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Beer drinkers’ call to Arms

Steve Bradley, landlord of the Fulford Arms, who is               hosting a Easter beer and music festival

8:34am Wednesday 27th March 2013

TWO pubs in York are holding beer festivals over the Easter weekend.

York pubs shortlisted for best bar title

Golden Fleece

7:47am Tuesday 26th March 2013

STUFFED animals, ghosts and sexy landlords are just some of the qualities possessed at the five pubs shortlisted for the title of the best bar in York.

Cavalry charge

Dan Murphy, the  new landlord of The Lighthorseman pub

8:00am Saturday 23rd March 2013

GAVIN AITCHISON toasts some good news for the pub industry.

York pub in beer guide axe row

The Blue Bell in Fossgate, York

9:35am Friday 22nd March 2013

ONE of York’s most historic and famous pubs has been controversially axed from a top national guide following a row over its admissions policy.

New £1.37m pub to open in Selby

8:39am Friday 22nd March 2013

THE new JD Wetherspoon pub is set to open in Selby next week, following a £1.37 million refurbishment.

Another award for Wold Top Brewery

9:43am Thursday 21st March 2013

A BREWERY in North Yorkshire has added another industry award to its growing list of achievements.

Neva had it so good....

Pivni manager Khaled Abdulgani with the Sierra Nevada beers

1:49pm Saturday 16th March 2013

GAVIN AITCHISON reports on a new beer venture in York.

Community spirit

Dawn Paylor and Martin Scott raise a pint to Bishopthorpe’s beer festival, running next Saturday and Sunday at the Sports and Social Club

11:47am Saturday 9th March 2013

GAVIN AITCHISON reports on some beer festivals coming your way.

York pub to be relaunched as steak restaurant called The Whippet Inn

7:25am Saturday 9th March 2013

A CITY-centre pub in York is being converted into a restaurant, getting a new lease of life and a new name.

Ale and hearty for charity cyclists

8:27am Saturday 9th March 2013

York Brewery has created a special ale to commemorate a fundraising bike ride for Red Nose Day.

Vote for your favourite pub

10:30am Thursday 7th March 2013

NOMINATIONS for the public’s favourite pub or bar for the Visit York Tourism Awards close on March 15.

Rooster’s and Taylors of Harrogate create beer using a blend of coffee

7:51am Wednesday 6th March 2013

YORKSHIRE brewery Rooster’s Brewing Co has joined forces with Taylors of Harrogate to create a beer using a blend of coffee.

Ales well that ends well

The Star Inn Weaverthorpe

12:16pm Saturday 2nd March 2013

GAVIN AITCHISON finds himself almost lost in the Wolds this week

Famous pub remains derelict and unsold

SMUGGLERS’ HAUNT: The 17th Century Saltersgate Inn

10:58am Thursday 28th February 2013

A FAMOUS Yorkshire pub that shut down six years ago remains is continuing attract interest but remains unsold, the owner says.

Medieval bog myrtle beer revived by North Yorkshire micro-brewery

John Lewis and  partner Jane Blackman of the Treboom Brewery with bog myrtle from the North York Moors, used to make the Myricale beer

8:50am Thursday 28th February 2013

A MEDIEVAL beer made from the plant bog myrtle – harvested from wild moorland peat bogs – is helping raise awareness of the endangered habitat.

Welcome arrival for Blue Boar

Landlord Jason Hawkins of the Blue Boar pub, Castlegate, York, raises a glass of his “perfect” beer

11:08am Saturday 23rd February 2013

GAVIN AITCHISON finds the beer in great condition at The Blue Boar in Castlegate.

Landlord reaches innkeeping semi-finals

9:12am Saturday 23rd February 2013

A PUB landlord from a village near York has reached the semi-finals of a national competition.

Pubs aim to chalk up a bar billiards revival

Mike Shalcross, right, and Jon Fulton with the 1930s bar billiards table at The Phoenix Inn.

8:29am Wednesday 20th February 2013

TWO York pubs are teaming up to try to revive local interest in one of England’s historic bar-room games.

Pack in action as pub reopens

Paul Crossman and Scott Spence behind the bar the Woolpack pub in Fawcett Street.

1:12pm Saturday 16th February 2013

GAVIN AITCHISON welcomes a small pub that packs a lot in

Can you solve pub’s video mystery?

A still from the video shot at The Winning Post in 1988 - DV & The Clients in action

8:36am Friday 15th February 2013

MUSIC fans and pub-goers in York are being asked to wind back the clock 25 years to help to solve a video mystery.



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