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The Old Post Office, Rochdale

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858 Manchester Road
Castleton
Postal town: Rochdale
OL11 2SP
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Blue Scrumpy left this review about The Old Post Office

There's no prizes for guessing what this micropub used to be in a former life. Being my final pub of the day, it didn't disappoint.

The bar is to the rear left-hand side and it was fairly busy on my Friday evening visit. The barmaid was friendly and she had 4 real ales and 2 real ciders from which to choose from.

Ales on were the house beer Pictish Old Postie, along with 3 guests - Small World Twin Falls & Thunderbridge Stout & First Chop Hop. Real ciders were both from Sheppy's - Farmhouse & Blackberry & Elderflower Cider. A CAMRA discount is offered on halves or pints of the ales. I'm not sure about the ciders.

There's various post office ephemera scattered around including a large old post office sign, which may well have belonged to these premises.

Nice place, but then I'm a big fan of the micropub concept.

On 11th March 2022 - rating: 7
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ROB Camra left this review about The Old Post Office

A very neat and lively micropub that is Rochdale's first. Loads of brewery stuff around the walls and ceiling. Very busy on my Friday, early evening visit. A couple of regulars moved so I could get to the bar and I ended up chatting to them. Five handpumps on the bar with a regular ale rebadged for them by Paul at Pictish along with 4 changing guests. My pint of choice was Tiny Rebel Juicy, which was so good I had a second one. A very friendly and comfortable bar, I'll be back here soon.

On 3rd October 2019 - rating: 8
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Just a quick pint, then I'm off left this review about The Old Post Office

You don't have to be Sherlock Holmes to work out what this micro-pub once was, but in case of doubt they did manage to salvage the old cantilever sign and put it up inside. Anyway, it now has a semi-rustic interior with plain wooden and mostly bare-brick or timber-plank clad walls plus a bit of breweriana to liven things up a bit. Mind you, it's more about good beer and community spirit anyway, and it seems to have plenty of both. Five real ales on handpump, including the 'house' (Pictish) Old Postie (£2.90, less 30p Camra discount) plus a small cask of the Ratsputin Imperial Russian Stout from Rat (i.e. Ossett) on the counter.

On 28th October 2018 - rating: 8
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Map location corrected by Just a quick pint, then I'm off
Castleton (Manchester), 0.17 miles, 3 min walk (show)
Rochdale, 2.06 miles, 39 min walk (show)
Smithy Bridge, 4.58 miles, 1 hr 28 min walk (show)
Latest updates View all updates for The Old Post Office, Castleton
11th Mar 2022, 14:35
Review submitted by Blue Scrumpy amended by Blue Scrumpy
 
11th Mar 2022, 14:34
Review submitted by Blue Scrumpy

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  • Accommodation : No last updated 03 October 2019 by ROB Camra
  • Bar Billiards : No last updated 03 October 2019 by ROB Camra
  • Beer Festivals : No last updated 03 October 2019 by ROB Camra
  • Beer Garden : Yes last updated 03 October 2019 by ROB Camra
  • CAMRA Discount : Yes - 30p per pint, 15p per half includes real cider - last updated 03 October 2019 by ROB Camra
  • Car Park : No last updated 03 October 2019 by ROB Camra
  • Child Friendly : No last updated 03 October 2019 by ROB Camra
  • Darts : No last updated 03 October 2019 by ROB Camra
  • Dog Friendly : Yes last updated 03 October 2019 by ROB Camra
  • Function Room : No last updated 03 October 2019 by ROB Camra
  • Hot Food : No last updated 03 October 2019 by ROB Camra
  • Jukebox : No last updated 03 October 2019 by ROB Camra
  • Karaoke : No last updated 03 October 2019 by ROB Camra
  • Live Music : No last updated 03 October 2019 by ROB Camra
  • Live TV Sports : No last updated 03 October 2019 by ROB Camra
  • Micropub : Yes last updated 03 October 2019 by ROB Camra
  • Pinball : No last updated 03 October 2019 by ROB Camra
  • Pool Table : No last updated 03 October 2019 by ROB Camra
  • Quiz Night : No last updated 03 October 2019 by ROB Camra
  • Real Ale : Yes last updated 03 October 2019 by ROB Camra
  • Real Cider : Yes last updated 03 October 2019 by ROB Camra
  • WiFi : Yes last updated 03 October 2019 by ROB Camra
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