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hondo
15-12-2011, 08:11
http://www.eatoutmagazine.co.uk/online_article/National-Pub-of-the-Year-2011-finalists-announced-/15053

http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/1164/

http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/61960/

http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/61187/

http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/59260/
Soup Dragon
15-12-2011, 08:14
http://www.eatoutmagazine.co.uk/online_article/National-Pub-of-the-Year-2011-finalists-announced-/15053

Is is true that they are all Ember Inns?
gillhalfpint
15-12-2011, 08:24
The Front and the Engineers are not Ember Inns. We go to the Front every time we are in Cornwall and they can have a variety of ales in - not ALL Skinners. It is some time since we did the Engineers, but it was a great pub with an enthusiastic landlady for real ales when we were there in 2006.

Haven't been to the other 2.
trainman
15-12-2011, 12:46
Only one tick for me, this time. The Engineers. Since when was Bedfordshire in East Anglia?
RogerB
17-12-2011, 11:07
All have eluded me so far.
rpadam
17-12-2011, 15:28
50% - Engineers Arms, Henlow and the Bridge End, Ruabon - both excellent pubs, with the first being one of the finest I've visited...
Bucking Fastard
17-12-2011, 16:45
Not been in any of them ,although I have photographed The Engineers Arms without ever venturing inside:o
AlanH
18-12-2011, 15:22
I have only been in one of them - The Bridge End at Ruabon (again, not an Ember Inn). This pub was closed down a few years ago as an uneconomical out of town pub. The pubco that ran it said there was no demand for Real Ale in the area.
The McGivern family bought it and turned its fortunes around. There are now usually six ales on tap with a couple of them from the on site McGiverns brewery. It would get my vote showing how the correct management could bring many "dead end" pubs back to life. To date, the only review I have given a perfect 10!
AlanH
09-02-2012, 16:56
It would get my vote showing how the correct management could bring many "dead end" pubs back to life. To date, the only review I have given a perfect 10!

Congratulations to The Bridge End (http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/61960/) at Ruabon in winning the "Camra National Pub of the Year for 2011". A superb pub with very welcoming management, and of course, Excellent Ale from their own brewery and chosen guests.:cheers::notworthy::drinkup::drinkup::bemer ry:
NickDavies
10-02-2012, 11:29
There was a nice piece (http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01bmq28#synopsis) on R4 this morning. FF to 49 minutes in.
Delboy20
11-02-2012, 13:53
Haven't been in any of them I am ashamed to say. Maybe one day !!
Soup Dragon
13-02-2012, 12:25
Maybe one day !!

We can toast McLeish going :(