Campaign for Real Ale

Pub and Brewery News - January 2018

Wednesday 10 January 2018

The following pub and brewery news was reported at the Branch Social Meeting on Wednesday 10th January 2018.

Pub News

The West Hoe lease is up for sale; the Two Trees, Union Street, is to be reopened as a traditional pub by Frank Kelly, from Gipsy Moth; the Three Crowns, on the Barbican, remains closed following the death of the landlord; the Walkhampton Inn has been fully surveyed now it is open for food and drinks; the Stannary Brewery Tap is shut during January for brewery relocation; There is confusion over whether or not food is served at the Artillery Arms; How long has the Somerset Arms, North Road West, been closed? the Drakes Drum, Plymstock, is open; the Eighteen87, Laira bridge, has been sold to developers for accommodation; the Boringdon Arms, Turnchapel, has a Beer Festival on the 26th and 27th January. Cask Marque accreditation has been gained by James Street Vaults and the California Inn; none have been removed.

Brewery News

None!

We would like to wish all new licensees all the very best in their new ventures!