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Home / Local Areas / Cheshire
See also the listings for Greater Manchester, as the boundaries can be a bit confusing and many of the pubs are in easy reach.
The Bier House off licence, 49 Whitby Road, Ellesmere Port, CH65 8AB [map]. Tel: 0151 357 1181. They claim: "We currently stock approximately 40 different brands of German Beer and have separate shelves for Weisse Beers, Pilsner, Export, dark beers and specialist beers and are currently awaiting our stock of Oktoberfest beers..." plus a range of glasses. "We also stock a wide range of Belgian beers and other beers from around the world including Spain, Poland, Turkey, Greece, Holland, France, America, Argentina, Japan, Portugal and others upon request. We also cater for specialist orders..." Latest update: "Oktoberfest beers now in stock (Paulaner, Spaten, Löwenbrau & Hofbrau). Also now in stock, Thier Pils, Licher Pils, Karg Weiss, Paulaner Salvator, Schneider Aventinus and Erdinger Pikantus. Case deals available and offers on Oktoberfest stein glasses". Sounds excellent.
Bhurtpore Inn, Wrenbury Road,
Aston, Nantwich, Cheshire CW5 8DQ (just off the A530 Nantwich - Whitchurch road)
[map],
it can also be reached after a 12 minute walk from Wrenbury railway station on
the Crewe - Shrewsbury line. Tel: 01270 780917.
Dave Icke (thanks, Dave!)
reports: "The pub has been voted 'Best Pub in Cheshire' for the Out
Inn Cheshire CAMRA beer guide as well as being entered in the GBG for a
number of years now. The emphasis is on British and Belgian beers with a smaller
selection of German beer. On draught as regulars there is Erdinger Weissbier and
Bitburger, together with a bottled range which generally consists of the
following:- Erdinger (Dunkel, Helles, Schneeweisse, Pikantus and
Alkoholfrei(!)); Heller Trum (Schlenkerla Rauchbier); Hofmark (Herb Wurzig);
Kaiserdom (Dunkel); Kostritzer (Schwarzbier); Oechsner (Maerzen and
Schwarzbier); Rauchenfels (Steinbier and Steinweiss); Schultheiss (Berliner
Weiss with a choice of syrup(!)); Schneider (Weiss and Aventinus). Occasionally
the range may vary with addition or substitution. Together there is as mentioned
10 handpumps with boring British beer and also Pilsner Urquell and 2 Belgian
beers on draught (currently Van Honsebrouck K8 and Timmermans Peche) plus 100+
bottled Belgian, American, Czech, etc beers. There is a Beer festival in July
10th - 15th - for British beer. [...] the beer festival has open field for
caravans and camping just behind the pub for the week that it's on. The food
there is spot on too." If this weren't enough, the pub also stocks that
rarest and most gorgeous of Belgian beers, Westvleteren, according to Jason
Herring (Cheers, Jason).
See also a review of this pub by
Roger Protz
and the AA's pub review.
The Borough Arms, Earle St, Crewe. (North of railway station, about 20 min walk). Dave Icke states: "The landlord here has Bitburger on draught rotating with other continental 'lagers' and on my last visit had Kaiserdom Kristal in bottles. [...] predominantly Belgian beers here with 6 'Cobra' fonts on the bar and a range of about 30 different bottles, also about 6 handpumps of the boring stuff. He is willing to branch out into more German beers if there is a demand"
Old Market Tavern, Old Market Place, Altrincham, Cheshire WA14 4DN [map]. Tel: 0161 927 7062. This brewpub is home to the Altrincham Brewing Company and their Cheshire Cat Ales. Cheshire CAMRA report: "The Old Market Tavern seems to have no limits to its imagination: we now hear that gravity-served draught German beer is to be introduced. Go there!" Source: http://www.camracheshire.freeserve.co.uk/News/News.htm
The Sportsman, 57 Mottram Road Hyde Cheshire England SK14 2NN [map]. Tel: 0161 368 5000. Sells Dortmunders on tap, according to www.Real-Ale-Guide.co.uk.
The Cornerhouse Shop, 94 Park Road, Sale, Cheshire M33 6HZ [map] Off licence. Stocks beers from Beer Paradise.
Barleycorn's
42 Welsh Row,
Nantwich,
CW5 5EJ. T: 01270 611733, W: barleycorns.co.uk. A reader states: "Its German beers are: Kaiserdom Pilsner, Veltins Pilsner, Erdinger Hefe Weisse, Schneider Aventinus, Dortmunder Union Export, Kostritzer Schwarzbier, Diebel Alt, Fruh Kolsch, Paulaner Salvator and Shlenkerla Rauchbier. In addition there are two changing beers, currently these are Augustiner Franziskaner Hefe Weisse and Edelstoff.
Open every afternoon from Tuesday to Saturday."
If you know of anywhere that I've missed (and there must be many), please let me know using the feedback form below.
It's worth checking out the mainstream off licences and major supermarkets, and if you still can't find what you're looking for locally, try our Mail Order listings.
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