Welcome From The Editor

Good news can take many forms, and in the straitened times we’ve experienced recently (plus the recent developments in Eastern Europe) must be seen in relative terms, but the announcement that the Peterborough Beer Festival is to go ahead for the first time since 2019 is sure to gladden the hearts and set the pulses racing of a multitude of ale and cider drinkers from near and far. Mick Lane and the unheralded Paul Beecham worked relentlessly to prepare a budget that CAMRA Head Office (who initially fund the Festival) found agreeable. Financial and health restrictions mean, understandably, that certain restrictions will have to be implemented but these, surely, are a small price to pay for such a major outcome. Full details on page 13. Bring it on!!! We are still seeking distributors for BAE, so please read the latest appeal on page 5 of this issue. If you can help, do get in touch. If you are already a distributor – thank you, and keep up the good work! We are grateful to Paul Berrisford, who has taken on deliveries to the Crowland area. Lack of distributors in some areas has meant that I have been delivering to some of our more far-flung pubs and I have been struck by two things. Firstly, the sheer buoyance and cheerfulness of staff following the unprecedented adversity of the pandemic – there seems to be real cause for optimism. And secondly, I was heartened by the fact that BAE was so warmly received in almost every pub! Makes it all worthwhile....... I won’t name the only pub where I experienced resistance but will leave readers to work it out. I was met at the door by a lady who politely but firmly informed me that the pub didn’t allow “that sort of magazine” on the premises. A perfectly civil conversation was about to end when I pointed out that her establishment was actually mentioned in the issue I was holding. She promptly liberated the bundle from my hands and disappeared inside........ Don’t forget our next issue covers June and July, so remember to let us have details of all your events by 30th April.

Good luck!

IN THIS ISSUE

Welcome From The Editor 3

Chairman’s Corner 5

Pub News

Pubs of the Year

6

7

Brewery News 8 - 11

Rest In Peace Alex Kean 12 Peterborough Beer Festival & Golden Boys

13

Breweriana and Collectors Fair 14

Breweriana Quiz

15

Trip to Hertford and Where? 16 & 17 Little Miracles 18

Roving Row’s Review 19 In The 50’s

21

Confessions of an Editor 23

Pub Companies 24 - 25 Quarts and Thoughts 26 - 28 Posh Pints 29

Diary Dates

30

Branch Contacts 31

Editor: Alun Thomas bae-editor@ peterborough.camra.org.uk

Published by: Peterborough & District Branch of the Campaign for Real Ale.

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APRIL 2022

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