26 September 2006

In amongst all this politics, time for a beer

As a respite from all these lame speeches, I must let you know (and Barney would have liked to have let you know if he'd been able to make it up here) that there is an excellent pub within a very short walk of the G-Mex centre. It's called the Peveril of the Peak and it's on Great Bridgewater Street, just a little south of G-Mex and the Bridgewater Hall. Go west on Portland Street and then just keep going past the McDonalds instead of turning right towards the G-Mex.

It's one of those really cool northern pubs with lots of little separate rooms in it, all with slightly different decor. I had a pint of a beer called Copper Dragon in there and it really was something quite special. And a damn sight better beer (and cheaper) than the bar in the Britannia Hotel... or many of the other hotel bars nearby, I'm sure. Great to see good quality real ale in a city centre - London, by comparison, is a joke. Apart from the Jerusalem Tavern in Farringdon, when was the last time anybody had a really good pint of beer in central London?

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Hey Hal. If you're after good beer check out the Local Brewers in the area, Hydes, Lees and Robinsons, all of which have some good pubs to offer in the Manchester area. Can be found from either The SIBA or CAMRA websites.