A new micropub has opened up in Hurts Yard in Nottingham city centre. The Barrel Drop is on the site of a former seafood restaurant and promises to have at least one local ale on at all times along with up to 11 other other real ales from around the country. I paid this place a…
Banker Michael Wren – farther of two, gave up his job in the city in order to open Eltham’s first micropub ‘The Long Pond’ after having an epiphany. The idea began after Michael’s parents moved to Tankerton and experienced the local micropub ‘The Tankerton Arms’. He said: “My dad told me about the micro pub…
Landlord of The Four Candles micro pub – Mike Beaumont is donating all proceeds from the first cask of ale to be brewed from Britain’s smallest pub in order to make a donation to ‘Brain Tumour Research’. The charity relies on donation from the public as only 1% of the national spend on cancer research…
Beerhouse – previously a pop-up event pub has now officially opened and is the first micropub within the Harborough District. Co-founders Jon Pollard and Ivan Sheldrake held three pop-up events since October, but fully opened Beerhouse on December 5th 2014 as they were granted a premises licence by the local Council. Located at a former shop…
The first micropub has landed in Chelmsford in Essex based in a disused shop in Moulsham Street and is called the Hop Beer Shop. It will be adhering to the typical micro pub values, a small venue that promotes a good chat over a beer with no loud music or electronic gadgets. There are a total…
James Duddy and Jessica Bravinder planned to open a new micro-pub in Kentish Town by refurbishing former book store “The Hellenic Bookservice”. However, their application to open “The Pickled Polecat” micro-pub was refused by the Camden Council at the Town Hall this week due to neighbours objecting to the idea, claiming that the micro-pub would…
The Heritage micropub in Sheppey has joined forces with the Mad Cat Brewery and the Spitalfield Trust to create a 4% amber bitter to help restore the Sheerness Dockyard Church. The new ale is to be called Heritage Dockyard Church Ale and 30p from the sale of every pint will go into the project fund to convert the site…
Traditional UK pubs have seen a decline in numbers since 1980 with numbers dropping from near 70,000 to under 50,000. Traditional UK pubs have been closing at a rate of 28 pubs per week however, the amount of micro pubs have been increasing yearly with around 80 opening throughout the UK in the past two…
Beerhouse co-founders Joe Pollard and Ivan Sheldrake have been running a pop-up pub in Market Harborough, with it’s main supplier being Hart Family Brewery located in Wellingborough. The pop-up pub will be holding an open weekend but plans to open full-time in December making Beerhouse the first micro pub available in Market Harborough. Mr Pollard…