Our Beer

We make great tasting modern British beer by hand using the best ingredients

About Our Beer

Although our recipes are based in tradition, we draw on international influence and use contemporary brewing methods to produce modern interpretations of a broad range of styles.

Our beer is unfiltered and unpasturised to keep as much flavour in the beer as possible. It is designed to be served cool and slightly carbonated with the majority being naturally carbonated by yeast in keg, cask and bottle. We’re serious about the craft of brewing and strive to make each batch the best it can be.

We brew a core range of beers complimented by regular favourites, plus seasonal specials and collaborations. We have been fortunate to work with some of our favourite brewers, chefs, local food producers, and of course other beer fans, to create some genuinely unique beers.

Our Core Range 

Pale Ale 4.7%

IPA 5.5%

ESB 5.8%

 

 

Regular / Seasonal Beers 

NZ Pale 4.2%	NW IPA 5.5%	Dry Irish Stout 4.5%	Seasonal Gose 4%
Farmhouse Pale 3.9%	Summer Saison 4.3%	Winter Saison 6.3%	Seasonal Sour 5%
American Brown Ale 5.7%	Smoked Porter 6%	Gingerbread Stout 6.2%	Viennese Waltz 5%

 

Specials & Collaborations 

One-off brews give us the chance to experiment, learn, and take time out to celebrate when the occasion arises (or when hops are available). Some of our specials to date have included:

Punnet: 5.0% Strawberry and Pomegranate Sour (with Blackjack Brewery) 2024
Schwartzport: 4.8% Dark Lager (with competition winning homebrewer Will Shaddock) 2024 
10th Birthday Pale: 4.7% Double Dry Hopped (2024)
Kellerbier: 5.0% Hoppy Unfiltered Lagered Beer (2024)
Shandy Panaché: Cucumber & Lime x Gose + Raspberry Sour x Cream Soda (with Steep Soda) June 2024
Drinking Beer #8: 4.3% Biere Blonde with Cafe Beermoth 2024
White Breakfast Stout: 5.3% (with Cafe Sanjuan) 2024
Bohemian Pale: 4% (with Bohemian Arts Club) 2024
Queen Bees: 4% (with Brew Wild & Crafty Beer Girls) 2024
High Krausen: 6% (with Cloudwater) 2024
Manchester's Best: 4% (with Matthew Curtis) 2023
Only After Dark: Black IPA 6% (with Thirst Class & ISBF) 2023
Dunkel: 6% (with Torrside Brewery) 2023
Kvass & Fruited Kvass: 3% (with Yellowhammer & Beermoth) 2023
Grisette: 3.4% (with Brewsmith) 2023
The Mangolorian: 5% Mango Sour (with Blackjack Brewery) 2023
PA32: 3.2% Workshop Pale (with Pop-up Bikes) 2022
Knockin' on Pollen's Door: Biere de Miel 6.6% (with Brew Wild) February 2022
In for the KLL: 4.8% Kolsch(ish) Lager & Lime (with The Smithfild Market Tavern) 2022
Runaway to the Fells: 4% Spiced Damson Gose & Walk on The Mild Side: 6.0% Dark Ruby Mild (Both with Fell Brewery) July & November 2021
Table Service: 3.2% Table Beer (with Cloudwater) October 2021
L'Hommage: 6.8% Belgian IPA (with Leigh-on-Sea for collabageddon 2021)
Red Flag: 6.0% Red IPA (Brewed at Fyne Ales for collabageddon 2021)
SILFLAY HRAKA, U EMBLEER RAH!: Sour IPA (at Pomona Island)
Manchester Tart: 6.6% (with Grub MCR) August 2021
Apricot Sour: 4.4% Fruited kettle sour 
Rhubarb & Hibiscus Sour: 5.2% (Brewed with new season forced Yorkshire Rhubarb) annually since 2021
Enter The Dragon: Tropical Stout 7.4% (with Cloudwater) December 2020
Shandy Panaché: Lime Ginger & Mint + Mango & Pineapple 2.2% (with Steep Soda) June 2020
Blackcurrant Blush: 3.2% Fruited Berliner Weiss
Housebound Hops SIPA: 4.5% (with House of Hops) March 2020
Rhubarb Spritz: 5.0% & Viennese Waltz Amber Lager 5.0%
(Brewed to celebrate The Hawksmoor Manchester 5th Birthday) March 2020
Mango and Cardamom Sour: 5.3% (with GrubMcr) February 2020
Yuzu Sour: 2.8% (Brewed in Collaboration with Chish and Fips) November 2019
Oolong Blond: 6.0% & Berry & Hibiscus Sour 3.5% (with Manchester Art Gallery and Canton Tea) November 2019
Mango & Scotch Bonnet Sour: 5.0% (Inspired by Holy Crab) September 2019
Belgian Pale: 5.0% (with Stretford Foodhall) September 2019
Brood: 8.3 % (Brewed at Squawk with Pomona Island and Jack in the Box) August 2019
Rise Like Lions – Peterloo Porter: 6.5% (with Brew Wild) July 2019
Shandy Panaché – Sour Crush 2.4% (with Steep Soda) June 2019
Beau West: 6.0% (with Liverpool Craft Beer Collective) June 2019
Campbell’s Soup: 6.5% (with James Campbell) May 2019
Seoul Slaw: Citrus Sour 5.0% (with Hawksmoor ) May 2019
Dandelion 5% (with Gibberish) April 2019
My Neck Maibock 6.8% (with Donzoko) March 2019
Old Abbots Die Hard 5.0% (with Pi Chorlton)
Blackbird Imperial Stout 9.5% (with Squawk Brewing Co) February 2019
Tostada Madrilena – Amber Ale 5.8% (with Craft 19 Madrid) January 2019
Pomodoro Gose 4.0 (with Honest Crust) December 2018
Smoked Red Ale 6.3% (with Torrside Brewing ) September 2018
Cascadia Black IPA 6.3% (with US home Brewer Ken Fisher of Grateful Deaf) September 2018
Pineapple Upside-down Pale 5.0 % (Brewed to celebrate the anniversary of GrubMcr) September 2018
Troppo Limoni 4.5% (Brewed to celebrate the anniversary of Bar Six Sandbach) August 2018
Shandy Panaché – Kaffir Lime & Kombu 2.8% (with Steep Soda) June 2018
Mcr Park Ale 4.0% (with Brew Wild) June 2018
Gari Gose 4.4% (with Umezushi) May 2018
Black Grape 4.6% (with The Brink) March 2018
Lady Grey IPA 5.3% (with Manchester WI) February 2018
Rhubarb Gose 4.4% (with Bidassoa Basque Brewery) January 2018
Farmhouse Pale 3.9% (with Beermoth to commemorate their 5th Anniversary) December 2017
Smoked Braggot 8.5% (with Brew Wild) November 2017
East India Porter 5.5% (with IBD) October 2017
Lemon Drizzle IPA 5.5% (Brewed to celebrate the anniversary of GrubMcr) September 2017
Tropical Coffee IPA 6.5% (with Heart & Graft) August 2017
Coffee ESB : Miriam Perez 5.8% (with Heart & Graft) August 2017
Export India Brown Ale 7.0% (with Left Handed Giant) June 2017
White Oatmeal Stout 6.5% (with Pollen Bakery for Manchester Beer Week) June 2017
Shandy Panaché 2.2% (with Steep Soda) May 2017
Belgian Pale 5.6% (with Little Leeds Beerhouse) March 2017
Redcurrant Saison 6.3% (with Mallinsons for Salford Independent Beer Festival) October 2016
Big Lubelski Saison 6.0% (Brewed for Manchester Beer Week) June 2016
Wheat Bier 5.2% (Brewed for Manchester Beer Week) June 2016
Manchester Tart: Raspberry Wit 4.8% (with Hawkshead) June 2016 & 2017
Victorian Brown Stout 6.2% (with Little Leeds Beerhouse) March 2016
Amber Ale 5.3% (with Bidassoa Basque Brewery) Jan 2016
Tribology Pale 4.3% (with Beermoth to commemorate their 3rd Anniversary) Jan 2016
NZ Oatmeal Pale 4.2% (with Renaissance Brewing (NZ)) Nov 2015
Otter Nouveau 4.7% (with Crisp Malting to celebrate the 50th harvest of Maris Otter) Sept 2015
Runaway Pig 6.2% Export Stout (with Pig and Porter) August 2015
Hopfenweisse 5.3% (Brewed for Stockport Beer Festival in collaboration with IndyManBrewHouse) April 2015
Caller the Smaller 8.5% (with Champion Home Brewer Rich Caller) March 2015
Green Quarter IPA (Brewed for Manchester Brewery Expo 2015 with Marble Brewery, Blackjack Brewery & Joseph Holt) April 2015
Manchester Brew Expo APA (Brewed for Manchester Brewery Expo 2015 in collaboration with Mcr Breweries) May 2015

 

Cask Beers & Beers in the Wood

We brew a small range of rotating cask beers especially for our taproom in Stockport.
These do occasionally make their way out into the wider world.