Craft Beer Expo will return to Black Lodge Brewery, Liverpool, in June, with an expanded mix of food, drink, and music across the Baltic Triangle site.
The festival has been part of Liverpool’s independent scene for more than 13 years and is recognised as the UK’s longest running craft beer event.
Next year’s event — on 12th and 13th June — coincides with Black Lodge Brewery’s tenth anniversary.
What began as a small beer-led gathering has grown steadily into a well-attended summer fixture. For 2026, the team have broadened the drinks offer beyond beer, including independent cider, cocktails, and summer serves, alongside an expanded brewery list and food offer.
“We wanted the 10th year of the brewery to feel like an opportunity to add more to the weekend,” said Paul Seiffert, founder of Black Lodge Brewery.
“The beer list remains central to what the Expo is about, and widening the food and drink side gives people more to enjoy throughout the session without changing the feel of the event.”
More than 30 breweries feature in the first announcement for 2026, including Amity, Balance, Colbier, Courier, Dark Element, Duration, Farmyard, Firerock, Fell, Kirkstall, Lakes, Lark Hill, Only With Love, Pixie, Rigg and Furrow, Spookton, Talking Tides, Tartarus, Trig, Vaux, Vibrant Forest, and Wylam. Additional breweries will be confirmed in the new year. There will also be the most extensive food line-up the Expo has hosted so far.
Paul added: “We see a wide mix of visitors now. Some people come mainly for the beer, others prefer the food or the music, and many make a full afternoon or evening of it. The brewery’s 10th year gives us room to build on that without changing what people recognise.”
Tickets are now on sale, with four sessions available alongside day passes and a full weekend ticket. Find out more here.
