The Northern Club, new Cricket Season season is almost upon us. Local CAMRA are welcome to spectate at matches, and also for a pint on Thursday evenings throughout the year.

The 1st.XI play in their ECB Premier League, the highest level of club cricket in the country.

More info via their website https://northernclub.uk/ , fixtures at https://northern.play-cricket.com/Matches?tab=Fixture , and additional banter via https://twitter.com/northernclub .

Unfortunately due to a small committee, supporting Club of the Year (COTY), is one of the things we are having to drop. 

Therefore we will not be choosing a Club of the Year for 2023 and possibly beyond.

If you are interested in taking on the role of Clubs Officer, which will involve visiting Clubs that sell real ale and running COTY , please email me

Denbigh Castle

Neptune and Ukrainian beer expert Lana Svitankova are hosting a Neptune Brewery Tutored tasting & Ukrainian Beer Showcase Denbigh Castle on:

FRIDAY 5TH MAY, FROM 7PM

£20 PER PERSON

Guided through 6 Beers by Julie, Co-founder and Occasional Brewer at Neptune including comparing the keg & cask versions of Ukrainian Golden Ale, brewed with Kyiv’s Beermaster Brewery.

Meet Lana Svitankova our guest from Ukraine - Lana loves to write about emerging Beer culture, her passion for female beer lovers & professionals and Beer in general.

There will also be a raffle to fundraise for DEC Ukrainian Humanitarian Appeal with fabulous beery prizes!

To Book ask at Bar or email:info@thedenbighcastle.co.uk

Sanctuary Bar

Currently closed for a refurbishment.

Sanctuary Tap closed.

Two new pubs could be opening in Crosby.

The Angus Tap & Grindhave applied to licencing for the old HSBC Bank in Crosby.

The Crosby Coop are opening a pub on College Rd. Hope to have further details soon.

Carnival Brewery
Join us at Carnival for an amazing Eurovision experience! We'll be screening the live final in the Taproom. As well as this we'll have a local food vendor and a draught pint of your choice on arrival.
Dress code is: pick a finalist country, and dress as the act/country of your choice. The show will start at 8PM so to nab the best seat in the house, please arrive around 7PM
£20 entry fee with 50% of the proceeds going to Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal. Kids go free!
Link for tickets is: https://www.fatsoma.com/e/946a63lg/eurovision-final-party?utm_source=social_share&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social_share

Neptune Beerhouse
It has been a very busy year for Neptune Brewery! March saw the opening of a much larger brewery, after a move from Sefton Lane Maghull to new premises in Wakefield Road, just off Dunnings Bridge Road. Whilst an open day in March did provide an opportunity for fans of Neptune to view the new
brewery set-up and taste some Neptune beers, the new brewery no longer housed a brewery tap.
This is because Neptune had in its sights the opening of a new licensed premises which launched on the 28th of April and is situated on Liverpool Road North Maghull. The ‘Beerhouse’ will feature 12 Neptune beers with 4 on handpull and will open Thursday to Sunday (12 noon till 10pm). with a
pizza franchise ‘Two Cents Pizza’ featuring twice a month. Both the brewery and the Beerhouse are the culmination of a lot of hard work by Les & Julie O’Grady and their team and the advantage of the extended licensing hours gives them a greater opportunity to showcase their excellent beers.
The new Beerhouse is well worth a visit!

Love Lane Tap, has no real ale

Steve Foo, designer of the branches original Liver Bird Logo and regular of the Ship and Mitre, has also sadly passed away.

Sad news to report. Kevin Murray of Peninsula Pies has sadly passed away. Kevin has been supporting our festival for nearly 20 years, selling his famous pork pies and cheese and onion pasties. His presence will be missed.

Liverpool Beer Festival also held the Champion Beer of Britain North West Regional Finals for:

Congratulations to all.

The votes have been counted and our beer of the festival is:

The Blob Shop, Great Charlotte Street, is now serving cask ale. They had Rock the Boat Fab Four available on a recent visit.

The Vinesre-opened on March 29th following a refurbishment by the 1936 Pub Company. Looks impressive, see article from Liverpool Echo. https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/whats-on/food-drink-news/gallery/photos-show-stunning-revamp-iconic-26578008

The Beehive,City Centre, has reopened as the Futurist.

The Coach House have been taken over by the owners of Cask. https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/whats-on/food-drink-news/childhood-friends-run-tiny-street-26602101?utm_source=app

The Liverpool Pigeon,Crosby, has closed and after a short delay it has been bought by a chain of pubs on the Wirral called Home Brew Tap who are gutting it as we speak. The latest I have heard is that it will reopen in early May.

Jaxons, has sadly closed. The owners says this is due to the ‘ongoing cost of living crisis and lack of support from this current government making the business unviable’.

We are pleased to announce this year's Pub of the Year is The Bridewell. 

After a year back on the bars of local pubs Cains beer is no longer being brewed. Mikhail Hotels & Leisure Group had revived the Cains name and
started brewing Cains beers again, but the name is used with the agreement of the brand owners, Terracotta Asset Management. Terracotta is run by the Dusanj brothers who had previously relaunched the Cains name and brewery in 2002. This first venture ended in administration in 2008. The Dusanj
brothers reacquired the brewery and eight pubs, but brewing ceased again in 2013.

Mikhail restarted brewing in June 2022 after a substantial financial investment, trading as the Cains Brewing Company. The beers have been well received by many drinkers.

The agreement between Terracotta and Mikhail included a royalty clause based on the volume of beer produced. There is some dispute between the two parties over the interpretation of this clause so legal teams on both sides are involved. If the outcome is in favour of Terracottas version of the clause, then this makes the current brewing business unprofitable, but while this is going on production has ceased and two of the companies brewers have been laid off. Thankfully it has been reported that they have found posts elsewhere.

We hope that this dispute can be resolved quickly and that we see Cains beers in our pubs again soon.

This years Cider Pub of the Year is once again the Augustus John. We hope to do a presentation in May for Cider Month.