Prescot’s links to Shakespeare further cemented with the launch of a real ale in his name
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20 December 2020
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Prescot’s links to Shakespeare further cemented with the launch of a real ale in his name
The Watch Maker pub in Prescot have teamed up with Peerless Brewing to launch their own ‘house ale’ to commemorate the towns links with William Shakespeare.
‘ShakesBEER’ was launched on Friday 17 December and was on offer to punters for just 99p a pint. Local drinkers and members of St Helens and Districts CAMRA went along to celebrate the beer launch.
The JD Wetherspoons pub also celebrates its 10th year of being part of the lively food and drink scene in Prescot, so what better way to mark the anniversary than to have a beer brewed especially for the pub.
Sheena Pyper-Mann, General Manager at The Watch Maker said:
“It’s great being able to celebrate our 10th birthday by launching our own house ale and thanks to Peerless for doing this for us. The inspiration behind the beer is the links Prescot has to William Shakespeare. We have the new Shakespeare North Playhouse theatre opening in the town next year and of course the wonderful Imaginarium theatre company who are an associate company of the North Playhouse. So, we hope it will draw people to the area and obviously to come and have a drink with us at the Watch Maker.”
Ian Pye, St Helens and Districts CAMRA Pubs Officer said:
“It’s really great to see The Watch Maker celebrating not only the towns links to Shakespeare, but also the fact that they have been a main stay on the local real ale pub scene for 10 years now. The new ‘ShakesBEER’ is a lovely pint and will be really popular with drinkers there.
“It’s really important in these difficult times that we support our local pubs where possible and The Watch Maker have done a great job in keeping things going and focusing on their real ale availability, especially their focus on supporting local breweries.”
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Notes to Editor:
- St Helens CAMRA comes under Merseyside and Cheshire region and currently has over 700 members. It campaigns for quality real ale, cider and perry in thriving pubs across St Helens and advocates pubs and clubs as social centres in the local community and promotes the benefits of responsible social drinking.
