Did Jimmy Clitheroe eat these Pies?

British Pies

I’ve been travelling up to Clitheroe for the past dozen or so years and frequently park up near Alpes The Butcher on Shawbridge Street. Well on this occasion, after missing lunch, I decided it was time to pay a visit and take a butchers (pun intended) at what was on offer. I walked into a …

It’s a Pie that you can’t disparage!

British Pies

Venue: Walter Smith Butcher’s Shop, 64 High Street, Albrighton. WV7 3JA Date: 15th January 2018 Pie: Pork Pie Temperature: Cold Rating: 9.0 A good friend brought a pie into the office for me to have for lunch a few weeks back sourced from a local Butchers. Walter Smith Butchers are known very well across the Midlands …

Venison & Stilton at the Pie & Ale.

British Pies

After a leisurely afternoon at the 2018 Manchester Beer & Cider Festival sampling delights with names like Cerial Killer, Ravenous Romp, New Zealand Pale, Knocker Upper, Whatever!, Dirty Rucker, Cohoperative, Absolute Banker and Triple Chocoholic Stout amonst others it only seemed fitting that we moved on to Pie & Ale over in the Northern Quarter. Locating Pie …