Highballer, Stockport

Modern 'bar & brewhouse' located opposite the Market Hall within a rather plain brick building beside the more imposing but sadly closed Bulls Head. Having said that, the two-room interior is well done and the brewing vessels can be seen behind the glazing at the far end. Interesting selection of slightly eclectic decorative features, and a sensible mix of furniture. Good range of cask ales in different styles (including two dark beers) from the six handpumps, but I felt a bit guilty opting for the Greenfield Black Field (£1.65, half) in preference to the 'house' Oatmeal Stout.

Yep I can also add my vote of approval to this modernish bar with internal brewery. I thought they have done a very good job with the interior design with some minimalist features which wouldn’t be out of place in the hipster capital of East London, but has enough other things going on to give you more than a nod to a proper pub. I particularly liked the pseudo period light fittings with their bare lightbulbs and the collection of framed pictures adorning the dividing wall between the two room spaces. The Cask beers on for our visit have been described below by my fellow crawlers, but for the record the keg options were Hofbrauhaus Helles, Dortmunder Union Vier and Flensburger Pilsner from Germany Skyway IPA from the States and then closer to home Crossing the Rubicon from the Drygate Brewery and Witch Hunt from Torrside Brewing

A modern brewery tap with a two roomed interior in quite a large space,the large plate glass window bring in a lot of natural light to the first section ,while the far side houses the shiny brewing kit for Remedy ales.The bar is along a rear wall and has 6 handpumps dispensing on my trip Greenfield Black Five,Squark Oat Pale Ale,Torrside Yellow Peak,Mighty Medicine Go Bananas,Cheshire Engine Vein and a very decent Remedy Oatmeal Stout.There were also some craft keg options. I would certainly revisit and stay longer next time given the interesting real ale options with a lot of Locale to temp a beer tourist like myself.

A pretty decent brewery pub. Split into two areas by a central wall the bar is straight ahead as you enter and to the left is the brewing kit. 6 handpumps with the beers on today called Black Five, Engine Vein, Oat Pale, Oatmeal Stout and Yellow Fever on today. Remedy beers plus guest breweries were on today but I forgot to note which was which as the bar became clogged with PuG crawlers on their merry Stockport crawl. I did note beers from Squawk and Torrside though. A list of beers is on a blackboard above the brewing kit to the left. The decor is fairly industrial with ventilation ducts and exposed piping. A good pub.

Pretty busy on my Friday, early evening visit. Two rooms separated by a dividing wall. The left hand room has the brewery behind a glass wall to allow viewing of the brewer in action. Both rooms have wooden panelling with bare brick above, giving a modern, but stylish interior. The bar is straight ahead of you as you enter and has 6 handpumps, all of which were in action, including two of their own beers. I had a pint of their Sauvin Blanc which was in good nick. The barmaid seemed to have lost her personality somewhere along the way, but apart from that I really liked this pub.