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It’s January. Snow is on the ground. It’s cold. So what do we do? We visit a brewery, knowing that such places are always cold. Well, we had a job to do, and that was at Chin Chin Brewery, South Kirkby. One left-over plague from the 2024 beerfest had to

It’s wintertime so just the right time to present Bradford CAMRA’s Pub of the Season for Autumn 2024. It’s the Junction, Baildon. Blessed with a great record over many years, the current incumbents, Nathan and Beth, are doing a fine job. Indeed, Nathan picked up a lot of experience at

Presented in November to the Crown, Horton Bank Top. This imposing free-standing building looks like what a proper pub should look like, and with good reason – it IS a proper pub. It is part of the Greene King family and its management enjoy a good degree of freedom in

The Club of the Year is the Caroline Street Club, Saltaire. The whole team is surrounding the plague, held with pride. Mick Abbott (far right) is a CAMRA member and a club member too. He could not be persuaded from presenting the award. So we let him do it. It

We have an Outer Bradford POTY too (the Corn Dolly having taken the Inner Bradford crown, of course). Who is it? It’s the Cracker Barrel at Greengates. It’s just a few years on the scene now, but is pressing all the right buttons. Opening hours are regular, the same every

Bradford CAMRA Pub of Year Overall Winner for 2024 is the Corn Dolly. Good weather was ordered so that Anthony could show off his legs. Dolly pub guru Neil and branch Chair Kerr could not be persuaded to do likewise. Probably a good job – nobody wanted Bolton Road to