: Fri May 16, 2008 7:18 am  

Went round Saltaire brewery last night. Sampled their dark mild, blonde & Cascade pale ale. The latter was my favourite so partook in a few more of them. Afterwards we went to Wetherspoons in Shipley, tried the Saltaire Blackberry Cascade; don't let the name put you off - it doesn't look like lager & black from your school days, nor taste of it, a really nice pale ale.

: Fri May 16, 2008 8:30 am  

The best beer ive ever tasted, was at the Salutation, (When it first became a festival ale house) so I must be talking 13 or 14 years ago.

It was a beer called WHITBY WOBBLE. I was working there at the time, and after every shift I was having a few of those. The landlady at the time tried her hardest to get the beer back on, but without avail. Looks like it was a one off special beer.

If anyone ever sees it anywhere, give me a shout and i'll be in that pub in a flash!

[Wanderer]

: Fri May 16, 2008 10:28 am  

The Whitby Brewery and it's successor the Black Dog Brewery are no more so I doubt you'll ever see Whitby Wobble again.

: Fri May 16, 2008 12:00 pm  

WANDERER wrote:

The Whitby Brewery and it's successor the Black Dog Brewery are no more so I doubt you'll ever see Whitby Wobble again.

Never say never.

I'm sure that Cropton have brewed one or two in the Black Dog range in the past, so who knows?

: Fri May 16, 2008 1:27 pm  

Just returned from the infamous Fighting Cock having sampled 3 pints of excellent Yorkshire Dales Settle-Carlisle porter. 4.6% I think. Quite exquisite. Productivity down to zero at my desk now.

[Wanderer]

: Mon May 19, 2008 11:34 am  

No Rugby Sunday, so spent the day in Newark and visited all 5 pubs listed in the current Good Beer Guide.

The Fox and Crown is well worth a visit with a number of Castle Rock beers available but top marks goes to The Crown and Mitre, a nice pint of Bombadier and a superb Sunday Lunch (recommended).

: Mon May 19, 2008 1:49 pm  

Have just supped two splendid pints of Spire Sovereign IPA and a pint of their Land of Hop and Glory ( no spelling mistake ) . Proof positive that there are two excellent breweries in Staveley, Townes and Spire. Some achievement for a small town in Chesterfield

On Saturday, "happened" to be in the vicinity of the White Hart at West Stockwith and sampled Idle Cricketer and Idle Landlord, both very tasty and moreish.

: Mon May 19, 2008 2:10 pm  

This Friday and Saturday Keighley and District CAMRA have their second SKIPTON BEER FESTIVAL. Skipton is surprisingly easy to get to via train. A service runs every 20 mins from Leeds. For more details, including a full list of beers available (60 in total) take a look at http://www.keighleyandcravencamra.org.uk/ The beer list can be found here: http://www.keighleyandcravencamra.org.u ... 20LIST.pdf Skipton also has some fine pubs, including the Woolly Sheep. This is a Timothy Taylors house, and is rumoured to be haunted.

This Friday and Saturday Keighley and District CAMRA have their second SKIPTON BEER FESTIVAL. Skipton is surprisingly easy to get to via train. A service runs every 20 mins from Leeds. For more details, including a full list of beers available (60 in total) take a look at http://www.keighleyandcravencamra.org.uk/ The beer list can be found here: http://www.keighleyandcravencamra.org.u ... 20LIST.pdf Skipton also has some fine pubs, including the Woolly Sheep. This is a Timothy Taylors house, and is rumoured to be haunted.

: Mon May 19, 2008 8:27 pm  

Dont shoot me down over this ...

But did you lads know that the Cropton Brewrey brew an ale for Hull Kingston Rovers that they sell in ther shop along side a pint glass

: Tue May 20, 2008 6:51 am  

Cridling stubb xii member wrote:

Dont shoot me down over this ...

But did you lads know that the Cropton Brewrey brew an ale for Hull Kingston Rovers that they sell in ther shop along side a pint glass

Spookily I didn't.