Today's the day. The Chorlton Challenge.

Supporting and surveying the pubs of Chorlton.

Feel free to drop by for a drink at any point. All times approximate!

Drown the turkey crawl in Salford

Hope to see some of you at our Drown The Turkey social on Saturday 27th.
Meeting 12.30 at The Victoria Tap on Victoria Station then a route through Salford and back to Manchester at The Gas Lamp. See website diary for details.

Wishing all pub goers, beer and cider drinkers and hospitality staff a Merry Christmas.

If you're heading to the pub this Christmas, don't forget to show the hard working staff that you appreciate them being there to serve you rather than with their friends and family.

Our next meeting is this Thursday 13th November @ the Hillary Step Whalley Range,8pm. This month we'll have some donated hops to share out.

🚨WE NEED YOUR HELP!🚨

Our walls have heard 130 years of Manchester stories, laughter, music, and a fair few pints. 🍺 We’re proud to be part of this city’s soul, but we need your support to help protect The Marble Arch for generations to come.

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It's presentation day - heading to Horwich to present the @chorlbeerfest.bsky.social Beer Of The Festival Award to Bank Top Brewery. See you at The Ale House from 1pm.

This Thursday, be among the first to get a copy of the Good Beer Guide 2026. Copies on sale from The Beer House (57 Manchester Road, Chorlton) from 7pm - special launch night price of £12 ea.

Our next meeting is this Thursday 11th 8pm at The Hillary Step, we'll probably be up the back somewhere, bring beer (but not too much, we want to sample the Steps beers too 😉) and come & join us

The brilliant @torrside.bsky.social are celebrating their 10th birthday this weekend and we are off to New Mills to help them celebrate. See you on the 11.51 train from Piccadilly or at the brewery from 12.30.
@chorlbeerfest.bsky.social and @skbeerfestival.bsky.social award presentations at 1pm.

An early presentation of your Pub Of The Season for Autumn 2025 to Head in Stretford. Awarded for consistent excellence in beer offering and customer service.

Great to have Richard from Tun Brewing Co talking about his beers and sharing samples at tonight's meeting.

Great to have Richard from Tun Brewing Co talking about his beers and sharing samples at tonight's meeting.

I just saw my cardiologist, who thinks tariffs are good and trade deficits bad. I said “I pay you for a visit and you pay me nothing, so I have a trade deficit with you”

He said “I don’t understand”

So I said “if I predicated trade with you ONLY IF you paid me for my services, we wouldn’t . . . /1

Maurene Comey warns her former colleagues: ‘Fear is the tool of the tyrant’ “If a career prosecutor can be fired without reason, fear may seep into the decisions of those who remain. Do not let that happen,” she wrote.

EXCLUSIVE: Fired DOJ prosecutor Maurene Comey sends message to former colleagues, warning that ‘Fear is the tool of the tyrant.’

Tuesday Tipples in Bolton, a good turnout (though due to challenges on the itinerary we did split into 2 groups). And keg beer being consumed... 🔥

The full beer list for our festival is now available to peruse online, and it's really quite something. Read it here, and make sure you grab your advance ticket while you're browsing:

www.stockportfestival.org.uk/beers

Just a little reminder that you can pass on preloved books to us for the charity Childrens Book Project. They pass them on to children who don't have chance to own their own books.
Visit their website for more info'.
www.childrensbookproject.co.uk
Thanks

Pop in and help yourself to a map for the free pirate treasure hunt being held around Chorlton on Saturday 28 June (courtesy of Redeemer Church)!

Non-Negotiables — Cask Ale's Bid for UNESCO Cultural Heritage Status — Pellicle It’s 6:30 in the morning and Hook Norton Brewery is already cranking into gear. Golden light streams through the Victorian windows, refracting off copper pipes and setting the steam rising from the oa...

It's Beer Day Britain and we'd like to honour the occasion by drawing your attention to @jonnygarrett.bsky.social's piece on his @craftbeerchannel.bsky.social mission to give cask beer a recognised UNESCO cultural heritage status. Cheers!

www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/4/...

#BeerSky, I've got a couple of evenings in Worcester coming up. What are the pubs i really shouldn't miss? Reskeets appreciated @rogerprotz.bsky.social @petebrownbeer.bsky.social @davidjesudason.bsky.social @melissacolebeer.bsky.social @totalcurtis.bsky.social

Our next meeting is this Thursday at the Hillary Step, Whalley Range from 8pm. bring some brews or just come along to sample ours and the Steps extensive range.

And 'finally' back at winckley street

And now at plug & tap busy LGBTQ bar, rarely seen beers from @queerbrewing.bsky.social and Closet brewety

Now at the Orchard at the market (no wells we can see)

Cellar bar at Plau

Glass cover over well at least 10m deep

Which interestingly has a well in the cellar

In a change to the advertised programme we are going to Plau...😬

Overhead view of the brewery with our contingent visible

At Chain House brewery in Preston

Or not, as it seems to be closed, so Chain House earlier than planned

Next stop Vinyl Tap