Labour MP for Sefton Central, Bill Esterson, in a recent debate gave a speech supporting changes to allow for landlords of pubs to have the option of stocking more local, high quality real ales, with the option of landlords opting out of exclusively buying the standard range of drinks from large breweries. During his speech,…

The Bull Baiters Inn in St John’s, is Worcester’s first micropub. Co-owners, Chris Hankins and his wife, Kelly, welcomed punters to the micropub for the first time just last week. The micropub will mainly be focusing on showcasing the best local ales, with the furthest beer available coming from Gloucestershire. Chris said: “It is all about the appreciation…

Micropubs are currently popping up faster than ever across the UK and proving to be a great success, with low start up costs for landlords and a unique environment & high quality ale for punters, it’s easy to see why. While we’re seeing a large increase in micropub openings, we are sad to announce that…

This month sees the opening of another brand new micropub & bottle shop, The Biergarten. We previously mentioned Franzi Florack’s plans of converting the empty premises, located in Milton Keynes, which is the first micropub in Milton Keynes. We are pleased to announce that Franzi managed to achieve her target date of opening in time…

Sister establishment of The Wight Bear Ale House, The Saxon Bear Ale House, opened it’s doors to real ale lovers of Christchurch just last month. Following the success of The Wight Bear, owners David and Nicola Holland wanted to introduce a second ‘Bear’ micropub, after customers explained that it’s what Christchurch needed, which led the…

We previously announced Mark Hall’s plans to relocate The Split Chimp micropub, which only opened a year ago on Forth Street in Newcastle. After a highly successful first year, Mark has now relocated the micropub, just around the corner to a bigger premises, from Arch 11 to Arch 7. After being at maximum capacity every…

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