Topic:	Real Ale in Corwall
Kernow Posts: 248 Posted: 26.Jan 2005 - 18:26	Can anyone give me details of pub crawls by bus, starting from St Austell. I need to know the route numbers and and pubs names by town/village. What are the best real ale pubs?
smiglet Posts: 15 Posted: 26.Jan 2005 - 19:12	when you find them let me know mind you i dont think i would get out of the village before i started to see double
Joe Posts: 781 Posted: 26.Jan 2005 - 20:14	Cornwall is a long country (but not as long as, say, Italy) in terms of bus routes and real ale pubs. Every town has a real ale pub and it seems that most towns in Cornwall are around eight to ten miles apart. A patient driver would be a better bet for a pub crawl. I would try the Driftwood Spars, St Agnes; Bird in Hand, Hayle; Blue Anchor, Helston; The Dock, Penzance; The Globe and Alehouse, Truro - oh, there are dozens of the blighters.
troll Posts: 567 Posted: 26.Jan 2005 - 21:26	There's a real-ale trail going along the Truro-Falmouth branch line. I think you can pick up a leaflet at a railway station. I guess you could start at St Austel and then get the train to Truro.
troll Posts: 567 Posted: 26.Jan 2005 - 21:55	See here for more info.
Mike Posts: 2674 Posted: 26.Jan 2005 - 22:24	Can recommend the Quayside in Falmouth or the Seven Stars for a bit of rough (err...I mean atmosphere - no I mean rustic atmosphere with a good pint)
Kernow Posts: 248 Posted: 27.Jan 2005 - 10:38	Thank you troll, much obliged.
Kernow Posts: 248 Posted: 27.Jan 2005 - 12:26	A good site to visit is www.beerintheevening.com You can add any pub not yet registered and post your own comments. Check it out.
Fulub-le-Breton Posts: 4525 Posted: 27.Jan 2005 - 12:44	http://www.carnmenellis.demon.co.uk/ Try the CAMRA Kernow website. Cornwall Branch of CAMRA Campaigning for Real Ale in Cornwall
Kernow Posts: 248 Posted: 27.Jan 2005 - 18:43	Too late. have been a CAMRA member for many years. Thanks anyway. I hope you are a member of this pressure group? We try to keep the heritage of real beer out of the hands of the multinationals based in Belgium, France and the good old US of A. We must protect our regional and national beers from extinction. Any comments any one?
Mike Posts: 2674 Posted: 27.Jan 2005 - 19:30	Yes, Kernow, one of the most successful campaigns ever run. Regional beer is better than it ever was - more choice and availability. Micro breweries, guest ales in many pubs and many large breweries have improved eg. St Austell. Many years ago beer in Cornwall used to be terrible but now its much improved - Skinners and Sharps make some good beers, as do the Cornish micros. Much or all of the improvements would be because of the action of CAMRA. I looked at the Cornish CAMRA site this afternoon and thought it was very good. I liked the story of the bus trip from Penzance to Newbridge, St Just, Pendeen and back.
Kernow Posts: 248 Posted: 27.Jan 2005 - 22:05	But did you join?????????
xxxxxx Posts: 2305 Posted: 27.Jan 2005 - 22:10	I was a CAMRA member til I emigrated. The First and Last kept a decent real ale, from a local microbrewery. I don't know if they still do. The Old Succes keeps a fantastic pint of Doom Bar.
Diane Posts: 789 Posted: 27.Jan 2005 - 23:56	"Kernow"A good site to visit is www.beerintheevening.com You can add any pub not yet registered and post your own comments. Check it out. Good site, nice checking my old local
Joe Posts: 781 Posted: 28.Jan 2005 - 10:20	I like a pint of cold Stella in The Old Success after a bit of bodyboarding at Sennen.
xxxxxx Posts: 2305 Posted: 29.Jan 2005 - 01:21	Stella? Horse piss. When the OS sells a genuine unique brew like "Doom Bar" you chose to drink mass produced rubbish like that? For shame on you man...
Kernow Posts: 248 Posted: 29.Jan 2005 - 12:05	strop, I would not have been so blunt. By the way, how do you know what hp taste like? Is it likened to 4X or VB?
xxxxxx Posts: 2305 Posted: 29.Jan 2005 - 23:50	QuoteBy the way, how do you know what hp taste like? Errmm.. I think the answer to that is to try a pint of Stella?
Stonefly Posts: 694 Posted: 30.Jan 2005 - 09:51	But surely you'd have to have tried horse p*** as well to be able to make the comparison...
xxxxxx Posts: 2305 Posted: 31.Jan 2005 - 02:33	Nope, once you've tasted Stella you have all the horse piss experience you need.