Robbies to close brewery tap

Robinson's ?

Who cares....

Sounds like bull to me.

IIRC there is a business unit or two just round the back. PAC International (unless they moved) are/were one.

Or it may be because, as a land-locked urban local pub, they have deemed it unviable following the smoking ban.

well, me, a little - they brew some decent beer (OldTom is a corker & I had a stunning pint of Unicorn, I think in Blossoms, Stockport a while back) & own a fair few real ale pubs.

Understandable that having office spave next to the brewery is useful (& as Peter suggests below the smoking ban may have hastened the decision) but it still does seem a shame to me that a brewery tap should be lost. cheers, MikeMcG

is this possible????????

There is a view that the Spread Eagle is only nominally the brewery tap, by virtue of being on the brewery site. If Robbies' management want to impress a visitor, they take them to the Arden Arms instead, a much busier pub that provides a real showcase for their beers.

well, I think I was as surprised as you, but it did happen to me, yes (my beery brother & sis-in-law also enjoyed both pub & beer too). MikeMcG

I think this goes to show that even cooking bitters have the potential to excel. I reember being told by an ex-Greenalls employee that he could rarely match the product he sampled regularly at the brewery with anything offered by the vast majority of their tied houses. He could perhaps name a handful where he'd be able to order a pint which was served as it was supposed to be. My own experience of Greenalls products was that they were rather lacking in character. Presumably none of the pubs I sampled it in were on his list.

Last week I had a pint of Coach House Farrier's Bitter at the Red Lion in Moore. It had a familiar taste which was quite pleasant, restrained at first but with a strong finish. Given the origin of the Coach house brewery, was this the way Greenalls was intended to be or used to be before I came along?

On 21 Jul, 15:28, MikeMcG

I agree. The Spread Eagle has real character and it seems daft for a large brewer to close its brewery tap. The Arden is suitably "posh enough" for Robbies to eschew entertaining at the Spread, but its still a good pub.