Take a break from frantic consumerism in the sanctuary of the Bricklayer's Arms this week. We've got some lovely guest beers that are perfect for hiding from the winter weather, including the legendary Chocolate Orange ale!

From the Hog's Back Brewery: HOP, R.I.P. and TEA

and from Downton Brewery: Winter Solstice and Chocolate Orange

This week's guest beers are from our old friends at the Dark Star Brewery:

Hophead 3.8%
Over the Moon 3.8%
Best 4%
Old Chestnut 4%
Espresso 4.2%
Susses Stout 4.5%
American Pale Ale 4.7%
Original 5%
Festival 5%
Winter Meltdown 5%
Porter 5.5%

Then we'll have Downton's legendary Chocolate Orange Ale and Pumpkin Ale.  And if that's not enough to keep your taste buds tingling we're delighted to have Sambrook's new beer, Junction Ale 4.5%.

That's 14 very good reasons to visit the Bricklayer's Arms over the next couple of weeks!

New beers at the Bricklayer's this week are from the Isle of Purbeck Brewery in Dorset.

Purbeck Best 3.6%
Fossil Fuel 4.1%
Solar Power 4.3%
Studland Bay Wrecked 4.5%
IPA 4.8%
Harry's Harvest Pale Ale 5%

The Harry's comes strongly recommended by Pippa, the brewer's other half.  She says she's a London girl through and through and doesn't normally like real ale but the Harvest Pale Ale is going down a treat. We expect all you London girls (and guys) not to let the side down!

It's a big week at the Bricklayer's as we are receiving our Greater London Regional Pub of the Year Award from CAMRA on Monday 5th October.

It's a double celebration as it's also the landlady's birthday on Monday. And it's a triple celebration because Sarah Coyde (of Duke's Head fame) is joining us as the new bar manager. She is a legend in the Putney community and we are delighted to have her on board here at the Bricklayer's.

Current bar manager Patty (the American one) is to become the new general manager.

With all that going on, and a fine selection of beer from our usual Timothy Taylor's range and our fantastic guest ales, there's even more reason to join us for drink! 

What a festival! Thanks to all of you who came and drank us dry last weekend. We hope you enjoyed yourselves and that you'll come and do it again for the Yorkshire Beer Festival next February. Our guest beers this week are from Hogs Back Brewery in Surrey. We will be serving the following:

A over T 9%
Autumn Ale 4.8%
HBB 3.7%
Hop Garden 4.6%
Old Tongham Tasty 6%
TEA 4.2%

We're very excited to announce our second beer festival of the year – and our biggest ever line-up of beers!

Join us from 12 noon Thursday 17th September to 10.30pm Sunday 20th September for the 2009 Bricklayer's Arms Devon & Cornwall Beer Festival.

The festival features 80 beers from 40 of the South-West's best breweries, with ales being shipped in from as far away as Jersey and the Scilly Isles. Click here for the full list.

As always, we'll be laying on some entertainment:

Thursday night – Majestic Brass

Friday night – The John Ongom Big Band

Saturday afternoon – The Hammersmith Morris Men

Entrance to the festival is free, but we'll keep a small (returnable) deposit for your glass.

Don't miss this one – it's going to be fabulous…

As summer draws to a close, you’ll be looking for somewhere warm and welcoming to enjoy a few fine pints of beer.

And we have just the thing!

The guest ales this week are from the Art Brewery. The brewer’s daughters, 4-year-old Zoe and 2-year-old Tia designed the pump clips and they’re the nicest we’ve ever seen. Come and enjoy the combination of art and ale…

Nouveau 3.9%
ibeer 4%
Renaissance 4.5%
Monkey IPA 6.4%

Our upcoming beer festival hasn't distracted us from providing you with the best possible range of guest beers every week. Coming up on the pumps over the next few days, we've got beers from two fine breweries including a champion strong ale:

Black Sheep Brewery
Golden Sheep 3.9%
Ale 4.4%
Best 3.8%

West Berkshire Brewery
Mr Chubbs 3.7%
Maggs Mild 3.8%
Good Old Boy 4%
Brick Kiln Bitter 4%
Full Circle 4.5%
Dr Hexter's Healer 5% (Champion Beer of Britain 2009 in the strong ales category)

We are delighted to have been named CAMRA's Greater London Regional Pub of the Year 2009 for a second time. Many thanks to CAMRA and all our customers. Work is now well under way, putting the beer list together for this September's Devon and Cornwall Beer Festival. This will run from September 17th – 20th so keep an eye on the website for updates. It's going to be superb… This week's guest beers are from the Downton Brewery. We will be serving the following:

New Forest Ale 3.8%

Apple Blossom 4.3%

Dark Delight 5.5% 

The Bricklayers Arms cricket team is in full swing – halfway through the summer the side has already notched up more victories than in the whole of last season. New players are always welcome and you can find results and match reports, as well as details of upcoming fixtures, on our Cricket Fixtures & Results page – which we'll keep updated over the summer.

The Bricklayer's Arms Cricket Team have been on a bit of a winning streak at the start of the season. You can find results and match reports, as well as details of upcoming fixtures, on our Cricket Fixtures & Results page – which we'll keep updated over the summer.