A MULTI-AWARD winning pub in Ham near Berkeley is to host a series of events to stimulate interest in real ale.

The Salutation Inn won the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) National Pub of the Year award in February, but landlord Peter Tiley has no plans of becoming complacent anytime soon.

Following on from a recent purchase of a microbrewery on the pub site, The Sally Brew Sessions will see brewers from across the region visit the inn to create special tweaked versions of their flagship beers.

Mr Tiley said: "We're thrilled to be hosting some of our favourite breweries here at the Sally and are really excited to see what kind of beers they produce.

“With activities like enhanced ‘Meet the Brewer’ sessions we want to engage people with the process of brewing and hopefully encourage more people to brew and drink real ale.

“If these sessions go well, we'll be looking to continue with more breweries into the New Year".

Just a week after the CAMRA award was presented the pub had its own 2.5BBL microbrewery installed on site - realising a long held dream of Mr Tiley.

As well as keeping the pub supplied with its own beer, known as Tiley's, the Salutation is using the brewery to try to stimulate further interest in real ale and brewing by hosting a series of events in conjunction with its favourite local breweries.

The has invited breweries including Bristol Beer Factory, Arbor Ales, Butcombe and Severn Vale to come in and use the brewery to brew special one-off, tweaked versions of some of their flagship beers.

On these special days, which the pub is calling The Sally Brew Sessions, the general public will be allowed into the brewery to watch the brew take place, ask questions and chat to the brewers.

Each session will end with a few celebratory pints at the bar and some live music and home-cooked food. The beer produced from each session will then be available in a limited edition ten cask run, exclusive to the Salutation.

Bristol Beer Factory is first up for the Sally Brew Sessions and will be brewing a double-IPA strength version of their American pale ale Independence on Saturday, June 6, starting at 11am.

Following them, Arbor Ales will take up the challenge on Saturday, August 15, followed by Butcombe Brewery with its new head brewer Stuart Howe on the October 3 and Severn Vale Brewery on a date to be determined in December.

The Bristol Beer Factory Brew Session will see brewing continuing throughout the day and finishing with a barbeque and live music in the evening. More information about the events and the Salutation Inn is available on their website www.sallyatham.com as well as on their Facebook page www.facebook.com/sallyatham and twitter feed @sallyatham.