CONTENTS News Feeling Quirky
WELCOME TO THE WINTER ISSUE OF FULL MEASURE Hello and welcome to issue #135 of New Full Measure, the Branch newsletter of Leeds CAMRA. We hope you find something interesting and informative within these pages. Dearest readers, my Christmas wish has come early this year! No, I haven’t been “accidently” locked in at Kirkstall Brewery with nothing but a bottle opener and a case of Wilson’s pork pies to see me through the weekend (Dear Santa, that’s still on my list!). We’ve had a revamp, a makeover if you will. Check out the new look, all colourful and snazzy eh?! Rest assured, dearest readers (yes, both of you), that within these pages you will find the usual mix of beery related news and barely related articles. The usual suspects are back, Mr Warren Yabsley, flying his Cider flag proudly, while Mr Litten has only gone and written a whole book! Check out the preface on page 17, then go buy a copy, it’s for charity!
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National Winter Ales Festival 8-9 Canal Walking
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LocAle
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Miniature Masterpieces
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From Junk to Junction
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On the Bar Stool
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Letters to the Editor
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Cider Pub of the Year
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Awards
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Recipe Corner
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Join CAMRA
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Committee contacts
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Diary Dates
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Joining our regulars are the Lady of Beers, Miss Christine Jopling, with a look at some special pub signs, and newcomer Mr Richard Coldwell, with an indepth look at Quirky Ales. Many thanks to all our contributors this month. Your editor, Tony Coltman.
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News The Bloke from Hull, David Litten, is soon to be a published author. He has, of course, written many pieces for various blogs and beer magazines, but this time he has gone the extra mile. He has written a 20,000 word book about his favourite pub, The Junction at Castleford. It's called From Junk to Junction: The Renaissance of The Junction, Castleford. He has enlisted the help of legendary beer scribe Roger Protz to write the foreword. Mr Protz is no stranger to the pub, having conducted a taste the difference session at The Junction last year. The pub on Carlton Street champions beer from the wood - a subject close to the BFH's heart. The book is due to be lauched at The Junction at 8pm on Thursday, November 26. Profits from the sale of the book will go to Alzheimer's Soci-
ety. It costs ÂŁ7.50 at the pub or ÂŁ10 mail order. Contact littendavid @littendavid.karoo.co.uk to get your hands on a copy.
News in brief
Work is beginning at the new site on Kirkstall Road where Kirkstall Brewery will be based in due course.
North Brewing Co are installed in their new premises, just off North Street in Leeds, and they hope to be trialling their first brew early November. Two city centre bars reportedly selling real ale, these are the Merchant and the Viaduct Showbar! News of two pubs due to re-open after a short closure. The New Inn at Barwick in Elmet and the Duke of Wellington in East Keswick will both have new licensees.
Mr Foley's Cask Ale House in Leeds was recently awarded Leeds CAMRA Cider Pub of the Year 2015. There are at 24 different ciders available along with some perries. The photo shows the manager Jason accepting the plaque. Arcadia in Headingley now has a choice of 5 real ciders from boxes. Leeds Brewery has been taking delivery of several new large brewing tanks, a copper and a mash tun along with 2 fermenting vessels.
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It’s new contributor time here at NFM. Richard Coldwell is a long time Leeds CAMRA member who is just getting into writing about the Ale scene in Leeds. This is his first piece for New Full Measure. Here, he draws upon his friendship with local brewer Mike Quirk, to give us a profile of his newest venture. Quirky Ales is one of the newest breweries in Leeds. They started up in early 2015 in outbuildings on an East Leeds farm. On 1st September 2015, they moved to modern premises in Ash Lane, Garforth, where they now brew on a regular basis. It’s not a big brewery by any means. A story involving friends from Huddersfield CAMRA will give you some idea. Recently they contacted Quirky Ales asking if they could come for a look around as they had a mini-bus booked for a day out. Mike Quirk, proprietor and brewer, told them they were more than happy to come for a visit, but if they all wanted to come inside he suggested they might want to swap the mini-bus for a taxi!
FOCUS ON QUIRKY ALES I’m sure you’ve quickly picked up on the ‘Quirky’ part, a nice pun on the brewer’s surname which they’ve been able to incorporate into a distinctive award-winning logo. The bottle label design, which includes a cricket ball over the ‘i’ in Quirky, won second place in the Labologist’s Society’s Label of The Year 2015 competition. There are five regular beers brewed at Quirky Ales; Ruby Ale 4.0%, Blond 4.2%, Bitter 4.0%, Gold 5.0%, and Classic 5.7%. Currently (October 2015) they are also brewing Long Hop (4.9%), an English IPA as a summer seasonal brew which has gone down really well at beer festivals. Garforth Porter (4.8%) will be brewed over the winter season. There’s also Saazy Blonde (4.2%), a cask ale with a Pilsner taste to it, and he’s currently experimenting with a Christmas Cranberry Blond, which sounds interesting. Quirky Ales have already been on the bar at The Fleece, Pudsey and The Arabian Horse at Aberford. Other, mainly West Yorkshire, pubs have also been taking Quirky Ales as an occasional guest. They’ve also been present at quite a few beer festivals around Leeds; Adel, Collingham and Barwick. Mike wants to build on this and if you fancy having a taste then mention it to your landlord/lady, or have a look at the web site, quirkyales.com. Mike is a local Garforth lad with a passion for real ale. Even as a young bloke (that would have been sometime in the early eighties) he used to seek out proper beer, in real pubs, when he’d go drinking down East Street rather than in the more commercial venues of the city centre. This attitude shows in his beers. He’s been home brewing for years, before starting professionally he was full-grain brewing on a 50L set-up. I
went down one day for a morning’s brewing. His current kit is a 200L Braumeister, made by German company Speidel. I‘d not seen one of these before, basically it’s a one level brewing system. Mike reckons that some purists might see this variation from the traditional as cheating. He describes it simply as the difference between using a typewriter and a blackboard, one’s an improved version of the other, but in the end you still end up with the same words. Mike thinks that overall, his system gives him a cleaner brew because the set-up provides a constant and accurate temperature control over the mashing process, which is done with the aid of a pumping system, forcing the wort up through the grains, allowing the maximum brewhouse ef-
base malt in all his regular brews. He also uses Caramalt, Munich malt, Chocolate malt and Carafe malt. I hadn’t heard of the last one, it’s a roasted malt which goes into the Ruby Ale to give it the distinct colour. It tasted quite nice too! I found that tasting or sniffing the ingredients really gave me an insight into what everything brought to the beery party. So much so, Mike’s got me down as a fresh hop sniffing addict, I just couldn’t stop, it was amazing. There was a sort of an olfactory memory thing going on as different beers came instantly to mind as I inhaled the resinous green aromas. I nicked a small hand full, they’re sat on the desk at the side of me and I’m sniffing them now - stop it!
“Mike is a local Garforth lad with a passion for real ale. Even as a young bloke (that would have been sometime in the early eighties) he used to seek out proper beer” ficiency to be achieved. Because it’s a one vessel system, lautering is done by lifting up the mash tun and spent grains and then boiling the drained wort in the same outer kettle. Once boiled, the wort is pumped into the fermenters which look like giant white plastic eggs. All the malts for Quirky Ales come from Fawcett’s of Castleford. Mike says that some people will tell you their malts are a bit inconsistent, but he hasn’t found that. In any case, they’re local and he can just pop down and pick up exactly what he needs and when. His favourite malt is Marris Otter, which he uses as his
One of Mike’s favourites is Warrior, we were using it at the boil stage in the Long Hop brew we were doing. Although it’s relatively unpopular it gives nice bittering without adding too much flavour. This gives a nice clean base on which to build other flavours, in this case Simcoe, Cascade and Centennial as aromatic hops. I wondered what Mike’s ideas were on beer. There’s no doubt he is happy to try out new things, like the brew kit. He’s definitely not a purist and is happy to mix and match, throwing giant handfuls of American hops into the end of what was essentially a very traditional English ale we were brew-
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NATIONAL WINTER ALES FESTIVAL 2016
ABBEY INN 99 Pollard Lane, Newlay, Leeds, LS13 1EQ BIRD IN HAND Springmead Drive, Garforth, LS25 1JW COMMERCIAL 12 Main Street, Mickletown, Methley LS26 9JE
DUCK & DRAKE Kirkgate, Leeds, LS2 7DR
STICK OR TWIST Merrion Way, Leeds, LS2 8PD
NEW HEADINGLEY CLUB St Micheals Road, Headingley, LS6 3BG
THREE HULATS 13 Harrogate Road, Leeds, LS7 3NB
OTLEY TAVERN Newmarket, Otley, LS21 3A
TROYDALE CLUB Troydale Lane, Pudsey, Leeds, LS28 9LD
NATIONAL WINTER ALES FESTIVAL The National Winter Ales Festival will be held in Derby, at the Roundhouse, Wednesday 17th February - Saturday 20th February 2016. It's a beautiful and magnificent series of truly iconic buildings that have a world-renowned status in railway history. The Roundhouse is the World’s Oldest Roundhouse built in 1839, following £48 million renovation, it has been returned to its former glory with original features restored and complemented by dazzling new artworks. This stunning Grade II* listed building opened its doors in late 2009 and has already played host to a wide range of prestigious corporate events. It was originally developed in 1839 by four rival rail companies, including North Midland Railway (NMR) for whom George Stephenson and his son Robert were engineers.
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FOCUS ON QUIRKY ALES CONTINUED ing. Having said that, he doesn’t favour extreme hop-forward ales and prefers to see a nice balance. Mike wants to make beers that people want to drink, beers that you keep going back for, not something that delivers a massive hop bomb that stops you tasting anything else for the rest of the night. Enjoyable, tasty, session beers sums it up I guess. Where next? There’s a whisky cask from Isla tucked away in a shed. He’s going to condition some ale in this, he hasn’t decided what’s going to go in it yet, but he thinks it will be a speciality brew. Quirky Ales could also become a local trend-setter in another way. If everything goes to plan the Challenger hops Mike has planted will be ready to harvest next year and Quirky will brew beer using their own grown hops. I really like the ethos here and I’m going to follow developments closely. It highlights Mike’s passion not just about brewing, but the associated processes.
It’s always a bit daunting when you’re setting out on a new venture, particularly when you’ve had to put in your own money. You can go on all the courses that you want, but it’s experience that you need. Mike has been really overwhelmed with the support and advice that he has had from established brewers. I’m not going to list everyone, suffice to say that whenever and wherever Mike has turned for advice he has been warmly received. I think that’s typical of the beer scene, whether you’re making it, or just writing about it. Everyone just wants you to succeed. Quite a few local home brewers have already been round for a chat and advice. Mike is keen for this to happen so get in touch with him if you are interested. His advice is don’t bother with extracts and kits, just start brewing with grains from the start. You will get more satisfaction and better results, and learn more about the process. He’s very keen to encourage home brewers and plans to retail malts and hops in affordable useable quantities. He’s already got
Located in the Midlands, Derby is excellently placed to receive real ale from all around the country thereby ensuring there is a good selection of different Brewery’s beers from all over the UK. ‘The Roundhouse’, being circular, will have stillage all around it, serving real ale, cider, perry, continental beer and mead. There is a corridor leading to another stillaged area known as ‘The Carriage Shop Theatre’ which will include the Champion Winter Beer of Britain beers to be judged in the 4 style categories. A range of fantastic live bands will be entertaining us in an additional marquee. Overall the capacity for the venue is 2,500. After much consideration, and lots of interest from Breweries, the NWAF Team are delighted to announce that the Brewery Bars for 2016 will be: Thornbridge Brewery
the capability to break up larger bales and vacuum pack them into manageable portions. Longer-term Mike intends to consolidate in line with the two-year business plan and continue brewing for the local area. Eventually he would like to have a larger brewery with a brewery tap, not so much a pub that’s open every day for every session, more somewhere with a retail outlet and tap house with specific opening times. We both agreed that location is the key here, as well as finance. Whether this happens remains to be seen, if it does then I’ll let you know. In the meantime watch out for Quirky Ales on the bar, I think you will be pleasantly surprised. Richard Coldwell If you’d like to read more of Richard’s writing you can find it at his blog https://ouhouse.wordpress.com I really liked the first article “None of that in here please.” Looking forward to more from Richard in the future.
and Tiny Rebel Brewing Co. in the Main Hall, The Falstaff pub & Brewery in the Carriage Room and Dancing Duck Brewery in the Music Marquee. All four ingenious breweries are welcomed at CAMRA's flagship Winter Festival. You can bet that our customers are in for something really rather special!
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YOUNG MEMBERS SOCIALS
a walk along the canal Apologies are due to our intrepid wanderer Warren, this article managed to slip through my carefully woven article catching email system. Happily for us though we now get to relive memories of late autumn sunshine by the canal… Did you know there’s over 1000 Young Members (YMs) in Yorkshire? I bet that surprised you. As everyone’s spread over a large area and always very busy it can be difficult to meet up with other YMs, which is where a Regional YMs’ Social comes in. On a sunny Saturday afternoon in late August we held our inaugural event: a walk along the canal from Kirkstall to Rodley visiting the pubs enroute with a bit extra on top. We met in Tapped in the city centre, an easy place to get to whether travelling by train or bus, and sampled their wide range of beers. Two of us tried Magic Rock Simpleton (2.6%) because we wanted to know if a beer at this alcohol by volume (ABV) could still deliver full flavour. And it certainly did. A lot of people will be put off buying a beer of low ‘strength’ but there really is no reason other than perception. When the branch was on a recent brewery tour, the brewer said one of the hardest beers to brew is a low ABV one. There’s a small market for these beers so breweries that produce them must be confident of their quality and parity of flavour compared to regular ABV beers as was the case here. Anyway, back to the event itself. Once all congregated, we hopped on a bus to Kirkstall Abbey for a quick bit of culture and see one of Leeds’ sites given many people weren’t from the city having come
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from all over God’s Own County including Bradford, Ossett, Sheffield, Thirsk and Wakefield. And let’s not forget West End House pub is about 3 minutes away! One person knew far more about Kirkstall Abbey than I did though he does currently work for English Heritage but will be joining Whitby Brewery shortly. In the aforementioned pub upon seeing the interesting selection of 4 or 5 ales one of the group ironically joked that they wanted John Smith’s Smooth. The barman missed the banter and was apologetic that they didn’t stock it but had Worthington Creamflow instead! Beers from Goose Eye and Naylor’s were what most people opted for and they were certainly not disappointed. Big banners outside advertised the twice weekly quiz: it’s a couple years since I last took part but it was one that stood out as being very enjoyable, fast paced and inclusive of all individuals and teams irrespective of ability at traditional pub quizzes. Do you fancy a quiz night social here? Just down the road is Kirkstall Bridge Inn (Pub of the Year for the second year running) where we joined members on one of the regular branch socials. It was great to see some new faces at the event who had recently moved into the branch area and others who I’d not seen for a while. Across the two socials there
were around 35 people enjoying the afternoon. The YMs stayed on for a bit extra to allow fair chance to sample a selection of the four Kirkstall Brewery beers, these sometimes being hard to locate for many non-Leeds members, and four
“we made a move and enjoyed a pleasant 1.5 mile or so walk along the canal watching fisherman waiting for that elusive catch” guests. With two dark beers plus a strong one (Kirkstall, Generous George, 6.1%) available I was quite happy to spend extra time lapping up the sunshine in the beer garden. Conscious of still having five pubs to visit we made a move and enjoyed a pleasant 1.5 mile/2.5 km or so walk along the canal watching fisherman waiting for that elusive catch, listening to a range of cheery birdsong and laughing at dogs leaping in to the water to reach their new favourite stick. The Abbey Inn (Community Pub of the Year complete with large banner celebrating this achievement) greeted
us and Martin, the landlord, was his usual jovial self. An interesting choice of 6 ales that included a dark one plus some well-regarded bottled beers were available. However, my favourite ale was Little Daughter from Voracious Vole, a 6.1% stormer that reminded me of a Belgian trippel. Another of their excellent brews was available on a previous award evening at the pub with the wares, I believe, from a home brewer who lives just around the corner. Another stroll of the same length brought us to Rodley with the first port of call The Crown and Anchor. On each of my visits there’s been a single ale available, this time Everard’s Sunchaser, but I’ve always been very impressed with the quality. It’s far better to stock fewer beers and serve them in tip-top condition than to have a wide range and struggle to keep the quality. Sometimes CAMRA members can be blinded by the number of beers on offer and overlook places that serve one or two in consistently excellent condition and for which there is demand amongst the regulars but may be viewed as “boring” within certain CAMRA circles. A couple of minutes further and with perfect timing, as it started spitting, The Owl greeted us. This had been a very successful premises for a number of years under the stewardship of Gina and the team but following a substantial rent increase they relocated to The Fleece at Farsley, which has subsequently won Pub of the Season. After a period of closure and changes to landlords, The Owl seems to be heading back in the right direction with its convivial atmosphere reestablishing. And as a sweetener, just show your CAMRA card for a 10% discount on pints. We dodged a heavy shower while inside and righton-cue when emerging the sun came out again - as the expression goes,
the sun shines on the righteous! We visited The Railway next, located 100 metres off the canal and less than 5 minutes beyond Rodley. A traditional and cosy pub this would an ideal location to escape the weather on a cold winter’s day. We bumped into some friends of one of the people on the Social who class the pub as their local despite living in Horsforth and are more than willing to make the journey to it. After an enjoyable Theakston’s Old Peculiar from the choice of 4 ales, and again dodging another heavy shower, we headed back to the centre of Rodley for our final venue, The Barge. Here they have benches right on the side of the canal if you fancy a final fix of being close to the water while enjoying one of their 5 ales. It’s also a perfect place for the final drink being on a crossroads with a bus stop on two of the opposite corners just make sure you’re at the correct one though if you do happen to miss your bus it wouldn’t be a hardship to stay for another in any of the nearby pubs! I plan to organise Regional YMs’ Socials roughly every quarter so keep your eyes open for future events such as a brewery tour, Trans Pennine Real Ale Trail and ‘volunteering social’ at a beer festival. In the meantime, do check out what your local branch is up to. Demographics might mean they don’t have any specific YMs’ socials coming up but their normal events might also be worth a look. Questions, suggestions or information? I’m always happy to hear from you, just drop me an email: YoungMembers@leeds-camra.com. I look forward to hearing from you soon! Cheers Warren Yabsley
LocAle is a brilliant scheme which promotes pubs that sell at least one real ale brewed in the local area. The Leeds Branch of CAMRA has joined the scheme and this page is here to tell you all about it. If you’re a landlord who would like to take part, please contact us. If you’re an interested drinker, read on to find out more and support those pubs that are doing their bit!
WHAT IS LOCALE?
CAMRA LocAle is an initiative that promotes pubs stocking locally brewed real ale. The scheme builds on a growing consumer demand for quality local produce and an increased awareness of ‘green’ issues. The CAMRA LocAle scheme was created in 2007 by CAMRA’s Nottingham branch which wanted to help support the tradition of brewing within Nottinghamshire, following the demise of local brewer Hardys and Hansons. Everyone benefits from local pubs stocking locally-brewed real ale… Public houses as stocking local real ales can increase pub visits Consumers who enjoy greater beer choice and diversity Local brewers who gain from increased sales The local economy because more money is spent and retained locally The environment due to fewer ‘beer miles’ resulting in less road congestion and pollution Tourism due to an increased sense of local identity and pride – let’s celebrate what makes our locality different. Stocking a local beer can enable you to differentiate yourself from other
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LOCALE - CONTINUED local pubs, thereby gaining you new customers and increasing your beer sales. Stocking locally brewed real ale will also give you business the edge over supermarkets and off licences selling low-cost mass-market lagers. Landlords can find out more and download information from the CAMRA site.
LOCALE in leeds
The Leeds Branch of CAMRA is now
The Leeds Branch of CAMRA is now participating in the LocAle scheme, helping Leeds pubs celebrate the fact that they support Real Ale and local breweries by taking part. We have a ‘Leeds plus 10’ rule, which means that a LocAle Brewery is situated either within the Leeds Metropolitan district, or within 10 miles of the boundary. All the Leeds LocAle Breweries are listed below. Please note included on this list are breweries which may not yet be in full production. Baildon, Baildon, BD17 7QD Barkston, Barkston Ash, LS24 9JU Ben Rhydding, Ben Rhydding,LS29 8PP Bingley Brewery, Bingley, BD16 3DA Bobage,Leeds,LS12 4XS Bob’s / Healey, Ossett, WF5 8ND Bosun’s, Hobury, WF4 5NW Bradford, Bradford, BD1 3SQ Bridgehouse, Oxenhope, BD22 9SY Briggs, Huddersfield, HD1 5QU Briscoe’s, Otley, LS21 3EL Bronte, Brighouse, HD6 1ES Burley Street, Leeds, LS3 1LD Cap House, Batley, WF17 5LW Clark's, Wakefield, WF2 9SW Collingham, Collingham, LS22 Copper Dragon, Skipton, BD23 2QR Daleside, Starbeck, HG1 4PT Elland, Elland, HX5 9AE
participating in the LocAle scheme, helping Leeds pubs celebrate the fact that they support Real Ale and local breweries by taking part. We have a ‘Leeds plus 10’ rule, which means that a LocAle Brewery is situated either within the Leeds Metropolitan district, or within 10 miles of the boundary. All the Leeds LocAle Breweries are listed at www.leeds-camra.com/ locale-breweries/4567283326 A LocAle Pub is any within the
Fernandes, Wakefield, WF1 1UA Five Towns, Wakefield, WF1 2LU Goose Eye, Keighley, BD21 5AX Great Heck, Great Heck, DN14 0BQ Greyhawk, Skipton, BD23 2TZ Halifax Steam, Hipperholme, HX3 8EF Hand Drawn Monkey,Huddersfield, HD3 3HS Harrogate,Harrogate, Hamelsworde,Hemsworth,WF9 4SZ Haworth Steam, Haworth, BD22 8DP Hungry Bear, Leeds, LS6 4HY Ilkley, Ilkley, LS29 8JP James & Kirkman, Pontefract, WF8 4HN Jolly Sailor, Selby, YO8 5AB Junction, Baildon, BD16 6AB Junction Brewhouse, York, YO26 4XH Kirkstall Brewery, Leeds, LS5 3BT Knaresborough, Knaresborough, HG5 8AL Leeds Brewery, Leeds, LS11 9RU Leeds Brewery Tap, Leeds, LS1 5DL Magic Rock, Huddersfield, HD3 4YP Mallinson's, Huddersfield, HD3 3HS Naylor's, Cross Hills, BD20 7DT New Inn, Liversedge,WF17 5NP Norland Beers, Halifax, HX1 1EB Northern Monk, Leeds LS11 9YJ Oates, Halifax, HX3 6TA Old Spot, Cullingworth, BD13 5HN Ossett, Ossett, WF5 8ND Partners, Dewsbury, WF12 9AF Pennine, Batley, WF17 6LH Rat, Huddersfield, HD1 3EB
Leeds Metropolitan district that sells one or more Real Ales from any of the LocAle Breweries, and has signed up to the scheme. Signing up is easy – simply get in touch with Leeds CAMRA and let us know that you’d like to join. We’ll supply you with promotional support (posters, window stickers and pump clip toppers) and give you an honourable mention on our website.
Revolutions, Whitwood, WF10 5PX Ridgeside, Leeds, LS7 2AW Rooster’s / Outlaw, Knaresborough, HG5 8LJ Rudgate / Marston Moor, Tockwith, YO26 7QF Salamander, Bradford, BD4 9PH Saltaire Brewery, Shipley, BD17 7AR Samuel Smith, Tadcaster, LS24 9SB Slightly Foxed, Sowerby Bridge, HX6 3BS Small World Beers, Shelley, HD8 8LU Sportsman, Huddersfield, HD1 5AY Stod Fold,Ogden,HX2 8XL Sunbeam, Leeds, LS11 6EW Tapped Leeds, Leeds, LS1 5EL Thomas Elstone / Outgang , Kinsley,WF9 5EH Tigertops, Wakefield, WF2 9LN Timothy Taylor, Keighley, BD21 1AW Treboom, Shipton-by-Beningbrough, YO30 1AA Two Roses, Darton, S75 5QX WharfeBank / Fox Beer Co., Pool, LS21 1EG Wharfedale, Ilkley, LS29 9DS York, York, YO1 6JT Yorkshire Heart, Nun Monkton, YO26 8EL
COMING SOON? Barber’s Garden, Golden Owl, North Brewing Co., Tarn 51, Trinity
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On the Lookout for...
Miniature Masterpieces NFM’s artist-in-residence, Christine Jopling, shares with us her appreciation of a set of very unusual pub signs. I think it must have been on that bus ride, the 576 over the tops with that brilliant view over the scary drop just after Scarlet Heights, that it first caught my eye. The Bulls Head on Great Horton Road had this brilliant black-and-white pub sign. Very unusual, just monochrome but distinctive, It looked handmade. Being a bit arty, I’m drawn to stuff like that. Well, it turns out that it was handmade, sort of, and it wasn’t alone. These remarkable pub signs were dotted about West Yorkshire, and on closer inspection, they were signed – KL. I decided I liked them a lot, and that I’d make a little project out of
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photographing as many as I could find. After a bit of research, it transpired that, in the eighties, some bright spark at Webster’s Brewery, Halifax, decided that a bit of a new look for their pubs was required, and commissioned the mysterious KL to do a full set of pub sign designs – 190 in total. Which is a lot, especially when you consider that the artist in question is a wood engraver. Now, wood engraving is a tricky business. It involves precise engraving on very hard wood with small sharp tools. It requires skill, patience
interesting pub signs and imagination. It’s done on a very small scale. So small, in fact, that the original designs for the pub signs were as small as 3cm x 4cm. Imagine that. The level of detail achieved is amazing, and when you see the actual signs up close, it’s hard to believe. Kathleen Lindsley, for she is the engraver in question, is a pub sign artist par excellence. My first photo was of the Bulls Head, then came the Stocks at Northowram (now a restaurant), the Savile Hotel at Dewsbury and the Rams Head, Sowerby Bridge. I just missed the Museum in Halifax, (by days!) and just caught the Peacock as the builders were moving in. These signs are becoming rarer, and I’m running out of them. So my question to you is, can you help? Do you know of any KL signs that still exist that I’ve missed? A bit of deduction may be required to ascertain if it’s a fake or not! For instance, the Morley Dashers has a bold imitation on display, and the Druids at Allerton has a cheeky copy. Look for that KL signature, the sign of a true artist! A list of all KL pub signs that I know of is below – if you can add to that, please let me know through the editor – thank you! And if you need to
see some great examples of these pub signs, visit Kathleen’s brilliant website, where there are four pages of them, all available to purchase – your own tiny original pub sign. Bull’s Head, Great Horton Golden Fleece, Harden Grove Inn, Rastrick New House at Home, Bradford Peacock, Warley Ram’s Head, Sowerby Bridge Savile Hotel, Dewsbury Slaters Arms, Bradley Stocks, Northowram Christine Jopling
“ Now, wood engraving is a tricky business. It involves precise engraving on very hard wood with small sharp tools. It requires skill, patience and imagination”.
The Artist, in her own words. Kathleen Lindsley, wood engraver and illustrator Born in Gibraltar in 1951, studied fine art at Newcastle Upon Tyne. Introduced to wood engraving by Leo Wyatt in 1974. Resident in Scotland since 1976 and full time in Skye since 1987. I employ the medium of wood engraving, a relief printing process, to interpret and record the area in which I live. The blocks are usually end-grain boxwood, sometimes lemonwood. I edition my prints on fine papers using an Albion hand press. Sometimes I work to commission in illustration and design. Presses I have worked with include The Fleece, Wild Hawthorn, Whittington, Black Pennel, Partick, Perpetua and Folio Society. ravenpressgallery.co.uk
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Book Launch As many of the regular readers will know, the intrepid David Litten, Bloke from Hull, is a beer adventurer par excellence, the friendliest face known in pubs the breadth of this fair county. He has supped his way through many a brewer’s inventory and has graced the threshold of more pubs than I’ve cooked hot dinners (not an insignificant number, let me tell you!) Despite these dalliances, his one true passion has remained The Junction in Castleford. So it is fitting that he should be the one to set down the tale of how landlord Neil Midgley and landlady Maureen Shaw came to create the last great bastion of beer from the wood and, in doing so, have inspired a resurgence of brewers embracing wooden casks. As a special treat for readers of New Full Measure, David has allowed us to publish the preface to the book.
From JUNK to JUnction I discovered the Junction in early 2012 when it had become established on the real ale scene and wondered why it had taken me so long to become aware of the wondrous place it had become since mid-2010. Many, but not all, cask real ales served at that point were dispensed from the wood and they showed beers to have additional qualities when compared to their steel and plastic counterparts. Not only that, Neil and Maureen and their staff were, and remain, most hospitable, engaging in conversation when time allows. The locals are a never ending source of joy, merriment and knowledge on all subjects not only for beer but everything under the sun ranging from baking and fishing to the latest rugby gossip from the Jungle and of the heroics of former players of bygone days. Most notable good times have included just rolling up on a Sunday lunchtime, receiving a warm welcome, some ‘Castleford Caviar’ (mucky fat bread to the uninitiated)
washed down with some lovely beers from the wood and a series of interesting conversations with folk from all walks of life. More recently, thanks to various kind people, I have been able to stay overnight in the town and experience the evening delights of the pub. As well as mingling with different locals on the drinking front, I have been able to attend such events as presentations, beer tastings and music gigs. I used to go to pubs in Hull to see rock and blues bands thirty years ago but despite great nights with great music there one major ingredient that was always missing. Great beer! Those were the days of keg domination and the pubs that did music did not serve real ale. Thanks to Maureen’s entrepreneurial skills we are now treated to fantastic bands such as the Blueflies, Dosch, DB3, Retrospectre et al whilst supping our favourite beers. Just brilliant.
With the aid of friends who frequent the Junction, beer writers, brewers, equipment suppliers, staff and of course the licensees themselves, this publication is an attempt to describe their hard work during the last half decade, to celebrate their achievements in ‘boldly going where no man (or woman) had gone before’, thereby making the Junction the ‘home of beers from the wood’. Maureen and Neil we raise more than just one glass to you, both for bringing us so much drinking pleasure and much more. Cheers to you both. The book is due to be launched at The Junction at 8pm on Thursday, November 26. Profits from the sale of the book will go to Alzheimer’s Society. It costs £7.50 at the pub or £10 mail order. Contact: littendavid@littendavid.karoo.co.uk to get your hands on a copy.
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Interview with Simon Jenkins
On the bar stool This edition former Beer Writer of the Year and Yorkshire Evening Post columnist Simon Jenkins is on the bar stool talking to our own tame beer writer Sam Parker. How long have you been writing the “Taverner� column and how did that come about? I joined the YEP in 1991 when the column was written by another journalist, Steve Brooke. He was busy one week and asked if I would write about a pub for him, so I did! The following week he asked again and by the third time I had pretty much established myself as the regular writer. What is the best pub you have reviewed? Of the older Leeds pubs I love the obvious ones - the Vic, Adelphi and Whitelocks - and the less obvious the Highland and the Fenton. Of the newer Leeds pubs I think the Black Swan and Belgrave Music Hall are fantastic examples of how a pub can embrace craft ale whilst remaining true to the past. You are clearly a fan of cask ale. Has that always been the case and what type of beers do you like to drink? Of course I am a fan, but I was a pub writer before I was a beer expert. My knowledge of beer has grown with time. My "go to" ale is Landlord, but I like to try others new on the scene. It's great to see newer brewers like Whippet and Brass Castle completely committed to cask ale.
This is the second edition of the Great Leeds Pub Crawl - what prompted you to update the book and what do you think about the current Leeds pub scene? I finished the first edition in 2011 which followed directly on from my year as British Beer Writer of the Year so it was the perfect time to do it. Four years on so much has changed in the local pub scene, so many new bars have opened and there is a wealth of beer choice in this amazing city. The update was probably long overdue, but even so, places like Headrow House have opened since it was published.
Where can the readers get hold of copy of the new book? The Great Leeds Pub Crawl 2015 edition should be available in most local book and beer shops and is selling on Amazon - and if anyone wants a signed copy I'm sure I can sort that out if they email me at: s.jenkins@leeds.ac.uk Simon writes the weekly "Taverner" column in the Yorkshire Evening Post every Thursday and his book, The Great Leeds Pub Crawl, published by Scratching Shed, is out now.
I shouldn't ask but any favourites along the way? As well as the aforementioned I think the Lamb & Flag is good and I love Friends of Ham, Tapped and Bundobust and the things places like these have brought to the Leeds scene, as well as the International Beer Festival. Shuffledog doesn't do it for me though! If you were to update the book in another 4 years where do you see the Leeds pub scene then? God knows! Nowhere has seen such a transformation over these past four years. If it remains on the current trajectory it will be Britain's beer capital, bar none.
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Letters
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR I feel entirely justified in calling this section letters to the editor because I’ve now had TWO of them. No, not in the same month but still I’m counting it… I was saddened to hear about John Buckle. I had known him several years as a friend and a Moderator of the national SPBW online Forum and as someone who would help organise outings along with Andy Whitley. John may have been to the province but I do not remember meeting him here when we had visits from the West Riding folk. A pity as he would have seen many changes here in the past few years and I know I would have agreed with his comments. When I was CAMRA NI Chair and organised the first Belfast festival in 1995 we only had Hilden Brewery (Lisburn) for cask ale. The next year was the start of Whitewater Brewery (Kilkeel). Things were dormant for many years then suddenly, and mostly it would seem from an underground cadre of home brewers, several new micro brewers made their debut. One "brewery" has been seen to publicly state that he has no intention of brewing himself and his wares are contract brewed. Well, he did work for Diageo. So what we have at the moment are 24 “names”. Many have a good strong following in the new world of craft beer drinkers. Sadly they are bottled and keg and now are appearing in the dreaded can. Some are struggling and are being contract brewed so the micro industry here is somewhat foggy and fluid yet still
seems to be vibrant if you happen to be a Twitter reader. While craft ale has been most helpful in getting a new generation of brewers started, plus getting a wider range of better bottled beers on shelves it also has its dark side in that some licenced establishments have jumped on the bandwagon in search of high profits. I mean, an average pint of cask in Belfast is around £3.60 a pint (variable) yet a pint of 4.5% "craft" keg brewed in the UK can set you back £5 and more. Even more for an imported craft ale, while certain larger scale imported beers are still under £4. Love them or loathe them, Wetherspoon pubs have been a godsend to the province, supplying a changing range of good cask ales, beer festivals and doing so at a reasonable price. After waiting almost two decades Belfast is to see its sec-
ond and third JDW establishment open centrally. Let us hope this makes ale drinkers consider the high prices of keg beers and puts pressure on certain establishments to move to sensible pricing. If anyone is interested in the current list of NI breweries they can be found here: spbwni.co.uk/breweries.html Mark Hutchinson Thanks for getting in touch with your memories of John Buckle and this photograph. It’s interesting to hear how an often demonised pub chain such as Wetherspoons can be seen to be an agent for positive change in a different market. It could be argued that they have had a similar effect on the UK pub scene, if one was to only step back and look at it from a different angle – Tony.
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Cider in Leeds
LEEDS CAMRA Cider Pub of the Year It’s a cider festival every day at Mr Foleys! With 24 available covering sweet, medium & dry, traditional & fruit flavoured, high & low strength (%), near & far producers and a couple perries there’s something for everyone. Coupled with knowledgeable staff, all the above information clearly labelled for each product and 1/3 pint tasting trays it’s no wonder the pub has been crowned branch Cider Pub of the Year. Now, I’ll split things into three: how the branch chose the Cider Pub of the Year, a bit more about Mr Foley’s and then about the tasting event itself. At the branch AGM earlier this year a motion was passed to introduce a Cider Pub of the Year award. At AGMs all motions come from branch members and are aimed at promoting real ale and cider. The first stage of the award was nominations. Now, I should point out that although Pub is used in the award title this refers to what you think of as pubs, clubs and bars. Nominations could be made both at branch meetings and online through Ale Delight, the monthly branch email. These were then whittled down to 5 by a judging panel with volunteers sought using the same methods as for nominations. The panel consisted of people with a broad mixture of cider experience and knowledge with the only prerequisites being an unbiased opinion and fair judging. The criteria we used were those implemented for the national equivalent of the competition with scores assessed based on quality of product (temperature,
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general condition etc.), knowledge and enthusiasm of staff, sympathy with CAMRA aims and so on meaning you didn’t have to be a cider expert to appreciate a place that’s doing things well. Something to note though, as per Good Beer Guide (GBG) selection, is that nowhere is the number of ciders (or beers) taken into consideration: a few in excellent condition is far better than lots in mediocre state. After visiting the pubs independently over a six-week period the judges collated their scores and were pleased to announce Mr Foley’s as the winner. Mr Foley’s was one of the first pubs I visited in Leeds because the University Hiking Club used to hold their weekly socials there and I remember well a festival of around a dozen ciders not along after I joined. One or two were available permanently for a while but for a lengthy period no real cider was sold. However, that all changed a couple years ago with its reintroduction, spearheaded by the manager Jason, and following great success the number has grown to its current all encompassing selection. On a number of occasions, both with and without a judging hat on, members have been impressed by knowledge of staff with a number having favourable comments about Steve. Although you may think I’m waxing lyrical, I believe in being honest so I should forward a couple negative points. Many believe prices are a bit too high even taking into consideration that Leeds isn’t the cheapest place to drink and unfortunately with the layout of the pub it isn’t feasible to store the ciders at cellar temperature, which on a balmy British summer’s day(!) will be detrimental.
Cider in Leeds It’s high time to talk about the evening itself. There were 16 people along from afar afield as Mirfield. After the presentation of the award (provided the ‘editing studio’ is fixed, the video should be on the Leeds CAMRA YouTube channel by the time you’re reading this) the tasting event got underway. Phil from The Real Cider Company had devised a tasting challenge whereby we had tasting notes for 8 ciders and perries to match with the drinks simply labelled 1 to 8. This encouraged us think about the style and what flavours we could taste before chatting with others and seeing if they plumped for the same pairing of number and description. In between sampling, Phil regaled us with snippets of information. Did you know that the UK consumes half of the world’s cider? Cider making was a sizable industry in the USA before prohibition? Apples originated in Uzbekistan (though having travelled there and in neighbouring Kazakhstan, the latter also lays a strong claim)? More in depth discussions revolved around apple varieties, orchards, soil and climate within the UK providing distinct regional tastes and the production steps. I asked about the origins of The Real Cider Company and it was borne out of a mixture of entrepreneurship, dealing with adversity and the British weather! Phil was one of the founders of the very successful cider festival at The Stubbing Wharf, Hebden Bridge. Around 5 years ago rain reduced attendance, which meant there was a lot of stock leftover. This was sold in the pub and was a great success but afterwards getting a single box of this and a couple boxes of that wasn’t possible - you had to buy it by the van load. The Real Cider Company was established to fill this void and has gone from strength to strength since. There was a wide range from across the country with wildly different types and tastes resulting in different people having their own favourite. These are the 8 we sampled in order of how they appeared on the tasting notes sheet: Hecks - Yarlington Mill - Somerset - 6% Purenorth - Fusion Medium Dry - Yorkshire - 6.5% Circle Cider - Cat’s Tongue - Wiltshire - 6.1% Hecks - Hendre Huffcap Perry - Somerset - 6.5% Abrahalls - Lily the Pink - Herefordshire - 4.5% Sandford Orchard - Old Devon Mist - 4.5% Abrahalls - AD - Herefordshire - 6.5% Hecks - Port Wine of Glastonbury - Somerset - 7% The Leeds Beer Festival Organiser, who enjoys a cider, correctly matched the most with 6 from 8 whereas I brought up the rear with 3 but everyone agreed on two things: the terrific taste of the ciders and perries, and their enjoyment of the evening. Warren Yabsley
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BEER FROM THE Letters WOOD
AWARDS The Leeds Branch of CAMRA regularly recognises achievements by breweries and licensed premises in the district which are worthy of special mention and, once again, the NFM photographers have been busy.
Mr Foley’s Leeds Cider Pub of the Year
Housed in the beautiful grade II listed Pearl Chambers, Mr Foley’s range includes 12 real ales, 9 guest craft beer lines, 24 traditional ciders and around 100 world beers. In October it received its award from the Branch for the Leeds Cider Pub of the Year (yep, that’s Leeds Branch Camra, not CAMRA as the rosette on the website states. Maybe next year? I wouldn’t rule it out!). A well-deserved award for the generous amount of ciders available year round.
The Grove receives Most Improved Pub award
The Grove Inn was one of Leeds finest and oldest drinking establishments. Then for a while it wasn’t, which was a shame, because it’s a smashing pub. After a rocky period of uncertainty it looks like the Grove Inn has got its groove back. Situated at the foot of Bridgewater place you will find a welcoming atmosphere with great live music, an array of cask ales and traditional pub food. The Grove Inn received the most improved award for this quarter and with it the best wishes of all Leeds CAMRA members.
Duck and drake snaps up Pub of the season
It was another famous Leeds live music venue that snapped up the autumn pub of the season award. The Duck and Drake has played host to countless raucous bands and in October it played host to the merry band from Leeds CAMRA as it was presented with its award by Leeds Branch Chairman Mike Hampshire.
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Damn, that looks good...
For the ale connoisseur that won’t go a celebration meal without a drop of the good stuff, I present this lovely little finisher to a great Xmas lunch.
Plum Porter Pudding with Chocolate Porter Truffle Filling For the truffle filling 350 ml porter beer 200ml Carnation Evaporated milk 225g good quality chocolate (60%+ cocoa content) For the pudding 85g wholemeal self-raising flour ž tsp ground mixed spice 140g shredded suet 85g fresh brown breadcrumbs 140g dark muscovado sugar 140g dried plums 140 dried cranberries 140g currants 25g mixed candied peel, chopped finely grated zest and juice of 1 small orange finely grated zest and juice of 1 small lemon 1 small carrot, grated 3 tbsp porter 2 tsp black treacle
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Method for the truffle Boil the porter and milk till reduced by half. Add the chocolate and stir till melted. Pour into a teacup and set in the fridge. Method for the Pudding Stir the flour, spice, suet, breadcrumbs and sugar in a large bowl. Tip in the fruit, peel and carrot, then stir well to mix. Add the remaining ingredients and beat until thoroughly combined. Spoon the mixture into a buttered 1.5 litre pudding bowl (with a buttered disc of greaseproof paper in the bottom) coating the bottom and sides. Add a large ball of chocolate porter truffle to the centre cover with the remaining mixture. Press down well, leaving room for the pudding to rise a little during steaming. Cover with a circle of buttered greaseproof paper, then cover with pudding cloth or foil and tie securely with string. Stand the bowl on an upturned saucer in a saucepan and half fill with water. Cover tightly and steam for 8 hours, topping up the water as necessary. Leave to cool in the pan. Remove the pudding from the pan and discard the cloth or foil and paper. Serve hot with brandy sauce or really good vanilla ice-cream.
Enjoy, and from all at Leeds Camra, Have a great Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Dates for your Diary
Appointment with Beer Leeds CAMRA holds a formal business-style meeting on the first Tuesday of most months, with the occasional Thursday for those who can’t make Tuesdays. The meeting starts at 7:30pm and has an approximate finishing time of 9:00pm. CAMRA members are advised to check "What's Brewing" for confirmation of meeting locations and for details of other events. A full listing of events is also published at http://www.leeds-camra.com/ where it is regularly updated. Leeds CAMRA is organised and run entirely by unpaid volunteers. All members are always welcome at meetings and socials.
December
Tuesday 1st , 7.30pm Open Branch Meeting, Pack Horse, Briggate, City Centre
JANUARY
Thursday 7th January, 7.30pm Open Branch Meeting, The Library, Woodhouse, Leeds
Saturday 5th December, 12.30pm Yorkshire Regional Meeting, The Hop, Bank St, Wakefield
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Committee members
Chairman: Mike Hampshire Chairman@leeds-camra.com 07763274454 Branch Contact: Nigel Halton BranchContact@leeds-camra.com Festival Organiser: David Dixon BeerFestivals@leeds-camra.com Locale Coordinator: Steve Staindale Locale@leeds-camra.com Membership Secretary: Warren Yabsley Membership@leeds-camra.com Newsletter Editor: Tony Coltman Newsletter@leeds-camra.com Press and Publicity Officer: Sam Parker Publicity@leeds-camra.com Public Affairs Officer: John Rowe PublicAffairs@leeds-camra.com
Tuesday 15th December Christmas Social, Kirkstall Bridge, Bridge Rd, Kirkstall Follow @LeedsCAMRA on Twitter or “like” our Leeds-CAMRA Facebook page for up-to-date information about socials, meetings and pubs info in and around Leeds.
Branch contacts
Pub Database Holder: David Ansley WhatPub@leeds-camra.com
Thank You for Having Us! Thanks to The Gaping Goose, Garforth, The Grove Inn, Holbeck and The Black Prince, Boar Lane for hosting our recent Open Branch Meetings. Thanks also to the Hop, Granary Wharf, for hosting our committee meeting. It’s much appreciated.
Don't be a Wazzock! Don't Drink and Drive.
Public transport information for the Leeds area is available from Metro offices and at wymetro.com There really is no excuse.
Pub Preservation: Sam Parker PubPreservation@leeds-camra.com Public Transport Officer: Tony Jenkins PublicTransport@leeds-camra.com Secretary: Carole Taylor Secretary@leeds-camra.com Social Secretary: Charlie Cavaye SocialSecretary@leeds-camra.com Tasting Panel Coordinator: David Dixon TastingPanel@leeds-camra.com Treasurer: Keith Sunderland Treasurer@leeds-camra.com Webmaster: Christine Jopling Webmaster@leeds-camra.com Young Members: Waren Yabsley YoungMembers@leeds-camra.com
York Brewery’s one and only...
Housed in the beautiful grade II listed Pearl Chambers, Mr Foleys Cask Ale House is named in honour of Patrick James Foley. Born in 1836, Foley a successful finacial entrepreneur and politician founded the Pearl Life Assurance Loan Investment Company in 1864. Today, Pearl Chambers is the home to York Brewery's Thriving Mr Foleys, their first and only York Brewery pub outside of York's historic walls.
12 REAL ALES • 9 CRAFT KEG LINES
24 TRADITIONAL DRAUGHT CIDERS 100 WORLD BOTTLED BEERS 159 The Headrow Leeds LS1 5RG Tel: 0113 2429674 www.mrfoleysleeds.co.uk
Mr Foley’s Cask Ale House
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20% off any York Brewery Product Voucher can be used any day or time until it 3rd March 2016. Vouncher cannot be used in conjunction with any other offers and entitles the holder to discount on one product, not to be used on rounds of drinks. This voucher has no cash value.
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