Manchester’s Best Beer, Pubs and Bars, by Matthew Curtis, putting a spotlight on the city and its amazing beer scene, will be published on 18th October.
The book highlights how Manchester has become a must-visit destination in the North West for beer tourism, and one of the UK’s centres of beer culture.
From traditional pubs serving top-quality cask ale, to the latest on-trend bottleshop bars and brewery taprooms, Manchester is bursting with great beer.
To commemorate the publication, Matt has collaborated with Stockport’s Runaway Brewery on an exclusive new beer. The appropriately named Manchester’s Best is a 4% ABV pale bitter, inspired by an early 1970s Boddingtons recipe. It has been hopped for a contemporary audience, with a blend of modern British and European varieties.
This unfined, unfiltered, vegan-friendly brew will be available to try for free at a launch event on 18th October in Manchester.
The book features a foreword by Andy Burnham, mayor of Greater Manchester. He said: “What makes Greater Manchester’s relationship with the pub so special is that there is always one at the centre of our communities. Every place across Greater Manchester, rural and urban, has a pub at its heart.”
The book is published by CAMRA, for whom Matt wrote Modern British Beer. Matt said: “Most beer drinkers already know that Manchester is home to a great many breweries and pubs. But few know how deep it runs, with great venues pouring exceptional beer to be found in nearly every suburb, neighbourhood, and outlying town.
“Towns like Rochdale, Wigan, and Stockport have incredible beer scenes of their own, each of them eminently accessible from the city centre.
“In producing this book, I realised that it’s only when you view Greater Manchester as a whole that you can truly understand why it’s perhaps home to the most well-developed beer community in the country. One that includes everything from 200-year-old breweries, traditional boozers, world class modern breweries, exceptional bars and restaurants, all within — or close to — what is one of the most eclectic and creative cities within the UK.”
Manchester’s Best Beer, Pubs, and Bars is available to pre-order from CAMRA’s online bookshop.
