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Newsletter of the Leeds Branch of the Campaign for Real Ale

Welcome!

Dear readers, Picture the scene. I was sat, staring at my blank screen. In the background a clock ticking down the minutes till this very issue you now hold was due at the publishers. The screen remained blank. For despite having over 2,000 members in Leeds only a small handful submit content to the magazine and they seemed to be on holiday!

So I was delighted to receive a letter from a concerned Wakefield CAMRA member regarding a particular article in last quarter’s issue…

“Dear Mr Hampshire, As someone who lives slightly nearer to Wakefield than Leeds (my postcode is Wakefield, but my council tax goes to Leeds) I tend not to see your publication very often. However, on a recent visit to the Unicorn in Carlton, I happened across a copy (#132ed).

I must say I fully agreed with your comments in your “Chairman’s Corner” about getting rid of “anti” campaigns, and

concentrating on the positive aspects of campaigning, very well said.

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But then I must say I was pretty appalled with the article that appeared a couple of pages later, from Brass Castle Brewery, which under the pretext of “myth-busting”, basically talked down to us all, and basically said we are all fools for liking the beers that we drink.

The guy plainly has a vegan agenda. Telling us not to look for clear beers, and not to use sparklers is no more convincing because he uses BIG SHOUTY LETTERS to say so.

Saying IN ACTUAL FACT does not make it real, and telling us that “only Southerners have cottoned on” to how to drink proper beer is not exactly how to win friends and influence people!

Southern members of CAMRA have, for years, been trying to get rid of our “tight pint”.

Thankfully, they have so far been CONTINUED ON PAGE 5

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News

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Leeds CAMRA Online

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Beer Festivals

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A new era at Ridgeside

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Charnwood Cider

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Pickled Eggs

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Puzzle page

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Whippet Brewery

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Awards

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White Rose Cooperage

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Join CAMRA

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Sun Beam Brewery

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Committee contacts

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Young Members

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Diary Dates

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Club of the Year

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News which will make the area even more accessible for those native to or visiting Leeds.

Archie’s will have an equal focus on fresh food and quality drinks. A fantastic range of beers, plus Calypso cocktails, spirits, premium coffee and fresh juices – not forgetting Ossett Brewery’s own world-class beers complement the dishes on offer.

Ossett Brewery opened its third establishment in Leeds city centre on Friday 4th September 2015.

The new establishment, Archie’s Bar & Kitchen, is located directly underneath Leeds Railway Station within the iconic dark arches of Granary Wharf, and is just a stone’s throw away from fellow Ossett Brewery venues Candlebar and The Hop. The new venture follows hot on the heels of the successful launch of Candlebar which opened in April and brings Ossett’s total investment in Granary Wharf to over £1m. The activity is co-ordinated with the imminent opening of the Leeds Station South Exit (LSSE) later this year,

Welcome - continued... unsuccessful in foisting their misguided habits on Northern drinkers. If they like it flat and cloudy - cool - more power to them, but to see a Leeds CAMRA magazine extolling such bollox (sic) is frankly shocking.

From small plates that include Chicken Wings with Honey, Five Spice and Lavender, Salt Beef Croquettes with Spicy Mayonnaise and Lamb Shoulder with Smoked Aubergine to classics such as Fish and Chips, Barnsley Chop and Arnold Bennett Omelette, Archie’s Bar & Kitchen offers a range of dishes that will satisfy all appetites.

A creative mixture of materials including reclaimed wood, steel mesh, ceramics and natural stones gives Archie’s Bar & Kitchen a unique urban vibe. Vibrant washes of colour are splashed around the venue along with finishing touches that include eye-catching funfair mirrors, a sailing boat, deck chairs and a full-size 1974 VW. During the day this laid-back hang-out offers a casual and relaxed vibe right by the station where Continued overleaf > at least, learn to keep his “wisdom” to himself in future. Best wishes, Nige D”

And what happened to the "no anti" stance you were promoting just two pages earlier?

All the best to you also nige D, thanks for getting in touch and reminding us that everyone is entitled to an opinion. Whilst the opinions voiced in this magazine may differ from my own, I think it’s important that they be published and that by doing so we promote healthy discussion and debate. But that’s just my opinion.

In future, I shall stick with Wakefield. And tell your vegan pal that we all eat pork pies and black pudding with our crystal clear tight pints. If the guy doesn’t choke on his vegan beer, he might,

I’ll give the last word to the late, great, Douglas Adams. “All opinions are not equal. Some are a very great deal more robust, sophisticated and well supported in logic and argument than others.”

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News - continued customers can drop in, play the juke box, read the newspaper, hold a business breakfast, meet a friend for lunch, or simply watch the world go by.

for a number of years. Brian passed away suddenly at the family home in Beeston where he lived for most of his life. He was 80 years old.

Jamie Lawson of Ossett Brewery said “Granary Wharf is already such an exciting location and features some of the best hotels, bars and restaurants in Leeds. Archie’s Bar & Kitchen is the final piece of the jigsaw within this vibrant area of the city bringing a casual all-day dining experience.”

John Buckle

Brian Cavell

Brian would have been known to many for his work, usually behind the bar, at CAMRA beer festivals throughout the region. I am sure he worked at the first one I was involved with, organised by the Leeds branch at the Barracks in Sheepscar in 1998, if my memory is correct.

Since then I doubt he had missed working at most Yorkshire festivals. He was always a very hard worker at the festivals and had won an award at one of them for his enthusiastic contribution. Due to health reasons he had to retire from working at the festivals a couple of years ago but was still ever present at the other side of the bar.

Other than his passion for real ale Brian was very interested in trams, and indeed a picture of Leeds 399 was on the front of the order of service sheet at his funeral. He made regular visits to Crich tramway museum and Fleetwood Tram Sunday where a few pints of real ale would always be a part of the day out.

Brian’s other passion was for trad jazz and he visited the local pubs and clubs where the bands played. I know he was disappointed that some of the places they performed did not have any real ale.

He was a French-polisher by trade, a job he enjoyed very much, working for local firm Kelvin

John was one of the earliest supporters of the Campaign being a member for more than 40 years, many of those years as a member of Leeds branch before deciding to become involved with the Harrogate and Ripon branch at a time when the future of that branch was in doubt. It is pleasing to see that it is now prospering. Very passionate about real ale he would travel to just about any festival in the country that could be reached by train in a day. I travelled with him on many occasions as far as London and Edinburgh and just about everywhere in between. John would have worked out all the timings and best value tickets to complete the journey and I am sure he never made an error. He was very involved with the CAMRA Public Transport Advisory Group and regularly attended meetings at branch and regional level.

The railways were his main interest outside of real ale and he was keen to follow the developments of the new lines, stations and trains that have been introduced in recent years. These two interests dovetailed together well and resulted in many trips that became known as “Buckle’s tours”. He researched all the best pubs in the area and directions to them and although we had one or two long walks these were the exception. These continued even after his passing as a trip to this year’s GBBF had already been organised and booked.

John’s work for an electrical company had taken him all over the world before his retirement. He lived in Yeadon where he had been a regular at the Albert and Crown pubs and enjoyed a game of dominoes. He is survived by his brother Eric and sister Ann. He was aged 68.

John had many friends in CAMRA and SPBW and he will be sorely missed.

Graham Hewitt

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Branching out online

Leeds CAMRA Online

In the world of social media and 24hour news cycles it’s often the printed media that suffers by comparison. This magazine that you are reading, whilst lovingly crafted by a small but dedicated team can’t hope to keep you bang up to date with the latest beery goings on in and around the Leeds area. At best it’s a snapshot that tells a tale of the situation, as I find it for the couple of weeks it takes to put the magazine together. It’s for this reason that we have branched out online.

Leeds-camra.com Our well established online site, run by our webmaster Christine, is the go to site for general Leeds CAMRA related news. If you want to know who has won what award, information about membership or links to CAMRA national sites, it’s all here for you.

Facebook.com/leedsrealale The Leeds CAMRA Facebook page is a great place to find information on upcoming socials and open branch meetings. You can also share your thoughts with us and connect with many of the 2000+ Leeds Branch members.

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Facebook.com/LeedsNFM New Full Measure now has its own facebook page! Here you’ll be able to read news stories that, for reasons of timing, could not make it into the magazine. Here I can share with you all the news from your favourite breweries and the latest issues affecting the CAMRA membership as a whole.

Newfullmeasure.com The latest addition to the empire is the relaunched New Full Measure website. It’s still early days but I’m intending to host articles and stories on the site, taking advantage of the online medium to be able to include more images and video to accompany them. Here you’ll also find links to the digital versions of not only this magazine but our back issues as well.

Finally there’s also our Flickr.com site where you can find hundreds of photos submitted by Leeds CAMRA members (www.flickr.com/ photos/25212663@N05/) and the Leeds CAMRA You Tube channel where we post videos of our presentations (www.youtube.com/ channel/UCnaGeO4gGr8dzkQALOO6O-Q) You can also follow us on twitter @editor.NFM and @LeedsCAMRA.

Ridgeside brewery news

New Era for Ridgeside Brewery It’s been a long time coming, but after a few false starts the Ridgeside Brewery of Meanwood, Leeds, has finally changed hands.

As from July 31st 2015 Ridgeside Brewing Company has new owners in the form of Matt Lovatt and Juan Mendoza who have been working as brewers at the Ridgeside brewery in Meanwood since January this year. Matt said “Simon’s parents Pat and Eric Bolderson have done an excellent job of keeping the brewery running in difficult circumstances but we now hope to move the brewery forward”. And indeed, Pat and Eric wish to express their thanks and best wishes to all of the brewers, licensees and real ale lovers who have supported the brewery since Simon’s untimely departure from this life in May last year.

on experimentation with styles and ingredients”.

Matt and Juan look forward to ushering in a new era for Ridgeside and to reflect this the branding is being updated. Keep an eye out for the new look pump-clips!

The new owners are intending to maintain the legacy of Ridgeside by continuing to brew firm favourites such as Cascade, Jailbreak and Black Night while also developing recipes for exciting new beers. Matt said “Expect a greater emphasis

Matt added “Ridgeside has a particular association with beer from the wood and that is something we wish to continue. We hope to be ageing beer in wood before long as well as filling woods for pubs”. Good news indeed!

Other News - In Brief The Central on Wellington Street re-opened on Thurday 6th August.

The Eagle at Sheepscar has internal work being carried out.

The Sportsman on Stoney Rock Lane has re-opened as The Dahlak.

A planning application has been submitted by North Bar for a brewery with bar on Sheepscar Grove (behind the site of the White Stag, Sheepscar).

Chapel Allerton’s the Woods is open again, with four beers on the handpumps, including Kirkstall, Theakstons and Wharfebank at the time of writing.

Also in Chapel Allerton, Big Boss Burgers is a new venue with one handpump.

Greene King has taken over at the Regent, where a beer festival is coming soon.

Northern Monk Brewery have had installed a new canning line and this month launch a new limited edition canned beer range.

Leeds Brewery have teamed up with the YEP n ewspaper to create a special 125th birthday beer.

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Traditional bar snack recipe: Pickled Eggs

It’s been a while since I’ve done a straight recipe page for the magazine and I’ve been wanting to share this one for a while.

Many moons ago, when I was much younger than I am now I would take myself off, on a Wednesday evening, to study martial arts at a community centre in Knaresborough. As part of our post training treat we would stop in a few of the excellent local pubs for a couple of swift halves. One that I always used to look forward to was the Mother Shipton Inn, Low Bridge. Whilst the welcome was always friendly and the games room was always welcoming for my friend’s young family, I always looked forward to our visits for the selection of pickled eggs available behind the bar. These weren’t your ordinary bought from a wholesaler eggs. No these were lovingly handmade by the landlady and came in plain, garlic and chilli flavours. When fished out of the acidic, briny vinegar and served across the bar in a muffin case at 50p each, they were cheap, cheerful and satisfying.

In this country pickling eggs started way back in the 16th century as a method of preserving food for lean times. Along with onions and other

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vegetables it seems we picked up a taste for the acidic in a time when salted foods were falling out of favour. Long associated with pubs (and of course chip shops) the pickled egg filled that niche spot of being able to be stored without refrigeration, easy to eat without cutlery and instantly recognisable on the back of a bar. With the rise of packed pub snacks pickled eggs fell out of favour, being replaced by overly salty, carbheavy snacks such a crisps and nuts.

But pickled eggs are making a comeback and are being featured in some of the city’s newest bars such as the Black Swan, where Yorkshire chef Oliver Edwards prepares his soft boiled with beetroot, leading to a strikingly pink egg with a soft centre. Served with celery salt, delicious!

Try these recipes and see for yourself the wonder of homemade pickling alchemy.

Pickled beetroot egg.

Ingredients 200ml Red wine vinegar 200ml Cider vinegar 200ml Water Whole spice seasonings –

Recipe corner 1 tsp white pepper corns 1 tsp black pepper corns 1 tsp Black mustard seeds 1 bay leaf 1 tsp Maldon sea salt 1 tblsp brown sugar 10 small eggs Cooked beetroot, diced.

Method Carefully sterilise a large jar and lid, set aside to dry completely. Put both vinegars in a pan with the water, spices, salt and sugar, and bring to the boil. Reduce the heat and simmer for 5 mins.

Remove from the heat and set aside.

Boil the eggs for around eight minutes. Drain, cool under running water, and peel. Put the eggs and diced beetroot into the sterilised jar and pour in the spiced vinegar. Seal and refrigerate.

They will be ready to eat after two or three days and will keep for much longer. Bear in mind that the longer they are kept the tougher the eggs will become.

Variations Smoked garlic egg As above but omit the red wine vinegar for white wine vinegar and the beetroot for a bulb of smoked garlic, which is left whole and boiled with the vinegar.

Chilli Egg As the main recipe, omit the beetroot in favour of as hot a pepper as you like. Jalape単o pepper, Peppadew or Poblano will give you a pleasant tingly whilst Scotch bonnet or Habanero chili would make this more challengingly spicy.

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Every dog has its day!

With close to 20 breweries in Leeds it wouldn’t seem the smartest idea to jump into the brewing market at the moment but that is what our Press & Publicity Officer (and British Guild of Beer Writer’s member) Sam Parker has done. Here is the full “tail”.

Well about 2 years ago, after a number of years as a beer writer, I was coerced into entering the brewing market by a dear friend of mine. Initially the plan was to look at how to expand an existing brewery but when that opportunity fell through I felt I had invested too much time and energy into the project to fall at the first hurdle so, after much soul searching, I made the bold move to start afresh.

I found ideal premises close to Elland Road Football Stadium and, with my fiancée, set about naming the new project. We wanted a typically Yorkshire moniker but as most names with Yorkshire connotations, even Flat Cap, were already taken, we were at a bit of a loss. Eventually, after ruling our anything with Elland, Leeds or Yorkshire in the title (there is also an existing Parker Brewery) Alison had a flash of inspiration. Whippet Brewery passes the Yorkshire test and fits in with our premises being near the old greyhound track at Elland Road, so on 1st January 2015 the Whippet Brewing Company was born.

I have been able to take on two brewers with local experience, Ross Nicholson as Head Brewer and James Aspinall as Technical Brewer, and have the CAMRA festival stalwart Lee Birch helping out as a brewery assistant. Alex Barlow, Master Brewer and Director of Training at the Beer Academy, is acting

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as Brewing Consultant with Alison taking on the role of Sales Director. I’m also pleased to announce that former Young Members Contact and Festival Staffing Officer Dr Katie Marriott will be joining us from January 1st as Assistant Brewer with the specific remit to look at yeast strains and fining agents. We already have plans in place (funds permitting!!) to employ both a sales assistant and delivery driver within the next year so it is fair to say we are well on our way.

Our official beer launch was held on 9th & 10th June at Whitelock’s Ale House. This saw us unveil our core range of four permanent beers – a 3.7% Standard Bitter, 4.8% English Pale Ale, 5.2% Oatmeal Stout and 5.7% English IPA – and gave us chance to raise some much needed funds for our chosen charity, the Retired Greyhound Trust. It was nice to see some familiar faces and we all enjoyed the beer-infused food supplied by the excellent Whitelock’s kitchen. I must say it was a great personal pleasure to have several SPBW members present at the launch with the veteran campaigner Barrie Pepper providing a few words in his own inimitable style – not the first brewery he has opened and I’m sure won’t be the last!

Cask ale will always be at the heart of what we are about at Whippet Brewing Company. We do have plans for a limited edition 75cl bottled-conditioned

Whippet Brewing Company ale next year alongside a contract to brew a permanent small bottled beer for the Retired Greyhound Trust but that will be all for the foreseeable future.

Next year brings an addition to the core range, a 4.3% American Blonde Ale, as well as 6 bi-monthly specials and we feel this relatively small number of beers gives us chance to work on the quality and consistency of each batch.

Many of you know we run the Burley Street Brewery for Cllr Dawn Collins and this has given us the perfect chance to hit the market early whilst our brewing plant is still in the planning and implementation stage. All our current batches are brewed from their home at the Fox & Newt with us moving on to our new 12 bbl kit later this year. Funding, as well as contractual issues, have held us back but the kit, alongside our new on-site 60 seat brewery tap facility, should be ready by December.

The brewing industry in Leeds is a strange anomaly. There are close to 20 breweries yet no one is really competing for the same area of the market and everyone is only too happy to help each other to succeed. We certainly wouldn’t be in the position we are today without the help of our friends. We have been passed ideas by Christian (North Brewing Co) & Matt (Zapato Brewery), have borrowed, begged and got on the nerves of Steve, Alex and everyone at Kirkstall Brewery (including keeping Matt Curran extremely busy on cask washing duties), have sought the opinion of Brian at Northern Monk Brew Co and have been down to visit Venkatesh at Leeds Brewery. In the wider community we thank David Jones at Bier Huis, Ossett for helping us with taste testing, Albert, Mark, Scott and everyone at Wakefield CAMRA branch for giving us an honest assessment of our beers and fellow brewer Malcolm Bastow for being the first person to serve our beers at his fantastic East West Beer Festival at the Red Shed. Revolutions Brewing have also been a great help with logistics. Our friends in the industry have really helped us to hit the ground running and we really appreciate that and the support of the Leeds branch (Mike, Tony C and our new BLO Emma especially).

You can try our beers at the Fox and Newt, various Market Town Taverns and North Bar Group pubs as

well as many independents and the fantastic Royal Hotel and Erv Inn in Pudsey. We regularly have beers in and around Bradford, have beer often in York (Maltings, Plonkers, Mended Drum, Whippet Inn) and have started to deal with the excellent Beer Houses chain (Sportsman, West Riding, Cricketers Arms, Old Turk, Stalybridge Station) so we are definitely getting out there. We are also very pleased to have been able to support the Abbey Inn, Lord Darcy and Fleece Inn, Fartown beer festivals recently. With our membership of the industry body SIBA opening up the tied end of the market in the coming weeks (we can’t wait to be in the Templar, Duck & Drake, Abbey Inn and Grove amongst others) and our beers being delivered into the Pivovar Group (think Tapped Leeds, York Tap, Harrogate Tap etc) you should be able to find us in a good pub near you very soon!

Would I recommend opening a brewery? Well I’d have to think about that! It has been a trying time.

Lots of sleepless nights, meetings with bank managers, HMRC paperwork and various bouts of self-doubt are very hard and it takes a lot not to take it personally when you are trying to knock down doors or you hear the comments of people not familiar with the industry or your situation - but that is all made worthwhile when you see your beer on at your favourite bars and festivals or when you get some great comments (or constructive criticism).

I certainly wouldn’t want to deter anyone who is willing to put in the effort required but I would say planning, planning and more planning (especially in aspects such as brewery flooring) is essential. Talk to everyone and anyone in the industry from brewers to publicans. Get a good advisor, training (Beer Academy and Brewlab or Ted Bruning’s Microbrewers’ Handbook are good places to start) and independent taste testers. You wouldn’t set up as a doctor, plasterer or jockey for instance without the correct training and advice and the brewing industry should be no different.

Whippet Brewing Company is based at Unit 9 Brown Place, LS11 0EF and can be found on Twitter (@whippetbrewing) and Facebbok as well as on their newly launched website whippetbrewing.beer

Sam Parker

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Keeping tradiition alive

On his 50th birthday in May 2013, after 18 years at Wadworth Brewery in Wiltshire, Master Cooper Alastair Simms returned to God’s Own County to establish the White Rose Cooperage Ltd on the Thorp Arch Estate near Wetherby.

He is the last remaining Master Cooper in England and is the country’s only independent commercial cooper. When he began back in the 1970s, there were still around one hundred coopers in the UK but the advent of metal casks in the 1960s saw numbers decline, thus resulting in the craft almost fading away but for the handful of skilled craftsmen existing today.

Alastair established the White Rose Cooperage with the aim of keeping the tradition of crafting wooden casks, barrels and vats by hand alive.

His return to Yorkshire has certainly stimulated interest in the use of wooden casks. The amazing growth in numbers of real ale microbreweries in Britain and Yorkshire in particular has meant that there is hope.

The revival of demand for wooden casks is already taking place in the search for something both traditional and yet unique. Together with certain pubs, some breweries have proved that great beer can have an additional dimension if stored in wood. They have experimented with spirit casks and have also had great success with ageing in wood. Not only do wooden casks add a depth of taste to the stronger, darker beers which metal casks cannot provide but successful recent trials with lighter beers also show that

they certainly add that something extra to them too.

Leading the movement to maintain the tradition is the Junction at Castleford where Maureen Shaw and Neil Midgley servereal ales only from their own wooden casks.

With this encouraging background Alastair’s order book is bulging to bursting point.

Additionally, Alastair has several ongoing contracts with large regional brewers and major cider producers who still use traditional methods for their premium products. These include the use of large vats that require special attention from the traditional cooper for maintenance from time to time. His intention was always to ensure the survival of his craft by training new entrants, and he now needs to take on an apprentice to expand the business.

To find out more visit whiterosecooperage.com/index.php

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Sunbeam Brewery

Sunbeam Brewery – the story so far From humble beginnings in the family kitchen, to the heights being a full time brewer, Nigel Poustie is certainly living the dream.

Today there are not many people around who remember Sunbeam cars in the pre-war days of winning Grand Prix events, land speed records, Malcolm Campbell and the record-breaking Bluebird but mention the name to people of a slightly younger age and they will recall the days of majestic cars and iconic models such as the Rapier and Alpine. I had them marked off in my I-Spy book.

Apart from vehicle rallies these have pretty much departed from our lives as from the late 1970s.

Today in these parts, Sunbeam is synonymous with a brewery in Leeds of that name. I was recently fortunate enough to be introduced to brewer Nigel Poustie on a beery trip to Malton and he invited me to visit him at his home and brewery in the Intake area of Leeds. He told me that the Sunbeam brewery story so far had not been told so on a sunny day I made my way to Leeds to see him for a chat on a brew day.

Like many other brewers Nigel began as a keen home brewer in his kitchen around seven years ago in a back-to-back in Beeston, Leeds. Being an obsessive kind of person he distributed his bottle-conditioned beers amongst friends and asked them for their considered opinions. The response was tremendous and they encouraged him to enter competitions. The zenith came in early 2012 at a national homebrew competition in Bristol where he won three rosettes.

This was the inspiration to scale up from his original 25 litre kit. New equipment was bought, modifications made and the first 50 litre brew day arrived in March 2012 with a successful batch of “Honey and Lavender” being made.

Following this, the word spread about the quality of his beers and he decided to go official in the summer of 2012 and register with HMRC. One week in October three batches were brewed - a record – the downside was that it all had to be bottled. Soon after, the first 70 litre batch was brewed and the number of bubbling buckets in the cupboard had doubled to two. Echoes of The Sorcerer’s Apprentice I think! Up to this point all the beers were bottled and were highly successful with many great reviews from the local press, bloggers and the Untappd mobile web app.

At the outset of 2013, and now on a roll, Nigel brewed his Yorkshire Pale Ale, destined to be something different. Just a few days later the first ever Sunbeam Ale was transferred to a cask.

Ridgeside brewer and friend Simon Bolderson had not only encouraged this development but also loaned the cask to make it possible. Within just a couple of weeks brewing capacity was further increased to 90 litres allowing two casks to be filled, one for Friends of Ham and one for Leeds CAMRA Beer festival.

Mad March arrived in a big way and the first two Sunbeam casks were filled. Nigel helped at the CAMRA festival but was not able to ‘test’ his Yorkshire Pale as it had run out in less than 24 Continued overleaf >

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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

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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

Sunbeam Brewery - continued hours! On the plus side it did mean that he could take his cask home.

For a while brews continued to be alternated between casks and bottles but the time to go cask only was on the horizon. With all this success and the continued support from Simon, Nigel and partner Faye decided to seek a new home with, among other things, a garage to take a larger brewery. They found a house in Intake and the big move took place in the late spring of 2013. As a result of the move the capacity increased from 90 to 400L. In mid-September the first batch from the new brewery, Honey and Lavender, was casked and bottled. Although it came out slightly stronger than normal at 5.2% it still had the same great taste. Another busy day in October saw two casks and 94 bottles filled with Yorkshire Pale Ale and 72 bottles of Honey and Lavender labelled ready for Beer Ritz at Headingley. By November the brewery was running smoothly as exemplified by the Extra Special Ale brewed that month and soon after Nigel said “I've had a brilliant day brewing Eclipse Stout, the smells from the brewery were amazing! I'm getting more comfortable with the new brewery with each time, this time was so easy! I can't wait the try the end result on the taps of some Leeds pubs!”

Towards the end of the year, owing to the success of the cask ales the decision was made to end bottle production. It had proved too difficult to bottle and cask beers after scaling up and not enough was being produced to employ someone.

2014 began as busy as ever with the production of Extra Special Ale of which four casks were to go to the CAMRA Winter Ales Festival. Sixteen shiny new casks arrived heralding the biggest delivery day to date. With ten casks in the van, was the old warrior going to survive? The trusty Transit was fine (of course it was, he bought it in Lancashire, from My Dad! –Tony the Editor), and there was no problem delivering not only to regular outlets around Leeds and Bradford but also to the Winter Ales Festival and finally to Stockton CAMRA.

February was yet another busy month with the first capacity brew day on the 17th. 380 litres of Born in LS11 were soon fermenting away, with the brewery smelling great. Just five days later eight casks were filled. Mystery Mild was brewed for the Leeds Beer Festival with lovely malty aromas filling the brewery. Deliveries to further destinations began to happen with regular drops to the Font bars in Manchester and Chorlton.

By the beginning of 2015 Nigel found that brewing in his free time was wholly impractical and after serious consideration made the momentous decision to give up his day job and become a full time brewer. Through skill but as if by magic, three awards came his way in March.

Chocolate Mild was voted third at the Horsforth beer festival and just a couple of weeks later declared as joint winner of the Mild category at the Leeds CAMRA beer festival. Thunder Road plum porter was runner-up in the Leeds Beer Cup at North Leeds beer festival the following week.

Wow! At present Nigel produces around twelve beers on rotation, brewing once a week on his 2.5 BBL plant filling eight to ten casks. His current main outlets are the Brewery Tap and Calls Landing in Leeds and the Sparrow in Bradford. Other hostelries that take beer are the Reliance, Further North, Stew & Oyster and the University Old Bar. However he is spreading his wings and since the brewery’s third anniversary on the first of August, he has delivered casks to pubs and bars further afield. Venues recently receiving beer include The Maltings in York, Whelans at Asselby, the Victoria in Goole, the Rose & Crown at Rawcliffe, Guiseley Factory Workers Club and Friends of Ham in Ilkley. During the last year Sunbeam beers have also appeared at other beer festivals including Otley, Meanwood, Yarnbury, Whitelocks, East vs. West in Wakefield and at the legendary Star in Huddersfield. For the time being Nigel is happy to continue producing his excellent beers at this scale and has no plans to expand.

David Litten

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The Chequers Inn Ledsham, Leeds LS25 5LP Tel: 01977 683135

Leeds CAMR A Branch Rural Pub of the Year 2014 Beer Garden • Bar Meals Restaurant • Open Sundays Food served 12noon - 9.15pm Real Ales from: Brown Cow, Theakston, Timothy Taylor, John Smiths and now Leeds Brewery

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CAMRA young members news

Young Members, with with Warren Warren Yabsley.

Yabsley.

Whilst I’m usually in awe of our resident wild Cornish rover, Warren, I can’t but help think that the sun has finally got the best of him…

Ibiza. Kavos. Faliraki. Think Club 18-30 and these places spring to mind. Think CAMRA 18-30 and it’s somewhat different! Swap tequila slammers and fishbowls for IPAs and porters for a start. Even if you indulge on the White Isle for a week you’ve still got 51 more of them here. So that’s 358 days to enjoy one of the best things that Britain has to offer: beer.

As Young Members’ Contact for Leeds and Regional Young Members’ Coordinator for Yorkshire I’ve organised a few events recently aimed at encouraging along Young Members, that’s 18 to 30 year olds, and those young at heart but a little bit older.

On a sunny summer evening in June we enjoyed a 3.5 mile stroll around the scenic Roundhay Park and nearby woods taking the Roundhay Fox on the way, the Stew & Oyster at the end. Keeping on the active front, July’s social was a gentle bike road along the canal and river from Leeds to Castleford that started at The Hop. I was pleasantly surprised to learn that a Young Member had made the journey from Bingley for the event having seen it listed on Leeds CAMRA Facebook. After a couple of miles, we made a short detour from the waterways to The Garden Gate in Hunslet. Those who had not visited before were extremely impressed by its original architecture and deemed it worthy of being on the front cover of Yorkshire’s Real Heritage Pubs book.

This was a long way from hands in the air to EDM at Pacha but enjoyable none the less, just in a very different way!

Back on the bike and, speaking from a stinging experience, it is advisable not to take the national cycle route rather than the riverbank for the last mile before Allerton Bywater to avoid the encroaching nettles. Here we popped in The Victoria and The Boat before continuing to our destination for a final half in The Junction before the train back.

To conclude the summer’s activities there was the Yorkshire Young Members’ Social in August. This tied in with the branch Canal Walk Social from Kirkstall to Rodley but included a bit extra on top.

With people coming from far and wide a couple of additional things were incorporated that would appeal to non-Leeds members. Tapped, with its wide range of cask (enjoyed and campaigned for) and keg (just enjoyed) was our first port of call before the bus took us to Kirkstall Abbey. Here we soaked up the atmosphere among the ruins of the 12th century abbey before visiting West End House and then Kirkstall Bridge Inn. There we met up with members on the branch social and continued the convivial afternoon. We wandered along the canal with a break at The Abbey in Newlay before concluding with four pubs in Rodley: Crown & Anchor, Owl, Barge and Railway.

Keep your eyes on the branch website, Facebook and Twitter for future events. Who knows, maybe a pub quiz or brewery tour might be in order though a hedonistic holiday probably won’t be!

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National Club of the Year 2015 The Wortley Men’s Club in Wortley has been named ‘Yorkshire Club of the Year 2015’ and will now go forward into the next round of the ‘National Club of the Year 2015’ Competition.

The club has been extremely successful in the regional competitions over the last three years after winning the title in 2014, and finishing runner-up in 2013. The club is situated in South Yorkshire, 9 miles away from Barnsley. It is run

by Nigel & Teresa Pickering, and when they were told of their latest success they said “we are absolutely thrilled to have won again.” The club is described in the CAMRA Good Beer Guide 2015 as: “The outside of the building is impressive, with traditional timber framing and a small beer garden. The opulent interior has ornate ceilings, a small bar area, a plush lounge, and a large games room. The guest ale comes from a local brewery and a guest draught cider is always kept.”

CAMRA’s Yorkshire Regional Director, Kevin Keaveny, said “This run of success shows the club’s tremendous continued commitment to high standards. It also shows that a club in a village can be as successful and appreciated as those that are in the larger populated towns and cities.”

The joint runners–up in the competition were

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the Wakefield Labour Club in Wakefield, and the Three Links Club in Skipton. The Wakefield Labour Club is appropriately also known as “The Red Shed”, and it was the winner of the regional competition in 2012 and 2013. The Three Links Club in Skipton had never been nominated for the regional competition before. The Wickersley Old Village Cricket Club in Wickersley was only a few points behind the joint runners-up, and therefore the judges decided to recognise the club by naming it in third place.

Presentation Dates: Saturday 12th September: WINNER: Wortley Men’s Club in Wortley, South Yorkshire Saturday 3rd October: JOINT RUNNER UP: Three Links Club in Skipton, West Yorkshire Saturday 17th October: THIRD: Wickersley Old Village Cricket Club in Wickersley, South Yorkshire Saturday 24th October: JOINT RUNNER UP: Labour Club (Red Shed) in Wakefield, West Yorkshire All presentations will be made at 2pm, by Kevin

National club of the year Keaveny, CAMRA’s Regional Director. It is expected that all the presentations will be very well attended by the clubs’ own members, and CAMRA members from throughout Yorkshire – especially those that live in the immediate and neighbouring areas to where each club is situated.

Non-members of the clubs and CAMRA are also very welcome to attend the presentations, although they will have to sign in as visitors. The Yorkshire Club of the Year 2015 competition attracted twelve nominations from throughout the Yorkshire Region, which was three more than were nominated for the 2014 competition. The nominations consisted of a mixture of traditional members’ clubs, and sports and social clubs, with all of them meeting the main criteria of constantly selling real ale in very good condition.

The other nominations for the title were: Saltburn Conservative Club (Saltburn), Hickleton Village Club (Hiclington), Londesborough Club (Harrogate), Cleckheaton Sports Club (Cleckheaton), Guiseley Factory Workers Club (Guiseley), Armitage Bridge Working Mens Club (Armitage Bridge), Crookes Social Club (Sheffield), and the Bishopthorpe Social Club (Bishopthorpe).

For more information and comment please contact: Kevin Keaveny (CAMRA’s Regional Director) Tel: 07402 329475 E-mail: RD.Yorkshire@camra.org.uk Alan Canvess (Competition Co-ordinator) Tel: (01482) 446320 E-mail: alan@canvess.karoo.co.uk Wortley Men’s Club in Wortley (Licensees: Nigel & Teresa Pickering) Tel: (0114) 288 2066 Three Links Club in Skipton Tel: (01756) 798022 Wickersley Old Village Cricket Club in Wickersley Tel: (01709) 700536 Labour Club in Wakefield (President: George Denton) Tel: (01924) 215626

Beer festivals York Beer & Cider Festival (CAMRA) Sep 16th – 19th, 2015 Knavesmire, Tadcaster Road, York, YO24 1DJ Wednesday 5.30pm-11pm, Thursday-Saturday Noon11pm. Over 400+ real ales and 100+ ciders.

Huddersfield Oktoberfest (CAMRA) Oct 1st – 3rd, 2015 APNA Venue, Spring Grove St, Huddersfield, HD1 2NX. Thursday 6pm-10.30pm, Friday Noon-11pm, Saturday 11am-11pm Approx 75 real ales, cider bar. huddscamra.org.uk Wakefield Beer Festival (CAMRA) Oct 15th – 17th, 2015 The Space, Waldorf Way, Wakefield, WF2 8DH Thu 11am-11pm, Fri 11am-4.30pm & 5.30pm-11pm, Sat 11am-11pm 100+ real ales, cider & perry www.wakefieldcamra.org.uk/festival/ Sheffield Beer & Cider Festival (CAMRA) Oct 21th – 24th, 2015 Kelham Island Museum, Alma Street, Sheffield S3 8RY Wed/Thu 5pm-11pm, Fri Noon-11pm, Sat Noon-10pm. www.sheffieldcamra.org.uk/ Calderdale Beer & Cider Festival, Hebden Bridge, West Yorks (CAMRA) Nov 12th – 15th, 2015 Hebden Bridge Town Hall, St Georges Street, Hebden Bridge HX7 7BY Thu 2pm-10pm, Fri/Sat Noon-11pm Over 50 beers and ciders. www.hxcalderdalecamra.org.uk

Non CAMRA festivals Annual Oktoberfest Oct 9th – 11th 2015 Cricketers Arms, Cluntergate, Horbury WF4 5AG A festival celebrating German and German-inspired beers, over 40 including real ale, imported lagers, wheat beers and more, live oompah band.

Otley Beer Festival Nov 20th – 21st 2015, Otley Rugby Club, Cross Green, Otley,LS21 1HE 12 noon - 11 pm, Approx 60+ Real ales, plus Ciders and Perry.

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Charnwood Cider Before we set off for Charnwood, I'd like to mention two things relating to cider. Firstly, the news that the government is backing the current tax exemption for small-scale cider producers following CAMRA’s 26,000-signature petition.

The EU wants the exemption removed, which would add a tax burden of up to £2,700 and put lots of producers out of business; Charnwood Cider could be one of them. Many have a turnover of less than £10,000 and produce cider as a hobby, to preserve or enhance orchards and to pass on traditional cider making skills. However, the long-term fight is not won yet so have a look at the front page of the August edition of What’s Brewing (members’ monthly newspaper) or the national CAMRA website for further details.

The other news is that we have upped our cider game in Leeds by introducing a Cider and Perry Pub/Bar/Club of the Year award. All branch members were invited to make nominations and join the judging panel via our monthly Ale Delight email that reaches around 1,700 members. The panel assessed the shortlisted establishments according to national judging criteria and by the time you read this will have made their decision.

The presentation to the winner will be made in October, which is CAMRA’s Cider Month. Have a gander at the branch website, Facebook and Twitter for details of the event.

So, at last we get to the cider visit. At the CAMRA National Members’ Weekend, held in Nottingham this year, as well as the business part in the form of the AGM there are also opportunities to visit local breweries and cider producers. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy!

Being partial to an apple, whether in solid or liquid form, I signed up to the trip to Charnwood Cider, a small producer between Leicester and Loughborough. I was pleased to see many members from Chelmsford (Essex) branch on the minibus. I’d got talking to a number of them a few months before at a national CAMRA meeting

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and found out they were doing great things for cider and perry (put simply, perry is similar to cider except that it’s made with a special type of pear, perry pears). Their work was recognised by winning the award at the AGM for the branch doing the most to promote these drinks.

Right, back to the trip itself. Rob Clough is the man behind things with an emphasis on using local fruit. By trade he’s a tree surgeon in Bradgate Park, which is across the road from the barn where the cider is made. He first started producing as a hobby and planted around 20 trees about 5 years ago behind the barn. These are now bearing fruit in small quantity ably aided

by Bluebell, the landlord’s horse, who has been providing manure!

Subsequently, as production expanded Rob was able to purchase land to plant 100 trees then a further 140 that are now 3 to 4 years old. In future, he hopes to be able to grow the majority of apples that are used in the cider but in the meantime he scours the nearby countryside looking for trees. An extensive supply network has been established with the owners getting paid in cider. Varieties include Katy, Full Tang and Disco Cox whilst Foxwhelp, Knotted Kernel and Somerset Redstreak are some of the types of the first 20 trees.

Nine ciders are produced plus a ‘pider’ made from apples and locally-grown pears. The ciders are blends whereby a number of apple varieties are used rather than a single type. Everyone was very pleased with the quality across the range with people having their own favourite dependent on preferred style. All were 5-6% and ranged from medium to dry. Unless you only drink very sweet cider there’d be something to suit your palate. The cider is available in certain pubs around the area with the full range on show at the annual local festival in the village hall.

Capacity is at maximum with all of Rob’s free

Charnwood cider time and holidays taken up by various aspects of the process from collecting apples to selling the final product. It would be a big step to give up the day job that he clearly enjoys and produce commercially especially with the long-term future of the tax exemption unknown.

On the evening, meat eaters were treated to venison from Bradgate Park with vegetarians enjoying vegetable kebabs and mushrooms, all barbecued on charcoal from the Park.

Homemade cake followed along with the chance to buy branded merchandise, such as t-shirts and glasses, and take-away cider.

On the way back we called at The Organ Grinder in Loughborough, a Blue Monkey Brewery (Nottingham) pub. This won Loughborough and North Leicestershire CAMRA Pub of the Year 2013 and had a Charnwood Cider available in addition to a couple of others as well as an impressive range of ales in excellent condition.

Everyone really enjoyed the trip and was impressed not only with the cider but Rob’s hospitality and enthusiasm. I’m looking forward to next year’s trip in Liverpool (1st 3rd April) already! Why don’t you consider coming along too?

Warren Yabsley

Bobage on the move Bobage Brewing Co. is on the move, literally.

A change of home for the brewers means the kit is being transferred from the cellar of the old address to the garage of the new house. As a result, production has been scaled back for the time being but normal service should be resumed by Christmas and the larger premises gives potential for future expansion. In the meantime, Wilson’s Green will be produced at the time of this year’s hop harvest (around mid-September to early October). As opposed to the usual dried type, fresh ‘green’ Sovereign hops sourced from Yorkshire Hops will be used making this very much a local, seasonal beer.

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Puzzle Page Just for a change of pace, a puzzle page that didn’t make it into this year’s festival programme.

On The Ball A puzzle for you, just for fun – the answers are at the bottom of the page. If you want to win stuff you are going to need to enter one of our competitions for either naming the Mystery Mild or voting for Beer / Cider of the festival, see elsewhere in the programme for details.

To complete the puzzle, start at the left hand side of the ball and fill in your answers, working your way clockwise into the centre. To make it easier for you the last letter of one answer is the first letter of the next answer.

Clues

Official nickname of the New Zealand Rugby Union team (3,6)

What starts a game of rugby from the halfway line (4,3)

Brewery who took a bit of Barnsley to Sheffield (8)

The process of turning sugar into alcohol (12)

Type of owl on this year’s beer festival logo (4,5)

Cross Hills brewery that brews the Global Beer Bar’s Quaffing Gravy (7)

Cider producing county on the south coast (6)

Stall next to cider, where every 1’s a winner (7)

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Answers

Type of cider which is definitely not dry (5)

Kick Off. Fermentation. Naylors. St Helens.

Sweet. Tombola. All Blacks. Stancill. Long Eared (he’s called Gilbert by the way) Dorset

Merseyside town and successful Rugby League team (2,6)

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.

First off, in the last issue I made a right hash of the awards and managed to give the Leeds CAMRA Community Pub of the Year Award to a pub which had not won it this time. This is my wordy way of saying that whilst the Fleece is a very good community pub, it was not the winner this year. Of course the winner this time was the Abbey Inn at Newlay. Under Martin Lockett’s guidance the pub has bounced back to take not only the Community Pub of the Year Award but also the Most Improved Pub Award.

their Voodoo Mild. Those attending were happy to sup the beer whilst congratulating Steph, cheery representative of the brewery. Here she is, happily receiving the award from Festival Organiser David Dixon last August.

Adam Wilson, Leeds CAMRA committee member and regular at the Abbey presented Martin with his award whilst the gathered punters supped mystery beers. The pump-clips were removed by Martin who asked his guests that evening to judge their pints on the strength of the beers’ quality, not the name of the brewery. An interesting experiment which seemed to be well received by all.

The Bull and Fairhouse in Wakefield keeps a great range of Great Heck beers, so this was the ideal place to present the brewery with the joint Mild of the Leeds CAMRA Beer Festival Award for

In July, our own Chairman Mike Hampshire was on award duty again, at the Kirkstall Bridge Inn, this time handing over the not only the Pub of the year award to the landlord, Ian Foster, but also an award for the refurbishment category of the Pub Design Awards 2015. CAMRA national said “Effectively the brewery tap of local Kirkstall Brewery, the pub retains its Victorian features and quirky bars but has at the same time been given a very contemporary makeover, with beer and brewery ephemera – all of which has been salvaged from other, less fortunate, mostly closed pubs – bedecking the walls.” Check out the video on our YouTube.

Branch Contacts Leeds CAMRA c/o 46 West Grange Green Leeds, LS10 3BB 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 LEEDS CAMRA

The Regent

he Pub of t n o Seas Autumn 2014!

Three permanent ales: Prince Regent, Leeds Pale, Tetley Bitter plus FIVE guest ales.

Sky Sports and BT Sports on Four Screens Beer garden with Plasma Screen and Car Park to the rear

Main meals - Two for £10 We are open Mon-Wed 12noon-11pm Thurs-Sat 12noon-midnight, Sun 11am -11.30pm Quiz nights: Monday: General Knowledge and Pop a Cherry Thursday: Music and Sticky 13’s 15/17 Regent Street, Chapel Allerton, Leeds LS7 4PE Tel: 0113 2939395 Email: 6233unit@spiritpubcompany.com

Public Affairs Officer: John Rowe PublicAffairs@leeds-camra.com Pub Database Holder: David Ansley WhatPub@leeds-camra.com 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

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diary dates

Appointment with Beer Leeds CAMRA holds a formal business-style meeting on the first Tuesday of every month. 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.

Thank You for Having Us! Thank you to the Original Oak for hosting our AGM. Thank you also to the White Cloth Gallery, Leeds, the Victoria Family and Commercial, Leeds and the Cardigan Arms, Leeds for hosting this quarter’s Open Branch Meetings. 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.

September Tuesday 29th September 7:30 PM City Centre Social Duck & Drake, Kirkgate then Palace, Kirkgate from 9:00 PM.

West Yorkshire Trading Standards Service Tel: 0113 253 0241 PO Box 5, Nepshaw Lane South, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS27 0QP

October Thursday 1st October 7:30 PM Open Branch Committee Meeting Grove,Back Row, Leeds Saturday 10th October 13:30 PM Linton & Wetherby Social Bus X99 from Infirmary Street at 13:40 PM to Windmill at Linton, then on to Muse at Wetherby & maybe some other pubs.

Tuesday 20th October 7:30 PM City Centre Wethercrawl to coincide with Wetherspoons Beer Festival. Meet Cuthbert Brodrick, then on to Hedley Verity & Stick or Twist.

Leeds CAMRA Members' Noticeboard 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.

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November Friday 20th November 7pm Pub of the Season Presentation The Old Cock, Crossgate, Otley

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