In addition to the cask ales there are eight keg fonts with Track, Cloudwater and Thornbridge. This former bookshop turned stylish bar has a stainless steel bar, high wooden tables, exposed brickwork and a mural of an old Saddleworth snow scene. Serving three regular beers including JW Lees Bitter and Tim Taylor. And there is always a treat or two for the dogs.Ĭommanding impressive views of the surrounding hills, the inn, dating back to 1788, showcases a restaurant, an award-winning kitchen, function rooms, guest accommodation and beer garden. There is a varied menu of good value, home-made food including daily specials on Wednesday, Friday and Sunday. Children, dogs and walkers welcomed.įriendly, family-owned freehouse pub offers a fine selection of cask ales including Lemon Dream, Tiger Rut, Phoenix Arizona and Mansfield, The King Bill’s favoured ales include: Black Sheep best bitter and Millstone Tiger Rut. This Rushcart festival venue, better known as the King Bill, serves six real ales and pub food. This 10-barrel brewery offers brewery tours and ale samplings of 10 or more of their hand-crafted beers including Donkeystone HoppinSesh, Bad Ass Blonde and Bray.
Serves Millstone Tiger Rut, two changing ales and often Bradfield (JW Lees).Ī venue for August’s popular Rushcart Festival, this family-run pub serves food and a variety of real ales most notably: Greene King Abbot, Millstone Tiger Rut and Timothy Taylor’s Landlord. The local CAMRA branch Club of the Year 2018 is a free house with fine moorland views. Serving house beer from Coach House, supplemented by a Millstone beer and two other changing ales. There’s no Rose and Crown in Delph, Woolpack in Dobcross, Black Horse serving in Denshaw or Cloggers in Uppermill.īut there remains plenty of choice for Saddleworthians to whet their collective whistles including those listed in CAMRA’S Good Beer Guide 2020.ĭating back to 1767, this cosy pub overlooking Tame Valley, now celebrates its 28th consecutive year in the guide. Indeed, the forward is written by former Saddleworth resident, Dr Brian Cox, who wistfully recalls days quaffing JW Lees bitter.Įarlier this year, the Campaign for Real Ale said 378 pubs closed between July and December 2018 while another report suggested nearly 1,000 disappeared in 2018.Īgainst such a depressing backdrop, Saddleworth has arguably fared better than many areas in recent years. CAMRA’s Good Beer Guide 2020, dubbed the beer drinker’s bible, is out and pubs across Saddleworth are well represented in its 1,060 pages.
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