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Hull Minster’s Heavenly Beer Festival
All Are Blessed Who Drink Here
The annual Hull Beer Festival was held recently in the Hull Minster. Formerly known as Holy Trinity, it was the largest parish church in England until the church gained Minster status in 2017.
Entry to the beer festival costs £5, and includes a plastic beer glass and a programme of events, listing 66 craft beers on offer, from 13 local brewers.
Hops connoisseurs are greeted at the door by the vicar, who has already fulfilled his main task — blessing the beer and all who attend the festival.
The Minster supports local folk musicians and allocates them hourly spots to showcase their music and keep the punters entertained throughout the festival.
Before paying homage to the beer, my friends and I visit the Minster shop. There we buy the pens with which to make our notes of the beers tasted, and to complete the voting slip for the Best Beer of 2022.
Some brewers are located within just a few hundred yards of the Minsters precinct, others are located within the urban sprawl of the city two or three miles away. And some come from the isolated rural communities of the Holderness Plain or Yorkshire Wolds that lie to the east and north of the city.
