Top award for “irresistible” pub
A local that has been open for less than six months has been named Pub of the Season (Spring) by the local branch of The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA). The Palatine, on Morecambe’s sea front, won the award for the variety and quality of its real ales, as well as its friendly, comfortable atmosphere. More...
Photo shows CAMRA chair Anne Stewardson (left) presenting the award to Palatine manager Sarah Connolly, watched by Ben Johnson and Sarah Glyn-Jones. (Not in picture: Linda Jukes)
Cask Ale Week
Pubs all over the land celebrated Cask Ale Week on 6 – 13 April, culminating in a “World’s Biggest Toast” on the Saturday.
If you have a photo of the Toast or other Cask Ale Week event in your pub, send it to us and we will put it on this site and in our magazine.
Photo shows CAMRA members raising a toast to cask ale at The Shovel, with licensees Louise and Gary Wood (front right)
New Brewery Takes Wing
The Kirkby Lonsdale Brewery has officially launched on 9 April in the Orange Tree (Kirkby Lonsdale). Three beers were on sale.
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