More West Yorkshire Pub Beer Festivals

I totally agree it is a hidden gem - do they still do pie and peas? Wonderful!

However, people should be warned that it is upstairs.

If you do go, beware the settee - it has been known to eat people!

Yes, but it's under new ownership [but the same bar management] and the menu has been expanded considerably.

True, but I've seen a chap in a wheelchair in there. His mates carried him upstairs, complete with chair, and back down again!

Gone, I'm afraid. The new owners have replaced the more tattered furniture with leather sofas and chairs.

I popped in last Tuesday for a pint. Still very much the same feel about the place. I remember it from the days of the good old Egyptian Sand and Gravel Company - beat that for the name of a brewery!

Oh and speaking of warning people, those over 6ft should beware of the beams!

Shame!!

Oh yes. I wonder what the owner of that brewery is doing now?

Well being under 5 ft I never noticed...

Hmm - am I the only one to still have one of the former brewery's T-shirts, I wonder?

Good beer festival, regardless.

Been there for several pints this evening, and it's definitely worth a visit for a pint or three more!

Officially bankrupt.

warning people, those over 6ft should beware of the

Yes - why worry, no-one else does!

Well you've got your hat to cushion you from the traumas of the beam, Mike!

Mike, what beers are on the Navigation at Mirfield? Could be quite handy for us travelling from Hebden Bridge-Wakefield to Red Shed, Fernandes etc,

Must do the leggers again also-no doubt there will be time after the current crop of Santas

Theakstons Best Bitter, Mild, XB, and Olde Peculier, plus John Smiths Bitter, all at £2.30 / pint.

Plus 5 changing guest beers - I haven't checked them out, but one of them last week was Sharps Doom Bar, and that and two others were being sold at £1.50 / pint. All in good condition too, I'm told.

They're doing another beer festival at the end of January.

The other good place for real ale in Mirfield is the Old Colonial Club, but it's a long hike from the station.

Yes. Great pub, and the festival was going well when I was there (twice) over the weekend.

And here's the beer list:

Anglo Dutch Brewery - Pacific Gem - 3.8% - £2.10

- Full bodied. Pale ale

Yorkshire Dales Brewery - Ivy Scar - 3.9% - £2.10

- A mahogany dark ale which is mildly hopped.

Leeds Brewery - Leeds Pale - 3.9% - £

- An easy drinking pale ale, Light and hoppy with a delicate hoppy nose.

Durham Brewery - Bonny Lass - 3.9% - £2.10

- Ruby malty, full bodied bitter.

Conway Brewery - Honey Fair - 4.5% - £2.30

- Amber best bitter with hints of a honey sweetness taste with a hoppy bitter finish.

Harviestoun Brewery - Schiehallion - 4.8% - £2.30

- Scottish cask lager, brewed using a lager yeast and Hersbrucker hops. Fruit and malty bitter with a floral twist.

Caledonian Brewery - Elf Esteem - 4.0% - £2.10

- A special tawny coloured, easy drinking winter bitter with a trace of orange and molasses giving a rich and smooth texture

Breconshire Brewery - Bah Humbug - 5.0% - £2.50

- Golden Christmas ale brewed with fruit and spices (Christmas pudding in a golden ale)

Brentwood Brewery - Chestnut Stout - 4.0% - £2.20

- An easy drinking but tasty stout brewed with local chestnuts.

Great Orme Brewery - Winter Ale - 4.2% - £2.20

- A biscuit coloured ale with a blackcurrant and cinnamon nose

Skinners Brewery - Christmas Fairy - 3.9% - £2.10

- Ideal Christmas session ale, light and crisp with a superb hoppy finish.

Hook Norton Brewery - Old Hooky - 4.6% - £2.30

- An unusual reddish/brown beer with a strong nutty aroma. Full bodied with a bittersweet aftertaste.

Hidden Brewery - Hidden Pleasure IPA - 4.9% - £2.30

- Revisit the pleasure of the British Empire with this traditional IPA. Deep golden with a strong dry and big aftertaste.

Phoenix Brewery - Fresh Hope Bitter - 3.8% - £2.10

- A brand new beer so fresh from the brewery we haven't had time to taste it yet. It's from Phoenix though so you know it'll be good!

Acorn Brewery - Snowstorm - 4.0% - £2.20

- Pale, straw coloured bitter with a lasting hop aroma.