PUBMAN WARNING: PUB-FREE POST I woke on Friday at Trivelles Mayfair (actually Heaton Chapel) relatively refreshed, determined to survive the Roger Protz beer tasting session at Manchester’s epic fest. A bracing walk down to Stockport cleared the head, if not the calories from Thursday’s crispy beef at Wing Lee (NCTSS 3.5). The walk takes in… Continue reading A STYLISH STOCKPORT START TO MANCHESTER BEER FEST 2019
Tag: Stockport
PORTWOOD PERFECTION
I left you in the bar at the Petersgate Tap on Thursday night (25/1), two great pints of Draught Bass down in 20 minutes, wondering if I should ask for the flat version again. But I figured a great night in Stockport needed a Chinese takeaway. I stuck out a tweet and waited for… Continue reading PORTWOOD PERFECTION
“BLESSINGS ON YOUR TAP, YOU SERVE GOOD BASS”
Coming almost up to date with this weekend’s (26-27/1/18) trip to Stockport, surely the Vegas of Cheshire. No football, but Manchester Beer Fest, a crawl round Levenshulme and a Bass challenge on the “To Do” list. Trivelles Mayfair is the unlikely name of my regular hotel for trips into Manchester*, ideally placed for trains… Continue reading “BLESSINGS ON YOUR TAP, YOU SERVE GOOD BASS”
DISSECTING STOCKPORT v HARROGATE IN THE ARMOURY
Two for the price of one here. You can use the Armoury before your trip to see 10-Man City (our new name) or the so-called “proper” football at Edgeley Park. The proper football last Saturday starts at 2 min 19 secs on this clip. I actually popped in just as County v Harrogate ended, which meant a) beer… Continue reading DISSECTING STOCKPORT v HARROGATE IN THE ARMOURY
TOP 100 PUBS -YE OLDE VIC, STOCKPORT
In the Boar’s Head on New Years Eve I realised that none of my Top 100 pubs so far are from Stockport, despite me telling you it’s our greatest pub town (now that Bathgate is losing its Wetherspoons, anyway). Stockport suffers from a surplus of treasures, with at least a half dozen potential candidates, and… Continue reading TOP 100 PUBS -YE OLDE VIC, STOCKPORT
MIXING PUBS AND POLITICS IN STOCKPORT
And so after “HandbagGate“, we come to the great Dick & Dave meet-up. An early start for Stockport that seemed pointless as I flew up a deserted M6 for the first time all year. I assume I haven’t accidentally brought my 90mph driving speeds from Germany home with me. Parked in the Premier Inn (home of rubbish Wi-Fi) by 11.30,… Continue reading MIXING PUBS AND POLITICS IN STOCKPORT
A PERFECT NIGHT IN STOCKPORT
There are times when you just to have to say it. Last night at the Etihad was as good as it gets, whatever “it” is. So good that I won’t even ridicule the “tourists” who spent the first half looking for their seat and the second half visiting the (alcohol-free) bar, thereby missing what they… Continue reading A PERFECT NIGHT IN STOCKPORT
THE CHIVERTON TAP
I’m sure Pub Curmudgeon will quickly correct me in lumping Cheadle Hulme‘s newest pub in with Greater Stockport, but the Good Beer Guide can’t make up it’s mind whether the Heatons Norris and Chapel deserve separate billing, so I’m in good company. The Chiverton Tap is certainly winning awards from Stockport and South Manchester CAMRA though,… Continue reading THE CHIVERTON TAP
BACK TO THE FUTURE IN OFFERTON
For many folk the end of May signals the start of the major beer festival season, with Cambridge and Stockport fests cruelly coming up in successive weeks. They hold no interest to me. Mrs RM and I took the DeLorean to a short break in the pub capital of the UK to enjoy a stagger round one… Continue reading BACK TO THE FUTURE IN OFFERTON
STOCKPORT’S WILD WEST
When I first started visiting Stockport in the ’90s, the attraction was as much the wild (relative to Cambridge) countryside as much as the idiosyncratic Robinson’s pubs. We’d stay in the Little Mill at Rowarth when it was a great pub and walk round Werneth Low and Etherow, just as appealing as the tourist honeypots of… Continue reading STOCKPORT’S WILD WEST
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