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INTO THE (COLNE) VALLEY – A HALSTEAD HOP

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February (yeh !) 2024. Halstead One benefit of a week with the parents in Waterbeach; it’s a useful base to conquer the East Anglian counties, and as February brought some crisp sunshine so the Colne Valley (not Burnley’s Colne) looked enticing. This is the Colne Valley of steam railways with CAMRA beer festivals (ugh) and… Continue reading INTO THE (COLNE) VALLEY – A HALSTEAD HOP

HALSTEAD’S BEER HEROES

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I was reading the Morning Advertiser and noticed the finalists in the Great British Pub Best Beer Awards; Bunch of Grapes, Pontypridd, South Wales Purecraft Bar & Kitchen, Birmingham The Craft Beer Co, Leather Lane, Clerkenwell, Central London The Griffin, Halstead, Essex The Grove, Huddersfield The Sheffield Tap, Sheffield Hard to argue with the five… Continue reading HALSTEAD’S BEER HEROES