CAMRA Chester Cask Marque Accredited Public Houses

Chester pubs are great venues for enjoying a pint of your favourite real ale.

Every visited a pub and seen your favourite ale on tap, only to sit down to badly poured, poorly kept, inferior pint of beer? So disappointing!

Cask Marque has introduced a scheme to try and prevent this happening. Where you see the Cask Marque badge you can be sure that a suitably qualified assessor has visited this site and performed an audit to make sure that the conditions and practises are all in place that are needed to produce and keep a good pint of real ale.

On the initial visit assessors will check cellar hygiene, layout and temperature. Then they will move upstairs to the bar to check quality and cleanliness of the bar itself, the glassware being used to serve the beer and then they move onto the beer itself. Real ales on display will be checked for clarity, temperature, aroma, appearance and, of course, taste!

The Cask Marque assessor discusses real ale care in great depth, with the person responsible for looking after it, to ensure that what has been seen is in fact what is happening on a regular basis. Should you be lucky enough to be awarded the accredited Cask Marque you will then be treated to two surprise visits per year to make sure you are maintaining your standards.

Members of the Cask Marque scheme are avidly encouraged to comment on your beer through their websites.

Below are some of the pubs in Chester which have the Cask Marque award.

If you are aware of any others, or have had a great pint at any of these, please contact us so that the whole of Chester knows where to go for good real ale!

The Boat House
The Groves
Chester
CH1 1SD
01244 328 709

Forest House
1 Love Street
Chester
CH1 1QY
01244 404 990

Greyhound Inn
Seahill Road
Saughall
Chester
CH1 6BJ
01244 880 205

The Square Bottle
78 Foregate Street
Chester
CH1 1HB
01244 312 281

Telfords Warehouse
Tower Wharf
Chester
CH1 1HB
01244 390 390

Bromfield Arms
43 Faulkener Street
Hoole
Chester
CH2 3BD
01244 345 037

George and Dragon
1 Liverpool Road
Chester
CH2 1AA
01244 380 714

Oaklands Hotel
93 Hoole Road
Chester
CH2 3NB
01244 345 528

The Rake
Rake Lane
Little Stanney
Chester
CH2 4HS
0151 355 9433

Royal Oak
16 Faulkner Street
Hoole
Chester
CH2 3BD
01244 312 302

Upton Royal British Legion
20 Heath Road
Upton
Chester
CH2 1HX
01244 371 124

Cheshire Cat
Whitchurch Road
Christleton
Chester
CH3 6AE
01244 332 200

The Little Oak
99-101 Boughton
Chester
CH3 5BH
01244 318 692

Plough Inn
Plough Lane
Christleton
Chester
CH3 7PT
01244 336 096

Carlton Tavern
1 Hartington Street
Handbridge
Chester
CH4 7BN
01244 676 688

Handbridge
66 Handbridge Road
Chester
CH4 7JF
01244 671 251

Mill House
Broughton Retail Park
Broughton
Chester
CH4 0DP
01244 533 235

Red Lion
Church Road
Dodleston
Chester
CH4 9NG
01244 661 636