ALL THE PUBS IN THE MANCHESTER BEER BOOK No. 2 – THE HARE AND HOUNDS

February 2024. Manchester.

Just another Manic Monday in Manchester with Mudge (hey, missed a great blog title there !). This is Paul’s long list ( I think), grouped on the right by brewery in that strange way that was fashionable before 1990 and the Beer Orders.

In truth, I’d popped to Piccadilly mainly to catch up with Paul and try to persuade him in Fierce for a mango milkshake sour,

or failing that a wander round some heritage pubs. And Manchester, which I find as alluring as ever.

Good to see City’s Chloe Kelly honoured on the wall on the way to the Hare & Hounds,

which I actually forgot to take a shot of, so the prices on this old photo may be slightly out of date,

but not too much. Still close enough to £3 a pint I think.

They had White Rat on, but anyone who doesn’t have the Holt is a bit daft.

I thought the Bitter as good as ever (NBSS 3.5+), cool and chewy,

the pub perhaps busier than I’ve ever seen it before noon.

Great bench seating, cosy and warm (make a note, it was warm), and Paul started up some chat with the next table, something it’s easy to do here.

I’d popped outside to take a picture of the murals and a loo door.

A classic, with Mudgie friendly soundtrack.

Next up, one I’d never, ever, been in before.

Published by retiredmartin

Retired NHS, doing long walks around UK and the world to record the great bits. Focused on Good Beer Guide pubs and live music.

10 thoughts on “ALL THE PUBS IN THE MANCHESTER BEER BOOK No. 2 – THE HARE AND HOUNDS”

      1. Dave,
        The Hare and Hounds must be my favourite, hence me getting there each of the three days. Wonderfully unspoilt interior, 11am opening, Holts Bitter, change out of £10 for three pints and always end up talking to someone else, a drinker from Finland on the Wednesday.

        Martin,
        Sinclair’s was on the upper right (“Sin”….) and lower right of my list but you opted instead for Mr Thomas’s Chop House and the Britons Protection.
        It was my fourth pub on the Wednesday and the OBB was drinking well. I was told “No cooking”, reminiscent of the “No” everything else in Humphreys pubs, but then a quarter of an hour later was asked if I wanted a meal. I had change out of £9 and the sausage, mash and peas were very nice.

        Imagine my surprise on the Banks’s Mild in the Princess Royal this afternoon when a bloke got talking to me who, being from Denton, knew the Halfway House in Droylesdon that I discovered on Tuesday.

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      5. From the tram I saw a football ground, all blue and white like the one I saw at Falmer last September on my previous trip away.

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