Real Ale Archives - Page 8 of 8 - The Bailey Head, Oswestry

Head and Tales: Polly’s Brew Co

17 May, 202017 May, 2020 by Duncan Borrowman

Back in September 2016 Dave Roll, then our local rep for Shrewsbury & West Shropshire CAMRA, messaged us from the first day of the Shrewsbury CAMRA Beer Festival. There was … Read moreHead and Tales: Polly’s Brew Co

Our year in beer, 8 March 2019 to 7 March 2020

8 March, 2020 by Duncan Borrowman

On the pub’s birthday it is time to look back at a bumper year of beer. The numbers this year are: 609 DIFFERENT cask real ales 154 DIFFERENT Keykeg and … Read moreOur year in beer, 8 March 2019 to 7 March 2020

Oswestry pub is CAMRA’s best market town pub in region

9 September, 20214 April, 2019 by Duncan Borrowman

Coverage from the Advertizer

CAMRA says Bailey Head top West Shropshire Pub

9 September, 202112 March, 2018 by Duncan Borrowman

The Shrewsbury and West Shropshire Branch of the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA), the organisation which fights for traditional beer, cider and pubs, today announced the winner of the 2018 … Read moreCAMRA says Bailey Head top West Shropshire Pub

A Big Piece of News

9 September, 20217 April, 2017 by Duncan Borrowman

We have a big piece of news to announce, and we have to say we are delighted! Shrewsbury and West Shropshire CAMRA have voted us Market Towns Pub of the … Read moreA Big Piece of News

New bottled beers

26 May, 2016 by Duncan Borrowman

We’ve got more bottled beers in stock. Covering IPA, tradition bitter and real lager as well as gluten free and vegan beer. They are: Brew Buddies IPA04 5.1% – Unfined … Read moreNew bottled beers

Bill Bradbury

a day ago

CAMRA Pub of the year

Mark J

9 days ago

Lovely pub with an amazing selection of beer.

Pandora S Diary

11 days ago

Great choice of beers

Mark Nicholson

23 days ago

CAMRA’s current national pub of the year ~ a real varied mix of cask ales on sale at competitive prices which is always good to find. Look out for the Tap Take Overs which will be advertised on the Untappd beer app.

Michael Howard

24 days ago

National CAMRA Pub of the Year. Cracking boozer. Would have given it 5 stars but it lost a mark due to a staff hygiene issue - two members of staff petted dogs and did not wash their hands afterwards, even though the dogs licked their hands! Something management may like to address perhaps? Otherwise great🙂

Martin Bailey

25 days ago

Well deserved pub of the year 2024. Great range of beers, friendly and lovely interiors

Tim Gould

a month ago

Fantastic Camra Pub of the Year 2024. A massive range of ales and ciders. No rating on food as we didn't have any and not sure if they do any

Ruth Holden

Friendly little pub

Beverley J Baker

Excellent pint good choice and no alcohol beer on draught. decent ambiance,

Bev Jenkins

2 months ago

Great pub in centre of town. Great mux of ages and male/female. Like pubs used to be or should be

Keith Davies

Camra Pub of the year

paul miller

3 months ago

Stopped in here for a beer. The beer was absolutely excellent and not stupidly priced. The atmosphere was good and I loved the fact that people could bring in a takeaway to eat there (as they don’t do food). Just the sort of pub that I’d become a regular at if I was local.

Rob Jones

Very good first impression. Clean, pleasant, friendly with a fine range of real ales. They also do coffee and tea if that's what you're after. I'm looking forward to getting to know it better once I've moved to Oswestry. Edit: have been back a few times now. Still have a very high opinion of the place. Venison stew was excellent. The real ales were as good as they sounded - very well kept. All in all, a great pub. Edit: Now visit regularly, always a wide selection of beers, which can be bought in one third of a pint measures, so you can try several, even the stronger ones, and still have a sporting chance of walking home. The pub seems to be more or less recovered from the Covid-19 lockdowns although the kitchen had not reopened. At the moment (late February 2022) they have retained mask wearing when moving around. I also forgot to mention that the pub is very dog friendly. 2023 Edit: pub is more or less back to normal now, although the kitchen has not reopened. 2025 Edit: and I'm not the only one that likes it, the pub has just won the Camra National Pub of the Year award! Well done Duncan and Grace.

Vince While

CAMRA pub of the year!! Excellent range of beers!! Plenty on dark/Porter tyres at very high strengths...thus only sold as halves!! Really great discussion with local about home Brewing....he sounded almost like a professional. But note opening times....some days at 3pm. So I had time to burn for two hours! Great place.

Jennifer Hoare

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Kevin Roberts

Lovely pub with a huge range of real ales & craft beers. We visited before Christmas & were made very welcome by the friendly staff, we’ll definitely be coming back soon 😀🍺🍷

Dave Smith

Amazing, well-kept ciders and ales with great, friendly staff

Susan Lloyd

4 months ago

Christmas drinks with family. Fine selection of ales 🍺 😋

Tom Felton

niamh goldsmith

Lovely pub, great beer

Jim Baxter

Tim Craig

5 months ago

One of the best pubs around, you will find a very well kept ale to suit you

Darrell Walsh

Plenty of beers to chose from

Sunnyhurst

Sixfootpigeon

Friendly, knowledgeable staff, great beers and more importantly CIDERS on rotation. Wonderful building and setting, would consider moving to Oswestry to make this my local!

Sarah Allen-Griffiths

6 months ago

Lindsay Muir

Just went in for the beer which was very good. There were also 6 ciders and perrys on tap.

B G

Dan Drake

Nice old pub with friendly staff. Ever changing range of cask ales that are kept in very good condition and at proper cellar temperature. Also serving Keykeg and Keg beers, and ciders.

Colin Whitehead

7 months ago

A relaxing second visit to The Bailey Head on Tuesday 17 September 2024 after an earlier hospital appointment . The Bailey Head is situated in a traffic free market square. The range of quality real ales is outstanding with a varying series of guest ales including a dark real ale . We had a great Brass Castle Bad Kitty Vanilla Porter and on our previous visit we were impressed by the lovely dark ales . The Bailey Head has outdoor seating at the front of the building . The entrance leads straight into the bar area with a variety of different seating areas along the front of the building and then running down the left hand side with a further space to the rear. The staff were friendly and knowledgeable- The Bailey Head is rightly a Camra Good Beer Guide regular and is a regional pub of the year . Well worth visiting

martin lees

Great friendly welcoming pub. Superb ales and very welcoming to dogs and people.

Paul Keenan

Mark Holtham

Andrew James

The Bailey Head always has a great range of beers to enjoy. No TVs clearing away or loud music. We always head here when in Oswestry, normally a great range of stouts and normally an imperial one to sip!

David King

Interesting pub with an extensive beer list including, when we visited, a beetroot saison. Certainly some curiosities available. Friendly landlord. No food.

Romer Hoseason

8 months ago

Wonderful beer. Excellent company. Pity it's such a long way from home. Just proving that it is the best pub in the Midlands.

Kim

Great pub. Vast range of beers, lagers, IPAs etc. Friendly staff. Seating outside. This pub has won lots of awards. First visit for us but it won't be the last. Thumbs up!

Sarah Evans

Fantastic old style pub serving really good beers

Carl Hopley

Great range of ales, including low alcohol and vegan friendly ones. Great mix of people and friendly proprietors and supporting staff.

Neil Hampson

Always a good choice of beer and well worth calling in.

Don Jones

9 months ago

Accidentally went into this unbelievably brilliant pub. Selection of ales and cider were very broad with every taste catered for. Staff couldn't of been more helpful. Can't wait to return.

Kenny W

Incredible selection of beers, fantastic landlords, welcoming and comfortable pub. One of my favourite in the UK and well deserving of the many awards it's got over the years.

Mark L

Great selection of beers, great décor, top staff. Definitely drop by.

Kevin Johnson

Moto G5S

10 months ago

Best pub in Os !!!