Winters, Stockportback to pub details please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
Winters was another pub we tried on our pub crawl of Stockport last Saturday (28.03.14). Holts Bitter was on offer and was very good. Bearing in mind we called about 5.30pm the Karaoke session was in full swing, with lots of "singing" being done by the clientele. This was lots of fun and good natured as the locals were actually well friendly.
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Visiting now in a short crawl of Stockport. This hasn't been in the Beer Guide to my knowledge but the Holts Bitter at £2.02 is superb quality and this is a very traditional with a lot of drunk characters. Love it.
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Worth visiting if your doing a pub crawl (or heritage visit) around the underbank area of Stockport.
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I'm somewhat surprised that this pub hasn't had a posting since May 2005, given its central location on Little Underbank and its prominent exterior, consisting of a large clock and several figurines, reflecting the premises former use as a watchmakers and jewellers in the 19th Century by one Jacob Winter.
It's now a largish Holts pub, with not unpleasant interior decor, but with that somewhat impersonal circuit pub feel to it, which is not lessened by a few typical montages of photographs showing younger drinkers in various stages of inebriation and merriment.
I suspect that my Friday lunchtime visit, when the pub was quiet, enabled me to see it in a less unfavourable light.
I cant imagine that real ale is a big seller in here, but my pint of Holts, at a predictably cheap � 1.74p, was spot on.
Upstairs is a seperate lounge bar / restaurant where cheap OAP lunches are offered.
If you're doing the Stockport town centre heritage trail while waiting for opening time, note that Winters is landmark point 18 ( out of 36 ). And no, in case you're wondering, not all the 36 landmark points are pubs !
Worth popping in for one if the nearby Queens Head ( landmark number 20 ) is impossibly busy.
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winter has good food and beer ,great landlady
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Marvellous Joseph Holt's beer ALWAYS in excellent condition
Meals are prepared on premises, great quality and value
Fantastic landlady, called Beryl
Bar staff are very friendly
Historically this was the 'Clock House' owned by Jacob Winter, [magistrate and councillor]who was a clock and watchmaker, silversmith, optician and jeweller in 1859]
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
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