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The Visitor Top marks for real ale as Lancaster district pubs are listed in pub guide The Visitor “The range of beers available to beer drinkers now is colossal and we're seeing real competition between pubs who want to serve the best selection of real ales, making the Good Beer Guide 2016 an indispensible book for those looking ...

Leek Post & Times Leek Rugby Club real ale festival during Rugby World Cup Leek Post & Times REAL ale fans made the most of the Rugby World Cup at a beer festival. Hundreds of people gathered for the biannual event at Leek Rugby Club, which ran from Friday through to Sunday. David Edwards, of Peakstone Rock Brewery, who is one ...

Glasses raised for 14th anniversary of Cove and Kilcreggan Real Ale Festival Helensburgh Advertiser The Real Ale Fest, organised and staffed by locals, is the major fund-raising event for the community-run Cove Burgh Hall. Buses run on the hour from Helensburgh from 7am, with return buses from Coulport leaving on the hour until 11pm. Je ...

The Drinks Business Local ranges help Co-op to lead real ale category The Drinks Business The UK's fifth-largest retailer, which has around 2,800 stores across the country, has overhauled its beer range in the past six months increasing its number of real ale brews from just 25 to around 150. The group's ale range includes nine mutuall ...

Leamington Courier Real ale brings real rewards for The Old Post Office Leamington Courier He said: “To be given a mention is excellent, and to be runner up in the area, it's all another good sign for real ale. “Real ale does have a big customer base, we have a lot of regulars and younger people coming in to try out differe ...

Newbury Weekly News Group Newbury Real Ale Festival goes down a treat Newbury Weekly News Group Mark Genders, who runs the Five Bells at Wickham and Hungerford's John O'Gaunt, said that the festival was great for the town and for spreading the word, and flavour, of locally brewed ales. Speaking at the event organiser David Whittingham ...

Liverpool Echo Real ale supporters flock from across country to attend 'Save the Roscoe Head ... Liverpool Echo The Campaign for Real Ale (Camra) has called on the company to sell the pub to long-standing Roscoe Head licensee Carol Ross, amid fears that the city centre watering hole could be closed down and converted for retail use. Th ...

Bromsgrove Advertiser Real ale lovers toast success of the micro-pubs Malvern Gazette HUNDREDS of traditional pubs across the country are closing every year but, as the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) publishes its Good Beer Guide 2016 this week, there is still cause for the brewing and pub industries to celebrate. CAMRA West Midlands&nb ...

It's the Newbury Real Ale Festival on Saturday Newbury Weekly News Group Newbury's popular real ale festival returns to the Northcroft playing fields on Saturday. A total of 143 ales, 96 types of cider and perry, and a selection of wines will be yours to sample as the event returns for its 12th outing. Organiser David ...

The Guardian Small beer: why micropubs are the toast of Britain's real ale revival The Guardian The burgeoning micropub scene is helping to bring real ale to spaces where a traditional pub would not be appropriate, filling gaps on high streets and improving choice for drinkers, according to the Campaign for Real Ale's (Camra) 2016 Good ...