Port Street Beer House, Manchester

Cafe style beer house with an extensive beer menu - including many the strength of wine and £25 a pop. First in on a Sunday lunch, I had perfect Hawkshead Bitter. Obvious that there's a lot of beer love here but not really what I look for in a drinking den and the Jazz was far too loud. Visit blogged at http://bit.ly/2InlthU

Mr Malden describes it well. 7 handpumps, whatever many foreign style flobalob beers and a cider tucked away somewhere. A nice enough place but sadly as it Xmas time a lot of office knobs/knobesses infecting the place.

I came to this place with high hopes as I had heard of it from when one of my local breweries had held a meet the brewer and tap takeover here some years ago. Those hopes were dashed completely on my late Saturday afternoon visit. As mentioned previously it's just a shop conversion and I didn't think one that was all that well done. I went for a pint of Northern Alchemy UK Hopped beer which I had to ask the disinterested buffoon behind the bar to top up which seemed to upset him somewhat. I had ordered a 4.9% ABV beer for which I was charged the ridiculous price of £4.20, looking at the price list revealed that the cheapest price for cask was £3.60. The beer turned out to be warm and cloudy and I was tempted to send it back. I thought better of that and took it out to the "garden" which is a small paved area at the back. How this place got into the 2015 GBG is a mystery to me as I thought it was a rip-off and a complete waste of time. Where did it all go so wrong in Manchester?

If your into your foreign beer,s this must be the Best in Manchester well worth a visit but dont moan about the price of it if you want it got to pay for it

I visited the Port Street Beer House late on Friday afternoon a couple of weeks ago when it was pretty busy with an after work crowd and a few wierdy beardies. The bar is located at street level where there is seating and the only décor are old pump clips that adorn the walls. On the first floor is a basic seating area with minimal décor and the toilets are located on the second floor which is a bit of a hike. Out the back is a small beer garden with seating that was hosting an organic Indian street food stall that was selling chaat. I was reliably informed that the name comes from the sound it makes when it suddenly evacuates the body. This place is all about the beer as the bar supports seven hand pumps and there is an extensive bottled beer selection. Other than the chaat I didn’t see any other food advertised. This place is popular and I’m sure that there are some interesting brews, but I prefer drinking in a proper pub rather than a place that feels like a church hall beer festival.