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The Old Post Office, Rochdale
Castleton
Postal town: Rochdale
OL11 2SP
Served areas
Reviews of The Old Post Office (Average Rating: 7½ of 10) see review guidelines
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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
[User has posted 3101 recommendations about 3099 pubs]
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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
[User has posted 8733 recommendations about 8733 pubs]
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Rochdale, 2.06 miles, 39 min walk (show)
Smithy Bridge, 4.58 miles, 1 hr 28 min walk (show)
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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
