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.

Wheatsheaf, Frankwell, Shrewsbury

Wheatsheaf, Frankwell, Shrewsbury, originally uploaded by NorrieP.

Lee (formerly of The Salopian) has now taken over this historic pub in the Frankwell area of Shrewsbury, just over the Welsh Bridge from the town centre. Lee has already made a significant difference to the quality of the beer, and I expect the improvement will continue!

There are two Wheatsheafs in central Shrewsbury. If you aim for one but get the other it's not a disaster, as they both serve good beer.

POTY

POTY, originally uploaded by NorrieP.

Shrewsbury and West Shropshire CAMRA branch voting for our Pub of The Year (POTY). I won't tell you the result yet, but you might have seen that The Salopian was a runner up.

By the way, this is the back room of the Admiral Benbow in Swan Hill, itself no mean real ale supplier, and always a ready outlet for Bishop's Castle beers(and real ciders) in Shrewsbury.

Spotted

Spotted, originally uploaded by NorrieP.

Nigel Bevan holding forth in the back bar of the Coach and Horses in Shrewsbury. In fact, we heard Nigel's dulcet tones in the other bar first, and then spotted him on the CCTV above the front bar. I like the idea of this photo.

In the Coach

In the Coach, originally uploaded by NorrieP.

On a walk round Shrewsbury, Sue and I bumped into CAMRA's illustrious Branch secretary and Simon, off duty from the Salopian, in the Coach and Horses, which was serving Mud CIty Stout in addition to its usual beers and some other guests. We walked on for a bit, but this is the last photo worth showing. If Nigel's mouth seems a bit blurred it's because he didn't stop talking...