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New bar for Altrincham

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Altrincham is to get a new bar.The branch was recently contacted by Nick Scott to tell us abut The Craftsman. The bar is being opened by Nick & his stepfather Colin with the plan to sell “craft beer & fine wine”. The bar will be  41 Stamford New Road… between the Station & Goose Green. … Read more

The Bowling Green – an Asset Of Community Value

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Trafford & Hulme CAMRA are pleased to report that Manchester City Council has added The Bowling Green, Brookburn Road, Chorlton to it’s register of Assets of Community Value following an application by the Branch. Chorlton has very many pubs and bars, but the granting of this application prooves that it is the very unique properties … Read more

Chorlton Challenge 2015

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Chorlton Challenge 2015Friday 20th & Saturday 21st November 2015 The Chorlton Challenge is the annual survey of Chorlton’s 26 pubs and bars which serve cask ale. With the opening of The Elk, Chorlton now has more pubs serving real ale than ever before making this the biggest Challenge ever. Spread over two days, the challenge … Read more

Changes in Chorlton & Altrincham

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The two bars in the Moose group – Moose of Hale and the recently opened Moose of Chorlton have changed their name to “The Elk”. In announcing the change, the bars tweeted #TakenDownByTheBiggerMoose later revealing that the name change was due to complaint by Moose Coffee who have two shops in Liverpool and one in … Read more

Rising Sun in Manchester City Centre is in the Good Beer Guide 2016 – or is it….

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Rising Sun, ManchesterWell, yes, the Rising Sun is a 2016 Good Beer Guide pub, just not in the printed guide.

Gaining a place in the Good Beer Guide is no mean feat, with a multitude of CAMRA members effectively mystery shopping pubs over many months and scoring the quality of the beer on the What Pub beer scoring system.

To get to the voting stages a pub must score consistently above average across the year, which is no easy task when working with a live product. It takes great skill in the cellar and from the bar staff and management to ensure standards do not drop and you can be guaranteed a good pint.

Even when a pub has consistently been good across the year, a place in the Good Beer Guide is not guaranteed. With a limited number of places available the rigorous testing is only stage one. Eligible pubs are also surveyed to ensure they meet all the other requirements to be listed in the guide before a Branch vote is taken.

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Flixton Conservative Club – 2015 Regional Club of the Year

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Flixton Conservative ClubTrafford & Hulme Branch is very pleased to confirm that The Greater Manchester Club of the Year is Flixton Conservative Club.

The Club which was runners up in this contest in 2013, and winner of the Branch Club of the Year for the last three years (2013, 14 and 15), has worked hard over the last two years to promote cask conditioned ale within the club ensuring that a quality product is always available.

Club steward Nigel Porter told us “We felt really overwhelmed having won the Trafford & Hulme Branch award for the past three years but to go on an pick up the Regional title this year, in the face of such strong competition, is just fantastic.”

He went on “We are really grateful to Camra for this award and for their continued support and appreciation of what we are trying to achieve here at the Club.”
 
“Sharon & myself have always been passionate about real ale so it was something we were really keen to try and promote when we took up the Stewardship of the Club. What we couldn’t really have envisaged was the intense support we would get from the Club Committee, the Staff and especially from our Club Members.”
 

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Sister act moves on

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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. Vicky and Helen had become synonymous with Marble Beers having held numerous positions across the brewery and pub empire over the past 15 years including … Read more