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LOADS of new beer on today! @evensongbrewing with LOADS of new beer on today!

@evensongbrewing with their first ever keg release a dry and refreshing mixed fermentation table saison, CANON 🌸

@chainhousebrewco with a hoppy, bright and fresh hazy pale BENEATH THE NEON SKY 💡

@newbarnsbrewery with their incredible hoppy lager, ULTRA 🍺

@sureshotbrew with an easy going, savoury and dry session pale YOU DON'T WIN FRIENDS WITH SALAD 🥗

All pouring now, and we're open until 10pm 🤗
☀️☀️☀️ The long weekend continues! Se ☀️☀️☀️

The long weekend continues! Service from 4-11 today. 

New hazy action on from @redwillowbrewery and @verdantbrew ⛅

Meanwhile this @teamutopian Bow Best Bitter is still going strong - proper trad tackle. 

Chilled wine in the fridges, plenty of non-alc options, bottles and cans too. 

🍻
Top cask action for the midweek before the long we Top cask action for the midweek before the long weekend at the mo -

Delicious pale brewed by our very own lovely Joe at @mobberleybeer 

A cask debut from @teamutopian with their pleasingly traditional best bitter

And a cheeky mild from @thirstclassale 😏😏😏

Scoops till 10pm 🙌🍺
Sunny Saturday Scenes on the Riviera del Burnage
☀️☀️☀️
Scoops
Chats
Badinage 
Revelry

roll around in it 

Open till 11 🍺
Welcome to Club Schoffihana 🍊🍋🍍 Where the Welcome to Club Schoffihana
🍊🍋🍍
Where the SCHOFFS are reason(s)ably priced 

Fun and SCHOFFshine
There's enough SCHOFF for everyone 

ʸᵒᵘ ᶜᵃⁿ ˢᵉˡᶠ ᵗᵃᵃᵃᵃᵃᵃᵃⁿ

Pictured: Schoff grapefruit and Schoff pineapple, shandied together. Shandyception. Colourised 2022
Cheeky little drop of @pastorebrewing in today in Cheeky little drop of @pastorebrewing in today in the form of these lovely Blood Orange and Lemon session sours. These never hang around!

☀️🍊🍋

We've also just put @kirkstallbrewery Three Swords on the cask pale line and a delicious Triple Berry Pastry Sour from @brewyonder too 🙌

Open till 10pm today, roll on down the riviera
This month's quiz!!! This coming Tuesday 24th...g This month's quiz!!!

This coming Tuesday 24th...get down for 7pm, questions start at 7:30pm.
Mystery round is GEOGRAPHY 🌍

Could be some scoops to be had alongside general gains in KNOWLEDGE

✏️✏️✏️
Highlight off the cask today is this lovely best b Highlight off the cask today is this lovely best bitter from @newbarnsbrewery and @stigbergetsbryggeri 

INNKEEPER 🛌
4.3% Second Best Bitter

Big slurps. Golden, light, super easy session smasher for admirers of delicious bitter moments.
Since the sun has decided to come out with joyous Since the sun has decided to come out with joyous abandon today we thought it fitting to sling out pints of this EXTREMELY SUMMERY Summer Ale from Marble:

Persephone ☀️🌻🌸 4.1% Citrussy, golden, lightly hoppy

Warning: can cause an overload of warm summery vibes.

Open today till 11pm 🌤️
big woof wednesdays 🐕 This big woof wednesday big woof wednesdays 🐕

This big woof wednesday 🐕 is dedicated to the big woof you do when you serve up 5 pints of pure haze cream. 

WOOF 🐕

Open till 10

We also welcome dogs as well as people barking at their pints
Absolutely ROLLIN' into this new week with a no-ho Absolutely ROLLIN' into this new week with a no-holds-barred 5.7% dark ruby mild WE CELEBRATE, for @lefthandedgiantbrewing 7th birthday, in collaboration with @newbarnsbrewery 🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈

Deep, rich, dark, caramel and burnt toffee with an enticing fireside-ruby appearance. 

All this you can have, and more. Come and sit upon the golden throne of possibility in our eternal kingdom of Burnage until 10pm 🔥
Big Saturday lads. Let's have it. 1 keg only of Big Saturday lads. Let's have it. 

1 keg only of the elusive @rivingtonbrewco NEVER KNOWN FOG LIKE IT. 5.2% top tier haze gains. 

☀️☀️☀️

Open till 11pm sliding out pints in this, our dreamy kingdom de la burnagé
Good god! What was that?? Thank you so much to eve Good god! What was that?? Thank you so much to everyone who came down to Reasons yesterday for the @deyabrewery takeover and making it feel like actual Christmas Day in here🎉🥰. I've never known the like. It was absolute joy, we are shattered and buzzing and really really grateful for the big turnout. 🙏🌻
〰️BIG BEER POST〰️ @deyabrewery TTO lineup 〰️BIG BEER POST〰️

@deyabrewery TTO lineup looks like this👇 We open at 4 today lads.

@siopsiop DIPA CUSTARD DONUTS available early-evening onwards ✨🍩

Keg 🍺

🐇Hoppy Oaty Thing 5.7%
Wild ale with plenty of oats and noble hops 

🏃‍♂️Steady Rolling Man 5.2% 
Pale ale, you know the drill

💧Tappy Pils 4.4%
Crisp, clean, hoppy lager

⛰️Birdlip Hill 5.6%
Mixed ferm made with local cherries 

🧅Glue 6.5%
Juicy IPA with Citra, Motueka and Nelson

🍇Saturated in Nelson 8%
NZ hopped DIPA, expect white grape, citrus & pine

🌄As I Walked Out One Spring Morning 8%
Juicy DIPA with citra and strata

🗣️Shadows of Conversation 2.8% 
Hoppy citrussy table beer 

Cask 🍻

🦶Hokum Stomp 5.6%
Chewy oatmeal porter with a hit of milk chocolate coffee and dark fruits

🛁Bathing On The Right Side Of Surprises 4.5%
Dry hopped pale with a balance of tropical fruits and clean bitterness

On until they're gone ✌️
Another Bank Holiday??? Only one thing this calls Another Bank Holiday???

Only one thing this calls for:

GOBLIN MODE 👺👺👺
4.5% American Red from overwhelmingly smoky lads @torrsidebrewing 
This one isn't smoked tho

Open till 11pm today 🍺
PSA - Bank holiday weekend is gooooo, with usual w PSA - Bank holiday weekend is gooooo, with usual weekend hours plus bonus Monday and then closed REPEAT CLOSED on Tuesday. We will reopen Wednesday at 4 and the Deya takeover is on Thursdee (also at 4). REPEAT THURSDAY. My brain is total mush. I do love you all xxx
!! LATEST〰️BIG〰️BEER〰️EVENT !! Presen !! LATEST〰️BIG〰️BEER〰️EVENT !!

Presenting 🍩 D I P A S +  D O N U T S 🍻

(YES WE HAVE GONE PEAK CRAFT! I'M SO SORRY!!)

Buzzing to let you all know that next week @deyabrewery are taking over at Reasons! 😇We will have keg, cask, bottled treats! With donuts from @siopshop 🥳 

Thursday 5th of May from 4pm.

Full lineup to be announced next week 🍻
Big thanks to @mikesian.studio and @scanstick for Big thanks to @mikesian.studio and @scanstick for their work on our new window vinyl!

A lovely bit of fun and colour for the good people of Burnage. 

Quiz is on tonight, come for 7, with the questions starting at 7:30. 

Serving 🍺 until 9:30 and closing at 10.
🔸WINE ON TAP ALERT🔸 Hello, excuuuuse me! A 🔸WINE ON TAP ALERT🔸

Hello, excuuuuse me! A microsecond of your time please just to let you know we currently have WINE ON TAP!

Marsilea Verdejo from Valencia. A brilliant white wine with hints of green. On the nose it's wild flowers and plums, smooth with a slightly nutty bitterness and saline finish 

Ok less daft wine chat. It's just bloody marvelous.

Also... ROBYN!! 😍😍😍
Weekend? Freedom? Liberation? It's here! Absolute Weekend? Freedom? Liberation?
It's here!

Absolutely loads of new beers in this weekend to get your chops round. 
Fresh IPAs and pales from @squawkbrewingco and @lefthandedgiantbrewing, sours from @pastorebrewing and crispy lads from @brauhaustegernsee and @badischestaatsbrauereirothaus  all in the fridge and ready to drink in or take away. 

Top pick on draught today is the inimitable @ayinger_privatbrauerei KELLERBIER in all its unfiltered glory

...and of course it's not a Burnage Friday without some mild, so we've got the @lhgbrewpub DARK MILD on for some premium suppage. 

Doors open at 4pm, and close at 11pm ⭐🍺
👨‍🏫👩‍🎓We're quizzing again on the 👨‍🏫👩‍🎓We're quizzing again on the 26th! 

No need to book ✅

〰️ 7 for 7:30 start 〰️

ABSOLUTELY NO CHARGE 🥳 
ABSOLUTELY THE SHITTEST OF PRIZES 🫣

Not to be missed!
Tuesday liquid scran. Old Man Ale. Big classic fr Tuesday liquid scran.

Old Man Ale. Big classic from Coniston.

Old Ale? Too aley? No such thing. Kinda like a mild. Kinda like a bitter. Little bit fruity. Treat yourself.

Open till 10. Heard a whisper on the wind that we might have @redwillowbrewery Table Saison Damson on too. Fresh one.

Open till 10 ☁️
Good afternoon from Burnage, where we are OPEN and Good afternoon from Burnage, where we are OPEN and BESOTTED with the latest - Vinohradská 11 Czech Pilsner!

Last orders tonight at 8:30, a little earlier than the usual order because we are flagging now but still bopping. Come and say hello ☺️
Sunshine in Burnage. A concept. I got Coniston Bl Sunshine in Burnage. A concept.

I got Coniston Bluebird Bitter on just for the occasion.

Enjoy and happy Easter ☺️
▫️ E A S T E R H O U R S ▫️ Now then lad ▫️ E A S T E R  H O U R S ▫️

Now then lads. Our Easter hours will be our usual weekend hours plus a little bank holiday Monday bonus, so...

Good Friday  4-11
Saturday 16th  2-11
East Sunday  2-10
Monday 18th  2-9

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✨ ROLL ON DOWN ✨ to reasons for this fresh Mar ✨ ROLL ON DOWN ✨ to reasons for this fresh Marble Export Mild on cask for CAMRA Mild Magic. 

Jimmy here is most pleased with it. Chuffed for mild. Come and be chuffed with him.

Open till 10pm 🍺
I've been on the sesh in Scotland, got back to see I've been on the sesh in Scotland, got back to see this double dark mild was last week's can of the week. Anyway. It stays. Mild Magic now in full swing, and it's not going anywhere any time soon here!

Open now till 10. Come and say hello
Top cask gains to be had today. Big Saturday ene Top cask gains to be had today. 

Big Saturday energy. Sparkle it. Creamy foam. Pale and Chipsticks. Bitter and Monster Munch. Mild and Wotsits.

Heaven on a handpull.

Let's get it Burnage

Open till 11 🍺
This lovely dark mild from @steelfishbrewco is gui This lovely dark mild from @steelfishbrewco is guiding us through this rainy Thursday like a lighthouse for ships through the fog. 

3.8%. Roasty, creamy, fruity. 

"Drink mildly" - Joe (pictured, swipe for Joe).

Open till 10.
The coven (who bust a gut on the bar last night). The coven (who bust a gut on the bar last night).
THOSE FACES
J A M E S'  T - S H I R T

Burnage certainly came alive last night. Thank you to everyone who partook. Thank you to @runawaybrewery (we ♥️ you!), for coming down, for making a beautiful bunch of beer that we love and want everyone else to love and for reminding us why we keep doing this.

🌻☀️
〰️ IT'S LINEUP TIME 〰️ Can't cope with th 〰️ IT'S LINEUP TIME 〰️

Can't cope with the wait for our @runawaybrewery event tonight? Mother a god neither can I!! Here's the lineup to calm yer nerves.

We are open at 4pm if you know the password 👍😁

ON KEGGO
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🔹 Rhubarb + Hibiscus Sour (5.2%)
🔹 Fruit Punch IPA (6.5%)
🔹 Farmhouse Pale (3.9%)
🔹 Biere De Miel (6.2%)
🔹 Bretted Farmhouse Ale (5.5%)
🔹🔹🔹

ON CASK
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🔹Pale ale (4.7%)
🔹ESB (5.8%)
🔹Summer Saison (4.2%)
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Got this absolute smasher of a 5.2% lager on today Got this absolute smasher of a 5.2% lager on today from @newbarnsbrewery. 

Proper bougie premium lager times. Fancy crispy times. Super malty sweet times. 
2nd Tuesday open in a row. 

Don't forget to come to our @runawaybrewery takeover on Thursday too, it'll be mint ⭐
Fresh @trackbrewingco in the fridges, and on keg a Fresh @trackbrewingco in the fridges, and on keg and cask soon!

Collab with @kavu - Visibility Unlimited super crispy west coast pale ☀️

Everything Illuminated - Motueka DIPA 🌿🍊🫐

On sale now, open till 11pm tonight
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Opening Hours

Monday: closed (except for bank holidays)
Tuesday:         4.00pm to 10.00pm
Wednesday:   4.00pm to 10.00pm
Thursday:       4.00pm to 10.00pm
Friday:            4.00pm to 11.00pm
Saturday:        2.00pm to 11.00pm
Sunday:           2.00pm to 10.00pm

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Reasons To Be Cheerful
Beer Cafe and Real Ale Bar
228 Fog Lane
Manchester
M20 6EL
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 161 425 9678

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