Beers

Regulars
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Black Pig Mild 3.6%
Blue Bullet 4.5%
Flatbac 4.2%
Knoll Street Porter 5.2%
Pacific Bitter 3.8%
Zebra Best Bitter 4.3%

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Introducing St George’s Best at 4% to mark St George’s day. Try it at The Star Inn, Higher Broughton from Friday 23rd.

Our March ale is Ides Bitter at 4.2%. A wonderfully fruity drink ideal for easing you into Spring.

Our early February special, 2010 is AfterGlow, a 4.3% light amber beer with citrus and spicy hop flavours.

Cuckoo’s Nest now available in bottles! - 24/08/09
To order, and for details, please email bazensbrewery@mac.com or call 0161 7080247. Also, please visit the beer’s sponsors at www.cuckoodesign.com.

Our 2009 series partly focuses on Salford again - this time on events, anniversaries and local organisations.

Re-introducing Cuckoo's Nest. Available in bottles - 07/08/09
We are very grateful to Cuckoo Design in Salford who are sponsoring the return of one of our 2008 specials. Cuckoo Design 2 in cask has been delivered to The New Oxford and The Crescent, Salford, The Steam House, Urmston, The Royal Hotel, Great Harwood and The Trackside, Bury.

From next week, this hoppy, summery, refreshing 4.3% ale will be available in bottles. (For more information please email us at bazensbrewery@mac.com.)

Cuckoo Design has produced the wonderfully eye-catching bottle label and pump clip. Click here to visit their website.

Argent for Opening Times - 07/08/09
We are delighted to have been asked to brew a special beer to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Opening Times. The award-winning Stockport and South Manchester CAMRA publication has been very supportive since the very early days of Bazens’ Brewery.

Argent is 4.2% and hoppy with a hint of lychees. Available at The New Oxford, Salford, The Trackside, Bury and The Steam House, Urmston.

The summer special is Julius (because of the fact that the month of July was named in honour of Julius Caesar, or Andrew Flintoff as we know him today). This pale ale is 4.0%, light amber in colour with a citrusy spicy hop character.

The third in the series is Salford Flyer (4.1%). 2009 sees the centenary of the first all-British powered flight by A V Roe who was born in Patricroft, Salford in 1877. Roe flew 30m in his triplane, a replica of which can be seen in Manchester’s Museum of Science and Industry.

Roe, together with his brother, went on to set up Avro aircraft manufacturers in 1910 in Manchester and Oldham.

The first two in the series are Broken Britain and Jog On - These refer to a short film made in Salford with Salford crew and cast. For more information about Broken Britain, contact the brewery.

2008 Salford Breweries Series
For our 2008 specials, we are using the theme of past Salford breweries.

Iechyd Da (Welsh for the drinking toast Good Health) - At 4.6%, this is the 12th of the Salford Breweries Series - The Bazens’ and Dave Facer’s breweries shared premises and plant in Salford for 2 years enabling both to expand and develop. Dave moved Facer’s Brewery to Flint, Wales in 2005 where it continues to prosper.

OverTroubled - 11th of the Salford Breweries Series. Between 1998 & 2000, Bridgewater Ales Ltd brewed at The Old Pint Pot & at 142 Chapel Street, (where the earliest editions of the Dandy & The Beano had been printed!)

Honeycombe - 10th of the Salford Breweries Series. Honeycombe Leisure installed a 5-barrel brewery adjoining the Old Pint Pot off Adelphi Street in 1996. The brewery was closed in 2000 and exported. This beer is 4.3%.

Cuckoo’s Nest - 9th of the Salford Breweries Series. Whitbread bought the Cook Street Brewery from Threlfall’s in 1967. They brewed Chester’s bitter and mild until 1988 when brewing ceased completely.

Bitter Tirade - 8th of the Salford Breweries Series. Warrington-based brewer, Greenall Whitley, bought out Salford’s own Groves and Whitnall in 1961 only to close it again in March 1971. Not content with this they ceased their own brewing operation in 1989!

Old Punch Ale - 7th of the Salford Breweries Series. In 1931, Walker & Homfray Ltd brewed an Old Punch Ale at Woodside Brewery to celebrate the bicentenary of the Salford Charter

WWW - The Watson, Woodhead & Wagstaffe Brewery was established in the 1890s, based on Irwell Street, Salford. The Company merged with Walker & Homfray Ltd in 1912.

Cook Street IPA - The Cook Street Brewery was occupied by Threlfall’s from c1880 and later merged with Chester’s of Ardwick.

Joule in the Crown - Salford-born James Joule, English physicist & brewer, became a manager of the Benjamin Joule Brewing Company (owned by his father) and took an active role until the sale of the business in 1854. (See Wikipedia.)

1868 - This marks the sale in 1868 of The Regent Road Brewery by Bathe and Newbold to Groves and Whitnall for £9000.

Bent Over Backwards - (Info to follow.)

After the Flood - This marks the flood of 1831 caused by a fermenting vessel at Mottram’s Brewery exploding through the wall of the building and drenching the nearby streets in beer.

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2007 Salford Series - 4.3%
Dirty Old Town - January
Salford’s Star - February
Sparked Out - March
A River Runs Through It - April
Winning Post - May
Salford’s Hero - June
Birthday Beer - July
Park Life - August
High Water - September
Royal Ale - October
Picture Perfect - November

2006-2007 Series
On Goldings Pond 4.0%
The Good The Bad And The Fuggly 4.0%
Styriana 4.0%
Hopalong Cascadey 4.0%
My Beautiful Williamette 4.0%

Occasionals
eXSB 5.5%

Seasonals
Santa's Reinbeer 4.3%
Wass Ale 4.5%

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One-off Featured Specials
Iccle Jimmy 4.6%
Salford’s Rose 4.6%

One-off Specials
Bomber Ale 3.8%
Bullocks 4.3%
Centaur 4.2%
Cliff Bier 5.2%
Dilemma 4.1%
Freshers' Special 5.5%
Goatee Beer 4.9%
Golding Fleece 4.4%
£Sd 4.4%
Lionbrew 4.4%
Riverside 4.5%
Scuttler 4.0%
Sea God 4.3%
Stinger 4.3%
The Newun 4.2%
20 Not Out 4.1%

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Getting Copies of the Pump Clips
Due to the huge demand there has been for copies of these clips, unfortunately we have had to start charging a small fee for them.

Please visit our SHOP page to find out more.

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