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Brewpub in Manchester, Greater Manchester, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Owned by Joseph Holt

Established in 2010

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Horse & Jockey, 9 Chorlton Green, Manchester, M21 9HS, England
Description
The pub and brewery were taken over by Jospeh Holt in 2013. Some beers are produced at a larger pilot plant at Holt's main site. From 2019 brewing was suspended at this site but appears to have resumed.

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6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Keg @ Gasworks Brew Bar, Manchester. Clear golden with a creamy head. Has a crisp pale ale texture, a light dryness and a light tropical fruitiness.
Tried on 01 Mar 2017 at 17:42

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Pours a clear coppery amber colour with almost no head. Orange peel and biscuit malt aroma. A dry bitter flavour; some biscuit malt but not a lot to it.
Tried on 21 Jan 2017 at 08:10

6/10
Tried on 17 Sep 2016 at 11:28

6/10
Tried on 17 Sep 2016 at 11:25

5.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 8 Overall 5
Cask @ The Deansgate, Manchester. Clear golden with a small head. Has a light malty character with a crisp tasting texture.
Tried from Cask on 03 Sep 2016 at 07:45

6/10
Tried on 29 May 2016 at 14:07

5.6/10 Appearance 9 Aroma 5.5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 4.5
Found first at Dirty Dick’s in Halifax. Highly carbonated lager, the head grew on the beer well after it had been poured. Golden-blonde with a very thick head. Not too aromatic, but it has a bubble-gum sweet fruitiness in its taste, which gives it a distinction above ordinary tasting lager. Revisited in 2024 & 2025 at a Holts pub, still a sweetish lager.
Tried from Draft at Eagle Inn on 09 Apr 2016 at 02:42

6.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask at the Ape and Apple - Manchester. Pours clear, bright gold with a dense, lasting creamy topping. Lightly toasted grains in the nose, some leafy hops, bread. Light sweet flavor with bitter grain husk, orange peel, toasted caramel, leaves, earth. Light bodied with fine carbonation and creamy texture. Finishes with more husky grains, dried toffee, leafy bitterness and lightly toasted bread. A pretty OK bitter.
Tried from Cask on 27 Mar 2016 at 13:22

6.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Clear amber beer with a white head. Light hoppy aroma but not much of anything. Flavour has a bit of the same with a dash of citrus fruit but it’s pretty unremarkable.
Tried on 25 Mar 2016 at 18:13

5.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 4 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Cask @ Crown and Anchor. Dark amber with a creamy off white head. Little aroma, flavour is burnt toffee, cream, quite heavily hopped. Bitter finish
Tried from Cask on 25 Mar 2016 at 18:08