National Beer Day: Where can you find the BEST beer in Manchester?

Let’s have a look at some of our favourite breweries here in Manchester featuring Track, Cloudwater and Northern Monk!

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00:00Where can you find the best beer in Manchester? Now that's a great question

00:03and one that I Theo Geuston Betts with Manchester World am endeavouring to

00:08answer for you. Now I've been at Manchester World for just over a year now

00:12literally as of the point that I'm filming this and I've been to three

00:16particular places that stand out to me as perfect for beer because they're

00:20independent it's top top quality beer and the atmosphere is off the charts so

00:24let's have a talk through those three places. So we're going to start with a

00:28random industrial estate just about a 10 minute walk along from Piccadilly

00:33Station. Now while this might seem like a bit of a trek I can guarantee you that

00:37it's worth it because we're not just finding one of the best breweries in

00:40Manchester here we are absolutely finding two of them as well as the fact

00:44that a shore shot which we haven't made it down to yet is around this area as

00:48well. Now this is Cloudwater Brewery. Fuzzy is the beer that you might see most

00:53often associated with them it's a delightfully refreshing beer but the

00:58story of Cloudwater is one that is slightly common now in Manchester but

01:02certainly wasn't common when they started. They were founded in 2014 brewing

01:06their first beers in very early 2015 and have constantly embraced new styles new

01:12types of beer to serve the people of Manchester. Their taproom has a brilliant

01:17atmosphere is always open on weekends and again the convenient part about both

01:21Cloudwater and track is that they are right next door to each other. In fact let's

01:26talk about track. Now as I say it is literally a very short walk across a road

01:33to get in there and again the atmosphere is brilliant. When they are having big

01:37nights over the weekend they have pizzas served there as well and their story

01:41actually begins a little bit earlier back in 2008 when their owner Sam went on a

01:47little trip all the way around the United States. He found small taprooms and

01:51breweries that simply weren't found in the UK and intended to bring them back and

01:55that's exactly what he's done. They've got a brilliant range of different styles of beer.

02:00My personal favorite is the Lepari which is a lemon sour which has a flavor like

02:05nothing I've ever tasted before and it's got a soft spot in my heart as well

02:08because it is one of the very first videos that I did here at Manchester World.

02:12Now a big part of the thing that defines the beer community in Manchester is the fact

02:18that they're all so willing to work together and that is where Northern Monk come in. Now while the company itself

02:24originated in Leeds they have this Manchester factory and it is a brilliant place

02:29to get a pint. I really can't emphasize enough they have really embraced the beer

02:33culture here in the city constantly they have options on from other breweries

02:38places like track places like Cloudwater and they have just such a brilliant

02:43atmosphere going on inside. Now you might wonder why we're talking about this and as

02:48I said at the beginning it is National Beer Day we thought it was important to

02:50celebrate some of the places that we think are doing beer right here in Manchester

02:54and these three are absolutely up there so give them a try and follow Manchester

02:59World for more.