Vicky and Keith - Prince of Wales Winter Ales Festival 11 February 2011

Vicky and Keith - Prince of Wales Winter Ales Festival 11 February 2011, originally uploaded by NorrieP.

Photos on my Flickr Photostream from a very successful Prince of Wales Winter Ales Festival.

Shrewsbury and West Shropshire CAMRA Dinner 14 Jan 2011

This is only one of the many photos which can be seen on my Flickr account:

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The dinner was held at Rococo in Shrewsbury - the food and service were first class.  Beers were provided by the Salopian Brewery (Oracle) and Stonehouse Brewery (Station Bitter) Both superb.  [I tossed a coin to decide which to list first]

Shropshire Brewers' Challenge

Shropshire Brewers' Challenge, originally uploaded by NorrieP.

Norman Pearce receiving the Shropshire Brewers' Challenge Trophy from Keith Davies and Shrewsbury and West Shropshire Branch members, at the Sun Inn, home of the Corvedale Brewery. The Shropshre Brewers' Challenge is awarded by a panel of judges at the Shresbury Beer Festival in September. Corvedale Brewery won in 2010 with St George's Stout

Shrewsbury & West Shropshire CAMRA

Shrewsbury & West Shropshire CAMRA, originally uploaded by NorrieP.

Branch members after the AGM

Three Fishes, Shrewsbury and West Shropshire Pub of the Year, 2010

Three Fishes, Shrewsbury and West Shropshire Pub of the Year, 2010, originally uploaded by NorrieP.

Now it's official - the photo's been in the Star!

Shrewsbury and West Shropshire CAMRA voted The Three Fishes, in Fish Street, Shrewsbury, Pub of the Year for 2010. Here's Keith Davies (Branch Chair) presenting the certificate to Dave Moss, the Landlord (on the right).

Salopian Brewery, Mytton Oak Road, Shrewsbury

Salopian Brewery, Mytton Oak Road, Shrewsbury, originally uploaded by NorrieP.

Managing Director Wilf Nelson holds forth to the CAMRA branch at a recent brewery tour. The Salopian Brewery range has won many awards and covers the whole range of beer types, (except mild). There are regular seasonal beers. Blackwater Brewery beers are also brewed here.

The Loggerheads, Church Street, Shrewsbury

The Loggerheads, Church Sreet, Shrewsbury, originally uploaded by NorrieP.

The Loggerheads is Shrewsbury's own CAMRA National Inventory pub because of its ancient layout and unspoilt interiors. In addition to this very small public, and a rather larger lounge, there are two small rooms served from a hatch in a passageway.

The brick frontage covers a stone core which dates from at least the 16th century. There has been a pub here since at least 1780, and it has been known as The Loggerheads since 1831

A Banks' house, it carries a wide range of Marston's products. It always has a good pint of Draught Bass and Jennings Snecklifter along with standards and seasonal beers.

Callow Inn

Callow Inn, originally uploaded by NorrieP.

Taken on a recent CAMRA monitoring trip, the Callow Inn gave us a warm welcome. In the deep west of rural Shropshire, and you can tell it's a hilly part!

Unfortunately, the pub only had one real ale on when we visited, but at least it was well kept.

Stables Inn, Hopesgate

Stables Inn, Hopesgate, originally uploaded by NorrieP.

A deeply rural pub in Shropshire, well placed, like the Callow Inn, for many lovely walks. The Stables carries three and sometimes four ales. The small mountain in the corner of the bar turns out to be the pub dog!

Three Fishes, Shrewsbury

Three Fishes, Shrewsbury, originally uploaded by NorrieP.

The Three Fishes in Fish Street in Shrewbury is in the visibly oldest part of the town, in the shadow of the 15th Century tower of St Alkmund's Church. It is itself a historic building, pprobably from the 16th Century, and carries 8 real ales and a real cider.

Like the Loggerheads, the Three Fishes was first recorded as an inn in 1780, but might well have been one before its official recognition.