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I'm heading over to Newcastle in June to see Chris Cornell play at City Hall (8 rows from the front, in the middle! <!-- s:shock: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_eek.gif" alt=":shock:" title="Shocked" /><!-- s:shock: -->). I will be in Newcastle fairly early, 11am, which is really too early to go drinking unless you're a student (those were happy days <!-- s:) --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_smile.gif" alt="" title="Smile" /><!-- s:) -->), so I was thinking can anyone recommend a brewery in Newcastle that does tours?

Following morning I'm on a train to Manchester to see Pearl Jam at the Lowry, but again I'll be there a bit too early to go to the Lass O'Gowrie, so again can anyone recommend any brewery in Manchester that does tours that would be worth a look?

Pity you are not driving as I mentioned to you before,a visit to the Black Sheep Brewery in masham is worth it. They still use yorkshire stone squares as fermenting vessels.

Reluctant Scooper (who is also a Pearl Jam fan) went to Manchester <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="www.reluctantscooper.co.uk/2010/01/in-manchester-pictures.html">www.reluctantscooper.co.uk/2010/ ... tures.html and visited this brewery www.marblebeers.co.uk/">www.marblebeers.co.uk/ I presume they do tours.

Not sure about Newcastle.

Chris Cornell and pearl jam on the one trip ? Now that's a treat ! - I hope cornells not doing anything off that dancey r&b album though

No, he's doing the Songbook tour, so it's all acoustic stuff.

&amp;quot;CDow&amp;quot;:3sa7a7jl wrote: Reluctant Scooper (who is also a Pearl Jam fan) went to Manchester <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="www.reluctantscooper.co.uk/2010/01/in-manchester-pictures.html">www.reluctantscooper.co.uk/2010/ ... tures.html and visited this brewery www.marblebeers.co.uk/">www.marblebeers.co.uk/ I presume they do tours.
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That's a brewpub, and would you believe I had planned on going there for a pint anyway, but it never occurred to me to ask for a bit of an auld tour of the brewery bit.

&amp;quot;Tube&amp;quot;:1pgwmbnm wrote: That's a brewpub[/quote:1pgwmbnm]I'm not sure if they still use the pub kit. The main Marble Brewery is not far away, but is separate from the Marble Arch. The Marble Arch is a gorgeous pub, though, and a definite must-drink for Manchester.