Fell Northern Quarter, Manchester

Beatnikz Central is a long thin L-shaped bar with a serving counter on the rear wall that supports 14 keg and three cask ale products. The décor is destressed and the high bench like tables give the feel of a beer festival. There was some background music playing during my recent midweek evening visit. This place is good for beer fans, but not so much for pub fans, like myself.

After a number of high percentage beers and cider during our afternoon in Manchester, I'm not sure we did this bar justice. Nevertheless, I quite enjoyed my visit here. The bar is at the far end as you enter, with seating on the way to the bar and also off to the left. I recall the bar being quite colourful, with a couple of cask ales served from handpulls on the right-hand side of the bar. I certainly had the one (RedWillow Breakfast Stout), but I don't recall the other one. It was most likely one of the Beatnikz Republic beers I have listed below. Other beers on were Beatnikz Republic Prague Away, Boardwalk, Beach Bum, Miami Amor, Surf Etiquette, Off the Road & Rum Barrel Aged Blacklight Breakfast Stout, Squawk/Crisp Plumage, The Kernel Centennial, Buxton King Slayer, Burning Sky Saison Ete, Cigar City Cubano Espresso, Elusive Ravenswood & Alesmith/Modern Times Celestial Draw Speedway Stout. Another busy place on the edge of the Northern Quarter, but I felt far more at home in this one and a repeat visit surely can't be too long away.

Visited on Saturday evening. No bookings, just walk-ups. Plenty of seating to go at with a choice of low tables or high - the rickety benches are no longer present so perhaps they were temporary. A paper menu is brought to your table and then the staff come back and take your order. I went for the Tropic Fiesta on cask followed by the Cabin Escape on keg - both of which were good. Staff were on the ball and plenty of beers to choose from.

This place is up a few steps and to the right of a cafe. A longish, thinish place with the bar along the rear wall. 14 taps for crafty nonsense and 4 handpulls for real ale. Beatnitz beers obviously to the fore. Not a bad place and probably worth a visit.

This is the replacement Beatnikz brewery tap for the one that used to be on Red Bank within the brewery. It's roughly L shaped with not much in the way of decoration apart from a couple of posters. High tables to the left as you enter and bright orange seating to the right. The keg beers are listed at the rear of the bar on some windows. Only 2 cask ales available on my visit Beatnikz Stout and Pomona Island Mosaic. The Mosaic was in very good nick. Very quiet on my Friday afternoon visit. It's very basic. but maybe it'll work.