ISSUE 86 - Winter
November 2013 - January 2014
THE GREAT BRITISH PUB It is often said, and rightly so, that the British pub is a uniquely wonderful institution. The 50,000 or so which remain offer a rich variety of drinking and social environments, mostly good, sometimes great, occasionally grim. The vast majority, though, contribute significantly to the sum of the nation's happiness.
real ale in bottled form but nothing beats a refreshing pint served by handpump or straight from the barrel.
Pubs serve two distinct but intimately entwined functions – to sell drinks and to enable people to meet. The latter is especially important. Whereas, say, in a Belgian beer-cafe, drinkers will confine themselves to a particular table, where drinks are brought to them, in the British pub many customers are eager to chat with the other occupants, even complete strangers. Pubs are often the centre of community life – in towns and cities as well as villages – and play a huge role when it comes to social cohesion.
The sheer variety of our pub interiors is a special joy. Although recent times have seen unfortunate tendencies to embrace the bland or the trendy, many pubs retain at least aspects of their traditional layouts and of their old fixtures and fittings. Pubs range from simple rural affairs to late-Victorian extravaganzas, from urban backstreet boozers, through suburban estate pubs to picture-postcard rural idylls.
Pubs are also the best place to consume the Great British Drink, real ale. Sure you can get
Yes, the British pub faces many struggles, but it remains central to our culture and way of life.
Pub and Brewery News - follow the amber trail - Inn Cider Survey Reports - brewery special - 10 years of the whalebone Green hops - the maltings
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The GOODMANHAM ARMS Alehouse Goodmanham, near Market Weighton. TEL:01430 873849 www.goodmanhamarms.co.uk
Try our selection of 8 CASK ALES and 4 CIDERS BEER PRICES from £2.25p per pint The Pub is OPEN EVERDAY 11 am ‘til late Tasty HOME-COOKED meals made from locally sourced produce Lunchtimes 12 noon - 2pm (2.30pm Sunday) Plus Friday 5pm - 7.30pm Monday 5pm - 7pm is Pie/Steak night (£8.95 including a drink) Log Fires - Beer Garden with seating Music Night (Open Mic) 3rd Thursday of the month
Good Beer Guide 2013/14 CAMRA Village Pub of the Year 2011/2012
ALL HALLOWS BREWERY Micro - Brewery producing original Classic English Ales PEG FYFE Dark Mild, RAGGED ROBIN Dark Ruby MISCHIEF MAKER Traditional Copper, GOODERS GOLD plus the odd SEASONAL BEER Our Brewster is the landlady, Abbie Logozzi with much help from Peter Utley Hull and East Yorkshire CAMRA
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Chairperson - Angela Cawte 07904 252910 chair@hullcamra.org.uk
SUPPORT POSITIONS
Branch Treasurer - Stewart Campbell 01482 449100 07500 543199 treasurer@hullcamra.org.uk also Acting Press & Publicity Officer and Acting Pub Preservation Officer
Pubs Liaison Officers Beverley - John Ashton Bridlington - Ivor Hurst Cottingham - Cliff Ottaway/Derek Brooks Driffield - Martin Bell Hedon - Pete Mason Hornsea - Keir Horner Market Weighton - Chris Atkinson Withernsea - Tony Usher
Acting Branch Secretary - Bernie Cawte 07956 424239 pubmirror@hullcamra.org.uk also Magazine Editor
Pubs Database Patrick Gladstone webmaster@hullcamra.org.uk
Membership Secretary - Tony Garrett 07971 353226 members@hullcamra.org.uk also Branch Contact Pubs Officers
East Yorkshire - Mark Bainton 07749 505365 @ eastyorkshirepubs@hullcamra.org.uk Holderness - Pete Mason 07984 366207 @ holdernesspubs@hullcamra.org.uk Hull - Jill Walker 07932 774419 @ hullpubs@hullcamra.org.uk Social Secretary - vacant socialsecretary@hullcamra.org.uk
ASSOCIATE POSITIONS Cider Representative David Litten littendavid@littendavid.karoo.co.uk Clubs Liaison Officer Steve Hopkinson Web Master Patrick Gladstone webmaster@hullcamra.org.uk Young Members Co-ordinator Lindsey Simpson youngmembers@hullcamra.org.uk Beer Style Officer Mark Sewell 07513 452689 Mail Group - hullcamra@hullcamra.org.uk
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BRANCH POSTAL ADDRESS CAMRA Hull & East Yorkshire Branch C/o 38 Jalland Street, Holderness Road, Hull HU8 8RB
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PUB MIRROR INFO Pub Mirror is produced quarterly by Hull & East Yorkshire Branch of CAMRA and is edited by the branch magazine editor Bernie Cawte. Any views and opinions expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the editor, CAMRA locally or nationally or the magazine publishers. The next edition of Pub Mirror is due for publication in the second week of February 2014. Any contribution for that edition needs to be with the editor by January 18th. You can email your article to the editor at pubmirror@hullcamra.org.uk. Advertising rates are unchanged for the third year running and you can advertise on a one off basis or bulk adverts discounts are available. Please contact PMadvertising@hullcamra.org.uk @hullCAMRA
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CAMRA AWARDS Yorkshire Cider Pub of the Year 2010-2012 Branch Cider Pub of the Year 2009-2011 Joint Winner Branch Cider Pub of the Year 2012 Branch Cider Pub of the Year 2013 National Cider Pub of the Year 2010 All our beers are served in over-sized lined glasses guaranteeing a full pint
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Big Red 3.9%, Ropewalk 3.5%, Windjammer 4.7%, Halcyon Daze 3.4%, Sailmakers Porter 5.2%
Find us at South Cave and Market Weighton farmers markets and select pubs around the region. Casks and hand pump hire available for parties. Brewed in Brough, East Yorkshire. Hull and East Yorkshire CAMRA
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EDITORS COMMENTS by Bernie Cawte Welcome to the last edition of 2013, has a year gone by already? A year that has seen CAMRA’s beer tax campaign come to a very satisfactory end, when the Government for once listened to reasoned argument and scrapped the tax on your pint of ale. CAMRA hope for similar success with our current campaign ‘It’s Better Down the Pub’ details of which can be found at the same name website. From the local branch point of view we continued to grow in membership numbers, which as I write this article stands at just under 1000 members. Come and join us, see further details on page 15 of this issue. Continuing my quick look at 2013, our Branch Real Ale & Cider Festival was again held at the Holy Trinity Church in Hull and again proved to be a sell out. Our visitors were treated to over 120 real ales, 25 ciders and perries and 20 foreign bottle beers. We are already making plans for next years event which will take place the week after Easter, 24th to 26th April. We plan to change the route within the church, to make it easier to get people in and out of the building at busy times. If you are a CAMRA member and want to help at the festival please contact any member of the committee and they will be happy to give you more information of roles available. You can also go onto our Branch Website at www.hullcamra.org.uk for further information about the festival.
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We would like to thank the following pubs for the hospitality for our various Branch meeting over the last 3 months: Goodfellowship, Hull St Johns Hotel, Hull Tiger Inn, Beverley Olde White Harte, Hull Ye Olde Black Boy, Hull The George Hotel, Hull Hop & Vine, Hull
At the moment we are busy sorting out our Pub of the Year awards for 2013 and members will be visiting those pubs nominated and voted for by our members via email/online and at our recent voting meeting. Results will be announced in December, so keep an eye on our branch website and other social media sites. Full coverage of the results will be in the next edition of Pub Mirror in February. If you are interested in advertising in this magazine please contact us via our advertising email address pmadvertising@hullcamra.org.uk or by contacting John Rushforth our advertising officer. Finally I would like to thank the many people who have sent in articles, the branch officers for their input with their regular updates, members who have sent in articles and comments and most of all you for taking the time to read this magazine, Happy Christmas and New Year to you all.
Admiral of the Humber, Hop & Vine, Minerva, Pave, Three John Scotts, Wellington Inn & Brewery, William Wilberforce (New), Zachariah Pearson (New) all Hull Chequers Micropub, Green Dragon, Sun Inn, Tiger Inn, Windmill and Woolpack all Beverley Prior John (New), Marine Bar, Bridlington - The Railway, Cottingham Benjamin Fawcett (New), Spread Eagle, Driffield, - Goodmanham Arms, Goodmanham The Station Hotel, Patrington - The Ship Inn, Sewerby - Warton Arms, Woodmansey All Hallows Brewery - Big River Brewery - Great Newsome Brewery - Old Mill Brewery Roosters Brewery - Wold Top Brewery - Yorkshire Brewery Company NeoSat
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Letter to the editor
Further to an article in the last edition from one of our Pubs Officer concerning the changes to the Rose & Crown at Beverley, we received this email from John Ashton, our Pub Liaison Officer for Beverley: As Pub Liaison Officer for Beverley I wish to point out that several interior walls were not removed from the Rose & Crown during a recent refurbishment of the building, as reported in the last edition of Pub Mirror’s Pub News. One internal wall, between the under-used back bar and the left hand side front lounge was taken down to create an enlarged dining area and this work has revealed the original doorway (now restored) onto York Road. For once, Enterprise Inns must be praised for the renovation of the 1930’s Brewers Tudor exterior and this rundown building was certainly in need of substantial investment. The Rose & Crown, Beverley’s only gastro-pub, is without doubt popular with diners given the
quality of the food on offer, but it is unfair to say that it caters more for diners than for drinkers – in fact, the pub is open all day from 11.30am (10am Sat/Sun) ‘til late, serving three Real Ales, so there is plenty of time to have a drink outside the busy food service times of, say 7 to 9pm. This situation exists of course at other food-led Public Houses, eg the Woolpack, Beverley. After all, what is the alternative ? to do a Monks Walk and change the use from a Public House to a Restaurant with an ancillary bar, thereby affecting the character of this important Listed Building. Give me the Woolpack or Rose & Crown anyday John Ashton. Thanks John, I you have any comments to make about articles in this publication, or indeed any comments about real ale, pubs or breweries within our area, please send them to me at our pubmirror@hullcamra.org.uk email address. Normal editorial rights will be observed.
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HULL PUB NEWS by Jill Walker
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Well, the nights are drawing in as the old folk tend to say, so it’s a good time to be getting yourselves down to the pub and letting us all know where the dark and warming beers can be found. I rather like this time of the year as it’s the time to find a nice cosy pub and spend the evening in one place, snug and warm rather than traipsing around from one place to another. I must get turning into one of those ‘old folk’ I mentioned!
Star of the West, Trinity House Lane has two handpumps selling two changing cask ales, Wold Gold and Sharp’s Doombar have been spotted. The pub has the same owners as Burlington Tavern.
Here is the latest news from our Hull pubs and as usual, if you hear or see anything else of interest, please let me know.
Prince George on Spring Bank, previously Editorial/The Square is now open but has no real ale. The Botanic has re-opened after another refurbishment and have sadly removed the hand pumps from the bar.
The Polar Bear, Spring Bank re-opened on Friday 30th August under new ownership of Dave Mays and the manager is Chris Frost. Opening hours are 7pm-midnight Mon-Thurs, 5pmmidnight Friday and Noon to midnight Sat-Sun. They will be featuring live music and also showing sport on TV.
We will have a change of licensee at The Mill on Holderness Road with George Fairburn hanging up his tankard. The new licensee is Elaine Gibson who comes from the Newcastle area
The King's Head, Witham is to be turned into offices following the granting of a planning application by the owners.
Manchester Arms, Scale Lane has increased its cask ale range to six. A good selection so this is well worth a visit on the old town circuit. New Marston’s pub The Red Sails, just off St Andrew's Quay opened on 16th September. The managers are Gavin and Vicky Thompson and the pub is proving very popular with families for food. They serve up to four cask ales from the Marston’s range The Duke of Wellington, Peel Street has reopened. Although there are two hand pumps on the bar, there was no real ale on when one of our members called in to check it out. The landlady said if enough people ask she will get some in. What are you waiting for? Cook’s Inn (Endeavour) in Scale Lane closed in August, after some diffilcult times for landlord Marty, thanks to the kindness of the Old Town community he has now returned to Australia. The premises will be open soon as Old House, selling real ales, craft ales and bistro style meals.
It's Better Down The Pub is supported by numerous pub, brewery and leisure companies all promoting the great things pubs have to offer. Consumers can win fantastic prizes by sharing their best pub experiences through video, photography or short story. CAMRA will use its local and national communication to encourage more people to participate in this campaign. To find out more visit www.itsbetterdownthepub.com
Kings, also Trinity Square has reinstated real ale and has Black Sheep Bitter on offer. Mail Group - hullcamra@hullcamra.org.uk
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CRABS in Bridlington BY MARK BAINTON
The summer was still with us as we headed up to Bridlington. The 12.30 departure on a Sunday in September and the sunshine brings out some strange summer wear amongst our party. With our buckets and spades stored securely in the boot of the coach we head of to The Ship Inn in Sewerby our first stop.
the meaning, she’s itching so much. Itching to get crabs; three to be exact, one each for her mum, Peter and herself so as to take home for their dinner. Since our next port of call is the Brunswick near the Harbour there’s no better place to get crabs from than from a fish dock worker living along the East Coast.
It’s good to see the outside area is full with day trippers, holiday makers and locals getting entertained by a guy singing & playing his guitar as they enjoy the Jennings Snecklifter, Banks Bitter and Ringwood 49er all in great form especially the Banks’.
We are now sampling the beers in the Brunswick minus Pauline. The four beers available were all from Wold Top Brewery, they were Big Sky, Mallard, Headland Red and Wold Gold each one was very good. No one knew why Pauline wasn’t around-most thought she was having some chips outside until she comes in and announces she has crabs.....not a phrase you normally hear in a pub. This had all in the pub laughing and with the odd rude remark thrown in made our visit even more enjoyable!
As it’s a nice day when it’s time to leave some want to walk to the Marine Bar along the cliff top so off they go, Cliff is registered blind but he is leading the way, talk about the blind leading the blind how true; the remainder take the bus, the safer option. The Marine Bar is busy with dinners and day trippers. We enjoy the hospitality we are shown and get down to sampling the ales on offer. We are treated to Wold Top The Mallard; Caledonian 80/-; John Smith’s cask; Wold Top Bitter & Tim Taylors Landlord all are in very good form. An additional guest beer has now been added due to popularity of real ale. As our driver looks on anxiously from the bus (stopped on yellow lines) it’s time to go. We thank the staff and are on our way to the Priory John. The Priory John is a JD Weatherspoons outlet. When we arrive the bar is busy and the staff look to be run off their feet due to the good weather. Service is going to be slow, not to worry gives me the chance to record the beers on offer. Besides the normal JDW’s beers, Ruddles,Abbotts we had on offer Jennings Cockerhoop, Stonehenge Old Smokey, Hobgoblin ,Acorn Harvester, Autumn Dace from Three Castles Brewery & Cotswold Springs’ Ambler. The Old Smokey gave a good account for itself along with the Ambler and the Autumn Dace, but the Harvester had to be returned as is had not settled at all. By now Pauline informs me she wants to get crabs. I’m howling with laughter as I’ve mistaken Hull and East Yorkshire CAMRA
After the laughter had subsided it was time to go on to our next pub. When everyone is in good sprits and enjoying themselves it’s very hard to get them to drink up and back on the bus but I managed. We arrive at the Coachman as the Sky TV’s are in full flow showing the football. We settle down to sample the ales from Tim Taylor Landlord and Speckled Hen, the Spitfire had sold out before we had chance to try it. It’s a big pub and has a regular clientele which keeps the place ticking over. We see no goals on the telly gather up Cliff from waffling with the locals and we’re off again. The buckets and spades have now been replaced by Pauline’s crabs, no building sand castles this time then? We enter the Telegraph on Quay Road our last pub, the place is busy for an early evening. Today the Branch is also going to present the Telegraph with an achievement award. This is in recognition of how the pub has been transformed from a run down establishment into one of the leading real ale pubs in Bridlington. The transformation hasn’t stopped there. Shortly their 4.5 barrel plant brewery will have started production and be offering their customers their Continued on next page
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East Yorkshire PUB NEWS by mark bainton
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Kilham: The Falling Star is re-opening as a joint enterprise between like minded enthusiasts and . Paul Carter iwill be the licensee Sewerby: The Ship Inn held music and beer festival over the August bank holiday with 20+ beers, Friday and Saturday evenings local musicians entertained the revellers. Sunday was a Circus of Food festival. Charlie the licensee and head chef was on hand to demonstrate how to cook from the selected menu; with the customers then trying to cook for themselves before eating what was produced. The weekend was well attended throughout. Bridlington: The Old Ship Inn on St.Johns Street have been selling Greene King Revolver over the summer and it has been a great success. The Marine Bar on North Marine Drive has added an extra hand pull making it two guest ales at the time this was from Wold Top brewery.
Bridlington trip (cont) Continued from previous page own beers besides the Wold Top Anglers Reward, Rooster’s Franklyn, Golden Pippin from Copper Dragon and Great Newsome’s Holderness Dark which where on offer. We shall keep you all posted on the developments at the Brewery, but instead of reading about it get down there and have a beer. We bid our farewells; Howard puts the CAMRA camera away and its back on the bus home - an eventful day was had by all. I’ll like to thank Mike our driver who did a great job getting us to our destinations and not having to see Pauline’s crabs. Mark Bainton East Yorkshire Pubs’ Officer
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Holderness pubs report by pete mason In the last Issue (PM85), I reported on the reopening of the Rose & Crown in Beverley. I have been told that I have misinterpreted one of the reports that I received. For more information, I would like to direct our readers to the letter from our Beverley Pubs’ Liaison, John Ashton. Louise Cooke has left the Camerton, Thorngumbald, after a month as manager. The job has been taken on by Becky Spendlow, who has worked for the leasholders “Paint the Town” for a number of years, peviously running, among other establishments, the Propaganda in Nottingham. In nearby Keyingham, the Blue Bell re-opened at the beginning of September. New owners, Richard Clappison and Darren Gale, have completely renovated the pub giving us a very nice village pub with clean bright surroundings and a friendly welcome. Marstons Pedigree was on offer for the opening and this was succeeded by Black Sheep Bitter. If cask sales continue to increase they plan to add another handpump in the near future to accommodate a changing guest ale.
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temporary basis by Matt Burns, landlord of the neighbouring Rose & Crown. Just up the road is the New Inn (formerly the Pike & Heron). Mike Gardner, who has been in the pub trade for 30 years, has run the New inn for a year, and has been serving cask ale for several months. His regular beer is Sharp's Doom Bar plus a guest ale. Maggie Clarke has left The Railway in Cottingham. Craig Garner is the new licensee, and hopefully we will be able to continue enjoying the same well-kept beers in the future. Sadly, Withernsea Golf Club has stopped serving cask ale, and it does not appear that they will resume anytime soon. Hopefully this might change and we will let you know when it does. The Kings Head, in Hedon, started selling cask ale in March but stopped when sales fell with the onset of hot weather in the summer. Sales of cask will be resuming in early November, and there are plans to start selling real cider.
The Station Hotel, Patrington, has introduced its own “house ale” - Hupper Class,a 4.2% ABV bitter from Great Newsome Brewery. Brian Thompson has given up the tenancy of the Victoria in Hornsea, to concentrate on his other pub, the Black Horse in nearby Atwick (not the Black Bull as I foolishly wrote I the last issue). The tenancy of the Victoria has been taken on a
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All hail all hallows BY PAUL ALTERSKYE
Anyone who has visited the CAMRA award winning Goodmanham Arms near Market Weighton will not need me to sing its praises – it speaks for itself on many levels. However, for those who are not aware, there is also a microbrewery housed in the outbuildings of the pub just across the courtyard. In 2012, the opportunity arose for Vito and Abbie Logozzi to buy the dormant brewery buildings which did not come with their initial purchase of the pub. Due to legal issues a new name was needed for the brewery and the couple decided on All Hallows which is the name of the adjacent 12th century church.
Abbie, one of only a few brewsters (female brewers) in Yorkshire, and an ex lab technician attended a Brewlab course in Sunderland to learn the basics of brewing. She was then ready to test brew in the summer of 2012 using a one barrel kit. These brews appeared on the bar in the pub as and when they were ready. The first brew to appear was Peg Fyfe Dark Mild which satisfied the need to have a mild available in the pub. It is named after a 17th century witch who was hanged on Gallows Hill between Goodmanham and Market Weighton. It is brewed with Pilgrim and Fuggles hops and crystal and chocolate malts. This was initially brewed at 1036 ABV but they have recently decided to lower the strength to 1031 ABV to make it more of a session beer. A larger five barrel brewing kit, which was originally at the Kitchen Brewery near Huddersfield, was then installed in the old Goodmanham Brewery outbuildings. This is used for most of the brewing done now although the original kit is still used to try, hone and tweak recipes’ before brewing on a larger scale takes place. Hull and East Yorkshire CAMRA
Two other regular beers are brewed. Ragged Robyn, which is a dark ruby beer of 1050 ABV, using Pilgrim and Bramling cross hops. This was named after Peg Fyfe’s lover who she murdered and reputedly skinned alive! Then there is Mischief Maker, a copper coloured session bitter of 1040 ABV, which is brewed with Challenger and Fuggles hops. Abbie has also brewed other styles including Wayward Angel 1040 ABV and Gooders Gold 1040 ABV. Wayward Angel is a very pale ale whilst Gooders Gold is as you would expect, a golden ale. Other styles of beer are planned and Abbie intends to use further local myths/legends within their names. Peter Utley, a friend of the family, helps with the brewing, and help with the cleaning and clearing up is provided by the Logozzi’s teenage sons. arlier this year, Abbie outsourced the bottling of Ragged Robyn which as this issue went to press, was available to purchase in the pub and also from Yorkshire Ales in Snaith. Future plans include more brewing when time allows, and bottling of all of the core ales. Their beers, of which three are usually available in the Goodmanham Arms, are also regularly seen in Chequers in Beverley. They are semiregular on the bar in Carpenters Arms in Market Weighton, New Inn in Cliffe and Gait Inn in Millington. You may also have seen her beer at local beer festivals such as the Beverley Real Ale Festival and Poctoberfest. Beer is also sent to CAMRA beer festivals throughout the country when requested. Why not give their beer a try the next time you see it! Branch Website - www.hullcamra.org.uk
PIPE & GLASS AS THE CHIPS GO DOWN BY MARK BAINTON We’ve reached the end of our survey trips. Six months has passed, the final one. We are going to our most westerly part of the region Howden. Hull Fair had begun and as expected it’s raining but this doesn’t dampen our enthusiasm. We leave at 6 and we are at the Wheatsheaf in Howden by 6.45. Yes ‘Sat-nav Neil’ is on board but it is a straight road from Hull, even he can’t mess that up……. or can he? Available beers on at the bar in the Wheatsheaf were Tim Taylor’s Landlord, John Smith’s and Tetley Cask bitters. It was the first time for a few to have had a drink in Howden (the beauty of the survey trips is somewhere new to try) so when another venue is to be surveyed as well it was time to drink up and thank the landlord and move on to the next one the White Horse.
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To get to South Dalton and the Pipe and Glass from North Cave there are 3 ways according to Google maps, we didn’t take any of those, we took ‘Sat-navs’ way. B- Roads, farmers tracks, and roads with grass in the middle of them!
Finally we reach The Pipe and Glass. It’s busy with dinners but the staff are very good and soon we are all tasting the Scarborough Stout, Black Sheep, 2 Chefs, Wold Top Warts n Ale and Moorlands Farm medium sweet cider. The beers were all excellent, so too Pauline’s chips.
Our hosts have not been at the White horse for long but seeing the wide variety of differing styles of beer on the bar they are certainly putting Howden on the real ale map. With the prospect of a further addition of two more hand pulls on the bar the White Horse could soon be the newest entry in to the Beer Guide. The beers available were Caledonian Poltergeist Porter, Moorhouse White Witch, Greene King Gangly Ghoul and Tim Taylors Landlord, all very good. We bid our farewells and head to North Cave and the White Hart. Here we are treated to 4 guest beers. They were Wold Top Bitter, Tetley Cask, Wentworth Best Bitter and Fred Trueman from Yorkshire Ales, all in splendid form. The Trueman is served in the old ‘pot’ mug glasses as you used to see Fred drinking out of along with his pipe in hand when he presented the 1972 TV programme Indoor League…. “I’ll see thee” Mail Group - hullcamra@hullcamra.org.uk
Lund and the Wellington Inn, a ‘village pub’ in all its glory was our next stop. Theakston Bitter John Smith’s Cask and Tim Taylor’s Landlord were the beers to taste, the ‘Landlord’ went down very well with all who drank it; some saying it was the best they had every tasted, well done to the cellar man, please keep up the good work!
With time on our hands we visited the Queens Head in Kirkburn and sampled John Smith’s Cask and then followed this with a visit to the Light Dragoon in Etton, they had Theakston Best on and before you knew it, it was time to head back to Hull. @hullCAMRA
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Be a member of the most successful consumer organisation in Europe; Be part of a social and active branch with many events throughout the year; Be involved by nominating and selecting the pubs included in the Good Beer Guide; Receive a monthly copy of the ‘What’s Brewing’ CAMRA newspaper, providing the latest news on CAMRA nationally and details of beer festivals and social events; Receive a quarterly copy of the CAMRA magazine, ‘Beer,’ offering informative articles about many subjects related to beer and cider; Receive a branch newsletter bimonthly, updating you on all the local news and activities (Hull and East Yorkshire branch members only); Receive discounts on the RRP of many CAMRA products including the best selling Good beer Guide; Enjoy free or discounted entry to beer festivals;
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Increasing numbers of pubs nationally are offering discounts on real ale to CAMRA membership card holders; £20 of vouchers for real ale at Wetherspoons pubs (40 fifty pence vouchers); Discounts on holidays, insurance and other offers from reputable companies (see national website for the latest offers); More information about real cider and where to find it;
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You can join CAMRA today by filling in the application form in this edition of Pub Mirror. It’s only £5 extra to buy a joint membership so why not get double the benefit (Wetherspoon excluded) In August CAMRA announced that the Campaign now has 150,000 members. This is incredible when you think that it took 38 years to recruit 100,000 members and only 4 years to achieve half that figure again. Real Ale is on the up. More breweries, more pubs selling real ale and more members of CAMRA campaigning to keep real ale in good form across the country. Locally it is a good story as well as we get closer to recruiting our 1000th member for the Hull and East Yorkshire branch. So what does it mean that CAMRA has so many members (beyond Wetherspoons having to cough up more 50p vouchers)? Well our size gives the campaign more consumer bargaining powers at a national political level. It also gives a strong message to brewers big and small that they need to concentrate on their real ales as the market for it is growing. Also, when CAMRA campaigns on particular issues, more people are first in line (as members) to hear about it and respond. My final thought – I have seen a number of very large heads on beers recently being accepted by the customers. Now I know that a lot of people like a head on their beer (My student days were in London with flat pints of Youngs), but there comes a point, where you are paying for too much froth. If you feel that your beer has too big a head, ask for a top up. Any decent pub will oblige. Most pubs don’t use lined glasses. These would solve the whole problem and ensure that you get a full pint every time. CAMRA campaigns for pubs to provide lined glasses. When you have a chance, ask your local why they don’t have any – and if they do have some, ask for a lined glass every time.
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Members discount scheme
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Our thanks go to the following local pubs where CAMRA members can take advantage of the following offers on production of their membership card: Hull Pubs Admiral of the Humber, Carr Lane : 20p off a pint of cask ale – cannot be used in conjunction with a Wetherspoons voucher; Corn Exchange, Lowgate: 20p off a pint of cask ale; The Haworth Arms, Beverley High Road: Discount card for everyone – 8th pint of cask ale free and 10% off cask ale for CAMRA members; Three John Scotts, Lowgate : 20p off a pint of cask ale – cannot be used in conjunction with a Wetherspoons voucher; Zachariah Pearson, Beverley Road; 50p off a pint of cask ale with a Wetherspoons voucher. East Yorkshire Towns & Villages Dog and Duck, Beverley: 10p off a pint of cask ale and a meal deal Mon to Fri lunch, pie mash or chips and 3 veg and a pint for £ 7.50 Marine Bar, Bridlington: 10% off cask ale; Gardeners’ Country Inn, Coniston: 10% off meals; Blue Bell, Cottingham: 10% off cask ale; Duke of Cumberland, Cottingham: 10p per pint off cask ale; King William IV, Cottingham: 10p per pint off cask ale; Railway Inn, Cottingham: 30p off a pint and 15p off a half of cask ale; The Black Prince, Cottingham: 10% off cask ale; Benjamin Fawcett, Driffield: 20p off a pint of cask ale - cannot be used in conjunction with a Wetherspoons voucher; Old Falcon, Driffield: 20p off a pint of cask ale; Haven Arms, Hedon: 50p off a pint of Cask Ale/25p off a half pint. Plough Inn, Hollym: 10p off per pint off cask ale; Rose and Crown, Hornsea: 10p off a pint of cask ale; The Beech Tree, Kirk Ella: an Ember Inns offer of 20p off a pint of cask ale; Old Mill, Langtoft: 10p off a pint of cask ale; The New Inn, Leven: 10% off cask ale; The Carpenters Arms, Market Weighton: A loyalty card is offered to CAMRA members; Sandpiper, Melton: 20% off food; The Gnu, North Newbald: 10% of cask ale; The Holderness, Patrington: 10% off cask ale; The Star, Sancton: 10% of cask ale; The Ship Inn, Sewerby: 10p off cask ale; Sun Inn, Skirlaugh: 20p off a pint of cask ale or cider; Green Dragon, Welton: 10% off Cask Ale; Warton Arms, Woodmansey: 10% off cask ale. Please make use of these offers as they will save you money and show the pubs that CAMRA members use them. Please let us know if the published details appear to be incorrect. Offers change and we are not always the first to know. Sometimes licensees offer discounts to members and we do not find out for a while, so it always worth taking your card and asking bar-staff if they offer a discount even when a pub is not listed. Details of local discounts for members are publicised locally in Pub Mirror (of course), in the Members’ Digest, on the branch website, on facebook and twitter and at branch events such as the Real Ale and Cider Festival. Licensees may want to look at it as a form of advertising their pub. If you travel elsewhere in the country, check out the local CAMRA branch websites and the CAMRA magazines to find out offers available in the area you are visiting. Mail Group - hullcamra@hullcamra.org.uk
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Happy birthday whalebone brewery by angela cawte The Whalebone Brewery celebrated its 10th anniversary in August and the branch marked the event at a special presentation in September to the brewery’s owner Alex Craig and his chief brewer Jamie Reading. Alex Craig has long enjoyed the respect of the members of this branch for his involvement in the pub trade both as publican and brewer and as a valued member of the branch itself, and was one the founder members of the Hull & East Yorkshire Branch. During his time at the King William, known as the King Billy, I had my own eureka moment when it comes to real ale, as going to the King Billy during that time converted me to what good ale is about.
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in the licensed trade running the highly successful off-licence “Bright Brians” the nickname given to the former managing Director of Hull brewery, Brian Barker. Alex also went on to run the King Billy and the Shakespeare Inn at Hedon. The latter became so successful that the then Wards brewery (who took over Darleys) hiked up his rent. Alex decided to call it a day and bought premises in Gainsborough which he renamed the Eight Jolly Brewers, another highly successful pub, where he won numerous awards, many of which are displayed in the Whalebone. Alex was again a victim of his own success when a local in the pub offered Alex a deal he couldn’t refuse and he was looking for another pub again. By chance the Whalebone came up for sale at this time. In years gone by it had been a classic Tetley pub, renowned for its ale and a regular in the Good Beer Guide. Alex and Tina bought the pub and also the cottage next door which was converted into a brewery.
Howard Joy a long term friend of Alex and Brewer Liaison Officer for the Whalebone prepared the following biography: Alex was one of the first to extend his passion into reality and his ‘life story’ is also a potted history of some pubs in Hull during the 70’s and 80’s, touching on several pubs some Pub Mirror readers will not of heard of. He learned a great deal from the late David Henning, licensee of the Oberon (now lost), another CAMRA favourite in those early days. Alex became the licensee of the former Broadway pub (now Propaganda) on Ferensway, renamed the Grob and Ducat by its new owners. In Hull parlance the Ducat was pronounced “Duckitt” but Alex always referred to it as the Grob and “Duke-at”, it was Hull’s first genuine free house selling beers like Cameron’s, Theakston’s, Younger’s and Selby brewery which were virtually unobtainable in Hull at the time. The pub was so successful that Tetleys came up with an offer too good to refuse. Alex continued Mail Group - hullcamra@hullcamra.org.uk
Alex also has a very keen sense of humour – whilst at the Grob and Ducat, Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta were at Number One Alex substituted the version of ‘ You’re the One that I Want’ on the jukebox for the Arthur Mullard and Hylda Baker version – much to the bemusement of the unsuspecting pub customers. When taking coach bookings for trips he would write down “An Ashton” and “Another Ashton” (referring to two other founding branch members who happen to be twin brothers) - this was in the days when it was virtually impossible to tell Paul and John apart, though for some this is still a skill some have not mastered! In addition Alex’s knowledge of pubs, beer and brewing is second to none, based on a lifetime’s passion. The Whalebone has certainly been a consistent feature of the Good Beer Guide during Alex and Tina’s tenure. The Whalebone regularly has its two real ales available, Diana Mild and Neck Oil Bitter, as Howard is very keen to remind us at every occasion both are sold at a very affordable price. In recent times failing health has meant that Alex is not as active as he had been, however the duties of brewing are in the very safe hands of Jamie Reading and here’s to celebrating another 10 years at Hull’s (currently) longest operating brewery! @hullCAMRA
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Doncaster brewery first birthday
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Continuing the theme of brewery birthdays the Doncaster Brewery celebrated its 1st birthday in style when they had their Open Event on Saturday 14th September 2013 at the brewery on Clay Lane West.
With the opening of the new performance venue CAST in August 2013, Doncaster Brewery were delighted to be asked to supply a beer for the theatre. CAST Ale was created and is now available at the theatre bar.
Ian Blaylock, Head Brewer said, “It has been a fantastic year for us and we have had so much support from our customers and from local businesses and other breweries. The year has just flown past”.
The St Leger Festival was a very busy time for Doncaster Brewery who were involved in a few of the events taking place across the Town. They supplied Doncaster Minster with 5 ales from different breweries for a ‘blind tasting session’. These came from Bird Brain Brewery, Latitude Brewery, Doncaster Brewery, Blue Bee Brewery and Imperial Brewery. The winning beer created by Kevin Bagshaw of Latitude Brewery was ‘blessed’ by Bishop Peter. Ian made a special beer in honour of the return of The Mallard to Doncaster called ‘Sir Nigel’. The first cask of this was tapped by the Grandson of Sir Nigel Gresley, Tim Godfrey at the Gala Dinner which was held at the Mansion House.
Along with producing beer in casks, and due to popular demand, bottled beer was made available at Christmas last year via the Doncaster Tourist Information Centre who have supported the Brewery since its launch last year. In its first year the brewery have made a number of different beers with some of its regular brews becoming quite popular namely, Sand House Blond, Cheswold Bitter, First Aviation Pale, and Charter Porter. For the Doncaster CAMRA beer festival in April 2013 Alison (Brewster) Blaylock supplied her first beer. “I decided to brew something that I liked, and as I prefer the darker ales I had a go at a stout which we named ‘The Town Crier’s Stout’. I would like to brew another beer at the beginning of next year and have been asked to make a strong liquorice stout this time, so I will have to get busy reading up on this and creating a recipe” In August the Town held Mapfest in various pubs with bands playing over the weekend. MapfestivAle was supplied and enjoyed by many of the music goers. Mail Group - hullcamra@hullcamra.org.uk
“Our first year in business has been amazing. We have got lots of fantastic customers who have become friends and who have supported us since the very start. We are now looking forward to the next exciting chapter of our adventure as we arrange to move to new premises on Young Street in the centre of town which will house the brewery and have a tap room.”
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Fawcett’s
24 A chance meeting with James Fawcett in the summer resulted in a recent visit for myself to Fawcett’s Malsters at Castleford, West Yorkshire. The Maltings are not normally open to the public to visit and it was a great privilege to be given a tour by Brian Hickman. The firm produces a high quality, extensive and unique range of Pale Ale, Crystal and Roasted Malts using generations of skill and expertise whilst embracing technology to provide one of the key ingredients for the real ales that we love.
The Fawcett family has been making malt in Castleford for over two hundred years. Beginning in the late 1780's, the company was properly established in 1809 and became a Limited Company in 1919. It continues to operate on the original site by one of the oldest family controlled and run businesses in the UK and today the seventh generation of Fawcetts are actively involved in directing the business. The company always uses the finest raw materials that each new growing season provides. All barleys are bought on sample which means the Company is not exposed to blending variations associated with barley "bulking" operations. The best barleys ensure the supply of quality malt, season after season.
Fawcett's remain as one of the few Maltsters, still operating a traditional Floor Malting. Barley or other cereal grains are dried to a low moisture content and then stored. The grain is immersed or steeped in water two or three times over two or three days to allow it to absorb moisture and to start to germinate. When the grain has a moisture content of around 44%, it is then transferred to the malting or germination floor, where it is regularly turned over for around seven days . The malt is then kiln-dried to the desired colour and specification.
The second method of malting used is by means of the Saladin Box which can deal with much larger batches in less time than the labour intensive floor method. Invented by Charles Saladin, it consists of a large rectangular container and a set of vertical screws attached to a crossbar, that move through the bed of barley, raising the barley from the bottom to the top, about two or three times a day. Combined with mechanical air flow through the barley for cooling, this allows for deeper beds of barley to be processed.
Malting grains develop the enzymes required to modify the grain's starches into sugars and developing other enzymes that break down the proteins in the grain. Starch is then converted to sugar and fermented into alcohol by yeast in the brewing process. Three methods of malting are used depending on the quantity required and the types of malt used for best results. Hull and East Yorkshire CAMRA
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Maltings Continued form previous page The third malting method is the modern, automated germinating kilning vessel (GKV) where a tower system is used. Gravity is used very effectively in this design, as water and grain are transported to the top of the tower, where steeping takes place. The germinating grain moves through each stage by dropping to the next level in the tower, finishing at the bottom of the tower as kilned malt.
25 malt .Wheat malt can also be manufactured for the making Belgian-style White and Wit beers. The company has a full time laboratory responsible for checking and analysing every barley and every malt product. An analysis is provided with each delivery so that customers know exactly what to expect from the malt. The Company is proud to be associated with a broad and diverse range of customers which include national, regional, family and microbreweries, and in recent years the Company has entered the export market supplying to breweries in Western Europe, Scandinavia, the USA, Africa, Asia and Australasia. Fawcett's supplies malts into beer products that have enjoyed spectacular success in recent years. The company is the supplier to a large number of micro breweries that have won prizes consistently in local and national brewing competitions in the UK, the most recent successes being Elland 1872 Porter (CAMRA Champion Beer of Great Britain) and Great Newsome Frothingham Best (Worlds Beer Awards -Best Bitter up to 5% ABV).
Several types of malts are produced. Pale ale malts are produced from the best winter barley varieties available - Maris Otter, Pearl, Flagon and Halcyon are the main varieties used today. Spring varieties such as Optic, Tipple, Propino, and Golden Promise are also used for specific contracts. Also produced is an extensive range of coloured malt products from the palest caramalts through the crystal colour range to the darkest chocolate and black malts. As with white malt, consistency is vitally important. The roasting machines roast between 0.5 tonne and one tonne of product at a time. Other specialized products are small quantities of oat malt, wheat malt and Rye
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INN CIDER by David Litten FRUIT CIDER Fruit Cider is not recognised as being ‘real cider’ by the current CAMRA definition. In the previous issue of Pub Mirror an article under the sub-heading of ‘Jargon Busting’ stated that Fruit Cider was the general name for “poor quality cider-based drinks, usually heavily sweetened, and sold through heavy advertising and promotion.” However, Rob Gibbon from local company ‘Moorlands Farm’ was quick to point out that the smaller producers of fruit ciders usually produce them using good quality apples and flavourings. His fruit ciders do not contain adjunct products or have low levels of apple juice. They are not made from low quality reject fruit and are not pasteurised or filtered. Real cider is the base for the company’s product, with the addition of high quality fruit additives. PUB NEWS The Chequers Micropub in Beverley is a welcome addition to the cider outlets in our branch area. A real perry and several real ciders, including some from Moorlands Farm, are usually available.
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BRANCH CIDER TASTING PANEL The Branch's Cider Tasting Panel met for its quarterly meeting at the Hop & Vine in Kingston upon Hull on the evening of Tuesday 15th October 2013. As the pub had just received its stock for the cider festival we were able to choose from around fifteen ciders/perries. ‘Cider Tasting Cards’, similar to the ‘Real Ale Tasting Cards’ that are already used by the Real Ale Tasting Panels, were used. HULL & EAST YORKSHIRE CIDER PUB OF THE YEAR 2013 The National Cider Pub of the Year competition began in October at branch level with the Hop & Vine in Hull being declared the winner, closely challenged by the Wellington in Hull as runnerup. Presentations took place on Wednesday October 30th. The Hop & Vine will now be entered in the Yorkshire Cider Pub of the Year 2014 competition.
The George Hotel in Hull is once again selling real cider on handpump in the form of Westons Old Rosie. For pubs in our area that sell real cider –see the “Pubs With" listing. CIDER MONTH EVENTS The Hop & Vine celebrated National Apple Day by hosting its sixth cider and perry festival from 17th – 19th October. YORKSHIRE CIDER PUB OF THE YEAR 2013 The Hop & Vine in Hull has maintained its position as one of the best cider pubs in the county, after finishing runner-up in CAMRA’s Yorkshire Cider Pub of the Year 2013 competition. The finalists were all judged on criteria that included quality, temperature and price. Also considered were aspects of the pubs themselves i.e. atmosphere, service & welcome, style/décor, community focus, and sympathy with CAMRA’s aims. The winner of the competition was the Old No.7 in Barnsley. Mail Group - hullcamra@hullcamra.org.uk
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Slinder cider
Local blues guitarist and branch Young Members Co-ordinator Lindsey Simpson now has his own cider. Aptly named, “Slide Blues Cider” is refreshingly mellow to take your blues away and mirrors Lindsey’s intriguing and edgy playing style.
At 5.4%, the cider, made by artisan cider make Ryan Burnard in Norfolk, is a delightful mix of local east coast Brimley’s and Cox’s; with the addition of cider varieties for a refreshing bite. Burnards have been producing award winning real cider since 1988. Made from 100% real apples selected and pressed by the company themselves, Burnards prides itself in maintaining traditional methods to ensure that the spirit of real, individualist cider continues. Phil Kennedy the MD of the Real Cider Company, who co-ordinated the venture said: “We are excited to be launching this new cider to the trade. We are also pleased to be supporting aspiring young musicians and it is great fun blending cider with them to match their music.” The ciders are currently available to pubs in the North and festivals everywhere in bottles and bag in box.
used for Lindsey's EP '98 Cans & a Bottle of Rum'. The official launch took place on August 18th at the Adelphi Club in De Grey Street, Hull. Lindsey was highly delighted with the gig and launch stating that “it was a complete success and was one of the best evenings I have experienced in a long long time!”
CAMRA Christmas Gift Membership is the perfect gift for any beer or cider lover this festive season! Please Note: Unfortunately, we are unable to guarantee Christmas dispatch on orders placed after 12 noon on Friday 13 December 2013 Only available to customers in the UK. (If you are purchasing a gift membership for someone outside of the UK why not consider our Premium Gift Membership) Get one of these great CAMRA books as part of this pack for just £10 more and make this gift extra special: Good Beer Guide 2014 (RRP £15.99) 300 More Beers to Try Before You Die! (RRP £14.99) Good Bottled Beer Guide (RRP £12.99) All gift memberships which include a book product are dispatched with a single copy of the appropriate publication.
The pump clip was hand drawn and designed by Kingston upon Hull's very own 'Turbo Snail' Adam Tadman. He also designed the artwork Hull and East Yorkshire CAMRA
Gift membership includes £20 worth of JD Wetherspoon real ale vouchers*, a copy of our monthly newspaper What’s Brewing, reduced or free entry to beer festivals, discounts on all CAMRA books, and more! Branch Website - www.hullcamra.org.uk
Atom BEERS by Chris Smith Prepare yourself for a seismic event due east of the River Hull when ATOM BEERS explodes on the scene. A young Scot by the name of Allan Rice (32) is preparing to unleash a range of beers incorporating some innovative processes. The Greenock born physiologist was educated at Glasgow University and cut his brewing teeth at the Stewart Brewing Company based in Edinburgh before moving on to the Tempest Brewery in the Scottish Borders in Kelso. In between he dabbled in renewable energy and ventured over the pond to Vancouver in British Columbia to try his hand at marketing “RockieOats”, a porridge concoction which has been consigned to history!
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Allan is quietly confident and plans to export to the USA and other parts of Europe as well as establishing Atom Beers in the bars of London, Manchester, Edinburgh and throughout the UK. As well as hosting regular brewery tours from November onwards, looking at the science of brewing, he informs us that there is a special discount for the first few months to help showcase the brewery. Contact the brewery for more information. Trial brews have already taken place courtesy of the North Riding Brewpub in Scarborough where a 4.1% blonde, a 4.5% dark amber and a 4.5% pale ale have been produced. Allan plans to be brewing in Hull by mid-November with a core range to include blond, pale ale, IPA and dark beers matured for between three to six months in whisky, bourbon and sherry casks held at an optimum temperatures for conditioning. The trade will be able to acquire his brews in pins, firkins and 30 litre kegs plus he plans to outsource his bottled offerings via the Wold Top Brewery. Apart from the brewing side of the business Allan is also a distributor of beers from some of the best breweries in the UK and abroad and hopes to venture into ciders with an eventual partner/grower.
So what brings Allan to Hull? Well, he met his partner Sarah, who is a Beverley lass, during his student travel days which took in New Zealand, Australia and Africa. Sarah just happens to have a PhD in Chemistry which is not a worthless asset when it comes to the science of brewing! The option of a 1900 square foot unit tall enough to accommodate the various vats, tanks and paraphernalia associated with a brewery at an attractive rental was also instrumental in choosing to set up in a Hull City Council property on the Sutton Fields Industrial Estate.
His medium to long term plans include moving the business to Beverley where he would like to open a visitor centre and growler bar. Other ideas include linking with a local college for their final year students to devise a new product including hands-on brewing and the marketing of the product. A beer school which will include educational visits and online videos and a beer club for supporters of the brewery.
We wish Allan and Sarah well in their new venture and look forward tasting the fission of malted Atom Beers will be a 10 barrel unit with 40 barbarley, hops and Yorkshire water from Atom rels of fermentation and 60 barrels of conditioning Beers! capacity so Allan is thinking positive from the off. He already has a guarantee of export orders due to his Finnish born and ex-Tempest brewer, who goes by the name of Marko and has recently graduated with a brewing degree at Edinburgh’s Herriot Watt University. Mail Group - hullcamra@hullcamra.org.uk
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East yorkshire beer is world beater
Holderness based Great Newsome Brewery has walked away from the World Beer Awards with Gold for its Frothingham Best.
Frothingham Best, which takes its name from the small hamlet in which the brewery is based beat off strong competition from all over the world to take the title ‘The Worlds Best Bitter up to 5% abv’. The World Beer Awards which were announced on Friday 27th September and are held annually take entries from breweries all over the world including the USA, Canada, Germany, France and Japan and are blind tasted by a panel of carefully selected judges under the guidance of respected beer writer and journalist Roger Protz.
A dark amber best bitter Frothingham Best has been brewed since 2008 and is available in both a bottle and as a cask beer. The beer has won awards previously gaining a Silver in its category in the 2009 SIBA (Society of Independent Brewers) North Awards, was Highly Commended in the Yorkshire’s Finest Taste in 2011 and was shortlisted in the inaugural MTT Yorkshire Beer Awards 2013. Great Newsome Brewery which uses old local dialect and points of interest to name its beers, like Sleck Dust, Pricky Back Otchan and Frothingham Best is based on a working farm near Patrington just outside Hull and celebrated its 6th birthday back in April. It now supplies its award winning cask and bottles beers throughout the UK and has begun to export to Italy.
“Wow, I am still pinching myself”, said Matthew Hodgson, director of Great Newsome Brewery. “It is the first time we have entered any beer into a competition of this magnitude and to think a small brewery in the depths of East Yorkshire can beat off competition from all over the world is unbelievable. The brewery has been very busy and it is again a great pat on the back for the whole team and something that we can all be very proud of.” When asked what this could mean for the business, he added: “the brewery has begun this year to export beer with an official importer established in Italy, this recognition can do no harm and hopefully should help give us the edge when speaking to potential customer from elsewhere in the world.”
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USEFUL INFORMATION REAL ALE v SMOOTH What is Real Ale? Real Ale is a living beer. It continues to ferment and develop its full flavour in the cask. Real Ale is brewed from traditional ingredients, malt, hops, water and yeast matured by secondary fermentation in the container from which it is dispensed, and served without the extraneous use of carbon dioxide or nitrogen via hand pumps. Real Ale is also called cask beer or cask conditioned.
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LOCAL BREWERIES ALL HALLOWS Goodmanham Arms, Main Street GOODMANHAM YO43 5JA (01430) 873849 Regular Beers: Peg Fyfe Dark Mild (ABV 3.8%), Mischief Maker (ABV 4.0%) BLO - Paul Alterskye BIG RIVER 48 Grange Park BROUGH East Yorkshire HU15 1AA (07737) 820922 @ www.bigriverbrewery.co.uk Regular Beers: Windjammer (ABV 4.7%), Big Red (ABV 3.9% ), Rope Walk (ABV 3.5%), Halcyon Daze (ABV 3.4%), Sailmakers Porter (ABV 5.2%) BLO - Paul Ashton BIRD BRAIN 30 Hallgate, HOWDEN Goole DN14 7SL (01430) 432166 Regular Beers: Shiny’s (ABV 3.9%), Howden Bitter (ABV 3.9%) BLO - Stewart Campbell GREAT NEWSOME Great Newsome Farm South Frodingham Winestead HULL HU12 0NR (01964) 612201 @ www.greatnewsomebrewery.co.uk Regular Beers: Sleck Dusk (ABV 3.8%), Pricky Back Otchan (ABV 4.2%), Frothingham Best (ABV 4.3%), Jem’s Stout (ABV 4.3%) BLO - Stewart Campbell MOORLANDS FARM CYDER TTH (York) Ltd Moorlands Farm NORTH NEWBALD (01430) 827359 @ www.moorlandsfarmcyder.co.uk Cider: Medium Sweet Cyder (ABV 6.4%) Mail Group - hullcamra@hullcamra.org.uk
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OLD MILL Mill Street SNAITH DN14 9HU (01405) 861813 @ www.oldmillbrewery.co.uk Regular Beers: Mild (ABV 3.4%), Bitter (ABV 3.9%), Old Curiosity (ABV 4.5%), Bullion (ABV 4.7%), Blonde Bombshell (ABV 4.0%), Yorkshire Porter (ABV 4.4%) WELLINGTON INN BREWERY Russell Street HULL HU2 9AB (01482) 329486 @ Thewellingtoninnbreweryhull.blogspot.com Regular Beers: 1st Duke (ABV 3.7%), Beau Douro (4.5%), Stateman (4.0%),Waterloo Porter (ABV 4.0%), Leipzig (5.8%). BLO - Steve Hopkinson WHALEBONE 163 Wincolmlee HULL HU2 0PA (01482) 226648 Regular Beers: Diana Mild (ABV 3.5%), Neck Oil (ABV 3.9%) BLO - Howard Joy WOLD TOP Hunmanby Grange Wold Newton DRIFFIELD YO25 3HS (01723) 892222 @ www.woldtopbrewer.co.uk Regular Beers: Bitter (ABV 3.7%), Wold Gold (ABV 4.8%), Headland Red (ABV 4.3%), Anglers Reward (ABV 4.0%) YORKSHIRE BREWING CO The Old Fruit Market, 70 Humber Street, HULL, HU1 1TU (01482) 329999/618000 @ www.yorkshirebrewing.co.uk Regular Beers: True North (ABV 4.5%), Supernatural Blonde (ABV 4.1%), Mutiny (ABV 3.6%), Tyger Tyger (ABV 3.6%) BLO - Mark Bainton @hullCAMRA
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Follow The Tigers on the Amber Trail
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In conjunction with our friends at Hull City supporters club, we are again striving to find the away-friendly pubs in the towns and cities where City are playing. We hope you can enjoy the many real ales that will be on offer and raise a glass to Steve Bruce and the lads. Wednesday 4th December v Arsenal – 7.45pm The traditional pub for away supporters is the Drayton Arms, which is located near to Arsenal tube station and Drayton Park railway station. This Courage pub overlooks the new stadium and is only a few minutes walk away. However as you would expect it can get extremely busy on matchdays, with drinkers spilling outside onto the pavements. The Twelve Pins (formerly the Finsbury Park Tavern) near Finsbury Park Tube Station has a good mix of home and away fans and is about a ten minute walk from the ground. Monday 9th December v Swansea – 8.00pm There are a number of pubs on Wind (pronounced as winding a watch) Street in the centre of town, such as Yates, the Bank Statement and the No Sign Bar (the latter being listed in the CAMRA Good Beer Guide). Ask for Castle Gardens, and you'll see Wind Street'. You might want to try the Full Moon public house which is on the High Street. The locals are very friendly and this basic pub with a pool table and Sky Sports and excellent cheap beer' Saturday 21st December v WBA – 3pm The Vine is only a few minutes walk away from Kenrick Park Metro station which can be accessed from Birmingham Snow Hill railway/metro station. Turn right out of the station and walk along Devereux Road passing through a residential area. At the end of Devereux Road turn left and the The Vine is just over the other side of the road on the right. The Vine – has Indian food and you can also street park in this area and then walk to the ground. This pub offers an indoor tandoori barbeque (from 1pm on Saturdays), plus has a beer garden with children's play area. It has a good mix of home and away fans. Another pub is the Royal Oak - as you pass the ground on the right on the main Birmingham Road, carry on about another half a mile and there it is. The beer is okay and they also serve Asian food, it had a friendly atmosphere and showings televised football. Wednesday 1st January v Liverpool – 3pm The Arkles pub near to the ground is known as the away fans pub, but as can be expected it can get extremely crowded with fans queuing outside to get in. The Flat Iron which is a five minute walk away, is mostly full of Liverpool fans, but the bars are mixed and very friendly. There is also a good chippy located on the other side of the road. To find this pub, turn left at the junction where Arkles is (with the ground over to your right down Anfield Road). Saturday 18th January v Norwich – 3pm The main pub for away fans is the 'Compleat Angler', which is located opposite the railway station. It is situated on a river bank and has a nice outside terrace, food is available. Otherwise Norwich has a number of pubs located in its centre, and there are also a number of good pubs situated in-between the train station and the ground. In fact you could almost ended up having a pub crawl before the match! Not far away from the ground there is the Coach and Horses, Thorpe Road, which brews its own beer and is around a 10 minute walk away from the ground. Tuesday 28th January v Crystal Palace – 7.45pm Opposite Thornton Heath Railway Station there is a Wetherspoons pub, called the 'The Flora Sandes' which is popular with both home and away supporters. Also close by is 'The Railway Telegraph' on Brigstock. This pub serves Youngs beers and is quite spacious. It is then about a 15 minute walk from here to the ground. Near to Norwood Junction Railway Station on the High Street is another Wetherspoons outlet called 'The William Stanley' Saturday 8th Febuary v Sunderland – 3pm If you have a bit of time of your hands, then you may like to try the Harbour View on the sea front, which is around a 15-20 minute walk away. Simply go along Roker Avenue (opposite the main entrance to the stadium) until you reach the seafront. Turn left along the front and you will see the pub up on the left. The pub which is listed in the CAMRA Good Beer Guide, serves up to six real ales, reasonably priced food (with its own matchday menu). The William Jameson on Fawcett Street in the city centre is another Wetherspoons pub but does get busy. Mail Group - hullcamra@hullcamra.org.uk
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How old now brown cow by David Litten
Unbelievably, Brown Cow brewery run by Sue and Keith Simpson is now 15 years old. Do you remember 1997? Chelsea won the FA Cup, Pete Sampras was Wimbledon lawn tennis champion, and after 18 years of Conservative government, Tony Blair became the youngest Prime Minister since 1812 as Labour swept back into power to the anthem of “Things can only get better”. And on the real ale front, it certainly did get better in Yorkshire as Brown Cow brewery was born in Barlow near Selby. Originally from the area Sue and Keith returned to live in Barlow in 1984. Having been made redundant in the early 1990’s Sue found that she had time to make things instead of buying them. Of all the things that she turned her hands to, her home brew was the best. With husband Keith passionate about “proper” beer the seeds were sown largely encouraged by the licensee of the Chequers pub at Ledsham where the landlord said “You brew it and I will sell it”. Sue did her homework, visited a couple of local breweries, undertook a basic training course and bought a 2.5 barrel plant. On July 17th 1997 the first beer was officially brewed and the Chequers took the beer.
carefully selected hops from America, New Zealand, Europe and England. A complete range of beers from mild to porter are brewed and a new pale beer is generally available every couple of weeks. Unique beers are made for events such festivals, anniversaries and charitable events. Over 1200 (300 different) beers have been produced over the years, many with unusual names. Keith must have an unwritten book in his head waiting to burst out with all of the wondrous stories relating to these unique beer names. The five core beers are equally marvellous and of these Captain Oates Mild and Mrs Simpson’s Vanilla Porter are particular favourites when they appear at festivals. Sue is firmly in charge of brewing although she receives help with some of the labour intensive jobs. The late Bernard Lindley helped out for a couple of years until his retirement. In 2004 Keith decided that he had done enough to aid the computer revolution and took the plunge to run the business on a full time basis with Sue. Keith has only once brewed a beer and that was due to unusual circumstances. In 2005 it had been agreed to brew a special beer for the Rook and Gaskill in York called “Hang ‘em High”. Unfortunately, Sue was incapacitated due to a fall and Keith stepped into the breach to save the day. Under strict close supervision, using a new fermenter Keith brewed the beer which turned out rather well by all accounts.
The brewery itself is a renovated building behind the Simpson's home (the former Brown Cow Inn) and houses what has grown to be a six-barrel plant, currently producing its maximum capacity of 17 barrels a week (612 gallons). Much of the equipment has been purpose-built. Unique items include the labour saving cask washer and tilting mash tun. First class ingredients are used – the finest quality malt from the well respected Yorkshire maltsters Thomas Fawcett's, together with Hull and East Yorkshire CAMRA
Today, the Sue and Keith Simpson are continuously busy brewing, delivering and running local festivals. They are always willing to help other local brewers with such things as distribution and additionally are always prepared to offer advice when asked. Their fabulous beers can almost always be found in a number of excellent local pubs including the Wheatsheaf at Burn, the George and Dragon at West Haddlesey, the Boot & Shoe at Barkston Ash, the Ferryboat at Thorganby, the Wadkin Arms at Osgodby, the Nelson Inn in Selby and the New Inn at Cliffe. Of course, Brown Cow beer is still also served at Chequers pub, Ledsham – where it all began.
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Bottled beers from good’s own county by spurn pint Yorkshire Ales offer an extensive range of bottled ales from Yorkshire breweries. Located in Snaith, approximately half way between Goole and Selby, the specialist shop currently stocks and showcases over 160 different ales from around 45 breweries across Yorkshire, and of these, about a third are bottle conditioned. The aim is to make available new and exciting beers from the smaller established, lesser known and new emerging breweries of Yorkshire.
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see' attraction for any fan of bottled ale. Indeed they are quite surprised at the number of visitors to the shop which currently provides around 40% of sales, the remaining 60% coming from on-line sales. They also act as on-line suppliers on behalf of several of the brewers.
Alongside the ales in the shop a unique and varied range of produce is available, ranging from honey and pickles to wine and champagne, all Yorkshire and all local of course! Owners Adrian and Vicky Pettitt source directly from these breweries and supply a unique range via their shop and an on line service and already offer a selection like no other. Adrian and Vicky met when they both worked in IT. Vicky then established a swimming business and was later joined by Adrian in 2008. After a few years, as long time members of CAMRA, festival goers, brewery visitors and in particular lovers of Yorkshire beers, they saw a gap in the beer market - bottled Yorkshire beers! With many retailers focusing on National and International beers, they saw an opportunity to help support Yorkshire breweries and showcase their products. Adrian was amazed to discover that the web domain name “Yorkshire Ales” was still available and snapped it up. Having obtained his personal and premises licenses, he contacted numerous Yorkshire breweries, his aim being to gather as many bottled beers that Yorkshire has to offer and set out on his mission driving round the county to collect bottles direct. The shop opened on the 29th September 2012 and after just over a year has gone from strength to strength. The couple are duly proud of their "Wall of Yorkshire Ale" that is rapidly becoming a 'mustMail Group - hullcamra@hullcamra.org.uk
Adrian and Vicky aim to become the No.1 Beer Bottle Retailer in the UK and to be the shop where you can count on finding Yorkshire ales. They have already taken steps in that direction when the shop was recently awarded 'Highly Commended' in the category of 'Best Retailer of Local Produce' by the East Yorkshire Local Food Network in October 2013, having already won the #SBS (Small Business Sunday) Award from TV Dragon Theo Paphitis. As well as attending shows they have also collaborated with many other Yorkshire businesses mainly met on #Yorkshirehour. One of the most recent of these ventures was the launch of the first bottle conditioned beer using hops from new producer “Yorkshire Hops” at Ellerker, East Yorkshire. Brewed by Bobage brewery in Leeds with green Sovereign hops from the first commercial crop, Wilsons Vintage Green is a refreshing 4.2% amber real ale. The first customer to purchase some was Lord Gerald from Carlton Towers who just happened to call by to pick up some local ales. He took one taste of the beer and immediately bought some! For those who cannot visit, bottles are available on line via the website: www.yorkshireales.co.uk
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Green hops
Since planting some plants on a trial area of land at nearby Elloughton last year Matthew Hall has teamed up with farmer Chris Bradley, a good friend of his dad, to transform his hobby into a commercial business.
used seemed quite antiquated using machinery and systems from the 1940’s and 1950’s. This was followed by a trip to Germany to seek out the production methods there. The net result was the purchase of plants from the Hop
In recent years Chris has been growing cereal and energy crops and was keen to diversify to create the most northerly commercial hop farm in the UK. The duo got their heads together and formulated a business plan. With more than 1000 breweries in Britain and well over 100 breweries in Yorkshire alone there simply has to be a market not just for hops but more especially “Y orkshire Hops”.
Association, and harvesting and grading machines from Worcester and Munich.
This summer Matthew Hall and partner Chris Bradley held the first open day at Yorkshire Hops at Chris’ farm in Ellerker, East Yor kshire. The attendees included brewers, Andrew Whalley from Charles Faram hop merchants, James Fawcett from his maltings at Castleford, noted beer writers and friends. Visits to the traditional hop growing areas around Hereford and Worcester proved extremely thought provoking in that the methods Hull and East Yorkshire CAMRA
This February the first hectare of land was converted from grassland into a hop garden. 300 tonnes of turf were cut and removed; around 500 wooden posts were erected, 11 km of wire affixed, and a seemingly endless run of hop netting attached. Over 3,600 Sovereign and First Gold variety plants were then planted in 16 rows of 227 and after just a couple of days, the first few tips were appearing on the tall hops. Simultaneously, Matthew has been driving the marketing side via social media, using Facebook and Twitter to enlist sponsorship from members of the brewing industry. Local breweries including Big River, Brass Castle, Wold Top and Brown Cow and Great Newsome have shown their support alongside Saltaire and Branch Website - www.hullcamra.org.uk
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Bridestones from the West Riding. Other individual sponsors have signed up. Indeed, Chris has mentioned that it is the interest from brewers that has been the main inspiration for the project to succeed. Activity remained brisk with the hop burrs turning into hops in early August. and the first green th hops were harvested on September 9 . These First Gold variety hops were soon
collected by the eager brewers from the Rat, Big River and Brass Castle and were soon added to the brewing process within a day of being graded to capture their distinctive aromas. Force Five from Brass Castle and Black Rod made their debut at the York CAMRA beer festival the following week. th On September 17 I was lucky enough to be at the farm for the harvesting of the Sovereign hops and the subsequent sorting and grading in a machine brought in from Germany. Most of these were snapped up by Saltaire and Great Newsome breweries for their special Autumn beers, Sovereign Harvest and Autumn Bounty respectively. Mail Group - hullcamra@hullcamra.org.uk
Preparations have already taken place at the site, ready for the next supply of 3650 plants to be planted on a neighbouring hectare of land.These will be Boadicea and New Pioneer varieties.
In future years hops will be dried and packed and will not be so time critical. To that end the hop press has recently arrived. Once the hops start drying, they can be pressed into 85kg bales ready to go to the hop merchant. The trial area at Elloughton continues to be monitored for growth of other hop varieties.
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Amazing function at the junction
In early 2010 Maureen Shaw and Neil Midgley took the plunge and bought a closed run down pub group hostelry in the centre of Castleford called the Junction. Having worked in the trade for a number of years they saw the potential of the pub and decided to not only bring it back to life but to also restore it to its former glory. They had transformed it from a total mess into a work in progress pub which opened its doors within a few months in July. Banks of Melbourne handpumps were installed on a restored traditional bar and real ale was introduced.
Being a qualified all rounder in the building trade, Neil set to work on the pub and today, having done most of the work from floor to ceiling, even with work to do, it is looking fabulous. Already finished are new fireplaces and a separate snug has been reintroduced. Neil is currently working on the parquet floor which was purchased from an old church in Sheffield.
Wadworth Brewery and now includes restoring and remaking wooden casks amongst his skills. At first, Neil bought one wooden cask and used it for a Ridgeside beer. This went so well, that it was not long before he purchased twenty more. Recently ten pins were purchased and twenty more casks are to follow soon. The intention is to become self sufficient with wooden casks.
In early July Neil and Maureen hosted a beer festival featuring nine Yorkshire “Beers from the wood”. Six beers from Ridgeside along with two from Five Towns and one from Kirkstall were available. All were in fabulous condition and the many visitors from far and wide were well impressed.
Regular real ales are supplied from Yorkshire breweries, with excellent beers from Simon Bolderson’s Ridgeside Brewery being constant. Indeed, the pub’s first anniversary was celebrated in July 2011 with a Ridgeside beer festival with all nine handpumps dispensing Simon’s fabulous beers. Having spent years working for a traditional Yorkshire brewery, Neil was familiar with wooden casks and he decided to experiment and purchased a re-made wooden cask from Alastair Simms, the only remaining Master Cooper left working in the UK brewing industry. Alastair spent sixteen years at Theakstons and is now at Hull and East Yorkshire CAMRA
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PUBS WITH ….….….….. Interior or internal features of outstanding historic interest: Beverley - White Horse Inn Bridlington - Station Buffet Kingston Upon Hull - Olde Black Boy Olde White Harte : St John’s Hotel : Polar Bear : White Hart Oversized, lined glasses: (Guaranteeing a full or ½ liquid pint) Bridlington - Station Buffet Beverley - Chequers : Dog & Duck (Black Sheep Only) Kingston Upon Hull - Hop & Vine Real draught cider (not keg), East Yorkshire: Beverley - Cornerhouse : Green Dragon Tiger : Dog & Duck : Chequers Bridlington - Prior John Cottingham - Cross Keys : Railway King William Driffield - Tiger Inn : Old Falcon Dunswell - The Ship Goodmanham - Goodmanham Arms Hedon - Haven Arms Hessle - Hawke formerly Admiral Hawke Hornsea - Smugglers Nafferton - Kings Head North Newbald - Tiger Inn : The Gnu Skidby - Half Moon Skirlaugh - Sun Inn : Duke of York South Dalton - Pipe & Glass Sproatley - The Blue Bell Tickton - New Inn Real draught cider (not keg), Kingston Upon Hull Clubs and Pubs: Adelphi Club : Admiral of the Humber The Gardener’s : Sailmakers Arms : Hop & Vine Lion & Key : New Clarence : Olde Black Boy Pave : Rising Sun : The George Hotel Three John Scotts : Walters : Wellington Inn Whalebone : Xanders : Zachariah Pearson Bar Exchange : Olde White Harte Real Mild regularly available: Beverley - Cornerhouse Blacktoft - Hope & Anchor Brough Buccaneer Cottingham - King William IV Driffield - Tiger Inn Goodmanham - Goodmanham Arms Hornsea - Rose & Crown Kingston Upon Hull - Whalebone : Rising Sun Duke of York (Sutton) Wetwang - Black Swan
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41 A quiet room (no piped music or juke box, TV, electronic games): Beverley - White Horse Inn : Woolpack Bridlington - Old Ship Inn Cottingham - King William IV Driffield - Bell Hotel Great Kelk - Chestnut Horse Goodmanham - Goodmanham Arms Kingston Upon Hull - Olde Black Boy : St John’s Licensee who has gained Cask Marque Accreditation, East Yorkshire: Beverley - Green Dragon : Grovehill Royal Standard: Tiger : Molescroft Inn : Grapes Bridlington - Old Ship Inn: Prior John Brough - Buccaneer : Ferry Cherry Burton - Bay Horse Cottingham - Blue Bell : Duke of Cumberland King William IV : Railway : Black Prince Driffield - Bell Hotel : Benjamin Fawcett Ferriby - Duke of Cumberland Hedon - Shakespeare Hessle - Marquest of Granby: Hase Hornsea - Victoria Kirk Ella - Beech Tree Market Weighton - Griffin : Red Lion North Cave - The White Hart Inn Patrington - The Holderness : Station Hotel Hildyard Roos - Roos Arms Ryehill - Crooked Billet Sewerby - Ship Inn Skirlaugh - Sun Inn Sproatley - Nags Head South Dalton - Pipe and Glass Tickton - Crown & Anchor Walkington - The Barrel Inn Willerby - Toby Carvery Licensee who has gained Cask Marque Accreditation, Hull Clubs and Pubs: Admiral of the Humber Gardeners Arms : Haworth Arms Manor Farm : Manchester Arms : Mill New Clarence : Odd Bottle : Old Grey Mare Pave : St Johns : Sutton Fields Three John Scotts : Victory Pub William Wilberforce : Zachariah Pearson West Bulls If you know of any pubs/clubs to add to this list email details to pubmirror@hullcamra.org.uk
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Young members are the future
The branding on particular beers has a huge impact on who drinks it; I see this reflected in my peers’ choice of ale. My local brewery Robinsons based in Stockport has just produced bestselling ale ‘Trooper’ endorsed by Iron Maiden, one of my personal favourites. Elbow also brought out a brew ‘Build a Rocket Boys’ to appeal to the younger market. Real ale has increasingly become more fashionable with the help of some clever marketing and an increasing interest in drinking something often cheaper and more varied than other bigger brand alternatives. This switch in habits is evident all over Manchester, particularly in the Northern Quarter, where the age of drinkers has noticeably decreased to people under 30. The question is how do we recruit the new emerging group of youngsters? There has never been a better time to increase young members within CAMRA. The target audience is already interested in real ale and in turn supporting their local pubs. In order to both engage and maintain members, recruitment needs to be strategically co-ordinated. Having attended a vast array of local beer festivals, recruitment needs to be targeted at the younger based festivals, for example at Didsbury where more students and young professionals reside and also at Chorlton, with a similar demographic. Potential members need to be educated about the importance of pubs and their reduction in binge drinking. It would be beneficial to improve the discounts into beer festivals to increase membership. Alongside this, bringing a nonmember for free admission to the festival can help to create further interest. Once more young members have been recruited the dynamics of the CAMRA meetings can gradually progress, with more meetings held at pubs with live music or a comedy venue. The use of twitter and facebook should also be increased to help young members become more active and to spread the hard work of CAMRA. Reminding people of celebrity involvement may help recruit more young members, for example Madonna’s favourite drink was once cited as ‘Landlords’. Maybe certain celebrities can be made honorary CAMRA members to develop the brand.
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Prior to becoming a young member of CAMRA, I too wondered, why did I need to? Not only is it worth the fee for the Wetherspoons vouchers but more importantly we need to sustain the amazing work that CAMRA has already done and help to maintain pubs and develop the brand. Thus ensuring that pubs can thrive and provide live music, comedy nights and band themed pints created just for people like you.
Author Bio: Heather Peel I am currently a member of the Young Member Marketing group, helping to recruit and retain more young members, vital to CAMRAs survival. I have been a CAMRA member since 2010, after seeing the hard work of CAMRA and how active changes can be made. I also feel strongly about maintaining local pubs. One of my favourites being the community pub of the year, The New Oxford in Salford who do an excellent pint of Chocolate and Vanilla stout from Titanic brewery. If this article rings true for you why not contact our own branch Young Members’ Co-ordinator Lindsey Simpson at the branch email address of youngmembers@hullcamra.org.uk. We are sure Lindsey will be only too happy to chat to you about what we can do together.
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Branch Open Meetings All open meetings start at 8pm and conclude at approximately 9.30pm with a chance to socialise and refreshments are normally provided at the end of the meeting. Regional meetings start at 11.30pm Wednesday 4th December - Goodfellowship, Cottingham Road, Hull Wednesday 8th January- Open Meeting at the Bay Horse, Wincolmlee, Hull. Wednesday 5th February - Open Meeting at the Minerva, Nelson Street, Hull Survey and Social Trips These trips run from May through to October usually on the second Saturday of the month and are used to survey the village pubs that are nominated for the following year’s Good Beer Guide. Please contact our Pubs Officers, details available on the Branch Contacts page or see our Branch Website for further information. Branch Beer Festival Thursday 24th to Saturday 26th April 2014 - The Hull & East Yorkshire branch of CAMRA are proud to announce that next year’s Hull Real Ale & Cider Festival, will again be held at the Holy Trinity Church, Lowgate, Hull - 130 or more casks of real ale, a minimum of 25 cider and perries, bottled beers from around the world, plus music entertainment from local artists. Further news throughout the year will be posted on our Branch Festival website which you will find via our main Branch website. If you want to volunteer and are a CAMRA member please contact any of the branch officers, details are on page 3 of this magazine, thank you.
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