Beer Guide to the 1970s (part forty-two)

"When will this all end?" I hear you say. Not for a while yet. Though I am finishibg off the independent brewers and homebrew pubs today. Which is why there are four rather than three entries.

Quite a varied set. There are a couple of short-lived new brewpubs, who made very little impact. And made no cask beer. Along with one of the longest-lived of the new cohort of brewpubs. And one of the original half-dozen survivors.

Only the national brewers to go now. For whom, rather bizarrely, I have rather less information when it comes to their packaged beers.


Miskin Arms
Miskin, Pontyclun,
Wales.
Founded:         1976
Closed:            1979
Tied houses:    1

A short-lived brewpub. No cask beer.


New Fermor Arms
Rufford, Ormskirk,
Lancashire.
Founded:         1976
Closed:            1985
Tied houses:    1

Handpumped beer, but sold under CO2 pressure. Meaning I have no details of any beers they brewed. Sold to Allied in 1981, then rebought by founder Alan Mawdesley in 1985.


John Thompson Inn
Ingleby,
Derbyshire.
Founded:         1977
Closed:            2021
Tied houses:    1

An early brewpub which did have legs, lasting more than three decades.

beer	style	format	OG	description
JPS  3X	Pale Ale	draught	1045	well-balanced

Three Tuns
Bishop’s Castle,
Shropshire.
Founded:    1642
Closed:    still open
Tied houses:    1

Another of the original surviving brewpubs. There were a couple of breaks in brewing from 1995 to 1996 and 2001 to 2003. One of the first UK brewers to revive Porter. 

beer	style	format	OG	description
XXX	Pale Ale	draught	1042	well hopped
Heavy	Pale Ale	draught	1048
Mild	Mild	draught	1032	malty and dark
Castle Steamer	Porter	draught	1045