Category Archives: Greater Manchester

Manchester – It’s Putty Day!

Posted on January 19, 2024 by Hector

On Wednesday at 10.30, 10.25 for those in the know, Verdant Brewing Co. (Falmouth, England) released their now classic Putty. Can a Craft Beer first brewed in 2017 be a classic already? Damn right it can. All CANs would be … Continue reading →

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A Day out in Liverpool, and a Manchester Nightcap

Posted on January 26, 2013 by Hector

Hector’s First Bier in Liverpool, and the Second… Breakfast was the now customary Curry-Heute – Shorba at Al Faisal. This meant I was an hour behind those who took the train before noon to Liverpool. The Manchester to Liverpool Railway … Continue reading →

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Missing the Manchester Beer Festival

Posted on January 25, 2013 by Hector

 The Chaps get to take time off work whenever they choose. We, The Professionals, have our holidays allocated, how we suffer. For the third successive year Hector finds himself arriving late on the Friday Evening in Manchester. The Chaps have … Continue reading →

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Manchester and Sheffield, overcoming the Mathäser Syndrome

Posted on January 21, 2012 by Hector

Some went to Sheffield early, ?Stan! and Hector had lunch at Al Faisal in Manchester’s Northern Quarter.  ?Stan! was particularly well informed about the location of the Curry Cafes in this area, this was perhaps a prelude to the first … Continue reading →

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New Oxford, What Manchester Ale Fest?

Posted on January 20, 2012 by Hector

The long summer, xmas and easter holidays are always appreciated.  So are the welcomed single weeks in February and October, oh and the September long weekend, in fact Hector does not do too badly for holidays.  There is one weekend … Continue reading →

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