All hail good ale

Bridgnorth’s Railwayman’s Arms Samantha Hayward and her team have been awarded the Cask Marque accreditation for serving the perfect pint of cask-conditioned ale.

Samantha says, “We’re delighted to have won the award; it’s a great endorsement for us. Lots of our customers visit the pub especially for the cask ale and it’s good to know that we’re getting the formula just right.”

Backed by 50 of the country’s leading brewers and pub companies, Cask Marque accreditation is only awarded to licensees whose ale passes a series of rigorous independent quality audits of both the beer and the cellar standards. Since its foundation in 1998, Cask Marque has inspected over 750,000 pints of beer and accredited over 10,000 of the country’s 40,000 pubs estimated to serve cask conditioned ales.

Cask Marque director Paul Nunny adds, “Samantha and her team should feel justifiably proud of this great achievement, which not only recognises the effort they put into serving the perfect pint but also acts as an independent guarantee of quality for customers.”