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WWW.HXCALDERDALECAMRA.ORG.UK Campaigning For Real Ale, Pubs & Drinkers' Rights Since 1971 IN THIS ISSUE... • THOUGHTS FROM THE BAR • TASTE THE DIFFERENCE • CAMRA MANIFESTO • FOX & GOOSE • REAL ALE, REAL MUSIC • EARLY BREWING • Plus much more...
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BRANCH OFFICERS: • • • • •
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ESSENTIAL BRANCH INFORMATION BRANCH DIARY
Our forthcoming meetings
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Long Chimney, Sowerby Bridge. Hebden Bridge Crawl, start Fox & Goose.
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Fox & Goose, Hebden Bridge. All day in Leeds. Siddal Crawl, start Cross Keys.
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MAY 2015 7th Branch
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BAR THOUGHTS... General Election - Like playing the Lottery!
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he cover of this issue shows a picture of a load of balls (or should that be round spherical objects), each one numbered to indicate a landmark event or date within the coming year that could change the country and the local CAMRA branches future. Each numbered `ball’ could represent something different to everyone, maybe an opportunity to change the way of running things, celebrating a milestone event or could be a reminder of what has gone before or is to come. It won’t have escaped many that the biggest change looming is the general election 2015, this is probably the biggest opportunity in a generation to change direction that the country is going. Some may view that UK PLC is going in the right direction and recent figures from the exchequer seem to give the impression Britain is booming. Yet others may despite this economic bright forecast view the future with some scepticism in the face of more austerity and further massive cuts to the public purse - perhaps maybe not so good if you are one of those individuals who rely upon that public purse to pay your way in life. A big decision for all I think - just like playing the lottery- `you pay your money and take your chance’ and like the lottery `some win big’ but there are `many more losers’... Many thanks for all the feedback from readers about Caldercask issue 32 it was on the whole well received, the only really negative comment was my poor editorial skills in the Bar Thoughts section and how I had spelt criminal - I apoligies for thut an it wunt happun again – or something in similar words. There is another opportunity for some more feedback further in this edition with an article about the Halifax & Calderdale Beer Festival 2015. I took the opportunity to join the assembled group of individuals for the taste training held recently at a fine
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drinking establishment in Hebden Bridge (an article on this training is contain within this edition). I certainly learned a lot and for me personally that - `God loves me/us’ - for the phrase – “you have to swallow beer to properly taste it” - heavenly!
OUR MAGAZINE COVER... 'Lottery Balls'
My final thought is referring to the cover `balls’ of which many of these represent events and achievements that CAMRA nationally and the local Halifax and Calderdale Branch of CAMRA have done throughout the many years since its conception in 1975, (Halifax and Calderdale branch), a local and national record I think that we all can be proud of. (Some Halifax & Calderdale birthday cake coming up then) so with these anniversary thoughts perhaps those elder statesmen of Halifax CAMRA of yesteryear could get their thinking caps on and write something about their involvement in the branch for our special anniversary edition next time.
The number of Halifax & Calderdale pubs in the Good Beer Guide 2015
The number of Halifax and Calderdale pubs in the Good Beer Guide 2015. CAMRA’s (campaign for real ale), Good Beer Guide 2015 contains amongst others a good selection of excellent cask ale pubs and bars from the Halifax and Calderdale CAMRA Branches geographic area - 23 to be precise. So whatever you are looking for in style of pubs you are sure to find one that will be to your liking from the remote rural gem to a busy vibrant town centre
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bar with multi cask ales available, or maybe the classic traditional boozer with sporting pastimes with one or two well-kept ales is more to your liking. So whenever you are venturing out why not consult the `oracle’ (the Good beer Guide) and see what you may find.
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EARLY BREWING IN CALDERDALE - PART 3 A Series of Articles Looking Back
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n part two of this series of articles on early brewing in Calderdale I explained how, from as early as 1272, the WakeďŹ eld Manor Court Rolls contain much evidence relating to brewsters in this area. Many of the individuals named in the court rolls are identiďŹ ed by a locational suďŹƒx to their name, such as Walter de Adderigate, which may link them to a particular house, in this case Addersgate in Northowram. This approach needs to be viewed with some caution, however, since formal surnames had not yet developed at this period and were subject to frequent change, while conversely the ospring of a named householder often retained the same locational suďŹƒx as a surname although they had long since moved away from the original family home. Nevertheless Faull and Moorhouse, editors of the West Yorkshire Archaeological Survey to A.D. 1500, have successfully identiďŹ ed a large number of Northowram settlements by reference to the earliest known uses of these locational surnames. Just a few examples will serve to make the point, and show that it has been possible to tentatively link individual brewsters to particular properties. The accompanying map of Northowram Township shows the location of the individual properties referred to. Northowram Township, Matilda del to d Linke s Se lement Barn and Maude Brewing 1200-1400 del Barme were each ďŹ ned 6d for brewing contrary to the assize in 1306 and 1307 Windybank respectively, and probably had Hangingroyd
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Illustration: Map of Northowram Township showing some of the farmsteads associated with ale brewing during the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries.
connections to Barms Hill which was the home of Agnes, daughter of John del Barm in 1274. A farm still exists today at Barms Hill, o Tan House Lane, close to the Brighouse and Denholme Gate Road. At the Brighouse Court in 1337, Eglentyn del Bothe was ďŹ ned for illegal brewing, and she was probably the same woman described as the wife of Adam del Bothes, who was ďŹ ned 4d for the same oence in May 1340. Bate del Bothes whose name occurs in the court rolls of 1274 has been contextually linked by Faull and Moorhouse to modern day Booth Town, the original nucleus for the early settlement being located in the area close to Hall Street North. John del Wyndibank has been connected to the settlement of the same name in 1331, and the wife of William de Wyndibank was presented at Halifax court in April 1339 for brewing and selling against the assize. Although Windy Bank Farm no longer stands, the lane which bears its name and connects HolmďŹ eld with Ambler Thorn, acts as an ongoing reminder of this ancient settlement. Another settlement which disappeared long ago is Ker, otherwise known as Blakkerre, which was situated at the edge of Beacon Hill in the area now occupied by Godley cutting. At the Manor Court held on 13 May 1349 the wife of Thomas del Ker was presented for brewing at a halfpenny and ďŹ ned 3d. The ďŹ nal two settlements shown on the map, Hangingroyd and Cowroyd, have been identiďŹ ed in connection with members of the de Hyngandrode family, the most proliďŹ c of the district’s fourteenth century brewsters. In the next edition of Caldercask I hope to explain a little more about their contribution to our local brewing history. By P. W. Robinson
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7 MAY GENERAL ELECTION CAMRA’s Manifesto
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or most people you’ll be aware of a potential political change on the horizon (early May 2015) with political parties on all sides jostling for position to present to you the voter their vision on Britain’s future (well at least for the next five years, but could be even further into the future as with all detailed plans could take some years to work through. Wherever you stand on the political line and however strongly you feel about major issues of the day there are some topics that unite us all - taxation, local planning concerns, employment, health, crime, environment, and I would suspect for many, Money and maybe the lack of it! For the average drinker in Britain most of the items that unite voters also affect the drinker, whether you’re an occasional or regular pub goer, with taxation, local planning, health, employment and money probably being on most people’s list. CAMRA Campaign for Real Ale has already produced documentation to pose those questions to the main political parties vying for your votes in the general election May 2015. The following is a brief extract taken from the CAMRA Manifesto material on the CAMRA web pages and the full detailed list can be viewed at www.camra.org.uk/ ge2015 CAMRA’s - MANIFESTO For Pubs And Real Ale puts those burning issues to the forefront of political awareness asking general elected candidates to pledge their support for Britain’s pub goers and beer drinkers by committing to do the following if elected: Backing action to support well-run community pubs • by ensuring pubs are better protected in the planning system • by ensuring large pub companies treat publicans fairly. Celebrate and promote Britain’s 1200 + real ale breweries by • Ensuring that beer duty is set at a level that supports UK brewing • Retaining discounted duty rates for small brewers
The campaign is going further asking for support for its CAMRA’s - MANIFESTO For Pubs – Planning - Change of Use (England) • The planning rules affecting pubs need to be strengthened to ensure that planning permission is required before pubs can be converted to any other use. Planning - Demolition (England) • The planning rules need to be strengthened so that planning permission is always required before a pub can be demolished. Pubco reform (England & Wales) • The new Statutory Code should include guest beer and market rent only options for tied publicans. Licensing Law (England and Wales) • The freedoms of the 2003 Licensing Act should be retained to ensure consumers continue to enjoy greater choice. Standing up for Consumers • CAMRA would like to see action to ensure an end to the practice of serving short measures and to ensure pricing information is clearly displayed. The campaign is also MANIFESTO For Real Ale.
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Beer Duty • Serious consideration should be given to a beer duty freeze for the whole of the next Parliament. Small Breweries’ Relief • Small Breweries’ Relief should be retained to support the continued growth of small local breweries.
Represents the interests of pub goers and beer drinkers by • Supporting consumer choice and the rights of consumers to fair treatment.
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EU Excise Duty Directive • The UK Government should renegotiate the EU Excise Duty Directive so it is possible to charge a preferential rate of duty on draught beer sold in pubs and enable reduced duty on low strength beers to apply up to 3.5% ABV in strength.
Real Cider • The existing duty exemption for small cider producers must be retained. Quite a comprehensive list and I think you would probably agree many of the recommendations could have a profound effect in your local brewery, pub, club or bar.
BREAKING NEWS on PubCo Reform (England & Wales) Landmark victory for beer drinkers, pub goers and licensees as Government defeated in Commons vote Tim Page, CAMRA Chief Executive said: “The recent landmark Parliamentary vote helps secure the future of pubs. CAMRA is delighted that, after ten years of our campaigning, MPs have voted to introduce a market rent only option for licensees tied to the large pub companies - a move that will secure the future of the Great British Pub. “The Government was defeated by 284 votes to 259 with MPs from all parties voting in favour of a new clause to the Small Business Bill that will empower pubco licensees to choose between a tied agreement and a market rent only agreement that will allow them to buy beer on the open market. Allowing over 13,000 pub tenants tied to the large pub companies the option
of buying beer on the open market at competitive prices will help keep pubs open and ensure the cost of a pint to consumers remains affordable. The large pub companies will no longer be able to charge their tenants prices up to 60 pence a pint higher than open market prices.” “This simple choice should spell the end of pubco licensees being forced out of business through high rents and tied product prices. “Thank you to the 8000 CAMRA members and campaigners who lobbied their local MP to help make this happen and to those MPs that voted to support pubs. CAMRA are now urging the Government to accept the outcome of the vote.” For a full article please visit – www.camra.org.uk/ press-releases
We are proud to list the quality real ale pubs and clubs below as local members of the OBE Club, honoured for serving the perfect pint of Ossett Brewery beer. BUTCHERS ARMS, 38 Towngate, Hepworth, Huddersfield, HD9 1TE COCK & BOTTLE, Common Lane, Southawram, Halifax, HX3 9PA COMMERCIAL & RAILWAY, Gooder Lane, Brighouse, HD6 1HF NEW INN, Sowood, Halifax, HX4 9LB AL’S DIME BAR, 10 North Parade, Bradford, BD1 3HT FANNYS ALE HOUSE, 63 Saltaire Road, Shipley, BD18 3JN Ossett Brewery Pubs are also members of the OBE Club, check the website for locations. For further details about Ossett Brewery Beers or the OBE Club please contact the sales team on 01924 261333 or visit www.ossett-brewery.co.uk www.hxcalderdalecamra.org.uk
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NATURALLY BETTER BEER
Little Valley Brewery Turkey Lodge Farm, New Road, Cragg Vale, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire HX7 5TT Tel: 01422 883 888 Fax: 01422 883 222
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We sell Specialist Bo le Beers from Yorkshire & Beyond, Specialist Arsan Spirits, Loose Leaf Teas, Coffee & Speciality Mixers & Tonics Opening Times: Wednesday to Saturday 10am - 6pm & Sunday 10am - 4pm 15 Market Street • Hebden Bridge • HX7 6EU 10 | Issue 33
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PUB NEWS From the Halifax & Calder Valley
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irstly sad news: The licensee John Hartley of the Shoulder of Mutton pub in Mytholmroyd passed away on Christmas Day Morning - a brief report from a local member - “The pub was open when I walked up Cragg Vale about 1pm but shut when I returned about 3.30pm”. Whether Lynn plans to continue by herself is unknown and several people are interested in taking over. One of those expressing an interest was thinking of moving it more upmarket to a destination eatery. Time will tell... but at the time of writing the pub was still open and trading. Given their many years in the GBG and their status as probably the longest serving licensees in the area John’s passing will be truly missed, many condolences to his wife and family Meanwhile more bad news albeit on a different level, from the Hinchliffe. Their ale sales are significantly down since the switch from ever changing guests to only J. W. Lees beers on all four pumps. Possibly no surprises there and apparently regulars had warned them! But even so this is still a shock to hear of the scale of the drop. The Brewery still not willing to allow guests and their best
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major change is coming this year 2015 which could be a first of many but we will only know for sure by the end of the year - the successful branch beer festival MAYFEST is moving home and not just home also the date by at least six months. So there will be a vacant date in your calendar during the traditional Mayfest weekend (but then again it might not as another milestone branch event is in planning - more details in the next edition of Caldercask). Refurbishment works and other activities being carried out at our home for many years the Square Chapel make running a successful and profitable beer festival extremely challenging and will pose considerable difficulties for setting up and taking down and for customers to gain entrance to the festival safely. This decision to move the festival to a new venue and at new time of the year has not been taken lightly and the branch and committee have agonised over the loss of this ideal central and very popular venue. www.hxcalderdalecamra.org.uk
suggestion was to drop to 3 wickets! Good news - Beer sales at the Robin Hood have gone up and they have now gone up to 5 hand pumps with Oakham making an appearance recently, so could prove popular with the former drinkers at the Hinch. The Victorian Craft Beer Cafe in Powell Street, Halifax has finally opened. Situated in the former Ricci & Capone’s Italian restaurant behind the Victoria Theatre, it is owned by Simon, the licensee of the Puzzle Hall in Sowerby Bridge, and has been fitted-out and furnished to a very high standard. There are four hand pumps dispensing ever changing guest beers, plus three or four traditional ciders and perries and a wide range of draught and bottled “craft” beers from around the world. A short distance away, in Crown Street, Halifax, the former Sportsman’s Hotel has re-opened as a free house called the Gun Dog. There are three rotating real ales and what remains of the pub’s wonderful Victorian interior has been nicely cleaned and restored. Multi-site Yorkshire pub operator Matt Parkinson has added a fifth Enterprise Inns site - The Hare and Hounds at Hipperholme. He also operates The George in Brighouse, The Crown at Lane Head, Brighouse, The Halfway House in Pellon, and The Victoria in Saltaire. “We spent a week giving the pub a deep clean and now it’s open and ready for business. We just need to build up the trade and give the locals some stability so they can see that their local is open for them,” said Parkinson. We could have decided not to hold a festival at all this year (2015) but we thought that the cask ale drinkers of Calderdale deserved a beer festival and to continue the excellent work of CAMRA to promote cask ale, cider and perry. Plans are now being drawn up and will soon be finalised. As to which venue we can use to stage this year’s beer festival (as yet un-named). Perhaps you the reader or member could decide on a name for our new venture – early suggestions are `Halifax Beer Festival’ `Valley Beer Festival’ `Calderdale Beer Festival’ but we as the branch feel sure that others or better names will come through. So why not have a go and come up with a name? There is not much glory in connection with the naming of the festival but I’m sure a mention on the branches web site could be arranged if you supply your name and address (so you can brag to your friends that you came up with the name!) unless of course you want to be anonymous. Whatever the case please email caldercask@hxcalderdalecamra.org.uk with your suggested name. Don’t forget to check the Halifax and Calderdale website regularly for branch updates and news. Why not bookmark the website in your PC, tablet or smart phone? - www.hxcalderdalecamra.org.uk Issue 33 | 11
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8 TASTE THE DIFFERENCE Beer Tasting Training
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intrepid souls braved the chill of an early December evening to gather in the warmth of the welcoming Fox and Goose in Hebden Bridge and West Yorkshire’s first community owned pub. The reason for this visit was to meet up with the Halifax and Calderdale CAMRA chief tasting officer (beer that is) Richard Lee for training in the fine art of, well Err tasting beer. A good majority of our prospective taste trainees arrived slightly earlier than the agreed 8pm time with most of them already purchased a beer (pint or half). After all when you’re in one of Hebden’s finest premier real ale venue you don’t just stand by the log fire no matter how cold, you may feel at the time. Our `tutor’ arrived and quickly set up some tables in the side room, invited us to take our places and started to introduce himself to those seated. He said that he had seen most of us already had a beer in our possession this is when we found out that this was our first mistake! “Don’t have beer to drink before you taste your first ale” Richard said. He continued “the reason is it could cloud or taint your taste buds, the same as for strong foods like curry, chilli or spicy meals it renders your main instrument – your tongue pretty useless especially if you are tasting light or delicate flavoured beers” Richard proceeded to explain his `qualification’ and how he was the tasting panel chair (chief tasting officer) and that he had been and still is involved with brewing, tasting and judging...Wine. Wine said some, yes wine a lot of the principles and skills you need to taste wine are exactly the same for tasting beer with the smell (aroma) taste and aftertaste being the same. The big difference is, in wine you spit it out. With beer you must swallow to get the full effect of beer tasting as the main receptors on the tongue for tasting bitter flavours are at the back of the mouth, “thank god for that” said one trainee, “this beers too good to be spitting it out!” We all laughed. Richard started by drawing a simple diagram of the tongue and defining areas of the surface that detect different tastes sweet, sour, salty, bitter and off flavours like acid, astringent and which properties of beer can be detected by them. “Enough of drawing let me get the first beers to try then you can have a go.” Richard return from the bar with a tray of 8 halves of a light coloured ale all freshly pulled at the bar. Just before we all dived it Richard said “this is the first of only three drinks we will be trying tonight, not because of time scales but as
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novices you will find that after three drinks your taste buds will find it increasingly difficult to differentiate between different subtle characteristics of the beers and could give you potentially false impressions of the beer you are tasting” he continued “once you have finished your tasting session you can go on drinking as much as you like and go tasting another day” (more to this tasting than I thought I said to myself) Richard handed out CAMRA beer tasting cards for us to fill out. He explained what areas to fill in and not forgetting to record the date, the pub or bar name, branch area and of course the name of the beer and brewery plus the strength of the beer being tasted. He highlighted other sections that we needed to fill in like colour, and style, he referenced to some other sections but said seeing as we are `trainees’ that these are not needed yet until we were accomplished tasters. Richard then went on to explain the Taste Profile Scoring (0 – 4) with the scale going from 0 = undetectable to 4 = intense and the ten factors to be judged (tasted) firstly in the Aroma, then the taste and then the aftertaste – which for the aftertaste could come anywhere between 20 seconds up to a couple of minutes, hence why you have to swallow to get the full aftertaste. Then let’s try and see what you get, Richard went on to explain whilst we all smelled our beers and had sips of the brew what we should be detecting “some flavours in the aroma might be easily detected, in the taste some of you should be able to detect the main ones but others might be able to detect some of the individual properties of each beer like fruit, malt, roast or sweetness whereas others might detect caramel, bitter, sulphur or yeasty” he continued “ in the aftertaste you might find that some flavours in the initial taste either fade or become more intense and possibly other flavours you did not detect in the taste you can now get subtle hints of them.” The first of our three halves of the evening was: Reedley Hallows, Old Laund Bitter @ 3.6% a very pleasing golden style ale with a good sulphur note. Our second one was Bank Top, Port `O’ Call @ 5% a dark brown ale, a typical porter style with robust roast with liquorish overtones and www.hxcalderdalecamra.org.uk
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rich fruit. The final one for our training session was Small World, Twin falls @ 5.2% a powerful heavy hopped golden ale, with a melon fruit and a long bitter aftertaste The tasting session soon went and it was time to pack up and either go home for some or retire to the bar for another beer before heading home. “just before you go a couple of little tips on beer tasting. If the beer you are intending to taste has any imperfections, is not in good condition, tired or served too green then don’t try to taste and score that ale, as invariably you will get misleading results. Secondly choose the place in the pub where you are intending to taste away from strong smells like the toilets or people eating or even a Smokey log fire as those smells can quite radically affect the receptors in the nose, so just beware” Richard concluded, “I do hope that you all got something from the training tonight, here are some spare cards so go out and practise and remember some basic rules, no strong spicy food before tasting, no beer beforehand, only taste freshly drawn and good condition ale and beware of smells in the area you are intending to carry out your tastings,” Richard’s final parting note was “although you can taste and practise on as many ales as you wish I can only as Halifax and Calderdale CAMRA tasting panel chair only accept taste cards for those beers from breweries that are in our branch area which I believe there are now 12”. By Allan Whitehead
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13 BREWERIES In Halifax & Calderdale Branch Area
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es it’s hard to believe that currently there are now 13 breweries within the Halifax and Calderdale CAMRA Branch area with breweries spread across the whole Calderdale district, from the Lancashire border through to borders of Bradford and Kirklees. So how do we know that there are all these different
micros within our district? Well a good place to start is the CAMRA Good Beer Guide 2015. Within the pages of this indispensable book it lists all independent breweries throughout the UK. And gives you the reader all the information on each brewery. Location, a brief description on how or when they started and contact information and regular ales brewed. Of course the best way to find out about all these micros and their excellent ales is to drink their beers within the many fine establishments that we are blessed with up and down the Calder valley, one other method of finding out about the breweries up and down the valley is to visit the pages of the Halifax and Calderdale CAMRA Branch website www.hxcalderdalecamra.org.uk
Breweries currently listed in the Good Beer Guide 2015 within the Halifax & Calderdale Branch Area: BARE ARTS
LITTLE VALLEY
Studio Bar and Gallery, 108-110 Rochdale Road, Todmorden, OL14 7LP. Tel 01706 839305 BLO. Dave O’ Neill
Unit 3, Turkey Lodge Farm, New Road, Cragg Vale, Hebden Bridge, HX7 5TT. Tel 01422 883888 BLO. Edward Lee
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NEWS: After a short closure following the death of founder Trevor Cook, Todmorden’s four-barrel plant will resume brewing some one-off beers in early 2015. The emphasis continues to be creating strong bottled condition beers around the 8% abv. A 10% beer is also planned to celebrate the brewery’s 10th anniversary. A selection of up to 20 bottled conditioned beers, including some fine `vintage ales’, remain available from the Beer shop & tasting rooms in Todmorden and Stacksteads.
BARGE & BARREL
OATES BREWING
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4 Ladyship Business Park, Mill Lane, Halifax, HX3 6TA. Tel 01422 320100 BLO. Nigel Robertshaw
OWENSHAW MILL
www.owenshawmillbrewery.co.uk
10-12 Park Road, Elland, HX5 9HP. Tel 01422 371770 e. bargeandbarrelbrewery@hotmail.co.uk BLO. Currently vacant
Owenshaw Works, Old Cawsey, Sowerby Bridge, HX6 2AJ. Tel 01422 839010 BLO. Richard Lee
BRIDESTONES
www.slightlyfoxbrewery.co.uk
www.bridestonesbrewing.co.uk
Smithy Farm, Long Causeway, Blackshaw Road Hebden Bridge, HX7 7JB. Tel 01422 847104 BLO. Ian Priddey
ELLAND
www.ellandbrewery.co.uk
Unit 3-5 Heathfield Industrial Estate, Heathfield Street, Elland, HX5 9AE. Tel 01422 377677 BLO. Andy Anderson
HALIFAX STEAM
www.halifax-steam.co.uk
The Conclave, Southedge works, Brighouse Road, Hipperholme, HX3 8EF. Tel 07974 544980 BLO. Peter Arkulisz
LANDLORDS FRIEND
Kershaw House Inn, Luddenden Lane Luddendenfoot, HX2 6NW. Tel 01422 882222 e. landfriendbeers@aol.cco.uk BLO. Ian Priddey 14 | Issue 33
www.littlevalleybrewery.co.uk
SLIGHTLY FOXED
Unit 25 Asquith Bottom Mill, Sowerby Bridge, HX6 3BS. Tel 07412 00821 BLO. Currently vacant
STOD FOLD
www.stodfoldbrewing.co
Stod Fold Farm, Hays Lane, Halifax, HX8 2UL. Tel 01244 245951 BLO. Currently vacant
Two other micro-breweries in our area are not listed in the GBG 2015 as they are relatively new: CAT I TH WELL - www.catithwell.co.uk
Cat i th Well, Wainstalls Lane, Lower Saltonstall, Wainstalls, HX2 7TR. Tel. 01422 244841. BLO. Currently vacant
NORLAND BEERS
e. norlandbeersltd@outlook.com BLO. Currently vacant
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204 CASK ALE OUTLETS ON WHATPUB? CAMRA’S WhatPub.com - What’s That?
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04 is the figure of cask ale outlets (that’s pubs and bars) that serve cask ales out of a total 244 premises listed on CAMRA’s WhatPub? web site in the Halifax and Calderdale CAMRA Branch area. WhatPub.com is a web based application that is a specialist database containing listings and sub sections of searchable criteria of, not only pubs and bars within the Halifax and Calderdale area but 36,000 + pubs and bars from all over Great Britain. Whatpub.com is available to anyone with a PC, tablet or smart phone to view and use search facilities to find pubs and bars either by pub name, city, town or postcode and then once an area is selected you are then able to use filters to narrow down your search to find the particular type of pub you are looking for. For example you might be looking for a particular type of pub or bar in say the Nottingham area (home of this year’s CAMRA Members Weekend & National AGM conference) a pub that is family friendly, serves lunchtime meals, dog friendly, has full disabled access and is handy
for the tram plus of course serves a range of excellent of cask ales – at one time this little exercise would involve poring over different guides, maps and maybe ringing the establishment to check out if the information you are viewing is current and up to date. No problem with WhatPub.com just put in the location (Nottingham) and then tick the various filters you require and Hey Presto various pubs are listed with usually a nice colour photo and a handy map of its more precise location and maybe best of all you can be assured that the information is up to date as it’s local CAMRA members who visit these pubs and ensure pub information is updated regularly. So if you are visiting an area of Britain on a day trip or a longer stay use the WhatPub. com app and don’t worry about poor signals. You can print out your preferences before you go so never far away from a decent pint.
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12 MONTHS OF THE FOX & GOOSE West Yorkshire’s 1st Community Co-Op Pub
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y the time you read this the Fox & Goose in Hebden Bridge will be celebrating its first year as West Yorkshire’s first community co-operative pub. The popular free house, prominently situated at the junction of Heptonstall Road and the main A646 at the West end of the town, was purchased from previous owner, Julia Warren, in March 2013 by an industrial provident society owned by more than 260 regulars and other supporters. Unfortunately Julia’s health had been rapidly deteriorating for several years and had reached the point where she could no longer continue to run the pub and was forced to sell it. However, neither Julia, the staff nor the customers wanted to see the building sold to one of the soulless national pub chains or, worse still, turned over to residential development and it was she herself who had the idea of setting up a community co-operative to buy and run the pub. A group of regulars and staff set up a steering committee which included people with proven experience and expertise in the co-operative movement, the licensed trade and several other relevant fields. Under recently introduced legislation the building was registered with Calderdale Council as an Asset of Community Value, which would make it much more difficult for a prospective owner to obtain change-of-use planning consent. After a lot of hard work by a small group of dedicated people, the industrial provident society was registered and the share issue commenced in late 2013. Anyone could purchase between one hundred and twenty thousand shares at £1 each and, regardless of the number of shares held, each shareholder was entitled to
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only one vote at the society’s AGM. The share issue very quickly raised £131,000 to purchase the building and undertake urgently-needed repairs and re-decorating. For legal reasons the pub had to be closed for a short time during the changeover period from Julia’s ownership to that of the IPS, but the closure period was kept to a minimum thanks to the enterprise and dedication of three of the staff – Manager Trevor Cobbe, Barman Drew Magiera and Cellarman Cayn White – who operated the business as a “pop-up pub” for a few weeks in the interim. When the Fox re-opened as West Yorkshire’s first community co-operative pub on 22nd March 2014, Trevor, Drew and Cayn were able to retain their jobs and, aided by a small pool of excellent part time bar staff, the pub has gone from strength to strength. In the first six months of the new regime turnover increased by almost fifty per cent and has continued to rise ever since. There are now seven permanent hand pumps on the bar serving the house beer, Bridestones’ Goose Juice, five constantly rotating guest beers and a traditional cider or perry. At busy times, such as Christmas, the cider pump may be used to dispense an additional guest beer, in which case the cider or perry will be sold by gravity dispense directly from a box on the bar. Guest beers have so far included offerings from (in no particular order) Mallinson’s, Great Heck, Oakham, Slater’s, Bridestones, Oates’, Little Valley, First Chop, Stod Fold, Pictish, Salamander, Outstanding, Hop Studio, Church End, Cottage, Saltaire and Hop Back breweries – amongst many others. The ales are very competitively priced and always in excellent condition and Cayn is very proud to have received “Cask Marque” accreditation in November 2014. As far as I am aware, the Fox is the only pub in Calderdale to use oversized lined glasses, so a full pint - or half – is always guaranteed. There is also a good selection of American and European bottled beers and single malt whiskies although no draught lager is sold. The Fox is, and always has been predominantly a drinkers’ pub, with an eclectic clientele of all ages and www.hxcalderdalecamra.org.uk
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genders and from all walks of life, where strangers are made welcome if they wish to join in the banter. As such, food, other than small snacks, is not regularly served. However customers are welcome to bring in and consume their own food. A fairly recent innovation on Sunday lunchtimes is the provision of either sausages or cheese and biscuits, or occasionally a selection of tapas, on the bar for customers to graze on in return for a small donation. The pub is very dog-friendly and at certain times of the day the four legged customers can seem to outnumber the two legged variety. Should you inadvertently drop some of your tapas or crisps, they will be very quickly and efficiently hoovered up! The pub has always had a reputation for live music – both organised and impromptu – and every second Tuesday at 9 pm there is an “open mic” session where singers and/or musicians are welcome to do their thing and on Thursday evenings, with the exception of the second Thursday in the month, there is a resident blues band. What happens on the second Thursday in the month? Why, “Pennine Piperholics” of course! Come and hear all sorts of pipes in action, plus the incomparable hurdy-gurdies! In addition many impromptu music sessions spontaneously erupt without warning and local bluegrass duo “Cowbaby” often put in an appearance on winter Friday evenings. For those who like their entertainment more cerebral than musical, there is a popular quiz on Monday evenings. The Fox’s tradition of
holding beer festivals twice a year – on May Bank Holiday weekend and in late November, continues to be very popular, with around twenty beers and a couple of ciders usually being available. At the time of writing the exterior of the pub was halfway through a long overdue re-paint, with the lower parts resplendent in a rather fetching hue of peach and the upper parts still in a rather retching faded and weathered pale green colour, as shown in the accompanying photos. The artex and fake beamed interior – the result of a refurbishment of questionable taste in 1980 – has had a welcome refresh and the temporary green carpets should by now have been replaced with flagstone floors in all three rooms. Although there has been an inn on this site since about 1702 and the original building goes back much further than that, the current facade is believed to be Victorian. If you haven’t been to the Fox & Goose before – give it a try. You will find a warm welcome, excellent ales and a roaring log fire in winter. If you have been before, you know what to expect, so keep on going! At the time of writing (just before Christmas 2014), I have just heard that the Fox has commissioned a special anniversary ale from Mallinson’s. The name hasn’t been decided yet – but my choice would be “Co-hoperative Anniversary Ale”! By Andy Grant
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REAL ALE, REAL MUSIC Good Beer, Good Music, Good Times
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fast –developing feature in the beer world recently – though as yet with no impact in the ‘Calder Cask’ area - has been the micropub. But what is a micropub? According to the Micropub Association it is defined as follows: ‘A small free house which listens to its customers, mainly serves cask ales, promotes conversation, shuns all forms of electronic entertainment and dabbles in traditional pub snacks.’ Sounds like my sort of pub! The first was set up by Martyn Hillier at The Butcher’s Arms, based in an old butcher’s shop in Herne, Kent, back in 2005. It was pretty much the only one until 2009 when Martyn gave a presentation to the CAMRA AGM explaining the simplicity of the micropub model. From then on there was a trickle of openings in places like Hartlepool and Newark, but over the last 5 years the trickle has turned into a stream so that there are now over a hundred across the country and that number is increasing weekly. The first one I (knowingly) visited was Just Beer in Newark. This was one of the originals. Tucked away in a yard just off the main drag, I walked in to a single, long room with bar at the far end. Behind it was a slightly fearsome-looking guy with long hair and the odd piercing. However, he turned out to be friendly and happily dispensed suggestions of which beer to try. I sat on one of the bench seats and got chatting to some of the locals, what a friendly bunch they were! I’ve been back a couple of times since and can highly recommend a visit. My next micropub visit was in the Autumn to the recently-opened Shepherds Hall in Chorley. A minute from the railway station this is a small, glass-fronted, warm and welcoming bar offering a choice of 4 cask ales with a couple of ciders. As is often the case, the barrels are in the bar, the till display on the wall, everything scaled back to maximise the space. Whilst there we were chatting to a mate of one of my friends who is planning to open his own micropub, also in Chorley. Just before Christmas I was in 18 | Issue 33
Skipton and came across The Beer Engine, just round the corner from the well-loved Narrow Boat. I had an excellent pint of Raw Edge. Again this was a warm and friendly venue with conversation ruling the roost. It seems to me that this is a great way to transform an old shop or small space into a lively focus for the community. Surely a micropub or two on a town centre street is better than a succession of pound shops, takeaways, or worse still, boarded-up premises. I look forward to the first one opening in Calderdale. Music-wise, I have listened to a lot of good stuff in the pubs of Brighouse over the past few weeks. I also selected my top albums of the year. If you want to read more about this and various other ramblings please feel free to visit my blog: Real Ale, Real Music: www. chrisdyson55.blogspot.com. And finally, some sad news that broke at the turn of the year. Rodney Booth, aka Rodders, sadly passed away on New Year’s Eve, aged 71. He was a well-known and well-liked character around the pubs and clubs of Calderdale, Kirklees and Stalybridge, and will be sadly missed. RIP, Rodders... In the meantime...keep on rockin’ in the free world... By Chris Dyson
A BIG THANK YOU...
From the Halifax & Calderdale CAMRA Branch The Halifax and Calderdale CAMRA branch would like to thank the following establishments for allowing us to hold our meetings – 3 Pigeons, Halifax. Queen Victoria, Northowram. Drop Inn, Elland. Works, Long chimney, Sowerby Bridge.
& From the Editor of CalderCask
The Editor is grateful to the following for their contributions to this edition of Caldercask. A Grant. P W Robinson AP J. A Whitehead. C Philips. D. O’Neill C. Dyson. I. Priddey R. Wilson. www.hxcalderdalecamra.org.uk
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40 BRANCH AGM’S Annual General Meetings At Branch Level
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n the horizon this coming year is the Halifax and Calderdale CAMRA Branch AGM in July 2015 (annual general meeting) in this annual shindig binding procedural decisions are made and persons elected to `office’ – that’s committee positions, but this year an `all change’ is a real possibility. Our branch chairman is stepping down after a ten year tenure of the chairman’s seat, which under his stewardship has managed to develop a strong, growing and successful CAMRA branch, what he leaves behind is a void which we as ordinary members need to select a new chair to take the branch forward and develop further this actively performing CAMRA branch. This is where you the active CAMRA branch member could come in to fill those now vacant shoes, but perhaps you’re a bit unsure if you meet the `specification’ or have the right skills and experience to lead a hard working committee team, maybe you feel that you’ve not been an active member all that long and your waist line is not as expansive as other members you may know plus your hair is not losing its natural colouring. Possibly a bit of apprehension and a few fears but unfounded as all committee positions fully support each other, so don’t worry. It could be that the vacancy will be filled from an existing committee position as one of those persons takes up the reigns of chairperson. If that is the case then volunteer(s) will be required to step into that now vacant role. We still have currently un-filled committee and associate positions awaiting volunteers, examples are`Young Member’s secretary’, Yes there are young members in the branch. Minutes secretary - without proper minutes and written records we can’t remember what we’ve decided, (especially after a good few beers), `Cider & Perry
42 Editions of the Good Beer Guide...
42 editions of the Good Beer Guide have been produced and is CAMRA’s flagship publication priced at £15.99 for non-members but to valid CAMRA members is available at a reduced price at £11.00 (may be even able to get it cheaper from the local CAMRA branch). The Guide now lists 1285 independent breweries from national, regional and micros, Yorkshire as a whole comes in with a mighty 140 +breweries with innovative new micros coming on stream all the time. These
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representative’ - an increasing presence of this type of drink within Calderdale area and at least 4 new or existing micro-breweries are needing a CAMRA. Brewery Liaison Officer or BLO for short. Which by the time the AGM comes around in July it could have gone up by at least another one or possibly two! The Halifax and Calderdale CAMRA Branch is aware that these `unfilled’ committee and associate position places extra burden on those remaining in their respective positions and the branch is keen to recruit existing or even new members to the committee, even if the member wishes to have a position `without portfolio’ perhaps just taking on some minimal involvement like overseeing the distribution of the branch flagship publication Caldercask or perhaps being a member on the organising subcommittee for the Branch Beer Festival or Web/ Communications sub group. Your help and input would be most welcome. So go on what have you got to lose? Please feel free to contact us via any of the contact methods on our essential information page. You could make a big difference and help shape the Halifax and Calderdale branch in the future. By D. O’Neill
independent breweries are producing a massive range of beer styles from the lightest palest ales through to the darkest stouts and with flavours to match. So whatever the style colour, flavour or ingredients (apart from the basics) you are sure to find just what you are looking for - with the Good Beer Guide you’re never far from a good pint. You can now get the Good Beer Guide as an e book, on your mobile or even on your sat-nav visit www.camra.org.uk/gbg for mobile visit app store or google play store or for sat-nav www. camra.org.uk/gbgpoi www.hxcalderdalecamra.org.uk
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720 MEMBERS IN THE HALIFAX & CALDERDALE CAMRA BRANCH A Great Start to 2015
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20 that’s how many members in the Halifax and Calderdale CAMRA (Campaign for real ale), branch we have currently as we start the New Year (2015). This is growth of about 12% year on year since 2010. So what explains this phenomenal growth in membership? (Wish my savings grew at this rate, editor). What is CAMRA doing right to pull in this many members and moreover to retain them? This growth rate is probably more unexplainable in the austere times that we are facing when money is tight and there appears to be a general malaise falling over Britain. According to statistics from the UK government you are lead to believe that due to this government’s handling of the economic downturn, Britain is now experiencing a `feel good factor’ and the economy is on the up – hum! That maybe so but then again maybe not. Yes personally my daily commute petrol bill is a bit less and my mortgage payment is at an all-time low, even my better half is saving money on the weekly shop (or I’m I just eating less) yet as many items go down others surely go up to balance the equation, Gas, Electric, Insurance but strangely not my wages they are frozen (not the Disney film) and have been for the last 5 years and probably a good few more years yet to come So getting back to the question, what’s attracting record numbers to join the campaign? Current membership rates offer extremely good value and work out at less than 50 pence per week, (single member), yet offer so much with a raft of member benefits from various discounts on travel, holidays, days out and money off vouchers. Now has never been a better time to join the Campaign, the belonging to a successful organisation trying and often succeeding at a local levels to save cherished community pubs, organise and run successful beer festivals where independent breweries can showcase their products, promotion of local pubs and bars through being included in the prestigious CAMRA Good Beer Guide, fully independent where pubs are only included on their outstanding beer quality, through to others like CAMRA’s WhatPub.com listing every cask ale outlet in Great Britain with fully searchable
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database allowing you to select the exact type of pub and facilities you require. Success at national level too, getting beer duty frozen for the second year running (Is that Disney’s Frozen Two - ed) keeping the small brewers relief for breweries up to the capacity of 60,000 hectolitres and recently getting MP’s to support the ending of the beer tie stopping the large pubcos from exploiting hard pressed licensees allowing them to make a living and being able to select products at a fair price, some other successes are reduced taxation on lower strength beers (1.2% -2.5%) yet there are other campaigning issues where the battles are still on, short measure ensuring you get the full pint of liquid, (20fl-oz) and not paying for foam, abolishing the extra duty payable on beers 7.5% or higher (a lot of the traditional barley wines fall into this category), a reduction in VAT for restaurants and pubs selling food, benefits of reduced level of taxation to include beers up to a 3.5% level, a similar progressive system of excise duty should apply to small cider and perry producers, and a complete revision of excise duty payable on alcoholic drinks seeking a 2/3rd reduction on current levels (this may sound a lot but perhaps you have to ask why does most of Europe enjoy substantial lower levels of alcohol duty than the UK? (Germany, Spain, Portugal, Poland, Romania, Malta –all about 10p. or less - UK 50p). - Only Finland pay more tax the UK drinkers (actual figures are on a 5% strength UK beer 54.3p excise duty 50p VAT = 104.3p) So what makes CAMRA so successful in getting members and retaining them? Read the above and if you feel that you want to be linked with the successes, (locally, regionally and nationally), and are prepared to campaign on the battles to come - then please join us! Fill in the membership form in this magazine or go to the national web site www.camra.org.uk/joinus
PUB OF THE SEASON
Long Chimney, Sowerby Bridge
Presentation of the Halifax and Calderdale Summer 2014 Pub of the Season Certificate awarded to the Long Chimney, Sowerby Bridge. www.hxcalderdalecamra.org.uk
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