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The Peer Hat, Manchester Central, Manchester
Manchester
M1 1BE
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Reviews of The Peer Hat (Average Rating: 6½ of 10) see review guidelines
ROB Camra left this review about The Peer Hat
Has the feel of a locals local, but slap bang in the city centre. Loads of assorted bric-a-brac (aka tat) all over the place. They do have a few vinyl records in one area that are for sale. Very friendly and chatty staff. There are 4 handpumps, one always has Marstons 61 Deep on it, the others are changing guests, Cromarty Happy Chappy and 2 from Kirkstall on my visit. No live music during my visit, so chatting was easy. Personally I'd be happy to call in again.
On 27th March 2019
- rating: 7
[User has posted 2685 recommendations about 2614 pubs]
Rob Hunter left this review about Peer Hat
Visited on Saturday evening for the first time, and to be honest I found it a bit strange. It feels like a locals' estate pub that has been picked up and dropped in the middle of town. That, crossed with a hippy drop in centre running an illegal rave downstairs. To me it seemed a bit weird, with customers to match.
Beer wise there were four hand pulls, one of which was off, the others offering Marstons 61 Deep, California Golden Ale, Saltaire New World, plus a couple of craft keg options on the fonts alongside some of the more mainstream stuff (eg Guinness).
Live music events operate downstairs, the stairway to which is in the centre of the main bar. At the risk of sounding old this was really loud, to the point that you could feel the beat vibrating through the floor, and when somebody went in or out of the basement music den it was actually deafening upstairs, so I dread to think what it would have felt like down there.
Still, the place was reasonably busy and just because it wasn't quite my cup of tea doesn't mean everyone else will feel the same. I wasn't that taken by my drink of New World, but we had had a couple of stronger flavoured drinks in other pubs beforehand so I think it just struggled to compete against those, and is probably no reflection on the beer itself or the venue's keeping of it.
I don't regret trying this pub, but for me it's not one to plan a return visit to.
On 16th October 2018
- rating: 6
[User has posted 382 recommendations about 355 pubs]
Pub Details
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- Accommodation : No last updated 27 March 2019 by ROB Camra
- Bar Billiards : No last updated 27 March 2019 by ROB Camra
- Beer Festivals : No last updated 27 March 2019 by ROB Camra
- Beer Garden : No last updated 27 March 2019 by ROB Camra
- CAMRA Discount : Yes - 15% - last updated 21 November 2018 by ROB Camra
- Car Park : No last updated 27 March 2019 by ROB Camra
- Darts : No last updated 27 March 2019 by ROB Camra
- Function Room : Yes last updated 27 March 2019 by ROB Camra
- Hot Food : No last updated 27 March 2019 by ROB Camra
- Live Music : Yes last updated 27 March 2019 by ROB Camra
- Live TV Sports : No last updated 27 March 2019 by ROB Camra
- Micropub : No last updated 27 March 2019 by ROB Camra
- Pinball : No last updated 27 March 2019 by ROB Camra
- Pool Table : No last updated 27 March 2019 by ROB Camra
- Real Ale : Yes last updated 27 March 2019 by ROB Camra
- Real Cider : No last updated 27 March 2019 by ROB Camra
