The Marsh House, Marsh (map) has reopened today. The internal layout is unchanged, but they now have 6 handpumps currently serving 5 beers, from Ossett, Cottage, Copper Dragon & George Wright breweries. Apparently the pub is free from tie, so expect a changing range of beers to be on offer.
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Two Local Beer Festivals
Colne Valley Lions will be holding their annual Slaithwaite Moonraker Beer Festival at Slaithwaite Conservative Club, HD7 5HF (map). The festival starts on Thu 12th Nov and runs until Sat 14th Nov.
The New Charnwood at Heckmondwike, WF16 0EH (map) will be holding their first beer festival, between Fri 13th Nov and Sun 15th Nov.
Mallinson’s Brewery Trip on Monday 9th November
The Branch will be having a trip around Mallinson’s Brewery, Plover Road, Lindley, Huddersfield, HD3 3PJ (map). It will start at 7:30pm on Monday 9th November.
Catch the 19:24 371 bus from Westgate, Huddersfield, get off at Lindley Clock Tower and walk up Plover Road.
We hope to see you there.
Branch Social Crawl of Berry Brow on Monday 2nd Nov
We will be having a Social Crawl of Berry Brow (map) starting at 8pm on Monday 2nd November.
Catch the 19:40 314 bus from Huddersfield Bus Station. We will be starting at 8pm at the Railway, HD4 7LT. We will move on at 9pm to Berry Brow Liberal Club, HD4 7NF.
We hope to see you there.
Huddersfield Oktoberfest 2009 Beers of the Festival
Here are the results of the Beer of the Festival Competition held at Huddersfield Oktoberfest 2009.
Overall Beer of the Festival: Scarlet Pimpernel 4.4% abv, Mallinsons Brewing Co., Lindley , Huddersfield
Mild of the Festival: Tamarin Mild 3.6% abv, Brass Monkey Brewery, Sowerby Bridge, Halifax
Best Bitter of Festival: Scarlet Pimpernel 4.4% abv, Mallinsons Brewing Co., Lindley, Huddersfield
Strong Ale of the Festival: 1845 6.3% abv, Fullers, London
Porter of the Festival: Guthlacs Porter 5.0% abv, Golcar Brewery, Golcar, Huddersfield
Stout of the Festival: Oatmeal Stout 4.3% abv, Mallinsons Brewing Co., Lindley, Huddersfield
Runner Up: Shot in the Dark 8.0% abv, Elland Brewery, Elland, Halifax
Speciality Beer of the Festival: Marble Ginger 4.5% abv, Marble Brewery, Manchester
Summer Pub of the Season Presentation at Wills O’ Nats, Blackmoorfoot
The Summer Pub of the Season Presentation will be at the Wills O’ Nats, Blackmoorfoot HD9 5PS (map) at 8pm on Mon 26th Oct.
Catch the 19:15 182 bus from Huddersfield Bus Station & then walk/lift from Blackmoorfoot Turning Circle.
On the return, we will walk/lift to Blackmoorfoot Turning Circle & catch the 22:18 182 bus back to Huddersfield Bus Station
We hope to see you there.
Beer Festival at Swan, Crimble
The Swan at Crimble, Slaithwaite, HD7 5BQ (map) will be holding one of their regular Beer Festivals from Thu 22nd to Sun 25th Oct.