On 26 September, we met at the Ale Wagon to launch the 2025 Good Beer guide.
And we took the opportunity to present landlord Steve Hoskins with a certificate to celebrate the Ale Wagon being in the guide for the 25th consecutive year.
Category: diary
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New Leicestershire Drinker available
The Autumn 2024 edition is available to download now and will be available in pubs shortly
Read it here
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Pub of the Year 2024
The judging is complete, the scores have been verified, and we can now confirm the winners of the CAMRA Leicester Pub Of The Year:
We split the branch into 3 categories – Urban, Suburban and Rural, as well as having an overall winner.In the Urban category:
Winner – Blue Boar, Leicester Presented 18 April
Runner-Up – Salmon, Leicester Presentation 25 April at 9:00PMIn the Suburban category:
Joint winners – Pharmacie Arms, Syston Presentation 9 May from 7:00PM
Mill Hill Cask & Coffee, Enderby Presentation 16 May from 7:00PMIn the Rural category:
Winner – Woodmans Stroke, Rothley Presentation 2 May from 7:00PM
Runner-Up – King’s Head, Smeeton Westerby Presentation To be arrangedThe overall winner and going through to the regional Pub Of The Year judging is:
Blue Boar, LeicesterCongratulations to all the pubs – presentations will be arranged in due course.
Thanks also to those members who gave their time for pub judging – there would be no Pub Of The Year without you!
Presentation pictures
Richard and Jo receive their certificates for Urban pub of the year and overall pub of the year
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Leicestershire Drinker Spring 2024 issue now available
In good pubs throughout Leicestershire. Or available online.
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Castle re-opens under new ownership
The Castle has re-opened under new ownership. Previously operated by DMU Students Union it has been bought and refurbished by the owners of the White Hart in Loughborough. 3 Hand pumps provide beers from Charnwood, Timothy Tailor and Titanic.
The upstairs rooms have been opened to provide extra seating capacity and there is access to a garden area for drinking outside