REAL ALES ON THE UP ! Real Ale is on the up in Hull and the surrounding areas, according to the drinkers of Hull. Research shows that the numbers of real ale establishments in Hull has almost reached the 100 pub milestone. New pubs are opening on a fairly regular basis in this area and older ones are turning to real ale when they are being refurbished. Pub Co’s are also leaning towards real ales, with many actively encouraging their publicans to give real ale a try. Same of the newer pubs such as Wm Hawkes and Cooks Endeavour have gone straight into real ales with no lager pumps to be seen. Other such as Newlands Toft Lane still sell lager but introduced real ales when it was refurbished and re launched. Other are following trend, amongst them are the Albert Hotel, on Anlaby Road and Garbo’s, on Lowgate. Add to this the number of local breweries that have opened in the last year or so, Wellington Inn Brewery, Bird Brain, Big River and the Yorkshire Brewing Company, and as the saying goes ‘the future looks orange’ or in our case ‘the future looks: amber, black, blonde, brown, or red’. To help continue this rising trend, why not join our national campaign and sign our e-petition at http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/29664. In the Yorkshire area alone over 92,000 people are either directly or indirectly employed in the Beer and Pub sector, help keep them in a job and help us to continue to protect our favourite tipple.