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ALL THE PUBS IN THE MANCHESTER BEER BOOK – FIERCE BAR

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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

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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

ALL THE PUBS IN THE MANCHESTER BEER BOOK No. 6 – BUNDOBUST BREWERY

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February 2024. Manchester. Another stressful Saturday afternoon at the Etihad, another catch-up with my lad, another pub tick in Matt Curtis’s excellent guide to the city’s pubs and bars. Arriving at Piccadilly feeling knackered I fancied something fresh and healthy, and the Marhaba curry place is closed weekends, which is a tragedy. But those Bundobust… Continue reading ALL THE PUBS IN THE MANCHESTER BEER BOOK No. 6 – BUNDOBUST BREWERY

ALL THE PUBS IN THE MANCHESTER BEER BOOK No. 5 – THE MOLLY HOUSE

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February 2024. Manchester. A Monday lunchtime pub session with Paul Mudge is never a quiet affair. 11:20 The Millstone 11:45 The Hare & Hounds 12:35 Mr. Thomas’s Chop House 13:15 Briton’s Protection 13:50 Paul was off to check-in at his Youth Hostel; I was heading home.. “Unless you fancy a nightcap, Paul ?“. Well, you… Continue reading ALL THE PUBS IN THE MANCHESTER BEER BOOK No. 5 – THE MOLLY HOUSE

ALL THE PUBS IN THE MANCHESTER BEER BOOK No.1 – THE MILLSTONE

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February 2024. Manchester. Tickers gotta tick, tick, tick, tick etc. And what better to tick after the whole GBG than the rather wonderful Guide to Manchester Beer (Matthew Curtis/CAMRA). Loads of great pubs to revisit, lots of southern Manc bars I’ve never been to, and the best thing of all is there won’t be a… Continue reading ALL THE PUBS IN THE MANCHESTER BEER BOOK No.1 – THE MILLSTONE

A HOLT IN THE VICTORIA TAP

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January 2024. Victoria Station. Manchester. Some Universities teach pointless subjects, like philosophy, and French, and football studies. The very best of them run courses on Pub Blog titles, where I learnt you can substitute halt for Holt when you order a pint of Cheetham Hill’s finest. After than disastrous Saturday afternoon in Preston (never mind… Continue reading A HOLT IN THE VICTORIA TAP

“BLAME IT ON THE IMPERIAL STOUT” (NOT A TAYLOR DAYNE TRACK)

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November 2023. Heaton Moor. Stockport. Or is it Mauldeth ? Or Lower Burnage ? Or Lesser Didsbury ? Check next year’s GBG to find out. The road from the Bottle to the Beer Shop is paved with very South Manchester sounding bar names. One of the duller 14 minute walks, but The Beer Shop was… Continue reading “BLAME IT ON THE IMPERIAL STOUT” (NOT A TAYLOR DAYNE TRACK)

Blackpool Jane’s Manchester Mission #9 – (Taylor’s Version)

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October 2023. Manchester. A trip to Manchester with Mrs RM for a pint, a curry and a book about pubs ? Count me in, Blackpool Jane. Really all you need is Jane’s blog. Read that first. But I’m contractually obliged to give you my own diary extracts, “Taylor’s version” if you like. Hey, where did… Continue reading Blackpool Jane’s Manchester Mission #9 – (Taylor’s Version)