a swift one - Heavy Woollen wanderings

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I spent the second half of Saturday afternoon using the 202 bus route from Huddersfield to Leeds to visit a couple of beer venues in the Heavy Woollen area of Kirklees.



My first stop was the CAMRA award winning Old Colonial Club in Mirfield where the Ale For Heroes Beer Festival was taking place.



Eight cask beers were on sale on my visit:



Thwaites Highwayman 4.0% ABV

70th Dunkirk Spirit – Mystery Brewery 3.8% ABV

Hardy Hansons Vintage 1832 4.6% ABV

Cottage King Arthur Full Steam Ahead 4.3% ABV

Copper Dragon Best Bitter 3.8% ABV

Copper Dragon Freddie Trueman 4.0% ABV

White Rose Stairway To Heaven 4.3% ABV

Great Newsome Holderness Dark 4.3% ABV



I sampled most of the beers and found all to be of excellent quality. Of particular interest was the mystery brewery beer which I was not able to guess who the brewer was!



A while later I was back on the bus and having travelled through Dewsbury I arrived at the Fox and Hounds at Hanging Heaton located next to the legendary cricket club. This is a Punch pub run by enterprising licensee Rachel.



Four cask beers were on sale as follows:



Tetley Cask 3.7% ABV

Rudgate Ruby Mild 4.4% ABV

York Guzzler 3.6% ABV

Acorn Darkness (on special at a bargain £2 / pint) 4.2% ABV



Again all were in fine fettle and I can agree that the recent CAMRA Pub of the Season Award is well deserved.



As I left to take the next bus back to Leeds I noticed the coming next list – Old Mill Blonde Bombshell, Idle Sod, Roosters IPA.



Altogether a great afternoon in appalling weather.



David Littenhttps://blogger.googleusercontent.co....aswiftone.com


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