Gasworks, Manchester

Describes itself as a 'brew bar', which is true but perhaps doesn't quite capture the impression of it really being a beer hall that happens to have a micro-brewery attached? Anyway, it has plenty of space for a pair of shuffleboard tables as well as general seating / dining / standing, and an outdoor area in Tony Wilson Place. Features various founts for craft and standard keg beers on different parts of the L-shaped counter and bar-back. Also has a bank of six handpumps, if you look carefully. I found three of these in use, offering their own Citra + Simcoe hazy pale (£4.25), MBH's 1924 best bitter and a Vocation & Friends collaboration.

The Gasworks is a large open plan pub with an industrial feel. There is a mix of high and standard size tables throughout and I spotted four shuffleboard tables, two short and two long. Banquettes and booths run down the left windowed wall and there is brewing equipment in the right front corner. I counted six hand pumps on the bar alongside a premium keg range. I wasn’t enamoured with the background music, but I’d pop back in again if passing in a more sober state.

Enjoyed our visit to this bar on 12.8.22. Big place with it's own brewery. We enjoyed their own Gasworks Omnibus XI and Funky Monkey from Northern Monkey.

Visited on Saturday evening. Six cask ales at the bar including two of their own. Service was a bit slow with inattentive staff loitering behind the bar but OK once I caught someone's eye. It was busy and noisy. Not one of my favourite places but fine to visit every now and then.