Real Ale Trail
Within a few miles of Marple there are many pubs providing Real Ales. Several but not all are supplied by Robinsons Brewery of Stockport.
Robinsons have laid on different brews for their participating pubs:
The Hatters Arms: Double Hop
Hare & Hounds (Millbrow):Hartley’s XB
Ring o’ Bells: Dissy blond
Andrew Arms: Cumbria Way
Northumberland Arms: Old Stockport Bitter
Other pubs that are involved are;
Spring Gardens, Lane Ends, Oddfellows, Midland, Sportsman, Royal Oak (Strines), Romper, Crown (Hawk Green), Marple Tavern, Railway.
The circuit will be:
Hollins – Railway – Hatters – Spring Gardens – Andrew Arms – Northumberland Arms – Lane Ends – Hare & Hounds (Millbrow) – Oddfellows – Midland – Sportsman – Royal Oak (Strines) – Ring o’ Bells – Romper – Crown (Hawk Green) – Marple Tavern - Railway
The Festival Review will print an 8-box grid with a box for each Robbies’ beer (the five listed above plus Unicorn Bitter, Hatters Mild and bottled Old Tom. Anyone drinking a half of each will get their form signed and will go into a draw on the Saturday. Robinsons will provide 2 x cases of Old Tom and 2 x cases of Double Hop as prizes and half a dozen T shirts (one each for the drivers of the minibuses?).
VIP Taxis (427 0777) will provide the minibus(es). The minibuses will run on the Wed, Thurs and Friday evenings of Festival week starting at 7pm in the bus layby at The Hollins. They will charge £3 for a ticket (VIP to provide tickets) which will allow ticket holders to get on and off the minibus at their chosen pubs. The minibuses will have advertising on the sides. Copies of the Festival newspaper with the story and beer grid will be left for the participating pubs to leave on counters.
A good time will be had by all.
