Fierce Bar, Manchester

I agree with Mr Bundy in that this place has changed a fair bit since its refurb a few years ago. It used to be a single room with one long table and a bit of extra seating here and there. Now the space seems to have been better used. The cask ales are now on the upstairs bar, though if I remember correctly when first refurbished cask was absent for a brief period while the upstairs bar was being completed. At my lunchtime visit today there were two cask options available and a further 8 on keg. Of the keg, 5 were Marble (of these 2 were collabs) and the remaining being from Magic Rock, Neon Raptor and Perry's Cider. I had the Lagonda IPA on cask which was very pleasant (the other available was American Amber, also by Marble). I didn't have to go upstairs to get it - I was able to order from the downstairs bar and have it brought down to me - though presumably this was because it was quiet so can't guarantee you would get the same service on a Friday or Saturday night. Next I decided to try one of the keg options, Uppe Hela Natten by Marble (but think was a collaboration with Takk Coffee House), and this was delicious. I'm sure there used to be three cask ales available and it's a shame that this appears to have been decreased to two, but I would say the keg options do compensate for that especially with most of them being from Marble.

Oh dear. Its all gone wrong. This place has been refurbed and its still Marble beers but its all T-bar pumps. You may like the new look but its not for me.

A micropub that has 4 real ales the barrels of which are on top of the bar. Europops available. One long table plus 2 high tables to sit at. There were also 2 tables outside.

called in this fine little bar/pub very nice but would have perferd handpumps beer good but served flat otherwise would have givern it 10

A Marble outlet in the Northern Quarter proper (as opposed to the Marble Arch which a little bit out of the way). The couple of times I've been in it's been rather warm so have sat outside and watched the crowds pass by. The beer as you'd expect from Marble is very good, although can be a little flat as it dispensed from gravity and not sparklered. It is quite a small place, with perhaps seating for 15 people at most indoors. A place to pop in on a crawl but you don't tend to get many people spending a long time in here. Very close to lots of other good pubs and cheap take away joints.