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The Swinton Hop House, Manchester
Swinton
Postal town: Manchester
M27 4AG
Reviews (Current Rating Average: 8½ of 10) see review guidelines
Rob Hunter left this review about The Swinton Hop House
Visited back in August on a weekday lunchtime, and I was the first customer through the door. At the bar, three of the four hand pulls were on - at that time offering Marble Manchester Bitter, Neptune Mosaic and Beartown Nimrod. The Nimrod set me back £2.20 or £2.30 for a half, so very reasonable, and was pulled through and clearly in decent nick. The guy serving, presumably the owner, knows his stuff and is happy to talk you through the available ales. Service was friendly.
There are 10 keg taps, including three ciders.
Wi-Fi is advertised.
There are four tables inside, plus some seating at the bar and a drinking ledge, so I imagine this can fill up pretty quickly of an evening. It looked like there may have been a back room, but I didn't investigate so not sure if this just leads to the toilets or contains additional seating.
On 3rd November 2025
- rating: 8
[User has posted 857 recommendations about 676 pubs]
ROB Camra left this review about The Swinton Hop House
Previously the House of Hops this is a very neat micropub just off the main road through Swinton. A small serving counter has three handpums whilst a number of keg taps are on the wall. Loads of bottles and cans in the fridges.I bought a pint and started chatting to the friendly owner behind the bar. A few minutes later a very friendly local joined us and we had a long meandering chat about beer and the places we'd worked. Somewhere along the way I had another (different) pint and the barman broke open a packet of scratchings that we all shared. As time was rolling on and I had a train to catch I just had a half of the third beer which was Marble Manchester Bitter. This was very well kept and is one of my favourite beers. But I thought it was third of the three beers I tried. So excellent beers, friendy onwer and local, what's not to like? Scores a very rare 10. I'll call back soon to confirm how good it is.
On 29th October 2025
- rating: 10
[User has posted 3323 recommendations about 3233 pubs]
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Strongers . left this review about House Of Hops
The House of Hops is a small micropub with a bar counter in the left rear corner that faces four tables. There are ten craft keg products on the back bar. More seating can be found at the rear, but I didn’t investigate. There was some background music playing during my recent late midweek afternoon visit, sounded like a local band. The service was very friendly and I enjoyed my half, but be aware that this place doesn’t open for long with the doors opening in the afternoon before closing early evening.
On 10th March 2023
- rating: 7
[User has posted 6353 recommendations about 6315 pubs]