Pubs, Pints & People in Trafford & South West Manchester
The Campaign For Real Ale & St Clements Church present The 12th Chorlton Beer & Cider Festival 7th – 9th July 2015 – St Clements Church, Edge Lane, Chorlton The opening times for Chorlton Beer Festival 2016 will be: Thursday 7th July: 6pm – 10.30pm Friday 8th July: 6pm – 10.30pm Saturday 9th July: 1pm – … Read more
The CAMRA Revitalization Project is under way. This has been set up to find new ways to breathe life into the Campaign. We are consulting all of you, the CAMRA members. The decision is in your hands. Take a look at the web site, read the Consultation Document, perhaps attentd a local meeting and then … Read more
Sale Sports Club has a new steward who will be familiar to many local drinkers. Gwen Partridge was the landlady of the Briton’s Protection for many years until departing a couple of years back. Once described by Elbow’s Guy Garvey as “a sharp-witted, elegant and glamorous northern angel” she joins the club, located on Clarendon … Read more
Urmston’s Britannia closed on 4th April for tranformation into Punch Taverns’ Champs Bar & Grill Format. The US themed sports bar concept began in 2012 when Punch bought the branding of a bar on Sheffield’s Eccleshall Road and opened a new bar under the format just down the road. A second Champs opened in Sheffield … Read more
Altrincham’s The Orange Tree re-opened on 26th February 2016. The new leaseholder is Adam Greaves. Four cask beers are on offer, all priced at £2.80 a pint. The core range for now is Adnam’s Ghost Ship, Sharp’s Doom Bar, Greene King IPA and Copper Dragon Golden Pippin. There are longer term plans for one or … Read more
Altrincham’s Old Market Tavern was recently listed as an Asset of Community Value (ACV). As a result of the protection this affords the pub, owners Punch Taverns have given notification to Trafford Council that they intend to dispose of the pub. As an Asset of Community Value (ACV), this means that local community groups (not … Read more
Morley Cheeks at the top of Barlow Moor Road, Chorlton has made some changes in the cellar team that have seen expansion and diversification of the cask ale range. An improvement in both quality and choice is on the cards. On a recent visit, Arbor’s Triple Hop was on the bar alongside Red Rocker from … Read more
Chorlton can already claim to be one of the premier destinations in the whole country for the beer lover and it’s still getting better. In February, the former Crema cafe on Manchester Road reopened as Mary & Archie – an offshoot of the successful West Didsbury bar. The unusually shaped bar (the cellar access is … Read more
The Trafford & Hulme branch Pub Of The Year for 2016 is Pi (Altrincham). Presentation Thursday 23rd June from 8pm. Will also be presenting runners up awards to Blackjack Beers’ Jack In The Box and Marble Beer’s Marble Beer House with beers from both breweries invading Pi for the evening. Situated on Shaw’s Road opposite … Read more
The Trafford & Hulme Branch Pub of the Season for Spring 2016 is The Bar in Chorlton. The Bar on Wilbraham Road is one of the longest standing pubs in Chorlton and sister pub to The Knott, city centre and The Macc, Macclesfield. As one of the first of the new breed of ‘café/ bars’ … Read more