Binge-drinking ban on railway Real Ale pub crawl
Posted: 28 May 2013, 09:14
Lager ban on Real Ale Trail as new pub group says 'enough is enough'
LANDLORDS and brewers are putting the brakes on a railway pub crawl which has become a victim of its own success.
The Ale Trail from Manchester to Leeds via the Colne Valley, Huddersfield, Mirfield and Dewsbury, was set up four years ago so real ale drinkers could enjoy a quiet pint in a selection of the area’s best taverns.
But the trail has been ‘hijacked’ by hen, stag and other parties in search of alcoholic oblivion instead of good beer...
LANDLORDS and brewers are putting the brakes on a railway pub crawl which has become a victim of its own success.
The Ale Trail from Manchester to Leeds via the Colne Valley, Huddersfield, Mirfield and Dewsbury, was set up four years ago so real ale drinkers could enjoy a quiet pint in a selection of the area’s best taverns.
But the trail has been ‘hijacked’ by hen, stag and other parties in search of alcoholic oblivion instead of good beer...