Port Street Beer House
39–41 Port Street, Manchester M1 2EQ
What it's known for
Northern Quarter institution since 2011 ('Home of the pint, land of the third'): 18 keg and seven cask lines plus hundreds of bottles and cans from Manchester, the UK and abroad. Its owners also run the Indy Man Beer Con festival. Open Sunday to Thursday noon–11pm, Friday and Saturday noon–midnight.
Gets very busy on weekend evenings; dogs allowed.
Check opening hours with the venue before you go: they change, especially early in the week.