May is officially Mild month and sees the start of the annual event in the Potteries “The 5th CAMRA NORTH STAFFS MILD CHALLENGE, MAY 2011″
May is CAMRA’s designated Mild Month and The Mild Challenge is an opportunity for everyone to sample one Britain’s great and most traditional brewing styles and to check out a whole range of local pubs serving it.
PRIZES: 20 Pubs Visited – Bronze Award Certificate, plus one Beer Token to be used at The 31st Stoke Beer Festival.
30 Pubs Visited – Silver Award Certificate, an advance ticket to The 31st Stoke Beer Festival, plus one Beer Token to be used at the Festival.
40 Pubs Visited – Gold Award Certificate, an advance ticket to The 31st Stoke Beer Festival, one Beer Token to be used at the Festival, plus a special Mild Challenge 2011 Tee-Shirt.
The participating pubs are listed below, but you can always add a wild card entry too if your local is serving mild too:
Albion, Hanley – (ST1 1QT)
Coachmakers Arms, Hanley (ST1 3EA)
Market Tavern, Hanley (ST1 1NA)
Reginald Mitchell, Hanley (ST1 1NQ)
Bulls Head, Burslem (ST6 3AJ)
Duke William, Burslem (ST6 3AJ)
Post Office Vaults, Burslem (ST6 3AA)
Arnold Machin, Newcastle (ST5 1PB)
Old Brown Jug, Newcastle (ST5 2RY)
Bush, Silverdale (ST5 6JZ)
Gresley Arms, Alsagers Bank (ST7 8BQ)
Greyhound, Hartshill (ST5 1JT)
Congress, Longton (ST3 1HJ)
Last Post, Longton (ST3 1BF)
Catchems Corner, Meir (ST3 6HH)
Foxfield Railway Bar, Blythe Bridge (ST11 9BG)
Wheatsheaf, Stoke (ST4 1BU)
White Star, Stoke (ST4 1JB)
The Star, Stone (ST15 8QW)
Poste of Stone, Stone (ST15 8AB)
Royal Exchange, Stone (ST15 8DA)
Swan, Stone (ST15 8QW)
Pheasant Inn, Stone (ST15 8HS)
Dyers Arms, Leek (ST13 8LD)
Cock Inn, Leek (ST13 6HN)
Wellington, Leek (ST13 5EF)
Wilkes Head, Leek (ST13 5DS)
Bradley Green, Biddulph (ST8 6AS)
Biddulph Arms, Biddulph (ST8 6QJ)
Royal Oak, Harriseahead (ST7 4JT)
Blue Bell, Kidsgrove (ST7 1EG)
Top Pub, Brown Edge (ST6 8TX)
Black Lion, Consall Forge (ST9 0AJ)
Red Lion, Waterfall (ST10 3AZ)
Yew Tree, Cauldon (ST10 3EJ)
Jervis Arms, Onecote (ST13 7RU)
Huntsman, Cheadle (ST10 1XS)
Masons Arms, Far Green (ST1 2LJ)
Old Sal, Sandford Hill (ST3 5SN)
Swan, Bignall End (ST7 8QD)
Click the link to download a copy of Potters Bar, or pick up a copy in your local Staffs CAMRA pub, in it you’ll find the official tick list if you want try and hit the trail and collect those stamps..
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