7 Ale Tales
Solway Branch of CAMRA Issue 30 Campaign for Real Ale Winter 2019
Royal Oak, Moorhouse Winter Pub of the Season Winter Pub of the Season - Royal Carlisle Beer Festival Oak, Moorhouse Bar Fly - Pub News City Pub of the Year -Fat Gadgie Twisted Magnolia - a new What’s Brewing - Brewery News Keswick brewery Brewing Awards and a New Follow the Cumbrians Brewery Tap - Keswick Brewery Cotehill,
Carlisle The Blacksmiths Arms offers all the hospitality and comforts of a traditional Country Inn. CA4 0DQ Enjoy tasty meals served in our bar Traditional country inn Beer & Fizz Fest lounges or linger over dinner in our well serving home cooked appointed restaurant. food with proper chips! 5th & 6th Oct Serving two real ales from Three regular real ales (Hawkshead Bitter, the Tirril brewery. Pub 12 Real Ales Windermere and Black Sheep) and one guest ale. open all day Saturday & Sundays, closed Live music Open daily 12-11. Wednesdays. Food served every evening Food The Jackson family extend their warm hospitality from 5.30pm - 8.30pm). to all who frequent the Blacksmith’s Arms. 1-3 pm Saturday lunch Talkin, Brampton, Cumbria, CA8 1LE and 12-3pm traditional 01228 560858 Sunday roast. 016977 3452 / 4211 greyhoundcotehill [email protected] greyhoundinncotehill.co.uk www.blacksmithstalkin.co.uk
The Agricultural Hotel of Penrith castle ruins was built in 1807, it across the way. The is run by Gary and hotel offers good pub Wendy Bowden and food with an extensive their team. It has been menu & daily specials. trading as a free house In the winter the bar since March 2018, seating area has an offering 4 hand pulls open coal fire lit. There with ales from local is a 42 seater dining breweries. room, bookings are The hotel has 5 en- advisable at weekends, suite letting rooms. call on 01768 862622. There are plenty of Located 3 minute walk picnic benches on the from Penrith train sta- new extended front tion & 5 minutes from beer garden to soak J40 M6 up the sun and a view Agricultural Hotel Opening times: Castlegate, Penrith, CA11 7JE Monday - Thursday 12pm - 11pm, (01768) 862622 Friday & Saturday 11am - 11:30pm, Sunday 12pm - 10:30pm Winter Pub of the Season Royal Oak, Moorhouse Tavern in Carlisle. The pub had no real ale when he took over but promptly went to two handpumps in a short space of time. There are now two regular ales: Theakstons XB and Cumbria Legendary Ales Loweswater Gold and a third hand pump with a guest beer from a Cumbrian brewery. There is also an extremely large choice of gins and as a staunch supporter of Cumbrian breweries there is a selection of Cumbrian craft beers The Royal Oak in Moorhouse, a small village in the fridge. to the West of Carlisle, has provided a hub to the local community since 1742. Between 1916 and 1973 it was part of the “Great Experiment”- the State Management Scheme. Many pubs and breweries were closed down due to the scheme, but the Royal Oak survived before being bought by Greenall Whitley in a package deal in May 1973 when the State Management Scheme was wound up. It is now a free house. Surprisingly, although the property is so Lynne is the chef at the pub, and along with old, it is not a listed building and although it her band of helpers, they provide excellent has gone through some changes it still home made food from 5pm - 8pm on probably still retains the same feeling as it Wednesday to Friday, from 12 – 3pm and had many years ago. 5pm – 7.30pm on Saturday and 12 – 7.30pm on Sunday. You must try her various It has a single room with a small alcove to Cheesecake Specials; they are something one end and you can almost sense the else. “days of old” when it was more like someone’s living room. Oakfest is the pubs mini beer and music festival. This is a weekend with a large Log burners at each end of the room choice of real ales and ciders plus local provides the country pub atmosphere and music. There is also food from the it provides a lovely cosy stopping off point Stonehouse Smokery next to the pub. This on a winters evening and although it is not is usually the second weekend in July and on the Hadrian’s Wall route it is well worth 2020’s date has just been announced as the the short deviation to visit. Sky Sport is 11th July weekend. available usually showing the major sports events. There are plans in the pipeline to extend the pub to provide a larger seating and Steve and Lynne Irving bought the property separate eating area. An extended bar will in December 2017 and promptly made it a provide additional space for more hand popular venue with locals and visitors alike. pumps which will supply two regular Steve had previous experience of the trade Cumbria real ales, one Cumbrian guest ale, as, many years prior to his purchase of the one other guest beer and a real cider Royal Oak, he was the licensee of the Friars (which is rather scarce in this area). There
Winter 2019 3 Winter Pub of the Season
will also be a permanent craft keg beer and a guest craft keg beer on tap. A warm & friendly welcome awaits with Although this will increase the size of the Quality Real Ales Beer Garden pub, we can be sure that the ambiance of Sunday Lunches Sky Sports this little gem and the quality of the food A family friendly, traditional pub, and drink will not change. with a warm welcome, a hearty meal, and You can keep up with events at The Royal Oak via Facebook – The Royal Oak Inn a good night for everyone! Moorhouse and Phone - 01228576475 Lynne & Steve Irving We will present our Pub of the Season 01228 576475 award to Steve and Lynne on Friday, 17 January 2020 around 10pm. Moorhouse, Carlisle, Cumbria CA5 6EZ theroyaloakinnmoorhouse John Lightowler The Fetherston Arms THE HOWARD ARMS Front Street, Brampton Kirkoswald 016977 42758 Four hand pulled Homecooked TUESDAY NIGHT breakfast, lunches and IS STEAK NIGHT! real ales evening meals 2 x 8oz Sirlion steaks and hand available from 8am with tomatoes, pulled till 9pm, 7 days a mushrooms, week. homemade onion cider rings and chips Roast lunches served Great home cooked food PLUS, A bottle of Red all day Sunday till Open Mon-Tue 4pm-midnight, or White house wine 9pm. Wed-Sun 12pm-midnight £30.00 FUNCTION ROOM Food served Wed-Sat 12-3pm & 5pm- Serving 5 star Available for hire for 9pm, Sun 12-7.30pm (no food Mon-Tue) Cask Marque ales any occasion. 20 minute walk from Lazonby train station See our Facebook The Howard Arms We look forward to welcoming you Brampton for regular live entertainment and The Square, Kirkoswald, CA10 1DQ events. Jazz and Folk nights, quiz nights, live 01768 898284 music etc. 4 City Pub of the Year Fat Gadgie traditional pub and a modern bar. The Our branch recent addition of extra leather armchairs in members have the downstairs bar has made for very voted the Fat pleasant, comfortable seating and the Gadgie our purchase of outdoor tables and chairs and a City Pub of banner barrier has made the pub much the Year for more visible to passing trade. Some people the second had commented that they didn’t even year running. realise that the pub was there until the Many outdoor seating made an appearance. congratulations to Mike, Ray and all the Quite what they thought people were doing staff at The Fat Gadgie, in winning this sitting in those huge front windows, before award. then, is beyond me! In another difficult twelve months for pubs It would be remiss of me not to mention the in general, the Gadgie has continued to other offerings alongside the excellent cask offer the most diverse and interesting range ale range. There’s been some fascinating of beers in the city, whilst offering beer styles and flavours on the taps at the exceptional quality at the same time. right hand end of the bar this year, from saisons, to sours, wheat beers, cheesecake The sensible approach the pub offers is to beers and ice cream beers, amongst many not overload us with too large a range of others. Many of these have been in KeyKeg cask ales. Too many places do this, with the form, (no gas getting into the beer), which subsequent detrimental affect on the is acceptable at CAMRA beer festivals. quality of beer, as they don’t turnover fast I appreciate this is a cask ale publication, enough to stay fresh. and there are those that don’t enjoy the Beers from Fell Brewery and Cumbrian modern ‘craft’ beer scene and that’s Legendary Ales form the backbone of the absolutely fine. Yet again, the Fat Gadgie Cumbrian cask offerings, with Hawkshead has led the way in these offerings and I’m Brewery making regular appearances too. surprised that the scene hasn’t taken off further in the city (a certain global chain The rest of the pub not withstanding!) The beer fridge is cask range also worth checking out, for an eclectic comes from range of both UK and worldwide beers. far and wide, with some of We’re lucky to the most have The Fat innovative and Gadgie in consistently Carlisle, excellent UK there’s no breweries making regular appearances other bar (Thornbridge, Salopian, Buxton to name doing as much but a few). Cellar man, Nicky, assists in as is being ensuring that there’s a good offering of the done there, to newest breweries to hit the ever-growing represent the UK beer scene. vibrant beer scene in the We have quite a range of bar styles in UK. Carlisle these days and I think the Gadgie has pitched itself perfectly in between a Richard Weir Winter 2019 5 What’s Brewing? BracknBrew another IPA. This time, however, the beer is After a busy summer with sales and events, brewed with Mosaic and Citra hops giving this brewery is looking forward to a busy all the flavours and complexity of modern winter period and welcoming the new year beer, but brewed, conditioned and in. They hope to find some time to try a few dispensed from cask. This 4.7% ABV beer is test brews out as well this winter. Hopefully, currently available and appeared at the 2020 will bring more growth for the recent Carlisle Beer and Cider Festival. brewery. The brewery will also be brewing a Ben Clementson traditional, all British hops and malt, pale ale to celebrate the 20thanniversary of the Carlisle formation of the brewery co-operative. The The brewery has had a good summer and beer will be launched at the Old Crown after autumn, gaining new customers and the AGM in November. supplying existing customers. Rick Salter Spun Gold and Citadel are performing particularly well with a number of pubs, Lowland including the Wasdale Head Inn, putting Lowland’s seasonal red ale, Puce Moose, is this beer on permanently. Carlisle Bell (in currently available on draught at the Globe bottles) is now appropriately stocked at the Inn, High Street, Dumfries. Whilst, Twa Racecourse! Dugs is now available in Douglas Arms, Friars Vennel Dumfries Although Alain has wanted to introduce a The Dragonfly Real Ale Festival in couple of new recipes, demand has been Auchencairn, on Saturday, 14th December such that the brewery has had to 2019 from 2 to 9pm, will include Twa Dugs. concentrate on producing existing beers. Penny McWilliams Carlisle beers are also escaping outside of the county with casks appearing in places Old Vicarage such as Bolton and Worthing! Having re- Brewing is continuing as normal, but they joined the SIBA Beerflex scheme means are looking into doing some bottling over Carlisle beer will be seen in a few more city the festive period. The bottled beers will be centre pubs over the next few months. bottle conditioned. Sandy Williamson The brewery is currently looking ahead to planning 2020 and they reckon it’s going to Sulwath be another interesting year! Reinbeer, a 4.5% ABV spiced ale was re- Alan Welsh launched at the end of October for the Christmas season. The brewer is currently Derwent undertaking detailed research to add an Derwent brewery Silloth Porter was additional beer to the range. recently voted Solway Beer of the Year. We The Brewery Tap is now open every Sunday will make the presentation fairly soon from 12.30 to 2.30pm and will open Sunday Ian Macartney 22 December from noon to 6pm. The Sulwath Brewery Great Open Day will Hesket Newmarket take place on 14 December complete with After a challenging but busy summer, many mince pies, chestnuts mulled ale and Hesket Newmarket Brewery have been scotch pies. working on several new brews to produce Keith Bruce over the coming months. The most recent, is Peak Bagger beer –
6 Brewing Awards and a New Brewery Tap
Keswick Brewing Company The Keswick Brewing brewery’s Company other recently award- celebrated a winning double success beers - after opening its Keswick new bar. The Bitter and brewery won KSB four regional (both accolades at the silver for bottled beers) and Dark Horse Society of (bronze for cask) are also available at The Independent Fox Tap. Brewers The guests at the opening included the independent mayor of Keswick Cllr David Burn, who said: beer awards in “We are hugely privileged to have our own Bolton, including award-winning brewery here in Keswick - a gold for its cask and now The Fox Tap will become a great KSB - Keswick asset for the town.” Special Bitter. Members of CAMRA and the brewery’s And now all four customers, who sell its beers at bars, pubs, award-winning hotels and restaurants across Cumbria, also beers are attended the event. available to the public direct The brewery has invested a substantial six- from Keswick figure sum in opening The Fox Tap, which Brewery where has doubled the size of its base in Brewery The Fox Tap has Lane. recently opened. “It was perfect timing to come back with four awards and be able to proudly put them straight up on display in our lovely new bar,” The brewery tap will serve a range of beers said brewery all brewed on site, as well as locally owner, Sue produced spirits. It will be open to the Jefferson, public Tuesday to Saturday every week speaking at from noon-5pm. the official Victor Gibson launch.
Winter 2019 7 2019 Carlisle Beer Festival Tuesday 29th choice, as people were able to come from October 2019, various places by train, and also come back saw the usual on the Friday. suspects turn Thursday up for the opening time annual flat pack arrived and, adventure, when the door where what was opened, looks like a pile shock horror, of scrap wood, Bobby was not is turned into at the front of the bar and the queue, rack for the breaking with Carlisle Beer tradition that Festival. goes back Once again this was held in the Venue, on many years! As Portland Place, the festivals home for the we had opened last few years. After a few hours of graft, the early he had to bar looked as work, so could not come until the Friday. though it was The first session proved to be busy, and coming then tail off as the evening progressed. A together hardy few were left at closing time, but all nicely, and all were ushered out without any hassle. the beer Friday turned up on again saw time, although the busy the cider session at arrived a day late! Adding to the stress lunchtime already being felt by our Cider Rep. and a The beer casks were tapped and racked, steady allowing as much time as possible, for them trickle of drinkers coming and going all to settle and condition so they were afternoon. drinkable come opening time. Friday also saw the Wednesday saw the remaining work presentation of the required to complete the transformation City Pub of the from nightclub Year, which once to a Beer again, went to the Festival! Fat Gadgie on Although this Devonshire Street. did leave a few Ray gratefully minor jobs left accepted the to do on award and it now Thursday. sits alongside the other awards this pub has won. This year we decided we would open early on the Thursday, 2pm instead of the usual Silloth Porter won the Beer of the Year, but 5pm. This proved to be a very popular unfortunately Mark from Derwent Brewery,
8 could not attend. Once again there was no produced the programme for the Festival, problem getting the late drinkers out at delivering it just as the Festival opened as closing time. usual. I would also like to thank all the people who came to the Festival, helping to Saturday saw a good range of beers left, make it a success once again. but some were rapidly running out. Saturday was a relatively quieter day, but The votes for the beer still enough customers to keep emptying of the festival and the casks and hoping to get their favourite, cider of the festival as long as it was still there of course. The were counted. We had day got better as those returning from the joint winners of the football were happy as Carlisle had won a Beer of the Festival: game at last. Also a few returned after the Mission Creep annual Fire Show, with the weekend being Campania, and just before Bonfire Squawk Pica. In equal Night. As the third place were Atom evening Amp and Tarn Hows progressed, more Blueberry and Vanilla Stout. The winner of beers had run out, the Cider of the Festival was Kendal and with it being Hedgerow. Good to see a Cumbrian cider quiet and not much winning. left, the Festival Thank you to all the above once again, and was finally ended see you next year. 29th-31st October 2020. at 10pm. Sunday saw a few Paul Claringbold tired and weary volunteers ready to take the bar and stillage apart and turn it back into a pile of sticks, ready to store for next year! By about 2pm it was all packed away and any beer that was left was dispatched to a local hostelry, for the volunteers to have a wind down party, and enjoy themselves, letting what hair some of us have left down. I would like to thank all the volunteers who give their time freely, and without whom, we would not have a Festival at all. Also our sponsors who help pay for the Festival by sponsoring a cask or two, or the Cumbria Bar, which was sponsored by Corby Brewery this year. Thanks also to Hesket Newmarket Brewery for the use of their van, enabling us to transport our kit, from A to B and back again. Many thanks to Alison from the Carlisle Brewing Company, who gladly designed our new poster, and collated and
Winter 2019 9 Bar Fly Pub News
If you are aware of Roweena any changes taking Corkhill. We place in a pub in our understand area then please let that, at the us know. Bar Fly is time of good but it is hard writing, some getting around over 150 outlets, even with renovation wings! See Branch Contact for details of work is how to keep in touch. underway to improve the upstairs Armathwaite restaurant. Beers from Great Corby brewery will be on sale. Our best wishes go to Pleasing to Robert, Sylvia, David and Roweena. hear that the Duke’s Head Monkhill has reopened The Drovers Rest has opened a beer shop after extensive at the pub. Beers from near and far can be renovations. bought at the Drovers and online. You can Tom Coward have your selections delivered or you can and Stu Edgar click and collect. The new venture is called are running Beer Haul at the Drovers Rest. Further the pub; we wish them well. Real ales on the details can be found on Facebook, Twitter opening night were: Great Corby Blonde, and Instagram. The website was due to be Tirril Windermere IPA and Timothy Taylor launched as we go to press. Commenting Landlord. on the new venture, Sandy Williamson said, Burgh by Sands “We feel there is a gap in the market for good places to buy craft beer in Carlisle, so The we’ve jumped in there to fill it!” Greyhound Inn has a new Scotby publican, Another Dean Foster. reopened pub! More details in Great news to the spring see the Royal edition. Oak back at the centre of Cumwhitton its community. We are Our best delighted to wishes go to hear that the Louise and her family. Pheasant Inn recently Please note that pub opening hours and reopened. Our meal times are subject to change. best wishes To avoid disappointment, Bar go to Kate and Fly advises that you check Pete. times with the pub before you travel. Full details of real ale Great Corby pubs in our area and the UK Great news to hear that the Queen Inn has can be found on the CAMRA been reopened by Robert and Sylvia website: WhatPub.com. Cowan and their partners David and 10 New Keswick Brewery Twisted Magnolia bar has live music every Saturday evening Twisted Magnolia Brewery and Tap Room and an open mic night every Monday with has evolved from Magnolia Belgian Beer an eclectic offering, from music to poetry Bar and Bistro. They now brew their own and, occasionally, comedy! craft real ales on site using a three-barrel kit Regular beers are: First Born 4%, a pale in the area that was the kitchen. bitter, late hopped with challenger; Second The brewery is Chance 3.8%, a golden ale, late hopped mounted on with Cascade and Simcoe; Third Way 4.1%, wheels for an amber ale, late hopped with Bramling ease of Cross, Cascade and Simcoe; Forth cleaning and is Dimension 4% Amber Ale Late Hopped powered by with Challenger and Bramling Cross; electricity. It Twisted Pale Ale 4.3%, which is late hopped incorporates with Simcoe and Citra; Beer Tricks Porter an under back 5.5%; Mangolia 4%, a mango infused pale and has fixed pipe work and a multitude of ale which is unfined. valves which took a bit of getting used to, Occasional beers include, Bohemian as one closed rather than open or visa versa Raspberry 3.8%, a raspberry infused pale can have an interesting out come! ale, which is unfined; and, 50 Shades Of They have three conical fermenting vessels 3.8%, an Earl Grey infused pale ale, which is allowing for flexibility in the brewing also unfined. process which gives the opportunity to brew two or three times a week. A range of four of Twisted Magnolia beers is usually available on the bar. They focus on being a little different, twisted if you Popular community Joiners Arms pub. will! Having a Church Street small brewery Real ales: means they Theakston Best Carlisle CA2 5TF can make Bitter and two guest 01228 534275 whatever they ales. Open: want! They Traditional Sunday 12-midnight Mon-Thu have made porters, cloudy fruit infused Lunch served from 12-1am Fri, 12-2am Sat beers, hoppy pale ales and bitters with a 12-midnight Sun nice rounded bitterness. They hope to make 12noon till 5pm. Food Served: well-balanced beers with something for Darts leagues 12-6pm Mon, 12-7 Tue, every one. Sun-Tue, Pool 12-9pm Wed-Fri, The bar still keeps an expansive range of league Wed, Quiz & all day Sat, 12-5pm Sun Belgian beers with and an interesting Bingo Thu. offering of craft keg. The food offering has changed to suit the push towards more real ale sales and now features pizza, local tapas thejoinersarmscarlisle and platters for casual, tasty dining. The www.joiners-arms.co.uk
Winter 2019 11 Follow The Cumbrians on the Road
This article is designed to suggest some real 2BG situated on ale pubs near the grounds Carlisle United Earle Street will visit during the 2019/20 season. To visit Railway bridge all away league games this season, you will within sight of need to travel an incredible 11,000 miles, if Crewe Municipal you start at Brunton Park! Square is about 20 minutes walk Most of the pubs mentioned will be in from Gresty CAMRA’s Good Beer Guide, so I hope you Road. This pub has 10 handpumps serving a enjoy the real ale/ciders on offer. If you wide range of real ales. This is also the come across any other pubs, especially location of the Borough Arms Brewery. away fans friendly pubs, please let me know at [email protected]. All pubs Hops, Prince are within 15 minutes walk of the ground Albert Street, unless stated otherwise. Crewe CW12DF. For something Details of all the real ale pubs can be found different try this on the CAMRA website whatpub.com. Belgian style COLCHESTER UNITED - Fixture 21 Café-bar, free December 2019 from brewery tie. There are very few pubs in the vicinity of Real Ales from local and interesting micro this out of town ground. The best bet is to and regional brewers are dispensed from 6 find a town centre hostelry and take one of handpumps. Near the town centre Hops is the football special buses to the ground. around 20 minutes walk from Gresty Road. The Bricklayers, 27 Bergholt Road, Colchester CO4 5AA.This is a friendly, OLDHAM ATHLETIC - Fixture 18 January 2020 family run, Adnams pub serving a wide There are few real ale pubs in reasonable selection of guest ales from all over the UK. walking distance of Boundary Park. The The pub is close to the railway station and pick of those is probably Carters Arms, on convenient for the shuttle buses to the the Oldham Road. I suggest heading into ground. Children are allowed in - if the town centre around a mile from the accompanied by a well behaved adult! The ground to visit the Ashton Arms in Clegg only slight downside is that food is not Street Oldham OL1 1PL which usually has a served on a Saturday. good range of local ales on offer. As it only WALSALL - Fixture 29 December 2019 offers sandwiches at weekends if looking Finding a good real ale pub within walking for something more substantial then the distance of this edge of town ground is not nearby Wetherspoons is Up Steps Inn to be possible. It is my understanding that the found at 17 High Street Oldham OL1 3AJ. Saddlers Club, next to the ground, has FOREST GREEN ROVERS - Fixture 28 closed leaving a long 30 minute walk to the January 2020 town centre where the nearest real ale pubs The Village are situated. Inn, The Cross, CREWE ALEXANDRA - Fixture 1 January Fountain 2020 Street, There are no good real ale pubs close to the Nailsworth, ground that I know of so it is necessary to STROUD, GL6 walk a bit further to find quality ale pubs. 0HH is a brew pub serving a The Borough Arms 33 Earle Street, CW1 12 range of Keep Brewery ales, as well as some CAMBRIDGE UNITED - Fixture 29 local and not so local guest ales, along with February 2020 a selection of lagers and ciders. The pub is The Kingston Arms, 33 Kingston Street, situated a good 20 minute walk from the Cambridge, CB1 2NU. 10 hand pumps – ground. Please note no food is served here. need I say more? It’s close to the station, For food try The Britannia on Newmarket which means either a 30-minute walk or Road or cafes close by. taxi to the ground. It describes itself as having ‘a combination of traditional pub, There are no real ale pubs nearer to the award winning ales and first rate cooking’. edge of town ground or Good Beer Guide pubs the nearest been the in Stroud where Nearer the ground The Wrestlers, 337 the Crown & Sceptre and the Prince Albert Newmarket Road, Cambridge CB5 8JE a can be located. Wells pub with Thai food may be worth a look. MANSFIELD TOWN - Fixture 1 February 2020 Mike Tuer The Bold Forester, Botany Avenue, Sutton Road, Mansfield, NG18 5NF is a family Ale Tales Advertising Rates friendly, large pub in traditional style about If you would like to advertise in this magazine 10 minutes walk from the ground. It has a please ring Neil Richards MBE on 01536 358670 or constantly changing selection of six to email: [email protected] eight beers plus ciders. One of the ‘Hungry Advertising Rates are: Mono Full Colour Horse’ chain, so a wide selection of food is 1/4 Page £75 £85 available. 1/2 Page £130 £145 Full Page £230 £260 I prefer the Inside Covers £280 Railway Inn, 9 Outside Back £300 Station Street, Mansfield NG18 1EF a town boozer, with good home made food and a range of real ales. The Railway Inn is situated between the ground and town centre and close to the train station. Good banter is guaranteed with the local fans that frequent this gem of a pub. CRAWLEY TOWN - Fixture 15 February 2020 The White Hart, High Street, Crawley, West Sussex RH10 1BQ. Owned by the excellent Harvey’s brewery of Lewes, is located in the centre of Crawley. The pub has quite a history dating from the 18th century. Food is available and children are welcome. Brewery Shades, 85 High Street, Crawley RH10 1BA is close to the White Hart with 10 handpumps dispensing a wide range of local and national ales. Both pubs are about 25 minutes walk from the ground. 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14 The Greyhound Inn Burgh By Sands, Carlisle, CA5 6AN 01228 575168 Open 7 Days a week Now Serving Great Food Great Beer Great Times
Join us for our Plenty for 20 offer We offer a wide choice of real ales and a real (3 courses for £20, 2 courses for £15) cider. Our house beer is King Edward’s Pale Ale from Laine brewery which helps support Burgh- Food currently served Thursday—Sunday by-Sands village green with 20p from every pint A selection of roasts available every Sunday donated to help the upkeep of the green. Looking for your Christmas Party or All other ales are from local micro breweries. Christmas Day? We have it covered, Christmas Day 5 course dinner £60 per person. Opening times Monday-Thursday 4pm-close; Friday-Sunday 12pm-close Here at the Greyhound a warm welcome is always Meals served Thursday 5pm-9pm; Friday-Satur- on offer, whether its Dogs with well behaved day 12pm-2pm, 5pm-9pm; Sunday 12pm-8pm owners, Families, Walkers or Cyclists. We have something to please everybody from a cuppa by Follow us on Facebook the fire to a three course dinner, a special occasion @greyhoundinnburghbysands or a date night. [email protected] Real Fire— Home Cooked Food—Sky Sports thegreyhoundinnburgh.co.uk