New bar for Manchester’s Northern Quarter

Northern Monk Brew Co will be opening the doors to its second UK tap room this weekend, located in Manchester’s Northern Quarter.

In March, Leeds-based Northern Monk Brew Co launched a crowdfunding campaign with a goal to raise £500,000.

This target was exceeded in just three hours, and the investment was closed with £1.5m raised through 2161 investors.

The business promised that a portion of the additional funding would be used to fast-track tap room openings, with Manchester or London the potential targets.

Last month the brewery announced that Manchester would be the next site to open.

Northern Monk Refectory MCR will be located at 10 Tariff Street, in what was formally the Kosmonaut site, and will be open to the public from Saturday. September 29.

The two-floor tap room will feature 16 keg lines, four cask lines and three draft cocktails, as well as four classic mixed cocktails.

The venue will also serve a food menu of Northern-inspired small plates.

The launch falls one week before Indy Man Beer Con, a four-day craft beer festival taking place at Manchester’s Victoria Baths between October 4-7.

As well as exhibiting at the event, Northern Monk will be hosting an IMBC fringe event in the basement space of Northern Monk Refectory MCR on Friday, October 5, and Saturday, October 6, where Garage Beer Co will be running a tap takeover accompanied by a night of UK garage music. The venue will open until 2am on both evenings.

Speaking about the opening of the tap room, Northern Monk Brew Co founder, Russell Bisset, said: “It’s been four years since we opened The Refectory in Leeds. In that time, we’ve learnt so much about what makes not just a good beer experience, but a world class beer experience.

“We can’t wait to take the next stage of our journey over the Pennines and into the heart of Manchester’s Northern Quarter. We have big plans, and we can’t wait to share them with you.”

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