WHICH is Manchester's favourite boozer? This is a question that came up, well, in the boozer, as it happens, and got us ranting, raving and spilling beer over one another.
Every day we'll post three new boozers, you pick your favourite and the winner moves on to the next round
Let's say we put it out to vote, fair and square, who'd come out on top? Sam's Chop House? The Castle? The Angel? Who knows? So let's find out...
Over the coming weeks we'll be having a series of Twitter vote-offs between some of Manchester's most esteemed watering holes.
Every day we'll post three new boozers, you pick your favourite and the winner moves on to the next round until we eventually arrive at YOUR favourite Manchester pub of the lot. Easy as that.
So get involved on our Twitter below and get behind your favourite boozers... and be quick as each poll will only last a day.
FINAL time - vote for your favourite to be crowned Manchester's best pub. Will it be @thevineinn or @chophouseSams?
— Mcr Confidential (@mcrconfidential) February 19, 2016
THE RESULTS
ROUND 1:
Votes: 288 - The Castle 57%, The Circus Tavern 13%, Mr Thomas's Chop House 30%
ROUND 2:
Votes: 290 - The Marble 59%, The Lower Turks 12%, The City Arms 29%
ROUND 3:
Votes 237 - The Angel 47%, The White Lion 17%, The Abecromby 36%
ROUND 4:
Votes: 292 - The New Oxford 21%, The Eagle 30%, The Vine 49%
ROUND 5:
Votes: 257 - The Deansgate 19%, The Crown & Kettle 44%, The Oxnoble 37%
ROUND 6:
Votes: 138 - The Bull's Head 12%, The Rising Sun 17%, The Britons Protection 71%
ROUND 7:
Votes: 247 - The King's Arms 48%, The Black Lion 5%, Smithfield Tavern 47%
ROUND 8:
Votes: 365 - Peveril of the Peak 44%, Sam's Chop House 45%, Molly House 11%
QUARTER FINAL 1:
Votes: 225 - The Castle 42% vs The Marble 58%
QUARTER FINAL 2:
Votes: 158 - The Angel 43% vs The Vine 57%
QUARTER FINAL 3:
Votes 177 - The Crown & Kettle 40% vs The Briton's Protection 60%
QUARTER FINAL 4:
Votes: 511 - The King's Arms 48% vs Sam's Chop House 52%
SEMI FINAL:
Votes: 495 - The Marble 48% vs The Vine 52%
SEMI FINAL:
Votes: 968 - Briton's Protection 48% vs Sam's Chop House 52%
FINAL:
Votes: 1000 - The Vine Inn 46% vs Sam's Chop House 54%
WINNER of Confidential Readers' Best Pub 2016 - SAM'S CHOP HOUSE
