You won’t find a much fresher pint in Manchester than at The Dockyard team’s new First Street outpost, The Gasworks Brewbar.

Billed as a ‘21st century local pub’, the bar opens this week complete with its own six-barrel microbrewery, housed behind giant glass windows where guests can watch beers being made on site, including hoppy house brew Refractory Pale Ale.

“There’s about 20 feet of provenance from where it’s brewed to where it’s drunk,” said operations manager Youssef Spiro.

“We’re very happy with the body and flavour of it.”

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Up to three beers can be brewed on-site at a time, served alongside eight keg beers and six cask ales sourced mainly from local craft breweries such as Chorlton’s Bootleg Brewing Co, which has helped to train up The Gasworks’ two in-house brewers.

The opening night’s offering also includes the likes of Track, Alphabet, Runaway, Squawk, Se7en Brothers, Brightside and Thirst Class - and the bar will be inviting local brewers like them to come in and create exclusive collaboration beers in future too.

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Managing director Steve Pilling said: “The Gasworks Brewbar is an evolution of the Dockyard concept, which is essentially a 21th century local pub. It is brought to you by passionate beer experts, taking a modern day pub to a new level with the introduction of brewing on site, which is no longer located in the basement and instead installed as a beautiful feature.”

Named after the old Gaythorn Gasworks site it is built on, the bar’s decor also pays homage to the area’s industrial heritage with metal cage lighting hanging from distressed wooden pallets and tables made of old yarn spools.

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Tan leather banquettes, steel-framed chairs and olive-coloured booths provide the seating for around 200 people, with plenty of standing room inside the vast space too.

A selection of wine and ‘Docktails’ will keep non-beer drinkers happy, and The Dockyard’s food menu will also be served, featuring pub classics such as burgers, hot dogs, ribs, wings and Sunday roasts.

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The Gasworks Brewbar opens at midday on Friday October 28 following a private launch party on Thursday night, joining neighbours including The Liquor Store, Indian Tiffin Room and HOME in the developing neighbourhood.