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WORKSOP & RETFORD BREWERY A NEW BOOK ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THIS ICONIC LOCAL BREWERY
A TRIP TO DONCASTER
A VISIT TO DONCASTER’S PUB SCENE PLUS MUCH MORE...
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Branch Contacts Chairman - Steve Bownes Editor - Paul Mann Email: newsletter@nnottscamra.co.uk Secretary - Paul Mann Treasurer - John Bull Social Secretary - Terry Johnson Membership Secretary & Press Officer Paul Mann Pubs Officer - Gordon Town Webmaster - Stephen Watkins WhatPub? Contact - Steve Bownes Email: steve.bownes@talktalk.net Web:
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FROM THE EDITOR A WARM WELCOME TO YOU
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elcome to the latest edition of the North Notts Drinker. Many thanks to everyone who has responded to my editorial in the last issue, asking for articles. Keep it up folks! I’d also like to thank all the people who help distribute the magazine out to the various pubs and clubs around (and beyond!) our region. Anyone who would like to assist in getting the magazine delivered please get in touch. The more helpers the better..
Paul Mann Editor, North Notts Drinker
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MALLARD FESTIVAL FUNDRAISER FOR MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS TRUST
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pril 24th saw the start of The Mallard St. Georges Beer Festival. With 18 beers and 3 ciders this was yet again a very successful event for the Mallard. But the difference between this & most beer festivals is that Wayne Cadman, the host, used the event as a fundraiser for the MS Trust, a charity close to my heart as my daughter was diagnosed with MS 3 years ago. Along with a tombola and a sale of old pump clips was a beer made for the festival & donated by our own National master brewer Colin Tweed. The Shed Brewery beer was called Shed IPA which sold out in 3 hours
on the opening evening. Many people travelled just to taste this beer but were too late. An excellent achievement by Colin yet again. At the last Mallard beer festival, Wayne managed to raise £188 for The Alzheimer’s Society, this time however the total raised was £350. A big thank you Wayne and Mel, Colin and all that came to sample the excellent beers on offer once again.
Brian George
information, education, research and support www.mstrust.org.uk Free Phone 0800 032 38 39
diary dateS 2014... Branch meetingS... Start at 8.00pm unless
otherwise stated. Venues are subject to change. Thursday 3rd July Red Hart, Blyth Wednesday 6th Aug Eyre Arms, Rampton Wednesday 3rd Sept Angel Inn, Misson
For more details, other Beer Festival and other events please visit the website, www.nnottscamra.co.uk
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LOCAL BEER FESTIVALS... Angel Inn, Misson 22nd - 25th August Mallard, Worksop 24th - 27th July + Aleoween 30th October - 2nd November
Social... Manfield Pub visits - date TBA
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DONCASTER SOCIAL WE WILL BE BACK!
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n Saturday 31st May six of us ventured into Doncaster. John, Mike and Terry from Worksop, Steve and Mike from Retford and Paul from Lincoln. We made our way to Doncaster mainly by service bus and bus passes. Our first port of call was the Corner Pin, Doncaster CAMRA’s Pub Of The Year 2014 and 2011, runner up 2010 and Spring Pub of the Season 2010, we were made very welcome by the landlady Ruth. The pub has Casque Marque Excellence and offers CAMRA members 10% off Real Ale. Beers on sale included Northumberland Main Seam Mild, Original Northumberland Ale, Geeves No.1, York Brewery Guzzler and Doncaster Cheswold. They have an annual beer festival during January / February and usually feature 10 ales. The pub is also renowned to have the best chips in Doncaster. After quaffing approximately 3 pints we ventured to the... Doncaster Brewery Tap on Young Street, where
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we were made most welcome by the landlord and Brewer Ian Blaylock and his wife Allison. The pub opened January this year and is highly recommended, brewing from the premises will commence in the very near future. An official opening along with a beer festival is planned once the brewery is up and running at the pub. There were five Doncaster Brewery Beers on sale plus three Guests also a draught Perry and Cider and a range of other ciders by tap from polypins as well as a range of bottled beers. The Regular Tap Ale is “Gold Cup” a 4.5% Golden Cask Ale, only normally available elsewhere from the end of August to the beginning of October for the Leger Festival. All the beers were in excellent condition and we sampled quite a few of them. While we were there Ian the landlord was doing a radio interview with Andrew Lloyd of Sine FM for the Food Show which can be heard Fridays 2pm to 3pm, our Chairman Steve and a number of us were also interviewed for the show. A great pub well worth a visit. Next on our travels was Cask
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Corner, featuring 10 Real Ales, the Treasons Stout from Great Heck Brewery was in excellent form. A very popular pub with real ale drinkers. Also features a very busy pool table. As time was now getting on we ventured to the Little Plough, a favourite with Acorn Brewery Barnsley Bitter drinkers, in excellent condition, Bradfield Farmers Blonde also very popular. A very busy pub featuring TV for sports enthusiasts and a range of three good real ales. Directly next door we went into the Tut n Shive pub featuring five real ales, the pub was very busy, a good atmosphere and a strong sports following and a strong value for money food menu. Around 5.30 to 6pm we caught our various buses to Worksop and Retford and our Sec Paul dashed for the train to Lincoln. A few of us carried on in various drinking establishments in Worksop and Retford to end what had been a great day out. Doncaster - “We Will Be Back”.
NEWARK RUFC
NEWARK RUGBY CLUB’S 1ST BEER FESTIVAL 22ND - 23RD AUGUST 2014 • 12.30pm - 11pm 40 BEERS from Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire & Derbyshire • Live Music Friday & Saturday Evening • Rugby Events Available • Cross Bar Challenge Admission FREE or £4 to include a Commemorative Half Pint Glass & 3 x 50p drink tokenss The Rugby Ground, Kelham Road, Newark, Notts, NG24 1WN
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Come for the Beer, stay for the food, come back for the atmosphere. Beautifully kept Real Ale, alongside locally sourced ingredients that are conjured into gastronomic delights by our classically trained award winning chef. Food Service Times: Monday - Friday: 5.30 - 9pm Saturday: 12.30 - 9pm Mondays Sunday: 12.30 - 7pm 2 PEOP
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THE MALLARD PUB & DOUBLE TOP BREWERY WORKSOP • ON THE STATION
The Mallard Brewery Tap on Worksop Railway Station Offers everyone a warm welcome with a selection of exceptional Real Ales from our own Double Top Brewery, plus 3 rotating guest beers on the bar there will always be a beer to suit everyone.
‘Ale’oween Beer FestivaL 16 Real Ales & 4 Real Ciders
Free Entr y
Thursday Thursd u ursd 30th October Sund SSu nddaayy 2nd 2 November 2014 Sunday Open: Thurs to Sat 11am – 11pm & Sun 12 noon – 10.30pm
Snacks Available at All Sessions
For F or mo more information on The Mallard or Double Top Brewery call 07973 521 824
High Street, Gringley on the Hill Nottinghamshire, DN10 4RF 01777 816 303 www.bluebellinngringley.co.uk @thebluebellinn
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THE WORKSOP & RETFORD BREWERY
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ome time ago, various CAMRA publications posted a request for information about the WRB, taken over by Tennents in 1958 and demolished in 1962. Thanks for all information which arrived. Visits we also made to archives in both Nottingham and Sheffield, Bassetlaw Museum in Retford, the Dukeries, the National Brewery Centre in Burton-on-Trent and, of course, Worksop itself. The Worksop and Retford Brewery was a large employer and landmark enterprise for the whole of Bassetlaw. Worksop malt was critical to the success of brewing operations in Manchester and the Midlands. Victorian photographs provide an indication of the sheer size of the operation. Ornate wrought iron gates opened out onto a large eye-catching and decorative five storey building, built from bricks of different colour in a style in favour at the time. After almost four years, publication has finally happened. The almost forgotten story of what was once one of the towns foremost industries tells a story of a brewery that was both typical of many regional, independent breweries, and yet also unique in its creative use of marketing and iconography. The illustrated publication is richly anecdotal and will be of nterest to anyone interested in either Worksop and its history, or with a passing interest in beer and brewing. It also provides the historical backdrop for the novel, ‘Beer, Balls and the Belgian Mafia.’ The book is currently available on Amazon Kindle for ‘only’ £1.53, much less than the price of a pint of beer (unless it’s Sam Smiths) To buy, visit http://tinyurl.com/ptakjfm or http:// www.amazon.co.uk/ then search using ‘beer Worksop’. In addition, on Saturday, 17th May 2014, (1.30 pm -2.30 pm), Bassetlaw Museum, are hosting a presentation form the authors. Entry is free, but places need to be booked with the Museum.
Dave Pickersgill www.nnottscamra.co.uk
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WIN A YEAR'S WORTH OF BEER WITH OUR "BEER MASTER'S TACHE" COMPETITION
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Become the Beer Master...
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his year’s Great British Beer Festival will be hosted by the BEER MASTER, who has used all of his extensive knowledge to select more than 900 of the best beers, ciders and perries from Britain and overseas. To get you in the mood for this year’s Great British Beer Festival, the organisers are giving you the chance to be the Beer Master and win a year’s worth of beer. Simply send a photo of you holding the Beer Master’s Tache flyer and you could be in with a chance of winning twelve cases of beer - delivered every month direct to your door each consisting of 18 different bottled real ales.
TO ENTER THE COMPETITION
The flyers are going to be distributed to hundreds of UK pubs in the run up to the Great British Beer Festival this summer, or alternatively you can visit www.gbbf.org.uk/competitions to download a Beer Master flyer yourself or use the one on the page opposite. When taking your photo and choosing your location be creative, be adventurous, be humorous - but most importantly, be the Beer Master!
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Download, print off, and cut out a Beer Master flyer by visiting: gbbf.org.uk/competitions (or use the one opposite or pick one up from selected UK pubs)
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All entries will be displayed at gbbf.org.uk/competitions
DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES is Saturday 16th August 2014 Please note all entries will be used to market the Great British Beer Festival using social and digital media.
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Sunday Carvery from £4.95 for OAPs - 12 noon to 3pm NEW TEA TIME SPECIALS & BAR SNACKS - served Friday 4pm - 7pm HOME COOKED CHIPS & FRESH HOME MADE MEALS & SNACKS - Saturdays 2pm - 7pm
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4 HAND PULLS OUR OWN & GUEST ALES SERVED Party bookings catered for call in and ask for Kevin or Anne CAMRA Membership discount applies with card
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