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ONE PUB ONLY?
Bridge Bier Huis
CRAWLING FROM RAILWAY STATION TO THE GROUND?
Ministry of Ale, the Bridge and Sparrow Hawk
SOMETHING A LITTLE DIFFERENT?
Ministry of Ale
CHANGES FROM GUIDE
Sparrow Hawk - Closed
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2 Bank Parade BB11 1UH Telephone 01282 411304 W www.thebridgebierhuis.co.uk
G Simon Scott
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O Closed Mon - Tue, 12 to 12 Wed - Thu 12 to 2 a.m. Sat, 12 to 12 Sun Open from 5 on Tue if Burnley are at home
The Bier Huis is just outside the town centre and convenient for the central station and walk a to the ground. This back - street corner bar has an updated traditional look with café furniture, yet retaining a bar with snug layout. It is often packed, with Clarets from distant supporters clubs, who meet up here. Also try the masses of continental beers. During the day the pub is a serious ale house, no music or games to divert the supper from ale and good conversation. But it is also well known for acoustic nights when this pub will be packed. Similarly at 2 before a game the faithful have yet to depart’ leaving it in notorious Turf Moor style at 10 to 3 “and returning again at 5” (again at 4.30 in some seasons.) The trendiness of the Bridge extends to real ale fashion by offering 40 plus European bottled ales and speciality lagers alongside the ever - changing microbrews.
UPDATE: The pub has proven to be the division’s most popular pub among the readers who voted in my 06 - 07 online poll. Closed when I visited as it was a Tuesday Doh! European draft ales include Leffe Blonds, St Louis Kriek, Erdinger and Budvar
BWV 17.12.04: 3 Rivers IPA, Archers Seasonal Greetings, Bowland Baa Humbug, Hydes Bitter, Saxon Midnight Hour Cider
BWV: 12.06.06: Cottage Germany Calling, Everards Svengal Tiger, Hydes Original, Milestone Black Pearl, Three B’s Bee on the Ball | |  The Coal Clough
41 Coal Clough Lane BB11 4PG Telephone 01282 423226
G Bob and Pat Duckworth
SP TV JB P
O 12 to 12
The Coal Clough, along with the General Scarlett were pubs that I would like to have entered in last year’s guides but I concentrated on the town centre for that edition. The Coal Clough comes highly recommended by Burnley folk as a great community local and an essential visit for those undertaking a best of Burnley pub crawl.
The pub is high on the hill that lies between the motorway and town centre. The local area is one of terraced streets and has a typical friendly feel. Bob and Pat have been here for years, and since 2000 as landlord and lady. The beer list has three regulars that include the Massey’s ale. This is unusual in itself. Bob and the locals will tell you the details of how and why this is the only outlet for the name. The pub will be undergoing a redecoration over the next year. At present it is very blue. There are two traditionally styled rooms, a great back room that is a games room without a pool table, i.e. the locals love to play card games, darts and dominoes. The main bar is longer and similarly comfortable in the carpeted lounge style. The pub is busy in the evenings especially when the quiz nights are held or when live music takes up the end of the room that has stage lighting. The football fans that use this pub include Bob, who was happy to share his experiences of watching the Dons with me. The Coal Clough will be a very friendly mid point for that aforementioned pub crawl.
BWV 6.06.06: Cains Bitter, Shepherd Neame Kent’s Best, Tower Massey’s Original Ale, Whistleblower, Worthington Best | |  General Scarlett
243 Accrington Rd BB11 5ET Telephone 01282 831054 W www.moorhouses.co.uk/pubs/general_scarlett.html
G Lynne Murton
SP TV JB P D
O 12 to 2 Tue - Thu, 11 to 12 Fri – Sat
No trip to Burnley would be complete without a visit to the tap room of the Moorhouse’s brewery. The photo was taken from the brewery car park and indeed my first visit found the pub totally refurbished and the full list of ales on offer. Lynne has been here for nine years or so and has been host not only to the locals but also to the mahttp://www.moorhouses.co.uk/pubs/general_scarlett.htmlny who visit the brewery and the bar that doubles as a shop window. The refurbishment is very well done, especially in the way that real ale enthusiasts can share in the successes of the brewery. The awards, including that for one of their national champion beers, are displayed in the modern yet cosy snug near the pub door. Mum was proud to point out a photo of her son hauling barrels for the brewery as a new employee seventeen years ago. The sense of community involvement continues within the fantastic games room at the back of the pub. This is also a trophy room for the many pub teams and apparently the older boys who use the pub can recognise their relatives in photos of long - gone Clarion Club cricket teams.
The beer is the major pull here. This is the highest and most distant point of the crawl. I would start here, especially if I had arrived from the motorway because it is all down hill to town. There will be a few football fans in on a lunchtime, many of whom will be similarly interested in swapping tales of real ale. They are used to welcoming strangers to their local and so it would be rude not to join them.
BWV 6.06.06: Moorhouses Black Cat, Blond Witch, Pendle Witches Brew, Pride of Pendle, Premier | |  Ministry of Ale
9 Trafalgar St BB11 1TQ Telephone 01282 830909 W www.ministryofale.co.uk
G Mick Jacques
SP
O 5 to 11 Mon - Thu, Closed Wed, 12 to 11 Fri - Sat, 12 to 10.30 Sun
I had one of the top hours of the year in the company of Mick and some not - so - local regulars. He told me it has been a pub since 1860 and was rebuilt when the brewery made this their taphouse. This pub, with brewery attached, has it all for people like me who revel in the stories of brewery renaissance. While tiny, it draws in regulars from far and near and offers guests to complement their own varieties. Everything in the pub convinces you that the beer is strong but it isn't. Nothing is square, the floor is uneven. The tables are lovingly made by the landlord who holds centre stage in the personally designed apex of the bar. It all adds to the charm of the place. I wish their beers could be found in other pubs. But demand here is so great it rarely happens. The pub also “holds great art exhibitions;” on my visit it included photos of pubs old and new. So to the back bar I ventured, ale in hand, to spend time admiring pictures of Burnley’s lost boozers.
UPDATE: The pub is still brilliant. It too was closed when I visited, i.e. it doesn’t open until 5. Moonstone beers and guests are the norm.
BWV 17.12.04: King Alfred's Hampshire Bitter, Moonstone Craggy's, Wobble, Young’s Special
BWV.2.6.06: Derwent Summer Rose, Harviestoun Schiehallion, Moonstone Black Star, Pale Amber
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