Big 6, Halifax

A bit of a hike from the town centre so it was a taxi ride for most of the assembled crawlers, obviously worth the effort to get to this very good multi roomed pub with some added heritage interest. The beers, listed by BF below, were a good range and my Thornbridge Importance Of Being was spot on.

"If you haven't been to the Big 6,you haven't done Halifax" was a most correct quote from Quinno and this really is a must visit.The pub's name came from a former sister mineral water operation at the site under the name Big 6 and this stuck to the pub too.It's all very old school and unspoiled,various rooms off the corridor and a great internal Tetley's sign and Big 6 in stained glass.A small snug with a fireplace ,a seperate darts room,two other rooms with decent wood panelling.There is a beer garden over the rear lane,it's a very local kind of place and no muzak ,machines, flatscreens or other nonsense. The bar offered Goose Eye Bitter,Leeds Pale,Settle Old Smithy,and Thornbridge The Importance of Being (NBSS 3.5) .A decent line up, this is well worth the trek from the town centre which ever mode of transport you use.

There isn’t much I can add to this fine pub: established in 1857 as a purpose-built beer house, an interior courtesy of brewer Ramsden from around the late ‘20s, the ‘Big Six’ leaded stained glass (see photos), added as a heritage touch in the mid-’80s by Tetley and all with a CAMRA heritage listing of ** along with a fantastic beer garden with a lovely blue bush (see photo); scenes from The Choral were recently filmed here. I went for the Leeds Pale at just £1.60 a half and fine. This is a must-visit pub when in Halifax.

Rather fabulous old terraced pub in a side alley than only has an unmade surface (with just grass beyond the main entrance) although the rear door accesses a paved street. Retains its multi-room heritage interior, with all rooms simply furnished but with some breweriana and local history pictures to add interest. Five cask ales on handpump: Old Mill Traditional Bitter, Gilded Lily from Durham, Settle's Attermire Pale, Goose Eye Black Moor and Long Moor Pale from Small World Beers (£3.60). Well worth a detour to visit.