After visiting Manchester Christmas on Monday 9 December I popped into the Orford Hotel in Warrington. The guest ale on offer was Gift Wrapped by the Caledonian Brewery. As with the Mistletoe beer I had sampled earlier at the market, I found Gift Wrapped to be too similar in taste to mince pie and mulled wine. Score 7.5/10.
I was on my Christmas Work Do with my workmates on Saturday 21 December. We spent part of the evening in the Village of Stockton Heath (which is 2 miles from Warrington Town Centre), and paid a visit to the newly opened Costello's Bar. This Bar very much specialises in Real Ale. In Costello's, I sampled Bowden Parish Ale by the Dunham Massey Brewery. I found the Bowdon Parish Ale to be a nice light ale. Score 8.5/10.
On Saturday 28 December, I was meeting my family for our Christmas get together in a hotel in Waterloo, north of Liverpool. Prior to meeting in the hotel, I popped into the local Wetherspoons and sampled Sleighbells by the Everards Brewery. Sleighbells is a light and refreshing ale. It was probably not quite the best light ale I have sampled. Score 8/10.
Finally, thank you for reading. I hope all readers have had a peaceful Christmas period. I will be offering more Real Ale Opinions throughout 2014, and will be publishing two WattoTalk posts on New Year's Day. Happy New Year. Andy.
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