Hydes is a family-owned and -managed brewery in Moss Side

Moss Side

Moss Side is an inner-city area and electoral ward of Manchester, England. It lies south of Manchester city centre and has a population of around 17,537...

, Manchester

Manchester

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. They have been brewing real ale

Cask ale

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 on the same site since 1899. They own over 80 managed and tenanted pubs, mainly in North West England

North West England

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, but also in North Wales

North Wales

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Regular beers

• Hydes Original Bitter
  Bitter (beer)
  Bitter is an English term for pale ale. Bitters vary in colour from gold to dark amber and in strength from 3% to 7% alcohol by volume.-Brief history:...
  
  
• Jekyll's Gold Premium Bitter
  Bitter (beer)
  Bitter is an English term for pale ale. Bitters vary in colour from gold to dark amber and in strength from 3% to 7% alcohol by volume.-Brief history:...
  
  
• Hydes Mild
  Mild ale
  Mild ale is a low-gravity beer, or beer with a predominantly malty palate, that originated in Britain in the 17th century or earlier. Modern mild ales are mainly dark coloured with an abv of 3% to 3.6%, though there are lighter hued examples, as well as stronger examples reaching 6% abv and...
  
  
• XXXX Winter ale
  Old ale
  Old ale is a term commonly applied to dark, malty beers in England, generally above 5% abv, also to dark ales of any strength in Australia. Sometimes associated with stock ale or, archaically, keeping ale, in which the beer is held at the brewery....
  
  
• 1893 Classic Bitter
  Bitter (beer)
  Bitter is an English term for pale ale. Bitters vary in colour from gold to dark amber and in strength from 3% to 7% alcohol by volume.-Brief history:...
  
  
• Owd Oak Dark Mild
  Mild ale
  Mild ale is a low-gravity beer, or beer with a predominantly malty palate, that originated in Britain in the 17th century or earlier. Modern mild ales are mainly dark coloured with an abv of 3% to 3.6%, though there are lighter hued examples, as well as stronger examples reaching 6% abv and...
  
  

Seasonal beers

Hydes also brews six seasonal beers a year, with each available for a period of two months. For 2007, the theme was musical ("Inn Tune With Hydes"), consisting of:

• Jumpin' Jack, a 4.7% abv
  Alcohol by volume
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   Winter ale (Jan-Feb),
• Vertigo, a 4.2% abv Amber ale (Mar-Apr),
• Golden Brown, a 4.4% abv Summer ale (May-Jun),
• Summertime Blue, 4.1 % abv Summer ale (Jul-Aug),
• Thriller, a 4.5% abv autumn Bitter
  Bitter (beer)
  Bitter is an English term for pale ale. Bitters vary in colour from gold to dark amber and in strength from 3% to 7% alcohol by volume.-Brief history:...
  
   (Sept-Oct),
• Atomic, a 4.9% abv Winter ale (Nov-Dec).

Past themes have taken inspiration from different areas, with the theme for 2006 coming from the world of cinema:

• Free Spirit, 4.8% abv (Jan-Feb),
• Heavenly Draft, 4.2% abv (Mar-Apr),
• Dr's Orders, 4.4% abv (May-Jun),
• Cutty Shark, 4.1 % abv (Jul-Aug),
• Hidden Treasure, 4.5% abv (Sept-Oct),
• Stormtrooper, 5.0% abv (Nov-Dec).

In 2000, the theme was less clear, with the seasonal beers consisting of:

• Harry Vederchi, 4.8% abv (Jan-Feb),
• Clever Endeavour, 4.5% abv (Mar-Apr),
• Hair Raid, 4.2% abv (May-Jun),
• Your Bard, 4.0 % abv (Jul-Aug),
• Henry's Hampton, 4.4% abv (Sept-Oct),
• Rocket Fuel, 5.0% abv (Nov-Dec).

Contract brewing

In addition to brewing their own ales, Hydes also contract brew both Harp Lager

Harp Lager

Harp Lager, is a pale lager brand created in 1960 by the Guinness Brewery in their Dundalk brewery. It is a leading lager brand in Ireland, and is also popular in Australia, Canada, Africa and the United States...

 and cask Boddingtons

Boddingtons

Boddingtons Bitter is a bitter ale originally brewed at the Strangeways Brewery, Manchester, England. It was promoted as The Cream of Manchester from the late 1980s until 2004, when the Strangeways brewery was closed and production moved to Magor, South Wales and Salmesbury, Lancashire...

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Brewery tours

Hydes offer tours around their brewery which let visitors sample a range of beers in the brewery bar.