The Red Lion is located in the picturesque rural village of Earby on the Lancashire / Yorkshire border. In the Red Lion we put customers at the heart of the pub and our friendly team of staff extend a warm welcome to all our visitors old and new (including four legged friends).
We pride ourselves on our ever changing range of fantastic local real ales and guest beers. We aim to provide a relaxing atmosphere and hope all our visitors will drop by again. Our pub is your pub!
Even if gin is not your regular tipple you may be surprised. Our large and ever changing choice of unusual gins offers something for everyone – from gins with suitable botanical flavours to gins bursting with citrus & spice we can match your taste buds. Accompanied by our range of Fever Tree tonics and mixers (with or without ice and slice) you will not be disappointed.
To make your gin experience even more pleasurable each month we select one of our gins to be 'Gin of the Month' and you can enjoy a double measure with a mixer for £6.
Real ale is the essence of the Red Lion. Across our 6 hand pumps we offer a diverse choice of local and guest real ales which aim to satisfy the most discerning beer palate. Whether your favourite hand pulled beer is a rich dark ale, a traditional bitter or a hoppy blonde we aim to deliver.
Our house bitter, Goose Eye Bitter (3.9%) is brewed by the team at Goose Eye Brewery based at Bingley and is a local favourite.
As part of our philosophy 'that every day should be a beer festival' we maintain a continually changing selection of real ales from our local & regional brewery's including:
Our nationally sourced guest ales span from the Orkney's to Exmoor and everywhere in between. Whilst travelling around the UK country we take time to sample real ales from as many brewery's as possible ensuring our customers can also enjoy the varied tastes without the need to travel. Some of our regular guest ales include:
We appreciate the not all beer drinkers are as passionate about real ale as we are so not to feel left out we do have 2 lagers (Carling and Staropramen) and Aspall Premium Cider on draught. Our key keg pump is always a surprise with a different brew each month.
As a seasonal choice we do have popping up from time to time traditional scrumpy ciders.
For those who wish to enjoy a draught Guinness pulled the Irish way – there is no rushing a good Guinness it takes time to pull – we have the 'black stuff' on draught.
The local community and our customers are the life blood of the Red Lion as a consequence each year we endeavour to raise as much money as we can for a local charity. Our charity of choice for 2021 is Pendleside Hospice.
In a really difficult year which has seen so many charity events cancelled, including our own KelRock 2020 we are still doing our best. Since the start of 'lockdown 1' in March 2020, 3 of our brave gents agreed not to have their hair cut until the 2nd January 2021. Known as the 'hair bear bunch' Paul, Steve and John (who are all of an age which should know better) sprouted flowing locks. Through sponsorship and via the just giving page our fantastic customers & supporters have raised an amazing £1030 for Pendleside Hospice. A hugh thank you to everyone for your wonderful support and to our 'hair bear bunch' who are all now feeling wind around their ears!
As mentioned KelRock 2020 had to be cancelled due to Covid-19 however never fear because it will be back in 2021 bigger and better. Put the date in your diary 7th August 2021. We have all the bands booked and what a show it is going to be, full details of bands & ticket sales will be released nearer the time but for now remember 7th August 2021. All money raised will go to Pendleside Hospice.
For those who have never experienced a KelRock event it is all about live music and raising money for charity. We are lucky enough to be able to use one of our farm barns and turn it into a music venue for a weekend and we play host to a line-up of fantastic local bands. We transfer the Red Lion pub over to the barn, provide local transport for a donation and hopefully make heaps of money for the charity whilst everyone has a great night. Covid & Lockdown permitting tickets will go on sale in May 2021.
One thing which always makes a great atmosphere in a pub is live music and at the Red Lion we certainly love our live music. We are fortunate to have an abundance of fantastic local talent in our area and we are privileged to have them regularly play for us at our Sunday evening live music sessions or Friday/Saturday night specials. As our entertainment space is limited we do have regular acoustic bands but we have also been known to rock!!! Keep up to date with event on our Facebook page.
We have both Sky Sport and BT sport for those who wish to catch up on sporting events, although be warned if its Six Nations time Rugby Union will always take priority.
Whether it is live entertainment, trips, festivals, theme nights, quiz nights or one-off spectaculars, there is always something on at The Red Lion. All the events detailed in this section will be kept under review depending of Covid-19 restrictions.