This week marks the last issue of Pubpaper for this year and so it seems the perfect time to do a brief review of 2012. The year has generally been a good one personally from a pub and beer position although many in the trade may not agree with me. However the last couple of [...]
Posts Tagged ‘calderdale’
Pubpaper 688 – The Calderdale Pub Review
Posted: 15th December 2012 by santobugtio in Pub Paper, WritingTags: calderdale, hebden bridge, pubs, sowerby bridge, todmorden
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Pubpaper 679 – Real Ale = Real Money in the Till
Posted: 15th October 2012 by santobugtio in Pub Paper, WritingTags: brighouse, calderdale, Cider, Halifax, pub, real ale, sowerby bridge
It is very easy to get trapped into a cycle of visiting the same pubs repeatedly, for most people this is not an issue, in fact it is behaviour like this which keeps many local pubs profitable. Two or three pints does not sound much, but repeated 2-3 times a week plus a couple of [...]
Pubpaper 639 – A local case study into the pub scene – Hebden Bridge
Posted: 10th January 2012 by admin in Pub Paper, WritingTags: calderdale, hebden bridge, hole in the wall, pub trade, real ale, shoulder of mutton, white lion
Last week I looked briefly back at 2011, and concluded that it had not been a bad year locally regarding the pub scene in Calderdale considering the economic climate, especially in the real ale sector of the local industry, but also for local pubs, of which I observed a number of re-openings this year, especially [...]
Review of the Year – The Pub Scene in Calderdale
Posted: 22nd December 2011 by admin in WritingTags: ale, brighouse, calderdale, dirty dicks, hebden bridge, hipperholme, lewins, pubs, ring o bells, sowerby bridge
Looking back over 2011, its been a good year in the real and craft ale scene at all levels, local, regional and national. Nationally the craft and real ale scene has bucked the general downturn in beer sales over the last couple of years and new breweries are still being created and existing ones expanding [...]