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We've got 4 pint jugs to take away real ale and cider!
Come up to the top of Halkyn Mountain and join us as we drink in the atmosphere of the house of ale repute
20p per pint discount on cider for card carrying WPCS* members
and on cask ale too for CAMRA* members
The award winning Blue Bell Inn, Halkyn.
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Cycling News
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A new social cycling club for the mountain...
We want all to feel welcome and we can add easier, harder, routes as the requirements of the members become apparent. This club is meant to be social and fun with a bit of cycling thrown in :-)
We meet roughly every fortnight (depending on the weather) on Tuesdays through the Summer and Sundays through the Winter.
We will be starting and ending in the Blue Bell Inn car park.
If you haven't got a bike then there are lots of deals to be had here!
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Real Ales & Ciders On Now
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Our own Blue Bell Bitter at 3.5% is brewed by Facers in Flintshire - a traditional amber bitter. Full bodied and  well hopped to give a balanced taste. Great as it is or as a refreshing shandy.
Hops: 100% Goldings. Malt: Crystal, Optic malt & torrefied wheat.
We're now up to brew recipe eight. We thought recipe six would be it but price has become an issue so after a bit of tweaking of recipe seven we think we've got it, what do you think? We're trying to get good value and great taste in one pint but we need your feedback to achieve it.
We've added wheat to improve head retention and a little more crystal malt to make it slightly darker. Recipe seven was tweaked a little to reduce the bitterness as the Goldings were a tad too bitter despite what the book says.
In recipe five we slowly removed the Liberty hops from the recipe we started with (so called, we now realise, because the cost of them now is a liberty!). The hop recipe for Blue Bell Bitter is now 100% Goldings hops.
This is a huge change for the better in terms of the beer's carbon footprint, as the Liberty hops were grown in America but the Goldings are British. It's also helping us keep the cost down as the Goldings have only' gone up by a trifling 111% from £7.35/kilo last year to £15.50/kilo; they haven't actually confirmed the cost of Liberty at the moment, but we're expecting something like £25 - £30/kilo.
We used to use Maris Otter malt but price became an issue for the same reasons, poor harvest yields and some lunatic fringe growing fuel instead of food - Did you know that The Economist, End of cheap food, Dec 6th 2007 article stated that 'filling the tank of an SUV with ethanol [made with corn/maize] requires enough corn/maize to feed a person for a year,' it'll be the same with cereals too soon, OK rant over!
We actually think Optic malt comes out better in taste tests, what do you think? Your comments would be most welcomed here or over the bar so we can craft this beer not only to suit our tastebuds but our pockets as well!
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Whisky - on now
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A permanent feature here at the Blue Bell Inn Penderyn Welsh Whisky in this instance the limited edition peated expression (a limited bottling of approximately 5,000 per year). The sweet aromatic smoke of Penderyn Peated single malt whisky is an alluring and unusual expression of their single malt whisky produced each year as a limited bottling.
At premium strength (46% vol) the Penderyn peated single malt whisky is finished to impart a generous flavour of subtle complexity. Hand crafted to perfection, the unique distillation and maturation produces a single malt whisky in which a delicate spirit underlies a medium peaty character with light golden tone.
The Penderyn Peated in this bottle has been aged in ex-bourbon barrels and ex-peated Scotch whisky casks to bring out its appealing character. At a generous 46% ABV, it introduces itself with sweet, aromatic smoke. Under this there are signature notes of vanilla, green apple and refreshing citrus. An array of gentle flavours tempts even the most sophisticated palate, while smoke and vanilla linger on the attractive medium length finish.
This whisky is non-chill filtered and has no added colouring making it a totally natural and true whisky.
Winner of 'Silver Best in Class' at the International Wines and Spirits Competition World Whisky 'Other' No Age Statement
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Walking News
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  Stop Press and just in time for a great Christmas present: We've now 14 different Treasure Trails for you to enjoy. As well as the Halkyn Treasure Trail below, we also have Treasure Trails for Caernarfon, Conwy, Denbigh, Holywell, Ironbridge, Mold, Llandudno, Llangollen, Ruthin, Rhuddlan, St. Asaph and Wrexham!
HALKYN MOUNTAIN WOODS AND HILLFORTS
We have teamed up with Treasure Trails North Wales to bring you a brand new and fun outdoor experience for all the family on Halkyn Mountain.
The Trail is based on and around Halkyn Mountain which is part of Halkyn Common, an ancient common covering about 2,000 acres overlooking the Dee Estuary, the Cheshire Plains and The Clwydian Range.
 YOUR MISSION...
Dr Benton Mayhem is at it again. He has hidden a device in the old workings of the Marquis Lead Mine in Halkyn which will release a pungent gas to make all the real ale in the local pubs taste like vinegar and therefore ruining the annual Real Ale Trail. M wants you 006 to help Special Agent Belle Blue to solve the clues that have inadvertently been left on and around Halkyn Mountain and de-activate the device to save the world famous Real Ale Trail.
The Trail takes you through woodland, up to an iron-age hillfort and across open grazing land with magnificent views. Halkyn is an ancient settlement mentioned in the Doomsday Book but was developed during the 18th and 19th century lead-mining booms.
Our Treasure Trail testers John & Lorna said "let us know when the trail is out, it was so good we'll buy one for ourselves!"
 The Trail is about three and a half miles long and should take you about three hours to complete. The ground can be quite wet in places so be sure to wear appropriate footwear. The Trails starts and ends at The Blue Bell Inn.
Get your Treasure Trails from the Blue Bell Inn where part of the price includes a £2 donation to North East Wales Search & Rescue (NEWSAR)! |
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Real Ales & Ciders On Now
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  Brewed by Facers in Flintshire - A beautiful dark beer designed to provide a non-chemical and non-gassy alternative to that expensive syrup that is famously brewed in Dublin, then shipped/trucked over here and thinned with water modified by chemists in Runcorn!
Dark Blue at 4% is well priced and takes you back to that Irish beers roots as a porter. Better still, if you are a member of CAMRA we'll shave off another 20p per pint. Now that's what I call value and this beer has nothing but the finest non-chemical ingredients too! Those ingredients include Optic Pale Ale Malt, Crystal Malt and Chocolate Malt and the hops are 1st Gold.
Described by Mad Ed as, "mild with attitude," the beer should suit all dark beer drinkers (e.g. Mild, Porter & Stout). We have Dark Blue as a permanent feature on the bar nestled comfortably beside our now famous Blue Bell Bitter.
It's the landlords favourite pint, although the Blue Bell Bitter takes a lot of beating! |
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Coaches welcome by appointment. - We take most major credit and debit cards.
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