The Locale Scheme in the County of Conwy is now in full swing. The idea is for local pubs to promote the beers from local breweries thus reducing the number of ‘beer miles’ a beer has to travel to get from the brewery to the pub door. There are nine local North Wales breweries for pubs to choose from:-

                                       Brewery                                Location

Conwy                                                  Conwy

Facer’s                                    Flint Mountain

Great Orme                                   Glan Conwy

Jolly Brewer                                      Wrexham

McGiverns                                        Wrexham

Bragdy’r Nant                                   Llanrwst

North Wales Brewery                     Abergele

Plassey                                 Eyton, Wrexham

Purple Moose                             Porthmadog

Several pubs have now signed up to the new Locale scheme designed to promote local breweries products. One of the first to sign up was Ye Olde Mail Coach in Conwy. There are two handpumps here, one is dedicated to the Conwy Brewery and the other to Purple Moose with Dark Side of the Moose proving to be very popular and this rotates with Glaslyn and Madog’s Ale. Also in Conwy, the Castle Hotel has three pumps and one or all of these feature Conwy beers such as Castle Bitter, Honey Fayre and Mulberry Dark. In Old Colwyn, the Cuckoo always serves Conwy Welsh Pride and sometimes another one such as Honey Fayre.

Over in Carpel Curig you can always get a Conwy beer at Cobden’s Hotel. Mulberry Dark is often on and possibly Welsh Pride and they also have Cobden’s Ale a 4.1% bitter brewed especially for them by Conwy Brewery. 

Both Wetherspoon’s pubs in the area, the Palladium in Llandudno and the Picture House in Colwyn Bay always have a Conwy beer on and in Upper Colwyn Bay at the Pen-y-Bryn you’ll always find a local beer.A Great Orme beer can also be found at the Queen’s Head in Glanwydden. It could be Orme’s Best, Celtic Dragon or Three Feathers,while at the  The Penrhyn Arms Penrhynside real  loacl cider is available.

The Groes at T’yn y Groes always severs Orme’s Best. The owners of the Groes are related to Great Orme owner and head brewer Jonathan Hughes so there’s a real family connection there. In fact the brewery is less than five miles away making it the closest drop off point. In Llandudno the Cottage Loaf always has Celtic Dragon on and at a recent beer festival they had no less then eight local beers with the full range from Great Orme and Purple Moose and one from Nant.

In Llanrwst, the Pen-y-Bryn concentrates on his local brewery which is Bragdy’r Nant. There are two handpumps here and at least one will feature a Nant beer such as Mochyn Hapus, Pen Dafad, Chawden Aur or Gran’s Lamb

In Trofarth, the Holland Arms is now selling beers from three different local breweries. There are three handpumps there, one is dedicated to a Conwy beer such as Welsh Pride or Honey Fayre, one if for a Great Orme ale like Orme’s Best or Celtic Dragon and the third is for Purple Moose: Glaslyn or Dark Side of the Moose is featured here.

 So, now there’s no excuse for not sampling an ale from your local brewery.

 Three pubs in Betws-y-Coed have now joined the LocAle scheme: the Glan Aber Hotel, the Royal Oak Hotel and the Swallow Falls Hotel all sell Conwy Welsh Pride, the Swallow Falls also has a second beer, usually, Conwy Honey Fayre. The Latest recruit to LocAle is the Gladstone in Dwygyfylchi. You’ll find beers from Conwy, Great Orme and Purple Moose here.

Any pubs wishing to join the LocAle scheme should contract Ian Saunders on 01492 548231 or abercolwyncamra@btinternet.com

The full list of LocAle pubs is as follows:-

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