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WELCOME Pubs are as varied as the customers they attract; there’s no typical pub, just as there are no typical pub-goer. There are traditional pubs and style bars, with dozens of categories in between – similarly with people. After preparing the news list for this month’s magazine I was struck by the variety and sheer breadth of subject matter. In the same way that you could walk across a pub floor and hear snippets of conversation that range from football to Coronation Street and “Darling, you’re going to have to tell your mother…” we take a look at everything that goes on in and around them. For example, Morpeth Town have reached the final of the FA Vase, so the town’s pubs will surely enjoy some positive results (and we wish them every success on May 22). Hops, better known as an ingredient in beer, are being considered for use in restaurant kitchens; art exhibitions are becoming a regular feature in pubs; commemorative beers and brewing collaborations are regularly commissioned while the pubs themselves continue to evolve and develop. And, this is before we even mention the exciting project that is Wylam Brewery’s move to The Palace of Arts building in Newcastle’s Exhibition Park. And, here’s where you come in – if there’s anything you think we’re missing out on and could be improved on, please let us know. Cheers is yours whether you are “traditional” or “style”, Old George or Jonny Ringo. Enjoy yourself, Cheers. Alastair Gilmour Editor, Cheers North East
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A DATE AT THE PALACE
Wylam Brewery moves into its brand spanking new facility at Exhibition Park in Newcastle this month (although the Palace of Arts building itself was constructed for the 1929 North East Coast Exhibition of 1929). It’s the most significant development in the city’s brewing scene since Scottish & Newcastle upped sticks to Dunston, Gateshead, in 2005 and subsequently to Tadcaster in North Yorkshire four years later. It puts down a marker that Newcastle and the wider region are looking to the future with great confidence and entrepreneurial spirit – exactly what the North East Coast Exhibition set out to do 87 years ago.
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IF IT’S SATURDAY IT MUST BE SUNDERLAND A marathon True North meet the brewer series sees three beer producers dropping in on North East and Yorkshire pubs. Credence Brewery from Amble in Northumberland is joined by Tempest Brew Co from Galashiels in The Borders and Highlands-based Cromarty Brewing. “We’re bringing exceptional beer and tastings to the finest beer establishments,” says Credence director Matt Taylor. Dates are: Saturday May 14 at the Free Trade Inn, Newcastle; May 15, the Red Lion Inn, Alnmouth; May 16, Friends of Ham in Leeds; May 19, North Bar (Harrogate); May 20, Pivni (York) and May 21 The Ivy House (Sunderland).
HOMEBREW COUNTDOWN GOES GLOBAL Synchronise watches for the American Homebrewers Association (AHA) Big Brew Day on the first Saturday of May. This year it falls on May 7 and a simultaneous toast will ring out at noon Central Daylight Time (6am for us) when all homebrewers and beer lovers will celebrate their hobby. Throughout the day, hundreds of bars, breweries, shops and homebrew clubs across the US will encourage their local communities to brew on-site for a national, same-day homebrewing session. There are more than 1.2m homebrewers in the United States. With one in every 200 adults in the US now crafting their own beer, homebrewing has become one of the country’s fastest growing hobbies. In 2015, more than 11,000 people celebrated the AHA National Homebrew Day with 2,722 batches creating 19,631 gallons of beer and cider enjoyed around the world. Last year, 50 US states and 14 countries around the world participated. Six in the morning might be a touch early to dig into your homebrew, but you can always wait six hours to join in.
GREAT DANE GOES WALKIES Tilleys Bar on Westgate Road, Newcastle, has invited Soren Parker Wagner, head brewer of the exciting young Danish Dry & Bitter Brewing Company (brewers of Christian Bale Session IPA) to meet the pub’s public. We’re assured the music will be playing, the beer flowing, and Soren will be mingling (May 3, 7.30pm).
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HUGE PLANS FOR LANDMARK PUB
The grand old Cumby is about to welcome a gable-hugging neighbour. Owners of The Cumberland Arms in Byker, Newcastle, have unveiled exciting plans that will create an all-encompassing beer, food and entertainments venue. The extension will virtually double the size of the present site and include a restaurant which is expected to be let out, plus a purpose-built brewery for Northern Alchemy which at present operates out of a former shipping container adjacent to the pub. The Cumberland Arms is owned by Michael Hodson and run by Jo Hodson, one of his two daughters. Northern Alchemy’s beers are produced by Jo’s husband Carl
Kennedy and brother-in-law Andy Aitchison. A 10-barrel brewing kit complemented by bottling, kegging and canning facilities will be a huge step and the brewhouse will also have space for visitors and brewery tours – key elements of any contemporary craft brewing businesses. The Cumberland Arms features high on many Tyneside drinkers’ favourite pubs list, combining traditional values with a variety of beer styles, plus regular live music, festivals, and even a children’s film club. The pub also offers bed and breakfast. The top floor of the proposed new extension has been reserved for a two-bed apartment for the owners.
GETTING THERE At the time of going to press, Tyne Bank Brewery had reached the three-quarters point in its quest to raise subscriptions to help fund a move into a new building – and incorporate all the trimmings – as Cheers reported in the April issue. Help them over the line at www.crowdcube.com
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VILLAGE INN AT A CROSSROADS
A flood-damaged Northumberland pub has been reluctantly put up for sale by its owners. The 300-year-old Bridge End Inn at Ovingham didn’t reach its reserve price of £100,000 at auction last month but local residents are setting up an action plan to buy it and run it as a community enterprise. The popular pub, which has been in the hands of the Outterside family since 1975, was damaged by 4ft of water from the Whittle Burn last December in the wake of Storm Desmond. A leaflet has been distributed explaining that work is under way to investigate community enterprise structures and gather information
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on the full costs involved to form a business plan. It reads: “We’re seeking investment in the form of community shares in a not-for-personal-profit structure where each shareholder has one vote. “Minimum investment is £500 and then in units of £500 up to a maximum of £20,000.” Ernest Dobson, a member of the group formed to save the pub, said: “We are very excited about the possibilities for the future. There is strong support for keeping the Bridge End Inn as a pub, not just for drinking, but as a meeting place for the community.” James and Irene Outterside had celebrated 40 years as owners of
The Bridge End Inn on November 21 and were completely overwhelmed by the floodwater on December 5. “We’ve had water coming over the road before but this was a bad one,” said James in February’s issue of Cheers North East. “It was unprecedented – I think the last one like this was in 1771. “The locals are devastated. I know it’s the thing to say these days that the pub is the hub of a community but it’s true here; it’s a real community centre for the village.” Shops, schools and pubs are the lifeblood of every village, so we wish Ovingham folks – and the Outterside family – every success. Let’s hope the pub can be saved for everyone’s benefit.
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CHAMPAGNE OUT OF A VASE
Morpeth Town are going to Wembley for the first time in the club’s history as the North East continues to dominate the FA Vase. The Highwaymen overcame Bowers & Pitsea 4-3 on aggregate in the semi-final to set up a final clash with Hereford at Wembley on May 22. The Northern League Division One side progressed through eight rounds in this year’s Vase to earn their ticket to Wembley. It’s also the eighth consecutive year that a North East club has featured in the
final with three-timers Whitley Bay, West Auckland Town (twice), and Dunston UTS, Spennymoor Town and last year’s winners North Shields on one apiece. The FA Trophy final between Grimsby Town and Halifax Town will also be played on the same day, so let’s raise a glass or two on the historic day. The Hereford Times has been asking “who are Morpeth Town?”. Come on Morpeth, it’s time to let them know. Ticket information: www. morpethtownfc.com or www.thefa.com
FLY HALVES AT BEER FESTIVALS The annual Whitley Bay Beer Festival is set for Rockcliff Rugby Club on May Bank Holiday (May 27-29) with 30 ales, 10 ciders and some “wine fizz” promised. Live music at afternoon and evening sessions and hot food available. On bus route 308 from Newcastle and near Whitley Bay Metro station. Entrance £10 includes souvenir glass and tokens. Details: www.rockcliffrfc.co.uk One of the North East’s biggest beer and cider festivals takes place at the home of Tynedale Rugby Club, Corbridge, on June 16-18, along with great wine, food and live music. The festival is a joint venture between Tynedale Lions Club and Tynedale RFC – all volunteers – with a purpose to raise money for good causes (over £450,000 to date). Details: www.tynedalebeerfestival.org.uk
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TIME FOR CAMRA TO PULL DOWN ITS SHUTTER? After 45 years of being one of the largest single-issue consumer groups in the world, the Campaign for Real Ale (Camra) could be coming to an end. The organisation is embarking on a consultation of as many as possible of its near-180,000 members to ask them who and what it should represent in the future – and it may no longer be focused on real ale. The group said the rise of craft beer and a general resurgence of interest in beer over the last few years had prompted the review. Depending on the results of the
survey of members, Camra may decide to broaden its approach, becoming a consumer organisation for all pub-goers. One of its four founders, Michael Hardman, has returned to lead the Revitalisation Project, a wholesale review into the purpose and strategy of Camra. Members will be invited to share their views about the future by completing surveys and attending around 50 consultation meetings across the UK this summer. They’ll be asked whether Camra should move away from promoting and protecting traditional real ale
New direction: Members of the Sunderland and South Tyneside Camra branch and become more inclusive, or shed subsidiary issues which have become attached to the organisation over the years – such as pubs heritage, cider and foreign beer – in order to narrow its focus exclusively on cask-conditioned beer. Options include becoming a consumer organisation for all beer drinkers, all pub-goers regardless of what they drink, or even all alcohol
drinkers, regardless of where they drink it. Michael Hardman said: “This could mark a fundamental turning point; so fundamental, it may no longer continue as the Campaign for Real Ale and instead become a campaign for pubs, or a campaign for all drinkers. It’s not up to us though. It’s up to our members to tell us what they want Camra to do.”
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THE PUB STANDING AT PLATFORM TWO… Hanging around Hexham Station could get to be a bit of a habit if plans fall into place. High House Farm Brewery, based near Matfen in Northumberland, has submitted an application to convert a disused waiting room into a micropub. The application states: “Our proposal is to bring back to life the former first-class waiting room which is one of the main rooms on platform two.” Hexham railway station is a Grade II-listed building and dates back to 1835. In its application High House Farm Brewery details an extensive list of restoration work to reinstate many of the waiting room’s original features
– which include refurbishing the fireplace, restoring the original clock above the doorway and filling in missing cornicing. A traditional railway-style sign is expected to hang above the door so travellers on the Newcastle to Carlisle line will be left in no doubt as to what lies within. “Everything is at the planning stage at the moment and we’re just waiting for permission and building consent which we hope to confirm very soon,” said brewery owner Heather Scott. “We’ve got a lot of support from local people, from Guy Opperman, Hexham MP, and local councillors. The Railway Heritage Trust, which is prepared to fund some of the works, has
Right lines: Hexham Station with the current first class waiting room in the background also been battling away for us. It’s a bit of a wreck at the moment and we can’t do anything without permission, but the plan is to keep it in Victorian style as it would have been when it was built in 1835.” Heather’s husband Gary is a builder, which is a bit of a bonus when it comes to projects of this nature.
High House Farm Brewery and visitor centre produces such favourites as Auld Hemp (3.8% abv) and Nel’s Best (4.2% abv), both named after sheepdogs. Some barley grown at High House Farm is sent away to be malted then returned to use in the beer. The brewery is also licensed for marriages.
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The North East real ale and pub community is much the poorer with the passing of Eric Larkham, one of the region’s most knowledgeable beer people. Long-time friend and associate Martin Ellis, current publicity officer for the local Camra branch said: “Eric joined the Tyneside & Northumberland branch of the Campaign for Real Ale (Camra) in the 1980s and was a committed member from then on. He held several positions in the organisation over the years – chairman and treasurer – and was also festival organiser for the Newcastle Beer Festival. “After stepping down from the committee he continued to maintain an active role in the campaign, surveying pubs for the Camra Good Beer Guide, quite possibly checking out more pubs in the annual survey than anyone else nationally. “For many people in Tyneside’s pub and brewery trade, Eric was Camra’s ambassador. He did a fine job at that, too.” Cheers editor Alastair Gilmour knew Eric for a number of years – though not nearly as long as many – and he was always impressed by his humour and positive outlook on life.
He said: “I’ll always remember that distinctive chuckle and that carrier bag full of last weekend’s newspapers as he endeavoured to find a quiet spot in a pub to catch up on them while waiting for his beloved wife Sally to arrive. I don’t think he ever did get them read, as his company was much sought after and before he knew it he was deep in conversation with a fellow beer enthusiast. “I was always particularly pleased that his recommendations were regularly taken up by the annual Good Pub Guide (edited by Alisdair Aird and Fiona Stapley) and he had an uncanny knack of liking the pubs I was also partial to. Kindred spirits, I suppose. “Eric was a terrific source of information – and never failed to correct me on occasions – particularly his pet subject, the Ouseburn Valley in Newcastle; its history, its pubs and its vibrancy (and he even held a set of keys for the Victoria Tunnel).” Tony Brookes, founder of the Head Of Steam group of pubs, said: “Eric was a gentleman of the beer appreciation world, without doubt The Head Of Steam’s greatest supporter. Over decades, I have never seen him anything other than happy and enthusiastic. We’ll all miss him a lot.”
IT’S A BALL AT THE CO-OP One of Newcastle’s newest music and ale pubs has hit the highest of high notes. Ladies and gentlemen, put your hands together for the Jazz.Coop and The Globe. The Globe, sitting on the corner of Railway Street and Plummer Street near the Metro Radio Arena, has struggled to find a real voice in recent years. But on April 11 2014 – significantly International Jazz Day – the formation of the Newcastle Jazz. Coop and a community share issue set up to purchase premises turned trumps when the pub was put up for sale by Trust Inns. Now a blend of high quality music and beer to suit all tastes is on offer. “The cooperative came about as a result of the death of Keith Crombie in December 2012 who ran the Jazz Café in Pink Lane for many years,” says Jazz.Coop volunteer Dave Parker (a double-bassist). “We got to talking about how to continue what he had started with the promotion of live jazz, poetry and related arts. The cooperative set up in his memory totally took off.” Long negotiations with the owners of the Jazz Café eventually came to nothing and the Jazz.
Clear diirection: Lee Gibbons at The Globe, Newcastle Coop put on sessions at various venues around Newcastle which, with regular workshops at The Sage, at least kept a lot of local musicians engaged. Dave Parker says: “We came to the conclusion that we needed something to keep it sustainable, so we set up a community share issue where people could invest amounts from £200 to £20,000 to purchase and refurbish The Globe. “We let the premises to a tenant in return for the use of the upstairs floor for jazz and other music. There’s always something going on for people to have a drink, hang out and meet other people. We run evening courses – all volunteers – and regular jam sessions where musicians can develop or come along as enthusiastic members.”
The Globe is being run by Lee Gibbons, an NHS nurse by profession, and a man who has a clear idea of what makes a great pub. One step inside and customers realise that heart and soul – with an idiosyncratic design eye – have gone into the place. “We’ve done a lot to the pub in the two or three months we’ve been here, but there’s still a lot to do,” says Lee. “We started by choosing the beers very carefully and have kept an eye on what’s been selling. “We’re attracting people going to The Arena or for a night out where they want something else. We’ve got a stage for live music, a great sound system, and we’ll show films and offer food when the kitchen is up and ready. “We’d like it to be a nice relaxing
bar. There’s really not a lot around this part of town although we’re only eight minutes’ walk from Central Station. But we’re near Jurys Inn and as Newcastle College is just up the road we hope to attract young musicians to come and play.” An insistence on decent wine and a clutch of ales from Mordue and Wylam breweries, plus a visitor or two from further afield, have also influenced the pub’s ambience. “We’ll run charity nights and parties so if anybody has an idea we’ll listen – we’re evolving all the time. We want everyone who comes through the door to have a pleasant experience.” The Globe is open TuesdaySunday from 5pm. Details: jazzcoop.com
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HOPS ON A PLATE A couple of years ago we went in search of some feral hops on a Northumberland beach. At the invitation of Michael Hegarty, brewer at The Ship Inn, Low Newton-by-the-Sea, we started a process of identifying where they had come from and what variety they were. Cutting it short, the wild-growing plants were probably seeded from a previously existing pub nearby, but even Brewlab’s beer experts in Sunderland couldn’t identify the genetic “fingerprint” as the plants’ DNA had mutated so much over the years. In other words, we drew a blank. Never mind, the hops are still there and right at the start of the growing season, staff at The Ship Inn have been putting their green tips to good use in the kitchen. In Belgium and Holland, enthusiasts can pay up to €1,000 (£720) a kilo for hop shoots,
Wild things: Hops at Newtonby-the-Sea, Northumberland. Right: A quick rinse, cooked then served with gnocchi
harvested from the parts of the plant that won’t go on to produce the flowers used in creating beer. This makes them the world’s most expensive vegetable. “They cost so much because they’re absolutely back-breaking to harvest,” says Melissa Cole, who distributed hundreds of shoots to London restaurants last month as part of a two-day London Hop Shoot festival. “They don’t grow in a uniform row, so each one you pick requires you to hunch over and really hunt around. Plus they’re tiny so you need to pick hundreds to fill a carrier bag.” Eaten raw, hop shoots are astringent – spittingly so – but when steamed they take on a kalelike quality with a nutty flavour to the stems. At The Ship Inn, Libby Eltringham cooked the hop shoots and served them with samphire and gnocci. She says: “You can’t gather
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massive amounts of the hop tips so we couldn’t offer it in the pub, but Michael and I shared it. It’s known as ‘the poor man’s asparagus’ and it has something of that character about it. “It had a delicate flavour and absolutely delicious done for just a minute in a pan with a knob of butter and some garlic.” In Britain, hop shoots are still treated as a waste product, left to wither by brewers who consider filling carrier bags in back-breaking style to be financially unviable. But perhaps they said the same thing about avocados a few years ago. Now they’re our best-selling fruit with UK shoppers splashing out £128m on them in the 12 months up
to March 2016, outstripping apples and oranges. Celebrity chef Nigella Lawson is credited for the avocado explosion, recommending them served on toast. Remember how her promotion of cranberries caused a shortage? Perhaps it’s time to invest in a 5p carrier bag.
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RAISE YOUR GLASS IN HONOUR OF THE LOCAL REGIMENTS A range of beers has been produced to commemorate the involvement of North East regiments in the First World War. It’s part of a fundraising campaign organised by the North East War Memorials Project (NEWMP) charity to assist members of the public, local and family history groups, military historians and schools to research their local war memorials. War memorials remind us of what happened during long and bloody conflict. They tell the story of those who fought, those who died, and those left behind to cope with the confusion that followed.
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The North East War Memorials Project has been working with Newcastle-based Hadrian Border Brewery to produce four WW1 centenary ales featuring the Tyneside Scottish, Tyneside Irish, Newcastle Commercials and the Durham Light Infantry. The beers are: Newcastle Commercials, a brown ale; Tyneside Scottish, an amber coloured beer; Tyneside Irish, a dry dark and rich stout, and Durham Light Infantry, pale ale. Ian Johnson, an NEWMP charity volunteer, says: “We are selling gift packs with a specially designed commemorative pint glass and two bottles of beer.
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Profits from the sales will be used in the North East to help support the Royal British Legion fund some of the commemoration events that are being planned for the centenary of the end of WWI in 2018. Each regiment has its own specially designed box and glass.” Each bottle label reads: “Help the North East community commemorate the centenary years of WW1 by remembering the bravery and sacrifice of all our famous locally-raised regiments. Raise your glass to honour them, and by doing so you are contributing to the commemoration events planned for 2018.” The official launch date for the WW1 Centenary Ales is May 8 2016 at the banqueting suite of Newcastle Civic Centre (1pm-4pm). Guests of honour are the Lord Mayor of Newcastle alongside the Mayors of Gateshead, Sunderland and Durham, plus veterans’ associations. The event is in the form of a beer festival with the four commemorative ales to try and buy. The boxed gift sets will also be available from Fenwick Food Hall, Newcastle, from April 30. Ian Johnson says: “During the event we will have a selection of music performed by Northumbrian, Irish and Scottish pipers and fanfares by the buglers of D Company The Rifles. Time Bandit WW1 Re-enactors will also be displaying uniforms and weaponry of the period.”
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WAY OUT WEST It’s perhaps significant that Glasgow’s West Brewery celebrated a significant anniversary in the same month as the German purity law – the Reinheitsgebot – reached its 500th year (see page 26). West, owned by German-born businesswoman Petra Wetzel, celebrated its tenth anniversary last month with the opening of a state-of-the-art, 30-barrel brewhouse. West, whose beers are popular in the North East, has opened its new facility at the Grade A-listed Templeton Building beside Glasgow Green which includes not only the brewhouse that will multiply production tenfold but a dazzling events space, restaurant and beer garden overlooking Glasgow city centre.
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AN AUDIENCE AT THE PALACE The moorhens, swans and ducks on the lake at Newcastle Exhibition Park are being joined this month by a craft brewing centre. It’s all the same to them but enormously exciting for the rest of us, writes Alastair Gilmour The North East takes a huge step into the future this month by acknowledging the past. Wylam Brewery is locating to The Palace of Arts in Newcastle’s Exhibition Park, the sole surviving building from the five-month long 1929 North East Coast Exhibition. It was Newcastle’s answer to the 1926 British Empire Exhibition in London and billed as “a gesture to the world” that would show how the region was on top of its game when it came to industry and engineering. Now it’s brewing’s turn to give a gesture to the world and show what riches we have in a sector that reaches beyond beer into tourism opportunities, inward investment, culture, entertainment, leisure and job creation. In latter years, The Palace of Arts had been leased by Shepherd Offshore Limited to house its classic car collection, but plans to create a microbrewery, weekend brewery tap, brewing education facility and visitor centre have been recognised as a more attractive proposition for Newcastle’s appetite for vibrant, indigenous enterprises. “It’s all come together after three years of hard work to reach the finished article,” says Wylam Brewery director Dave Stone. He and business partner Rob Cameron invested in the company three years ago because they saw its huge potential in a developing beer market. They also genuinely loved the end product. “We were looking for somewhere to expand the business and where we could also have a brewery tap and visitor centre. We looked 16 / CHEERS / www.cheersnortheast.co.uk
for inspiration and learned a lot about what’s happening in global beer movement. “We went to Portland in Oregon, to San Francisco, Santa Rosa, New York – Manhattan, Brooklyn and Williamsburg – and soaked it all up. We had a few beers too; it was all part of the journey.” Dave Stone also took a start-up brewing course at Brewlab in Sunderland to broaden his background and get to grips with a few technical terms. As far as brewing equipment goes, Wylam commissioned the same 30-barrel capacity vessels as Beavertown Brewery in London after collaborating on several brews last year and being hugely impressed. Its head brewer Jenn Merrick has been graced with a Brewer of the Year title and Wylam’s brewers have produced beer on the kit, so there’s a pedigree built in and nothing will be entirely new when the first boil takes place. The brewery will open its doors to the public on the May Bank Holiday Weekend (27/28/29) with The Happenings, a sumptuous street food and craft beer pop-up event, followed by a topclass live music programme. Wylam has invested £1.8m into The Palace of Arts building since planning permission was granted in September last year. There will be a brewery tap on site (open Thursday to Saturday) that will pour brews and blends exclusive to the premises. Brewery tours will also be held on Saturdays. “We look forward to opening the doors to this incredible and historically important
Corina Curry and Matt Boyle at the brewery’s new premises in Newcastle. Corina’s father Robin Leighton and Matt’s dad John Boyle founded Wylam Brewery in 2000
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building,” says Dave Stone. “It has been almost a decade since anyone has had the opportunity to visit The Palace of Arts and we have taken great pride and care in bringing the building back to life.” First confirmed live performances include local legends Lindisfarne, soul sensation Michael Kiwanuka, and the irrepressible Mystery Jets. Local music magazine NARC. will curate a number of summer shows under the banner NaARC. In The Park with the likes of Smoove & Turrell and The Lake Poets confirmed to perform. The Palace of Arts will also host The North East Brewers Market, curated by Craft Beer Calling (the region’s international craft beer festival) which brings together the region’s brewing community under one roof. Dave Stone says: “There are some incredible microbreweries in the North East and the quality and diversity of beers being produced is at an all-time high. We feel it’s important for the region’s talented brewers to have a collaborative platform in which to present their beers. “We were at full capacity at our site in Heddon on the Wall and there is a real thirst for our beers across the UK. The new brewhouse will give us the opportunity to quench that thirst while maintaining our ethos of quality over quantity.” Inevitably – and understandably – when the brewery proposal was first made public it was met with some local opposition. Exhibition Park and all it stands for are sacred to many resident’s groups. But Dave Stone is adamant that the Palace of Arts project will proceed with sensitivity and respect for the city. It’s in Wylam Brewery’s best interests to bring a centre of excellence to Newcastle and to deliver a programme that is acceptable to all. As one tiny example of the care that has been invested in the development, during a visit while the place was like a building site I felt the weight of some solid brass lamp fittings and remarked that because they’d be sited quite high up they could easily have got away with brass-effect plastic – and saved a bit of money. The reply came: “We don’t do imitation”. “We’ll do it properly as we do everything else,” says Dave Stone. “We’ll do it carefully and organically because we only want to make proper beer. “We will be keeping the residents’ groups informed about what we’re doing. We want to attract people from all over the world because now we’re competing on a world stage. It’ll www.cheersnortheast.co.uk / CHEERS / 17
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BREWERIES benefit the whole region as the North East will be recognised as one of the go-to places for great beer. “We we feel the regional brewing scene will benefit en masse from this development. It’s a brother and sisterhood; we share all the ideals and we are very pleased that the city has understood and engaged with our vision.” The main buildings at the 1929 North East Coast Exhibition were the Palace of Engineering, the Palace of Industry, the Palace of
Arts, the Festival Hall, Garden Club, a stadium of 20,000 capacity and the Women’s and Artisans’ sections. There was also an Empire Marketing Board Pavilion. Eighty-seven years ago, a local newspaper reporter wrote: “The great industries which have made us famous are still a virile force and we have many lighter industries which deserve to be increasingly and more widely known.” He could have been describing Wylam Brewery today. www.wylambrewery.co.uk
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The Central in Gateshead continues its commendable dabble in art appreciation with an exhibition featuring its next-door neighbour. A selection of drawings made by Scott Donnelly, lecturer in visual art at New College Durham, features the iconic High Level Bridge. Designed by Robert Stephenson, the High Level opened in 1849 and was known by locals at the time as Lang Legs, a reference to the pairs of masonry piers which support spans of the bridge. In this show which runs until May 30 in the pub’s gallery and roof terrace, several drawings are featured across a range of media,
while the exhibition also shows some relief printing. Immediacy, as well as chance, is brought to the work by using unforgiving media such as oil pastel and conté crayon on uncoated paper. Nothing is erased and all marks made are instead left or built upon, turned into something else (but below the layers of monochrome lies some incredibly accurate technical drawing). Scott Donnelly has exhibited at the Biscuit Factory and the Baltic in Newcastle, the Sage in Gateshead, the Barbican, London, and was commissioned to create artworks for the Carlton Hotel in Edinburgh. www.scottdonnelly.co.uk
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Lang Legs: One of Scott Donnelly’s monochrome works
The six bedrooms at The Wheatsheaf Hotel, Corbridge offer some of the most luxurious accommodation in the area. Reopened in March 2009, they have been completely refurbished to a very high standard. The bedrooms are a combination of modern home comforts and country living. Some rooms have lovely views of the Tyne Valley, whilst others have a view of the historic Roman village of Corbridge. All All six bedrooms are en-suite, and equipped with digital freeview flatscreen televisions, telephones and tea and coffee making facilities. The bedrooms have been finished off with Corbridge artwork from well-known local artist Eddie Tibbs. A four poster room is available to add an extra touch to your stay, or if you are bringing the children, then interconnecting rooms and travel cots are available. The Wheatsheaf Hotel has by far and away the best car parking facilities in Corbridge. Easy access from the road into a secure barrier controlled car park.
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Music legend Prince must have been dead for only a matter of hours when this splendid portrait appeared on the frontage of the Dog & Parrot pub in Newcastle. The caption read: “But life is just a party and parties aren’t meant to last.” A nice touch. Thanks folks.
a roaring fire in winter and a pleasant beer garden in summer. You can probably bring your dog. Above all, they have a notable character that raises them above the bland corporate pubs that blight the land. It can be hard to say exactly why – but you just know a good pub the moment you enter. Trusted Daily Telegraph reviewers have made their selection for you, based on highly personal but well-informed criteria, resulting in a nationwide pub crawl like no other, with several North East pubs featured. This is the perfect book for anyone who considers a good pub to be a British birthright. Pint To Pint, A Crawl Around Britain’s Best Pubs is available from bookshops and at www.telegraph.co.uk
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A SENSE OF ADVENTURE
The region’s microbreweries are experimenting with unusual ingredients – and clever people – as Alastair Gilmour finds out swoosh from the cement works You know how well you get on out the back that sounds like an with your neighbours when you almighty downpour. can walk into their workshop, “You get used to it,” says Martyn riffle through a toolbox, and walk Stockdale who, with business off with a spanner without as much as a by-your-leave or thank partner Tom Meads, started up the four-barrel capacity Errant last year. you. Then the other Errant fellows: Martyn Stockdale, left, and Tom Meads With four fermenting vessels in a way you can borrow a bag of line, a variety of different beers can malted barley as if it were a cup be produced in small batches. Tom learned the basics of his of sugar. that’s cloudy by nature. Using “Railway arches are That’s the position special wheat yeast to give the style craft at West Berkshire Brewery. He perfect for breweries,” says: “We used to brew traditional that Errant Brewery a distinctive clove character plus says Martyn. beers like best bitter all the time (at is in – situated Pacifica hops and juniper berries to “Network Rail West Berkshire) but I tend to like midway between a balance it, it’s crisp and herbal. have been getting more fun out of beers.” specialist Renault Tom Meads says: “We had to fantastic Martyn is delighted to report mechanic and devise a way of smashing up the landlords. When juniper berries – which we sourced that business is going well. He the awardwe’ve asked if says: “The micropubs in particular winning from Croatia – to squash out all we can do this or the juice. We chose juniper because have been fantastic for us and Temptation that they’ve said we’re regularly in the Split Chimp in Brewery under gin is so popular in Pleased To OK, just don’t set Newcastle and the Station House the arches of Meet You.” the place on fire.” in Durham. Newcastle’s King Errant Brewery has previously Errant has recently “They like to vary their selection Edward Bridge. collaborated with Quilliam Brothers collaborated with staff at and style – they’re really proud of Every few minutes the Teahouse in Newcastle to produce Pleased To Meet You in Newcastle getting local beers from the likes of rumble of an East Coast Main a Lapsang Souchong stout called to produce Future Sailor (4.3% us. Plus, you don’t go to a micropub Line train signals it’s going about Ahab (5.0% abv) which revelled in TBF-12 Cheers ad awk.qxp_Tynedale Beer Cheers 1/3 page awk 23/03/2016 18:11 Page 1 abv) a juniper wit – a wheat beer for a Carling.” its business, interrupted only by a tea and smoky undercurrents.
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THEY SHALL NOT PASS
An email that arrived at the beginning of this year gave Chris Graham of Black Hill Brewery a bit of a start. The opening wording sent to the Stanley, County Durham, business led with “Cheers Comrades!” “I’m not political,” says Chris, “so I thought ‘this is a bit funny’. But then I saw we were being invited to produce a special beer in commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the Spanish Civil War, when thousands of British volunteers took up arms against the Nazi-backed forces of General Franco. “Actually, our sales girl Louise Walker was approached first. She organises the Northallerton Beer Festival among other things, so it’s her fault. Seriously, we’re immensely proud to be working with antifascist group Hope Not Hate and the International Brigade Memorial Trust (IBMT) on this project.” Brigadista (4.3% abv), carrying
the slogan “no pasaran” – “they shall not pass” – is dedicated to the women and men who travelled to Spain to fight for the democratically elected republican government against Franco. Some 2,500 volunteers from Britain and Spain volunteered to fight in the 193639 conflict. The beer was set to be launched on International Workers Day – May 1 – in London and Manchester. The 80th anniversary celebrations culminate in the Tolpuddle Festival in September. “Brigadista has a very Spanish feel from the addition of Spanish blossom honey, dried orange and lemon peel,” says Chris, obviously very proud of his bebé. “It’s not a complicated beer but it’s got a lovely colour. We’ve had enquiries from Spain, Edinburgh, Cardiff, Manchester, London, Ireland and the Channel Islands. It’s certainly a rollercoaster at the moment. “We’ve done 30 to 40 different
Rollercoaster: Chris Graham at Black Hill Brewery beers now and I’m always trying to see if it’ll work. We’re donating some of the profits to the IBMT charity that erects statues to former anti-fascists who fought in the war. I’ve always wanted to do something to help others, like Bill Scantlebury does with the RLNI at Cullercoats Brewery, giving money to worthy causes. “Brigadista has taken on a life of its own and as I said, I’m not political, but it’s about giving something back.” Chris is a former South Yorkshire miner who retrained in engineering and physics after the coal industry suffered massive closures in the 1980s and 1990s. He eventually
ended up working with the Ministry of Defence in an electronics warfare role at RAF Spadeadam in Cumbria where he met John Deal who, with his wife Fiona, had set up Geltsdale Brewery in Brampton (which has gone out of business, sadly). Chris learned the ropes and even uses the same graphic designer for his pumpclips and labels. He says: “Geltsdale produced some brilliant beers but I think they overstretched themselves. I’ve got a 10-barrel kettle and I don’t want to get any bigger than that. I can be brewing three times a week and there’s only me, so it means brew, clean, brew, clean, brew, clean.”
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We’re well used to beers fermented with the addition of all sorts of ingredients these days – from black pepper to rosemary and juniper to Earl Grey tea. Fruit beers have been a Belgian staple for hundreds of years. But chins were stroked and brain recesses scoured when a Spanish student told a Northumberland brewing team about a successful experiment she had carried by rousing beer with grape juice. Neus Llopis has been on a work placement at Morpeth-based Anarchy Brew Co while taking a masters degree in fermented beverages, science and technology – with brewing a speciality – at Universitat Rovira I Virgili in Tarragona, in the north east of Spain. Her boyfriend’s parents own a winery – Vins Miquel Gelabert in Majorca – and as Neus is an accomplished home-brewer, perhaps the wine and beer synergy should come as no surprise. She says: “At harvest time I took
a little grape juice – Chardonnay and Muscatel – and added it to the beer’s secondary fermentation. It tasted good and gave the beer a more fruity character.” Originally from Valencia, Neus was recommended to Anarchy owners Simon and Dawn Miles by the director of the Barcelona Beer Festival. The North East couple have been attending and exhibiting at the festival for a couple of years where they got to know the organisers through their admiration for Anarchy beers. Despite the fact she could have taken up a similar internship at home (and enjoy the Spanish spring sunshine rather than endure the extremes of Northumberland weather) Neus came over for two months. As it happens, she was already well primed, having tested a bottle of Anarchy Blonde Star among a range of beers she had to analyse as part of her course. She admits to being impressed by the laboratory’s end results long before she had even tasted the beer. “It was really good,” she says.
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At Anarchy’s Whitehouse Farm Centre headquarters, Neus’s role is very much hands-on, and rather than having one eye on a microscope, she’s been shovelling malt, caustic cleaning, ordering ingredients, planning production, washing and filling casks, and riding shotgun on the delivery van to see for herself which pubs the beer ends up in. “I’m really happy here,” she says. “I wanted to learn this way and they’re really teaching me and developing my skills and techniques. “I like British beers, particularly stout. I love how the flavours develop with the balance of malt and hops. There’s a boom in craft beers in Spain with many microbreweries springing up. “There are about 10 breweries in Majorca now where I hope to open my own.” Neus has identified an old windmill that would fit the bill for brewing beer. “It’s a wish at the moment,” she says. “A dream.” Simon Miles is hugely impressed by the way that Neus has adapted to all the tasks in the expanding brewery (the company has recently
taken over an adjoining unit) and how she has fitted in with the rest of the Anarchy crew – plus how well she adapted to the cold spring conditions. He says: “It’s good for us as well to have Neus here, even for a short time, and it’s interesting to hear some of the processes used in the vineyard. “We feel good about helping students; it’s exciting for us and good for the industry to get different opinions and angles from all over the world. And you never know what friendships and business relationships will develop.” Continuing the SpainNorthumberland connection, Anarchy’s Spanish distributor is dropping in this month to collaborate on a beer designed for a street beer festival in Barcelona in July – and no doubt, Neus Lloris will exert an influence on the end result. “A lot of the small producers over there even use the same British suppliers as us, but produce their beer in their own style,” says Simon, who intends to take the full Anarchy squad to Barcelona.
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German chancellor Angela Merkel raised a beer glass to help celebrate 500 years since the birth of Germany’s oldest and most revered brewing tradition – after unveiling a special beer fountain. German beer fans have been marking the anniversary of the decree of April 23 1516 by the southern state of Bavaria imposing the Reinheitsgebot purity law that states “no ingredients other than barley, hops and water are to be used” in making beer. The decree had three aims: to protect drinkers from high prices; to ban the usethree of wheat in beer so more 1 kings Advert.pdf bread could be made; and to stop
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fermentation was not understood at the time and it was only later that brewers were able to add the microorganism as a specific ingredient. The production of wheat beers remained limited in Bavaria for centuries but is now allowed. So the law now states that malted grains, hops, water and yeast may be used – but nothing else. Beers brewed according to the Reinheitsgebot have special status under EU laws as a protected traditional foodstuff. However,
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COUNTY DURHAM BUTCHER’S ARMS
Middle Chare, Chester le Street, DH3 3QB t: 0191 388 3605
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37 Old Elvet, Durham, DH1 3HN. t: 0191 386 9219
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Church Street, Seaham, SR7 7HF. t: 01915 133040
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THE BLACKSMITHS
Station Road, Low Pittington Durham, DH6 1BJ 0191 3720287
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
3 Reform Place, Durham, DH1 4RZ. t: 0191 3832173
Woodstone Village, Fence Houses, DH4 6BQ t: 0191 385 6695
HOLE IN THE WALL
THE GARDEN HOUSE INN
14 Horsemarket, Darlington, County Durham DL1 5PT t: 01325 466720
ITALIAN FARMHOUSE
South Street, West Rainton Houghton - le - Spring DH4 6PA. t: 0191 5841022
NUMBER TWENTY-2
North Road, Durham, DH1 4NQ t: 0191 3863395
THE GEORGE & DRAGON 4 East Green, Heighington Village, DL5 6PP t: 01325 313152
22 Coniscliffe Road, Darlington, DL3 7RG t: 01325 354590 e: rew@villagebrewer.co.uk www.twenty2.villagebrewer.co.uk
THE GREY HORSE
SURTEES ARMS
86 New Elvet, Durham, DH1 3AQ t: 0191 3741918
Chilton Lane, Ferryhill, DL17 0DH t: 01740 655724
THREE HORSESHOES
Maiden Law, Durham, DH7 0QT t. 01207 520900
YE OLDE ELM TREE
12 Crossgate, Durham City, DH1 4PS t: 0191 386 4621
THE AVENUE INN
Avenue Street, High Shincliffe, DH1 2PT t: 0191 386 5954
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
115 Sherburn Terrace, Consett, DH8 6NE t: 01207 502585
THE HALF MOON INN
THE HONEST LAWYER
THE OLDE SHIPS INN
Durham Road, East Rainton, DH5 9QT t: 0191 5840944
THE OLD WELL INN
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
Mountsett, Burnopfield, NE16 6BA t: 01207 570346
THE PUNCH BOWL INN
Edmundbyers, DH8 9NL t: 01207 255545
THE QUAKERHOUSE
2 Mechanics Yard, Darlington, DL3 7QF t: 07783 960105
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 SMITHS ARMS
Brecon Hill, Castle Dene, Chester le Street, DH3 4HE t: 0191 3857559 Moor End Terrace, Belmont, DH1 1BJ t: 0191 3842667 Beamish Hall Hotel, Beamish, DH9 0BY. t: 01207 288 750
THE STABLES
THE CROSS KEYS
Front Street, Esh, DH7 9QR t: 0191 3731279
THE OAK TREE
Front Street, Tantobie, Stanley, DH9 9RF t: 01207 235 445
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RIVERDALE HALL HOTEL
Bellingham, NE48 2JT t: 01434 220254
ROBIN HOOD INN
Military Road, East Wallhouses, Corbridge, NE18 0LL t: 01434 672549
THREE HORSESHOES
Hathery Lane, Horton, ADAM & EVE Prudhoe Station, Low Prudhoe, Cramlington, NE24 4HF t: 01670 822410 NE42 6NP t: 01661 832323 Seahouses, NE68 7SQ t: 01665 720283 Barrasford Hexham, NE48 4AA t: 01434 681237
THREE WHEATHEADS
Thropton nr Rothbury, NE65 7LR t: 01669 620262
TWICE BREWED INN
Newbottle Street, Houghton le Spring, DH4 4AN t: 0191 5120735
THE WHITEHILLS
Waldridge Road, Chester le Street, DH2 3AB t: 0191 3882786 Front Street, Chester-le-Street, DH3 3AX t: 0191 3872960
West Sleekburn NE62 5XE 01670 813345
THE GOLDEN LION
Hill Street, Corbridge, NE45 5AA t: 01434 632216
THE GOLDEN LION
Market Place, Allendale, NE47 9BD t: 01434 683 225
THE HEART OF NORTHUMBERLAND
Wark, Hexham, NE48 3LS t: 01434 230209 www.battlesteads.com
THE ANCHOR HOTEL
THE HORSESHOES INN
BEADNELL TOWERS HOTEL
Beadnell, NE67 5AY t: 01665 721211
THE ANCHOR INN
Whittonstall, Nr Consett, DH8 9JN. t: 01207 561110
THE JOINERS ARMS
CROSS KEYS
THE ANGEL INN
DIPTON MILL INN
THE BADGER
BATTLESTEADS HOTEL
Thropton, Rothbury, NE65 7HX t: 01669 620362 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
Market Place, Allendale, Hexham, NE47 9BJ, t: 01434 683246 Haydon Bridge, NE47 6AB t: 01434 688121
Main Street, Corbridge, NE45 5LA. t: 01434 632119
Front Street, Cramlington, NE23 1DN t: 01670 707060
THE OFFICE
THE BLUE BELL
THE OLDE SHIP INN
Matfen, NE20 0RP t: 01661 855395
Hillstreet, Corbridge, NE45 5AA. t: 01434 431143
THE BOATHOUSE
THE BOATSIDE INN
JOLLY FISHERMAN
THE BRIDGE END INN
MINERS ARMS
Main Street, Acomb, NE46 4PW t: 01434 603909
NEWCASTLE HOTEL
Horsley, NE15 0NS t: 01661 852952 Front Street, Rothbury, NE65 7UT t: 01669 620334
OLIVERS
60 Bridge Street, Blyth, NE24 2AP t: 01670 368346
Caterway Heads, Shotley Bridge, DH8 9LX t: 01207 255268
THE BLACK BULL
JOINERS ARMS
Craster, Alnwick, NE66 3TR t: 01665 576461
THE MANOR HOUSE
The Peth, West Thirston, Felton, Morpeth, NE65 9EE. t: 01670 787370
Warden, Hexham, NE46 4SQ t: 01434 602233
Wansbeck Street, Morpeth, NE61 1XZ. t: 01670 513540
Newton-by-the-Sea, NE66 3EA t: 01665 576 112
Ponteland, NE20 9UH t: 01661 822 684
THE BLUE BELL
Haydon Bridge, NE47 6ER t: 01434 684376
Rennington, Alnwick, NE66 3RS. t: 01665 577665
THE BLACKBIRD
ELECTRIC WIZARD
Main Road, Wylam, NE41 8DL t: 01661 598060
5 Market Street, Hexham, NE46 3NS. t: 01434 608013
THE MANOR INN
Mount Pleasant, West Mickley, Stocksfield NE43 7LP t: 01661 843146
New Market, Morpeth, NE61 1PS. t: 01670 500640
Wall, Hexham, NE44 4EE t: 01434 681232
Street Houses, Ponteland Newcastle upon Tyne NE20 9BT t: 01661 871037
Meldon, Nr Morpeth, NE61 3SL t: 01670 772662
THE VICTORIA INN
23 Gilesgate, Durham, DH11 1QW t: 0191 680 8317
THE FORESTERS ARMS
THE ALLENDALE INN
LION & LAMB
WOODMAN INN
Hedley on the Hill, Stocksfield, NE43 7SW t: 01661 843 607
59-61 Bridge Street, Berwick, TD15 1ES t:01289 308013
BARRELS
Frederick Place, Houghton le Spring, DH4 4BN t: 0191 5128050 86 Hallgarth Street, Durham, DH1 3AS, t: 0191 3860465
THE FEATHERS INN
THE HADRIAN HOTEL
• 14 Real ales on tap • CAMRA 2013 • Northumberland Pub of the Year Winner
THE WHITE LION
Station Road, Corbridge, NE45 5AY. t: 01434 633 633
Military Road, Bardon Mill, NE47 7AN t: 01434 344534
JOHN THE CLERK OF CRAMLINGTON
THE WILD BOAR
Newfield, Chester le Street, DH2 2SP t: 0191 3700565
THE DYVELS INN
Stanegate Road, Newbrough, Hexham, NE47 5AR t: 01434 674226
Wylam, NE41 8HR t: 01661 853431
THE MINERS ARMS
THE NEWFIELD INN
RED LION INN
GENERAL HAVELOCK INN
Pit House Lane, Leamside, Houghton le Spring, DH4 6QQ t: 0191 584 2394
THE CLARENCE VILLA
13 The Green, Aycliffe Vilage, County Durham, DL5 6LX t: 01325 312273
Main Street, Ponteland, NE20 9BB. t: 01661 872898
THE THREE HORSESHOES
WICKET GATE
THE COUNTY
NORTHUMBERLAND
THE DIAMOND INN
Front Street West, Bedlington, NE22 5TZ t: 01670 536160
FOX AND HOUNDS
Durham Road, Rainton Bridge, DH5 8NG t: 0191 5843211 41 Manor Road, Medomsley, DH8 6QN t: 01207 560428
Hawkshead Brewery, Mill Yard, Staveley, LA8 9LR t: 01539 825260
RED LION
West Herrington, Houghton le Spring, DH4 4ND t: 0191 584 9226
1 Archer Street, Darlington County Durham, DL3 6LR t: 01325 463787 Durham Road, Coxhoe, County Durham, DH4HX t: 0191 377 3773
THE BEER HALL
BARRASFORD ARMS
THE STABLES
THE MANOR HOUSE HOTEL
CUMBRIA
THE PLOUGH
THE JOHN DUCK
North Road, Chester le Street, DH3 4AJ t: 0191 3871162
Vicars Lane, Manfield, DL2 2RF t: 01325 374243
BAMBURGH CASTLE INN
THE SPORTSMANS ARMS
THE LAMBTON WORM
THE CROWN INN
The Bank, Barnard Castle DL12 8PH t: 01833 690 130
Croxdale Bridge, Croxdale, DH1 3HP t: 0191 3783782
91A Claypath, Durham City, DH1 1 RG
NORTH YORKSHIRE
West Road, Ovingham Prudhoe, NE42 6BN t: 01661 832219
• 5 Real Ales • Traditional family run pub • Folk & music nights
Main Street, Haltwhistle, NE49 0BS t: 01434 322588
THE NORTHUMBERLAND ARMS
The Old Toll House, Castle Sqaure, Morpeth 9 Main Street, Seahouses, NE68 7RD t: 01665 720 200
THE PACKHORSE INN
Ellingham, Chathill, NE67 5HA t: 01665 589292
THE PERCY ARMS
Main Road, Chatton, NE66 5PS. t: 01670 215244
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 PLOUGH INN
Front Street, Ellington, NE61 5JB t: 01670 860340
THE RAILWAY HOTEL
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 CARTS BOG INN
THE RIDLEY ARMS
THE CRASTER ARMS
THE SUN INN
THE CROWN INN
THE SUN INN
Langley on Tyne, Hexham, NE47 5NW. t: 01434 684338 The Wynding, Beadnell, NE675AX. t: 01665 720 272 Humshaugh, Hexham, NE46 4AG t: 01434 681 231
Stannington, Morpeth, NE61 6EL t: 01670 789216 Acomb, NE46 4PW. t: 01434 602934
High Church, Morpeth, NE61 2QT, t: 01670 514153
THE SWINBURNE ARMS
31 North Side, Stamfordham, NE18 0QG t: 01661 886015
THE TANNERY
Gilesgate, Hexham, NE46 3QD t: 01434 605537 • Beer & Whisky room • Live music • Dog friendly
BRIDLE PATH
MARQUIS OF GRANBY
THE BRANDLING VILLA
Haddricks Mill Road, South Gosforth, NE3 1QL t: 0191 2840490
Sunderland, SR6 0NU t: 0191 5671402
NE27 0BJ t: 0191 2680711
THE HASTINGS
THE POTTERS WHEEL
CHESTERS
NEWCASTLE ARMS
• Large selection of real ales • Regular food & drink festivals • Food served
THE HEAD OF STEAM
101 Front Street, Whickham, NE16 4JJ t: 0191 4217676 Chester Road, Sunderland, SR4 7DR t: 0191 5659952
COPPERFIELDS
Eastgate, Hexham, NE46 1BH, t: 01434 602039
Grand Hotel, Grand Parade Tyne And Wear, NE30 4ER t: 0191 293 6666
THE TRAVELLERS REST
CUMBERLAND ARMS
THE TAP & SPILE
Slaley, Hexham, NE46 1TT t: 01434 673231 www.travellersrestslaley.com
THE WELLINGTON
Main Road, Riding Mill, NE44 6DQ t: 01434 682531
12 Front Street, Tynemouth, NE30 4DZ t: 0191 2571820 www.cumberlandarms.co.uk
DELAVAL ARMS
Streetgate, Sunniside, Newcastle, Tyne & Wear NE16 5ES t: 0191 257 4831 57 St Andrews Street, Newcastle, NE1 5SE t: 0191 260 2490
ODDFELLOWS
7 Albion Road, North Shields, NE30 2RJ t: 0191 4358450
OSBORNES BAR
61 Osborne Road, Jesmond, Newcastle, NE2 2AN t: 0191 240 2811
PUB & KITCHEN
Old Hartley, NE26 4RL t: 0191 237 0489
13/14 Albion Road, North Shields NE30 2RJ t: 0191 2573199
Main Road, Ovingham, Prudhoe Northumberland NE42 6AG t: 01661 833188
CROWN POSADA
RED LION
York Road, Whitley Bay, NE26 1AB t: 0191 293 9030
THE WHITE SWAN
THE WHEATSHEAF
St Helens Street, Corbridge, NE45 5HE t: 01434 632020
THE VICTORIA HOTEL
31 Side, Newcastle, NE1 3JE t: 0191 2321269
FIRE STATION
FITZGERALDS
1 Front Street, Bamburgh, NE69 7BP, t: 01668 214431
60 Grey Street, Newcastle, NE1 6AF t: 0191 2301350
THE VILLAGE INN
FITZGERALDS
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
9-11 High Street West Redcar, Cleveland, TS10 1SQ t: 01642 484035
TYNE & WEAR ALUM ALE HOUSE
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
FREE TRADE INN
St Lawrence Road, Byker, Newcastle, NE6 1AP t: 0191 265 5764
GOSFORTH HOTEL
High Street, Gosforth, NE3 1HQ t: 0191 2856617
HOTEL DU VIN & BISTRO
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
26 Silksworth Row, Sunderland, SR1 3QJ t: 0191 5147684
IVY HOUSE
Worcester Terrace, Sunderland SR2 7AW
LA TAVERNA
Stella Road, Ryton NE21 4LU t: 0191 413 2921
BIERREX
• Tapas • Real Ale • Chicken
BRIDGE HOTEL
LADY GREY’S
82 Pilgrim Street, NE1 6SG Castle Square, Newcastle, NE1 1RQ t: 0191 232 6400 e: info@sjf.co.uk
BRIDGE TAVERN
7 Akenside Hill Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 3UF t: 0191 232 1122 • Selection of real ales • Food served daily • Roof terrace
2 Stowell Street, NE1 4XQ t: 0191 2328477
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
THREE MILE INN,
20 Shakespeare Street, Newcastle, NE1 6AQ t: 0191 2323606
MAGNESIA BANK
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
Chillingham Road, Newcastle, NE1 1RQ t: 0191 265 3992
THE CLUNY
36 Lime Street, Ouseburn, Newcastle, NE1 2PQ t: 0191 230 4474
THE COPT HILL
Seaham Road, Houghton le Spring, DH35 8LU t: 0191 5844485
THE COTTAGE TAVERN
TILLEYS BAR
High Street, Gosforth, NE3 1HB. t: 0191 285 6919
105 Westgate Road, Newcastle, NE1 4AG t: 0191 232 0692
TOBY BARNES
North Road, Wide Open NE13 6LN t: 0191 2366300
TWIN FARMS
22 Main Road, Kenton Bk Ft, NE13 8AB t: 0191 2861263
TYNE BAR
Maling Street, Newcastle, NE6 1LP
TYNEMOUTH LODGE Tynemouth Road, North Shields, NE30 4AA t: 0191 257 7565
THE BEEHIVE
Hartley Lane, Earsdon, NE25 05Z t: 0191 2529352
THE BODEGA
125 Westgate Road, Newcastle, NE1 4AG t: 0191 221 1552
THE BRIAR DENE
1 Camden Street, North Shields, NE30 1NH t: 0191 257 4831
71 The Links, Whitley Bay, NE26 1UE t: 0191 2520926
MARKET LANE
THE BRANDLING ARMS
72-74 Pilgrim Street, Newcastle, NE1 6SG t: 0191 232 0251
25 Broad Chare, Trinity Gardens, Quayside, Newcastle, NE1 3DQ t: 0191 211 2144
Great North Road, Gosforth, Newcastle, NE3 2DS t: 0191 255 2100
TRAVELLERS REST
ISIS
BENTON ALE HOUSE
ROSIES BAR
HUGOS
ASHBROOKE SPORTS CLUB
42-48 High Bridge, Newcastle, NE1 6BX. t: 0191 2611008
Algernon Place, Whitley Bay, NE26 2DT t: 0191 2531299
Durham Road, Sunderland SR2 7RB, t: 0191 5285644 www.tobycarvery.co.uk
29 Front Street, Tynemouth, NE30 4DZ t: 0191 2578956
BACCHUS
ROCKLIFFE ARMS
Allan House, City Road Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 2BE
Ferry Street, South Shields, NE33 1JR Ashbrooke Road, Sunderland, SR2 7HH, t: 0191 528 4536
Redcar Terrace, West Boldon, NE36 0PZ t: 0191 536 4197
THE BROAD CHARE
176 High Street, Gosforth, NE3 1HD t: 0191 28540
North Street, Cleadon, SR6 7PL t: 0191 519 0547
THE COUNTY
THE COURTYARD
Wheatridge Row, Seaton Delaval, NE25 0QH t: 0191 237 6868 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 KEEL ROW
The Gate, Newcastle, NE1 5RF t: 01912299430
THE KINGS ARMS
Beech Street, Deptford, SR4 6BU t: 0191 567 9804
THE KINGS ARMS
West Terrace, Seaton Sluice, NE26 4RD t: 0191 2370275
Sunniside, Newcastle, NE16 5EE. t: 0191 488 8068
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 RED KITE
Spa Well Road, Winlaton Mill, NE21 6RU. t: 0191 414 5840
THE RISING SUN
Bank Top, Crawcrook, NE40 4EE. t: 0191 4133316
THE ROSE & CROWN
North Street, Winlaton NE21 6BT. t: 0191 4145887
THE RUNHEAD
Holburn Lane, Ryton, Tyne & Wear, NE40 3HJ t: 0191 413 9517
THE SANDPIPER
Farringdon Road, Cullercoats, Tyne & Wear, NE30 3ER t: 0191 253 5050
THE SCHOONER
South Shore Road, Gateshead, NE8 3AF t: 0191 477 7404
THE KING GEORGE
• Cask & craft beers & ciders • Fab food to feast on • Old school, not retro
THE LOW LIGHTS TAVERN
THE SIR WILLIAM DE WESSYNGTON
North Parade, Whitley Bay t: 0191 251 3877 Brewhouse Bank, North Shields, NE30 1LL t: 0191 2576038
2-3 Victoria Road, Concord, Washington, NE37 2JY t: 0191 418 0100
THE STAITH HOUSE
Arts Centre, Biddick Lane, Washington, NE38 8AB t: 0191 219 3463
THE MERCHANTS TAVERN
1 St Peters Wharf, Newcastle NE6 1TZ. 0191 5971212
57 Low Lights, North Shields, NE30 1JA t: 0191 2708441
THE CUMBERLAND ARMS
THE MID BOLDON CLUB
THE STEAMBOAT
THE MILE CASTLE
THE TANNERS
THE MILL HOUSE
THE THREE TUNS
James Place Street, Ouseburn, Newcastle, NE6 1LD t: 0191 265 6151
DAT BAR
11 Market St, Newcastle, NE1 6JN t: 0191 244 2513
THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON High Bridge, Newcastle NE1 1EN t: 0191 261 8852
THE DUN COW
9 High Street West, Sunderland SR1 3HA t: 0191 5672262
THE FIVE SWANS
St Marys Place, Newcastle, NE1 7PG t: 0191 2111140
THE GREEN
White Mare Pool, Wardley, Gateshead, NE10 8YB t: 0191 4950171
THE GREY HORSE
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
Sheriffs Highway, Gateshead, NE9 5SD. t: 0191 4870666
THE TOWN WALL
Pink Lane, Newcastle, NE1 5HX www.thetownwall.com
• Selection of real ales • Food served daily • Cinema room available
THE TURKS HEAD
THE OLD GEORGE
Killingworth Road, South Gosforth, NE3 1SY t: 0191 285 1254
Old George Yd, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 1EE t: 0191 260 3035
THE GREY HORSE
THE PACKHORSE
THE HARBOUR VIEW
THE PAVILION
Benedict Street, Roker,
1 Byker Bridge, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 2NS
Fawdon House, Red House Farm Estate, Gosforth, NE3 2AH t: 0191 2856793
Front Street, East Boldon, NE36 0SJ t: 0191 519 1796 Old Penshaw Village, Houghton-le-Spring, DH4 7ER. t: 0191 512 6080
27 Mill Dam, South Shields NE33 1EQ t: 0191 454 0134
Crookgate, Burnopfield, NE16 6NS t: 01207 270283 Hotspur North, Backworth,
41 Front Street, Tynemouth, NE30 4DZ t: 0191 2576547
THE VICTORY
THREE HORSESHOES HOTEL
Washington Road, Sunderland Tyne & Wear, SR5 3HZ 0191 519 2006
YE OLD CROSS INN
Ryton Village, NE40 3QP t: 0191 4134689
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FUN STUFF
SIGN OF THE TIMES Every day, The Chronicle invites readers to guess the year of a photo from its archives. Some are easy while others require more thought. The caption to this recent one drops a heavy clue (in case you can’t make it out, it reads “today’s picture… in 1972”).
A BLONDE WALKS INTO A BAR…
… AND THE BARMAN SAYS: ‘I RECOGNISE YOU, YOU’RE THE WOMAN WHO WAS DRAGGED INTO THE GORILLA CAGE AT THE ZOO AND MOLESTED.’ THE BLONDE SAYS: ‘YES, THAT’S ME RIGHT ENOUGH.’ THE BARMAN SAYS: ‘HOW ARE YOU AFTER THAT TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE?’. THE BLONDE SAYS: ‘HOW DO YOU THINK I FEEL? ‘HE’S NEVER PHONED… HE’S NEVER TEXTED…’
THE DIRTY DOZEN TWELVE BRAIN TEASERS TO TRY IN THE PUB 1 What is Tiger Woods’ first name? 2 What colour bow tie does Donald Duck wear? 3 How many countries make up Great Britain? 4 Dating from 1582, what is the oldest pub in Newcastle? 5 What is the fewest number of countries you could cross travelling between Norway and North Korea? 6 Is a jaffa cake a cake or a biscuit? 7 How many children are there in the Famous Five? 8 Hector Castro scored the winning goal for Uruguay in the first World Cup final in 1930, but what was unusual about him? 9 What do you call the small metal discs around the rim of a tambourine? 10 Which Newcastle pub’s sign shows a man with an arrow in his head? 11 What is the main food of the oyster catcher? 12 What does a costermonger sell?
CHEERS ON TOUR
We’re constantly amazed at loyal Cheers readers taking the time to pack a copy of the magazine to photograph on holiday. In recent times, we’ve been spotted in locations as far apart as New Zealand and America. Here are a couple of snaps taken in O’Donoghue’s in Dublin, a pub once frequented by The Dubliners – showing a trio fair maidens out enjoying the atmosphere (sent in by Austin Dunphy) – and Ken Paul at Fyne Ales brewery in Argyll (“A great place,” he says). QUIZ ANSWERS 1 Eldrick. 2 Red. 3 Three (England, Scotland, Wales). 4 The Old George. 5 One (Russia). 6 A cake, according to a 1991 VAT tribunal. 7 Four. The other is a dog. 8 He only had one arm. 9 Jingles. 10 The Hotspur. 11 Mussels. 12 Fruit and veg.
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