Manchester Beer Drinkers

[gezza]

yours truly will be up in Manchester tomorrow from midday (football match tomorrow night) and would like to know from locals what is a decent local beer to drink

having developed a taste for REAL ale your help will be appreciated

 

[John the Monkey]

Head for the Sandbar, on Grosvenor Street. They usually have at least one guest beer from a local brewery (last time I was in, it was the Phoenix brewery, which is in Heywood, supplying the local interest ) They've also hosted beers from the Marble brewery too.

 

[simoncc]

Just a word of warning about the Sandbar. It exhibits work from local artists.

 

[Tharg2007]

Just a word of warning about the Sandbar. It exhibits work from local artists.

yea, piss artists

Also avoid robinsons ale, its cack

 

[Stan]

You could try Holt's. Depending on your taste your first could be your last!

 

[Andy in Sig]

Is Tommy Ducks still going near GMex or has it been knocked down for a horrible development? That used to be a good pub but as it was standing alone I feared its days were numbered.

 

[Stan]

Is Tommy Ducks still going near GMex or has it been knocked down for a horrible development? That used to be a good pub but as it was standing alone I feared its days were numbered.

Is that the place where they hang knickers on the ceiling?

 

[Tharg2007]

Is that the place where they hang knickers on the ceiling?

no that any pub in salford :

 

[John the Monkey]

Andy - it was demolished a bit ago. Local lore has it that the "developers" responsible were afraid of being refused permission, and so knocked it down one night (one story I heard has it that the barmaid went back the next day for her coat, to find a pile of rubble where the pub once stood). Apparently the company responsible were slapped with a "massive" fine - the site is now a car park, I believe.

 

[Stan]

no that any pub in salford :

And they don't use drawing pins

 

[Globalti]

In Manchester you are in the middle of Joseph Holts territory. You should have a look at the brewery's website. It's the cheapest beer for miles, served in genuine pubs but it's a strong and heavily hopped, dark bitter, maybe too bitter for some. Holts own all their pubs and their city centre pubs are getting through two hogsheads a day so the beer is guaranteed fresh. When you drink it you'll realise how many stale, warm and flat pints you've been served in your life.

Here: http://www.joseph-holt.com/

Other good local names are Phoenix from nr Rochdale, Leyden from Bury, Moorhouses from Burnley, even Thwaites from Blackburn is okay. If you had time you could travel out of town to some great pubs like the Robin Hood in Helmshore, the Porter's pubs in Rossendale or the Lord Raglan near Bury, home of Leyden Ales.

 

[Andy in Sig]

Andy - it was demolished a bit ago. Local lore has it that the "developers" responsible were afraid of being refused permission, and so knocked it down one night (one story I heard has it that the barmaid went back the next day for her coat, to find a pile of rubble where the pub once stood). Apparently the company responsible were slapped with a "massive" fine - the site is now a car park, I believe.

That is a real cultural crime. It was a good pub with a lot of character. The blokes from the development company should have gone to jail IMO.

And yes it was the pub with the knicker collection on the ceiling.

 

[stephec]

Tommy Duck's was great, but you had to have a strong stomach to look at some of the 'trophies' on display.

Get into the city centre and try the Ape and Apple, or the Holts' pub near Victoria station, just can't quite remember it's name at the moment.

 

[dan_bo]

ah holt's. weaned on the stuff. First one tastes like rotten spam, and it's all downhill from there.


try bar fringe on swan st.

 

[User482]

You could try Holt's. Depending on your taste your first could be your last!

When I lived up there, Holt's was strictly for those who couldn't afford anything else.