Winter Ale Festival at the Coach

The Coach in Bridgend will be holding a mini-Winter ale festival this weekend, starting Friday
25 November  and continuing until Sunday 27 November.
Facebook Event here

No full list yet but here are a few beers they have:

Amber Ales 'Chocolate Orange Stout'
Purple Moose 'Dark Side of the Moose'
Dark Star 'Winter Meltdown'
Titanic 'Plum Porter'
Skinners 'Betty's Big Sister'

Black Mountain, Smoked Porter, Marvelous Maple Mild

Winter Meltdown, Chocolate & Vanilla Stout, Dark Age

Otley O5, O8, KowHai

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Coach

37  Cowbridge Road, 

CF31 3DH, 

Bridgend

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The Coach, Bridgend

The Coach, 37 Cowbridge Road, Bridgend, CF31 3DH

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The Coach is a two-storey mid-to-late nineteenth century building situated on one of the main roads on the outskirts of Bridgend, only a short walk from the town centre. The building is faced with locally-quarried stone but is built out of brick and features colourful hanging baskets on the façade at this time of year. The Coach has an unique two-sided sign featuring the front and back of a Neath & Cardiff 'Brown Bomber' coach which used to travel past the pub. The pub was originally called the 'Coach & Horses' but the latter part of the name was dropped a number of years ago.

A central doorway leads to an open-plan wooden bar with three gleaming chrome handpumps, two of which are reserved for real ales from independent breweries and the third for cider from Wales' award-winning makers Gwynt-Y-Ddraig, with another cider or perry being served straight from the barrel. The full bottled range of Gwynt ciders are also available. Both above and behind the bar are pumpclips from some of dozens of brews this pub has served over the years since it was purchased in 2010 by two enterprising local customers. Beers from Breconshire, Skinners, Dark Star, Monty's and Vale of Glamorgan Breweries have all been served here, the Coach is a genuine freehouse with firm commitment to quality real ales. There is also a bottled beer range featuring brews such as Tomos Watkin Magic Lagyr as well as Goose Island IPA from the United States and other beers from Mexico and Estonia. A foreign draught 'guest' lager is also on tap, recent lagers have been Staropramen and Budweiser Budvar, both from the Czech Republic.

Despite being open-plan, the Coach manages to retain different areas; to the right of the bar is a pleasant lounge area with a stone fireplace, settles, tables and even a guitar and piano for music nights. The left-hand side features a dartboard, more seating and some contemporary art on the walls. To the rear of the Coach there is an outside section with a small patio area with tables and chairs.

A sell-out beer festival was held in the pub earlier this year and there are plans to hold another one in the future. Regular theme nights are held such as Jamaican or Cuban nights along with a quiz night on Tuesdays and this once neglected pub, purchased at auction by two relatively young locals has once again become the focus for the community.

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Bridgend Beerex at the Coach

Yet another local beer festival this weekend, this time in sunny Bridgend where the former Coach and Horses pub has been given a makeover by its new owners and renamed the Coach. Bridgend has been crying out for a decent pub for years and I have heard good things about this pub recently.

The inaugural Coach real ale festival will take place over the Easter weekend - from Good Friday to Easter Monday.
Beer list, subject to availabilty etc:

CONFIRMED BEER LIST:
#1 MOTLEY BREW (7.5% abv) Otley Brewing Co.
#2 HOT CHOCOLATE (3.9% abv) Wychwood Brewery.
#3 RAMBLERS RUIN (5% abv) Breconshire Brewery.
#4 EASTER ALE (3.9% abv) Purple Moose Brewery.
#5 FUNKY MONKEY (4% abv) Milk Street Brewery.
#6 EASTER ALE (4.2% abv) Evan Evans Brewery.
#7 MAD GOOSE (4.2% abv) Purity Brewing Co.
#8 GOLDEN HARE (4.4% abv) Bath Ales.
#9 O-GARDEN (4.8% abv) Otley Brewing Co.
#10 ESPRESSO STOUT (4.2% abv) Dark Star Brewing Co.

A selection of ciders from GWYNT-Y-DDRAIG WELSH CIDER

BBQ and food will be available at selected time, along with live entertainment in the evenings.

£2.90 a pint - or you can buy a £25 voucher for 10.

More information on their Facebook event page
The Coach
37 Cowbridge Road
Bridgend
CF31 3DH
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