Port Street Beer House | Northern Quarter beer house, pub, drinking hole

– Your Beers of the Year 2020

Here are all the responses to our 2020 beers of the year survey. Enjoy! Thanks to everybody for taking the time to enter. 

John-Paul Murphy

Favourite beers of 2020 (in no particular order)


Deya Steady Rolling Man
Deya Saturated in Citra
Verdant Fruit Car Sight Exhibition
Cloudwater Just the right shape
Verdant The windows accusing the door of abusing the door

Favourite brewery of 2020

Deya

Who was your beer supplying hero of 2020?

Deya

Beer experience of 2020

Friends & Family 2020

Hopes and dreams for 2021
That Fynefest & Indyman happen.

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Joe Dick

Edinburgh based account manager for James Clay

Favourite beers of 2020 (in no particular order)
Thornbridge/Firestone Walker Pondera
Boon Geuze
Cloudwater Heller Bock
Newbarns Plain Dark Beer
Burning Sky Tail Crush

Favourite brewery of 2020
Burning Sky

Who was your beer supplying hero of 2020?
Thornbridge

Beer experience of 2020
Friends visiting became a special moment, which in turn led to more and more opportunities to dip into the cellar. Sharing became more valuable, and was such a pleasure.

Hopes and dreams for 2021
Getting back to travelling the world for beer. Brexit not destroying everything in my life.

What’s the next big thing for beer in 2021?
A rationalisation of the industry. Those that chased the trends over the past few years will fall away, and those with a solid foundation will prosper.

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Rich Higgins

Semi-retired skateboarder

Favourite beers of 2020 (in no particular order)
Squawk Pavo
Shindigger Festiva
Cloudwater Helles
Anspach & Hobday Ordinary Bitter
Pomona Island Pale

Favourite brewery of 2020
ShinDigger
 
Who was your beer supplying hero of 2020?
ShinDigger

Beer experience of 2020
First take out jug of keg pale from the Hillary Step post lockdown

Hopes and dreams for 2021
Less virus dictated living.

What’s the next big thing for beer in 2021?
Classic bitters!

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James

Assistant Manager, ÖL Bar

Favourite beers of 2020 (in no particular order)
Muscle Memory, Track
MCI#4 Chocolate Orange, Cloudwater
The Accomplice, The Veil
BA Times 8, Lervig
Coco, Three Chiefs

Favourite brewery of 2020
Cloudwater

Who was your beer supplying hero of 2020?
The House of Trembling Madness

Beer experience of 2020
Friends and Family and Beer – incredible lineup and festival went off without a hitch

Hopes and dreams for 2021
A return to normal – pints in the pub with pals

What’s the next big thing for beer in 2021?
Smoothie seltzers lol

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Alex Esposito

Favourite beers of 2020 (in no particular order)
Northern monk – gamma vortex / tank petrol/ equilibrium/other half
Polly’s brew co – DDH Rosa
Verdant – Putty
Alpha Delta – achlys
Cloudwater – night on the files

Favourite brewery of 2020
Deya

Who was your beer supplying hero of 2020?
Craft brewtique

Hopes and dreams for 2021?
Beer festivals 🙌🏻🙌🏻

What’s the next big thing for beer in 2021?
More beer festivals make up for the loss this year

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Richard Brownhill

Plate Spinner at Little Leeds Beerhouse

Favourite beers of 2020 (in no particular order)
Newbarns Extra Pilsner
De Dolle Brouwers XL Pale
Beak Locals
Kernel Dunkel
Burning Sky Apricot Rustique

Favourite brewery of 2020
Newbarns Brewery

Who was your beer supplying hero of 2020?
TEAM DEYA

Beer experience of 2020
Changing our business model approximately 4274 times, while drinking loads of Lager

Hopes and dreams for 2021
Giving a customer some beer in a glass x

What’s the next big thing for beer in 2021?
Brexit. Lol

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E Finch
Eclectic beer padawan

Favourite beers of 2020 (in no particular order)
Track: Breathing Conversations – DIPA
Cloudwater: Be Well Friends – TIPA
Finback: Bird God – DIPA
Cloudwater: Speyside Persistence is Utile – Impy
Brouwerij Hof ten Dormaal: Kriek Zure van Tildonk – Fruited sour

Favourite brewery of 2020
Track

Who was your beer supplying hero of 2020?
Twisted Wheel

Beer experience of 2020
25th Anniversary evening out in Manchester. Enjoying Zwanze beers still on at Cafe Beermoth. (Fou Foune!!!)

Hopes and dreams for 2021
1) To wake up and find Brexit was a bad dream!?!
2) The spontaneous decombustion of the cabinet.
3) The ability to frequent Manchester’s finest beer haunts and not be limited to one venue for eating/drinking.
4) Beer festivals

What’s the next big thing for beer in 2021?
DBIPAs & TBIPAs? Getting anything decent over form mainland Europe :-(

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Hedley C
Science won’t direct itself

Favourite beers of 2020 (in no particular order)
Valour – Torrside. Luscious, chocolatey, smooth imperial stout without any adjuncts. Speaking of adjuncts…
My Continuous Improvement – Cloudwater. It’s like a bottle of Frijj in beer form.
Three-Sided Peach – Cloudwater. The peachiest beer I’ve ever had. Dreamy stuff…
Overture – Wild Beer and Cascade. The plummiest and damsoniest beer I’ve ever had.
Filigree and Shadow – Pomona Island

Favourite brewery of 2020
Torrside

Who was your beer supplying hero of 2020?
Bargain Booze Davenport – seriously, they’re really good.

Beer experience of 2020
Central Manchester CAMRA beer festival, by default.

Hopes and dreams for 2021?
A return to normality with the option for random pints.

What’s the next big thing for beer in 2021?
No idea! Surprise me! As long as it isn’t milk shake IPAs.

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Joe Cleverley
Teacher, runner, beer lover.

Favourite beers of 2020 (in no particular order)
Deya Steady Rolling Man
Wilderness Haro BA
Track Eye to Eye
Cloudwater Night on the Flies
Buxton Yellow Belly

Favourite brewery of 2020
Deya

Who was your beer supplying hero of 2020?
Thirst Class Brewery

Beer experience of 2020
Predictable but first pint of cask beer after lockdown at my brilliant local The Stalybridge Buffet Bar.
PSBH taster days involving Pomona, Track and Deya were amazing also! (Ed: Awh, thanks chick!)

Hopes and dreams for 2021
Be able to socialise more with friends and loved ones in our most favourite place aka the pub!

What’s the next big thing for beer in 2021?
Pubs and breweries receiving the support they need to stay afloat and flourish as businesses that give so much to many.

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Mark Terry
Human Being

Favourite beers of 2020 (in no particular order)
Wylam – I’m not Mary
Cloudwater – Goods Things for Everyone
Cloudwater – That’s Not Me
Track – Language Barrier
Northern Monk – PP25.01 Everyday Abstract

Favourite brewery of 2020
Track

Who was your beer supplying hero of 2020?
Track

Beer experience of 2020
Track pulling out all the stops to keep us in beer, despite us needing to bale out to the Midlands.

What’s the next big thing for beer in 2021?
Traditional, regional beers

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Avi Steinberg
Avid ale and craft beer drinker on two wheel powered by pedals! (not in a straight line)

Favourite beers of 2020 (in no particular order)
Einstock Icelandic porter
Cantillon Rosé De Gambrinus
7Brothers Thorw away IPA
Byker Brown Ale
Track Uzon Sour

Favourite brewery of 2020
Track

Who was your beer supplying hero of 2020?
Guys at Flok Manchester and port st beer house

Beer experience of 2020
Probably the most sober I have been in years!! But lads at port St have put me on my ass a few times in 2020. Followed by the micro bar Arndale. Always listen to the bar staff of they it’s going to put you on your ass! It is going to!!

Hopes and dreams for 2021?
Back to Friday drinks at port St and Microbar

What’s the next big thing for beer in 2021?
It all depends on ones taste!! Micro brewery’s are on the rise so surprise us!!!

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Adam
Architect In Edinburgh

Favourite beers of 2020 (in no particular order)
Box Car blushing tone
Deya – steady rolling man
Newbarns oat lager
Siren – suspended in cans
Donzoko fest bier

Favourite brewery of 2020
Deya

Who was your beer supplying hero of 2020?
Premier hop

Beer experience of 2020
Getting too drunk at home by myself listening to system of a down

Hopes and dreams for 2021?
Getting too drunk with my friends listening to system of a down

What’s the next big thing for beer in 2021?
Really good Lager!

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Connal Orton

Favourite beers of 2020 (in no particular order)
Northern Monk Patrons Project 21.03
Cloudwater The Seed Which Cannot Be Sown
Polly’s DDH Spur
Garage Jumpsuit
Zagovor Soulmate

Favourite brewery of 2020
Polly’s

Who was your beer supplying hero of 2020?
Premierhop

Beer experience of 2020
Discovering DIPAs and TIPAs and that strong beers don’t have to be overwhelming.

Hopes and dreams for 2021
A pint in the pub rather than at home.

What’s the next big thing for beer in 2021?
Pints rather than cans!

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Damian O’Shea
Heaton Hops – I take cans from boxes put it into our fridges and turn it into profit

Favourite beers of 2020 (in no particular order)
Lervig BA Times 8
Cantillon fou foune
Deya saturated in Citra
St Mars Babalu
Elusive Oregon Trail

Favourite brewery of 2020
Newbarns / St.Mars

Who was your beer supplying hero of 2020?
Nils Lindberg – Deya a lockdown legend

Beer experience of 2020
Serving actual pints

Hopes and dreams for 2021
Being able to serve pints again

What’s the next big thing for beer in 2021?
Cans that don’t dent in a canning machine

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Neil Condron
Punter

Favourite beers of 2020 (in no particular order)
RedWillow – Ruby Mild
Bellwoods Brewery – Jelly King
Schneider Weisse – Festweisse
Pohjala x Bagby x Boneyard – Bag of Bones
Thirst Class x Beermoth – Unfined Elpenor

Favourite brewery of 2020
The Kernel

Who was your beer supplying hero of 2020?
Damian at Heaton Hops

Beer experience of 2020
Friends and Family Fringe

Hopes and dreams for 2021
IMBC

What’s the next big thing for beer in 2021?
Bitter and ESB

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James Dickinson

Favourite beers of 2020 (in no particular order)
Other Half – DDH Double Mosaic Dream
Left Handed Giant – King of the Woodland
The Veil – STARVE: Exhibit C
Green Cheek – Immaculate Confection
Wander Beyond – Storm in a Teacup

Favourite brewery of 2020
Vocation

Who was your beer supplying hero of 2020?
House of Trembling Madness

Beer experience of 2020
Cloudwater Friends and Family

Hopes and dreams for 2021
No more Covid restrictions.

What’s the next big thing for beer in 2021?
Tax

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Adam N
Beer fan

Favourite beers of 2020 (in no particular order)
A Gentle Nod To Welcome Visitors – Cloudwater
CBS (Canadian Breakfast Stout) – Founders
Grand Cru – Rodenbach
Fossil and Fern – Left Handed Giant
Imperial Mocha – Vocation

Favourite brewery of 2020
Verdant

Who was your beer supplying hero of 2020?
Beer Merchants

Beer experience of 2020
Manchester Beer and Cider Festival

Hopes and dreams for 2021
The return of beer festivals and pub crawls

What’s the next big thing for beer in 2021?
Quadruple IPAs

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Sophie
I miss table 8. (Ed: I don’t)

Favourite beers of 2020 (in no particular order)
Track – Sonoma Cask (always)
Track – Listening Wind
Deya – Your Bad Luck Has Saved You
Kernel – Biere de Saison Apricot
Burning Sky – Saison Provision

Favourite brewery of 2020
The Kernel

Who was your beer supplying hero of 2020?
Track

Beer experience of 2020
A slightly apocalyptic-feeling farewell tour of my fave NQ pubs the afternoon before the first lockdown.

Hopes and dreams for 2021?
To sit indoors in a proper good pub with a group of friends. Not a substantial meal in sight.

What’s the next big thing for beer in 2021?
Trendy bitters.

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Scott Kenneth Jackson
Indy Man Beer Guy

Favourite beers of 2020 (in no particular order)
Track Sonoma
Squawk Corvus
Flensburger Pilsner
Schöfferhofer Grapefruit
Früh Radler

Favourite brewery of 2020
Between New Barns and St. Mars of the Desert

Who was your beer supplying hero of 2020?
Track and Pomona Island

Beer experience of 2020
Sonoma in 10L bag in box

Hopes and dreams for 2021?
Cask beer, please.

What’s the next big thing for beer in 2021?
More beer served in boxes aka beer cubes.

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Rob McGowan
Yes mate

Favourite beers of 2020 (in no particular order)
Long way short step – Track
Saturated in Mosaic- Deya
Saturated in Nelson- Deya
Random Rules – verdant
Torque wrench – industrial arts

Favourite brewery of 2020
Deya

Who was your beer supplying hero of 2020?
Northern Type

Beer experience of 2020
Other Half tap room in Brooklyn. End of February, just before it went tits up

Hopes and dreams for 2021?
No micros or indies go under and come out thriving. Back to indie man, salford and summer beer thing. Enjoying good beer with good people again

What’s the next big thing for beer in 2021?
British hops! More unity amongst indies against the tax and big breweries!

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HuishHugh

Favourite beers of 2020 (in no particular order)
BABS III, Wild Beer
Oude Geuze Cuvee Armand & Gaston 17/18 #26, 3 Fonteinen
Maiden 2019, Siren
Old Ale Amontillado BA, Marble
Eiche-Doppelbock, Aecht Schenkerla

Favourite brewery of 2020
De La Senne

Who was your beer supplying hero of 2020?
Hop Burns & Black

Beer experience of 2020
Visit to Brasserie De La Senne just before The Great Lockdown.

Hopes and dreams for 2021?
Vaccine rolled out and the pubs back open (with no need for substantial meals).

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Kevin Fenton
Internet gobshite

Favourite beers of 2020 (in no particular order)
Pomona – Same Thing We Do Every Night
Cloudwater – MCI 5
Cisk
Fix
Dig Brew – Oh No It’s A Lazer

Favourite brewery of 2020
Pomona

Who was your beer supplying hero of 2020?
Gaz at Pomona

Beer experience of 2020
Drinking shit lager on a deserted beach in Greece with my wonderful girlfriend as the sun set over the mountains

Hopes and dreams for 2021
Pubs

What’s the next big thing for beer in 2021?
Pubs

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Adam
25, Writer and amateur baker

Favourite beers of 2020 (in no particular order)
Loch Lomond Different Class 4%
Hilden hopended IPA 5.3%
First Chop USA 4%
Captain Lawrence Citra Dreams 7%
Tempest Catch Sun 5.4%

Favourite brewery of 2020
FirstChop

Who was your beer supplying hero of 2020?
Flavourly

Beer experience of 2020
Beer 52’s Christmas-saving advent calendar

Hopes and dreams for 2021?
The return of pubs and the continuing success of independent breweries

What’s the next big thing for beer in 2021?
A bigger interest in craft due to the pandemic and drinking at home – more range in pubs and more festivals

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Duncan
He/him PA

Favourite beers of 2020 (in no particular order)
Track Sonoma
Neptune Brewery Azuli
Pomona Island Factotum
Mallinsons Nelson Sauvin
Overtone Pale Azacca

Favourite brewery of 2020
Mallinsons

Who was your beer supplying hero of 2020?
Craftbrewtique

Beer experience of 2020
Little did l know it, but my final pub based pint of cask beer (Mallinsons Nelson Sauvin) in Font MCR

Hopes and dreams for 2021?
Friends and family sat round a pub table

What’s the next big thing for beer in 2021?
Mini-casks at home (for me at least)

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Mark Gamble
Forever skint craft beer fan

Favourite beers of 2020 (in no particular order)
Sonoma – Track
Beech House – Rivington
Nelson Sauvin – Brewsmith
Restless – Redwillow
Raspberry Gose – Yonder

Favourite brewery of 2020
Redwillow

Who was your beer supplying hero of 2020?
Redwillow/Casked Alehouse

Beer experience of 2020
Discovering a syringe worked to create a head on BIB cask.

Hopes and dreams for 2021?
To spend time in a good pub and peoplewatch

What’s the next big thing for beer in 2021?
Mild 😊

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Elana

Favourite beers of 2020 (in no particular order)
The Light Grey one – Cloudwater
Written in the Dust – Deya
If Not Now – Track
Meet Me in the Middle – Track
Apple Maple Pecan sour – Vault City

Favourite brewery of 2020
Track

Who was your beer supplying hero of 2020?
Trembling Madness

Beer experience of 2020
The event packs by Cloudwater

Hopes and dreams for 2021?
Beer fests

What’s the next big thing for beer in 2021?
Hop City!

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Callum
Man from earth

Favourite beers of 2020 (in no particular order)
Crystallography Cloudwater
Track if not now
Cloudwater NZ TIPA
Five Points Railway Porter
Pomona island monkberry moon delight

Favourite brewery of 2020
Cloudwater

Who was your beer supplying hero of 2020?
Milk carton slingers of NQ

Beer experience of 2020
First cask pint (mallinsons Nelson sauvin I think) back after first lock down in PSBH.

Hopes and dreams for 2021
Hugs

What’s the next big thing for beer in 2021?
Innovation and core range instead of chasing hype (hypocritical here considering the beers I’ve drank this year)

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Patrick Cavanagh
Mancunian ale schlurper

Favourite beers of 2020 (in no particular order)
Ego tripping at the gates of hell – Pomona
Schofferhofer (paired with a slice o’ Nells)
Please be lovely to each other – Cloudwater x Finback
Persistence is Utile: Bitter Chocolate – Cloudwater
Steady Rolling Man – DEYA

Favourite brewery of 2020
Cloudwater

Who was your beer supplying hero of 2020?
Cloudwater’s local shipping team

Beer experience of 2020
F&F&B in February before shit hit the fan.

Hopes and dreams for 2021?
To drink sweet sweet ale in the company of hundreds of others on the hallowed ground of Victoria Baths. Few pints of bitter down the local would also be nice.

What’s the next big thing for beer in 2021?
PINTS (pls)

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Joshua Muldoon
Grrrr Aargh

Favourite beers of 2020 (in no particular order)
Redwillow, Foeder Lager
Scherlenkerla, Krausen
Pomona Island, Style Control Damage & Aggression
Pomona Island, Sploice
Cloudwater + Finback, FFB 02

Favourite brewery of 2020
Pomona Island

Who was your beer supplying hero of 2020?
Beermoth

Beer experience of 2020
VISBF 2020

Hopes and dreams for 2021
Beer in a pub with mates

What’s the next big thing for beer in 2021?
Another hot take on DIPAs

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George
Pomona Islander

Favourite beers of 2020 (in no particular order)
Newbarns Oat Lager
Beak Oopla
Donzoko Big Foam
Blackjack Helles
Newbarns Plain Dark Beer

Favourite brewery of 2020
Newbarns

Who was your beer supplying hero of 2020?
Reasons to be Cheerful, the Epicurean and Stretford Food Hall

Beer experience of 2020
Park bench cans in a summer sun beam

Hopes and dreams for 2021
More beers from taps, less substantial meals

What’s the next big thing for beer in 2021?
Nitro DIPA, the return of red ale and people doing weird thing lager (I give it four months until there’s a 440ml of a sour pilsner)

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Ruari McGlone
@RuariMcGlone / ThisIsmybeeraccount

Favourite beers of 2020 (in no particular order)
Deya SRM
Track Sonoma (cask that time you were open for a bit)
Cloudwater Be Well, Friends
The Veil Cherry Razz tastee
Deya I Got You!

Favourite brewery of 2020
Cloudwater

Who was your beer supplying hero of 2020?
Tap Select in Oswaldtwistle!

Beer experience of 2020
Friends and Family 2020,
Or just coming to your gaff for a nice pint mid lockdown! (Ed: Yes come on!)

Hopes and dreams for 2021?
RIP COVID

What’s the next big thing for beer in 2021?
lagers. More lagers.

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deadmanjones
Drinker 7 miles out, in Blackjack’s Tuesday range

Favourite beers of 2020 (in no particular order)
Blackjack Stroopwafel Expert Stout
Beer Nouveau Cherry Sour
Manchester Hop Project
Manchester Union Black Lager
Wild IPA

Favourite brewery of 2020
Beer Nouveau

Who was your beer supplying hero of 2020?
Blackjack

Beer experience of 2020
Infrequent visits to the Ancoats Off Licence that Beer Nouveau conjured up, dropping off cherries for the cherry sour or hops for the Manchester Hop project, and getting great beer back in return. Steve kept the supply chain in business and the community in good spirits.

And beer arriving at my house – where I know unexpectedly spend the majority of my time – from Blackjack, Shindigger, and Manchester Union.

Hopes and dreams for 2021?
Brewery Taps and pubs reopening across Manchester.

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Nick
I like beer (Ed: I’ll drink to that!)

Favourite beers of 2020 (in no particular order)
Cloudwater – Only a dream can kill a dream
Hackney Brewery – Banshee
Cloudwater – Be Well, Friends
Temporal Artisan Ales – Vastahan
Finback – Oscillation 020

Favourite brewery of 2020
Hackney Brewery

Who was your beer supplying hero of 2020?
Beermoth

Beer experience of 2020
Brisbane Beer Festival

Hopes and dreams for 2021?
More beer

What’s the next big thing for beer in 2021?
Salted Caramel Mushroom IPA

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Caroline
Cask fan

Favourite beers of 2020 (in no particular order)
Firebrand Citra Mosaic small batch
Bronkhorster ijeselbock
Vocation Divide & Conquer
Cromarty Red Rocker
Thornbridge Jaipur

Favourite brewery of 2020
Firebrand

Who was your beer supplying hero of 2020?
Blackjack

Beer experience of 2020
Wigan beer festival just before the first lockdown – still can’t believe that it went ahead!

Hopes and dreams for 2021
That my fave pubs/bars make it through this pandemic

What’s the next big thing for beer in 2021?
Double dry hopped IPA

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Luke
Graphic Designer based in Otley, Leeds

Favourite beers of 2020 (in no particular order)
Donzoko – Big Foam
Burning Sky – Easy answers IPA
Magic Rock – Magic 8 Ball
Fyne Ales Origins – Expedition 2
Kirkstall – Black band porter

Favourite brewery of 2020
Burning Sky

Who was your beer supplying hero of 2020?
The Curious Hop, Otley

Beer experience of 2020
Drinking Easy answers IPA and Kernel table beer on my Wedding day with family and friends at the end of February, all before COVID took over.

Hopes and dreams for 2021
Sitting in one of my locals with friends, drinking cask beer. Maybe a beer festival if we are lucky? That would be ace.

What’s the next big thing for beer in 2021?
Older beer styles making a resurgence. More examples of great Bitter, Scotch ale and Red ales would be nice.

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Phill Coleman
In between drinking (hopefully good beer) and trying to convince my two kids that sleep is a good thing, I yell at computers

Favourite beers of 2020 (in no particular order)
Black is Beautiful – Track
My Continuous Improvement #4 – Cloudwater
Thank Your Lucky Stars – Wylam
Blackberry & Nettle Sour – Little Earth Project
Birthdays in Isolation – Pentrich

Favourite brewery of 2020
Pentrich

Who was your beer supplying hero of 2020?
Pomona

Beer experience of 2020
Propping up the corner of the bar on my own in Reasons To Be Cheerful in the very small window of opportunity to have a proper cask beer again…

Hopes and dreams for 2021?
Buying a round of drinks again… any pub or bar… for anybody!

What’s the next big thing for beer in 2021?
Serving it again

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Barry Shaw
Beer buyer and general assistant

Favourite beers of 2020 (in no particular order)
Abbeydale Deception cask
Arbor C Bomb cask
Neptune Mosaic Cask
Rat Cricket Rat Cask
North Riding Mosaic Cask

Favourite brewery of 2020
North Riding

Who was your beer supplying hero of 2020?
Mallinsons

Beer experience of 2020
Collab brewing with Rat brewery

Hopes and dreams for 2021?
Pubs open restriction free

What’s the next big thing for beer in 2021?
Adjunct free beer

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Curly Turner
Lived in Manchester for 10 years and then moved to North Wales during the first lockdown. It was an enjoyable experience. My hobbies are staring out of the window and going for occasional runs in the hills. Oh and drinking beer/cwrw

Favourite beers of 2020 (in no particular order)
DIPA – Cloudwater
Day of the Death – Northern Monk
Fallow Plans – Polly’s
Foeder Kviek Pale ale (citra) – The Kernel
Heathen – Northern Monk

Favourite brewery of 2020
Overtone – I don’t recall having a beer by them I didn’t enjoy

Who was your beer supplying hero of 2020?
Wild Horse Brew Co. in Llandudno. They do a cracking free delivery to North Wales. They are always releasing new beer that has been consistently pretty great.

Beer experience of 2020
Me and my bro went on the brewery tour at Cloudwater back in February just before the world turn upside down. Really interesting experience having a 10% porter handed to you before 12pm. The tour itself was very engaging and fun. At least I think it was, I was swaying a little on my way out.

Hopes and dreams for 2021?
Hoping I’ll actually be able to visit my local pub, get to know the locals and practice my Cymraeg. I don’t even mind what the beer is like, just be nice to be in a pub again.

What’s the next big thing for beer in 2021?
I think there might be a move to more traditional British styles (bitters, milds etc.) I’ve noticed more bitters from more trendy brewers recently. Plus this Brexit nonsense may make it more expensive to source certain hops. So this may cause a move to less hop forward styles. Or maybe Tiny Rebel will do a collaboration with Greggs and make a Steak-bake Stay Puft. Who knows!?

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David Bailey
Spod

Favourite beers of 2020 (in no particular order)
Runaway Brown Ale 5.7% bottles from Heaton Hops
Runaway Viennese Waltz lager 5% pints from Port Street Beer House
The Beak Pencil porter 6% cans from Heaton Hops
Deya Saturated in Nelson DIPA 8% can from Heaton Hops
RedWillow Everything is Pointless smoked banana and chocolate imperial stout 10% from RedWillow delivery

Favourite brewery of 2020
Newbarns / The Beak

Who was your beer supplying hero of 2020?
Breweries were all on it and it was easier and more tantalising to order beer online than ever before. Ultimately though, Heaton Hops, for being insanely on it in terms of sourcing the new hype and putting it all in one place with daily local deliveries and collection.

Beer experience of 2020
Drinking 5 litres of Five Points Railway Porter bag in box cask, courtesy of BlackJack’s delivery service, at home. Amazing beer and the ultimate dispense method of 2020 – BAG IN BOX.

Hopes and dreams for 2021?
Less hectic, less pivoting, less virus

What’s the next big thing for beer in 2021?
A mini keg that will fit in my small fridge. Maybe using the Muji t-shirt cube technology to fit 5 litres into a vessel the size of a jar of mayonnaise.

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Susan Babons
Daily nightly and ever so rightly

Favourite beers of 2020 (in no particular order)
Stars for days – Green Cheek
Be well friends – Cloudwater
Babalú – Smod
DDH Nelson Daydream – Other Half
Wild sinister kid (cherries) – Trillium

Favourite brewery of 2020
Cloudwater

Who was your beer supplying hero of 2020?
The Epicurean (new Chorlton one)

Beer experience of 2020
Friends and family and beer 2020

Hopes and dreams for 2021?
Hopes – Indyman and SBT mega fest and Dreams – pubs re-opening for good, free chips and the dissolution of the Conservative party for the rest of time

What’s the next big thing for beer in 2021?
Vaccinated juice juice

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Mike Nixon

Favourite beers of 2020 (in no particular order)
Cloudwater – Subbles
Cloudwater – My Continuous Improvement #1
Northern Monk – OFS 024
Left Handed Giant – King of the woodland
Track – long way, short step

Favourite brewery of 2020
Cloudwater

Who was your beer supplying hero of 2020?
Beermoth

Beer experience of 2020
One weekend in the summer where I was finally allowed to go drink beer with friends. A rare occurrence.

Hopes and dreams for 2021?
Pubs surviving, craft breweries flourishing, nights out with friends

What’s the next big thing for beer in 2021?
Being able to drink it in a pub!!

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Simon
Manc-based cask obsessive

Favourite beers of 2020 (in no particular order)
Pomona Island – FACTOTUM Pale
Beatnikz Republic – I SMaSH EKUANOT
Marlow Rebellion Beer Co. – Overthrow
Tilquin Oude Gueuze
Seven bro7hers – SALTY TIERS

Favourite brewery of 2020
pomona island

Who was your beer supplying hero of 2020?
blackjack brewery

Beer experience of 2020
a mournful pre-covid geuze in port st

Hopes and dreams for 2021?
port st beer house

What’s the next big thing for beer in 2021?
venues where you can order beer from a tap to enjoy at a table indoors with your mates (Ed: It’ll never catch on)

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Mr X

Favourite beers of 2020 (in no particular order)
Kernel Foeder Kviek Citra Pale
St Mars of the desert various experimental hop IPA’s
Cloudwater Sabro Triple IPA
Redwillow Black IPA
Vocation Heart & Soul Session

Favourite brewery of 2020
Vocation because 4 for 6 in Asda

Who was your beer supplying hero of 2020?
Beermoth a.k.a only shop in town

Beer experience of 2020
Jaded by the irresponsible alcoholic-tinderbox scenarios and glutinous end-of-year bank statements of bar owner’s and tax collectors around the globe, the gods endowed with powers over alcohol legislation have chosen to plague earth’s population until they see evidence of the 10 basic commandments being followed to a T

Hopes and dreams for 2021?
Come-uppance for the guilty heathens
Hefty Tax on ALkopops OR phasing out of NHS but not both please

What’s the next big thing for beer in 2021?
The nail in the coffin : all bars and pubs close down forever because Gen Z don’t think its cool to drink.
Talking about cask will become a thing done in museums and people won’t barely believe we used to sip tepid booze through an old bit of tube poked thru a mouldy-looking ceiling

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Tim Roberts
Craft Beer hun

Favourite beers of 2020 (in no particular order)
Deya – Saturated in Motueka
Polly’s Brew – Pines
Track – If you lose me
Deya – Written in the dust
Track – Weight of the planets

Favourite brewery of 2020
Deya

Who was your beer supplying hero of 2020?
Shindigger/Track

Beer experience of 2020
Becoming a fully fledged DIPA Fangirl

Hopes and dreams for 2021
Glastonbury, theatre, gigs, pub, friends and more beer

What’s the next big thing for beer in 2021?
More hop diversity and experimentation

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Ben
Jedi

Favourite beers of 2020 (in no particular order)
Braybrooke – Pils (gravity keg)
Fullers – ESB (cask)
Donzoko / Braybrooke – Vienna lager

Favourite brewery of 2020
Braybrooke

Who was your beer supplying hero of 2020?
Deya (50% nhs staff)

Beer experience of 2020
You’re kidding right?

Hopes and dreams for 2021?
More maturing beer scene in the uk

What’s the next big thing for beer in 2021?
Neipa like every year

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Daniel Simson
“I like booze and screwing alright Terry?” – George Best

Favourite beers of 2020 (in no particular order)
If only I had a heart 2020 : Pomona Island
Thank you for continuous support : Cloudwater
Strawberry woo woo : Vault city
You Do : Cloudwater
What could go wrong : Track

Favourite brewery of 2020
Cloudwater

Who was your beer supplying hero of 2020?
Beermoth

Beer experience of 2020
Sharing a sharing bottle of impy stout with friends (albeit socially distanced) on the last night before lockdown 2 in Öl bar.

Hopes and dreams for 2021?
Being able to drink in Port St again with Friends and for Cloudwater to make a single hop dipa with fuggle hops.

What’s the next big thing for beer in 2021?
Nitro DIPAs and clear West Coast IPAs

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Lewis

Favourite beers of 2020 (in no particular order)
Pomona Island If Only I Had A Hammer
Verdant Maybe One More PSI?
Northern Monk Patrons Project 7.07
Cloudwater Speyside Persistence Is Utile
Pentrich Dead Earth

Favourite brewery of 2020
Pomona Island

Who was your beer supplying hero of 2020?
Trembling Madness

Beer experience of 2020
Lockdown Night March 20th 2020

Hopes and dreams for 2021?
Just for the pubs to open.

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John Shenton

Favourite beers of 2020 (in no particular order)
Cloudwater Thanks again for your support
Polly’s big spur
Pentrich Christmas in isolation
Cloudwater Night on the files
Verdant Pavement licker

Favourite brewery of 2020
Cloudwater

Who was your beer supplying hero of 2020?
The hopwater cellar

Beer experience of 2020
Friends and family event in Manchester

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Elliot Hines
Beer is yum

Favourite beers of 2020 (in no particular order)
Track – Sonoma forever and always
Cloudwater – Chubbles
Polly’s – DDH Patternist
Deya – Saturated in Nelson
Kernel – Export India Porter Mosaic Amarillo

Favourite brewery of 2020
Deya

Who was your beer supplying hero of 2020?
Epicurean Didsbury

Beer experience of 2020
Exploring Glasgow’s beer scene pre pandemic. Grunting Growler in particular was a highlight

Hopes and dreams for 2021?
Pub. Cask. People.
Otherwise, less overly sweet sours and stouts.

What’s the next big thing for beer in 2021?
Quad IPAs?

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Josh Waldock
Sales & Events at Turning Point Brew Co

Favourite beers of 2020 (in no particular order)
Omnipollo – Mads
Five Points – Stout Porter
Donzoko x Braybrooke – Vienna Lager
Evil Twin – Oh My God, He’s A Bozo!
Turning Point – Gravedigger’s Biscuits

Favourite brewery of 2020
Siren Craft

Who was your beer supplying hero of 2020?
Raynville Superstore

Beer experience of 2020
Augustiner Biergarten

Hopes and dreams for 2021?
Beer Festivals

What’s the next big thing for beer in 2021?
Types of barrels becoming more varied, and barrel aging becoming more accessible/commonplace/mainstream

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Jane

Favourite beers of 2020 (in no particular order)
Twelve Yellow Legs, Cloudwater
Thanks Again For Your Support, Cloudwater
Bianca Blackberry Maple Gose, Omnipollo
Fruit car sight exhibition, Verdant
My continuous improvement bitter chocolate v1, Cloudwater

Favourite brewery of 2020
Cloudwater

Who was your beer supplying hero of 2020?
Cloudwater

Beer experience of 2020
Barbecue & lots of different beers in the garden 😂

Hopes and dreams for 2021?
To feel safe in a bar / pub

What’s the next big thing for beer in 2021?
UK brewers going from strength to strength

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Stuart P

Favourite beers of 2020 (in no particular order)
Donzoko Select Pils Tettnang
Cloudwater Ponderosa Pines On Rainier
Deya Back To Earth
Bray Brooke x Donzoko Vienna Lager
Track Sonoma

Favourite brewery of 2020
Donzoko Brewing Co.

Who was your beer supplying hero of 2020?
Heaton Hops

Beer experience of 2020
I… I don’t think I had one.

Hopes and dreams for 2021?
A pint of cask. Just one.

What’s the next big thing for beer in 2021?
Who knows? Smoked sour beers?

– Closed from Friday 23 October

In line with Tier 3 restrictions, we’ll be closing the doors at Port Street at 10pm on Thursday 22nd October, and keeping them shut for a little while. Despite Snyder’s Jalapeno Pieces being incredibly filling, and the ongoing debate over whether an imperial stout constitutes a substantial meal, our current offering falls on the pub side of the drinking establishment/eating establishment divide.

Our sister site Common will remain open, serving Nell’s Pizza and providing primo pints alongside pizza pies – and our friends in M21 over at The Beagle will be operating as a restaurant too.

There are no plans to revert to the takeaway/delivery services we offered over lockdown 1.0, but we hope to be able to welcome you back to the Beer House sooner rather than later. Follow us on Twitter & Instagram for the latest.

– Now serving: Natural Wines

New normal, new additions to our drinks menu – Low Intervention Wines are here, with a rotating cast of natural beauties specially selected for Port Street Beer House. Mostly available by the bottle (with some available by the glass too) here’s what we’ve recently got in house: download the Common & Co App to see what we’ve currently got on offer.

– Further Extended Opening Hours

For the moment, we’re currently open at the following times. Seating available out front, out the back, downstairs, and upstairs. Maximum groups of 6, and walk ups strictly encouraged throughout – bookings not necessary. Table service throughout – download the Common & Co app for seamless session drinking.

In line with current guidelines, Port Street will be closed by 10pm each night, with last orders before that.

Monday – 3pm – 10pm
Tuesday – 3pm – 10pm
Wednesday – 3pm – 10pm
Thursday – 3pm – 10pm
Friday – 3pm – 10pm
Saturday – 3pm – 10pm
Sunday – 2pm – 9pm