Hail to the Ale, Wolverhampton

Hail to the Ale is a micropub at Claregate, Wolverhampton, WV6 9JN.

The pub is owned by Gary and Angela Morton of Morton Brewery, based in nearby Essington, Staffordshire.

The pub was the first micropub to open in the West Midlands, opening on 5 September 2013 in a building that was previously occupied by the former Claregate Post Office and an antiques shop.

Hail to the Ale won the Campaign for Real Ale's Wolverhampton City Pub of the Year 2015 and 2016 as well as the Campaign for Real Ale's West Midlands Regional and West Midlands County Pub of the Year awards for 2015. The micropub was also named in the Daily Telegraph's Thirsty Thirty pubs list, picked by the writers of the Pint to Pint column in the newspaper's Weekend supplement.