WPA 4%
Wye Valley
Butty Bach
Brecon Brewing Co - Cwrw-istmas 4.2%
Neath Ales - Deliverance 4.5%
Otley Brewing Co, - O HO HO 5%
Skinners of Cornwall - Christmas Fairy
Wye Valley - Christmas Whisker 4.5%
Ciders :
Westons
Old Rosie
Wyld Wood
Bounds Brand
1st Quality
Raspberry Twist
Thatchers
Heritage
Cheddar Valley
The pub is a short walk uphill from Garth station on the Maesteg line.
The Cross Inn at Garth, near Maesteg will, this weekend, be holding a beer festival to celebrate two years of brewing at the pub. The Festival, from Friday-Sunday 13th-15th July 2012 will feature som Have previously written about the pub here and the pub is home to the Cerddyn Brewery.
At the Festival Table:
Orange Tri 4.5% a dark beer dry hopped with first gold to give an chocolate orange flavour.
Cwrw Tri 4.5% a very popular dark beer with a rich coffee start with a dark chocolate finish.
Dragons Fire 4.6% a red coloured beer originally brewed for the six nations
Landlady's Challenge 4.2% My second brew. A light coloured beer brewed using challenger hops
Wye Valley Flower Power (July's beer of the month)
Ciders
All from Westons
Raspberry Twist
Celebration
Bounds
Old Rosie
1st Vintage
Traditional Scrumpy
Entertainment
Sunday - live music from a local band called 'Rainbow Bridge' starting at 4pm
The pub is a short walk uphill from Garth Station, on the Maesteg line, alternatively there is a bus stop nearby. Cross Inn, Maesteg Road, Garth, CF34 9LB Google Map:
The Cross Inn at Garth, near Maesteg will be holding a beer festival this May Day weekend, the pub is also home to Cerddin Brewery and is only a short walk from Garth station.
Beer & Cider List, all subject to availability etc:
Wye Valley
HPA 4% , a delightful pale ale with a citrus hop aroma and a balanced bitter finish.
Pint Bearer 3.9%, a refreshing chestnut coloured beer.
Butty Bach 4.5%.
Brecon Brewing
Golden Beacon 4.2% , a deep golden ale brewed with progress and pioneer hops.
Diamond Beacon 4.3%, a red ale brewed with a wealth of sovereign hops
Kite Brewery
Thunderbird 4.5% , a mid brown hoppy ale with sweet fruit aromas
Moorhouse
Pride of Pendle 4.1%, a golden amber ale with a fine balance of malt and hops to give a long dry satisfying finish.
Neath Ales – to be announced
Cerddin Brewery
Cwrw Tri 4.5% , a dark beer with a smooth coffee start and a chocolate finish.
Landlady’s Gold 4.7% . Gills first brew. A light golden refreshing fruity little number.
Dragons Fire 4.6%
Cascade 4.8%
Solar 4%
Ciders
Westons
Raspberry Twist 4% ,
1st Quality 5%,
Bounds 4.8%,
Old Rosie 7.3%,
Traditional Scrumpy 6%
Vintage 7.3%
Thatchers
Traditional 6%
Heritage 4.9%
Raglan Cider Mills
Hanky Panky - matured in whisky casks
Cross Inn, Maesteg Road, Garth, CF34 9LB. Open all day
The Cross Inn is a long, two-story building, built in the late nineteenth century and situated on the main Bridgend-Maesteg road; a short walk uphill from Garth railway station. A central doorway leads to an original tilled hallway with a bar to the left and a lounge to the right. A small window in the hallway was the former off-sales hatch, this was set at a low-level in the wall to enable carry-outs to be sold to children to take home for their parents. Above the hatch is a large chalkboard announcing the forthcoming events occurring in the pub. The bar on the left-hand side is long and narrow but has room for a pool table at one end. One of the photographs on the wall shows the original extent of the bar counter from one hundred years ago; it stretched to most of the length of the room but was shortened some years ago to provide more space for customers. The Cross Inn is unusual in that it still retains its original layout and has not been knocked through to one bar.
A doorway off the bar leads to a corridor and a smoking area out the back, the corridor contains some old breweriana such as a 60 year old price list and an old Hancocks Toastmaster mirror. There is also an outside drinking area to the side of the pub.
The lounge, situated to the right of the entrance hall is tastefully decorated with charcoal drawings of the area, bench seating and high tables. There are 3 gleaming chrome handpumps in the bar and another 2 in the lounge. The Cross Inn is home to the Cerddin Brewery, established in 2010 and named after the rowan trees that grow locally, this is the first brewery in the area for 112 years and is Wales' first carbon neutral brewery.
The brewery is situated in an outbuilding to the side of the pub. Regular brews such as Solar and Cascade are supplemented by guest beers from another brewery such as Wye Valley and occasional brews. The popularity of the home-brewed beer has resulted in the landlord putting an extra handpump in and using bigger casks in the cellar. The beers from Cerddin Brewery are all served in branded glassware and takeout containers are also available.
Two beer festivals are held at the pub every year, with the next one being over the August Bank Holiday weekend 26th-28th
I was in the Cross Inn, Garth, Maesteg the other day, home to the excellent Cerddin Brewery (review in the South Wales Echo tomorrow, Saturday 13.08.11) and in a back corridor of this gem of a pub I came across on old 1951 price list from Ely Brewery of Cardiff. According to Dave, the landlord it was found down the back of a seat in the pub during a refurbishment. Interesting range of drinks supplied by the brewery - everything from beer and pre-mixed cocktails to champagne.
Of course the beer prices are the ones that interest me - notice the price of two pint flagons - this was in the days of all day closing on Sundays so takeouts were needed for Sunday - either that or a trip to the clubs that were unaffected by the Sunday Closing Act. The BBC have recently published an article on Sunday Closing here.
The National Archives have a currency converter - unfortunately it does not have every year and it only goes up to 2005 but it gives a rough interpretation of the prices. Have used 1950 prices as a comparison.
Dark and Bitter would be £1.33 in 2005
Pale Ale would be £1.52 in 2005
Home Brewed would be £3.80/flagon (incl 38p deposit on bottle), £1.99/pint (incl deposit 28p) and £1.04/half (incl 19p deposit).
You can work the rest out for yourself, I don't want to get to tied up in old figures like some bloggers!
Ely Brewery was bought by Rhymney Brewery in 1959 and demolished in 1963.
