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CAMRA names 2024 Cider & Perry Pub of the Year
The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) has announced that a spot in Chester has received the distinction of National Cider and Perry Pub of the Year.
Perhaps somewhat confusingly, the winning pub in the category is called That Beer Place, owned by Lisa and Dale Lord.
While the pub, as the name suggests, stocks a wide range of beers, it also boasts of four ciders on draught and more than 120 available in cans and bottles.
That Beer Place is also where meetings of the Chester Cider Club are hosted, and the pub also has plans to launch a training programme, aptly-named ‘That Cider School’, to teach other local hospitality businesses, as well as, drinks buyers about the category.
Lisa Lord said she was “chuffed to bits” by the recognition: “For the past three and a half years, we’ve had a passion for being at the forefront of championing real cider and perry, and it’s great to finally be recognised on a national level. Our goal has always been to make Chester a destination for cider and perry celebration in the UK. This award only solidifies that vision.”
That Beer Place has done consistently well in CAMRA competitions, being named West Cheshire’s Cider & Perry Pub of the Year and Merseyside and Cheshire Region Cider Pub of The Year for 2024 before claiming this UK-wide title.
The Chester boozer pipped three other finalists to the post: The Frothblowers in Peterborough, The Hop Inn in Hornchurch, and Bridport’s The Woodman.
“As in previous years, the competition was fierce with the top four all being fantastic examples of pubs who champion cider and perry,” commented CAMRA competition co-ordinator Sarah Newson. “I would thoroughly recommend pubgoers to seek out all the regional winners and experience what a truly great pint of real cider and perry can be. The difference in taste between what these pubs can offer and the mass-produced ciders from commercial producers commonly found in supermarkets is astounding.”
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