Food & Drink

New bar at Hatch opens that’s decorated exactly like a can of beer

Daisy Jackson Daisy Jackson - 8th May 2022

A new bar has opened its doors at street food village Hatch, transforming one of the shipping container units.

The Beavertown bar, a collaboration with the popular brewery, is plastered in so much Beavertown artwork it’s like you’re drinking cans inside a can.

The brand’s recognisable illustrations of skulls, rockets and other intergalactic objects now cover the walls, in shades of orange, blue and yellow.

  • Beavertown’s new bar at Hatch. Credit: Supplied
  • Beavertown’s new bar at Hatch. Credit: Supplied

Fans of Beavertown’s beers like Neck Oil, Gamma Ray and Bones will feel right at home.

The themed bar will have all of the aforementioned beers on draft, as well as cans of Nano Bot, Bones and Heavy Gravity, plus other limited edition special beers and new releases.

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The new venue has a small terrace outside and will soon open up a much larger rooftop terrace space.

Beavertown’s new bar at Hatch. Credit: Supplied

Customers can order food from any of the traders in Hatch to the Beavertown bar.

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Nick Dwyer, creative director from Beavertown Brewery, said: “Our initial ethos of everything looking as good as it tastes, and vice versa, has evolved over time to cover everything from experiences, to venues, to brick walls and shipping containers.

Read more: Kong’s is opening a sandwich shop at Hatch with crisp butties on the menu

“Our biggest illustration invasion to date, Hatch is a perfect opportunity to get Beavertown across via every sense imaginable, with our amazing beers on the bars, our distinctive visually adorning every wall and hopefully people having the time of their lives.”

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Pete Brizio, operations manager from Hatch, added: “Our new Beavertown Bar is set to be the hit of the summer in Manchester.

“Together with Beavertown we’ve created the perfect spot to enjoy the brand’s legendary range of IPAs and lager overlooking Hatch and sheltered by the Mancunian Way. It’s ‘summer in the city’ beer heaven!”

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Food & Drink

‘Hidden’ Manchester cocktail bar shuts down after only six months

Daisy Jackson Daisy Jackson Ego Death cocktail bar in Manchester appears to have closed down.

A cocktail bar in Manchester city centre that opened only last December has reportedly closed down, with its final service today.

Ego Death, a ‘hidden’ speakeasy-style bar in the Northern Quarter, told CLASS magazine that they were told by backers that they would have to close.

It opened under the steer of acclaimed bartender Cressida Lawlor, co-founded by Beau Myers, who also founded the original Almost Famous.

The bar is beneath newcomer smash burger joint Super Awesome Deluxe and accessed through an unmarked door within the takeaway.

Shortly after Super Awesome Deluxe opened, Almost Famous went through a high-profile closure of all of its restaurants this year, later bought out and reopened by D2.

And now just six months after launch, Ego Death looks set to be closing for good.

Cressida told CLASS: “The team here is wildly talented so the goal now is to get them into jobs so they can pay their bills and keep a roof over their heads.

“No one wants Ego Death to die and I think we’ve made enough of a stir in the six months that we’ve been open to find a new site and investment.

“Our last day is going to be Sunday, so anyone who can get here for one final party should come down.”

She later added on Instagram: “Truly gutting but there is always light in any form of darkness. Come see us this Sunday for the final service as we go through a true ego death.”

Ego Death came from the same team behind Socio Rehab (which if you remember it from 2004 was a bit of a local institution) and had a cocktail menu inspired by the speakeasy bars of New York City.

Behind the bar the stars were bourbon and champagne, plus cocktails inspired by the Big Apple – including one named after Sex and the City’s Samantha Jones.

Beau Myers, co-founder at Ego Death said at the time of its opening: “It’s been 20 years since we opened Socio Rehab so it seems pretty poignant to be opening another amazing cocktail bar. We changed the landscape of cocktail bar culture then and that’s something we’re trying to do again.

“We’ve partnered with Cressida Lawlor to make this dream happen. She’s a total firecracker and reminds
me a lot of myself 20 years ago, she’s the future of cocktails and bartending and has that maverick spirit.

“Together we’ve created Ego Death, hidden in a basement behind an unmarked door at the back of a
burger shop will be this cocktail haven. An underground escape throwing out the best classic cocktails,
bourbon, and champagne from top level bartenders.”

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Food & Drink

This Manchester bar serves a bottomless cheese fondue with endless beer and wine

Georgina Pellant Georgina Pellant Bottomless cheese fondue at The Mews on Deansgate in Manchester

There’s a bar in Manchester serving a bottomless cheese fondue with endless wine and beer, and it honestly sounds like the perfect treat.

While it might scream cosy winter night in, with a huge outdoor terrace, The Mews is also a firm favourite during the summer months.

Add in a board of melt-in-the-mouth charcuterie, springy pieces of garlic sourdough and a host of crunchy cheese biscuits, and you’ve got yourself the ideal afternoon if you ask us.

But there’s more. Alongside all that cheese and meat and bread, included in the price of The Mews’ bottomless fondue, cheese lovers can also enjoy 90 minutes of non-stop drinks.

Bottomless cheese fondue at The Mews on Deansgate in Manchester
Bottomless cheese fondue at The Mews on Deansgate in Manchester
Bottomless cheese fondue at The Mews on Deansgate in Manchester. (Credit: The Manc Eats)

Costing £37.50 each, included in the deal is a huge pot of melted Italian Fontina cheese served with homemade garlic croutons, sourdough crackers, and slices of British charcuterie.

You’ll also get to enjoy an hour and a half of endless pints of house pilsner and carafes of red or white wine to enjoy alongside.

Serving up to six people, the bottomless cheese fondue is available only when you pre-book, so make sure to get in touch ahead of your visit to let The Mews know that you’re coming.

If you’re not on the sauce, you can opt for the cheese fondue alone. Without the booze, it’s quite a bit cheaper at £25 for one, and £2.50 on top for any additional people who want to get stuck in.

Housed up on Deansgate Mews, just behind the main hustle and bustle of Deansgate, there’s plenty of space inside as well as a large, secluded terrace that is quite the suntrap (when the Manchester sun is shining).

To find out more and book, visit The Mews website HERE and follow the bar on Instagram.

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