We had a plan. Barley Mow when we arrived on Thursday (no contest), Moor on Friday for a catch up and to pick up some cans, new brewery Unwins on Saturday and Martha's on Sunday.
I checked the various places Moor might have posted their opening times and it looked like we'd be able to stick to the plan...but when we arrived all was in darkness at 4.30pm.
Who knows whether they're ever open now? So, instead, we walked back down to Unwins. It was pretty busy when we got in but we got a couple of pints (no 2/3rd glasses yet) and found a little table to settle into.
The modern, keg pale ale was gorgeous - you can tell it was from an accomplished brewer. There was also an On Point bitter which we didn't fancy and an English Malt lager which we wanted to reserve judgement about.
People ebbed and flowed and although there looked to be a chance we would be the only people sitting in - that never actually happened.
Normally, with only really one beer to be super-enthusiastic about we would only have one but we liked the place enough to stay for a second. This time we shared a pint of the pale and a half of the lager.
The lager wasn't really our style but, for all that, it was really good and something that, whilst it wouldn't be a first choice, would definitely make me happy enough to not feel cheated.
We even stayed and shared a third pint of the pale. A few more people had started to drift in by then so when we left, the place was certainly not empty.
As we walked past Martha's, it was rammed and we had a sense that maybe there was an amount of overspill happening. Sometimes, it just goes like that to start with.
In conversation with the owner/brewer/barman we learned that he'd been open for a couple of weeks and that there would be a wider range of beer just as soon as he'd brewed it.
It wasn't quite as cosy-feeling as Marthas but, no doubt, it's not just the beer range that will mature.
We'll definitely be going back. Bravo!
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