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Issue 171 | June - July 2013

THE BEER DUTY ESCALATOR IS SCRAPPED more on page 7

Peterborough & District Branch of CAMRA | www.peterborough-camra.org.uk

Chairman’s Corner

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finished the last edition of BAE on a bit of a gloomy note and said ‘roll on summer for some cheerier news’. Well the good beer fairy must have been listening ‘cos we have sun! The only cloud that darkened our midst was the failure of our beloved footie team, Posh, to stay up in the Championship league. Just means we’ve got to do it all again, and gain promotion for a record third time after the drop.

Oh, we did have some good news.

Our vigorous campaign last year to persuade the Government to scrap the duty escalator on beer was a huge success and must be one of the most satisfying results by far from CAMRA. Of course, it does not mean beer tax or duty will not increase in the future, but it does ease the pressure on our pubs for the moment. Some devious pub companies put up their beer prices before the budget in anticipation of a tax increase. Did they reduce them when no increases were implemented - nah. A few brewers and pub operators have in fact cut the price of beer due to the penny cut in beer tax. Others have simply not increased the price.

We are in the middle of our local beer festival season with several of the usual pubs holding their annual or seasonal festivals. I’m not going to mention any one in particular, to avoid being slated for a non-appearance at any of them, (I managed to get to two or three). I can only repeat again that I’m still amazed that any pub thinking of holding a beer festival does not advertise it around the area. Recently I was informed of one pub organising a beer festival that they had not even advertised in the pub a few days before the event! No effort in running a pub normally means few customers, so I hope the pub’s festival went well.

Since our last edition we have seen a small increase in pubs being nominated for awards in recognition of their efforts towards CAMRA aims. Please put any pub forward that you think deserves our attention by filling in the form in this issue. Only CAMRA members can nominate pubs. We will then check the credentials of the pub to see if it’s a worthy nominee. We have presented two awards so far this year, to The Ostrich in North St. Peterborough city centre and The Ploughman in Werrington. Awards were also presented to The Hand & Heart in Millfield and The Coalheavers Arms in Fletton for achieving ten years consistent entries in The Good Beer Guide.

Within this issue there is a tribute to one of the founding members of the Peterborough Branch of CAMRA. Gilbert Cole sadly passed away in March this year a short time after his 84th birthday. Many licensees around the area knew Gilbert as well as many other discerning drinkers. I have been entrusted with a certain amount of memorabilia that Gilbert had collected over many years. Good Beer Guides, brewers booklets, and several copies of What’s Brewing going back over thirty years. Anyone interested in these or several other items can contact me. Only a small donation to the charity of Gilbert’s choice is required for any item.

In our next issue we will be highlighting the annual Peterborough Beer Festival which again takes place on The Embankment. Note the dates! Tuesday 20th August to Saturday 24th.

Volunteers wishing to help should sign at our web-site to secure their place. Forms will be sent out in the next few weeks. New and young volunteers are always welcome. Let’s hope the sun shines on us again!

Cheers

David Murray, Branch Chairman www.real-ale.org.uk

Pub News

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Neil Holmes - Pubs Officer, working at the Hand and Heart Beer Festival

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pril was CAMRA’s Community Pubs Month and what better way to take part as a branch than to have a Community Pub Crawl. Being Pubs Officer I was handed the task of putting a plan together to take in some of Peterborough’s best community pubs.

Anyway back to the Community Pub Crawl, leaving the Drapers we met up with some other members at Queensgate Bus Station to catch the Number 1 bus to the first official pub on the Crawl. Heading north we were soon at The Ploughman Pub in Werrington, recently presented with a CAMRA Gold Award. There we met up with some more members taking the total up to 10. A big thank you Andy Simmonds who provided complementary bacon rolls for our party. Andy had 8 real ales for us to try and all were in top condition, so much so we stayed a bit longer than planned. (Since our visit the Pub has had 4 more pumps installed taking it up to 10 permanent hand pulls)

After some deliberation I decided on using the Citi 1 bus route as a starting point taking in a North to South route. So on a sunny April Saturday afternoon a few of us met in the Drapers Arms for a spot of breakfast and, more importantly, to see what beer festival beers were on.

The Wetherspoon’s beer festival was held in the early part of April for thee and a half weeks.

I believe the Drapers Arms went through all of the 50 festival beers twice and ended up 7th overall in the country for beer sales, so well done to Chris and the Team. The College Arms also held the beerfest at the same time and it was pleasing to see an improvement on last years efforts, which was reflected in the numbers, with an increase of 33% beer sales from the last festival.

There was also a benefit for CAMRA members with the College Arms running two Wednesdays of CAMRA discounts. Members received a 50p discount off a pint for just showing a valid membership card, showing it pays to be a CAMRA member. So with efforts of the Drapers Arms, College Arms and the George Hotel in Whittlesey, I am pleased to say I tried all 50 festival beers over the three weeks.

Some of the range at the Ploughman, Werrington On to the next pub, which was not on the original plan, but very worthy of a visit, The Dragon also in Werrington, a few stops north on the bus. Here we were welcomed to some very interesting beer including a collaboration beer between Charles Wells and American brewer Dogfish Head.

Back on the bus and a short ride to the Crown on Lincoln Road. Here were greeted to some excellent local real ales and some complementary bar snacks as well. The Crown is currently running a Loyalty Card scheme where, when you Continued Overleaf

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very nice. The Woolpack also held a Yorkshire Beer Festival over the first May bank holiday with 10 beers available. A great little fest, and for once the weather was great!

Our intrepid pub crawlers in the Crown, Lincoln Rd buy 6 pints, you will get the 7th free. They also held a LocAle beer festival over the Easter Weekend which went down very well and on the May bank holiday they held a Super Cider Festival with over 25 different ciders. A pub very much on the up!

It was a mad dash to catch the next bus, with good pace being shown by the Secretary and LocAle officer to just board in time. A few stops down Lincoln Road and we were at the Hand & Heart. We were given a warm welcome by Bram & Sue and a fantastic range of 10+ real ales.

A few more members joined us at this point.

In April, The Hand & Heart held its annual St George’s Beer Festival. As always this was a very popular event with many new and rare beers on show. In total over 50 beers were on offer and I even managed to do a stint behind the festival bar serving beer instead of drinking it!

Back on the Number 1 bus in to town and to the recent CAMRA Gold Award winning pub, The Ostrich. Here we were just in time to watch the Grand National. The pub was pretty busy with people enjoying the afternoon sunshine.

Five different real ales on offer. The Ostrich is still offering Peterborough CAMRA members the chance to get their Discount Cards. Call in and ask for details.

Next was a slight change of plan and we headed out on the number 3 bus to the Woolpack in Stanground, which was meant to be the last pub on the crawl. Here we were welcomed by three hand pumps and the Church End Hop Gun was

As we left the Woolpack and headed up to the bus stop we were in-between buses and so thought we would have a quick look in the Carpenters Arms, Stanground. The pub now has three real ales thanks to a new hand pump recently installed. Two Oakhams and a Greene King beer were on offer on our visit.

Back to the bus stop and after a quick ride on the number Five bus we were at the Coalheavers Arms. Eight superb beers greeted us here, four Miltons and four guest ales. Unfortunately we did lose one member of the party here but won’t go into too many details, lets just say don’t try to keep up with the Vice-chair. The Coalies also held their Beer Festival in May and what a fest it was. 50+ beers available over the weekend. This also included a CAMRA 10 Year Good Beer Guide Award.

Tom Beran receiving his 10 Year’s in the Good Beer Guide Award.

A nice stroll across the park and we were at the last, but no means least, pub of the day. The Palmerston Arms with its real ales served straight from the cask. Here we were greeted to 12 different beers which was a very good way to end the day.

So, all in all, a very good day was had by all that attended. We ended up doing 10 of Peterborough’s best Community Pubs. Thank you to all who attended and to all the pubs who accommodated us over the course of the day.

Other News Only One Eye Open The village of Eye is now down to one pub as the Red Lion has closed. This leaves the Blue Boar the only pub in the village. The Blue Boar is a Grade 2 listed building with wood panelled interior, and is a member of Oakham Ales Oakademy of Excellence.

The Spinning Wheel at Baston, closed by Charles Wells since last year, has been bought by a local and is to reopen as the White Horse. The Limetree, Paston has closed. Black Swan, Facet has stopped serving real ale due to lack of demand.

The Ship, Chatteris The pub formerly traded as Walk The Dog (a Punch outlet) and closed for business in 2009. The building lay empty for two years suffering water damage when internal pipes froze and then burst. The pub reopened in August 2012 its name reverting to The Ship in the capable hands of Tracy and David Linley. It is a drink only outlet and has London Pride, GK IPA and GK IPA Reserve as core products with one guest ale on most of the time. Its been confirmed that The Fox at Folksworth has now closed. This is owned by a small pub company called Oak Taverns who own eight pubs around the East Anglia area. The Office, on Oundle Road has closed.

The George and Angel, Crowland has reopened but Ye Olde Bridge Inn has closed suddenly after being re-opened less than six months - will someone else take on this pub?

The Solstice, Northminster Rd is holding it’s first real ale and cider festival on 20th - 24th June.

CAMRA Members will receive the great offer of £2.50 for any pint of real ale over the festival. So take your membership card down and soak up some sun in the SolGarden!

If anybody has any pub news they would like to share please feel free to send it to me.

Neil Holmes - Pubs Officer Email: pubs-officer@real-ale.org.uk

The Beer Duty Escalator SCRAPPED On the afternoon of 20th March during the 2013 Budget speech the Chancellor said those words we have all been waiting for: “We will now scrap the beer duty escalator altogether”. He even went one step further and cut beer duty by 1p a pint – which will mean that pubs won’t need to increase their prices this year. The Chancellor was very clear in his speech that he is scrapping the Escalator because of the incredible campaign by people like you over the past year – so on behalf of CAMRA, thank you for helping us get here!

Our campaign to Scrap The Beer Duty Escalator started just after the 2012 Budget. You, our members have been fantastic in the way you have supported our E-Petition which secured almost 109,000 signatures and in turn forced a Parliamentary Debate. The next step in the campaign came with the Mass Lobby Day on 12:12:12 and you continued this campaigning effort by meeting with your MPs to demand the Escalator be scrapped right up to the Budget. Over 8,000 of you have written to your MP this year calling for a fair deal for beer and pubs.

Your determination and dedication to the Campaign has shone through in many ways, and I am so proud of what we have achieved – the first cut in beer duty since the 1970s.

Let’s not lose sight of the fact that there will be other taxation threats to pubs, clubs and beer, but we will rise to those challenges and fight them to the best of our ability. Please accept this as a personal thank you for the help and continued support you have given to this Campaign; we couldn’t have done it without you!

Best wishes.

Jackie Parker CAMRA Director - Beer Tax Campaign

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Melbourn Melbourn still produces just the four fruit beers, but has increased production due to a larger order than normal from the USA. About 90% of all production goes to the USA.

Hopshackle Brewery - Market Deeping Nigel is planning to install another fermenting vessel into the brewery. This will boost production by increasing brewing days to 6 times a month. The Tobie Norris, St. Pauls Street, Stamford is doing a ‘Hopshackle Week’ Check out the selection of beers available!

“Double Momentum” 7% abv has been entered in the Champion Beer of Britain. “Restoration” 9% ABV came first in the East Anglian bottled beer competition and now goes forward for the judging of Champion Bottled Beer of Britain.

Hopshackle Beers are available at Cambridge CAMRA Beer Festival, Newark CAMRA Beer Festival, and also The Bourne Round Table Beer Festival.

Oakham Ales Introducing Oaple - English Apple Traditional Cider Oakham Ales is working with Warwickshire based Hogan’s Cider and Stocks Farm in Worcestershire to create a new, all English apple cider called ‘Oaple’. The name is derived from the merging of the words ‘Oakham’ and ‘Apple’.

The launch is a result of John Bryan, Oakham’ s Production Director, visiting British Hop producer, Stocks Farm, where he learned that the Bramley orchard was under threat. Sadly, with the decline of home baking, the apples were going to waste. So, no apple pies, means apples can be made into pints instead.

Bramley Apple trees are close to John’s heart as they were an integral part of his childhood when growing up in Cambridge. He had thought of www.real-ale.org.uk

creating a cider for several years and the imminent risk of the Bramley orchard provided a compelling reason to do so.

New Oaple has a 5. 8% A.B.V. and is one hundred per cent English. Made from English cider apples with a hint of freshly pressed Bramleys, Oakham is producing 10,000 litres of Oaple which will be available from May 2013.

John Bryan says “Oaple is a medium dry cider starting with a slightly tart apple flavour leading to a full bodied and deliciously fruity taste”.

Adrian Posnett, Oakham Ales Managing Director says: “Oaple is a completely new product for us and the timing is right. Not only does it taste great, but knowing that we have helped support an English orchard and hop producer makes it all the better”.

International Brewing Awards name Oakham Ales Green Devil IPA ‘Champion Cask Ale’ Oakham Ales Green Devil IPA has been named Champion Cask Ale at The International Brewing Awards 2013.

More than 400 people attended the celebration, among them many of the brewers and cider makers from all over the world who had entered the competition.

Adrian Posnett, Managing Director of Oakham Ales commented: “To be awarded Champion Cask Ale for Green Devil IPA, in competition with 25 countries is fantastic news for the Brewery team, especially as this beer won Supreme Champion at another high profile national beer event last year.”

Green Devil IPA has an A.B.V of 6%. It has a fantastic hop harvest aroma with tropical fruit

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bursting through. Starting with smooth and fruity passion fruit, pineapple and mango the beer later develops into lemon, limes and a citrusy bitterness. Green Devil IPA finishes with a crisp refreshing dry aftertaste.

Pictured (l-r): John Bryan, Oakham Ales Production Director receives the Champion Cask Ale Trophy at the International Brewing Awards 2013 from Rob Willock, group editor, of trade publication, Publican's Morning Advertiser.

SPA are now available to pubs, with MLD to be available for the month of May. There was a Knees Up at the Brewery on 29th and 30th March with 10 beers, an organic BBQ, and live music from the Woodberrys, the Malingers and Split Whiskers. Despite the foul weather on Saturday 30th there were 18 teams entered in the canoe/bike race, a turnout which was extremely pleasing for the brewery. Another experimental beer, a very pale Australian-style brew, was available in bottles for the weekend. It is not known whether OZP will be available in the future.

Elgoods BLO Report Double Dog Strong Mild at 6.5% is being produced for April. The April seasonal beer is Goatbusters. A 4.5% Peach flavoured beer. This will be followed by Saturday Night Beaver, a pale Gold 4.5% beer in May.

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Nene Valley Brewery BLO Report I attended the brewery’s last Beer of the Month Club meeting on 14th March accompanied by Mick Lane, Sue Peck, as chauffeur, and Steve Saldana. There were 8 beers on including two new beers, both at 3.8%, JLB (Jim’s Little Brother, a weaker version of JIP) and LRB (named after brewer Dick’s dog but I forget exactly what the initials stand for). All were very good, especially the mild (MLD), and with a local band having a jamming session upstairs, it was a fine evening.

The brewery website now has the facility for people to sign up for the Beer of the Month Club and be kept informed of what’s going on by email.

Head of Sales, Jacky Rees, made a fleeting visit on the night but I was able to catch up with her for a more in depth discussion at the Draper’s Arms on Thursday 4th April.

Brewing frequency has increased to meet demand from the trade. Obviously Jacky’s appointment is already showing benefits. JLB and www.real-ale.org.uk

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Thursday 9th May sees Roger Protz giving a Tutored Beer tasting evening at the Brewery. This is a charity event in support of the local Hospice and is ticket only. Ticket numbers are limited and are available from kate@elgoods-brewery.co.uk.

The price will be in the region of £15.00 There will be a trial commencing next week of a traditional Irish Stout brewed by Elgoods and as yet unnammed. The beer will be a keg beer and will be trialled at the Blue Bell, Dogsthorpe, the Blue Bell Werrington and the Hare and Hounds in Wisbech.

Finally there is some startling news with the Brewery producing a trial Lambic beer using the Old Cooling Trays as a Koelchip. This is the first time that this equipment has been used for many years. See the photo on Twitter. Hopefully there will be much more to this story in the fullness of time.

Tydd Steam BLO Report White Rabbit was a success and will be re-appearing in time for the Cambridge Beer Festival. Beers are also being sent to the forthcoming Bury St Edmunds Beer Festival. On the sales front Will will be supplying all of the cask beers at the various events being held at Sandringham over the summer with his beers being on sale at last weeks Craft & Food Fair.

Sales have been very good with a recent batch of Cock Mild selling out in a week. There is still no further news on expansion plans but recent high levels of sales will certainly add to the pressure for expansion.

Digfield Ales Brewery Report The brewery has enjoyed good business in the first quarter of 2013.

They were represented at the Leicester Beer Festival with three of their ales Shaklebush, March Hare and the P.B.F. special for 2012, Tipple. All of which were went down well with the festival goers.

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During March they were visited by the Peterborough Conservative Club Members.

(See separate article on page 29).

Castor Ales Castor Ales brewed a mild for May and called it Castorware after the brown pottery the Romans made 2000 years ago in the lower Nene Valley in the industrial suburbs of Durobrivae, close to Castor. The pottery has been found all over the Roman Empire. A festival special has been brewed for the 40th Cambridge Beer Festival a single hopped premium bitter using Galaxy hops and called Life Begins At..Coincidentally it is also the 60th anniversary of Crick and Watson unlocking the secret of life with their discovery of DNA and announcing the fact and celebrating with a few pints at the Eagle pub Cambridge.

One very well-studied organism is Saccharomyces cerevisiae- brewer’s yeast. The gene adh1 is the protein which takes sugar and converts it to alcohol and carbon dioxide.

Attila the Stockbroker, the performance poet visited the brewery in April. As a Brighton and Hove Albion fan he wanted to know where Craig Mack-Ale was brewed. He later saw Posh draw 00 with Brighton and the rest is history....Atilla had a pint or two and performed a couple of poems.

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t was with very much sadness that we learnt of the passing away of one of our branch founding members, Gilbert Cole, at the end of March.

I first met Gilbert some years ago in the Old Still pub, in what was then Cumbergate. He was just one of many who frequented the pub to sample the real ale that was sold there. I also remember him being at the very early Peterborough Beer Festivals held at the Rugby Club in Fengate. In 1985 I eventually joined CAMRA at The Wirrina where the PBF had moved to. At the time I had not realised that Gilbert was a very active member of the organisation, and had been one of the founding members of the Peterborough Branch in the 1970s.

In 1988 I myself became more involved with the Peterborough Branch and started to attend their monthly meetings when time and work allowed. In those days Gilbert held the post of Membership Secretary. I got to know Gilbert a lot more and was always fascinated by his wealth of knowledge of our local pubs. Listening to his tales of the pubs many from a bygone age, convinced me that he was certainly the top man on knowledge of pubs within a twenty-five mile radius of the city. He would hop on a bus that travelled out of the city, get off at some remote stop and trek a mile or more to the pub of his choosing. This would often be to support the pub’s annual beer festival or maybe to deliver some copies of this bi-monthly newsletter.

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When Gilbert made his reports to the branch meetings, we could often guarantee some humour within his report. He took his position as Membership Secretary very seriously and would travel around the city and beyond knocking on doors to remind the resident that their membership had lapsed and did he/she wish to renew it.

He illustrated the phrase ’lapsed member’ to perfection. On one occasion that I recall he was making his report about a lapsed member. “I knocked on the door of the house and a middle aged lady came to answer my knock. I enquired whether the gentleman in question was at home, as he was now a lapsed member of CAMRA“.

“ I enquired whether the gentleman in question was at home, as he was now a lapsed member of CAMRA”. “I’m not surprised”, she said, “as he’s been dead for two years!”

“I’m not surprised’, she said, ‘as he’s been dead for two years!” Apparently Gilbert did not fully comprehend what the lady had said as he then reported, “I told her that if he changed his mind to get in touch with us.” On another occasion the occupier of another house told him “if you find out where the -------- is let me know” It was coming to the point where we had to ask Gilbert to cease going round knocking on doors, due to the possible repercussions he may have endured.

After Gilbert stepped down from the Membership Secretary’s position, he continued to be involved with the PBF, working on the glasses stand until only a few years ago. He also continued to deliver the BAE newsletter to several pubs around the city and even out of town. His knowledge and fondness for a good pint

of ale in a welcoming pub was one of his great pleasures and, he was well known by many licensees around the area. His other pleasure was in rambling (walking) and he was a keen member of the local Ramblers Club. This he also continued up until his health deteriorated and he was unable to pursue that task. Many of his rambling colleagues would remark that whenever Gilbert was on one of their walks ’we always found a good pub for a break’ wherever we went to.

His other great interest that only a few people knew was he was a tegestologist, a beer mat collector. His collection of beer mats of which he accumulated over 9000 from around the world was due to the fact he was indeed one of the earliest members of the society.

I can only sum up Gilbert as I and many others saw him - a character and a gentleman. He will be sorely missed.

David Murray

CAMRA LocAle is the Accreditation scheme that promotes Pubs and Clubs that sell locallybrewed Real Ale. The 2013 Update is now complete and the following are the latest to join.

The Crown, Lincoln Road, Peterborough.

The Carpenters Arms, Stanground.

Georges, March.

Golden Pheasant, Etton.

Straw Bear, Whittlesey.

A full list of LocAle Pubs And Clubs can be Viewed on the Peterborough Camra Website here: www.peterborough-camra.org.uk /index.php?module=locale&func=main.

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he latest instalment of the Coalies quest for beer perfection took us back to London. I don’t think we found the perfect pint but we may have found the perfect pub. More about that later. After doing a dry run a few weeks before ( actually it was quite wet ), I wasn’t too sure what people would make of pub number 1 which was Tap East in the new Stratford shopping centre near the Olympic park, and I mean it is right in the middle of this huge, new centre. It is obviously very new and shiny and is basically a shop unit but it already has a good atmosphere and everyone really liked it. It is home to the Tap East brewery which you can see through the large windows and you can witness the whole brew process if you are there on a brew day. There are always 3 of their own beers on and 3 guest beers and the 150 or so pump clips on the walls show that they are getting through an awful lot of beers. They have only been going about 18 months or so. A very good start and I needn’t have worried about the crew liking it, in fact we liked it so much there, we had another pint.

There were 16 of us on the trip which made it perfect for the 4 for 2 group save tickets. £12 each for return trip to London including all bus, underground and overground journeys. Good value and we used the overground a lot.

Pub number two was actually a club, The Leyton Orient Supporters Club which was just one stop away and as sporting venue bars go, this was definitely one of the best. The club only

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opens on match days and for occasional special events so it’s worth going early as it soon fills up with the footie fans. Six beers are usually available and three ciders and the beers were very good.

Can’t remember what else they had on as I lost my notes and am trying to do it from memory 6 weeks later. If ever you are in this locale when a match is on it really is a must. The beers were good, relatively cheap for London and the club has dozens of CAMRA and other beer related awards adorning their walls.

Back to Stratford now to pick up the overground for one stop to Hackney Wick for pub number three, The Crate. This place is quite unusual. It is a refurbed print factory on fairly derelict ground next to a canal and the theme is one of re-cycling with lights made from mattress springs and sofas made from sack cloths. Again this pub houses its own brewery, strangely enough called The Crate Brewery. All the beers here are their own with a best bitter, a stout, something else and a strong IPA and also a keg version of the IPA which was tasty as hell. Behind the bar there is a large pizzeria and the smell from

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Staff at The Crate

the cooking pizzas was almost too much. Time to move on.

Next pub was just one stop again on the overground to Hackney central and a five minute walk to The Pembury Tavern which is a sister pub to The Coalheavers, only much, much bigger. It is an old Victorian gin palace type pub with a long bar with 16 hand pumps. The beers on offer here are very similar to the beers at The Coalies but a bit more expensive and slightly inferior quality. I put this down to the superior cellarmanship at The

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Coalies. Nevertheless, if you are in Hackney, go to The Pembury because when you leave it’s only a six or seven minute walk to The Cock Tavern, home to The Howling Hops brewery. Can you spot the theme yet? At the start of this article I mentioned the perfect pub, well, this is very possibly it, in my opinion anyway though after the trip everyone said it was the best pub of the day.

The Cock is an old Truman house which, I believe, was closed for a while but re-opened quite recently. The beers available were a mixture of their own super hoppy beers, Brodies from just up the road and a couple of others all served in old fashioned dimpled jugs. Also on offer were eight ciders and eight key-keg type beers, all of which were quite strong but really nice. I don’t know what peoples opinions are on these keg type beers, I’m sure the beer purists disapprove, but they are popping up all over the place. They

Proper beer in proper glasses at The Cock Tavern

tend to be quite expensive but very tasty. We stayed here for an hour or so as it difficult to leave. But leave we did and got back on the overground to Gospel Oak.

was reasonably priced. No brewery at this one though.

We had time for one more pub and it was to be The Pineapple, supposedly five or six minutes walk away. At the start of the trip I issued everyone with a list of pubs and directions in case anyone got lost and also post codes so that anyone with maps on their phone could find the pubs. Unfortunately the small group I was with completely forgot to use this function and didn’t find The Pineapple, though others did. They told me it was very good and is worth visiting.

Arriving back at Kings Cross we had about 40 minutes to kill before our train so we were forced to go into the Parcelyard on the station. This is a fantastic looking place, very big with loads of little nooks and crannies and always busy even though beers are £4 a pint and are all Fullers and Gales, though very well kept. This pub is definitely worth a look if you have time to kill but do not leave your beer unattended. One of our crew, Texas Steve foolishly left his beer on the bar for about 60 seconds while grabbing a glimpse of the rugby on TV. He came back and his beer was gone and the staff would not give him another. Apparently, if you want to leave your beer for more than half a minute you have to tell a staff member and they will put a dirty beermat over it, thereby making it safe. That was the only downside to the day, so, on the whole a great day was had by all. Looking forward to the next trip.

Dave Botton

A 3 to 4 minute walk from the station and you arrive at The Southampton Arms, a great little pub, and it is little but had 10 beers on and half a dozen ciders. As I said earlier, I mislaid my notes and by now things were getting a little hazy and that’s where the memory starts to fail and so I have no idea what beers were on but they were good, and to prove it we had another one. It is a small place but has a nice outdoor area and again www.real-ale.org.uk

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by Chris Shilling

A snap survey of pubs in the Bourne area on the weekend of May 11th and 12th revealed a variety of no less than 42 different real ales and ciders on offer !

Leading the way with seven different examples were the Five Horseshoes at Barholm, the Hare and Hounds at Greatford and Smith’s in Bourne.

Real ale was on offer in all but two of the 17 pubs visited - The Burghley Arms and the ‘Red’, in Bourne town centre, have both flirted with the real stuff in recent months, but none were available on our visit. Surprisingly perhaps, only three real ciders were evident, and no Milds at all (isn’t this ‘Mild Month?’). Less surprisingly the cheapest pint on offer was Sam Smith’s Old Brewery bitter in the Golden Lion at just £1.80!

The full list is as follows in order of amount of Real Ales on offer: ONE Anchor, Bourne - Marston’s EPA Golden Lion, Bourne - Samuel Smith Old Brewery TWO Firkin, Bourne Marston’s Pedigree, Wychwood Hobgoblin

Five Bells, Edenham St Austell Trelawny, St Austell Tribute Mason’s Arms, Bourne Courage Directors, Caledonian Deuchars THREE Baskervilles, Baston Oakham JHB, Fullers London Pride, Timothy Taylor Landlord Jubilee, Bourne Hook Norton Old Hooky, Castlerock Harvest Pale, Oakham Bishop’s Farewell Horseshoe, Thurlby Jennings Cumberland, Ringwood 49’er, Banks’s Bitter

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Fort Smith, Fullers London Pride Smith’s Bourne Greene King Abbot, Adnams Southwold, Oakham Green Devil, Skinners Splendid Tackle, Castlerock Harvest Pale, Oakham Bishop’s Farewell, Broadoak Moonshine (Cider) On the festival front the Bourne Festival will be held on the weekend of May 31 to June 2. A good selection of live music throughout the weekend is accompanied by 75 real ales and 25 ciders.

Up the road at Grimsthorpe Castle, up to 10,000 people are expected at this year’s music festival on August Bank Holiday Monday (26th).

Only launched two years ago the event already has a chequered history in that the 2011 event was a ‘dry’ event for those who didn’t have the foresight to bring their own beer, and the 2012 event was…err… slightly wetter and didn’t survive the summer deluge! For 2013, however, we’re promised the first Grimsthorpe Beer Festival featuring ‘the very best real ale from Lincolnshire’s micro breweries’ along with five music stages and a host of other attractions.

See www.grimsthorpefestival.com for details

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MPs and Lords raise a glass to CAMRA’s successes at Parliamentary Reception On the 24th April, CAMRA held our annual Parliamentary Reception. The event was attended

by Jo Swinson, Minister for Employment Relations and Consumer Affairs; Community Pubs Minister Brandon Lewis; Andrew Griffiths , Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Beer Group; Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Eric Pickles.

Opened by a speech from CAMRA’s National Chairman Colin Valentine, MPs in the room were thanked for lobbying the Chancellor of the Exchequer in an effort to abolish the beer duty escalator.

Secretary of State Eric Pickles took to the floor, describing pub culture as Britain’s equivalent to European cafe culture in a fantastic speech:

Expressing his delight at CAMRA’s most recent win regarding the beer duty escalator, Greg adapted a well known political phrased, telling the audience “It was CAMRA what won it.”

“This is a game changer. CAMRA’s decision to go for the registration of 300 pubs this year is ambitious but achievable, and then next year, and the year after - once they’re registered it changes the whole nature of the game. It’s demonstrated that it is within the grasp of communities to be able to do that. I understand that you want to see changes in the law, in planning, but let me make clear, this is a big changer - local authorities already have a power through a thing called article

four to be able to ensure that the change of use from pub to supermarket, or to doctors surgeries or to solicitors can be stopped. Don’t wait for things to happen, use the power that this gives.

“To CAMRA, you have my support, you have my desire to see British pubs go from strength to strength – and with the consultation [on PubCos] you’ve seen that we’re not just prepared to talkthe-talk, we’re prepared to make a difference, and we’re doing it not just to be nice to your fine organisation, but because we recognise that the British pub is integral to British life.”

Greg Mulholland, Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Save the Pub Group was awarded CAMRA’s prestigious Parliamentarian of the Year award for the continued support he has given CAMRA’s campaigns.

Acknowledging this, Greg told the audience “I’ve been a CAMRA member longer than I’ve been a member of any other organisation, including my political party”. He also announced that Community Pubs Minister Brandon Lewis had recently joined CAMRA as a fully paid up member. Expressing his delight at CAMRA’s most recent win regarding the beer duty escalator, Greg adapted a well known political phrase, telling the audience “It was CAMRA what won it.”

The event was also attended by many constituency MPs and members of CAMRA’s National Executive. A number of guest ales from across the country were on offer for parliamentarians to sample during the evening, including Westerham Brewery’s Spirit of Kent and Rudgate Brewery’s Ruby Mild.

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Time for Reform The Government is now proposing a package of measures to deliver a fair deal for local pubs, with: A powerful new Code and a Watchdog to stop abuses by big pub companies A new choice for licensees to opt out of restrictive tied agreements and just pay a fair market rent to their pubco Fair rents and beer prices for tied publicans, allowing them to thrive We have a very real opportunity to save the Great British Pub and we need you to get involved.

The Government backed beer and pubs in the recent Budget by abandoning plans for a beer duty hike and instead cutting beer duty for the first time in over 50 years. They are now building on their support for pubs by taking on the large pub companies who are exploiting pub licensees and putting the future of thousands of pubs at risk.

The fundamental problem is that the large pub companies are taking more than is reasonable from the profits of each pub– so licensees and pub goers alike suffer. A fair deal will result in the average tied pub being £4,000 better off annually.

The Pubco Model Around a third of pubs in the UK are owned by large Pub Companies – property companies who lease pubs out to tenants to run as their own business. These pubs are contractually obliged to buy their beer only from the Pubco preventing pub licensees buying on the open market – this is known as the beer tie.

Pubcos make huge excess profits by using the beer tie to force licensees and ultimately the consumer to pay high prices. Licensees can pay at least 50% more for beer than a free-of-tie publican. Alongside this pubco licensees often find themselves paying above market value rents and have no independent adjudicator to settle disputes.

Pub companies with fewer than 500 pubs will be exempt from these proposals but must abide by a separate voluntary code.

If we succeed with this campaign we can expect better pubs, fairer prices and fewer pub closures.

Get Involved Your support in getting us this far really has made all the difference. However, the battle isn’t won yet and we now need to ensure the Government sees its plans through. To make the most of this opportunity there are three things you can do right now: Ensure your voice is heard by taking five minutes to take part in the Government’s pubco reform survey Help build the case for reform by sending in your own submission to the consultation. There’s ideas on what you could say on the campaign’s website Sign up to be a Fair Deal for Your Local Campaign Supporter to hear more about the campaign and how you can get involved.

You have until 14th June to take part.

www.fairdealforyourlocal.com

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JUNE Saturday 1st Mighty Micro's 2 departing the Brewery Tap at 11am and returning at 7pm. The trip will consist of visits to Castor, Digfield and Nene Valley breweries.

Cost £8.00 Tuesday 4th June Branch Committee Meeting, The Soltice 8.30 pm.

Thursday 20th - Monday 24th June Summer Beer Festival at the Solstice, Peterborough. CAMRA Members discount on ale all weekend. Call the pub on 01733 560231 for details Tuesday 25th June PBF Open Meeting Brewery Tap 8.30 pm.

Friday 28th Elgoods Brewery visit and B-BQ. Depart the Brewery Tap at 6pm and return by 11pm. Cost £7. 00 We are also doing a Cambridge Busway Pub Crawl trip on Saturday 27th July, Please check web site for further details.

JULY Thurs 4th - Sun 7th July The Ploughman, Wwerrington - Fund Raising Beer Festival, 59+ ales and cider.

Friday 5th - Sunday 7th July Summer Beer Festival at the Blue Boar, Eye. 12 ales available and live music.

Friday 4th - Monday 15th July Pig n Hog festival at the Pig n Falcon, St Neots Monday 8th July Branch Committee Meeting at The John Clare, 8-30 PM. Thursday 11th - Sunday 14th July Summer Beer Festival at Smith’s of Bourne. 20+ real ales and cider. Live music all weekend.

Tues 30th July - Sun 4th August Beer Festival at Blue Bell, Belmesthorpe 15 real ales

50+ Ales, Craft Keg, Ciders & Perries Food served all day Live Music

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Con Club Descends on Digfield

On a freezing cold evening in March, 26 members and partners of the Peterborough Conservative Club visited Digfield Ales for a brewery tour.

Situated (in a nearly secret location) just off the A605, Digfield Ales does not often play host to tours so the plucky visitors were not to be deterred by the threat of snow or the prospect of 2 degree temperatures inside the brewery.

In the event, beer was set up (Fool’s Nook and Shacklebush), heaters were brought in and an informative and stimulating narrative was provided

by Paul and Michael. Many questions were answered and there was plenty of opportunity for extended discussion and beer sampling with this group of genuine enthusiasts. The party then adjourned to Barnwell’s Montagu Arms. All visitors (and brewers!) agreed that the evening had been a great success. Digfield Ales would like to thank Noel Ryland and those who came along.

A change of Jane Our present editor of BAE recently gave us notice that she would be unable to continue with the task of editing the newsletter, due to work and study commitments. Oh no! Bring out the worry beads again. When any position within the branch committee becomes vacant I am usually resigned to begging, pleading or threatening un-mentionable things to get a replacement. But even before we’ve had to do any of that along comes another Jane who has agreed to test the water so to speak.

For Jane Flew read Jane Brown. Jane B. will shadow Jane F. for the next edition and make sure she’s alert to the procedure. She will then take over after the PBF as our new editor.

I can only convey our grateful thanks to Jane Flew for her help in supporting our campaign by editing the newsletter. I’m sure we will still see both Janes at the PBF this year.

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GIG GUIDE

JUNE

1st June - Grounded - Straw Bear, Whittlesey 2nd June - Open Mic ‘n’ Jam - Brewery Tap, City

28th June - Rock Night with Soulweaver - Cross

Centre

Keys, Woodston

2nd June - The Dizzy Miss Lizzy’s - Charters, Town

28th June - Intruders - Pig N Falcon, St Neots 28th June - Grumpy Old Men - Charters, Town Bridge 28th June Magnifique - Brewery Tap, City Centre 29th June - Eddie Mason & the Disciples

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4th June - Rocket Jump - Charters, Town Bridge 7th June - Drag Act with Glitter Lips - Pam Catz &

Aunty Tilly - Cross Keys, Woodston 7th June - Lavandula - Brewery Tap, City Centre

- Pig N Falcon, St Neots

30th June - Children of the Revolution - Charters, Town Bridge

7th June - Symptom - Charters, Town Bridge 7th June - Female Vocalist - Cross Keys, Woodston 7th June - Be Bop a Lulas - The Carpenters Arms, Stanground

9th June - Joe Solo - Palmerston Arms, Woodston 9th June - 4pm, Alex Chapman - Woolpack, Stanground

9th June - The One Eyed Cats - Charters, Town Bridge

14th June - Ghost Repeaters - Pig N Falcon, St Neots 14th June - Joe Driscoll Live - Brewery Tap, City Centre

15th June - New Generation Crash and Burn Straw Bear, Whittlesey

15th June - Gone to the Dogs - Club, Kings Cliffe 15th June - Be Bop a Lulas - Palmerston Arms, Woodston

14th June - The Kurmjun - Pig N Falcon, St Neots 16th June - The High Rollers - Charters, Town Bridge 20th June - Becky/ Disco - Straw Bear, Whittlesey 21st June - Male Vocalist - Shane Pool - Cross Keys, Woodston

21st June - Grounded - Charters, Town Bridge 22nd June - Junk Yard Rats - Pig N Falcon, St Neots 23rd June - Millionaires - Charters, Town Bridge

JULY

5th July - Ramshackle Serenade - Crown, Lincoln Rd 5th July - Peterborough Alternative Night - Cross Keys, Woodston

6th July - Rocket Dogs - Straw Bear, Whittlesey 6th July - Be Bop a Lulas - Ebeneezers, Woodston 12th July - One Nation - Cross Keys, Woodston 14th June - Ramshackle Serenade - Cock Inn, Werrington

19th July - Be Bop a Lulas - Cock Inn, Werrington 19th July - The Guards - Cross Keys, Woodston 20th July - Be Bop a Lulas - Palmerston Arms, Woodston 26th July - Faye & The Desert Dancers - Cross Keys, Woodston

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Charters Unplugged takes place on the first Monday of every month, hosted by Bon RogersWhite and featuring a guest artist. Also at Charters Pint of Poetry & A Dash of Drama remain on every 2nd Wednesday.

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Peterborough CAMRA used the opportunity of Community Pubs month to recognise three of the city’s top pubs with an award for their commitment to real ale.

The Ostrich was presented with a Gold Award at a ceremony which took place on 28th March. The pub, formally known as Bogarts, has been popular with real ale drinkers for many years.

Under the stewardship of Liam Scanlon the Ostrich has gone from strength to strength. The award, presented by branch chairman, Dave Murray, was for reviving a good range of ales to a popular City pub. Regular visitors to the Ostrich will of course point out the irony that Liam’s usual tipple is a pint of lager. Being a CAMRA night however we weren’t going to let that

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go unnoticed hence one of the conditions of the award was for Liam to drink a (full!) pint of ale.

This he dutifully did before declaring “it wasn’t bad ... actually”. We certainly thought so as we enjoyed a memorable night of good beer ahead of the long Easter weekend.

Andy Simmonds wins the Gold again for Werrington

Liam Scanlon receives his award from Branch Chairman David Murray.

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The Ploughman was presented with its second Gold award on 18th April following on from its previous success in 2011 as the Pub of the Year.

Since then the landlord, Andy Simmonds, has made the Ploughman into an even better pub.

He has introduced even more hand pumps - there are now ten in total - giving drinkers an even greater choice of beers and the beer quality is consistently excellent.

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Being a proud Werringtonian Andy embraces the spirit of the local community and this is obvious as soon as you enter the premises and talk to the many regulars who use the pub. Part of the pub is even designated for the "Community Tearooms" which he introduced last year. Charity fund-raising events are another big feature at the Ploughman as over the year the pub has helped to raise thousands for good causes.

Presenting the award Mike Lane said that the Ploughman represented “a true community pub involving all aspects of the community and a diverse range of activities...and demonstrated commitment to promote real ale and local ale.”

All this despite the many, well documented, issues with Tesco’s over the last few years (for more information see www.savetheploughman.com). After receiving the award a delighted Andy announced he was going to “run his legs off” to try and achieve the POTY.

Beautiful traditional stone built oak-beamed pub just 2 miles from Stamford

FIVE Real Ales including Summer Lightning, Draught Bass, Greene King IPA + guests from Oakham Ales and Abbeydale and a Old Rosie Cider Open Monday 6-11pm Tues-Thurs 12-2.30pm and 6-11pm (Friday from 5pm) Sat/Sun OPEN ALL DAY Extensive menu of good value home cooked food served at lunchtimes. 12-1.30pm and evenings 6.45-8.30pm – advance booking advisable!

2 course Sunday lunch – just £7.95 Pensioners Lunch £4.95 on Thursdays 12-1.30pm Ample Car parking – popular with walkers – park up, pre-order lunch or dinner and enjoy the countryside!

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Bram and Sue with their well deserved award

The accolade of 10 consecutive years in the Good Beer Guide was awarded to the Hand & Heart on 23rd April at a special event which also coincided with their St Georges Beer Festival and a £2000 cheque presentation to Help for Heroes.

Amazingly the pub has appeared in every edition of the annual CAMRA Good Beer Guide since 1991, with the notable exception of 2003 due to temporary closure. This latest run marks the second 10 year award in the pub’s history and is a testament to the hard work and dedication of Bram and Sue and of the popularity of the Hand & Heart amongst its many loyal customers.

© Mick Slaughter 2009

Castor, Peterborough Tel: 01733 380222

Award winning village local in historic Castor.

Close to the Nene Valley Railway & Ferry Meadows.

Serves 5 guest ales & real cider. Walker & dog friendly.

Home cooked food lunchtime & midweek evenings

Sunday quiz EVERY week at 9pm Cash prizes for winners & chocolate for the losers!!!!

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The Cherry Tree 9 - 11 Oundle Road, Peterborough PE2 9PB Tel: 01733 703495

Specialists in contract publishing and graphic design solutions.

We are proud to publish this magazine on behalf of Peterborough CAMRA. If you require any of the below services please contact us: Self-manageable Web Site • Magazine Design and Printing • Advertisement Design • Poster Design Logo and Branding • Label and Pump Clip Design • Illustration

FOUR Real Ales available including Oakham Inferno,Timothy Tayor Landlord and two changing guest ales.

OPEN ALL DAY EVERYDAY Traditional Meals Served Mon - Thurs and Sundays Private Function room holds up to 40 people Ideal for small meetings, weddings and parties Covered Smoking Area AMPLE PARKING • CAMRA GOLD AWARD

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Branch Committee

Beer Around ’Ere

Secretary: Dickie Bird 4 Cissbury Ring,Werrington Peterborough, PE4 6QH 01733 574226 (tel & fax) 07731 993896 info@real-ale.org.uk

Editor: Jane Flew bae-editor@real-ale.org.uk

Chairman: David Murray 01733 560453 chairman@real-ale.org.uk Treasurer: Paul Beecham 01733 311981 07710 008693 0870 7620848 (fax) treasurer@real-ale.org.uk Vice Chair: Matthew Mace 07809 629241 vice-chair@real-ale.org.uk Social Sec: John Hunt 07923 489917 social-sec@real-ale.org.uk Pubs Officer: Neil Holmes 07886 974977 pubs-officer@real-ale.org.uk Press Officer: Karl Simpson 07737 297072 press-officer@real-ale.org.uk Young Members: Katie Barrett 07951 919451 young-members@real-ale.org.uk Membership: Steve Saldana 07988 067260 membership@real-ale.org.uk Festival Org: Mike Lane 07850 334203 festival-organiser@real-ale.org.uk LocAle Officer: John Rice 07759 342702 locale@real-ale.org.uk Webmaster: Harry Morten webmaster@real-ale.org.uk

Distribution: David Murray (See Chairman on the left) Advertising: Jane Michelson 01778 420888 Mobile: 07732 393621 jane@shillingmedia.co.uk

Magazine & Advertising Production: Daniel Speed 01733 211001 info@orchardhousemedia.co.uk Proofreader: Bob Melville See details below Brewery Liaison Officers Blue Bell: John Hunt 07923 489917 Bexar County Brewery: Steve Williams 07756 066503 Castor Ales: Mike Lane 07850 334203 Digfield: Dave Waller 07821 912605 Elgoods: John Hunt 07923 489917 Hopshackle: Noel Ryland 07944 869656 Melbourn: Lew Clayton 01780 765063 Nene Valley: Bob Melville 07941 246693 Oakham Ales: Dave Allett 07966 344417 Tydd Steam: John Hunt 07923 489917 Trading Standards 08545 040506 www.consumerdirect.gov.uk Check out our websites at: www.real-ale.org.uk www.beer-fest.org.uk

The next issue of BAE will be available on: 25th July We must have your stories, news and advertisements by: 8th July Late copy cannot be guaranteed entry.

Please contact Chris Shilling 01778 421550 Mobile: 07736 635 916 or Jane Michelson 01778 420888 Mobile: 07732 393621 jane@shillingmedia.co.uk for all of your advertising needs.

Neil Holmes pubs-officer@real-ale. org.uk or 07886 974977 is always looking for pub news.

Please send stories and other copy to bae-editor@real-ale.org.uk Beer Around ‘Ere is published by Peterborough & District Branch of CAMRA Copyright © 2013, The Campaign for Real Ale Ltd. Views or comments expressed in this publication may not necessarily be those of the Editor or of CAMRA.

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A great welcome awaits you at The Farmers, Yaxley.

We are famous for our fresh vegetables and great carvery meats, succulent and served with all the trimmings, then finished off with a tantalising hot or cold dessert!

Open Every Day 10am - 5.30pm All Day Menu & Coffee Midday - 2:30pm Carvery & Specials Menu 5:30pm - LATE Carvery & Grill Menu Sunday Open From 12 Noon - 9pm All Day Carvery

Check out our lunch time grill menus and our ever changing specials boards. Put it all together with three fine cask ales and you have the perfect place to enjoy dinner with friends or a family celebration. We have a self contained function suite which is ideal for parties, weddings and all of life’s celebrations.

So if you’ve not been before give us a try and you’ll be pleasantly surprised.

Now taking bookings for Father’s Day Sunday 16th June Treat your dad to a meal and a pint!

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