Grey Horse Inn, Manchester

Struggle to find a more traditional boozer. Maybe next door - at the Circus Tavern :-) Single roomed. Good Beer Guide 2020 Entry. Handful of handpulls - I had a Winters Tale and couldn't find anything about it on Untappd, so don't know the brewery. Fine beer for the season.

Saturday afternoon visit. I have only been in here once before, must be about five years ago, and it was smaller inside than I remembered. It's a nice little pub, with five cask ales at the bar, which is about one different ale for every table in the pub. When I visited there was Hydes Original, Zesty Jester (Kansas Avenue), Old Indie (Hydes), Jutland (Hydes), and something by Brew House(?) that I didn't make a proper note of. The lady serving, who I assumed to be the landlady, was pleasant and friendly and seemed calm and in control of her pub. It's a small pub so I deliberately planned to go in the afternoon when it would be less busy, in fact this was the first visit of a bit of a crawl on Saturday. A better selection of ales than I was expecting.

A narrow but tidy little Hydes pub. The interior has a single room the curves around the bar in white and wood panel, with old photos of Manchester on the walls. Still has bench seats, as well as tables and chairs - so quite traditional. Music was at a decent level and there are a few TVs showing sport in silence. The service was fine and the clientele mature. There were 5 real ale handpulls from the Hydes stable: Original, Zesty Jester, Captain Bill, and a decent Den Haag Ale and Old Indie MILD. I really liked it here and would definitely go back.

Official site of Grey Horse Inn - www.hydesbrewery.com

Official site of Grey Horse Inn - www.hydesbrewery.com

Tiny but lovely traditional Hydes pub, wood floor boards, beams, tiny curved bar adjacent the entrance. Some small tables with stools around the walls. It does have a couple of small TV screens for sport. Beer quality is ok