Manchester - January 2018

A few days in Manchester for the Manchester Beer and Cider Festival plus some pubs and brewery taps. Beers I had are listed at the end.

24/1/18

Arrived in Manchester and after a quick half in the Piccadilly Tap I booked into my hotel.

I had worked out 3 pubs to visit before going to the beer festival which was open 1700-2100 as a Trade Session but CAMRA members also got free admission.

First pub was The Gasworks,

then The Knott

and finally the Cask

Beer festival to end the day held for its 3rd year at Manchester Central

this bar was one of my favourites

25/1/18

Worked at the festival on admissions from 1200-1745, then a couple of hours drinking and chatting with friends, forgot to take any photos today.

26/1/18

Went for a few tram rides before alighting at Chorlton. I previously visited some pubs here in January 2012. See here.

There are lots of pubs and bars in Chorlton as shown on this map:

The Keg & Cask was closed at 1200.

First stop was

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a bit of a walk to

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then Man Bites Frog 

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 and finally in Chorlton

Back in Manchester City Centre I went here

and here

Soup Kitchen

27/1/18

First stop the Runaway Brewery

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Next was the Smithfield

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Track Brewery

Cloudwater Barrel Store

Grub

Beer Nouveau

and the last one was the unimaginatively named Unit 101

Now the beers what I had:

ShinDigger Brewing Co. West Coast Pale Ale 4.7 Piccadilly Tap Manchester Draft

Avid Brewing Co Bitter  3.8 Gasworks Brewbar Manchester Cask

The Gas Works Brew House  Lychee 3.3 Gasworks Brewbar Manchester Draft

The Gas Works Brew House  Huel 5.5 Gasworks Brewbar Manchester Draft

Wander Beyond Brewing Peak 3.8 The Knott Manchester Draft

Wander Beyond Brewing Finders Keepers 6.2 The Knott Manchester Draft

Wander Beyond Brewing Allure 8.0 The Knott Manchester Draft

Rooster's Brewing Co Twenty Fifth Anniversary 4.3 Cask Manchester Draft

KnockOut Brewing (Belfast) Cascade IPA 4.5 Manchester CAMRA Beer & Cider Festival Manchester Cask

Rascals Brewing Co Wunderbar IPA 6.0 Manchester CAMRA Beer & Cider Festival Manchester Cask

Bullhouse Brewing Company Small Axe 4.3 Manchester CAMRA Beer & Cider Festival Manchester Cask

Burton Road Brewing Co IPA 5.6 Manchester CAMRA Beer & Cider Festival Manchester Draft

Northern Monkey Brew Co Sheephouse 4.2 Manchester CAMRA Beer & Cider Festival Manchester Cask

Wily Fox Brewery Karma Citra 4.3 Manchester CAMRA Beer & Cider Festival Manchester Cask

Windmill Brewery Anderson 4.4 Manchester CAMRA Beer & Cider Festival Manchester Cask

Thirst Class Ale Cask Aid Pale Ale 4.8 Manchester CAMRA Beer & Cider Festival Manchester Cask

Thirst Class Ale Farmhouse In Your Soul 5.1 Manchester CAMRA Beer & Cider Festival Manchester Draft

Thirst Class Ale High Five 4.4 Manchester CAMRA Beer & Cider Festival Manchester Cask

Four Kings Brewery Four Kings IPA 4.0 Manchester CAMRA Beer & Cider Festival Manchester Cask

Rivington Brewing Co Proper Ace 3.7 Manchester CAMRA Beer & Cider Festival Manchester Draft

Little Earth Project Crab Apple Saison 6.7 Manchester CAMRA Beer & Cider Festival Manchester Draft

Box Social Brewing Metanoia 6.0 Manchester CAMRA Beer & Cider Festival Manchester Cask

Cloudwater Brew Co. DDH Pale NZ Chinook 5.3 Manchester CAMRA Beer & Cider Festival Manchester Cask

Brass Castle Brewery Quench 3.2 Manchester CAMRA Beer & Cider Festival Manchester Cask

Bridgehouse Brewery Landlady IPA 5.1 Manchester CAMRA Beer & Cider Festival Manchester Cask

Bridgehouse Brewery Pale Bandit 4.2 Manchester CAMRA Beer & Cider Festival Manchester Cask

The Ticketybrew Company Double Hop Pale – Simcoe & Wai-iti 4.0 Manchester CAMRA Beer & Cider Festival Manchester Cask

Farmageddon Brewing Co-op Wreckin’ Crew 5.5 Manchester CAMRA Beer & Cider Festival Manchester Cask

Lacada Brewery Devils Washtub 5.2 Manchester CAMRA Beer & Cider Festival Manchester Cask

Mourne Mountains Brewery Mourne Mist 4.5 Manchester CAMRA Beer & Cider Festival Manchester Draft

Shiny Brewing Pail: Calypso Centennial 4.0 The Font Chorlton-Cum-Hardy Cask

Burton Road Brewing Co Pale Ale 4.8 Mary & Archie Manchester Cask

Flash House Brewing Co Tiny Dancer 5.4 Pi (Chorlton) Chorlton Cask

Marble Beers Marble Sorachi 5.2 Marble Beer House Chorlton-cum-Hardy Cask

Mad Hatter Brewing Company Penny Lane Pale 3.9 The Beagle Chorlton-Cum-Hardy Draft

Blackjack Beers Dragon's Tears 5.2 Cask And Kiln Manchester Draft

The Bootleg Brewing Co. Chorlton Pale Ale 4.0 Horse & Jockey Chorlton-cum-Hardy Cask

Tiny Rebel Brewing Co Hank 4.0 The Parlour Manchester Cask

Pomona Island Brew Co. APA: Mosaic | Citra | Centennial 5.3 Man Bites Frog  Draft

Blackjack Beers Curse Of Mexico 3.5 Morley Cheeks Chorlton Cask

Neptune Brewery Black Percula 4.5 Electrik Chorlton-cum-Hardy Cask

Redemption Brewing Company  Victorian Mild 6.0 Electrik Chorlton-cum-Hardy Cask

Lost And Grounded Brewers No Rest For Dancers 6.2 Brewski Manchester Draft

Buxton Brewery Centennial IPA 7.0 The Chorlton Tap Chorlton-Cum-Hard Draft

Dry & Bitter Brewing Company GOING DIPA 8.2 Café Beermoth Manchester Draft

Brightside Brewing Company Seven Waves 4.2 Flok Manchester Cask

Farmageddon Brewing Co-op ANZAC 4.5 Soup Kitchen Manchester Cask

Runaway Brewery Session IPA 4.2 Runaway Brewery Manchester Draft

Pomona Island Brew Co. Pale: Cascade | Simcoe 3.8 Jack In The Box Manchester, Greater Manchester Cask

West By Three Brewing Co. The Pilot Series - Leaf Blower 4.1 The Smithfield Hotel and Tavern Manchester Draft

Burning Soul Brewing Company Citra Amarillo Sour 4.8 COMMON Northern Quarter Draft

Track Brewing Company Denali 4.4 Track Brewing Co. Manchester Draft

Track Brewing Company Single Hop -- Ella 4.0 Track Brewing Co. Manchester Draft

Cloudwater Brew Co. IPA Simcoe Chinook 6.5 Cloudwater Brewery Barrel Store Manchester Draft

Cloudwater Brew Co. DDH Pale Simcoe Ekuanot 5.5 Cloudwater Brewery Barrel Store Manchester Draft

Pomona Island Brew Co. Stout 4.5 Grub Food Mayfield Depot Manchester Cask

Beer Nouveau Challenger 4.2 Beer Nouveau Manchester Cask

Beer Nouveau Clara Walkden 4.2 Beer Nouveau Manchester Draft

Tiny Rebel Brewing Co Dutty 4.2 Unit 101 Manchester Draft

Tiny Rebel Brewing Co Peaches And Cream IPA 5.5 Unit 101 Manchester Draft

Some pubs in Tunbridge Wells

13/1/18

My first blog of 2018 is about a trip to some pubs in Tunbridge Wells.

Having spoken to my friend Martin, a regular visitor there, it turned out he was going there as well so he kindly offered to show me around.

First pub was the Fuggles Beer Cafe:

A great range of cask and keg beers here

Next stop was the the George, where they have recently opened a brewery on site.

the 2 beers I had at the George

We checked the Opera House (Wetherspoons), a fine building, but we did not linger there as no new beers were available for either of us.

Then on to the Bedford. A Greene King pub with guest beers.

where I had 2 beers from another new brewery to me, Angels and Demons of Folkestone.

Next was the Ragged Trousers

The final pub was the Pantiles Tap

it certainly was

Heres the beer I had in each pub:

Fuggles Beer Café Elusive Brewing Level Up (Level 10: Comet & Citra) 5.0 Cask

Fuggles Beer Café Burnt Mill Brewery Steel-Cut Gluten Free Oat Pale Ale 4.5 Draft

Fuggles Beer Café Lost And Grounded Brewers Dig That Well Deep 5.2 Draft

Fuggles Beer Café The Wild Beer Co Beyond Modus IV 7.7 Draft

Fuggles Beer Café Villages Oboe 5.3 Draft

The George  Ilkley Brewery Co. Tribus Lupulus 2.7 4.4 Cask

The George  Fonthill Brewing Co Delta 5.8 Cask

The Bedford The Brewery Of Angels & Demons ADH-Me 5.2 Cask

The Bedford The Brewery Of Angels & Demons Panama Jazz 4.8 Cask

The Ragged Trousers Wild Horse Brewing Company Red Rye IPA 6.0 Draft

Pantiles Tap Burnt Mill Brewery Pintle  Pale Ale - Citra & Cascade 4.3 Draft

Pantiles Tap Brew By Numbers 07|10 - Witbier - Cranberry 5.0 Draft

Pantiles Tap Curious Drinks (Chapel Down) Curious Brew Lager 4.7 Draft

Pantiles Tap Wiper And True Doves And Ravens - Amber Ale 4.3 Draft

Pantiles Tap One Mile End Brewery Barrel Blends: Black Framboise 8.1 Draft

Some great pubs and beers made a very enjoyable trip