I went to the Spinners Rest in Ancoats for the first time last night as Joseph Holt's Brewery chose it as the pub where their award for the best mild of this year's Mild Magic trail organised by my local CAMRA branch, Stockport and South Manchester, would be presented.
An early nineteenth century inn which later became a keg only Irish pub called the Shamrock, and was once allegedly frequented by members of the Quality Street Gang, Holt's bought it in 2019 and reopened it this summer after an extensive refurbishment, with a new name connected to the streets of former textile mills in the Ancoats area just north of Manchester city centre.
It's pretty much what you'd expect from a Holt's refurbishment, with lots of dark wooden panelling, Victorian style lamps and leaded glass, and they've clearly spent a lot of money on the place, something reflected in the slightly higher than normal prices which you often find in their improved pubs compared to the more basic community locals they're known for throughout Manchester and Salford.
There were four cask beers on the bar, bitter, mild, Two Hoots golden ale and a seasonal IPA. I tried the first two and found both of them to be in good form.
There's also a small beer garden at the side of the pub, where last night lots of young people were sitting outside in, as they were at trestle tables in the now pedestrianised apart from a bike lane Stevenson Square which I walked through en route to Ancoats from Piccadilly station, giving the city centre something of a continental air.
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