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CHAMPION Beer of Cheshire 2009, and Second best!

Bollington Best took the Champion laurels at the Nantwich competition with Oat Mill Stout Reserve Champion!
What a fantastic achievement after only one year in business!

SILVER and BRONZE medals at
CAMRA's Sheffield Steel City Beer & Cider Festival!

Bollington Brewing's White Nancy best bitter was joint Silver medal winner,
with Bollington Nights mild winning the Bronze medal!

Two SILVER awards at
Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) North Region!

with Bollington Best and Oat Mill Stout

Special event:

SciBAr - Science in the bar - that is the name of a new kind of event held monthly in the Vale Inn. Starting at 6.30pm an eminent speaker discusses a facet of modern science for the layman. These sessions have proved to be very popular, with children as well as adults! You don't have to be a scientist, you may not understand everything that is talked about, but if you have an open mind and an interest in the discoveries of modern scientists you will certainly find it interesting, stimulating and thought provoking.

Check out the SciBAr web site for details of the future events. 2010/11 season starts Monday 13th September, 6.30pm.

Address:

29-31 Adlington Road, Bollington, Macclesfield SK10 5JT

Contact:

Pub: 01625−575147, email
Brewery: 01625−575380, email

Hosts:

Lee & Kirsten Wainwright

Open hours:

Monday to Thursday 12 – 2.30pm, 5:30-11pm; Fridays & Saturdays 12-11pm, Sundays 12-10:30pm.

Introduction:

Since reopening in March 2005 the Vale has gone from strength to strength to establish itself as a real ale and fresh food pub. After winning CAMRA Pub of the Summer in 2006, just in time for its 3rd Birthday the Vale then won East Cheshire Pub of the Year 2007.

Close to the Recreation Ground, Middlewood Way and the Macclesfield Canal, there are two beer gardens and a car park. Inside there is an open friendly feeling, a touch of the old pub remains with the original slate bar from the 80's and a taste of the new with a redesigned back bar. A real fire completes the comfort in winter.

The web site keeps a list of ales currently being served and an up to date menu can be printed off.

Brews:

Their own brews! As one of only two Free Houses left in Bollington it is not surprising to find six hand pumps serving a wide selection of real ales from far and wide, including their own brewed ales (see below) and regular guests from Storm Brewing, Weetwood, Acorn Brewery's Barnsley Bitter, Manchester Bitter from Marble Brewery, and many more. Lagers include Amstel and Heineken as well as the LocAle Moravka and Moravka Cold from Taddington Brewery. Cider is Weston's Stowford Press. Guinness, John Smith's Extra Smooth and a wide selection of wines and spirits completes the offering.

Starting Friday 25th July 2008 they have served their own brewed beer - the first to be brewed in Bollington for over 70 years! The first brew was called just that, 'First Brew', and what a brew it was! It is now called 'Bollington Best' and at 4.2% it is a superb session beer, medium in colour, slightly hoppy giving a perfect bitterness and flavour. The beer one likes is a very personal thing but for me this is the perfect pint! It seems I'm not alone, it won Champion Cheshire Beer 2009!

Their second offering was called Bollington Nights, at 3.9%, a porter that has rapidly established itself as a very popular ale. Traditional dark ale with a light smooth flavour and aroma. And the Vale Inn serves as the brewery tap! Bollington Nights won the 2009 Bronze Medal at the Sheffield CAMRA competition.

Over the months Lee has brewed up a wide range of glorious beers including Dinner Ale, Ginger Brew, Happy Valley, Oat Mill Stout (5%) (Reserve Champion Cheshire Beer 2009), Ruby Nights, Wheat Nancy, Long Hop, Gritstone, Winter Reserve and so many others, so which ones are on the bar when you visit is hard to predict!

A regular though is White Nancy (4.1%) a very pale bitter with a good hoppiness and a light body - simply delicious! This was the 2009 Silver Medal winner at the CAMRA Sheffield competition.

Check out which ales are on the bar today.

Food:

All food is cooked from fresh, including the hand-cut chips. The menu changes regularly with a good rotation of starters and mains, the puddings are homemade and also change regularly, a choice of Granelli's Ice Cream is available.

Food served Monday to Wednesday 12 – 2.30, Thursday & Friday 12 – 2.30, 6 – 10, Saturdays 12 – 10 and Sunday 12 – 9.

Beer festiVales:

Other facilities:

There is a beer garden at the end of the car park which overlooks the Recreation Ground; a great place to watch cricket and soak up the sun. They also have tables in the old beer garden by the wood for those who prefer to sit in the shade.

Special services:

Finding it:

Google map

Street View

Along the main route through Bollington, look for the Dog & Partridge, turn down Adlington Road. The Vale is on the right after about 200m. Car parking is in the pub car park beyond the last house on the right or at the Ranger base just before the pub on the left.