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WE love our pubs and our drink here on Merseyside. And even though there are those who will be keen to deny it, drinking culture and the inspiration it provides was an important ingredient in Liverpool winning the Capital of Culture nomination. Hopefully by reading this weekly missive those who would beg to differ may begin to understand why. Cheers!

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June 2007 Archives

Booze-Up Down On The Farm June 26

Posted by Mike Chapple on June 26, 2007 12:33 PM

Sampling all the best of the local beers of Wirral and Cheshire in a summertime farmyard al fresco setting is an opportunity too good to miss for real ale lovers.
The Spitting Feathers brewery based at Common Farm in Waverton near Chester will be showcasing over 30 beers from eight local breweries including their own at a food and ale festival to be held at the farm on Saturday July 14.
The ales of Wirral’s Brimstage, Betwixt, Northern Brewery, Station House of Ellesmere Port, Wheatwood ales, Woodland and WC Brewery of Mickle Trafford near Chester.
Spitting Feathers proprietor Matthew Walley said: “We’re hoping that the weather’s fine for what will be great day out for all the family. We want to promote all the diverse local ales that we have in wirral and Cheshire without making it just a tarde event or something for hard core real ale drinkers to appreciate. We want it to be laugh for everybody in an authentic farmyard setting.”
He said that Spitting Feathers would be four of their favourites: Honeytrap (made from honey gathered from bee hives on the farm); Old Wavertonian; Basket Case and Crocky Trail Ale.
All will be served with quality home grown produce. All profits from the day will be divvied up at the end of the day and the money given to local charities.
“It’s all about local producers giving something back to the local community,” added Mr Walley.
Entry for the afternon session lasting from 2pm to 6pm is £4 including glass is £4 including glass while the evening session costs £5 and lasts from 7pm until 11pm.
Extra details are on spittingfeathers.org

Garrick Snug, Birkenhead, June 23

Posted by Mike Chapple on June 26, 2007 12:29 PM

There’s nothing better for the weary shopper than to find a cosy pub to lay down their Scouse briefcases (that’s plassie bags to you, missus) - and chew the fat.
One of the classics in Liverpool city centre is the Carnarvon Castle. Its equivalent over the water in Birkenhead is the Garrick Snug in the Grange Road shopping centre.

Drink Up, Stand Up, Fall Down, June 16

Posted by Mike Chapple on June 19, 2007 5:18 PM

The American writer Don Marquis once declared : “Prohibition makes you want to cry into your beer and denies you the beer to cry into.”
Which is very clever and all that.
But what precisely does the expression “crying in your beer” mean?
By contrast, “to laugh in your beer” is one far easier to understand and one which is epitomised by the Liverpool Comedy Festival’s Drink Up Stand Up pub crawls.

The Magazine, Wallasey

Posted by Mike Chapple on June 9, 2007 11:16 AM

You must be getting sick of the Pub Column saying that we live in dee best place in dee werld!
Well, we do doe don’t we?
This thought came to mind once again while on another trip to see Lady Penelope of Pensby and pop in on the Magazine pub in Wallasey.

The Lord Warden, London Road

Posted by Mike Chapple on June 8, 2007 11:50 AM

The Lord Warden on London Road is one of those bolt holes on London Road that has survived the redevelopment of a city centre thoroughfare that still, despite the amount of money spent on it, looks like a bit of a dog’s dinner.

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