What a great week it was at the Bulls Head as the six cask ale pumps changed frequently over the nine days. Only celebrating a week of great ale would last nine days!!!

That’s what I love about cask ale week it has two weekends to it!! It was a great hit and moving the week from April to October is a great idea. So who’s brews were enjoyed the most I here you say???

Well the fastest moving were the Gunpowder mild from Coachhouse and their Cheshire Gold too was a hit. Redwillow from Macc’ delivered the goods with their ‘Directionless’ brew and the Happy Valley brewery from Bollington hit the mark with their ‘Sworn Secret’ Ale.

Mobberley Fine Ales Hedgehopper was as popular as ever and Ruck and Maul Rugby world cup ale from Tatton went down well until England lost then it became slightly too bitter to drink!! We also featured Storm Brewery beers and of course the bestselling beers of the house ‘Bulls Head Bitter’ and ‘Wobbly Mobberley Ale’ brewed by Weetwood.

More ales will feature as we soon celebrate Sausage and Ale week and British pub week back to back at the end of October. See you then if not before……………

The National Institute of Economic & Social Research (NIESR) has warned that the economic recovery will be “the weakest of any since the First World War”, after its first estimate for GDP growth in September suggested that the economy grew by 0.5% in the third quarter.

The NIESR warned that GDP is still 4% below its pre-recession peak, which means the recovery will be the weakest of any since the First World War and said that although the UK is likely to have departed the recession, we are in a ‘depression’.

So that should change the conversation here at the pub….the good news? We aren’t in a recession anymore!!! Yippee!!……The bad news?? We are now in a depression!!!

Well for us there is no need for depression of any kind when here at your favourite pub a great pint of cask ale, a glass of warming red wine, home cooked wholesome comfort food and a lit fire await you but most importantly all with a smile!!

They say the best tonic has a large gin in it!!

So if your recession has just become a depression pop in a cheer yourself up!!

You read it here (second) folks, The Telegraph has reported that it will be ‘hotter than Hawaii’ this week! Click here to read the article.

Just after I took in the ‘Summer Drinks board’ and started to plan our winter drinks, low and behold look what happens!!?? I am about to slip into a grass skirt and a coconut bikini for the remainder of the week!!! Girls run for the high ground!!!

Make the most of our Indian summer and join us at the Bulls Head this week and bask in the warmth of the rarely-seen English sunshine.

We will make sure there is plenty of ice-cold tonic for your G&T, fruity jugs of Pimms & Rose chilled to perfection.

Hope to see you here soon!

Our third famous ‘Pie week’ once again went down extremely well with all our customers and thank you for visiting us. The favourite pies of the week where 300+ pies were served as main courses were….

Our now legendary Steak and Ale pie still at number one!!!

Followed swiftly by our unique ‘chunky lamb’ Shepherd’s pie, Lloyds Cottage Pie, our Game pie, the steak and kidney pie and finally our Seafood Cumberland Pie featuring Haddock, smoked mackerel and salmon topped with mashed potato and local melted cheddar cheese made up the top six best sellers although all pies were appreciated especially our vegetarian pie which sold out twice!!

All our pies are homemade in our kitchen by Lloyd and the team and have been handcrafted with pride.

Watch out for our next pie week in March 2012 in recognition of British pie week….a national celebration of a great British favourite.

Our ales that sold quickest during the week were Mobberley Wobbly Ale, Bulls Head Bitter, Blonde Bull, Cholmondeley Best and the Dunham Massey ‘Green hop’ beer. Well done to everyone who sampled the ale with their favourite pie.

Fast on the heels of our success of being included in the Good Beer Guide for 2012 and being recognised as the ‘Turnaround Pub of the Year’ 2011 the Team from CAMRA arrived at the Bulls Head to complete the ‘hat-trick’ as we were awarded LocAle Pub of the Area for our commitment to supporting LOCAL Cheshire brewers.

A great night was enjoyed by all and Macclesfield and East Cheshire Branch of CAMRA enjoyed a few anecdotes from Tim as well as listening to Ray and Phil talk about their Mobberley Fine Ales Brewery which has just opened in Mobberley…..our nearest Brewery.

We wish to thank CAMRA for the recognition and our team for making it happen and our customers as always for their tremendous support!!!

We are so proud to announce that after only 15 months of trading , the ‘new’ Bulls Head team has been recognised for our commitment to only serving local micro-brewery ale from Cheshire Breweries within a 30 mile radius.

Our intention was always to support local businesses whether it be Ale or food.

To be acknowledged by the Good Beer guide this early in our journey with the Bulls Head is hugely satisfying.

However success is a journey not a destination and so we must work even harder in the future to ensure consistency over many years to come.

Thank you to all our loyal customers for enjoying our ale with us and here’s to many more pints being enjoyed in the future.

A very special guest visited our newly opened Cholmondeley Arms, (www.cholmondeleyarms.co.uk ) to enjoy the ‘Headmasters’ Steak Sandwich!!!

Shane and a few members of the Bulls Head team arrived to have a good ‘nosey’ at their ‘sister’ pub.

The Cholmondeley Arms opened on Saturday and we are very proud to welcome the pub and the team to our ‘family’. The ‘Chum’ is a unique building having spent most of its life as the village school!!

But like the Bulls Head is a favourite location for walkers, cyclists and car club enthusiasts as well as people simply out for a drive in the beautiful Cheshire countryside.

We have six guest bedrooms situated in the Headmasters house for those on a longer journey or those who simply want to make more of their visit to the ‘Chum’.

Shane has already booked his room!!

Here at the Bulls Head we have always felt exceptionally humbled by the great response we have had from our many loyal customers since we opened in May 2010. We have always worked hard to ensure our customers enjoy everything the Bulls Head has to offer whether it be fresh home-cooked food from our chef Lloyd and his team or a pint of local Cheshire ale from our bar served by Shane, Jen and the front of house crew. We simply wanted to create a proper pub that you can walk the dog to, go for a country walk from, sit by a fire and read the paper in and of course chat with friends you haven’t seen for ages.

It gives me great pleasure to tell everyone that we have been recognised by the ‘Publican’s MA’ Industry Magazine as the  ‘Best Turnaround Pub’ in the Northwest for 2011. We are delighted for the team and thank each and every one of them as they made it happen.

One word of thanks must go to all our customers old and new. Your support and enthusiasm for what we are trying to build at the Bulls Head is so appreciated. Thank you all so much and please don’t worry our feet are firmly on the ground still.

Steve and Stru’ from the Cholmondeley Arms and Shane and James from the Bulls Head all got together to enjoy a wine tasting to sample proposed wines for the new Cholmondeley wine list and forthcoming Autumn wines for the Bulls Head list too.

In all 30 wines were sampled from three suppliers and the team made some great choices guided by Mary to ensure that vital feminine touch was observed!!

The good news is that some of the great wines already enjoyed at the Bulls head will be travelling across to Cholmondeley…no point trying to ‘re-invent the wheel’!!

Some wonderful new additions feature as well.

We look forward to getting open soon to share our choices with you!!