Cheshire Cats Pubs & Bars, who own and operate The Cholmondeley Arms on the Cholmondeley estate, The Bulls Head and Church Inn in Mobberley, the Three Greyhounds Inn in Allostock, the Fitzherbert Arms in Swynnerton and the Red Lion in Weymouth, Dorset, has been voted the company with the Best Drinks Act in the UK at the prestigious Publican Awards ceremony in London.

Cheshire Cats Pubs & Bars beat a number of national chains to the title, drawing high praise from the judges for supporting cask ales from local brewers. The company was also awarded a ‘Highly Commended’ title in the Best Food Offer category.

Each pub within the collection specializes in a particular drink with The Cholmondeley Arms boasting more than 300 gins, the Red Lion offering more than 80 rums and the Fitzherbert Arms offering over 30 Ports by the bottle. Whiel the Bulls Head, Three Greyhounds Inn and the Church have enviable collections of Whisky, Brandy and wine respectfully.

Tim Bird, owner of the unique collection of village pubs and country inns, comments: “These awards are equivalent to the drinks industry’s ‘Oscars’ and it is fantastic that our pubs and our teams has been recognized in this way. The award recognises the hard work that the team puts in and how we work with local breweries, suppliers and food producers to bring a memorable and unique experience to our customers everyday.”

Ed Bebbington, of the Publican’s Morning Advertiser, comments: “This is a company that puts a lot of time and thought into getting its drink offer right, from its superb focus on local, great beers, through to an impressive offer of wines and spirits.”

Tim Bird and Mary McLaughlin, owners of Cheshire Cat Pubs & Bars, have already won numerous awards for restoring pubs of great heritage and character and are now focused on the Roebuck Inn, also in Mobberley which after three years of closure is set to open in April.

For further information on Cheshire Cat Pubs and its collection of pubs, please visit www.cheshirecatpubsandbars.co.uk.

Barry from the Bulls Head gives it the big thumbs up

Barry, Simon, Mary and James are delighted with the win

Brian of the Red Lion holds the trophy aloft our little 'Oscar'

James from the Three Greyhounds Inn celebrates with a kiss

Jess from the Cholmondeley Arms is very proud to hold the trophy

Leanne from our new pub the Fitzherbert Arms cannot believe our success at the first time of asking

Mary is delighted and proud indeed for all the teams

Mary with the trophy and comedian Michael Mcintyre, Tim and Simon from Coca Cola the sponsors of the award

Simon from the Church Inn seems very happy....

The best Drinks Act win hits the big screen

The Big screens reveal the nominations

The Team celebrate the huge win after the awards presentation

Tim and Mary ...wow what a win!!

Tim is stunned and so proud of the team

The Three Greyhounds Inn has the largest collection of brandies of any pub in the country. We are now on Volume 4 of our famous Brandy Bibles, presenting our Connoisseur’s Edition of our latest Brandy Bible launched in March 2025 in Partnership with our Brandy Connoisseurs Remy Martin.

We have over fifty brandies on the bar from classic Cognac and Armagnac through to some of the best Spanish brandies around. We have fruit brandies with the most famous being our English Farm Cider brandies from Somerset. We also have Pomace Brandy with varying styles of Grappa

There is nothing better than a walk around a crisp, cool Shakerley Mere before coming to the Three Greyhounds Inn for a Coffee and a little nip of brandy on an Autumn or Winter’s day. Or indeed in the summer enjoying a great Brandy Cocktail in the garden.

Brandy is a rewarding after dinner drink too and the brandy ‘bible’ not only gives you a brief history but also lists all the brandies on the bar with their varying prices making it an ideal accompaniment to our menu.

For a full version of The Three Greyhounds Brandy Bible click here

Last week we launched Dogs Dinners at The Three Greyhounds Inn, we now offer a doggie menu featuring a selection of dry food from Ocars pet food.The menu includes a Lamb and Rice meal, a Chicken and Rice meal and some tasty treats, all meals are gluten free and contain no artificial flavouring.All of these tasty meals and snacks can be washed down by some doggie beer… yes that’s right doggie beer (non-alcoholic of course)! The first choice beverage for many dogs, is a meat stock based drink.

Dogs are welcome in the ‘Brandy Snug’ and also in our large garden. There is a lovely strole around Shakerely Mere nature reserve. Our walk leaflets can either picked up from within the pub of found on the website.

Don’t forget there are doggie treats on the bar provided by our friends at WAGS Kennels, Middlewhich.

See doggie menu below.

The team have worked hard over the last few days on Summer drinks training and you can see from the photo that the drinks were put on the bar for
customers and staff to sample…the most popular being the ‘Brandy Mule’ which is our take on the famous Moscow Mule except using brandy instead of
vodka, with chilled organic ginger beer and fresh limes with ice.

Also enjoyed were the ‘Apple Orchard Mist’ using apple juice and cider brandy in the form of our Kingston Black or Somerset Pamona mixed with lemonade and then with ice, fresh mint, Orange, Strawberry and cucumber, think of an Applely Pimms and you have it!!

As you will see from the photo of the summer drinks board there are a few more including the ever popular Pimms No.1 and the increasingly popular
Aperol Spritz ….sunshine in a glass.

So even if there is a little cloud about pop in and cheer yourself up with a special summer drink and test the team!

SUMMER DRINKS AT THE THREE GREYHOUNDS INN.

TRAINING ON SUMMER DRINKS!!

The Three Greyhounds Inn played host to the Ashbourne Classic Car Club on Sunday. Chosen for the pubs ideal location it makes for an excellent ‘stop off’ for refreshments and showing off cars. The Pub is situated on the busy B-road the Holmes Chapel Road. Ideal for accessing Lach Dennis, Holmes Chapel, Knutsford, Lower Peover, Middlewich, Northwich not to mention Goostrey, Byley and Cranage.

There is ample parking for 50-60 cars depending on the time of day and the day of the week.

On this occasion the Ashbourne Classic Car club arrived at 10am for tea/coffee and Brunch nibbles before heading on to their event. The cars on show are pictured below.

Any Car Clubs looking for an exceptional venue to meet at by all means get in touch with James the General Manager and Landlord of the Three Greyhounds Inn and discuss what we can do to entertain you and your car club members.

If you are looking to join a car club then we run The Cholmondeley Car Club which operates from our sister pub the Cholmondeley Arms near Malpas or we have a specific Porsche Club called the 3p Club which operates from our other sister pub the Bulls Head in Mobberley as well as our Goodfellows Car Club which also meets at the Bulls Head see www.cholmondeleyarms.co.uk or www.thebullsheadpub.co.uk for further details.

A big thank you to the Ashbourne Classic Car club for calling in.

Ashbourne Classic Car Club

Our Head Chef Craig and his brigade of chefs have once again worked exceptionally hard to develop some lovely new dishes for our winter in to spring menu.

New starters include…

Potted Confit of Duck with pistachio served with orange marmalade and toast or the Little Slow Roasted Crispy Belly Pork, Clonakilty black pudding and smoked bacon with an apple and walnut salad and honey mustard dressing.

For vegetarians there is a Fairleigh Wallop Goat Cheese and wild mushroom Brulee, fig salad.

We have a comforting Pan fried lambs liver, honey roasted shallots and mini bubble and squeak cake and for the seafood lover there is………. Beetroot cured Sea Trout and horseradish with a fennel and apple salad

On the mains we have

• Pan Roasted Goosnargh Duck Breast with fondant potatoes, buttered kale and Somerset Cider Brandy sauce
• Smoked Fish and Cider Pie, with Haddock, salmon and mackerel, Keens Cheddar Mash and buttered garden peas
• Spiced Roast Root Vegetable and Chickpea Casserole with minted yoghurt
• Traditional Lancashire Hot Pot topped with Saddleworth Lancashire Cheese and pickled red cabbage
• Anna’s Happy Trotters Pork Chops with sprouting broccoli, creamy mash and wholegrain mustard sauce
• Rack of Cheshire Lamb stuffed with Chorlton White Cheshire and thyme, parsnip Dauphinoise and seasonal vegetables

And for new puddings we have

• Dark and White Chocolate Cheesecake with chocolate bourbon biscuit
• Spiced Sherry Plum Crumble with warm custard
• Hot Chocolate Fondant with Mocha Bean Ice cream
• ‘Seven Sisters Farm’ Cherry Bakewell Ice Cream Tart

To look through the full menu click here and the Sunday menu please click here…

It’s a great dog’s life!!

It’s unbelievable but true doggie beer (non-alcoholic of course) is on the shelf here at the Three Greyhounds Inn. Pet dogs are welcome in our ‘Brandy Snug’ named after our famous collection of some 50 brandies of all different styles!! There are the usual Dog biscuits on the bar (supplied by our local Dogs kennel ‘WAGS’) as you would expect but now for only £1.50 your ‘pooch’ can have a little beverage with you!! Doggie beer is made up of meat stock and is certainly lapped up. Sometimes the bottle is nearly as big as the dog as you can see!!

Shakerley Mere the picturesque lake is opposite the Three Greyhounds Inn and is well worth a walk with your the dog before you arrive at our pub. Walk leaflets for this are available here on our website or from within the pub itself.

We also have a large garden at the side of our pub which is ideal in the spring and summer months for your respective hounds..just venture through the Brandy Snug and through the French windows and you are there!