Real Ale (yawn…)

“It would seem that former Delvers supremo Paul Chand is now the toast of the local Campaign for Real Ale……….

On the subject of the Castle – I visited last night and introduced myself to the new owner/landlord Paul Chand. He made me very welcome and took time out to talk to explain his plans for the pub. The good news is that he is committed to maintaining the Castle as a traditional pub with a choice of real ale. He has experience of the licensed trade having run a few pubs in recent years including the Coachhouse in Legrams Lane and the Tut & Shive in Duckworth Lane. He has invested in new handpumps and lines and showed me his cellar. He is well aware of CAMRA and asked if we could advise him with regard to promoting real ale. I said that I’d bring this to the attention of the branch and will encourage members to drop in and make themselves known to him. I’m sure he will consider a Tyke Taverner ad but didn’t want to pressure him too much at this stage – I’ll follow this up.

Last night he had four ales on – Marston’s Pedigree, Mansfield Cask, Mansfield Aragon? and Hydes Jekyll’s Gold. The Hydes was in good condition. He aims to keep Mansfield Cask regular and rotate the others. He is not tied to any beer arrangement and has free choice of supplier. It’s clear that he favours Wolves & Dudley as three of the beers are from their stable. We need to encourage him to take local beers. He has Fullers ESB and Jennings Snecklifter in the cellar.

Overall it’s positive and hopefully we’ll see the Castle continue a tradition of good ale.”

Strange that there’s no mention of his glorious stint at the Delvers

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