A NEW pub pulling pints brewed in Waverton is opening its doors in the city centre this week – and it will be a very local affair.

The Brewery Tap, in Gamul House on Lower Bridge Street, will serve the Spitting Feathers brewery’s own ales after owner Matthew Walley decided to buy a boozer to sell his award winning produce.

With beers like Old Wavertonian and Devastation among its creations, the brewery at Common Farm, Waverton, wears its local pride on its sleeve.

As well as the brewery’s own wide selection of beers, the pub will feature guest ales from microbreweries and they intend to source their food, wherever possible, from local producers.

It's a radical departure from the continental fare that was on offer when the property was Italian restaurant La Taverna.

The pub’s breads will be supplied by Wallis the Bakers in Saltney, their vegetables from Nature’s Treats in Guilden Sutton, locally reared meats will come from Vernon’s Fresh Food Hall in Holt and there will be Cheshire Farm Ice Cream from Tattenhall for dessert.

Matthew Walley, owner of the brewery, has employed full time manager John Thomas to take the reins.

Mr Walley said: “We believe there’s a market out there for another really good real ale pub in Chester.

“There’s good food sourced locally including some from our own brewery farm.

“Some of the suppliers are people I know from my history as a local farmer and some are local farms we’ve used since we started the brewery.

“It’s a local farm’s project, employing local people and sourcing as much produce as we can locally and seasonally.”

Meat, salad, vegetables, fruit and honey will come direct from the brewery’s farm, including pork from their rare breed pigs. Diners will also be able to sample their homemade relishes, chutneys, condiments and preserves.

Bee hives on the farm even provide honey for their seasonal beer, Honey Trap.

The 400-year-old Gamul House, in 52-54 Lower Bridge Street, was a one-time Jacobean hall, built as a part of a townhouse where King Charles I spent the night after the battle of Rowton Moor.

Mr Walley added: “We think it will be a lovely place, somewhere that people will feel comfortable to sit and chat and enjoy the beer.”