Brewery: Cairngorm
Location: Aviemore, Scotland
ABV: 4.4%
Version: Draught
Source: The Bank, Manchester

After a visit to Manchester Art Gallery yesterday afternoon to take a look at the Goya Exhibition, Jo and I founds ourselves caught in a sudden shower, so we headed for shelter and a pint at The Bank up the road. It’s not one of the Manchester city centre pubs we usually frequent, but it’s part of Nicholson’s Classic Pubs range, so I reckoned they ought to have a decent draught pint or two on offer.

I opted for a pint of Cairngorm Nessie’s Monster Mash and it turned out to be a very good choice. It’s a warm chestnut-red brown coloured ale with a distinct and pleasant malt flavour. Not too sweet and with a light hoppiness on the after-taste. Very drinkable indeed and it would have made for a good session beer if we’d been planning to hang around for a session. As it was though, we had plans to head on up to the Marble Arch (via a stop for sushi, cha han beef and some very surreal Japanese pop videos on the big screens at Wasabi in the Printworks), so I just had the one. I’ll happily give it another go though, if the opportunity happens to arise.