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Summer Pub of the Season - Goshawk, MouldsworthThe red-brick former coaching inn belongs to the real ale minded Woodward & Falconerchain which also features the Stamford Bridge near Tarvin and the Egerton Arms atBroxton. Convenient for walks in the nearby Delamere Forest and handily set oppositeMouldsworth train station, it serves Theakstons, Weetwood and Conwy beers plus otherguest ales. If the beer and highly rated food aren’t enough to tempt there's also an attractiverear garden plus side decking over looking a crown bowling green.

CAMRA DIARYFor the latest events, please visit the branch web site

www.chestercamra.co.ukThu 20 Sept; Branch Meeting: Cross Keys, Chester Start: 8.15 pm.Sat 29 Sept; Brewery Visit: Church End Brewery, Atherstone4 - 7 Oct; Pied Bull Beer Festival The theme will be American craft versus British craft ales.12 - 13 Oct; Telford's Warehouse Beer Festival Telford's Warehouse, Chester 30+ beers12 - 13 Oct; (The 4th) Kelsall Beer Festival Kelsall Community Centre, Kelsall12 - 14 Oct; National Waterways Museum Beer Festival, Ellesmere Port "a great event with real ale selected from the best of British craft brewers with canal connections" plus real musicThu 18 Oct; Branch Meeting: Bear & Billet, Chester Start: 8.15pm.26 - 27 Oct; Chester Real Ale Festival The Guildhall, Watergate Street, Chester (see pages 42-43)

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Beer Festival Diary DatesExtra stillaging will be in place at the Pied Bull in Chester from October 4 - 7. Expect 16-20hand pumps! An intended feature is a head-to-head comparison between UK and US craft(i.e. keg) beers which may disconcert some of the more extreme CAMRA fundamentalists.The Carlton Tavern in Handbridge will be having another of their popular fezzas aroundHalloween time though the exact weekend is still to be finalised. Not to be missed judgingby last spring’s rip-roaring event. See our local CAMRA website diary for details.Over the weekend of October 12 - 13 we’re totally spoilt for choice with three events takingplace -Telford’s Warehouse down at the canal basin in Chester is hosting an Oktoberfest wherethe intention is to at least match last year’s effort where there were over 30 regional andnational real ales and ciders over the course of the weekend.The venue for the 4 Kelsall Beer Festival will, as ever, be the village community centre.Tickets available in September. Proceeds to local charities.Finally the National Waterways Museum in Ellesmere Port is hosting an event with “realale selected from the best of British craft brewers with canal connections". This interestingvenue is a short walk from Ellesmere Port Merseyrail station. More details on nwm.org.uk.Bridge Inn SmashIf ever you needed an example of the potentially lethal consequences ofdangerous driving, look no further than the impact made by one moronovertaking at reckless speeds in a Chester suburb. After colliding withanother car both vehicles then smashed into the Bridge Inn on TarvinRoad with such force as to reduce the whole front of the pub to rubble.Fortunately licensees Alice and Paul Lloyd were safe, as were theiryoung children in a bunk bed on the suddenly well ventilated top floor.Fears for the future of the Bridge Inn; a vibrant community pub thatcatered for all - have been allayed, though how long it remains closed is dependent theextent of the structural damage. As one regular of the pub said on the branch forum

“Bring back public flogging and deportation in chains to Australia!!”.

6th CHESTER CAMRAREAL ALE FESTIVAL

October 26 – 27Once again set in the splendour of theGrade II listed Guildhall on Watergate Streetin the centre of the city this will feature50+ ales, including the finalists in theChampion Beer of Cheshire competition,plus around 15 perries and ciders.Admission is by advance ticket only.Open: Fri 7 – 11; Sat 12 – 4 pm, 7 – 11 pm.Tickets: £6 Fri eve; £4 Sat aft, £5 Sat eve;including souvenir glass and programme.CAMRA members can claim a free half pinton production of their membership card.Live music at all sessions with Saturdayafternoon being a quiet(ish) acoustic set.Food will be provided by the multi awardwinning Brewery Tap Ale House.Pub games will be on offer including thevery popular skittle alley.

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Or to buy online see www.chestercamra.co.ukPostal sales: John Bowyer, 8 Greensway, Chester CH4 8BEor email beerfestival@chestercamra.co.uk.Cheques payable to Chester CAMRA Festival Account enclosing SAE.

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rather than incorporated into it. What strikesthe casual visitor though is the warmwelcome, and the great atmosphere of atrue English village local. Although off thebeaten track, it is well worth seeking out.Finally, close to the busy A41 / A534 round-about, is the mock-Tudor Egerton Arms,part of the Woodward & Faulkner pub group.Inside it is spacious, comfortable and low-litwith wood floors, wood-panelling, book-shelves and a gallery of prints. Food is thebig seller but not overwhelmingly so whilethe ales include Conwy Piffle, Weetwoodand changing guests.There’s also anattractive sidegarden shouldyou be solucky to bethere on awarm, sunnyday.

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Carden Country Pubs; Traditional and ContemporaryFirst created around 16 years ago by former Alton Towers entrepreneur John Broome,and subsequently greatly extended into a golf and leisure complex, Carden Park might bea preferred choice for a round of golf, but not necessarily for a pint of good cask ale.On the edges of the complex though there is a trilogy of watering holes worth a visit.On the A534 between Broxton and the turn for Farndon is the Cock o’ Barton.An enormous and lengthy refurbishment has totally transformed what was an intimate, basiccountry pub into a glitzy restaurant/bar. Previous visitors to the pub will not recognise muchof the old building layout, and what was the snug bar with its basket fireplace, with hugeburning logs in winter, is now a memory. The Cock now has an impressive array of diningareas, ranging from intimate alcoves to more conventional eating areas, and in addition,there are several outside dining areas, one set in a courtyard and another adjacent to alovely garden. The interior flooring is a blend of elegant wood (oak) and stone flagged,and in the main large open plan bar area, furniture ranges from traditional sofas to morecontemporary Multiyork type stuff. At the bar, one finds four hand pumps, dispensing thelikes of Weetwood, Stonehouse and Conwy ales. Not exactly your standard country pub, butthe Cock does not pretend to be as such.Taking the turning off the A534, with the Cock on the corner, andfollowing the signs for Tilston, the Carden Arms is reached inabout 1.5 miles. This is a wonderful example of a village pub,used by golfing escapees and locals of all types. Choice of aleshere was, at time of visit, Tetley Bitter, St Austell’s Tribute andMoorhouse Pride of Pendle. The beer choice is dictated by thePubCo (Punch) but the beer quality was found to be superb. Themain drinking area is divided into three, one being a bar area(sometimes ripe language), another a form of snug, and a third in a TV watching corner, allserved by a central corner bar. In what used to be stables and general farm buildings,reached from the snug area described above there is a restaurant, set out in two distinctareas, and which has a nice intimate feel. This is a pub which has a restaurant attached to it

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Country Pub ClosuresMay brought another disheartening addition to the list of boarded up rural West Cheshirepubs. The latest to call time, seemingly forever, is the Beeston Castle on the A49 nearTiverton where a planning application has been made for demolition of existing buildings anddevelopment of 24 residential dwellings. There appears little discernible opposition. You mayhave your own opinion on all of this - blatant asset-stripping by desperate financially-strickenpub companies or an inevitable reflection of an overstocked industry struggling to competewith 21st century lifestyles - but, whatever, it makes for a depressing spectacle.In Duddon unanimous approval has been given for redevelopment of the Headless Womandespite substantial opposition from village residents. With councillors seemingly mindfulof the need for affordable homes in rural areas, a similar future surely awaits the longabandoned Nag’s Head in Farndon while conversion of the Copper Kettle in Tarvin and theFox & Hounds at Carden are imminent. What future awaits the once-charming, convertedcottages of the Farmer’s Arms at Huxley. It is now fenced off, weed-strewn and underprivate ownership since landlords Admiral Taverns were driven to sell due to the building’sincreasing maintenance costs which resulted in the sudden eviction of the successfulaward-winning Stuart’s Table restaurant.Elsewhere you’ve got to have concerns for the Golden Lion in Ashton Hayes as indeedfor the similarly closed Farmer’s Arms at Kelsall although Punch Taverns have given fullassurance that they intend to restore the latter at the heart of the local community.Enterprise Inns have made a similar pledge about the Bird in Hand at Guilden Suttonwhich, following a dispute with a licensee who finally seemed to be making a go of the place,closed suddenly in March.Who’s to say that, with a horrendous change of fortune, current gems such as the Blue Bellin Tushingham or the Queen’s Head at Sarn, won’t be next on the market? We’re alwaysbanging on about it. “Use them or lose them” is the mantra.If you live in the city, shrug off your lazy routine once in a while, get out and explore some ofour rural pubs before it’s too late. Even if this involves the car and just one pint, your penniesmight make all the difference.

The Ship InnRelax in our cosy, traditional English pubwith real fire and great bar platters.From brunch until dinner,classic British cuisine served all day4 Hand Pull Cask Ales2 regularly changing guest Cask ales.In our first twelve months open we have usedover 20 breweries, showcasing local brewersWC Brewery, Beartown and WeetwoodJoin us for live music every other Friday & SundayOr our famous Quiz & Curry night on a WednesdayWinner of Most Family Friendly venue 2010 “God bless The Ship and all who ale in her”FREE HOUSE, The Ship Inn, (Just over the weir!),Handbridge, Chester,CH4 7HL. Tel: (01244) 678400

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Chester Real Ale Whirlwind TourWith the odd landlord and landlady in Chester centre moaning they never get a fair mentionin Out Inn Cheshire, let’s try and cover everywhere all serves real ale in one frenzied blitz.Starting down by the river Dee, first up is the Boathouse, complete with beach huts in thebeer garden, selling Lees ales. A few yards downstream there’s re-badged Cheshire Cat atHickory’s Smokehouse at the Groves.

Swinging up Lower Bridge Street, the 3-storied Okellsowned Bear & Billet (pictured) sells about fivechanging, predominantly golden guest beers plus cider.Across the road the red brick, wood-panelled, stainedglassed Cross Keys is a Joules tied-house and hasthree of their beers while further up the Brewery Tap,currently the branch’s joint Pub of the Year winner,sells Spitting Feathers ales, several guests and a cider.Next door at the Old Kings Head expect relativelymainstream ales such as Hobgoblin, Doom Bar andEPA while further up the half-timbered Falcon remainsa bastion of cheap and cheerful Sam Smiths.

Near the Castle and law courts the revived music friendly Golden Eagle typically hasLandlord and Spitfire and, on Grosvenor Street, near the museum, the Chester Bells sells ahouse beer apparently “brewed in Warrington”. Let’s not also forget the idiosyncratic Albionadjacent to the City walls. This has three changing beers from SIBA list. Close by, just offPepper Street is the Plumbers Arms. Thwaites here at what is primarily a late night venuefor off-duty bar staff.

Up Bridge Street, the Slug & Lettuce is an unlikely outlet for Bombardier and, at the Cross,the Victoria typically has Courage and Deuchars. Tucked away behind here on St PetersSquare the Commercial Hotel is down to selling just one beer now - Weetwood CheshireCat. Head down Watergate Street to find the Old Custom House with Marstons. Beyondhere, and across the inner ring road, there’s the Fat Cat with Directors as a norm. A singleale occasionally also appears at the Watergate Inn especially when it’s races weekend.

Heading north along the walls, you’ll eventually come to Telford’s Warehouse by the canalbasin. This is our other joint PotY winner and sells Weetwood Cheshire Cat plus changingguests. Also in the Garden Quarter, filled predominantly with students, are the Bouverie andthe Chichester Arms with familiar national brands and up near the fountains roundabout,the Greene King owned George & Dragon.

Heading back into town down Northgate Street there’s a recent real ale convert at the Bull &Stirrup where tentative steps have been made to sell Facers and Reverend James amongstothers on the hand pumps. Under the walls and first up is the Liverpool Arms (Bombardier)with Rufus Court further down in which you’ll discover Alexanders - a music and comedyvenue bar which is LocAle listed with two Weetwood ales. Meanwhile the Red Lion is a Ni-cholson’s pub serving changing guest beers.

It competes with next-door-neighbour freehousethe Pied Bull (pictured), well known for havingits own micro-brewery to supplement other guestales on the pumps.

By the library the Shropshire Arms sellsnational ales plus occasional WeetwoodCheshire Cat and, next to the town hall,the Coach House has Thwaites and maybeeven Draught Bass.

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Arriving back at the Cross and immediately on Eastgate Street at row level is the latest outletto sell cask. The former Meze bar is now called the Gallery and has had Thwaites andBlack Sheep on the pumps. A few doors down is the popular Boot selling Sam Smiths.Further on the Lees tied restaurant-cum-bar Duttons can be located on the boutique linedGodstall Lane. Under the Eastgate Clock and to the right down St John Street is theMarlborough which has four Stonehouse ales on the pumps. After that comes the Pitcher& Piano selling from the Marstons range. Back to the top and continuing on Foregate Streetthere are two Wetherspoons – the Square Bottle and the Forest House plus the karaoke-keen Queens Head which has Greene King IPA.Retracing steps to head down Frodsham Street you’ll discover the Temple Bar(Brains ales and maybe Spitting Feathers) and then Oddfellows Arms (Black Sheep) andthe Lock Keeper (Greene King). To the left amidst Gorse Stack’s car park is thecharity-donating community-minded Ship Victory serving Tetleys Cask and a changingguest. Pushing on beyond the inner ring road and onto Brook Street, Shepherd NeameSpitfire is the mainstay at the Stanley Arms while, opposite, the members onlyCatholic Club has Allgates ales plus guests. After that comes the Old Cottage, a recentPub of the Season winner, offering affordable Taylors Golden Best plus two others.Close by lies the legendary Mill Hotel (pic-tured). A true pioneer in real ales itcontinues to stock several changing ales plusmild on the sticks.Next door to the Mill is the split-level, earthyand characterful Union Vaults whereEverards Tiger is a popular seller.Moving on from Brook Street we head towardsthe railway station passing Kash which hostsregular beer fests and sells continental beersplus those from Blue Ball both on hand pumpand draught (aka ‘craft’).Opposite the station are the Queens Hotel (Weetwood) and the Town Crier (picturedbelow) which offers CAMRA discount on its Marston's ales.

Storming downCity Road weenter theCanal Quarter.On theShropshireUnion towpathitself are threeworthyestablishments.Beneath thelarge edifice thatis the Steam Millis the Artichoke

selling ales from four different Cheshire breweries. Old Harkers Arms resides in aconverted warehouse and, as you’d expect from the Brunning & Price pub chain, has plentyof changing guest ales. Next to this, albeit the other side of City Road bridge, is theCanalside which has an on-site brewery but predominantly sells Liverpool Organic ales.Back on City Road we end our odyssey with the Cellar, an intimate and enterprising loungebar with three CAMRA discounted micro ales and beyond that, at the Bars, the Compass.This was the Chester Hangman but has been selling Plassey ales.

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West Cheshire Brewers’ Beer Festival; crowds packed the yard in July at the farm whichhouses Spitting Feathers brewery. The large barn had been turned into a super-sized barwith 34 cask beers dispensed via hand pump, and still space for a couple of real ciders.In between sampling some beers I had a pork bap straight from the hog roast, served withapple sauce and stuffing. There was a very friendly and family oriented atmosphere no doubthelped along by the music, the good food and the animals for the children to look at. Livemusic was courtesy of a band called the Reids who played mostly their own material.

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A RAIL ALE TRAIL; CREWE TO STOCKPORTAn update on pubs accessible by rail between Crewe and Stockport .The service between Crewe and Stockport gives an ideal opportunity for drinking without the need fora nominated driver. The eight intermediate stations each have at least one real ale outlet within tenminutes walk. There is a service on weekdays and Saturdays during the day of at least two trains anhour (except Goostrey and Chelford which are hourly, as are the evening services to all stations), sothere is scope for both short and long visits to selected hostelries. Sunday services are less frequent.

Crewe is too large to cover in detail, but the two nearest real ale outlets, entirely different in character,are the British Lion on Nantwich Road and the Brocklebank Arms on Weston Road. The former, atown local, recently reopened after retirement of the landlord who had run the pub for many years,whereas the Brocklebank is a modern chain pub with the accent on all-day food.The popular Borough Arms and Hops are about 25 minutes walk from the station.

Moving to Sandbach, where the station is actually in Elworth, a convenient pub is the Fox (Left out ofthe station drive and left again over the railway bridge). This provides comfortable surroundings andat the time of writing, up to four real ales. However a new licensee was due to take over before thisappears in print, so changes may occur, particularly in regard to reintroduction of food.Five minutes on by train is Holmes Chapel. The Swan, by the station, no longer serves real ale, butwithin ten minutes walk is the village centre. Here is the Old Red Lion, one of the Ember Inn chain withup to three real ales and all day food (no children under fourteen). Across the roundabout is the largeGeorge and Dragon, a modern airy pub which offers all-day food and up to six of Robinson’s beers.

Both pubs in Goostrey are between five and ten minutes walk westwards from the station.The Red Lion became a free house about three years ago. It is open all day, food is available lunchtimeand evening, and at least two real ales are on offer. The Crown is in another pub in state of change atpresent, following the retirement and subsequent tragic death of the former landlord of nearly 20 years.At the time of writing there is a temporary manager who has increased the beer selection from two tofive of the Marston’s range, but a new tenant was due to take over in September after which the pubis expected to be open all day for food and drink.

After spending at least an hour in Goostrey, our next pub is the Egerton Arms in Chelford. Anotherestablishment which is now a free house, it is a little food orientated. Open all day, it offers three or fourreal ales some from local micro breweries. It is just over five minutes walk westwards from the station.

Northwards from Chelford, Alderley Edge is the restart of two trains per hour territory. Nearest thestation is the Sports and Social Club in Stevens Street, a welcoming haven for real ale which offersfree entry to CAMRA members and Good Beer Guide subscribers, with a modest admission charge forday membership for the general public. Slightly further away at the south end of the main street is theDe Trafford, a large and comfortable Chef and Brewer outlet usually offering at least two real ales.

Wilmslow has the most frequent train service on the route, and has three pubs within easy reach ofthe station. A hundred yards from the station and across the main road at the traffic lights is theWetherspoon Bollin Fee (to be avoided for a quiet drink on Friday and Saturday night!). Turn left at thelights and a five minute walk will bring you to the Coach and Four, a Hyde’s house, or by turning rightat the traffic lights, the King William can be reached, a Robinson’s pub where there is an emphasison Spanish décor and food.

Handforth has the Railway, naturally enough sited right opposite the station. This is a Robinson’shouse, usually serving Unicorn and Hatters and one other seasonal, and good-value food at lunchtimesand early evening. Proceed left from the station to the Freemason’s, a drink-only pub again servingthree beers. Left again and another three minutes away along the A34 is the Bull’s Head, anothermember of the Chef and Brewer chain, but a good place for sampling a different guest beer.

Cheadle Hulme has a very large, modern and comfortable Joseph Holt’s pub, the Cheadle Hulme,visible from the platform. In the other direction less than five minutes away is Wetherspoon’s Kings Hall.So to Stockport where the selection is too great to be within the scope of this article. The closest pubto the station is on the west side, the time-warp Olde Vic, close by on the corner of Shaw Heath/Chatham Street, but it opens evenings only. The CAMRA award winning Crown is about ten minuteswalk away on Heaton Lane, giving the opportunity to admire the engineering of Stockportviaduct en route, before choosing from up to sixteen real ales available on the bar.

Details of fare promotions and other useful train information can be found on the Crewe -Manchester Community Rail Partnership website www.crewe2manchesterrail.org.uk.

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YOUR RIGHTSYou should receive a full pint, not 90%.Well, the licensee expects to be paid in full!We always ask them politely to “squeeze adrop more in”, or top it up, please”.

If you have a chipped glass, dirty cutlery,bad food or sour beer, don’t hesitate; letthe staff know, politely. It is easy for thingsto be missed in a busy session: a littlecourtesy and understanding on both sidesshould resolve matters.It is a legal requirement forrepresentative price liststo be readily visible.If the licensee won’t putthings right, then callTrading Standards orEnvironmental Health.(See a phone book,web site, public libraryor town hall.)

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