Cheers North East magazine #48 - March 2015

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WELCOME Here come the daffs, nodding their heads in approval at lighter nights and slightly warmer days. We’ve left the darkness of Dry January behind – big thanks to all of you who supported #FeBREWary – and we at Cheers North East will continue to do all we can to get people into the pub habit (and keep them there).

Our pubs are special and as individual as each and every one of us. This is what’s great about them.

Two pubs could offer exactly the same range of drinks and food – indeed, that’s what slick-operating pubcos do – but they’ll be entirely different because of the customer they attract.

Independent pubs make us feel good about ourselves and we choose to frequent them because they’re simply an extension of our own personalities. Pubs are the lifeblood of society; they’re melting pots of personal relationships, creativity and friendship – what we might call social intercourse.

And, of course, they’re places where we can enjoy a beer made with pumpkin, celery and spiders’ legs, if that’s your leaning, or burgers called A Night In With Susan Boyle (extraordinarily good, by the way). We can listen to a highly professional band or sympathise with a nervous busker who’s at least got the spirit to get up there. We can try our hand at the quiz, play darts, dominoes or The Monkees on the jukebox – and we can even just talk and laugh the night away.

Welcome to the pub, it’s good to see you.

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Tobias Pumberger is an enterprising young man.

Curious to see how British ales are made – and enjoyed in their own back yard – the Austrian brewer contacted Jarrow Brewery to see if he could spend a few weeks learning the ropes. Of course he could. Tobias was already producing some fine beer at Brauerei Hofstetten in Upper Austria where he works and had been loaned out to a Trappist brewery, so brewing the likes of Rivet Catcher and Joblings Swinging Gibbet would hold no fears. On his final day he brewed Pumberger Black IPA as a leaving present to the North East, so let’s seek it out and raise a glass to international collaboration.

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HOP ON TO THIS NEW VARIETY A new hop variety is being touted as the closest to powerful American aroma hops ever grown in Britain. And it’s the hop used in Jester (3.7% abv), Hawkshead Brewery’s answer to a challenge by pub chain JD Wetherspoon to highlight British rather than foreign hops.

The beer Hawkshead is brewing for Wetherspoon’s Spring Beer Festival (March 13-29), is named after the hop, which is in its first year of commercial production by hop merchants Charles Faram. Jester was grown as part of Faram’s hop breeding programme to try to find a British equivalent of the big flavoured New World hops which have found such favour among craft brewers.

Jester is a limited edition beer – Hawkshead is brewing only 100 barrels (16,400 litres).

WOOD YOU BELIEVE THE RESULTS? “Doctors” in white lab coats and rubber gloves caused quite a stir at the recent Beamish Hall Winter Beer Festival by conducting a series of experiments on customers. Under the guidance of the Society for the Preservation of Beer from the Wood, Stables Brewery boss John Taylor rounded up a team of “beer doctors”, pictured above, to analyse the results of tasting beer served from wooden casks versus stainless steel.

John says: “We decided to do the research scientifically and filled wooden casks and stainless steel ones with our Bell Tower (5.0% abv) which is rich, malty and chocolatey, and asked customers to decide from glasses marked A and B they preferred. Even those who were quite categorical that their sample was from stainless got the test wrong. It was interesting in that there was virtually a 50-50

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split between those who couldn’t tell which was which, but when it came to which one they preferred, 64% said the beer served from the wood.”

The beer doctors even made a graph of preferences by zodiac sign and it turned out that Cancerians were the most accurate at telling where the beer came from.

“I don’t really know if it makes any difference to the taste of the beer but wooden casks are a nice-looking item,” says John. “When you think that in pubs we spend an awful lot of time on presentation; the right size head and proper glassware, wooden casks look great – and as sight is such an important part of our senses, it must influence the flavour in some way.

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BAT, BALL AND PINT JOIN THE TEAM Walter Street, Jarrow Yorkshire County Cricket Club have been on a preseason tour – of a brewery, rather than a country – ­ to celebrate the signing of a new sponsorship deal.

Black Sheep Brewery has agreed a new three-year term of sponsorship of the club which ensures the two Yorkshire icons remain firmly allied for the 2015 season and beyond. The ongoing partnership was toasted (above) during a visit by players and coaching staff to the Masham, North Yorkshire, brewhouse and

visitor centre. First team coach Jason “Dizzy” Gillespie, director of cricket Martyn Moxon and players Richard Pyrah and Andrew Hodd were given a special tour by Black Sheep’s managing director Rob Theakston and brother Jo, head of sales and marketing.

Gillespie said: “You can see the pride the Black Sheep boys have for their beer, just as the region has for its cricket team.”

Rob Theakston said: “This partnership brings together two important elements of Yorkshire culture in beer and cricket.”

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TRY A FLY HALF OF RUGBY BEER Cheers is following the progress of the Station Hotel, the pub that Hadrian Border Brewery bought earlier this year which is tucked into railway arches in Gateshead. Brewery manager Martin Hammill (pictured above) reports that the initial strip-out is complete.

“It’s now a waiting game with Network Rail,” he says. “Our current brewery specials include Gladiator (3.8% abv) which can be rebadged as Fly Half for the Six Nations tournament, plus Ouseburn Porter (5.2% abv) and Tyneside Brown Ale (4.7% abv).”

HEAVENLY PORTER IS TAKING IT SLOOOW The beers from Tyne Bank Brewery’s latest project won’t be available for several months – and that’s the whole idea. The Newcastlebased company is building on the success last year of its Barrel Aged Heavenly Porter, embarking on a more extensive programme of barrel-ageing for some of its other beers.

“We have just taken delivery of some Scotch whisky casks, which we intend to fill with our February special, Scotch Ale,” says brewer Sam Capper. “We also have plans to fill a former port cask with Cherry Stout, and a much larger batch

of Barrel Aged Heavenly Porter so there will plenty available for next Christmas.

“Obviously they won’t be available for a while, as the most important ingredient is time. We are really excited – barrel-ageing takes the flavours to a new level.”

Tyne Bank has also confirmed the date for its fourth birthday party – Friday June 5. “Last year was way more successful that we could have ever imagined,” says Sam, “so we hope to build on that with more music, more food…and more beer. Some this time for us.”

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HAPPY PEOPLE DRINK HAPI ALE Houghton le Spring-based Maxim Brewery reports that sales of Double Maxim are up an astonishing 15% on last year across bottle and cask.

“It’s a great beer anyway and it’s got that quality and consistency that people can rely on, particularly in a complex marketplace,” says Maxim managing director Mark Anderson. “It’s also an awareness thing. When I’ve been out and about delivering with the van, people will stop you and say, ‘Double Maxim? Where can I get it?’ I tell them it’s still made in the North East from allBritish ingredients.”

But Maxim is far more than the one brand – star performer though it is – the brewery produces a regular stream of top seasonal ales.

Mark Anderson says: “We’re brewing different beers because we want to do it; it’s interesting for us and interesting for the customer and it gives head brewer Glenn

Whale a chance to show off his brewing skills.”

Specials for March are Hapi Pale Ale (4.0% abv), brewed with Pacifica and Waimea hops from New Zealand – hapi is Maori for hops – for a refreshing orange marmalade flavour and citrusy aroma. Coffee Porter (4.5% abv) is produced by blending a variety of dark malts with top-quality “coldbrewed” coffee which avoids the harsh bitterness of many coffeeinfused beers. It’s a complex brew and gloriously indulgent with hints of blackcurrant on the palate.

Coming up in April is old favourite Boxing Hare Spring Chocolate Stout (4.1% abv) and Dundee Pale Ale (4.4% abv).

Crocodile Dundee himself might call it ‘bonzer mate’.”

BIN THERE, GOT THE DRINKS IN?

Bin21 in Hexham’s Market Place is about to hit the ton. It’ll shortly stock 100 malt whiskies, plus a full range of wines, champagne, beer, cider and cigars.

But that’s not all – the North East’s largest independent beer, wine and spirits retailer has opened an upstairs lounge (Lounge@ Bin21, above) in line with its sister outlet in Morpeth where customers can relax over a glass or two, a cocktail or a G&T. Basically, whatever’s available in the shop is on offer upstairs. Local beers from an ever-expanding list include

a range from Allendale, Hadrian Border, High House Farm and Wylam, plus you’ll find Jack Cain’s Northumberland Gin, Lindisfarne Mead and regional liqueurs.

The shops’ online offer sees aproximately 140 best-selling wines and those that have been personall recommended by at least three customers – which is a great idea involving reasoned opinion.

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WINK, WINK, SPECIAL STUFF’S UNDER THE COUNTER Eddie Ludlow, former manager of the Newcastle city-centre branch of Oddbins, is returning to the city host the Newcastle Whisky Festival.

The Whisky Lounge event at the Civic Centre on Saturday March 7 features whiskies from not only around Scotland but from all over the world. There will also be workshops, tastings and “under the counter” samples.

Eddie told us how the festival works (after booking which costs £30): “Simply approach any of the exhibitor stands, ask politely for a dram and you shall receive

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“The vast majority of whiskies on show are available to taste within your ticket price, however, ‘under the counter’ tokens simply allow you access to some of the rare and more exclusive whiskies in the festival.” www.thewhiskylounge.com

A part-time barmaid has reached the UK finals of an international modelling competition – and, even though it means her bosses could lose he if she wins, they are backing her all the way. Osbornes, Jesmond, Newcastle owner, the Malhotra Group, is not only sponsoring 19-year-old Amy Hudson in her bid to be voted Top Model 2015 but is also conducting a social media campaign, urging staff and customers to vote for her.

Amy, from Darlington studying psychology at Northumbria University, has been in contention with 4,000 models from across the UK to become a finalist in the editorial category of the competition held in London on March 14.

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GO WITH THE FLOW A Greek city is to fill its main fountain with 32,000 litres of red wine during its carnival.

Water will turn to wine in the central square of Naoussa in a bid to establish it as Greece’s “wine city”. Be warned: Hidden Newcastle, a free app from Tyne Wear Archive & Museums,

YOU CAN CUT IT MR CHANCELLOR The Campaign for Real Ale (Camra) is calling on Chancellor George Osborne, above, to cut beer duty for a third time in this month’s

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in association with business improvement agency NE1, tells the tale of similar fountains in Newcastle celebrating the 1821 coronation of George IV that ran with beer and wine. “An almost indescribable scene of uproar and confusion commenced” as revellers rushed the free-flowing booze, eventually causing a riot that lasted into the night. Several people were hurt.

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Budget speech (March 18), as a new report estimates 1,047 additional pubs would have closed if the Government had not scrapped the Beer Duty Escalator and cut beer duty in 2013 and 2014.

Camra believes a hat-trick of beer duty cuts in the last Budget before the General Election would allow the industry to continue to recover, with beer drinkers, publicans and brewers across the UK all set to benefit.

The report, produced by the Centre for Economic and Business Research, estimates that if the Beer Duty Escalator had remained in place, 750 million fewer pints of beer would have been sold in the UK this financial year; 26,000 additional jobs would not have been created, and the average price of a pint of beer (£3.04) would now be £3.20.

DRAM OF A BIG LOTTERY WIN Continuing the whisky theme, the reborn Annandale Distillery in Dumfriesshire is the first distillery to have ever put its first cask up for sale. But your pockets will have to be deeeep. Cask No1, filled on the November 15 2014, is on sale for £1m.

Distillery owner Professor David Thomson, said: “Never before has the first cask produced by a distillery been offered for sale.

The price tag is high, reflecting that this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for someone to become a part of Scottish history.”

The £1m cask is filled with Man o’ Words, a fruity, non-peaty expression, inspired by Robert Burns. The whisky is said to be “complex, smooth and mellow, and flows off the tongue like one of Burns’ poems”.

The Annandale Distillery, established in 1836, produced Johnnie Walker whisky until 1918. In 2014, the distillery underwent a £10.5m restoration project to put it back into production.

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TWO DECADES OF TWENTY 2 It may be confusing, but Number Twenty 2 celebrates number 20 this month. The award-winning Darlington pub first opened its doors on March 8 1995 and since then, Number Twenty 2 Traditional Alehouse & Canteen has never looked back. Regular weekends can see 13 ales on the bar plus nine continental beers – that’s 22 at Number Twenty 2.

“Twenty years is quite something in this business,” says owner Ralph Wilkinson, who operated his first

pub, The George at Piercebridge, County Durham, at the tender age of 21 (he admits to hitting 60 this month). Now along with the Village Brewer (which produces the astonishing White Boar Bitter as a house beer) he owns the Crown Inn at Manfield near Darlington and Blind Jacks in Knaresborough.

“We’ve done our fifth brew at the Number Twenty 2 microbrewery and we’re about to start distilling our own gin,” says Ralph. Standing still is not the Number Twenty 2 way. Happy birthday both.

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SUNDERLAND ICON SOLD

The Isis, Sunderland, has been sold to Sunderland University by Jarrow Brewery to be operated by Camerons Brewery.

It will be run under the Head of Steam branding. Cheers featured the award-winning pub (twice winner of the Camra Sunderland and South Tyneside branch’s pub of the year) last month in a

Pub Profile as it offers a fantastic selection of cask and craft beers and ciders.

Chris Soley, director and general manager at Camerons Brewery said: “We opened the Dun Cow in Sunderland and that has proved to be an enormous success. We feel Isis will complement it perfectly.”

Cheers understands the carefully nurtured Isis style and ethos will be retained, and existing staff kept on. All of us at the magazine would like to wish outgoing tenants Carol Graham and John Stubbs all the very best for the future.

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THE ANCHOR’S AWEIGH MY BOYS One of Northumberland’s most recognisable pubs is under new ownership. Chris Robinson and Geoff Dade have taken over the Anchor Inn in Wooler and are now looking forward to making it a destination for good food and drink – and a warm welcome.

Originally from Yorkshire, Chris and Geoff have

EASTER EGGING-ON As if normal folks didn’t appreciate a puff of oxygen following the stiff climb to The Feathers Inn at Hedley on the Hill, Stocksfield, Northumberland, the

managed pubs around the region for several years – most recently leaving the Alnwick Arms in Alnwick to seek pastures new, hence their arrival at the Anchor. The pair also run the Queen’s Head in Tweedmouth, which is known for its friendly atmosphere and competitive pricing, an approach that they are expected to bring to Wooler.

competitors in the annual Easter barrel race certainly will on Monday April 6 when teams carry casks up and over fields (Editor: stop now, it doesn’t bear thinking about) to the pub.

It’s all part of The Feathers’ beer and food festival which is basically a normal year’s events crammed into one looong weekend.

It starts with a Jarrow Brewery “meet the brewer” evening plus a brewsters (female brewers) session, then a 20-strong real ale festival, farmers’ market, barbecue, pie and pint quiz, egg jarping, bonnet parade – and that crazy, lung-bursting race.

There’s more; find the details at www.thefeathers.net

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HOLE-SALE CHANGES IN NORTH SHIELDS

The Porthole in North Shields has closed its doors for the last time. The last time as a pub, that is.

Despite brave attempts to keep the place alive and kicking – real ale and lunchtime jazz a speciality – the Victorian listed building has been bought by an architectural practice. The 1897-vintage pub was also part of a great ale trail that made full use of the Shields Ferry back and forth to The Alum House and The Steamboat in South Shields.

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IS THE FUTURE STILL BROWN? The recipe for Newcastle Brown Ale is changing to keep customers in the US happy, after drinkers across the Atlantic worried it contained a carcinogenic food colouring.

Heineken, the company that brews the iconic beer, says it will get rid of the chemical 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI) which helps give the drink its distinctive colour. The Dutch drinks giant took the decision even though the European Food Safety Authority has twice ruled that it is safe.

The US Food and Drug Administration also considers the colouring to be harmless, but Heineken has bowed to pressure from US consumer groups who are still anxious about the ingredient, saying it was “listening to consumer concerns”, while adding that roasted malts would now be used to achieve a similar colour.

A Heineken spokesman said: “We can confirm we are in the

process of changing our recipe for Newcastle Brown Ale. Caramel colouring is found in many of the food and beverage products that we all enjoy – including many beers – and is permitted by recognised food standards bodies.

“The amount used in Newcastle Brown Ale is well within the recommended safe levels set by these bodies; however we listened to consumer concerns that have been expressed particularly in the US and chose to review our recipe.

The change will be phased in to new stock over the coming months and only when we have confirmed that colour and taste meet the precise standards called for in the beer’s specification.”

But should we be worrying about 4MEI and how does it get into such a well-known product?

We asked Ian Brown, associate lecturer in food studies at Northumbria University.

A beer lover himself,

he says: “The compound 4-methylimidazole is not directly added to food, rather it may form when coffee beans are roasted or when meats are roasted or grilled, or when barley is malted.

It also forms as a trace impurity during the manufacturing of certain types of caramel colouring (known as Class III and Class IV) that are used to colour cola-type beverages and other foods.”

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Date for your diary EASTER BEER FESTIVAL

Thursday 2nd April - Monday 6th April 40+ of the finest Scottish cask ales plus a selection of ciders Live music Good Friday -The Mudskippers from 8 pm Easter Saturday - Lynch Mob from 8 pm Toasties and sandwiches available every day Enjoy your pint while sitting round our real fire.

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TEST OF THE BEST AT NATIONAL FINALS Ai,ing high: Wylam brewer Ben Wilkinson Wylam Brewery is taking one of its beers to Sheffield this month – to compete against the best brews in the country. Haxan Black Wit (6.2% abv), a black wheat beer with deep solid tawny tones, earned its place in the finals of the BeerX National Beer Competition 2015, organised by the Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA), by winning the organisation’s regional award for speciality beers.

Gold, silver and bronze medals are awarded to category winners in the finals with three Supreme Champion Awards, given to the best cask, keg and bottled beers.

Wylam’s Dave Stone says: “We are very proud of our beers and delighted to have this opportunity to compete on a national stage against some of the finest beers in the UK. Obviously, we’re hoping to come home from BeerX with a medal, but we’re happy to introduce our beer to hundreds of drinkers who haven’t tried it before.

“We’re grateful to everyone at our brewery who has helped us to brew great beer, and to the many local pubs, shops and drinkers who have supported us.”

SIBA managing director Mike Benner said: “With hundreds of beers entered into at our

regional beer competitions, winning an award and progressing to the national finals is a mark of a quality beer and Wylam Brewery should be very proud of their achievement.”

North Tyneside-based Mordue Brewery and Allendale Brewery from Northumberland are also in the frame in various categories. Winners are announced on Wednesday March 18.

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WHAT’S IN A NAME? A LOT IF IT’S DAVID

WE GET AROUND DON’T WE? A few months ago, regular reader Brian Burgess sent us a selfie displaying Cheers outside the famous Alamo fort in Texas. He also spent some time in Florida where he did much the same, this time in the A1A Aleworks brewpub in St Augustine in the company of head brewer Doug Murr.

Brian says: “ St Augustine is known as the oldest city in the US (or more correctly, the oldest continuously-occupied Europeanestablished settlement). It was founded in September 1565 by Pedro Menendez de Avile.

“There’s a pub here – thankfully there are several – called the A1A Aleworks which stands on the Bridge of Lions which crosses the Matanzas River from Anastasia Island and carries the old A1A road which runs up the east of Florida. It’s where the pub and brewery gets its name. There’s only draught keg beer brewed on the premises, so no Bud, or Miller, or Coors.

“While in the pub I got to talking – as you do

A1 pint: Brian Burgess, left, with Doug Murr – to Doug and I told him about Cheers magazine and he said he had heard of it and agreed to let me into the brewery for a photo.

“Everything in the brewery is visible from the bar and in the photo we’re standing above the copper mash tuns. The fermenting vessels are to our left.

“The beers available were King Street Light Lager (3.6% abv), Red Brick Ale (5.4% abv), Porpoise Point IPA (6.0% abv), White IPA (5.4% abv), Belgian Wit (4.0% abv) and my personal favourite, the dark and malty Bridge of Lions Brown (5.2% abv).” *See two more readers’ selfies on page 30.

You know that feeling when you’ve forgotten the name of the barperson you see regularly? We all get it, but fear not if you’re in The Schooner in Gateshead – every male member of staff is a David. And the women are all Ailsa.

That’s actually not 100% accurate, but consider this: Dave Campbell owns the pub with his wife Julie; David Wilson is a barman, Dave O’Harah is a chef and David Ainsley is apprentice chef. Head chef is Ailsa Archbold, while Ailsa Patton is bar supervisor. To complicate things further, David Wilson’s dad is called Dave; chef Paula Mason’s husband is David, and Ailsa Patton’s other half is top musician Davie Patton. It gets better – Dave Campbell’s sister is Julie, meaning there are two Julie Campbells in his life (calling themselves No1 and No2).

Confused? The South Shore Road pub’s eight ales might help work it out.

“THE LOUNGE” OPENS ABOVE BIN21 WINE SHOP IN HEXHAM

Following the success of our Morpeth branch Bin21, Hexham’s favourite wine merchant, has opened a new “café & wine lounge” above the shop in the Market Place.

Accessed through the shop we serve the best coffee in Hexham* along with food and some lovely nibbles, wines by the glass or bottle with meat platters & cheeseboards too, so…not only can you enjoy our lovely wines at home….you can also enjoy our lovely wines, local ales and lagers, spirits and malt whisky, in our relaxing lounge as well.

Coffee and tea to take away or sit inside is served everyday from 9.00am (10.00am on Sunday) Opening hours for “The Lounge” are: Monday to Wednesday 9.00am to 5.00pm, Thursday to Saturday 9.00am to 11.00pm and Sunday 10am to 10pm.

We look forward to seeing you there.

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COVER FEATURE

SPACE TO DEVELOP A young Austrian brewer wanted to brew British ale in a small but progressive environment. He tells Alastair Gilmour why he plumped for Jarrow You’re a teenager deciding on a career.

Your father owns a small bakery. You enjoy a loaf or two but you’ve also discovered beer, so what about hedging your bets and following the path marked “liquid bread”?

Tobias Pumberger started working in the family-owned Brauerei Hofstetten, 20 km from his home near Linz in Upper Austria when he was just 15-years-old. Now 22, Tobias’ desire to brew British beer saw him reach for a catalogue of UK breweries to offer his services for a few weeks.

“I wanted to learn about real ale, ideally in a small family company, like the one I work in in Austria,” says Tobias. “In a small company it’s easier when you have a problem; you can ask a real person about it and you also see everything from beginning to end.

“I looked at different breweries and saw that Jarrow makes a lot of different real ales, while some of them I looked up made only two or three – a bitter and a stout. I emailed my request and Jess (McConnell) agreed to take me straight away.”

Jess and Alison McConnell started Jarrow Brewery in 2002, brewing at first at the Robin Hood pub in Jarrow, then when they outgrew that, transferred to The Maltings in South Shields. The inevitable happened when you brew great beer like Rivet Catcher and Westoe IPA – another expansion, this time into a 40-barrel plant on Bede Industrial Estate, Jarrow.

The Maltings has been retained for smallbatch production.

“I brewed at The Maltings and at Jarrow on the different size brewhouses,” says Tobias. “I’ve been brewing Rivet Catcher – it’s my favourite. It has a very clean smell and the aroma hop is very good. Some hops lie a bit too long on the palate and won’t go away.

“I’m not a normal Austrian brewer. I took all my annual holidays to come here but they were very happy at Brauerei Hofstetten for me to do 16 / CHEERS / www.cheersnortheast.co.uk

that because when I get back I’ll be a better brewer with good experience.

“I’ve really learned a lot – everything is much quicker here. In Austria we need five weeks to finish a beer – here, real ale takes two weeks and still the product to come out is very good.”

Jarrow Brewery hasn’t been the enterprising young man’s only secondment – he was loaned out to a new Trappist brewery built at Engelszell Abbey – the only one in Austria – located near Engelhartszell an der Donau.

“The monks built it two years ago,” says Tobias, “and they asked our brewer for help.

They are originally from Alsace and came to Austria before World War II when most of them were killed.”

On the day before he left Jarrow to return home, Tobias brewed a special dark wheatstyle beer at The Maltings which, like his native beers, has been given a few weeks to mature in conditioning tanks. Pumberger IPA (5.0% abv) is now available at The Trent House in Newcastle and The Maltings in South Shields.

“I’m very happy with it – it’s nice to have my own real ale,” he says. “It’s all been part of my development plan; first seeing all the areas of brewing and on the final day doing this brew.

“I’d do it again as I’ve got different ideas and experience and it’s been good talking to people about the differences in brewing.

“We have a lot of wheat beers in Austria – from Bavaria or Saltzburg – and there’s always an Austrian lager beer available. Wheat beer from Bavaria is one of the best. Our pubs are different too. In Austria there are no pubs with handpulls like there are here.

“The area I come from looks a bit like here (the North East). I’ve also been to Edinburgh and York. I walk a lot and found that people here are very friendly and helpful, particularly if I have a problem. I like it that people come up and talk to you here. In the pub they also want to speak to me – especially once they know I’m Austrian.

“I WANTED TO LEARN ABOUT REAL ALE , IDEALLY IN A SMALL FAMILY COMPANY”

“My dad has a small bakery and I was always told I’d work in a bakery – but making bread is very similar to making beer, it’s the same ingredients. We always had lots of bread in the house and no beer. But not now.”

And that bread-making upbringing has left its mark on Tobias – he simply loves the early hours of the morning when there’s time to think straight and play with ideas in his head.

“I like to start work early in the mornings,” he says. “Coming from a baker’s family means we’re used to early starts. I like it at four o’clock when it’s always quiet and you can get a lot of work done without any interruptions.

“If I start later and I get home at night my dad is asleep by seven and gets up at midnight, so it’s good to start early and finish early so I can see my family.”

BRAUEREI HOFSTETTEN

The small Austrian brewery Tobia Pumberger works in was first recorded in 1449 and has been in the same family ownership since 1847. Current owner Peter Krammer’s great-great-grandfather – a cattle trader – took over Brauerei Hofstetten when its former owners couldn’t pay their debts. Peter inherited the company from his father in 1998 and now his team of nine employees brews around 5,550 hl of their own interpretations of the classic bock bier style. Bock is a strong German lager mainly associated with Munich. Dark and pale types are produced with an alcohol content of at least 6.0%. www.hofstetten.at JB_Pumberger_Black IPA_AWK.pdf 1 13/02/2015 11:19

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The first casks of beer from Europe’s first-ever microbrewery managed by students for students have been rolled out.

Suffice to say, OverDraught IPA (5.6% abv) developed by Stu Brew, Newcastle University’s eco-friendly microbrewery, was an instant, sellout success at the Students Union MensBar. The positive response has now led the beer to be offered at various venues across the campus and at the Crow’s Nest

Best of both: Stu Brew links business with academia

and Trent House pubs in the city. BrewDog in Newcastle and Allendale Brewery have also lent their expertise to the project.

Stu Brew was set up as a Student Community Action Newcastle (SCAN) scheme in 2013 to establish sustainability projects as a part of the National Union of Students (NUS) Student Green Fund.

Zelda Mendelowitz, copresident of Stu Brew, says: “It

has brought together more than 200 students who have helped guide the microbrewery enterprise, develop recipes, brew and cask beers, and also market research and academic projects linked to the microbrewery.”

The project is part of Newcastle University’s school of chemical engineering and advanced materials and involves students in academic studies along with business studies, label design,

sourcing ingredients, online promotion and bottling.

“They have conducted their own market research, secured trademarks and designed the labels themselves,” says Red Kellie, SCAN project coordinator.

“It’s also about sustainability and understanding the input of chemicals and waste management.”

Stu Brew operates a highly energy efficient heat and cooling system for the 2.5-barrel facility.

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AREA FOCUS: TYNE VALLEY

A DUMB-DE-DUMB-DE-DUMBDE-DUMB DECISION? Radio 4’s everyday story of farming folk has focused on Northumberland lately. Had David and Ruth Archer moved to ‘Hadley Hough’ as they had originally decided, which pub would they have chosen in place of The Bull in Ambridge?

It has taken several months of nightly airtime, but The Archers have decided not to move to Northumberland after all, despite them about to trouser £7m for Brookfield Farm. At least, David made his mind up – and told his mother before he talked to his wife Ruth about it. Not a great marital move.

“You made that decision without consulting me,” sreamed Ruth in a Geordie accent even worse than Cheryl Cole’s (she’s supposed to be from Prudhoe and the idea was that they sold

their farm which is threatened by a bypass and buy somewhere close to her ailing mother).

It was obvious David was wavering – he’d been going through his grandad’s papers and realised what a dairy farming visionary he was with ideas worth resurrecting. Then he started hearing his late father’s voice. Not a great cliff-hanger.

Good decision or not, this might not be the best time to be a Northumberland dairy farmer.

The Hexham Courant recently reported that some farmers are getting as little as 24p per litre for their milk and the National Farmers

Union (NFU) is concerned that around 60 of its members nationally left the industry in December alone. The price of milk in supermarkets has fallen to levels unsustainable for the country’s dairy farmers with prices dropping from £1.39 for a four-pint container to just 89p. One Northumberland dairy farm has seen a dip in its income of £250,000.

But, had David and Ruth Archer made the move to this part of the world, which pub would have taken the place of The Bull in Ambridge?

We’ve got terrific ones to choose from.

THE RAT INN ANICK, HEXHAM

THE BLACK BULL MATFEN

There’s no doubting that The Rat ticks all The Archers’ boxes – but it would work infinitely better on television rather than featuring on a radio programme.

The pub, sitting high above Hexham, is long, low and handsome with the cosiest of bars and three welcoming dining areas, one of which – the conservatory – looks out onto a beguiling beer garden.

The counter in the tiny flagstoned bar, where a log fire tinkles in a blackened range, appears to have seen service as a country house

There are few more pleasurable occupations than sitting on the benches at the front of the Black Bull, appreciating Matfen’s peaceful surroundings.

The 18th century estate village is a real curiosity and the pub has been a place of social gathering and entertainment for 200 years.

The Black Bull has bucked the trend for rural pub closures. Since Alison Cassidy and Nigel Pattinson reopened it at Easter 2013 after a period of uncertainty in the village, it has gone from strength to strength.

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sideboard. Amazingly for such a small bar, there are invariably six ales mostly from local microbreweries – ­ and a traditional farmhouse cider at the ready. A fiercely local network of suppliers offers Doddington cheese, North Sea coley, rib of Northumbrian beef, Craster kippers and Tom Stephenson’s Northumberland sausages.

The Rat Inn glows with positive mentions in good food guides and newspaper reviews and included in Britain’s Top 50 Gastropubs for 2013, 2014 and 2015.

An extensive choice of ales from Wylam Brewery kick-started a big interest in cask beer locally, shifting the Black Bull from one handpull to four within the first month. The cellar now turns over more than eight Wylam casks per week – well beyond all initial expectations.

The Black Bull has introduced live music to add to the already lively atmosphere. Food is kept simple and fresh but quality beers, ales and wines remain the main focus of this thriving pub, so it’s definitely The Archers’ loss.

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MINERS ARMS INN

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The Miners Arms is the village pub you thought only existed in old British movies – people talk to you and make you feel part of the place, for a start. Behind the stable-type front door sit a small, bright bar and a larger lounge area with a welcoming fireplace; further through is a function and dining room. Toilets are in the back yard, as is a sun-trap of a beer garden (although some prefer the benches at the front to observe the world passing by). The Miners is utterly charming. Permanent ale offerings are from Yates (Cumbria), Timothy Taylor and Wylam breweries with other guests making an appearance over busier weekends (and it doesn’t go unnoticed that when you order, say, a Wylam beer it’s served in a Wylam glass). It’s a pub that encourages conversation – which would be perfect for a radio series – and it’s a great example of keeping a community alive. It’s where you go to find out what’s going on around you.

Dr Syntax is a bit of a dark horse – in both senses of the phrase. It’s far too easily driven past on New Ridley Road in Stocksfield on the way to and from the local golf club but it’s very handy for relaxing in and telling tall tales about par fours and birdies. The name refers to a famous 19th Century racehorse which won umpteen gold cups in his career (itself named after an 18th Century comic cartoon character). The pub – lounge and games room with snooker table – is spacious and extremely tidy and has the air of being very well looked after. Someone cares about you, the customer, and it takes a lot of hard work to appear this effortless. Hadrian Border Tyneside Blonde is on the bar alongside Timothy Taylors Landlord, both beers that go well with a seat in the window to admire the view all the way along the Tyne Valley – real farming country. That is, if you’re not watching televised sport.

Definitely a home from home for The Archers.

Haydon Bridge’s 18th Century-vintage General Havelock Inn had one ale on the counter at the time of the Cheers visit – the rather charming High House Farm Pullet Please – and although that’s not a lot by many pubs’ standards, if it’s as well kept as this, do you need to chop and change? The bar is small, animated with conversation, quaintly furnished and livened by some fine wildlife photography and has the appearance of trying hard to please. Good service and a high-class menu make it a place to hang around, particularly the pub’s restaurant which must rank as one of the North East’s finest.

One comment says: “Could tell the food was prepared by a proper chef”. The rear terrace overlooking the South Tyne is an absolute joy on a fine day. Henry (General) Havelock was born in Bishopwearmouth and made his formidable reputation during the Indian Rebellion of 1857, and the pub certainly continues the positive trend.

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Many a couple has realised the benefits of holding a bliss-up in a brewery. Heather and Gary Scott, owners of High House Farm Brewery near Matfen, are thrilled by the interest in holding wedding receptions – and ceremonies – in their visitor centre, a Grade II-listed set of farm buildings. Bookings stretch into next year. The visitor centre doubles (triples?) as a bar

and bistro – and a shop for local produce, including beer from the brewery downstairs. Tours with tastings to finish up with are popular group activities and it adds to the whole taste experience when you can see how Auld Hemp and Nel’s Best (named after sheepdogs) are made. But, best of all, this is a farm – and what better destination for The Archers?

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The Tannery might delight in offering burgers such as The Day Emily Bishop Went Insane or A Night In With Susan Boyle but this is a seriously good pub. Last year, owner Dave Carr saw potential in its three distinct rooms, its mixed residential location, and a desire among locals to be presented with the opportunity of having a “local” they could be proud of. Out went the pool table and in came a cider room and fascinating island-style back bar, although the dart board survives to live another day. A range of well-

proven national and local beers with a hint of rebellion to them animates the main bar (which also features a cheese counter). The Tannery is bright – two huge corner windows see to that – and though it’s timeworn around the edges it’s aged well since it was built in 1897. “We can’t compete with Wetherspoons up the road (on price),” says Dave Carr, “but we can offer a reflection of our own personalities – which a pub should have. It’s not perfect but people love flaws in pubs; it’s what they’re about.”

But the last words have to go to David Archer – the bottling dairy farmer. “I can’t leave Brookfield,” he said on one recent programme.

“This land, this place, it’s who I am. Archers belong at Brookfield; they always have and they always will.”

Deciding against moving to Northumberland and the wider North East of England with its wonderful pubs – amongst all the other attractions – could be the daftest thing he’s ever done, even set against the tumbling price of milk. By not coming here, David Archer must be dumb-de-dumb-de-dumbde-dumb, dumb-de-dumb-de-dumb-dumb.

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COUNTY DURHAM BUTCHER’S ARMS

Middle Chare, Chester le Street, DH3 3QB t: 0191 388 3605

DUN COW

37 Old Elvet, Durham, DH1 3HN t: 0191 386 9219

GREENBANK HOTEL

90 Greenbank Road, Darlington, DL3 6EL t: 01325 462624

HALF MOON INN

130 North Gate, Darlington, DL1 1QS t: 01325 465765

HAT AND FEATHERS

Church Street, Seaham, SR7 7HF t: 01915 133040

HEAD OF STEAM

3 Reform Place, Durham, DH1 4RZ t: 0191 3832173

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14 Horsemarket, Darlington, County Durham DL1 5PT t: 01325 466720

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22 Coniscliffe Road, Darlington, DL3 7RG t: 01325 354590 e: rew@villagebrewer.co.uk www.twenty2.villagebrewer.co.uk

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THE BAY HORSE

28 West Green, Heighington, DL5 6PE t: 01325 312312

THE BEAMISH MARY INN No Place, Nr Beamish, DH9 0QH t: 0191 370 0237

THE BLACK HORSE

Red Row,Beamish, DH9 0RW t: 01207 232569

THE BRITTANIA INN

1 Archer Street, Darlington County Durham, DL3 6LR t: 01325 463787

THE CLARENCE VILLA

Durham Road, Coxhoe, County Durham, DH4HX t: 0191 377 3773

THE COUNTY

13 The Green, Aycliffe Vilage, County Durham, DL5 6LX

t: 01325 312273

THE CROSS KEYS

Front Street, Esh, DH7 9QR t: 0191 3731279

THE CROWN

Mickleton, Barnard Castle, DL12 0JZ t: 01833 640 381

THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON

Darlington Road, Durham DH1 3QN t: 0191 375 7651

THE DUN COW

Front Street, Sedgefield, TS21 3AT t: 01740 385 6695

THE FLOATER’S MILL

Woodstone Village, Fence Houses, DH4 6BQ t: 0191 385 6695

THE GARDEN HOUSE INN North Road, Durham, DH1 4NQ t: 0191 3863395

THE GEORGE & DRAGON

THE PLOUGH

Mountsett, Burnopfield, NE16 6BA t: 01207 570346

THE PUNCH BOWL INN

THE QUAYS

5 Tubwell Row, Darlington, DL1 1NU t: 01325 461448

THE ROYAL OAK

7 Manor Rd, Medomsley Village, DH8 6QN t: 01207 560336

THE SCOTCH ARMS

Blackhill, Consett, DH8 8LZ t: 01207 593709

THE SHIP

Low Road, Middlestone Village, Middlestone, DL14 8AB t: 01388 810904

THE SPORTSMANS ARMS

THE HONEST LAWYER

Croxdale Bridge, Croxdale, DH1 3HP t: 0191 3783782

THE JOHN DUCK

91A Claypath, Durham City, DH1 1 RG

THE LAMBTON WORM

North Road, Chester le Street, DH3 4AJ t: 0191 3871162

THE MANOR HOUSE HOTEL

The Green, West Auckland, DL14 9HW t: 01388 834834

THE MANOR HOUSE INN

Carterway Heads, Shotley Bridge, DH8 9LX t: 01207 255268

THE MARKET TAVERN

27 Market Place, Durham, DH1 3NJ t: 0191 3862069

THE MILL

Durham Road, Rainton Bridge, DH5 8NG t: 0191 5843211

THE MINERS ARMS

41 Manor Road, Medomsley, DH8 6QN t: 01207 560428

THE NEWFIELD INN

Newfield, Chester le Street, DH2 2SP t: 0191 3700565

THE OAK TREE

Front Street, Tantobie, Stanley, DH9 9RF t: 01207 235 445

THE OLD WELL INN

The Bank, Barnard Castle DL12 8PH t: 01833 690 130

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BARRASFORD ARMS

BARRELS

THE GREY HORSE

86 New Elvet, Durham, DH1 3AQ t: 0191 3741918

Seahouses, NE68 7SQ t: 01665 720283

THE QUAKERHOUSE

THE SMITHS ARMS

THE HALF MOON INN

BAMBURGH CASTLE INN

Edmundbyers, DH8 9NL t: 01207 255545 2 Mechanics Yard, Darlington, DL3 7QF t: 07783 960105

Brecon Hill, Castle Dene, Chester le Street, DH3 4HE t: 0191 3857559 Moor End Terrace, Belmont, DH1 1BJ t: 0191 3842667

THE STABLES

Beamish Hall Hotel, Beamish, DH9 0BY t: 01207 288 750

THE STABLES

West Herrington, Houghton le Spring, DH4 4ND t: 0191 584 9226

THE THREE HORSESHOES

Pit House Lane, Leamside, Houghton le Spring, DH4 6QQ t: 0191 584 2394

THE WHITE LION

Newbottle Street, Houghton le Spring, DH4 4AN t: 0191 5120735

THE WHITEHILLS

Waldridge Road, Chester le Street, DH2 3AB t: 0191 3882786

WICKET GATE

Front Street, Chester-le-Street, DH3 3AX t: 0191 3872960

THE WILD BOAR

Frederick Place, Houghton le Spring, DH4 4BN t: 0191 5128050

THE VICTORIA INN

86 Hallgarth Street, Durham, DH1 3AS, t: 0191 3860465

NORTH YORKSHIRE THE CROWN INN

Vicars Lane, Manfield, DL2 2RF t: 01325 374243

Front Street West, Bedlington, NE22 5TZ t: 01670 536160

RED LION INN

Stanegate Road, Newbrough, Hexham, NE47 5AR t: 01434 674226

Prudhoe Station, Low Prudhoe, RIVERDALE HALL HOTEL NE42 6NP t: 01661 832323 Bellingham, NE48 2JT t: 01434 220254

Barrasford Hexham, NE48 4AA t: 01434 681237

4 East Green, Heighington Village, DL5 6PP t: 01325 313152

115 Sherburn Terrace, Consett, DH8 6NE t: 01207 502585

ADAM & EVE

RED LION

59-61 Bridge Street, Berwick, TD15 1ES t:01289 308013

BATTLESTEADS HOTEL

Wark, Hexham, NE48 3LS t: 01434 230209 www.battlesteads.com

BEADNELL TOWERS HOTEL Beadnell, NE67 5AY t: 01665 721211

CLENNELL HALL HOTEL

Harbottle,Morpeth, NE65 7BG t: 01669 650 377

CROSS KEYS

Thropton, Rothbury, NE65 7HX t: 01669 620362

DIPTON MILL INN

Dipton Mill Road, Hexham, NE46 1YA t: 01434 606577 e: ghb@hexhamshire.co.uk www.diptonmill.co.uk

DOCTOR SYNTAX

New Ridley Road, Stocksfield, NE43 7RG, t: 01661 842383

DUKE OF WELLINGTON Newton, NE43 7UL t: 01661 844446

DYKE NEUK

Meldon, Nr Morpeth, NE61 3SL t: 01670 772662

ELECTRIC WIZARD

New Market, Morpeth, NE61 1PS t: 01670 500640

FOX AND HOUNDS

Main Road, Wylam NE41 8DL t: 01661 598060

GENERAL HAVELOCK INN

Haydon Bridge, NE47 6ER t: 01434 684376

JOHN THE CLERK OF CRAMLINGTON

Front Street, Cramlington, NE23 1DN t: 01670 707060

THREE HORSESHOES

Hathery Lane, Horton, Cramlington, NE24 4HF t: 01670 822410

THREE WHEATHEADS

Thropton nr Rothbury, NE65 7LR t: 01669 620262

TWICE BREWED INN

Military Road, Bardon Mill, NE47 7AN t: 01434 344534

THE ALLENDALE INN

Humshaugh, Hexham, NE46 4AG t: 01434 681 231

THE DIAMOND INN

Main Street, Ponteland, NE20 9BB t: 01661 872898

THE DYVELS INN

Station Road, Corbridge, NE45 5AY t: 01434 633 633

THE FEATHERS INN

Hedley on the Hill, Stocksfield, NE43 7SW t: 01661 843 607

THE GOLDEN LION

Hill Street, Corbridge, NE45 5AA t: 01434 632216

THE ANCHOR HOTEL

THE HADRIAN HOTEL

THE ANCHOR INN

THE HERMITAGE INN

Haydon Bridge, NE47 6AB t: 01434 688121 Whittonstall, Nr Consett, DH8 9JN t: 01207 561110

THE ANGEL INN

Main Street, Corbridge, NE45 5LA t: 01434 632119

THE BADGER

Street Houses, Ponteland Newcastle upon Tyne NE20 9BT t: 01661 871037

THE BLACKBIRD

Ponteland, NE20 9UH t: 01661 822 684

THE BLACK BULL

Middle Street, Corbridge, NE45 5AT t: 01434 632261

THE BLACK BULL

Matfen, NE20 0RP t: 01661 855395

THE BLACK BULL INN Etal, TD12 4TL t: 01890 820200

THE BLACK & GREY

Newgate St, Morpeth Northumberland NE61 1BU t: 01670 504312

THE BLUE BELL

Mount Pleasant, West Mickley, Stocksfield NE43 7LP t: 01661 843146

Market Place, Allendale, NE47 9BD t: 01434 683 225 Wall, Hexham, NE44 4EE t: 01434 681232

23 Castle Street, Warkworth, NE65 0UL t: 01665 711 258

THE HORSESHOES INN

Rennington, Alnwick, NE66 3RS. t: 01665 577665

THE JOINERS ARMS

Newton-by-the-Sea, NE66 3EA t: 01665 576 112

THE MANOR HOUSE

Caterway Heads Shotley Bridge, DH8 9LX t: 01207 255268

THE MANOR INN

Main Street, Haltwhistle, NE49 0BS t: 01434 322588

THE NORTHUMBERLAND ARMS The Peth, West Thirston, Felton, NE65 9EE t: 01670 787370

THE OLDE SHIP INN

9 Main Street, Seahouses, NE68 7RD t: 01665 720 200

THE PACKHORSE INN

Ellingham, Chathill, NE67 5HA t: 01665 589292

THE PILOT INN

31 Low Greens, Berwick upon Tweed, TD15 1LZ t: 01289 304214

THE PLOUGH

Village Square, Cramlington, NE23 1DN t: 01670 737633

THE BOATHOUSE

THE PLOUGH INN

JOINERS ARMS

Wylam, NE41 8HR t: 01661 853431

THE RAILWAY HOTEL

JOLLY FISHERMAN

• 14 Real ales on tap • CAMRA 2013 • Northumberland Pub of the Year Winner

Wansbeck Street, Morpeth, NE61 1XZ t: 01670 513540 Craster, Alnwick, NE66 3TR t: 01665 576461

MINERS ARMS

Main Street, Acomb, NE46 4PW t: 01434 603909

LION & LAMB

Horsley, NE15 0NS t: 01661 852952

THE BOATSIDE INN

Warden, Hexham, NE46 4SQ t: 01434 602233

THE BRIDGE END INN

NEWCASTLE HOTEL

THE WHITE SWAN

OLIVERS

• 5 Real Ales • Traditional family run pub • Folk & music nights

CUMBRIA

THE CROWN INN

THE GOLDEN LION

Coopers Lane, Potto, DL6 3HQ t: 01642 700232 1 West End, Stokesley, TS9 5BL t: 01642 710263

The Wynding, Beadnell, NE675AX t: 01665 720 272

Market Place, Allendale, Hexham, NE47 9BJ, t: 01434 683246

West Road, Ovingham Prudhoe, NE42 6BN t: 01661 832219

THE DOG & GUN

THE CRASTER ARMS

Front Street, Rothbury, NE65 7UT t: 01669 620334 60 Bridge Street, Blyth, NE24 2AP t: 01670 368346

PERCY ARMS HOTEL

Main Road, Chatton NE66 5PS t: 01668 215244

THE CARTS BOG INN

Langley on Tyne, Hexham, NE47 5NW. t: 01434 684338

Front Street, Ellington, NE61 5JB t: 01670 860340 Church Street, Haydon Bridge, NE47 6JG t: 01434 684254

THE RAILWAY INN

Acklington, Morpeth, NE65 9BP t: 01670 760 320

THE RAT INN

Anick, Hexham, NE46 4LN t: 01434 602 814

THE RIDLEY ARMS

Stannington, Morpeth, NE61 6EL t: 01670 789216

THE RED LION

22 Northumberland Street, Alnmouth, NE66 2RJ t: 01665 830584 www.redlionalnmouth.co.uk

THE RED LION INN

Milfield, Wooler, NE71 6JD t: 01668 216224 www.redlioninn-milfield.co.uk

THE ROBIN HOOD

BACCHUS

LA TAVERNA

THE BRANDLING ARMS

THE GREY HORSE

THE OLDE SHIPS INN

• Real ales • Home cooked food • Accomodation

BENTON ALE HOUSE

• Tapas • Real Ale • Chicken

THE BRANDLING VILLA

THE HARBOUR VIEW

THE PACKHORSE

LADY GREY’S

• Large selection of real ales • Regular food & drink festivals • Food served

THE HASTINGS

THE PAVILION

East Wallhouses, Military Road Newcastle, NE18 0LL t: 01434 672273

THE SEVEN STARS

21 Main Street, Ponteland, NE20 9NH, t: 01661 872670

THE SUN INN

42-48 High Bridge, Newcastle, NE1 6BX t: 0191 2611008 Front Street, Longbenton NE7 7XE t: 0191 2661512

BEST WESTERN ROKER HOTEL Roker Terrace, Sunderland, SR6 9ND, t: 0191 5671786 e: info@rokerhotel.co.uk

BIERREX

Acomb, NE46 4PW t: 01434 602934

82 Pilgrim Street, NE1 6SG

THE SUN INN

Castle Square, Newcastle, NE1 1RQ t: 0191 232 6400 e: info@sjf.co.uk

High Church, Morpeth, NE61 2QT, t: 01670 514153

THE SWINBURNE ARMS

31 North Side, Stamfordham, NE18 0QG t: 01661 886051

THE TANNERY

Gilesgate, Hexham, NE46 3QD t: 01434 605537 • Beer & Whisky room • Live music • Dog friendly

THE TAP & SPILE

Eastgate, Hexham, NE46 1BH, t: 01434 602039

THE TRAVELLERS REST

Slaley, Hexham, NE46 1TT t: 01434 673231 www.travellersrestslaley.com

THE WELLINGTON

Main Road, Riding Mill, NE44 6DQ t: 01434 682531

THE WHITE SWAN

Main Road, Ovingham,Prudhoe Northumberland NE42 6AG t: 01661 833188

THE WHEATSHEAF

St Helens Street, Corbridge, NE45 5HE t: 01434 632020

THE VICTORIA HOTEL

1 Front Street, Bamburgh, NE69 7BP, t: 01668 214431

THE VILLAGE INN

Longframlington, Morpeth, NE65 8AD t: 01665 570268 www.thevillageinnpub.co.uk

TEESSIDE BEST WESTERN GRAND HOTEL

Swainston Street, Hartlepool, TS24 8AA t: 01429 266345 e: grandhotel@tavistockleisure.com

BRITANNIA INN

65 High Street, Loftus, TS13 4HG t: 01287 640612

CLEVELAND BAY

Yarm Road, Eaglescliffe, TS16 0JE t: 01642 780275

THE CLEVELAND HOTEL

BRIDGE HOTEL

BRIDGE TAVERN

7 Akenside Hill Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 3UF t: 0191 232 1122 • Selection of real ales • Food served daily • Roof terrace

BRIDLE PATH

101 Front Street, Whickham, NE16 4JJ t: 0191 4217676

CHESTERS

Chester Road, Sunderland, SR4 7DR t: 0191 5659952

COPPERFIELDS

12 Front Street, Tynemouth, NE30 4DZ t: 0191 2571820 www.cumberlandarms.co.uk

DELAVAL ARMS

Old Hartley, NE26 4RL t: 0191 237 0489

CROWN POSADA

31 Side, Newcastle, NE1 3JE t: 0191 2321269

FIRE STATION

York Road, Whitley Bay, NE26 1AB t: 0191 293 9030

FITZGERALDS

60 Grey Street, Newcastle, NE1 6AF t: 0191 2301350

FITZGERALDS

10-12 Green Terrace, Sunderland, SR1 3PZ t: 0191 5670852

FITZGERALDS

2 South Parade, Whitley Bay, NE26 2RG t: 0191 2511255

FOX & HOUNDS

Coalburns, Greenside, NE40 4JN t: 0191 4132549 St Lawrence Road, Byker, Newcastle, NE6 1AP t: 0191 265 5764 High Street, Gosforth, NE3 1HQ t: 0191 2856617

HOTEL DU VIN & BISTRO

Allan House, City Road Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 2BE

HUGOS

29 Front Street, Tynemouth, NE30 4DZ t: 0191 2578956

NEWCASTLE ARMS

57 St Andrews Street, Newcastle, NE1 5SE t: 0191 260 2490

ODDFELLOWS

7 Albion Road, North Shields, NE30 2RJ t: 0191 4358450

PUB & KITCHEN

13/14 Albion Road, North Shields NE30 2RJ t: 0191 2573199

RED LION

Algernon Place, Whitley Bay, NE26 2DT t: 0191 2531299

ROSIES BAR

2 Stowell Street, NE1 4XQ t: 0191 2328477

Haddricks Mill Road, South Gosforth, NE3 1QL t: 0191 2840490

THE BROAD CHARE

25 Broad Chare, Trinity Gardens, Quayside, Newcastle, NE1 3DQ t: 0191 211 2144

THE CAUSEY ARCH INN

Beamish Burn Road, Marley Hill, Newcastle, NE16 5EG t: 01207 233925

THE CENTRAL

Half Moon Lane, Gateshead, NE8 2AN t: 0191 4782543 e: central@theheadofsteam.co.uk

THE CENTURION

Neville Street, Newcastle, NE1 5DG, t: 0191 261 6611 • Real ales • Food available • Live sports shown

THE CHILLINGHAM

Wheatridge Row, Seaton Delaval, NE25 0QH t: 0191 237 6868

THE HEAD OF STEAM

2 Neville Street, Newcastle NE1 5EN t: 0191 230 4236

THE HEAD OF STEAM

3 The Arcade, Front Street, Tynemouth, NE30 4BS t: 0191 272 8105

THE HOTSPUR

103 Percy Street, Newcastle, NE1 7RY t: 0191 2324352

THE JOB BULMAN

St Nicholas Avenue, Gosforth, NE3 1AA t: 0191 2236320

THE JOLLY STEWARD

Fulwell Ave, South Shields, NE34 7DF t: 0191 427 2951

THE KEELMAN

Grange Road, Newburn, Newcastle , NE15 8NL t: 0191 267 1689

THE CLUNY

Beech Street, Deptford, SR4 6BU t: 0191 567 9804

36 Lime Street, Ouseburn, Newcastle, NE1 2PQ t: 0191 230 4474

THE COCK CROW INN

The Gate, Newcastle, NE1 5RF t: 01912299430

THE KINGS ARMS

THE KINGS ARMS

Mill Lane, Hebburn, NE31 2EY t: 0191 428 5730

West Terrace, Seaton Sluice, NE26 4RD t: 0191 2370275

THE COPT HILL

THE KING GEORGE

THE COTTAGE TAVERN

North Street, Cleadon, SR6 7PL t: 0191 519 0547

Eighton Banks, Gateshead, NE9 7XR t: 0191 487 8137

105 Westgate Road, Newcastle, NE1 4AG t: 0191 232 0692

THE COUNTY

THE LOW LIGHTS TAVERN

TOBY BARNES

THE COURTYARD

SHIREMOOR HOUSE FARM Middle Engine Lane, North Shields, NE29 8DZ t: 0191 2576302

SUN INN

Market Lane, Swalwell, Gateshead, NE16 3AL t: 0191 442 9393

TILLEYS BAR

Durham Road, Sunderland SR2 7RB, t: 0191 5285644 www.tobycarvery.co.uk

TRAVELLERS REST

North Road, Wide Open NE13 6LN t: 0191 2366300

TWIN FARMS

22 Main Road, Kenton Bk Ft, NE13 8AB t: 0191 2861263

TYNE BAR

Seaham Road, Houghton le Spring, DH35 8LU t: 0191 5844485

High Street, Gosforth, NE3 1HB t: 0191 285 6919 Arts Centre, Biddick Lane, Washington, NE38 8AB t: 0191 219 3463

THE CUMBERLAND ARMS

THE PRIORY

Front Street, Tynemouth NE30 4DX. t. 0191 257 8302

THE QUEEN VICTORIA

206 High Street, Gosforth, NE3 1HD. t: 0191 2858060

THE RAVENSWORTH ARMS

Lamesley, Gateshead, NE11 0ER. t: 0191 487 6023

THE RISING SUN

Bank Top, Crawcrook, NE40 4EE. t: 0191 4133316

THE ROBIN HOOD

Primrose Hill, Jarrow, NE32 5UB. t: 0191 428 5454

THE ROSE & CROWN

North Street, Winlaton NE21 6BT. t: 0191 4145887

THE SCHOONER

South Shore Road, Gateshead, NE8 3AF t: 0191 477 7404 • Handmade food • Toe-tapping tunes • Hip-ster free zone

THE SIR WILLIAM DE WESSYNGTON

2-3 Victoria Road, Concord, Washington, NE37 2JY t: 0191 418 0100

THE STAITH HOUSE

57 Low Lights, North Shields, NE30 1JA t: 0191 2708441

THE STEAMBOAT

27 Mill Dam, South Shields NE33 1EQ t: 0191 454 0134

THE TANNERS

1 Byker Bridge, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 2NS

THE MILL HOUSE

THE TOWN WALL

11 Market St, Newcastle, NE1 6JN t: 0191 244 2513

THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON

9 High Street West, Sunderland SR1 3HA t: 0191 5672262

THE FIVE SWANS

St Marys Place, Newcastle, NE1 7PG t: 0191 2111140

THE GREEN

THE BRIAR DENE

THE GREY HORSE

71 The Links, Whitley Bay, NE26 1UE t: 0191 2520926

9 Claypath Lane, South Shields, NE33 4PG t: 0191 4277147

Sunniside, Newcastle, NE16 5EE t: 0191 488 8068

Sheriffs Highway, Gateshead, NE9 5SD t: 0191 4870666

THE DUN COW

THE BODEGA

THE MALTINGS

THE POTTERS WHEEL

THE MILE CASTLE

TYNEMOUTH LODGE

Hartley Lane, Earsdon, NE25 05Z t: 0191 2529352

Brewhouse Bank, North Shields, NE30 1LL t: 0191 2576038

Hotspur North, Backworth, NE27 0BJ t: 0191 2680711

DAT BAR

Maling Street, Newcastle NE6 1LP

THE BEEHIVE

THE LAMBTON ARMS

Crookgate, Burnopfield, NE16 6NS t: 01207 270283

THE MID BOLDON CLUB

High Bridge, Newcastle NE1 1EN t: 0191 261 8852

Tynemouth Road, North Shields, NE30 4AA t: 0191 257 7565

North Parade, Whitley Bay t: 0191 251 3877

Durham Road, East Rainton, DH5 9QT t: 0191 5840944

James Place Street, Ouseburn, Newcastle, NE6 1LD t: 0191 265 6151

IVY HOUSE

Worcester Terrace, Sunderland SR2 7AW

Benedict Street, Roker, Sunderland, SR6 0NU t: 0191 5671402

THE KEEL ROW

26 Silksworth Row, Sunderland, SR1 3QJ t: 0191 5147684

ASHBROOKE SPORTS CLUB

Old Penshaw Village, Houghton-le-Spring, DH4 7ER t: 0191 512 6080

Chillingham Road, Newcastle, NE1 1RQ t: 0191 265 3992

White Mare Pool, Wardley, Gateshead, NE10 8YB t: 0191 4950171

ISIS

Ashbrooke Road, Sunderland, SR2 7HH, t: 0191 528 4536

Streetgate, Sunniside, Newcastle Tyne & Wear NE16 5ES t: 0191 257 4831

176 High Street, Gosforth, NE3 1HD t: 0191 28540

125 Westgate Road, Newcastle, NE1 4AG t: 0191 221 1552

ALUM ALE HOUSE

Ferry Street, South Shields, NE33 1JR

MARQUIS OF GRANBY

ROCKLIFFE ARMS

GOSFORTH HOTEL

TYNE & WEAR

1 Camden Street, North Shields, NE30 1NH t: 0191 257 4831

CUMBERLAND ARMS

THE FISHERMANS ARMS

Hartlepool Railway Station, Hartlepool, TS24 7ED

MAGNESIA BANK

Grand Hotel, Grand Parade Tyne And Wear, NE30 4ER t: 0191 293 6666

FREE TRADE INN

THE RAT RACE

20 Shakespeare Street, Newcastle, NE1 6AQ t: 0191 2323606

Redcar Terrace, West Boldon, NE36 0PZ t: 0191 536 4197

9-11 High Street West Redcar, Cleveland, TS10 1SQ t: 01642 484035 Southgate, The Headland, Hartlepool, TS24 0JJ t: 01429 266029

Stella Road, Ryton NE21 4LU t: 0191 413 2921

Front Street, East Boldon, NE36 0SJ t: 0191 519 1796

60 Front Street. East Boldon, NE36 0SH 52 Westgate Rd, NE1 5XU t: 0191 2111160 Blackfell, Birtley, DH3 1RE t: 0191 415 1313

THE MILLSTONE HOTEL

Hadricks Mill Road, South Gosforth, NE3 1QL t: 0191 285 3429

THE NEW BRIDGE

2 -4 Argyle Street, Newcastle, NE1 6PF t: 0191 2321020

THE NORTHUMBRIAN PIPER Fawdon House, Red House Farm Estate, Gosforth, NE3 2AH t: 0191 2856793

THE OLD GEORGE

Old George Yd, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 1EE t: 0191 260 3035

THE THREE TUNS

Pink Lane, Newcastle, NE1 5HX www.thetownwall.com

• Selection of real ales • Food served daily • Cinema room available

THE TURKS HEAD

41 Front Street, Tynemouth, NE30 4DZ t: 0191 2576547

THE VICTORY

Killingworth Road, South Gosforth, NE3 1SY t: 0191 285 1254

YE OLD CROSS INN Ryton Village, NE40 3QP t: 0191 4134689

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FUN STUFF

SIGN OF THE TIMES

THE DIRTY DOZEN TWELVE QUESTIONS TO TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE

We’re undecided whether this warns about the size of the houses or it’s about the inhabitants coming out.

1 What in sport is a Gilbert Virtuo?

2 What is the currency of Brazil?

3 What is the only city that sits in two continents?

4 At what height does a pony become a horse?

5 In the 1967 movie what is Cool Hand Luke imprisoned for decapitating?

6 The colour brown is produced by mixing which three other colours?

7 Snickers, Uncle Ben’s and Dolmio are all owned by which food company?

8 Alfred Pennyworth was whose butler?

9 The abbreviation SIM (as in SIM card) stands for what?

10 What is the offspring of a male horse and a female donkey called?

11 On a standard ‘qwerty’ keyboard, what key comes between Z and C? 12 How many legs (or arms) does a starfish have?

A MAN WALKS INTO A BAR… …AND TELLS THE BARMAN HE’S JUST BEEN SACKED FROM HIS NEW JOB PAINTING WHITE LINES ON THE ROAD. “WHY? ASKS THE BARMAN. HE SAYS: “THE FIRST DAY I DID SIX MILES, SECOND DAY I DID THREE MILES, THEN YESTERDAY I ONLY DID ONE. THE BOSS SAID I WAS LAZY BUT I COULDN’T DO ANY MORE BECAUSE I WAS GETTING FURTHER AND FURTHER AWAY FROM THE PAINT CAN.”

CHEERS FROM AFAR Readers have been sending us photos of themselves with copies of Cheers from around the world (see also page 14). Here’s the latest selection: Gary and Jill Taylor in Tørst, Brooklyn, New York – “arguably the best craft beer bar on Planet Earth”, he says. John Emmerson chooses somewhere closer to home – the wonderful Village Inn, Arrochar, Loch Lomond National Park. Thanks to all; you’ve really got the Cheers spirit – keep them coming. Send to info@cheersnortheast.co.uk

QUIZ ANSWERS 1 A rugby ball. 2 The real. 3 Istanbul in Turkey (Europe and Asia). 4 14 hands (or 56 inches). 5 Parking meters. 6 Red, yellow and blue. 7 Mars. 8 Bruce Wayne (Batman). 9 Subscriber Identity Module. 10 A hinny. 11 X. 12 Five 30 / CHEERS / www.cheersnortheast.co.uk

THE COUNTY

THE JUNCTION

THE TURKS HEAD

70 Hight Street Gosforth, Newcastle 0191 285 6919 Facebook/The County - Gosforth

Percy Street Haymarket, Newcastle 0191 230 3344 Facebook/Junction Newcastle

41 Front Street Tynemouth 0191 257 6547 facebook/The Turks Head Tynemouth aka The Stuffed Dog

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