February 2025. Mossley (pronounced Mossley). I’d promised Matt lunch in Mossley, but while it’s a good pub town it’s not one for the gourmand, or even two blokes after a chip butty/bap/cob. Not on Sunday, anyway. Luckily, we had 28 minutes before the train back to Platform 1, Piccadilly, just time for pizza in the… Continue reading PRETZELS, CHOCOLATE AND TIGER RUT. A RETURN TO MOSSLEY’S GILLERY
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THE BUTCHERS ARMS, MOSSLEY. ANOTHER PUB YOU’RE SURPRISED, BUT DELIGHTED, TO SEE IN GBG 25
February 2025. Mossley. Is it Moss-ley ? Or Moz-ley ? Or Moze-ley ? Who cares ? Whatever, it’s second stop out of Piccadilly on the line to York. Matt met me at Platform 1, 1 minute before departure, while I admired the flashy ad for the Mid-Cheshire line. Matt had never been to Mossley, quite… Continue reading THE BUTCHERS ARMS, MOSSLEY. ANOTHER PUB YOU’RE SURPRISED, BUT DELIGHTED, TO SEE IN GBG 25
ALL THE PUBS IN THE MANCHESTER BEER BOOK. FLOK.
February 2025. Manchester. Life slowly returns to normality, with three weekends in a row in Manchester, with ticks in the GBG and the CAMRA Manc Book, the latter packed with hipster bars in the Northern Quarter, a phrase that was outdated years ago. Stevenson Square, barely two minute walk from Matthew’s Piccadilly flat, is the… Continue reading ALL THE PUBS IN THE MANCHESTER BEER BOOK. FLOK.
MICROPUB LOO SPECIAL AWARD – OL’S BIER, STALYBRIDGE
February 2025. Stalybridge. Right, here’s that new Stalybridge entry, a third micro within two minutes joining Bridge Beers and Cracking Pint, which was called Crafty Pint before CAMRA banned craft following the incredibly successful “Revitalisation Review”. These charming micros have successfully revitalised Stalybridge, in part, and Ol’s is a friendly all-rounder of a neighbourhood bar-cum-offie… Continue reading MICROPUB LOO SPECIAL AWARD – OL’S BIER, STALYBRIDGE
STALYVEGAS
February 2025. Stalyvegas. The new Good Beer Guide is a joy. Trips to Mansfield, Uxbridge and now Stalybridge for the avid ticker. And folk who want to see how the eastern suburbs of Greater Manchester are looking post-COVID. Some smart central flats above Gladstone’s barber shop-cum-bistro, and some promising street art, almost suggest some modest… Continue reading STALYVEGAS
ALL THE PUBS IN THE MANCHESTER BEER BOOK – THE CITY ARMS
November 2024. Manchester. Three hours till kick-off on Tuesday night, what on earth do you do in a rainy Manchester to kill the time ? Good idea. I’d actually fancied visiting Mulligans, the “Irish pub” in the Matthew Curtis book, but Matt reckoned it would be packed with Feyenoord fans happy paying £8 for Guinness,… Continue reading ALL THE PUBS IN THE MANCHESTER BEER BOOK – THE CITY ARMS
ALL THE PUBS IN THE MANCHESTER BEER BOOK – THE PORT STREET BEER HOUSE
August 2024. Manchester. My creaky back, which I don’t like to talk about*, prevented the exciting walk round Didsbury I’d planned with Matt on Tuesday, so I settled on a guided tour of lesser known Ancoats. I don’t like to talk about the fact Matt knows places in the Eternal City that I don’t, though… Continue reading ALL THE PUBS IN THE MANCHESTER BEER BOOK – THE PORT STREET BEER HOUSE
ALL THE PUBS IN THE MANCHESTER BEER BOOK – THE OLD MONKEY
May 2024. Manchester. There’s a parade in Manchester for City this evening, to celebrate the Blues brave performance in defeat at Wembley yesterday. 25 years ago we could only dream of going the distance with United in a cup final. I won’t be there tonight, I’m no glory hunter, oh no. But I did pop… Continue reading ALL THE PUBS IN THE MANCHESTER BEER BOOK – THE OLD MONKEY
ALL THE PUBS IN THE MANCHESTER BEER BOOK – FIERCE BAR
March 2024. Manchester. Despite a disastrous season which has seen City 3 points from the top of the League, in the FA Cup semi-final and Champions League Quarter-Final and winning the World Cup and Super Cup, all while selling Asahi below £5 a pint at the Etihad, I renewed my season ticket for 2024-25. Price… Continue reading ALL THE PUBS IN THE MANCHESTER BEER BOOK – FIERCE BAR
ALL THE PUBS IN THE MANCHESTER BEER BOOK No. 7 – NORTH WESTWARD HO
March 2024. Manchester. I’ve just started marking the pubs I’ve done in the marvellous Matthew Curtis book. Just the ones visited since the book came out, I’m not claiming a tick for a Didsbury boozer (does it have any boozers ?) I popped in 25 years ago. Should I colour them with a pink marker… Continue reading ALL THE PUBS IN THE MANCHESTER BEER BOOK No. 7 – NORTH WESTWARD HO
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