Real Ale & micro pubs are alive & kicking as yet another Micro Pub is set to open on Good Friday. The Ale House, the brainchild of Simon Foster will open its doors in Clitheroe, Lancashire on April 3rd and as well as serving cask and real ales from local micro breweries it will stock…
A new micropub is set to open on Good Friday (April 3rd) in Blackfen within the London borough of Bexley and Andy Wheeler the new landlord will be honouring the late Terry Pratchett in doing so. He is naming the pub, which is in the old premises of a nail bar that has been empty…
Throughout the UK the number of Micro pubs recently reached the 100 milestone, up from half of that towards the end of 2013. However these pubs are proving to be a huge success with only one failed attempt at opening a micro pub as of yet and numbers steadily growing. Martyn Hillier, founder of the Micro…
Villagers in Findern would like to bring their community back together by opening a micro pub in the area, this decision was made after the closure of pubs and shops over the past few decades, losing “the Greyhound” pub, a greengrocer, butcher and a local Post Office and recently “The Wheel Inn”. While the residents…
The Chequers micropub has been named as the best in East Yorkshire by CAMRA, only opening 20 months prior to the title this little pub seems to be building a high reputation for itself as Chequers was also featured in the CAMRA Good Beer Guide. Landlord Ian Allott said: “We have only been open about…
A new micropub has opened up in Hurts Yard in Nottingham city centre. The Barrel Drop is on the site of a former seafood restaurant and promises to have at least one local ale on at all times along with up to 11 other other real ales from around the country. I paid this place a…
Banker Michael Wren – farther of two, gave up his job in the city in order to open Eltham’s first micropub ‘The Long Pond’ after having an epiphany. The idea began after Michael’s parents moved to Tankerton and experienced the local micropub ‘The Tankerton Arms’. He said: “My dad told me about the micro pub…
Landlord of The Four Candles micro pub – Mike Beaumont is donating all proceeds from the first cask of ale to be brewed from Britain’s smallest pub in order to make a donation to ‘Brain Tumour Research’. The charity relies on donation from the public as only 1% of the national spend on cancer research…
Beerhouse – previously a pop-up event pub has now officially opened and is the first micropub within the Harborough District. Co-founders Jon Pollard and Ivan Sheldrake held three pop-up events since October, but fully opened Beerhouse on December 5th 2014 as they were granted a premises licence by the local Council. Located at a former shop…
The first micropub has landed in Chelmsford in Essex based in a disused shop in Moulsham Street and is called the Hop Beer Shop. It will be adhering to the typical micro pub values, a small venue that promotes a good chat over a beer with no loud music or electronic gadgets. There are a total…