**SUNDAY 25th AUGUST 2024**

The Golden Smog is Stockton’s first and (self-proclaimed) best micro-pub.

For such a small place, we have a HUGE community and since opening in August 2014, together we have raised thousands and thousands of pounds for various charities.

The pALEgrimage is a yearly event where teams of Smoggies leave Teesside for various breweries scattered far and wide. These breweries donate a cask or pin of ale, the pALEgrims collect it and get it back to The Smog.

So far, so easy?

Not as easy as it sounds as the pALEgrims carry their precious cargo while walking, running or cycling from their nominated brewery back to The Golden Smog with their ale. Once all the kegs and pins are back, they are racked in the alley at The Golden Smog and the pALEgrims, their friends and family and Smoggies have ourselves a brilliant beer festival with all the donated ale.

The pALEgrims are sponsored for their endeavours and every penny of the festival ale sales goes in the charity pot too with all the donations going to The Great North Air Ambulance.

The pALEgrimage has donated over 75 thousand pounds to The Great North Air Ambulance since 2014.

We are and will always be so very grateful to every single pALEgrim, brewery, Pub, Smoggie and person who has helped in any way since 2014.

If you want to be involved this year, please go to our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/TheGoldenSmog/ and send us a message, ask a pALEgrim or once we are open call down for a chat.