Drinking In The Happy Valley! - Sowerby Bridge Pub Crawl

[@leetshots]

Used to live in the flats on the canal next to the hogs head. Timed myself once, was about 30 seconds from my front door to the bar.

[@1960davedan]

Great reviews - have a fantastic Christmas

[@pjimmyd5516]

Do a Sheffield tour please, some great boozers😊

[@paulhartley7459]

some belting pubs in sowerby bridge get the train from bradford on a saturday on a regular basis

[@Ruthybette]

Cheers for the 10/10 mate! I love working at The Puzzle. Great beer, the best work mates you could wish for, amazing bands and pork pies! Oh and mustn't forget the ghosts 👻😂

[@timmusgrove2391]

You walk past my house in this video. Hogs is my local and we bloody love it. There’s a few good ones you didn’t get chance to go in too. Come back for round two 😂. Great vid.

[@reesestevenson5492]

Yo-yo-yooooo. I just want to say me and my buddy are from Columbus, OH, but we came across your video looking for pub videos tonight. It’s his birthday night so we are up late drinking together and found you. I appreciate your videos and how authentic you are and how informative you are. No, I highly doubt I’ll get to all these places, but it’s fun to watch and I’ll live vicariously through through. Just subscribed and we will add you to our weekly drinking rotation of videos. Be safe and Merry Christmas! 🎁🎄 -Reese

[@RealAlesRealPubs]

Thanks for the kind words, I’m glad you’re enjoying the videos! Tell your friend a happy birthday from me! Cheers and merry Christmas!🍻

[@reesestevenson5492]

@RealAlesRealPubs hell yeah my friend! What’s your first name so we can refer to you? He said “Hell yeah, thank you, and Merry Christmas!”

[@miketoohey2734]

Im the buddy the birthday dude... we found a rabbit hole of good beers and awesome pubs this is a great channel of beer and pubs thank you.

[@miketoohey2734]

@RealAlesRealPubs Im the buddy the birthday dude... we found a rabbit hole of good beers and awesome pubs this is a great channel of beer and pubs thank you

[@RealAlesRealPubs]

Ethan! Cheers 🍻

[@stevogeezer]

A Timmy Taylor's tied house ? The full range of TT beers ? This town is heaven on Earth !

[@stephenrawlings5984]

Not tied. Freehouse.

[@Krakeloa]

The "tank" outside Hollins Mill is an FV107 Scimitar, one of the variants of the Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance (Tracked) aka CVR(T) series of vehicles. It entered service with the British Army in the mid-70s and was retired in 2023. It served in the Falklands War, Gulf War, Bosnian War, Kosovo War, Iraq War, the War in Afghanistan, and a couple of dozen were donated to Ukraine.

The Hog's head looks like the classical pub on the interior.

[@stevek3636]

Cracking vlogs mate! I used to be a member of CAMRA and was press and publicity rep for Salisbury and South Wilts branch. I emigrated to Canada twenty two years ago but still miss decent cask ale. Keep up the good work!!

[@AndrewPriscott-pd1zv]

You were lucky to find decent stout and porter plus a few other dark beers so freely available, most places this is about as common as rocking horse manure - lucky you.

[@nickparas7170]

No slurring of the narrative after a pint. More than I could do!

[@ludo227]

Amazing places…. Stouts & porters looks like so good…..🤤tks mate ! I’m thirsty now !!!

[@karlos55555]

Stayed in SB for a weekend last year in the summer and I really enjoyed 2 days on the lash there. Even went in the nightclub The 'new' Roxy? and that was an experience I tell ya 😂 it was like stepping back into the 80's, apparently nowt new about the place! Our favourite pubs were the Hogs and the Turks Heads, great atmosphere in both and although Sowerby Bridge does have a Spoons it's a real gem of a place for some old pub style supping. Can't wait to go back when it's warmer. Subscribed.

[@stevogeezer]

As a southerner I envy you northern folk... your beer is better than ours... my old fella lived in Clitheroe in the mid/late 90s while I was wasting my life at Staffs Uni... I would visit him at the weekend and we checked out local pubs in the Clitheroe area... great beer... superb ales up North ! Respect !

[@neilboulton9813]

What a ridiculous comment there loads of good beers and breweries in the south. You can whinge about the prices if you like which is more to do with the earning potential but not the choice.

[@User58747]

Not convinced! I used to live in Berkshire in the 80s and the local ales around there were outstanding. Gales HSB, Fullers ESB, Brakespears, etc.... Maybe times have changed - I certainly hope not.

[@stevogeezer]

@@User58747 Alas Brakspears is no longer brewed in Henley and is a shadow of it's former self... used to love their Special and Old Ale beers... Gales was swallowed up by Fuller's... Gales HSB is still being made (by Fuller's ) and is not what it was... Youngs of Wandsworth was taken over by Charles Wells and Youngs beers are now brewed in Bedford... a poor imitation... . Morland was swallowed up by Greene King... Old Speckled Hen is now a poor copy. Fortunately Fullers are still making great beers as are Harveys of Sussex and Wadworth from Wiltshire still make good beers.

[@nomo9344]

As a Southerner from across the pond, we take pride in our whiskey and bourbon. Cheers from Alabama!

[@Trond_travels]

That first pub look really amazing inside

[@davidwood4271]

Brilliant review nice to see inside these great pubs ❤

[@RealAlesRealPubs]

Thanks! 🍻

[@lucastblascke]

Hugs from Brazil! 🍺🍻

[@queenie703]

Petition for Paul to do a review! Looked like a great day out and certainly makes up for last week’s disappointment 🍻

[@jwsman15]

Loving these videos. Cheers from the U.S

[@RealAlesRealPubs]

Cheers! 🍻 love hearing from friends over the pond!

[@JohnAleman1]

Good to see plenty of dark ales on 🍻

[@nilo70]

Cheers From Your newest subscriber from California 😎

[@davidmacgregor5193]

Yes, some of the boozers in Sowerby Bridge have strange opening hours, the Blind Pig is only open on Friday's and Saturday's from teatime until the early hours of the following morning. It beats me how pubs can survive on such limited opening hours. It's always a grand night out in Sowerby Bridge, a small town with a big welcome. Have you tried the Big Six at King Cross yet? It is a cracking traditional pub in the middle of a row of Victorian terraced houses, the Big Six is well worth a visit.

[@TheYoda23]

That punk dogs was ridged XD

[@Ruthybette]

I believe his name is Kevin :)

[@JNews10]

Check out Otley mate, some great pubs out that way and for such a small town it’s got nearly 20 pubs!

[@laurencehallett3728]

Hi. Just stumbled across the channel and love your work. Fantastic constructive information on places to have a decent pint. Keep up the great work 👍

[@brendaeaves1079]

Watching From NC😊USA❤

[@Vit-b5u]

graet vidio

[@wino-jc3zu]

great looking pubs and quality beers

[@TodmordenTourism]

Getting closer to Todmorden!

[@mickeyfinn8956]

Hi mate, what’s the swpb club? I’d like to join!

[@RealAlesRealPubs]

SPBW (Society for the Preservation of Beers from the Wood). If you check out their website they have a list of branches and how to contact them to join! Cheers 🍻

[@georgebaines6676]

Think i walked past you in Leeds yesterday and you've randomly popped up on my youtube!

[@RealAlesRealPubs]

I was in Leeds yesterday! 🍻

[@georgebaines6676]

@RealAlesRealPubs must have been you, hope you had a good time!

[@thehoppytraveller]

Great selection of beers there and I’ve not tried Ram Tam before to my shock! Bit of sunshine be a grand day out that 🍻

[@RealAlesRealPubs]

Yeah it was a cracking day. Apparently Ram Tam and Landlord Dark are the same beer, just renamed! 🍻

[@thehoppytraveller]

@ I’ve not had that version either 😳 Ram Tam a better name 🍻

[@swinnyhepton123]

@RealAlesRealPubs Aside from the addition of E150a caramel colouring, Ram Tam/ Landlord Dark are the same beer as regular Landlord. Still a very decent pint though.

[@vivabielsamot5828]

I'm sowerby bridge born and bred and I'd call it a ginnel purely on the fact that it's enclosed as you walk through . Good vid , of course living here means I get to enjoy my hometown pubs on a regular basis but as its been said there are other local areas too such as Hebden bridge that offer a good beer crawl too .

[@PerryBone]

The parting shot of the Turks Head you see an opportunity for a prankster as the "K" is missing from the sign on the side of the building. A piece of cardboard cut out in the shape of a "D" could cause a mention in the local paper!

[@monty_sultana]

I was there yesterday on my motorcycle 😅

[@SlurpyDave254]

It ain't bad Sowerby Bridge, been a couple of time, Puzzles & Turks. Not done the other 3. (Still not had a Goose Eye Ale) that Barnsley Bitter was a result at the end. Some nice dark ales. Hebden Bridge soon I guess, Fox & Goose is a must...top vid once again Ethan. ( ps it's a GINNEL😂)👍🍺

[@RealAlesRealPubs]

Yeah Hebden Bridge is on the list, hopefully some time early next year! Thanks Dave 🍻

[@skomil]

Live up the road from here - Sowerby Bridge has so many great bars, but you really need to go the Shears in Halifax as well as the Victoria!

[@RealAlesRealPubs]

I visit the Victoria on my Halifax video from earlier in the year! 🍻

[@skomil]

@RealAlesRealPubs Will have a look,Cheers

[@r2trogly]

Another great vlog thanks lads. Seeing you and your mates reminded me of Last of the summer Wine or it last of the summer Beer.

[@antonysanderson9371]

Great video looks lovely place happy valley

[@GFdoesGF]

Such a picturesque town with those lovely brick buildings and some great pubs - I also spy some gluten free beers!!🍻 Btw it’s an alleyway where I’m from!! 😅

[@colinbarber9324]

Just outside of Soaby is Ripponden, about 3ish miles away, the oldest pub in Yorkshire ? The Old Bridge Inn, parts of it date from the 13 hundreds, on a pack horse bridge. It’s got the stocks outside, so behave yourself. Original timber framed, clad in stone. Cracking Stout, best sludge going. London Black

[@andrewmogg591]

Having recently moved to betwixt Halifax and Sowerby, the locals seem to call shortcut passageways both "ginnels" and "snickets". But back in Derby it'd be called a "jitty".

[@simonhaste2864]

‘Twittens’ in Sussex.

[@colinmayes9446]

Lovely, happy videos, thank you.

[@RealAlesRealPubs]

Glad you like them! 🍻

[@samrodgers5148]

Looks like a session in Sowerby is on the cards after Christmas! Another cracking video and good to have Paul making an appearance again!

[@davidmacgregor5193]

Sowerby and Sowerby Bridge are two seperate places about half a mile from each other, Sowerby Bridge is a town in the Calder Valley and Sowerby is a village on top of a hill. The Rush Cart is a great pub in Sowerby, it is named after the cart used in the local Rushbearing Festival. This festival is held every September, it is organised by the local churches and it raises money for several local charities .the Rushbearing Festival dates back about three hundred years to the time when the churches stone floors were covered with bullrushes. The Rushbearing Cart is hauled up hill and down dale between several townships by the local population in fancy dress. If you are in the Sowerby Bridge area in early September, the Rushbearing Festival is well worth a visit.

[@charlesa.robinson7722]

Looks like a fun town that Sowerby Bridge. I like all of the brick buildings. I like both the Hogs head and the Puzzle Hall. I like the live folk music in the Puzzle hall. That singer with that group had a great voice! It's nice to see these places in England. There is this British guy on KZbin who does a travel blog called "Backpacker Ben". He goes all over the world and highlights shitholes and then whines about it when he gets there. He has done several videos on these really run down areas in England on his channel as well. Who wants to watch that? So, your videos inspire me to travel to England again and to do some pub crawls in some of your towns! Thanks again!

[@neilboulton9813]

Ignore the negative individuals on KZbin who seem to want earn a living as some sort of freak show on misery. You have plenty of them on your side of the pond showing the various Fentenyl skid rows in your major cities. Just to confirm in that part of Yorkshire it is limestone on the building and not brick. I thought the folk music was superb and just the sort music you would expect to hear in a British pub on a chilled Sunday afternoon.

[@charlesa.robinson7722]

@@neilboulton9813 Ok, limestone it is. I like it!

[@RogueCylon]

Would love to see you travel to St. Albans. I used to pub crawl there all the time when I lived there for a while. Including lock-ins. At one point it was in the Guinness Book of Records for most pubs in a square mile.

[@boxcartwilly]

🍺👍😎

[@0019808]

£4.50 for a 6.5% imperial porter in a pub is a ruddy good price!

[@RealAlesRealPubs]

It was a ruddy good pub crawl! Cheers 🍻

[@theevanpyle]

Ragnar Loothbrok !

[@rave2173]

Are you on the app untappd if so i would love to follow you on there

[@stevogeezer]

Did I see £2.20 at the 'Sowerby B' ?...... £2.20 a pint ????

[@DaveCaolo]

Forgive my ignorance: you’ll often say that you could “session” a beer. What does “session” mean in this context? Signed, a dedicated viewer in The States.

[@RealAlesRealPubs]

It means I could stick to just that beer for an evening and have multiple pints of it!

[@DaveCaolo]

@ Ah, thanks! Appreciate it

[@ArtnAbart]

Thank you for visiting The Sore Bee, and the kind words! Shame about the Neanderthals mentioning the flag in the comments, like it’s something negative. Its a safe space for everyone, and my favourite local. Keep doing what you do brother. 🍻

[@kevinclick9026]

Ey Up!

[@paulcalvert2099]

You got Sowerby mixed up with Hebden bridge…the Happy valley. Get some ale there

[@THX-ic8yw]

Sowerby Bridge is in the same Calder Valley as Hebden Bridge mate. Sally Wainwright, the writer of Happy Valley grew up in Sowerby Bridge.

[@nigelwatson2750]

A rainbow flag and pot noodles on the bar - I'll pass, thanks!

[@reesestevenson5492]

Haha