Sureshot Brewery

Manchester brewing has developed a habit of producing breweries that know exactly how much flavour they want and very little interest in apologising for it. Sureshot fits neatly into that tradition.

Founded in 2020 and brewing from railway arches beneath Piccadilly Station, the brewery was created by people already heavily involved in shaping modern British craft beer. The project draws from both classic American brewing influences and Manchester’s long-standing independent beer culture.

Hop-forward beers sit at the centre of the range. Pale ales and IPAs packed with citrus, tropical fruit and modern hop character appear regularly, often balanced by enough bitterness to stop everything drifting entirely into fruit juice territory. Thankfully somebody remembered beer is still supposed to taste like beer.

The brewery also explores lagers, darker styles and collaborations, usually with the same attention to balance and drinkability. The taproom itself has become part of Manchester’s growing concentration of independent breweries around Piccadilly.

Sureshot feels like a brewery built by people who genuinely enjoy drinking beer rather than simply discussing it online, which remains an underrated quality.