As I'm spending 3 days based in Preston, it provided a good opportunity to revisit some pubs in Warrington but I visited a new pub for in Preston. The Continental is away from the town centre but was fairly close to my hotel so I went there first.
And a couple of photos of the adjacent railway viaduct.
Then on to Warrington. First stop was the Friar Penketh for a couple of Weterspoons festival beers.
Then to the Lower Angel for a new brewery and I was in luck. I had 2 beers from Tipsy Angel brewery which is located in a building at the back of the pub. Mild Angel 3.6% and Paddy's Angel ( a stout) 4.5% were both drunk. The beers brewed here are based on old Taylor Walker beers which the brewer had researched for himself. He showed me the results and has quite a number of old recipe details. The recipes have had to be scaled for the Tipsy Angel brewery it brews just one brewers barrel at a time.
So here are the photos:
And the Tipsy Angel brewery is shown below:
I then went to the Ring O Bells but as it only had Wells & Youngs - Courage Directors, I declined a drink. photos taken of pub anyway.
Then to the Tavern which is the home of the 4T's brewery.
A fantastic choice of beers here with 8 handpumps plus the adjacent music room was open (fri sat and sun only I believe) with another 4 handpumps.
The outside of the pub:
And inside
Music bar |
music bar |
main bar |
main bar |
main bar |
main bar |
And finally the Looking Glass for food and festival beers. Then train back to Preston and bed.
Tavern looks a bit plastic inside...
ReplyDeleteThe main bar is good, the music bar does look a bit plastic but the beer range is excellent in my opinion if you like hoppy beers.
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