Brewery to bring Darwen pub back to life (From Lancashire Telegraph)
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Brewery to bring Darwen pub back to life
11:53am Thursday 17th February 2011 in Tockholes
A BREWERY is moving lock, stock and barrel to open in an empty pub in Tockholes.
The Three B’s Brewery, which was started in 1999 by former British Rail engineer Robert Bell, will breathe new life into the Black Bull in Brokenstone Road, which has been shut for 18 months.
Mr Bell, 51, has been given permission to build a 3.5metre-high single-storey extension to the rear of the building to house the microbrewery.
He aims to reopen the pub to customers within six weeks.
The move bucks a recent trend of pubs closing due to a lack of trade and an increase in beer prices.
Mr Bell said: “Other people in the pub industry have been quiet recently.
“But we’ve had a busy start to the year because we’ve had a deal to supply Wetherspoons nationally with 54 firkins, which hold 72 pints each.
“We’ve been looking to get a pub for two or three years now, and eventually something is coming together.
“We were looking at pubs in the Blackburn area, but this is an ideal location for us, and looks out over the whole of Blackburn as well.”
The 30-barrel brewery, which employs five people, is expected to move from its current base in Stockclough Lane, Feniscowles, Blackburn, and start running in Tockholes in three months.
The pub will be given a facelift and will open in six weeks.
Pub food and guest ales will be available and there will be parking for 30 cars.
Beers brewed by Three B’s include Autumn Gold, Bee Blonde, Beethrifty, Stoker’s Slake and Tacklers Tipple.
Comments(21)
happycyclist
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12:12pm Thu 17 Feb 11
Jerzei Balowski
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1:24pm Thu 17 Feb 11
Grizzly
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1:43pm Thu 17 Feb 11
pinkfairyone
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1:52pm Thu 17 Feb 11
pd
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2:04pm Thu 17 Feb 11
stanhillstan
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2:39pm Thu 17 Feb 11
stanhillstan
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2:39pm Thu 17 Feb 11
Fred Storm
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3:05pm Thu 17 Feb 11
Gra79
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3:07pm Thu 17 Feb 11
Fred Storm
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3:51pm Thu 17 Feb 11
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By the way I know a **** good chimney sweep should tha need one
masterdebater.co.uk
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4:46pm Thu 17 Feb 11
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While we are on the topic, is there a vodka brewery in Darwen?
shimmy
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5:05pm Thu 17 Feb 11
The White One
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5:23pm Thu 17 Feb 11
I have no sympathy for anyone who is killed by means of SMOKING & DRINKING ALCOHOL.
maltablackburnian
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5:59pm Thu 17 Feb 11
The White One wrote:Every village has one.
Governments need & should close all pubs, Clubs and all beer establishments. Owing to FACT that drinking the amba-nectar is a Capital "C" KILLER just like SMOKING the dreaded WEED. Both are in my mind class AA drugs. I have no sympathy for anyone who is killed by means of SMOKING & DRINKING ALCOHOL.
Good luck with the new pub. Will visit next time I'm over - if I'm not dead, of course.
RK
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6:01pm Thu 17 Feb 11
The White One wrote:Miserable sod. Security words are 'free-half', I kid you not.
Governments need & should close all pubs, Clubs and all beer establishments. Owing to FACT that drinking the amba-nectar is a Capital "C" KILLER just like SMOKING the dreaded WEED. Both are in my mind class AA drugs. I have no sympathy for anyone who is killed by means of SMOKING & DRINKING ALCOHOL.
xsblue
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6:41pm Thu 17 Feb 11
BlueSkies
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9:07pm Thu 17 Feb 11
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C'mon people, lager is tish compared with what these guys can deliver.
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I'll be there! Superd//.
pwei73
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7:54am Fri 18 Feb 11
The White One wrote:Get a life you sad git. you should be saying well done in these times of hardship, i will say it for you
Governments need & should close all pubs, Clubs and all beer establishments. Owing to FACT that drinking the amba-nectar is a Capital "C" KILLER just like SMOKING the dreaded WEED. Both are in my mind class AA drugs. I have no sympathy for anyone who is killed by means of SMOKING & DRINKING ALCOHOL.
WELL DONE 3 Bee's
blueette
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9:40am Fri 18 Feb 11
What with Boo Hewerdine playing a gig at the Village Hall soon, Tockholes is set to become the place to go.
Good luck, Robert, I'll raise a glass of Knocker Up to your success this weekend
thoroughbred
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11:22pm Fri 18 Feb 11
I wish you the very best of luck...much success and lots of custom!
I used to purchase from you and admire the way you have soldiered on through these depressed times, when bigger concerns have failed...Bloody well done!
useyourhead says...
11:58am Thu 17 Feb 11