Hail to the Ale, Wolverhampton

Hail to the Ale is a micropub at Claregate, Wolverhampton, WV6 9JN.

The pub is owned by Gary and Angela Morton of Morton Brewery, based in nearby Essington, Staffordshire.

The pub was the first micropub to open in the West Midlands, opening on 5 September 2013 in a building that was previously occupied by the former Claregate Post Office and an antiques shop.

Hail to the Ale won the Campaign for Real Ale's Wolverhampton City Pub of the Year 2015[1][2] and 2016[3] as well as the Campaign for Real Ale's West Midlands Regional and West Midlands County Pub of the Year awards for 2015.[4][5] The micropub was also named in the Daily Telegraph's Thirsty Thirty pubs list,[6] picked by the writers of the Pint to Pint column in the newspaper's Weekend supplement.

References

  1. ↑ Madeley, Peter (2015-04-06). "From mail to ale, micropub's a winner". Express & Star.
  2. ↑ "One-room micro-boozer named Wolverhampton's pub of the year". www.expressandstar.com. Express & Star. 6 April 2015. Retrieved 2016-10-10.
  3. ↑ "Wolverhampton post office-turned-micropub named City Pub of the Year by Camra". nativemonster. Native Monster. 2016-04-26. Retrieved 2016-05-02.
  4. ↑ Lockley, Mike (2015-09-10). "Why has this quirky Wolverhampton micro pub been named as one of the best boozers in Britain?". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 2016-04-26.
  5. ↑ "CAMRA announces the Top 16 pubs in Britain". CAMRA. Campaign for Real Ale. 2015-09-10. Retrieved 2016-04-26.
  6. ↑ "The Thirsty Thirty - A toast to Britain's best pubs". The Daily Telegraph. Weekend. 2016-09-04.
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