June 22, from 2pm to 11pm at its taproom in Botley – with cask ale featuring for the first time.
This is in line with Tap Social’s willingness to try some of its brews on cask, both at the White House pub in Oxford and at other specialist real ale pubs.
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The festival features 15 of the UK’s best and brightest craft breweries, who are invited to bring small batch cask ales in addition to keg, including four breweries rated on Untappd amongst the top 50 in England: Verdant Brewing Co (#7), Cloudwater Brew Co (#24), Gravity Well Brewing Co (#26), and Bluntrock Brewery (#50).
"The incredible breweries that will be here represent a small, yet substantial slice of the UK’s exciting, innovative craft beer industry, and collectively are a shining example of small businesses doing their very best to do things the right way.”
In May last year, the craft brewery opened a new venue at the Covered Market called The Market Tap.
It was one of several traders taking part in the historic market’s new extended evening hours on Thursday to Saturday until 11pm.
The Market Tap agreed to open from 10am to 11pm from Thursday to Saturday and from 10am to 5pm from Sunday to Wednesday.
Co-founder of Tap Social Amy Taylor said at the time: "The pandemic delayed this project - during that time we opened The White House by Tap Social and that now has a good community around it.
"We are looking forward to hosting live music and other arts projects and working with other traders."
The Market Tap was busy during last month's folk festival in Oxford.
Tap Social Movement offers employment and training to people who are serving prison sentences or have recently been released.
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The full beer line-up for the festival includes:
– Attic Brew Co (Birmingham)
– Bluntrock Brewing (Cornwall)
– BMAN Brewery (Oxford)
– Cloudwater Brew Co (Manchester)
– Drop Project Brewing (London)
– Elusive Brewing (Finchampstead)
– Howling Hops (London)
– Mysterious Brewing Co (Reading)
– Orbit Beers Brewery (London)
– Phantom Brewing Co (Reading)
– Pretty Decent Beer Co (London)
– Siren Craft Brew (Finchampstead)
– Tap Social Movement (Oxford)
– Verdant Brewing (Cornwall)
Early bird tickets are available for £10 from: https://www.wegottickets.com/event/610142
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