Opening Times 2013
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340 - January 2013
National Winter Ales Festival 2013
Trafford & Hulme Pub of the Season - The Parlour, Beech Road, Chorlton
Whither Craft Beer?
Regional Hosts
The Chorlton Challenge 2012
Letters to the Editor - The "craft keg" debate continues to rage - Miracles do happen - "Much cherished"?
Pub Of The Month - Waterloo, Waterloo Road, Stockport
Stagger - Reddish & Heaton Chapel with Steve Smith
Curmudgeon - Going to the Dogs - Oh Yes You Are!
341 - February 2013
Hope - New free house opens
Nursery is Pub Of The Year
Trafford & Hulme Winter Pub of The Season - The Parlour, Beech Road, Chorlton, Manchester
The Railway Inn, A Journey into History - 91 Wellington Road South, Stockport
High Peak Pub of the Season - The Shepherds Arms, Whaley Bridge
CAMRA Awards Gallery
Cask Champion Award, John Tune - Champion Mild Pub, Swan With Two Necks - SBCF, Peerless Brewery
High Peak Pub Scene with Frank Wood & Robin Wignall
Pub Of The Month - Railway, Wellington Road North, Heaton Norris, Stockport with John Clarke
Stagger - City Centre East with Mark McConachie
Curmudgeon - Dull or Shiny Spoons?
342 - March 2013
Rochdale's Baum is National Pub of the Year
Trafford & Hulme Club of the Year - Flixton Conservative Club
Flixton & Urmston - George Elmslie reports on the local pub scene
National Winter Ales and Beyond
Macclesfield Pub of the Season - The Macc
Pub Of The Month - The Wilfred Wood, Hazel Grove, Stockport
Stagger - Cheadle Hulme with John Sutcliffe
Curmudgeon - Not What it Used to Be - Sharing the Pain
343 - April 2013
Mild Magic is launched - read an account of a mild only stagger and details of how to join in with the Magic.
Stockport Beer & Cider Festival's Entertainment
Cider Pubs of the Year
Alban Pearce
Macclesfield Pub of the Year
Bruges News
Trafford & Hulme Pub of the Year - Costello's Bar, Goose Green, Altrincham
Pub Of The Month - The Sun in September on Burnage Lane, Manchester
Stagger - A Walk on the Mild Side around Stockport
Curmudgeon - Pricing Drinkers Back into the Pub?
344 - May 2013
Stockport Beer & Cider Festival
Casks for the Community
Opening Times Past - The editor looks back over 25 years
High Peak Pub Scene with Frank Wood & Robin Wignall
Deansgate & Castlefield with George Elmslie
Beer Festival Charity - Walthew House
Trafford & Hulme Club of the Year - Flixton Conservative Club
Pub Of The Month - The Fairway, Hillgate, Stockport
Stagger - Gatle & Cheadle West with Mark McConachie
Curmudgeon - Twenty Years On
345 - June 2013
Cider & Perry Festival - Heritage Pubs
Trafford Bar to Hulme - George Elmslie
Cellebrating Pub Signs with Arthur Chappell
High Peak NewsBruges - The Definative Guide (book review)
Pub Of The Month - The Blue Bell, Barlow Road, Levenshulme, Manchester
Stagger - Burnage and Heaton Mersey with Dave Burston
Curmudgeon - Down Escalator
346 - July 2013
Love Your Local - Take Action to Save Your Pub
Poynton Points - Lawrence Bamber checks out the local scene
Stockport Beer & Cider Festival - Review and Results
High Peak Pub of the SeasonBollington Beer Festival
Pub Of The Month - The Victoria on Wilmslow Road, Withington, Manchester
Stagger - Heaton Chapel & Heaton Moor
Curmudgeon - A Question of Balance/Party Pooper
347 - August 2013
Chorlton Festival Review
Poynton Points with Lawrence Bomber
Trafford & Hulme Spring Pub of the Season - Old Packet House
Thanks from Walthew House [Stockport Beer & Cider Festival charity]
Trafford & Hulme Summer Pub of the Season - The City Arms
High Peak Pub Scene with Tom Lord & Robin Wignall
North Manchester Cider Pub of the Year - Bar Fringe, Swan Street, Manchester
Museum of Science & Industry Real Ale & Cider Festival
Pub Of The Month - Swan With Two Necks, Prince's Street, Stockport
Stagger - Portwood & District with Paul Holland
Curmudgeon - Pubbiness
348 - September 2013
Review of the Manchester Beer and Cider Festival
Real Ale? Really? - Misleading signage
High Peak Pub Scene with Tom Lord and Robin Wignall
Trafford & Hulme Pub of the Season
Museum Of Science and Industry Festival Preview
Sale West & Ashton-on-Mersey pub scene with George Elmslie
Around Macclesfield with Mike and Lyn Wawiorko
Pub Of The Month - Blossoms, Buxton Road, Heaviley, Stockport with Alex Keenleyside
Stagger - As we walked out one midsummer evening - Withington with Jerry Wicken
Curmudgeon - A Pint of Two Halves - The Customer Is Always Rude
349 - October 2013
Wassail! - It's Cider Month!
Cider Matters - 25 Years of Cider Campaigning by CAMRA
It Makes You Think
Greater Manchester Cider & Perry Festival 2013
Sale Stroll - George Elmslie goes walkabout
Didsbury Beer Festival
Regional Cider Pub of the Year - Trackside, Bury
Good Beer Guide 2014
Stagger - The Openshaw Beer Hunt
Pub Of The Month - The Hope Inn on Wellington Road North, Heaton Norris, Stockport
Curmudgeon - Open and Shut case
350 - November 2013
Manchester Beer and Cider Festival is coming
Altrincham Amble with George Elmslie
WhatPub.com launched
High Peak Pub News with Tom Lord and Robin Wignall
Trafford & Hulme awards
Book Review - World's Best Cider by Pete Brown and Bill Bradshaw
Pub Of The Month - The Gateway, East Didsbury, Manchester with Jim Flynn
Stagger - Cale Green & Higher Hillgate with Jim Flynn
Curmudgeon - The World Turned Upside Down
351 - December 2013
Merry Christmas To All Our Readers and Advertisers
Winter Warmer Wander
Heritage Awards - Turnpike, Withington, Manchester and Circus, Portland Street, Manchester
Food & Drink Festival Winners - Stalybridge Station Buffet Bar
High Peak Pub Scene with Tom Lord and Robin Wignall
Tameside Travels with Andy Sullivan
What a year it's been for Brightside Brewery
Pub News
Pub Of The Month - Red Bull, Hillgate, Stockport with Dave Platt
Stagger - An Evening in the City with Jerry Wicken
Curmudgeon - Reducing Strength, Reducing Choice - Building a Customer Base