It’s always good to sample Sam Smiths OBB close to source, and the Old Star in Clifford is about as close as you can get without braving Tadcasters dead-end (bridge re-opening next week I hear).
I was visiting fellow blogger Richard Coldwell (Ouhouse), who knows about quality beer judging by the Clifford Beer Fest (Sat June 24).
Clifford, and the Wetherby area in general, hasn’t troubled the Beer Guide for ages, and we know how hard it is for a one-beer pub to get CAMRA recognition, outside Stockport anyway.
I may have been lucky, but the OBB in the Old Star was as good as in the Boar’s Head. Great beer can’t be sold for £3.50 apparently, but it can be sold for £1.90 in the home of Sir Geoffrey.
Smooth, cellar cool, and sunk in ten minutes. One of us stopped in the public for a second pint, I explored the other three immaculate rooms, restored from a previously opened-out monstrosity by Sir Humphrey.
A new Landlord in the Star apparently, escaped from Frodsham. He already seemed intimate with the foibles of the regulars, and was happy to take the mick out of me for trying to order a half.
Shame it doesn’t open till 4pm, but that’s modern Yorkshire pub life for you.
Escaped from which pub in Frodsham – Golden Lion or Belle Monte?
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Red Lion, if I recall, though since he mentioned Burtonwood it may have been a while ago. Wasn’t a Sams.
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It’s just not the same when you don’t visit a lingerie department.
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If you want to read invented hilarious goings-on in pubs there are plenty of other blogs out there Dave….. (joking). I’ve missed you and Dick, by the way.
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It’s nice to be missed! We are out here hanging on every word. A very busy 10 days trying to sort out what has hit us. A leaky drain between floors leaving two rooms to patch up, has been the least of my worries.
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Oh, and that OBB looks wonderful. I need a close up view.
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I’ve been buying a lot of bottles from Sam…. Not the same though. You can’t get that ambiance from a bottle.
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