Trip to Teignmouth

The day dawned fine so a number of us from South Devon and Exeter and East Devon branches assembled at the Jolie Brise (Wetherspoons), where after breakfast, we embarked on our ale sampling. Wetherspoons had a £1.99 offer on pints and the beers were in good form. Elgoods Red Rose and Dartmoor IPA were popular.
TeignmouthSocial Club After this, our chairman Bob recommended the Teignmouth social club in Den Terrace so off we went and found Teignmouth Brewery Deckhand in good condition along with Teignworthy Reel Ale and the ubiquitous Doom Bar. Bob then had to leave to travel to Dundee for the CAMRA members weekend so we next went to Molloys.
This pub was a GBG entrant a few years ago when Platform 5 brewery was still active, but now they have a mixture of beers available. These were Bays Topsail and Devon Dumpling, St Austell Tribute and Doom Bar. Unfortunately, the Topsail was at the end of the barrel so we mainly sampled the Tribute which was in good form.
Several of our party felt like lunch so we walked over to the Jolly Sailor that does a good selection of food. Fullers London Pride made a rare appearance along with Dartmoor Jail Ale and (yes you guessed it), Doom Bar. We now had some decisions to make. The ‘ Jewel in the Crown’ CAMRA wise in Teignmouth is the Blue Anchor that opens at 2.00 pm, but we didn’t want to miss opportunities in the other pubs , so went to The Devon Arms and sampled Teignmouth Deckhand and Portside, both being good.
The Ship was next where there was a good selection of ales including St Austell Cornish Best (not the best apparently), Otter Rockin’ Otter, and St Austell Proper Job. We did attempt the Newquay Inn but decided there wasn’t anything of note ale wise so decided it was time to visit the Blue Anchor.
The Blue Anchor did not fail to delight with a very palatable Coconut Cherry Stout from Disruption brewery and a good selection of other ales and Ciders. We will be hosting our Joint Devon branch social at The Blue Anchor in September. After a couple of beers, a few of us decided to embark homewards by bus and train.
Overall a good day out with some outstanding beers and having reasonable weather helped a lot. It was also good to see some members from our adjoining branch ( Exeter and East Devon)

Lawrence Stringer
1st May 2024