Southport BID sponsored feature by Stand Up For Southport
Among venues taking part in Southport Beer week this week is The Grazing Lounge on Bold Street in Southport town centre – where they make some of the very best pies in the country!
Owner Rob Marshall has recently returned from the annual British Pie Awards with an incredible NINE awards for his pies from The Grazing Lounge and from his sister business The Farmhouse Kitchen.
Their impressive lineup of wins inclouded:
Mrs Farmhouse’s Dinner – Meat & Potato Pie | GOLD & Highly Commended
Big Bert’s Steak & Ale | 2 x BRONZE
Mrs Farmhouse’s Fish Pie | WINNER & GOLD
Big John’s Highland Flinger | WINNER & SILVER
That’s:
2x Winners / Best in the Country
1x Highly Commended – Second Best in the Country
2x GOLD
2x SILVER
2x BRONZE
The Grazing Lounge serves great food – and great beer food.
It also offers outside seating and is situated next to some other great venues on Bold Street which includes Kokomo, the Dog’s Den and others.
Rob said: “During Southport Beer Week people can call in and try our Big John’s Highland Flinger which was recognised as 2025 best pie in the country!
“One of the ingredients was Golden Sands beer, made by Southport Brewery. Beer and pies go very well together!
“It also includes steak, potato rosti, Stornaway black pudding and Drambuie whisky sauce.
“All our award winners will be on the menu.
“Thjis Saturday and Sunday we will have street food on for people to enjoy./
“During Sunday we will have our famous Sunday roast menu available too.
“We will also be swelling Southport Festival Beer and Golden sands from Southport Brewery.
“Heck Brewery will be doing a Tap Takeover too.
“I love the idea of Southport Beer Week.
“I believe in promoting real ale, real beer, and promoting the fact that Southport has such a lot of great places offering hand pulled beers.
“It should bring the town together with all the venues working together to promote this event.
“I hope people enjoy coming to explore all the different venues we have in Southport. It’s a great reason for people to come and stay over in Southport too”
Southport Beer Week (Thursday, 22nd May 2025 to Sunday, 25th May 2025) is the perfect opportunity to discover (or re-discover) our town’s great venues and taste some brilliant beers. There will be beer-themed events and mini-festivals too.
The Ale Trail is your passport to exploring Southport Beer Week. Purchase a beer in one of the participating venues and collect a stamp. Accumulate seven stamps to complete your trail booklet and you could be in with the chance of winning £250 in vouchers for a Southport business of your choice.
The venues confirmed so far for the first Southport Beer Week are:
○ The Masons Arms
○ The Guest House
○ Tap and Bottles
○ The Windmill
○ The Sir Henry Seagrave
○ Sinclair’s Bar
○ The Southport Coaster
○ The Fool
○ Kokomo
○ The Grazing Lounge
○ The Cheshire Lines
○ The Southport Tavern
○ The Monument
○ The Bold Hotel
○ Punch Tarmeys
○ The Prince of Wales Hotel
○ Southport Market
○ The Lakeside Inn
○ Coopers Bar
○ The Engine Room
Head to www.southportbid.com/beer-week to find out more and make sure to follow Your Southport on Facebook or Instagram for regular updates.
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