00:00Here in Manchester we've got a brilliant range of breweries and bars and Friday the 2nd of August, it's International Beer Day.
00:06Manchester has a brilliantly vibrant beer scene. One of the most impressive parts of the scene however is the temptation for breweries from further afield to set up a store here.
00:13It's the history of brewing here, of Boddington's being big and then all the amazing breweries here like Track, Cloudwater, Shawsharp.
00:22It's got such a good heritage and good place for craft beer.
00:26It's new things, it's excitement with the amount of breweries going up, it's what's new, what can I try, what can you communicate, what can you share.
00:33The importance of Manchester's breweries can't be overstated enough, however it's maybe places like Northern Monk, Fierce Beer and Pelican that best exemplify Manchester's attitude towards beer.
00:44Willingly stocking local breweries beers to try and build up their counterparts, not competitors.
00:49That point about competition is really important. It would be easy for these independents to resort to scrapping it out over customers
00:55but as Liam Jones says, collaboration is the key.
00:58The people of Manchester are extremely loyal to their breweries, so you can't do an us versus them kind of thing.
01:06But then again craft beer has never been an us versus them, it's very collaborative.
01:09We stock beers by Track, by Cloudwater, the brewery has worked with breweries like Shawsharp for example and Blackjack from Manchester.
01:16So really we've gone through a wide range of Manchester based breweries.
01:21Pelican Bar is just around the corner from Northern Monk and General Manager Denny Rogers says they're another example of a group that wants to build up local independents.
01:28Probably the best beer scene of anywhere in the UK, some of the best breweries, some brilliant brew taps.
01:33We're also very lucky in the fact that we've got the likes of us, Bell from Cumbria, Northern Monk from Leeds, Fierce from Aberdeen wanting to set up down here.
01:42So with International Beer Day now here, what should be the takeaway?
01:46Get to the pub, get to the bars, drink local, support independent and support your local bars and your local bar scene.
01:54Thanks for watching Manchester World, I've been Theo Houston-Betts and I'll see you again soon.
01:58Happy International Beer Day.
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