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The Cocked Hat, Stockport

2 Market Place
Stockport
SK1 1EW
Phone: 01614804446

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Steve C left this review about The Cocked Hat

The Cocked Hat entrance leads to a short central corridor with a TV at the far end facing the entrance. The bar area is to the left and seating is to the right. The bar supports six handpumps, three of which were unused during a recent Tuesday evening visit. The available cask was Timothy Taylor’s Dark Mild, Wainwright’s Golden Ale and Pictish Brewing’s Brewer’s Gold. There is also a standard and premium keg selection. I found the four other customers who were propping up the bar to be a very odd bunch and certainly not welcoming. Thankfully the guy behind the jump was very polite and put me at ease. Food is advertised and I was looking for something to eat, but the ambience put me off staying long enough to dine.
The seating to the right has banquettes, a fireplace with coal effect fire and a large TV screen at both the front end under the windows and at the rear. Live sport is shown, during my visit muted cricket was airing via Sky Sports. Some background music was playing only in this seating area. Drink promotion posters on the walls and on one of the televisions raised my suspicions that this place could be a nightmare at weekends. I wasn’t overly impressed and do not plan to return, but on a plus note I drank my first mild and I liked it.

On 9th June 2022 - rating: 5
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Pub SignMan left this review about The Cocked Hat

Located just outside the market square, this is a large pub with an interior that has mostly been knocked through but still retains three distinctly separate areas. You enter into a corridor of sorts which divides the pub in two and has a couple of high tables and stools at the far end, beneath a large TV screen. The bar is in the area to the left and has a nice counter along the end wall plus a pump clip lined bar back which sported three different sized yard-of-ale style glasses. Seating is pretty limited on this side of the pub, but the area was nevertheless very busy, with most patrons sat on stools at the bar or else stood close by, making it a little tricky to get served. The right hand side of the pub is by far the best place to grab a seat and has been laid out as a comfortable lounge area with firm padded benches around the edge of the room and low stools elsewhere. The shape and positioning of various pillars and doorways suggest this side of the pub might well have been split into two rooms in the past and there was also a suggestion that the servery might once have been more central, around the area where the corridor now stands. The lounge tapers to a point at the rear, where another hard banquette can be found next to a nice tiled fireplace and some smart stained glass windows. The room has been decorated with a collection of black and white photos but the dominating factor was the numerous TV screens showing a live Premier League football fixture.
Six hand pumps proffered five cask ales – Moorhouse Pitch Craft and Black Cat, Phoenix Hopsack, Dunscar Sessh and Wily Fox Crafty Fox. After fighting my way to the bar, I ordered a pint of the Black Cat which was very enjoyable and slowly supped whilst watching the conclusion of the football.
This place struck me as a straight-up, workmanlike pub with no real pretensions but the added bonus of some well kept ale. The bar area seemed like a lively spot for chat whilst the lounge offered pleasant surrounds for those wanting a quieter visit. A pub that would be revered in many a town, but not quite in the top tier in a place like Stockport.

On 11th January 2018 - rating: 7
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Aqualung . left this review about The Cocked Hat

Having visited Stockport a couple of times before I didn't recognise this one. Inside it's a large open plan room with the bar area on the left and a seating area on the right. There is red tiling around the bar and a battered old carpet in the seating area. TV Sport was advertised which is off putting not to mention the bar stools around the bar.
There are six hand pumps in the centre of the bar. Beers available were Blakemere(?) Old and Filthy, Osset Silver King, Box Steam Chuffin' Ale, Thwaite's Wainwright, RAT Cheating Rat and Black Hole Cosmic. I asked the barman about who brewed the Old and Filthy but he had such a heavy Northern accent I didn't understand a word he said! I went for the Cheating Rat which was in great condition.
I thought this place was good enough with a decent ale selection but the TV Sport put me off.

On 15th November 2016 - rating: 7
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ROB Camra left this review about The Cocked Hat

I see dead people??? You will if you visit here judging by the 5 ignorant gits leaning on the bar watching cricket who refused to move so I could get to the bar!! I stood in front of one of them so he couldn't see the telly and said excuse me, he didn't move. They must have dug this lot up and leaned them on the bar so that it looks full. It's all one room really with a divided section. There's a couple of nice fireplaces and it all looks pleasant enough, shame about the clientele. 6 handpumps on the bar, with a reasonable selection of ales. My half was in good nick.

On 26th November 2015 - rating: 4
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Real Ale Ray left this review about The Cocked Hat

A decent pub this one and well worth a visit. The pub is part of the Atwill pubs co. The pub consists of two rooms, the main room and bar is on the left of entrance. To the right is a long and comfortable lounge with two fire places with gas/coal effect fires. There was a small partition wall towards the rear with three stained glass windows.
There were six ales to choose from, we went for the First Hand Brewing Co Big Hand. There was also a good selection of various pies behind the bar, from a small bakery in Macclesfield, priced at £2 each. The service was good, beer was top notch and my pie excellent.

On 18th April 2014 - rating: 8
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Will Larter left this review about The Cocked Hat

Quite a change from my visit in March 2013 when this was called the Pack Horse. The six hand pumps on the bar were offering Thwaites Wainwright, Brimstage Trappers Hat, Red Willow Shameless, Blakemere Soul Rider, Hornbeam Black Coral Stout and Worth Blythe's Spirit. All beers were priced at £2.50 a pint, except in "happy hours" when they drop to £2.10, according to the A-board outside.

The pub looks quite a bit smarter internally, and a lot pleasanter, with white or off-white paint instead of the aggressive red, with carpets, leather bench seating and plenty of B&W photos of Stockport to provide some points of interest on the walls. Service was friendly, though perhaps a little inexperienced with regard to the real ales. I'm sure this will improve. Also at the time of my visit it was a little difficult to get to the bar to see what was on the hand pumps, but I expect the regulars will get used to people peering over their shoulders. The pub's location next to the church and close to the market makes it an excellent showcase for good real ales, so I hope it's a success in its new guise.

(Date of visit 16 November 2013)

On 26th January 2014 - rating: 7
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Peter Rydings left this review about The Pack Horse

Now called The Cocked Hat called in on the 1st of November very nice place nicely decorated but left unspoilt 6 hand pulls i had a pint of Lord Lucan was very good. Well worth a visit will call back

On 2nd November 2013 - rating: 10
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Alan Hurdle left this review about The Pack Horse

Reopened 20/09/2013. Now serving six Real Ales. Brimstage and Thwaites Wainwright permanent, plus four micros from the Chester area. Refurbishment in progress.

On 22nd September 2013 - no rating submitted
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Will Larter left this review about The Pack Horse

Although apparently Cask Marque accredited, there is in fact no real ale available here. It's quite a nice building in brewer's mock tudor, but inside the walls are painted red and white - not a very calming colour scheme. With internal walls mostly removed, there's still a semblance of the original layout, with a narrow tapering area near a fireplace to the rear, and another larger room to the front with standard pub furniture and a couple of TV screens. There's a tiled fireplace in this room, and also some disco equipment set up but mercifully not in use. Faced with a choice of John Smiths Super Ice Cold Smooth or Boddingtons Ditto, I had the latter - though as both are designed to be drunk as cold as possible to disguise the complete absence of taste, it might just as well have been the former.

On 17th March 2013 - rating: 5
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