Skinny Lager is celebrating the big comeback of hospitality by gifting one lucky bar a whopping £2,000 Skinny Draught Bar Kit and 100 pints to give away.
This 89 calorie lager brand – which has enjoyed huge publicity in recent months – is aiming to do its bit for hospitality businesses; with many venues set to reopen after being closed for almost 200 days.
Skinny Lager has captured the imagination in recent months; having tapped into a newfound preference for lower calorie beers.
72% of 18-35 year olds are more calorie conscious when drinking according to Mintel research – and bottles of Skinny Lager’s 4% ABV beer with just 0.9% carbs have rocketed in sales by 220% in the past year!
Skinny Brands is hosting a massive competition this month / Image: Skinny Brands
The beer is also the “Most Reviewed Lower Calorie Lager Brand” on Amazon UK, clocking up a 4.6-star rating with over 1,700 reviews; topping the Best-Seller Category whilst flying off shelves in nationwide shops like Tesco, Morrisons, Asda and Ocado.
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Distribution agreements have been signed with major wholesalers to launch the brand in to venues across the country – including Primo Drinks, Molson Coors, Heineken, Robinsons, Matthew Clark, Brakes, Thomas Ridley, JJ Food Service – and the brand has already agreed a launch for distribution across the Atlantic starting in the USA ready for summer 2021.
The UK has really gulped down Skinny Lager by the bucketload – and now the brand want to show Greater Manchester bars what all the fuss is about.
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The winning venue will receive a Skinny Draught Bar and Brand Kit worth £2,000 / Image: Skinny Brands
In celebration of the reopening of pubs, Skinny Lager is offering one lucky venue in Greater Manchester the chance to get ‘Skinny On The Taps’ with their brand new Skinny Draught Mobile Bar.
The winning venue will receive a Skinny Draught Bar and Brand Kit worth £2,000. There will also be 100 free pints to giveaway from June 21st – a century’s worth of crisp, refreshingly malty beer with 35% fewer calories than other premium lagers.
Not only that, but Skinny Lager will give the venue a lifetime discount code on kegs to keep the Skinny Draught Bar running all year long!
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Every delicious pint is also Gluten-Free and Vegan Certified – making it a great all-rounder for the summer reopening.
Fancy getting involved?
Nominate your favourite Greater Manchester venue here to WIN the Skinny Draught Bar! If you are The Manc’s chosen winner you will win yourself and your friends a bar tab worth £250 for the winning venue too!
James Blunt announces huge Manchester gig on new European arena tour
Daisy Jackson
Singer-songwriter James Blunt is heading back out on tour next year, and has announced a massive Manchester gig as part of his run of arena shows.
The singer, perhaps best-known for his iconic 2005 pop ballad ‘You’re Beautiful’, is hitting the road again in 2027.
The newly-announced European tour is in celebration of his new album Airplane Mode, which is set for release this autumn.
James Blunt will kick off his tour in Leeds next spring, before heading over for a night at the almighty Co-op Live in Manchester.
Then he’ll head to more cities including Newcastle, Birmingham and London.
His new album, Airplane Mode, is being released on 6 November and will, according to his press release, be ‘exhilarating’.
James has already released the first single, ‘Tastes Like Summer’, and ‘Weight Of It All’, with 10 more songs to come on the record.
Airplane Mode was recorded with James’ brilliant long-standing live band, who’ll be back on tour with him next year.
Speaking of the new album, and recording in Pig Music Studios, he said: “Somewhere back there, I lost my way, but found it again in a studio in Banbury.”
James Blunt will be at the Co-op Live Arena in Manchester on 3 April, 2027. Tickets go on sale from 10am on 9 September.
Major pop star crowns humble rice and three cafe as ‘Jewel of Manchester’ ahead of sold-out gig
Thomas Melia
A beloved city centre takeaway has been given the title of ‘Jewel of Manchester’ by chart-topping UK singer Sam Smith.
Known for hits like ‘Stay With Me’, ‘I’m Not The Only One’ and more recently ‘Unholy’, UK pop-ballad act Sam Smith also likes to drop a food review every once in a while.
Currently on the road with a run of shows in Manchester and London for their ‘To Be Free’ live shows, Sam Smith is stopping off at some of our city’s much-loved spots.
On their food-reviewing account titled ‘Sam Served’, where they adopt the aptly-fitting nickname ‘Ham Smith’, Sam has visited restaurants across the globe – and most recently turned their attention to Manchester’s own This & That.
Smith decided to pop in and grab a cheeky rice and three from long-standing backstreet food business This & That, and it certainly went down a treat.
After sampling their amazing selection of meat, vegetable and vegan curries, the musician crowned this family-run Indian takeaway a ‘Jewel of Manchester’.
The hitmaker described this Northern Quarter Indian eatery as ‘Everything food should be’ and definitely enjoyed all the curries on offer ‘leaving belly and heart full’.
This & That prides itself on affordable and comforting food with its ‘Rice and Three Curries’ starting from just £6 – not bad for a city centre foodie spot.
Sam has racked up an impressive 490k followers via their ‘Sam Served’ profile, with famous faces like Lily Allen, Denise Welch and CMAT all wanting to know the superstar’s foodie thoughts.
After enjoying a curry or three, Sam Smith also made sure to feed their soul to by venturing down to Afflecks and getting lost in the music at Mars Tapes.
Recognised as one of the UK’s only cassette and tape shops, Mars Tapes lets you flick through their crates of physical media and even preview tracks before you buy with its dedicated listening areas.
It’s safe to say that Smith has ‘Latched’ onto Manchester’s independent business scene and we’re here for it.
The London-born artist has just released their latest album Hazel Eyes and is currently amid a UK residency tour with two dates in Manchester’s Albert Hall and eight shows set for London Coliseum.
The Manc -
19th May 2021 
