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• Meat & Potato Pie
• Chilli & Rice
• Lancashire Hot-Pot
• Chicken Tikka
• Beef Casserole
• Sausage Casserole
• Chicken, Bacon & Mushroom Fricassee

Situated only 15 minutes away from the home of Wigan Athletic and Wigan Rugby League we offer the perfect combination of great accommodation, superb food and of course our renowned selection of Real Ales.  All at amazing rates and excellent service.

If you would like to book your room for a Premier League or Super League over night stay please contact us today.

We are situated only 5 minutes away from the M6 Junction 27 and only 10 minutes from the M61 Junction 6.

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This time of year we look forward to the special winter brews that appear, from pale icy refreshing pale session beers to dark, complex, strong spiced winter warmers, all of which are featured in our Winter Ale Festival January 13^th to15th.

Pale low gravity beers have a short shelf life and need to be served young and fresh, a bit like a New Zealand Sauvignon blanc. STRONG DARK BEERS HOWEVER CAN BE KEPT TO MATURE, GATHERING FLAVOUR AND STRENGTH , A BIT LIKE A GOOD RED WINE. So I have been collecting strong ales over the last year and letting them mature in the dark recesses of the cellar ready for January. The two ‘stars’ of the show are the last cask of Liverpool Organic Breweries Imperial Russian Stout 7.9% brewed with lots of mad ingredients like organic liquorice sticks, and Durham Breweries Nuptuals Old Ale 10% brewed to a tradition old English Recipe especially for the Royal wedding. Only 4 casks were produced and I got one!!. The head brewer said it would be ready in June but better still if I left it, so I did!! Don’t miss this one they are coming down from Durham to try it.

Our brewer of the month in December is Phoenix Brewery in Heywood. A great stalwart of the micro brewery scene and brewers of the famous Wobbly Bob, very popular pale ale Arizona and lots more. Every beer they brew is spot on and all Phoenix beers will be £2.59 a pint regardless of ABV.

See you soon and wherever you be drinking good ale, let me know your ale tales.

Red Willow have a range of beers all brewed from their plant in Macclesfield, their website is crammed full of daily blog posts about what they are doing and how things are going, what equipment they use and what ingredients and ideas they are having.  You name it – if you want to know what is going through a brewers mind take a look

Some of the beers featured at the Crown are -

Fathomless – Stout. 5.2%  – A rich complex Oyster Stout, inky black with a hint of the sea

Directionless – Pale. 4.2% – An easy going toffee coloured Pale Ale with a firm, biscuity body and a refreshing citrus hop bite.

Visit the Red Willow site and have a read.

With a dedication to excellence in brewing,  using only the finest ingredients they use an expert  blend  of hops and malt along with carefully selective use of the finest yeasts for the particular beer style

Although they have only two beers at the moment they have already won awards including the Edgeworth Real Ale Festival 2011 – Beer of the Festival for the beer Hop.

HoP is a 3.8% English Pale Ale made using the finest Pale Malt and generously hopped to give this beer a refreshing citrus like flavour.

For more info visit the website

The brewery is located in a cobbled courtyard to the rear of the Hop Vine pub and is housed in the old stables that played an important role in the former life of the pub when it was a busy Coaching House on the old Turnpike Road, which is now the A59. This derelict buildings brought back to life and refurbished to accommodate a modern micro-brewery.

Their 4bbl brewing plant started life back in October 2006 at Black Mountain Brewery, Llangadog, South Wales and was used until spring 2009 when, after the brewery closed, it was sold to Oban Ales, Kilmelford, Scotland. Oban Ales commenced brewing in February 2010 but due to a number of difficulties decided to cease brewing and sell the plant in September 2010 and hey presto the well travelled plant became the backbone of the new Burscough Brewery.

The brewery produce a number of beers including – Priory Gold  3.8% ABV.  A pale session beer with a distinct bitterness and hoppy citrus notes.
This name was suggested by Lynda Traynor a member of our Quaffer’s club and is named after Burscough Priory. The Augustinian priory of Burscough was founded about 1190 by Robert son of Henry, Lord of Lathom and Knowsley.

For more info visit the website

Today Phoenix Brewery produce around 100 barrels a week supplying 400-plus outlets with the large range of beers produced throughout the year. This comprises a core range along with many monthly specials, usually repeated on a yearly basis. Look out for the seasonal Christmas Kiss and Humbug.

Additions to the range are occasional, the latest being Spotland Gold (4.1%) a crisp hoppy beer initially brewed to mark the centenary of Rochdale FC. Indeed, clean, hoppy blond beers are something of a Phoenix characteristic. Few “brown” beers are made apart from the now-legendary Wobbly Bob, but there are however quite a few very dark beers – ranging from the excellent Monkeytown Mild to the rich Phoenix Porter. A notable success has been Black Bee, a honey porter initially brewed as a one-off but now another regular.

For more info on Phoenix Brewery – visit the website

This versatile brewery produce over 10 varieties of beer including -

• OSB  4.4% A mid range copper coloured ale, with a light bitterness and distinctive citrus hop finish in the nose and mouth feel.
• SOS 4.5% Light brown ale strictly for those that like bitter beer, dry and intensely bitter with an incredible blast of late hop dominance.
• Blond 4.5% Only Marris Otter low colour malt gives this beer a very pale appearance that looks like a lager but is definitely an ale. Lightly bittered with a heavy concentration of flavour towards citrus and floral nose and mouth feel.
• Ginger 4.5% Light brown beer with a noticeable hint (not overpowering) of ginger in the nose and flavour.
• Smoked Out 5.0% A mid brown beer brewed with traditional continental smoked lager
• Standing Out 5.5% A pale golden ale, dry and bitter with a good load of aroma hop thrown in to the production for good measure. Dangerous!
• Stout 5.5% A true representation of the beer style, Thick, jet black, bitter, with liquorice and strong roast flavours in the finish.
• Pushing Out 7.3% A pale golden ale with a very strong distinctive dry, bitter flavour, and a powerful unforgettable hop aroma.
• Pilsner 5.0% Crisp, sharp and clean, How a good lager should taste.
• White 5.0% A cloudy wheat beer with earthy, spicy, lemony flavours.
• Amber Bock 6.0% A strong lager brewed with amber malt and authentic Bock yeast to recreate the classic European beer style.

For more info vist their website

The Mayflower as many may know was the boat that sailed the 100 Pilgrim Fathers to the New World (America) in 1620.  On board the Mayflower acting as Military Captain was Captain Myles Standish who had strong links with the village and was of the of Standish family.

Fast forward in time (and back to beer) in December 2000 Stewart Thompson who, after reaching the age of 50 and having worked in various managerial roles in a number of breweries, decided it was time to take a gamble and realise a dream by starting his own brewery.   The brewery The Mayflower Brewery set sail from the old Bleachworks site in Standish – and the rest as they say is history.

Prospectors and competitors set up around the Wigan area over the next few years but The Mayflower Brewery sailed on to become (according to folk law) – Wigan and Districts number one and most highly regarded brewery.

Mayflower produce an array of fine real ales such as – Wigan Bier, One of Mayflower’s original beers, brought up-to-date to celebrate our 10th birthday.
A refreshing golden ale with strong Goldings hop notes.

To find out more visit the website