*3 Hour Special* The Breweries Pubs & Bars Of Manchester

[@edwardwilcox6606]

Awesome tour by Paul of his Cloudwater Brewery, succinct explanation of the process with no cliche`s from someone who`s passionate about brewing. Well done Simon on your imformative 3-hour tour!

[@davebishopcomedy]

It’s not really his brewery is it he fucked the original brewer off

[@traveldayuk]

Hello. I’m Michael who made you the pizza. Cheers for the kind words and including it in the video.

[@realaleguide]

Oh my goodness the pizza was incredible, thanks for watching.

[@HopZine]

The pizza was amazing! I've been wanting to try it for ages. Lived up to expectations

[@PhillyMoto]

Brill video! I'm lucky enough that all these pubs are my locals. Glad you enjoyed them.

[@SouthSideRangers]

Flew into Manchester and made sure i had a few hours before train back to Scotland.. Sureshot ..Cloudwater and Track brewery taprooms really close to each othet. Heaven !! ❤

[@D-Ted]

Real Ale Craft Beer..... THE MOVIE 🎥🍿

[@iamtheeggman1986]

💯 %

[@captaincat1743]

Who could play Simon though ? I think Steven Seagal would be the obvious choice... And the catchphrase on the promo posters could be "It's beer o' clock motherf**ker"

[@americasfavoritehoarder]

I enjoy these tours. Thanks Simon.

[@tenchman4526]

Thanks Simon, much appreciated to get a non tourist view of the breweries and pubs of Manchester. I now have to add them to my list with York as must visits when I’m in the UK this August!

[@Paul_Greenwood_]

Excellent cloudwater tour and very interesting video throughout…great to see you come up north and visit my home city 👍🍺😀

[@mattrigby4244]

Absolutely loved this video, my favourite of yours, maybe bias from it being my hometown and also my favourite place to drink however I learnt loads about the history of the manchester beer scene and some of its architecture and old pubs. Me and my mrs loved watching this, great to see beer bringing together two mates once again and just having a great time.

[@HopZine]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@dominicbenson3246]

Watching this in chunks. Such a good video. Thanks to you and Hopzine for being such a gent. Confirming for me that Manchester is the best beer city in the UK.

[@HardWoodCountry]

I can watch this every Friday brother! 😊cheers!! -Anthony Mejia

[@SRlikethetoothpaste]

What an absolute treat of an early summer special! Glad to see the rain held off for you. BAFTA-worthy broadcasting, this.

[@Warflojd]

Another fantastic video Simon! Rob is the best. That guy knows his beer 🍺

[@mrmikevegas1]

What a brilliant watch that was. I live in Manchester and have never visited quite a few of these so definitely on my list now

[@SimonMartinForPrimeMinister]

This is ABSOLUTELY fantastic! Thanks Si. What an amazing watch. Just literally off the plane from a week in Spain and just opened a beer and got this on. Amazing mate. Always a loyal member to this channel. God to see Rob as well.

[@keithA03]

Absolutely loved this video in my home city. Great tour with Paul, a legend of the UK craft beer scene. You should definitely do more videos with Rob, you're great together.

[@HopZine]

Thanks, that's very kind of you to say. Glad you enjoyed it.

[@realaleguide]

Sheffield?

[@Tehchapster]

For sure, I could watch you two going round pubs together for hours!

[@tashpope1]

Hiya I served you at Gullivers ! glad we made it into the cut. Sorry me and Jay were so moody it was bit early in the day for us. Glad you had a nice trip !

[@HopZine]

Not at all, you were both lovely and very helpful.

[@enlighteighty1204]

I watched this video expecting some pretty terrible service based on this comment, but you were both lovely.

[@flaauws]

City Arms (mentioned by Paul) is a great great pub. Fantastic beer and a proper traditional pub feel to the place. Also Cafe Beermoth is fantastic as well.

[@tomwilliams7391]

Manchester is one of the best places for beer, same level as Yorkshire, London, Scotland

[@MR-tb4po]

Just a great video. Watched it three times in various stages of inebriation. Stage 1 - Sobre. Stage 2 - Pissed. Stage 3 - Simon in Manchester

[@nicholaspolydor4240]

3:35 After The Mill Bar & Kitchen, I'm surprised that you didn't walk out of the front doors (which HopZine's Rob Derbyshire initially pointed to) and visit the Piccadilly Tap, a Bloomsbury Leisure venue.

[@frankcarter6427]

The Pev, favourite boozer in my home city, was in there a few weeks ago on a rare visit back to Manc

[@SteveHarris-pw1ky]

Really enjoyed this Simon 👍Probably the best "out and about" to date. Gave yourself plenty of time and Rob had the route knowledge which really helped. Cracking content.

[@captaincat1743]

Great vid. I was born and raised in Manchester and I love the vibe, the buzz, the chaos and the ambience all mixed in together. It was great to see you had a good time there mate!! Thanks for yet another top quality upload. Have a great day man :)

[@TheMasterOfHoppets]

A couple of BeerTuber legends! This was great fun to watch. Took me back to when I was visiting you & hanging out with Rob in London years ago! It would be awesome to hang out again! You guys should think about coming to our beer festival in August!😉

[@realaleguide]

Thanks Peter, glad you enjoyed it. Send me the details for your festival :-)

[@DavidB-py8nz]

Nice one mate. The cloudwater tour was fascinating, very educational.

[@OliverMidgley-fv3pp]

One of the best videos I have seen!! Deffo do more of these!

[@alid8646]

JEESUS! 3 hours! think ill have to split this into 6 parts!

[@johnknox3563]

One of these days I’m going to travel to your beautiful country and have a few pints at a real British pub. I’m lucky in that there is an excellent craft beer scene relatively close to me, but I want to experience it there.

[@richardbennett3804]

Great to see the old team back together. Best of the series so far.....

[@HopZine]

Had a can of Hell For Pleather last week. Wonderful stuff!

[@richardbennett3804]

@@HopZine Cheers Rob

[@dominicbenson3246]

Really enjoying the tour of Cloudwater. Thanks for this Simon

[@HopZine]

Paul is a lovely chap and has so much knowledge. Even before we started filming one of the brewers who was on the canning machine made sure we had cold cans in our hands before Simon hit record.

[@imonahorse]

Came looking for Marble Arch, was not disappointed. My favourite pub in the world, lived across the road for several years, an absolute treat being able to call that my local. Wish they still did chocolate marble! There’s also the Angel back up the road on the corner, cracking pub.

[@SlurpyDave254]

As a mancunian your chose of pubs were bang on...glad to see u drinking 2 milds. One of ya best vids yet simon👏👍

[@ronniechambers2555]

A couple on there I've never been to, though I knew of them, the Turks Head and Wellington and must remember to visit them next time I'm in Manchester. Never been to the Shakespeare either, but there can't be a pub that promises so much from the outside that delivers so little on the inside, so won't be going there. This video and some of the things said, got me thinking of some of the pubs that existed when I first visited in 1997, just before it started to change, and that have now closed. In 1997 that area around the Angel was built up, with terraced streets, and remember going to a pub called the Pot of Beer, alas no more. Simon I'm sure would've loved the Jolly Anglers, RIP. The Northern Quarter back then was like the Bronx, mean and moody, the Smithfield Tavern was always popular, a place where contractors would stay, I stayed there once, excellent accommodation for the price. Lots of places like Bar Fringe nowadays, but back then it was a trailblazer, foreign beers a rarity in those days.

[@SlurpyDave254]

@ronniechambers2555 spot on about the Shakespeare, it's awful inside..northern quarter/Ancoats was on its knees in the 80's. So many pubs gone in that area. Pot of Beer was called the Harp n Shamrock those day due to the Irish connections around there. Building still stands. Defo go to the Turks Head Ronnie ( hare n hounds next door also super)..some good shouts there mate!🍺👍

[@HopZine]

I bloody love a Mild. I was made up when Holts Dark mild was on.

[@SlurpyDave254]

@@HopZine the beer I was brought up on was Holt Mild...its never changed, still the same as 40 years ago👍🍺

[@christophermackinnon2724]

loved this guys , two gents very educational not causing no bother , being a salfordian and 39 this was boss the pevv is amazing , great work gents ❤

[@HopZine]

Thanks, glad me did Manchester justice.

[@jamestaylor9695]

Great video! Enjoyed following along, great tour and hospitality by Paul

[@lukesaunders9321]

10 minutes in and I'm hooked! Great knowledge shared as well

[@jamescurrent8794]

Loved seeing the Cloudwater Brewery, and the beers you had there. I'm on the wrong side of the pond to get them, but it's still interesting as heck for me. Stone the Crows!

[@kenneththomson9492]

Epic video! Definitely one of your best

[@BrickDust]

Some marvellous pubs you visited in Manchester! I've been to a handful of them and had a great time.

[@MR-tb4po]

Great video. Loved the easy vibe. Funny that you could hear you getting gently sparkled. Quite right! It’s Monday and I wish it was Friday

[@HopZine]

I tried to keep it sensible abv but a few bigger ones crept in. About 8-9 pints in total I think. A long day but a good one.

[@alanlynch200]

Great video, some great pubs and craft breweries!

[@Glen-nx5gm]

Great video. I purchased cloudwater export lager and Piccadilly porter after this to try. Just had the export lager and it is superb 🍺

[@tyrranicalt-rad6164]

Very Interesting ! And it was nice to see simon walking and getting some exercise. 🍺

[@andrewellis5092]

I loved this trip. Superb!

[@JungleUTFR]

What a brilliant video, some cracking pubs ! Especially loved the Marble Arch 🍻🍺 it’s a must Thanks for sharing and education 👍

[@RadeyRads]

He didn't go in the marble arch did he? I think that was the lower Turks head

[@beryltlb]

Fantastic to hear them say that City Arms may have a Redwillow on - as I sit here at home in Macclesfield (20 min away from Piccadilly on the train), the home of Redwillwo, enjoying my Redwillows and your video.

[@psprog]

Great stuff - I love your "the pubs and bars of.." series. Had no idea about the Briton's Protection that's one of my go-to pubs whenever I'm in Manchester.

[@GenuinePluko]

Rob is such a top bloke! Great seeing you two out on the beers! Best video you've made to date Si, i'd pin this as your featured video for the channel!!!

[@Manger_13]

Brilliant vid, love seeing these. Keep up the great work

[@Nee69]

Watched it all now. Really enjoyed it 👍

[@realaleguide]

Ah thanks Neil, really pleased you enjoyed it 🍺🍺🍺

[@timothyduckworth8926]

Awesome pub crawl along the lines of my own with my mate when in Newcastle quayside. Definitely want to hit the tap rooms highlighted here. Cheers to Simon and your cohort in Manchester.

[@HopZine]

I'd love to drag Simon up to Newcastle, one of my favourite beer cities.

[@segacollect]

Really enjoyed your video. Currently sat in the Turks enjoying a pint of Holts. Not been in for years but your video inspired me to get out.

[@HopZine]

I've walked past it so many times but have never gone in. It was a lovely pub and the mild was bang on.

[@user-lg5qd7nh7s]

Started watching you through lockdown...glad you enjoyed manchester 👌

[@user-lg5qd7nh7s]

Get to 7brothers next time

[@dereksenemo]

My mouth's watering watching the Marble Arch video, I visited this pub years ago on a trip from Newcastle & I can honestly say that Ginger Marble Ale is 1 of the greatest beers in the world🤪

[@arthurthistlewood1225]

Totally agree. Was in there recently and they don't do it anymore sadly.

[@dereksenemo]

@@arthurthistlewood1225 Well, that's disgraceful, if I'd lived local I would've been a regular drinker of the Ginger Marble, anyway Thanks for letting me know.

[@keithA03]

​@arthurthistlewood1225 that can't be right, this was literally filmed last weekend so they obviously still serve it.

[@arthurthistlewood1225]

OK, they must have brought it back then. Great stuff.

[@pvacaesar2942]

Well done, Si. This was great

[@dominicbenson3246]

Bloody love the Marble Arch. Finished my stag do there a few years ago.

[@DinoDiRosa]

Looks like you guys had a great day 🍻

[@ryantoole2327]

That mild looked perfect

[@HopZine]

Delicious!

[@ronniechambers2555]

Really enjoyed that, 3 hours of Manchester, my favourite city, though don't like the way its being Londonised. I did my first pub crawl there in 1997, just before it started to change ( for the worse IMO ). This video has reminded me though, that it still has a lot to offer in the traditional sense, and restored what was on the wane, that is my love for Manchester, its industrial history, culture and its pubs, a place you could easily spend a week, visiting 7 or 8 good pubs/bars and taprooms a day.

[@iamtheeggman1986]

Love Manchester 🐝

[@arthurthistlewood1225]

Just finally finished this (work truly is the curse of the drinking classes) and just brilliant. Used to live in Manchester area and know most of the old places well, but great reminder of their histories. More like this please Simon - much as I love your beer reviews I think there's a market for tours of towns/cities and chats with breweries - maybe smaller towns to a) keep the length of the video down and b) stop you getting wobbly gob 🙂

[@dbuk5637]

Great video again. Will be trying some of them pubs next time I am in Manchester seeing my wife's family

[@benoakes01]

Glad you made it to the marble arch! I LOVE you that pub. Lagonda didnt seem to be on as far a I could see. Typical! Thats my fave Marble beer. Also their dark mild is great

[@theonlynemesis]

3 HOURS!!!! Time to get my slippers on and get comfy

[@andrewmclachlan4053]

Simon well done what lovely people. Loved the whole video ❤

[@MattWilliams482]

Brilliant video Simon, really enjoyed watching it and learnt something about the brewing process from Paul at Cloudwater. Thanks 😊

[@lloydeleven9023]

Have to say great vid , really makes you appreciate proper old pubs they look amazing

[@thebeermonsterreviews]

Wow 3 hrs! ill enjoy watching this over the next few days. Love these vids

[@BPEECOM]

Great video thanks for sharing the Cloudwater brewery tour, very interesting!

[@VK2QRZ]

Great work mate, nice vid. Keen to see more!!

[@manutd1622]

Love this two good mates drinking good beer ,,,,,,,,what life is all about 🍻

[@HopZine]

It's was a great time. (Before York) We'd not seen eachother for a few years. But you just drop right back into it. Simon had me howling with laughter as we sat in the garden at the Marble Arch.

[@joinmeonthedarkside2]

Fantastic 🙂 You caught one of the trains I drive on the 2nd day 🙂

[@realaleguide]

Nice one! Thats Brilliant

[@craigthompson2830]

Strongly recommend Derby, Sheffield and Huddersfield for having a lot of good pubs, though i'm slightly biased as I visit all 3 regularly...

[@HopZine]

Sheffield is high up on our list. Never been to Derby, but I love Nottingham. I used to go to Huddersfield lots, it not what it used to be. We did some filming there years ago when Magic Rock first opened. I think we filmed in The Rat and Ratchet, The Grove and The Sportsman too.

[@Tom_-]

Derby has amazing pubs, Sheffield has some of the absolute best breweries (St Mars is probably my favourite in the country, and Triple Point is great too) but I've never been to Huddersfield so will add that to my map!

[@droylsden18]

We used to have a lot of brewers in Manchester, holts, Wilsons, Boddingtons and lots more, not many left now

[@iamtheeggman1986]

Hydes, Robinsons, jw lees

[@kezchallacombe6684]

One of the most interesting and historic pubs is the Peveril of the Peak. 1820. This pub was used as a brothel by US Gi's in WW2! This pub is on Camra's national historic inventories and is protected.

[@arthurthistlewood1225]

Had some great times in there. Used to absolutely hammer the Copper Dragon bitter. Eric Cantona was once spotted in there playing on the fussball table.

[@MuckMan_Movies]

Hope you popped up to Saltaire after Manchester. Some cracking pubs and bars up there, as well as a few decent ones in Shipley.

[@karlos55555]

Black Jack brewery is at the bottom of the hill at the side of The Marble Arch where you visited. Has it's own bar in there too and the owner is a really nice bloke. Absolutely great video of my home town boozers and you did well to be still standing at the end of it!

[@HopZine]

I went to the taproom once, is it still open? Not far from Marble Arch if I remember. The range on at their pub was sizeable. I struggled to pick what to have.

[@DeltaV3]

Absolutely fantastic stuff. Really enjoyable content. Well done Si. 👍🏻

[@leonhaselden1832]

Glad to see you hit the BP! Best boozer in Manchester no doubt!

[@notanyone1206]

Fantastic film. Rob did you proud with that bar crawl, frequent most of them when I'm down in Manchester. Big question though. What was in Rob's bag ?

[@HopZine]

Tripod and mount, Manchester beer book, my coat, bottle of water, x2 Kabanos sausages, x2 cheese and ham sarnies and 2 pork pies.

[@notanyone1206]

@@HopZine Excellent survival kit.

[@chimparse]

Great vid. Top tour of Manchester

[@droylsden18]

Started on holts bitter at 15, had 1 pint wobbled home, you'll never have constipation drinking that

[@dannydirt5D]

I drink in the Marble Arch and have done for a few years now, my favourite pub in Manchester

[@ahumanonplanetearth]

Lees also makes the Moonraker strong ale which is pretty good. Manchester Star was nice too but I'm not sure whether that's still brewed.

[@Bakey180s]

Fred Dibnah type chimney ..love it mate..ps hope you got back home okay..it sounded like you were going to up in timbuctoo .lol

[@NigelFortune]

Awesome video Simon! 👍

[@kennyr2744]

Another great video. Cheers

[@007markell]

No way were you in Manchester! Gutted I didn’t see you! Hoped you enjoyed it up here

[@j2thebee]

Great video Simon, hope to bump into you next time you come to Manchester! Please think about using wireless microphone though, would really help with the audio!

[@Lewis_4]

Great stuff Si!

[@kezchallacombe6684]

Simon. The 'MB' above the door at the Turks Head stands for 'Manchester Brewery Co' 1800's. It became a Wilsons pub in the 1970's. Wilsons was merged with Websters in Yorkshire. Watneys aquired them both and closed them. 1986. How's that?

[@Nee69]

I was nearly going to Manchester last Saturday too. Never mind. Maybe next time

[@Jbaxter736]

If you get the opportunity, get a tram from Manchester into Eccles and go to my favourite pub in the area. The Lamb Hotel

[@mancmackem]

The lad did very well and shown you all the greatest hits of town. It's a shame you didn't get into Bar Fringe. Was in there tonight, they have Delerium Blue and Red on draft, along with Kasteel Rouge.

[@HopZine]

We did go, it was supposed to be open but the door was locked. We could see through the window the back door was open?

[@jasonpratt927]

Wow, the most beer I have seen Simon drink on an out and about video ! 😳😂

[@dingdongdo3196]

Just to clarify lads the Castle Hotel is on Oldham st not Oxford st. Great tour, I love the crown & kettle it’s a belting boozer.

[@danielshirazi6636]

I think you might need to invest into a couple of wireless mics. Good tour!

[@djonfonsteen6331]

Bloody hell. Im away for 5 minutes and I miss the best pub crawl this side of Yorvik. 😂 I'd like to have bought a few rounds... its my back yard

[@BattlesDiplomacy]

Love an away-day tour! Come to Leeds please!

[@HopZine]

It will happen 1000%

[@yanadog1]

Fantastic Si!!!