Central Lancashire Branch
Ale
Fighting for drinkers rights in
Spring 2015
Cry
Issue No. 106
since
1973
Church Street Gets Real The imminent opening of The Twelve Tellers, Wetherspoons new outlet at the top of Church Street in Preston, certainly prompted a lot of activity at the pubs in the vicinity.
be possibly twenty three different real ales on sale, a veritable beer festival all of its own. This is what you can expect to find in these pubs. The Twelve Tellers has five permanent beers on sale, which are Ruddles Bitter, Greene King Abbot Ale, plus Sharps Doom Bar, Adnams Broadside and a house beer specially brewed for them by Coach House called Bank Job at 4.3%. Then there are its guest beers which could add another seven to the choice. Across the road, Hogarth’s has five pumps, one of which usually has a real cider. There could be two beers from their own microbrewery which resides in the pub of the same name in Bolton, plus two guest beers from anywhere in the UK. What is more, Hogarth’s is actually cheaper than the standard prices at Wetherspoons. Of course, Camra members can get 50p off in the Twelve Tellers with their vouchers, but when they run out….. Next door, the back bar at the Bull and Royal always has two beers from Moorhouses on sale, again at competitive prices. These are usually Pride of Pendle and Blonde Witch. The newly refurbished Yates which officially opened on Friday 20 Feb. will be selling one ‘classic’ ale plus two beers from local brewers or maybe a seasonal. At the opening they had beers from Lancaster, Lytham and Kirby Lonsdale. At the nearby Fishers there are two handpumps with usually Black Sheep Bitter and Wells Bombardier on.
By the time the Tellers finally opened on 22 January, Hogarth’s, on the opposite side of the street, had already opened after a complete refit, and had soon become a favourite with real ale drinkers. Next door, the Bull and Royal had refurbished its front bar as a champagne and cocktail bar and renamed it Harry’s Bar, whilst Yates was frantically giving itself another upgrade, in If you add to that Old Brewery Bitter at the Olde Blue Bell, corporating initially (which is having its own refurb), Hobgoblin at the Old Dog, three handpumps on three guest beers at the Stanley and three beers from the Mar its bar. The outcome of stons list on sale at the Wellington on Glovers Court, it is this is that in the certainly giving Friargate a run for its money for its reputation distance of fifty yards as the premier district for real ale. For more details of these pubs or so, there can and news of other pubs in Preston, see Preston Parade inside be this magazine. Paul Riley p3 , Editorial, Chairman’s Welcome, Towneley Arms; p3 George Lee Trophy; p4/5 Preston Parade; p6 Club of the Year; p7 Riley’s Rambles; p8 Hoghton part 2; p10 . Pub Conversions; p12 Chorley Chatter; p13 Eastern Fringe, Letters; p17 South Ribble Scene; p20 Mountain View; p21 Whitby; p23 Pub of the Season; p25 Cider & Perry, Something Different; p26 Branch Details; P27 Membership Application Form......................................................................................................................................and much more