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376 - January 2016
Manchester Beer & Cider Festival
New CAMRA Branch - Manchester City Centre
Meet the Brewer - Ollie Smith of Carbon Smith Brewing
Remedy Bar & Brewhouse opens in Stockport's Market Place
Trafford & Hulme Branch Pub of the Season
New micro-pub opens in Marple.
High Peak plus Poynton Awards
Pub Of The Month - Grove, Ashton New Road, Clayton, Manchester
Stagger - A Friday Night Around Portwood with Jerry Wicken
Curmudgeon - A Pub is for Life, Not Just for Christmas - Selling off the Silver?
377 - February 2016
Stockport & South Manchester Awards
Robinsons unveil seasonal range
Meet the Brewer - David Foulger of Byrne the Cake Brewing
Stockport & South Manchester - Pub of The Year
Stockport & South Manchester - Cider Pub of The Year
Stockport & South Manchester - Club of The Year
Moorhouse's Seasonals 2016
Manchester Beer Week - city-wide celebration planned for June
Stockport & South Manchester POTM Gallery - June to December
Pub Of The Month - The Chiverton Tap, Cheadle Hulme, Stockport
Stagger - Withington with Sue Lightfoot
Curmudgeon - Open All Hours? - Planning not Parsimony
378 - March 2016
Manchester Beer and Cider Festival Report
Abbeyhey Revisited, New Breweries
Unsessionable IPA? - Mark Dredge on a new trend imported from the USA
Night out in Altrincham with Nick Earle
Macclesfield Pub of the Season - Rose and Crown in Allgreave
High Peak Pub Scene including Peak Practice
Greater Manchester CAMRA Pub of the Year runner-up - Harewood Arms, Broadbottom
Brewery News from around the region
Meet the brewer - Six O'clock Beer Co.
Pub Of The Month - Sun and Castle, Middle Hillgate, Stockport with John Clarke
Stagger - Abbey Hey revisited by John Clarke
Curmudgeon - Someone's Gonna Have to Pay - Cutting the Strings
379 - April 2016
Mild Magic 2016
Trafford & Hulme CAMRA Awards
Save the Sir Ralph Abercromby
Central Manchester Branch Pub of the Year - Smithfield Tavern
Pub Of The Month - Fred's Ale House, Levenshulme, Manchester
Stagger - Mild Hunting in the City Centre with Jim Flynn
Curmudgeon - It's Real, Jim, But Not As We Know It
380 - May 2016
Stockport Beer & Cider Festival 2016
New Beers for Bar Nouveau - Home brew compertition winners
CAMRA Discounts
Stockport Beer & Cider Festival Festival Entertainment
Manchester Cider & Perry Festival
Meet the Brewer - Chorlton Brewing Co
CAMRA Branch Changes - City Centre expands / North Manchester re-named
Manchester Beer Week
Pub Of The Month - Wine & Wallop, Lapwing Lane, West Didsbury, Manchester
Stagger - Welcome to Levenshulme with Jerry Wicken
Curmudgeon - Care of the Community
381 - June 2016
Midland under threat - Road plan threatens demolition of popular local
Chorlton Beer Festival - previwed by John O'Donnell
Meet the Brewer - Paul Mellor of Manchester Brewing Co.
Fighting Fit - Peter Edwardson on CAMRA's Revitalisation Project
CAMRA Awards - Trafford & Hulme / High Peak / Pubs of the Year/Season
Old Tom collects a fistfull of certificates
Brewery News from around the region
Pub Of The Month - Heaton Hops, School Lane, Heaton Chapel, Stockport
Stagger - Didsbury with Stuart Ballantyne
Curmudgeon - Great Stuff this Bass
382 - July 2016
Left Bank Beer Festival
Stockport Beer Festival Review
Takeovers - Good Or Bad?
Stockport Beer & Cider Festival Review
Polish Revolution - Jerry Wicken explores Polands beer sceen
Trafford & Hulme Pub of the Season - J. P. Joule
Scammer ALERT!
Pub Of The Month - The Moortop, Heaton Moor Road, Heaton Moor, Stockport
Stagger - Heaton Norris plus a Reddish starter with Jim Flynn
Curmudgeon - Out of Control
383 - August 2016
Baltic Pubs & Beer
Chorlton Beer & Cider Festival - Tea and Jaffa Cakes!
CAMRA Discounts
Beer in the Baltic
High Peak Pub Scene
Heard At The Bar - Pub news from around the area
CAMRA Awards
Pub Of The Month - White Hart, Cheadle, Stockport
Stagger - Offerton with Peter Edwardson
Curmudgeon - Hear, Hear - noise in pubs
384 - September 2016
Stockport Beer Week
Happy Birthday Maris Otter
Scandanavian Ales - Denmark & Sweeden
High Peak News
CAMRA Awards
Letters to the Editor
Pub Of The Month - Railway, Wellington Road North, Heaton Norris, Stockport
Stagger - Gorton with Paul Felton
Curmudgeon - Doing What it Says on the Tin
385 - October 2016
Cider Circuit
Trafford & Hulme Pub of the Season - Prairie Schooner Taphouse, Urmston
Greater Manchester Pub and Club of the Year
John Rowlinson - Award winning licencee
Good cider as it used to be - Mick Lewis
Germany Callling - Jerry Wickhen concludes his European tour
Good Beer Guide 2017 launch
Pub Of The Month - Blossoms, Heaviley, Stockport
Stagger - Hazel Grove with Keith Holloway
Curmudgeon - Cash is King - Ring My Bell
386 - November 2016
Denton Survey - Origami Brewing Co - Winter Warmer Preview
Mind the Gap - Are supermarkets really killing off pubs?
Awards: Marble Brewery - Brook, Brooklands - Smithfield Market Tavern, Manchester - Heaton Hops, Heaton Chapel - Volta, West Didsbury - Electrik, Chorlton
Book Review: The Pub by Pete Brown
Manchester Beer & Cider Festival 2017
Hyde and Seek in the East - Out and about in Denton and Hyde with Graham Privett
Letters to the Editor
Pub Of The Month - Ye Olde Cock on Wilmslow Road, Didsbury, Manchester with Stuart Ballantyne
Stagger - Cale Green and Higher Hillgate with Jim Flynn
Curmudgeon - Which Side Are You On?
387 - December 2016
Happy Christmas to all readers and advertisers
Midland Saved - Revised plans repreive local pub
Winter Warmer Wander
Calling Home Brewers - Competition
Brewery taps - a growing trend
Quantum Brewery closes
Two socials in western Greater Manchester
Preview of Manchester Beer and Cider Festival
Trafford and Hulme's Pub of the Season - Prairie Schooner Taphouse
Letters to the Editor
Pub Of The Month - Crown, Great Moor, Stockport
Stagger - Ladybarn and Fallowfield with Jerry Wicken
Curmudgeon - A Place Where No-One Knows Your Name - Closed for You