Pub Of The Season – Autumn 2015
The Trafford & Hulme Branch Pub of The Season for Autumn 2015 is Jack In The Box, Altrincham Market Hall
Salisbury Ale House approved as Asset Of Community Value
Trafford & Hulme CAMRA are very pleased to report that our application to have the Salisbury Ale House listed as an Asset Of Community Value has been approved by Manchester…
Pub Of The Season Presentation – Summer 2015
The 23rd of July saw the presentation of the "Pub of the Season" for Summer 2015 to Pi, Shaw's Road, Altrincham. The event was well attended by a large cohort…
Sister act moves on
Regulars at the Marble Beer House in Chorlton were shocked by the sudden announcement in early June that sisters Vicky and Helen Creer had resigned from the Manchester Road bar.…
Salisbury Ale House – Assets of Community Value (AVC) Application
Trafford & Hulme CAMRA has recently submitted an application to list the Salisbury Ale House in the city centre as an asset of community value. If approved this will officially…
Trafford & Hulme CAMRA 1001 Strong
At the Chorlton Beer & Cider Festival, we were delighted to welcome the 1000th & 1001st member of Trafford & Hulme CAMRA. Kelly & Aleks signed up to the campaign…
In memory of John Glover – Old Market Tavern, Altrincham
It was with great sadness that the Trafford & Hulme branch learnt of the untimely passing of John Glover from the Old Market Tavern in Altrincham. He passed quietly in…
Pub Of The Season – Summer 2015
The Trafford & Hulme Pub Of The Season for Summer 2015 is Pi, Shaw’s Road, Altrincham.
Pi opened in October 2012 as the third outlet for Chorlton based Pivo Inns. The original Pi on Manchester Road in Chorlton was Pub of The Season for Spring 2010 with Pi(Rose Lane) in the Liverpool suburb of Mosley Hill joining the family in 2011.
The Altrincham bar follows the same basic formula as its siblings – specialising in beer with a basic but hugely successful food menu based around the products of Bristol’s PieMinster. The concept of Pi was born out of owner Andy Ingham’s desire for a local bar that he would want to drink in – as nobody else was opening the kind of place he liked, he did it himself.
There are two handpumps on the bar, one selling permanent beer Tatton Blonde. The guest pump serves an ever changing range of guests with regularly featured breweries including RedWillow, Saltaire and Brightside. The cask ales are complemented by a wide range of distinctive draught beers – there are no national brands here – and a massive range of bottles from the “beer bible”. Essentially it’s a beer heaven.
Pub News Shorts
By the time you read this, the Quarrybank in Timperley will have re-opened after a major refurbishment. The pub closed at the start of June with it's Bloomsbury Lane location…
Craftsman Brewery Closes
Craftsman brewery ceased production in October 2014. Head Brewer Paul Scrimshaw has left The Old Abbey Inn.