Buzzing about beer, cider, pubs and breweries across Manchester, Salford and Trafford FREE March - June 2020, Issue Number 6 In this issue: Tapping and tipping in the contactless age. Meet Pomona Island. What makes beer hazy? Stretford reborn. www.beerbuzz.beer Welcome to Editorial Welcome to the latest issue of Beer Buzz. Whether you are reading this over a crystal-clear March - June 2020 Edition pint or a murky glass of New Beer Buzz is published by the Central England IPA (see page 18), take Manchester, Trafford & Hulme and a moment to think about the working Salford & District branches of CAMRA, conditions of those who have brewed and the Campaign for Real Ale. served your pint. 5000 copies are distributed free of In this issue, we look at how the rise charge to pubs, bars & other outlets of contactless payments is hitting our across Manchester, Trafford & Salford. undervalued bar staff’s incomes from Expanded articles and PDF downloads tips (and how you can help). of past issues are available at As it seems the relentless tide of pub www.beerbuzz.beer closures is on the turn - we Focus on Editorial team: Stretford, an area which is leading the Acting Editor: John O’Donnell way with new openings and visit two
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[email protected] new openings but sadly also reports on clouds hanging over some well loved Contributions in this issue from: pubs. James Darcey, Steve Davis, Graham Donning, Bob Dunbar, Plus loads more news and features as Jon Gobbett, Andy Heggs, usual.