Manchester pubs 1870/85

[Lindon]

Hello, my Grandfather is listed from 1873 and over about the next 10 years as a beer retailer yet on the 1881 census his address is under that of a pub.  Did publicans or beerhouse owners at that time ever call themselves a beer retailer or could it have been a shop close to the pub and named after it. Thanks for any help.

[chempat]

Any help?

http://www.historyhouse.co.uk/articles/beerhouse.html

http://www.paul-gibson.com/pubs-and-breweries/bottle-and-jug.php

[Lindon]

Thank you so much for the information it has helped me understand. Having been told my Grandfather ran a pub in the 1800s when I discovered he applied for an off-licence in 1873 I started having doubts thinking it may have been a shop instead.  Now I see that it may have been a pub as I thought but  needing to have a licence to sell takeaway alchohol also.  Thanks