What's going on at The Star?
Free WiFi at The Star Inn
8th February, 2010We're pleased to announce that all our customers, both to the pub and the bed and breakfast, can now access the internet free of charge via our wireless network. Please ask at the bar for more details.
The Star in the news
November/December 2011
Our first ever Christmas Fair will be held on Saturday 26th Nov from 1pm to 5pm. Lots of tasty treats will be available from The Star kitchen for you to try plus a great selection of craft and local produce to buy from the stalls in the garden. There will be music from Welsh/Irish folk musicians Tim and Derek to accompany your browsing and a welcome glass of mulled wine or ale to warm you up. We look forward to seeing you there!
Craft fair stalls to include:
- Harry Chapman - wood turner based in Talybont-on-Usk
- Lydia Morgan - Cowboy Pickles
- Aber Valley - Apple Juice
- Sugar Loaf Soaps - handmade soaps from Abergavenny www.sugarloafsoaps.co.uk
- Niaomi - handmade jewellery encorporating buttons
- Ann Gibson - textiles, based in Llangynidr
- Usk River - handemade chutneys from the Usk Valley
- Rachel Farr - handmade Xmas decorations
- Rachel Bentley - homemade cakes from the Star Inn kitchen
- Black Mountain Gold (tbc) - handmade chocolates from Crickhowell www.blackmountainchocolate.co.uk
October 2011
Our autumn beer festival kicks off on Friday, October 14 and runs through until Sunday October 16. We'll have more than 25 beers for you to sample. Plus on Friday evening there's a chance to meet a member of the Wye Valley Brewery's staff for a talk on the brewing process - and you'll have chance to see the ingredients that go into their beers and taste the end products too. During the beer festival, we'll be selling ales at £3 a pint.
If you love to have a reminder of a great night out you can buy either a special autumn 2011 beer festival pint glass or t-shirt too. Glasses are £3 and t-shirts £10 - but if you buy your glass with your first pint you'll get both for a fiver - bargain!
Looking forward to seeing you there!
September 2011
We've been honoured to be named Camra's Brecknockshire Pub of the Year 2011 (for the third year in a row, in case we forgot to mention!) - now Camra has presented us with specially designed logo as a memento. We'll be using it for our beer festival t-shirts and glasses from now on...
Here the logo:
June 2011
We're in the news - on June 10 the Western Mail reported that we're now a b-bug (electric vehicle) charging point!
It's good news for our B&B guests who can now have the electric car delivered to the door of the Star and start exploring the area in a fun, free, green form of transport.
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/b-bug
June 2011
Beer Festival success! On June 17-19 we held our annual summer beer festival. This year it was such a roaring success we sold out of ale on Saturday night - so there was some frantic running around to re-stock for Sunday. The bands were brill and a good time was had by all. Cheers!
May 2011
Hat-trick beer win for the Star...We've gone and done it again. We're Camra's Brecknockshire pub of the year for 2011 - the third time we've won the award.
Thanks to all who voted us a top real ale venue. We look forward to celebrating with you and a pint of our finest soon...!
April 2011
The Star joins Twitter - now you can follow us on Twitter for all our beer updates, beer festival news, upcoming gigs, menu updates and B&B news. Follow the link to follow us:
twitter.com/#!/starinntalybont
Feb 2011
Six Nations Rugby deal - this first match between Wales v England is on Friday 4th February at 7.45pm. Join us at The Star Inn for Chilli, Chips & a Pint for only £6.50. All Real Ales during the game are £2.00 a pint.