Beer?
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threebikesmcginty
Corn Fed Hick...
- Location
- ...on the slake
Sterling work tc!
martint235
Dog on a bike
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- Welling
nickyboy
Norven Mankey
- Location
- You want hills? We got hills
Well that was quite a night.....
Out into Manchester Northern Quarter last night. NQ is a strange mix of proper old-fashioned boozers and rather poncey hipster joints. We went to both
Pub 1 The Allotment. This is a bit poncey, kitted out like you're in a garden. But they serve good (if a bit overpriced) beer. PInt of "Cream of the Crop" bitter. A nice, session-strength best bitter
Pub 2: 57 Thomas Street. This is the city located Marble pub. I don't like how they've refurbed it but the beer is, as expected, excellent. Taking it steady, had a pint of "Pint" which is a lovely golden ale with floral, hoppy taste.
Pub 3...some rather hipsterish place I can't remember the name of. I felt uncomfortable as I didn't have a large beard and too-short trousers. But again, nice beer. A pint of Ilkley Brewer's Pale Ale. Upping the strength a notch to 4.2%
Edit: Odd Bar
Pub 4..Bar Fringe. Despite it's name, it's a proper old fashioned rough place...and it specialises in Belgian beers. I had a glass of Duvel that they have on draught. The best thing apart from the beer was the notice on the front door....
Charming....
Pub 5 The Crown and Kettle. Again a traditional NQ pub with a great range of beers. Had a pint of rather strong (5.9%) Follow the White Rabbit IPA that was really nice. We also had a rather expensive glass of Japanese whisky there too
Pub 6 was Gullivers...but I can't remember much about it, nor what I drank. Did I actually go there? I am relying on Google Maps Timeline to remind me
Pub 7 was Castle Hotel . As a Morecambrian I couldn't resist a pint of Cross Bay Brewery's Morecambe Sunshine. It was a really good, session strength best bitter. Recommended.
Quick drink in the station bar while we waited for our trains home and that was that. I fell asleep on the train and had to be woken by the Guard when I got to Glossop, always a sign of a good night out
Out into Manchester Northern Quarter last night. NQ is a strange mix of proper old-fashioned boozers and rather poncey hipster joints. We went to both
Pub 1 The Allotment. This is a bit poncey, kitted out like you're in a garden. But they serve good (if a bit overpriced) beer. PInt of "Cream of the Crop" bitter. A nice, session-strength best bitter
Pub 2: 57 Thomas Street. This is the city located Marble pub. I don't like how they've refurbed it but the beer is, as expected, excellent. Taking it steady, had a pint of "Pint" which is a lovely golden ale with floral, hoppy taste.
Pub 3...some rather hipsterish place I can't remember the name of. I felt uncomfortable as I didn't have a large beard and too-short trousers. But again, nice beer. A pint of Ilkley Brewer's Pale Ale. Upping the strength a notch to 4.2%
Edit: Odd Bar
Pub 4..Bar Fringe. Despite it's name, it's a proper old fashioned rough place...and it specialises in Belgian beers. I had a glass of Duvel that they have on draught. The best thing apart from the beer was the notice on the front door....
Charming....
Pub 5 The Crown and Kettle. Again a traditional NQ pub with a great range of beers. Had a pint of rather strong (5.9%) Follow the White Rabbit IPA that was really nice. We also had a rather expensive glass of Japanese whisky there too
Pub 6 was Gullivers...but I can't remember much about it, nor what I drank. Did I actually go there? I am relying on Google Maps Timeline to remind me
Pub 7 was Castle Hotel . As a Morecambrian I couldn't resist a pint of Cross Bay Brewery's Morecambe Sunshine. It was a really good, session strength best bitter. Recommended.
Quick drink in the station bar while we waited for our trains home and that was that. I fell asleep on the train and had to be woken by the Guard when I got to Glossop, always a sign of a good night out
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MossCommuter
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Sounds like a top night out!
I like those pubs, except 57 Thomas Street as mentioned above.
Bar Fringe is gooky but in a good way. I took this in the bogs there:
threebikesmcginty
Corn Fed Hick...
- Location
- ...on the slake
Caledonian Coast to Coast, west coast hops and maritime malt, lovely bronze coloured pale ale, cirtrussy and a perfect hoppy bitterness.
threebikesmcginty
Corn Fed Hick...
- Location
- ...on the slake
Got this earlier, Flat White Porter, how 'kin hipster is that!!!!
Maverick Goose
A jumped up pantry boy, who never knew his place
- Location
- A champagne supernova in the sky
An IPA in the classic Victorian style IIRC
.I was very pleased to see Coniston Asrai on tap in the Britannia, Elterwater last night-a pukka floral, light pale ale. Also Fyne Ales Sublime Stout (a most excellent matured Imperial Stout) and Siren Liquid Mistress ( a red IPA in a similar vein to Fourpure Flatiron American Red, though slightly hoppier as opposed to slightly maltier in Tweedies, Grasmere. Cheers!
nickyboy
Norven Mankey
- Location
- You want hills? We got hills
The urinals were very interesting in there. They seemed to be the original J Duckett & Sons, Burnley. I considered taking a photo but I thought I'd get chucked out for taking photos in the toilets, even in somewhere as shonky as that
Maverick Goose
A jumped up pantry boy, who never knew his place
- Location
- A champagne supernova in the sky
You could have got a solo show at Tate Modern....shame!
MossCommuter
Guru
- Location
- Salford
My own little foray into Manchester NQ. this is called Jumbo and it's as nondescript as any Jimmy Willy Lee's beer but it's a limited edition nondescript beer and drunk by very self aware triple denimed hipsters with twiddly moustaches and no socks.
threebikesmcginty
Corn Fed Hick...
- Location
- ...on the slake
Perv. Ackshly I did take a photo of a wazzery in some gin palace in that London. I didn't get arrested either.
Aperitif
Meme bar
- Location
- ...I don't have much idea - really.
I did too - at the Harp for some reason. I'll see if I have the snap 'to hand' so to speak.
Over in a hotel in Cavan, Ireland tonight.
I was about to order the usual Guinness when I noticed a pale ale pump, Cutie Hood, a 5.0% jobbie which Google says is brewed by Heineken.
Once you've had so many hoppy citrus ales it takes something special to stand out, and this doesn't, it won't stop me having a few more though as it's still very acceptable.
I was about to order the usual Guinness when I noticed a pale ale pump, Cutie Hood, a 5.0% jobbie which Google says is brewed by Heineken.
Once you've had so many hoppy citrus ales it takes something special to stand out, and this doesn't, it won't stop me having a few more though as it's still very acceptable.
