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The Bank Top Brewery Tap, Astley Bridge, Bolton

68-70 Belmont Road
Bolton
BL1 7AN

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Komakino . left this review about The Bank Top Brewery Tap

A fantastic two-roomed corner pub just off the main road through the Astley Bridge area of Bolton. Eight Bank Top beers on tap plus an interloper in the former of Peerless Triple Blond. Some Belgian bottled beers available too plus a couple of bottled Bank Top options. Cherry B also spotted behind the bar(!) Pints of Bank Top Flat Cap and Dark Mild both in superb condition, and keenly priced at £3.40 a pint – both barely touching the sides on the way down. If I'd had an afternoon here, I'd have done my best to get through all nine beers, albeit there are a clutch of pubs a stone's throw from here if you're ticking/crawling. Great staff and lovely customers, plus a neat and clean interior add to this pub's high marks.

On 6^th November 2025 - rating: 8
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Ian Mapp left this review about The Bank Top Brewery Tap

Another bus trip out of town to get the GBG Tick.

A traditional two roomer, full with horse racing fans and men with dogs. A bewildering array of nine handpulls from the brewery on. I went for the dark mild, a champion winner.

Full of life, if you catch it at the right time.

On 30^th April 2024 - rating: 6
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Blue Scrumpy left this review about The Bank Top Brewery Tap

Our final pub of an 18-pub Greater Manchester crawl was the Bank Top Brewery Tap. This was actually the first pub of the day that I was re-visiting after being last in here in 2013 possibly prior to a football match.

It is very much the same as I remember, being a two-room backstreet pub with welcoming staff. I wasn't quite sure what welcome we would get, as we were arriving close to last orders. However, I managed to get two swift halves in with no pressure to leave.

Bank Top beers generally include Dark Mild, Flat Cap, Pavilion Pale Ale & Palomino Rising. Also on from Bank Top were Bad To The Bone, Drayman's Draught, Port O'Call & Harlequin. The guest beer was Acorn Summer Pale. Real ciders were Sandford Orchards Devon Mist, Gwynt y Ddraig Black Dragon & Red Bank Autumn Orchard.

Situated a little north of the town centre, this is still one of the most consistently reliable pubs in Bolton.

On 10^th July 2023 - rating: 7
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