Engels favourite Manchester pub and beer revealed
There are 50 volumes of the Marx and Engels Collected Works containing many letters between the two beard wearers. You can find discussion about what wines they liked and their favourite beer style (pilsner).
There is very little about where they drank in London and even more so in Manchester,
A fascinating blog post now reveals some Manchester detail:
https://confidentials.com/manchester/missing-houses-in-search-of-mr-engels
Engels drank with political allies (including Marx when in town) at the Thatched House pub off Market St in central Manchester. It was knocked down in 1972 and is now covered by the Arndale Centre.
In later years it was a Boddingtons pub. I haven’t yet been able to verify if it was owned by the brewery in the 1850s and 1860s when Engels lived in Manchester. However since the brewery dated back to 1778 its likely. The brewery was closed by ABInBev its current owners in 2004 and whatever beer appears under the Boddingtons brand is not Manchester brewed now.
Engels of course also drank with business associates, particularly the German business community in Manchester at the Albert Club and Schiller-Anstalt club. Here he may had pilsner which was certainly available in the UK in the 1860s
I have a wonderful book which details all the addresses where Engels stayed whilst in Manchester. This is probably where the author of the magazine article you attached gained his/her information. When searching for other information I stumbled across two other pubs in Manchester where Engels socialised. I am gathering information for my work on pubs and politics ( short piece between 5 – 100k words).I have no internet access at present so this is sent from a public library computer.