{"id":8265,"date":"2016-01-19T17:31:53","date_gmt":"2016-01-19T17:31:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/?p=8265"},"modified":"2016-01-19T17:31:53","modified_gmt":"2016-01-19T17:31:53","slug":"gold-standard-penarths-golden-lion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2016\/01\/19\/gold-standard-penarths-golden-lion\/","title":{"rendered":"Gold Standard at Penarth&#039;s Golden Lion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_8269\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8269\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Golden.Lion_.JWBpubs0021.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-8269\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Golden.Lion_.JWBpubs0021-1024x531.jpg\" alt=\"The Golden Lion, A JW Bassett Pub in Penarth, South Wales\" width=\"1024\" height=\"531\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8269\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-8269\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Golden.Lion_.JWBpubs0021-1024x531.jpg\" alt=\"The Golden Lion, A JW Bassett Pub in Penarth, South Wales\" width=\"1024\" height=\"531\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> The Golden Lion, A JW Bassett Pub in Penarth, South Wales<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nA PUB in Penarth has been named the best in the area by the Campaign for Real Ale.<br \/>\nThe Golden Lion, on Glebe Street, has featured in the Camra Good Beer Guide for the past four years and has now been named best in the Vale of Glamorgan and Bridgend.<br \/>\nManager Paul Harper, who has been in charge since 2008, credits the small pub\u2019s warm atmosphere and emphasis on community for its popularity.<br \/>\n&#8220;I\u2019ve got really good staff so there\u2019s always a friendly welcome and I always use local beers from local breweries, like in Pontypridd, and keep the quality good,&#8221; said Mr Harper.<br \/>\n&#8220;People who come here are from the Penarth area. We\u2019ve got two football teams, one on the Saturday and one on Sunday, and two darts teams \u2013 there\u2019s a strong community feel.&#8221;<br \/>\nLocal resident Martyn White, a regular at the Golden Lion, credited the manager with its success.<br \/>\n&#8220;It\u2019s a proper pub. You come in here, you always know somebody. The bar staff are incredible since Paul took over, he\u2019s very good.&#8221;<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8272\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8272\" style=\"width: 202px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Golden.Lion_.JWBpubs0003.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-8272\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Golden.Lion_.JWBpubs0003-197x300.jpg\" alt=\"The Golden Lion, A JW Bassett Pub in Penarth, South Wales\" width=\"202\" height=\"308\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8272\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-8272\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Golden.Lion_.JWBpubs0003-197x300.jpg\" alt=\"The Golden Lion, A JW Bassett Pub in Penarth, South Wales\" width=\"202\" height=\"308\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> The Golden Lion, A JW Bassett Pub in Penarth, South Wales<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nWhen handing out the Pub of the Year award, Camra looks for venues based first on their beer offerings, but also on good atmosphere, community focus, and value for money.<br \/>\n&#8220;Members voted for the Lion because they feel it\u2019s a genuine pub, although it can be busy and noisy at times, \u00a0customers are made to feel welcome and valued,&#8221; said John Chapman, Camra Pubs Officer for the Vale of Glamorgan.<br \/>\n&#8220;The quality of beer is the most important single factor in judging a pub, and the Lion usually has three well-chosen real ales from great Welsh breweries, with pump clips lined up behind the bar showing which ales are waiting in the cellar to come up next.&#8221;<br \/>\nThe most popular beers on offer at the moment are both local, from Otley brewery in Pontypridd and Grey Trees in Aberdare. The Welsh brewery business is growing, and customers at the Golden Lion appreciate the opportunity to support local industry.<br \/>\nMr Harper says that Camra\u2019s recognition has done a lot for the pub\u2019s business.<br \/>\n&#8220;Lots of people come to taste the beers; they want to come and see what we like and what we sell,&#8221; he said.<br \/>\nThe Golden Lion team are capitalising on the pub\u2019s success. This summer, they opened a sheltered beer garden, which is busy even during the winter, and Mr Harper is looking into the possibility of putting on a beer festival this summer.<br \/>\n&#8220;We\u2019ve always got a good pint of bitter on and a friendly welcome. Right now we\u2019re looking forward to the future and seeing how it progresses from here,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A PUB in Penarth has been named the best in the area by the Campaign for Real Ale. The Golden Lion, on Glebe Street, has featured in the Camra Good Beer Guide for the past four years and has now been named best in the Vale of Glamorgan and Bridgend. Manager Paul Harper, who has been in charge since 2008, credits the small pub\u2019s warm atmosphere and emphasis on community for its popularity. &#8220;I\u2019ve got really good staff so there\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":248,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,15],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-8265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-featured","category-penarth-g-q"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Golden Lion pub in Penarth wins best pub title<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Golden Lion pub in Penarth has been named 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