Gas Lamp, Manchester (Gaslamp)

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The Gas Lamp is an interesting pub. Opened in 2010, and housed in the former Manchester & Salford Children's Mission building, the pub has an impressive frontage, but you could easily miss the small doorway that leads down to this basement bar.

On descending the dimly lit stairs, the room you enter is certainly different for a pub - Victorian glazed brick walls and little in the way of decoration. The bar is along the wall to the rear and is a sparse wooden affair. On the bar are four handpumps. The real ales on offer are interesting - no "famous" national brands here - the beers are selected from the pubs own Brewery (Pomona Island) and smaller interesting breweries, many of whom are not seen regularly even in Manchester's multi-ale houses. There is also an interesting selection of Whiskies available with a regular "Whisky of the Month". Several are by Chorlton Whisky https://chorltonwhisky.co.uk/. The Gas Lamp's Pomona Island brewery, is located in Weaste in Salford.

As with a lot of pubs, post pandemic, payment at the bar is by card only.