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LEADMILL BREWERY and BOTTLE BROOK . BREWERY Producers of Traditional Hand Crafted Real Ales. In the Sticks AUGUST 2019 Free Copy elcome to the latest issue of “In the Amber Valley CAMRA Update W 5th Aug B F mtg 8pm Crossings Club, Sticks” the newsletter of RuRAD, Rural Real BEEHIVE Ironville Ale Drinkers. We hope you enjoy reading it. 151 Peashill, Ripley 29th Aug Brch mtg, 8pm Prospect Street Tel: 07510431414 If you want to receive a copy electronically e- Alehouse, Alfreton Steve would like to invite 3rd Sept final B F mtg, 8pm Railway Hotel, mail [email protected] customers old and new to the Belper. Nora Harper Or for current & previous issues log on to Beehive/Honey Pot. Visited the recently refurbished Railway at http://www.mansfield.camra.org.uk Selection of 3 real ales at the Belper. 5 Lincoln Green beers and 3 guests. Beehive and 6 real ales at the Cracking job made of the place by and well While some of you have known me for much of my Honey Pot as well as various worth a visit. Bald Eagle and Old Father life and are likely aware of my age, I expect most ciders and perrys. Time then called at Arkwrights beer fest. Darts, Dominoes and Skittles on don’t know that I am 69 in February. I have long 18 beers on gravity and 6 on handpumps on weekly. the bar. We tried several beers each. Kent intended to gradually give up my CAMRA and Quiz night Fridays plus card Jamaica Stout and Marble Macchiato Porter other roles by the time I’m 70 or 71, with the bingo. were our favourites. Belper Food and Drink Everyone welcome. least enjoyed the first to go. I have to say that fest was very well attended Including editing this newsletter is the job I enjoy least, The RuRAD Bar in The Old Oak, Horsley Ruradians Tall Paul, the Baron,Sir Galavant and I will be relinquishing my role as editor after Woodhouse has had some interesting guest beers among others. Beer stalls were Beermats, Matlock Wolds Farm, Hollow Tree from the April 2020 edition, or before if and when a on recently, including Blaze from Boss Brewery, Bearded Lady from Colchester, Itchycoo Dark Whatstandwell and Beers Direct. Called at replacement is found, If you fancy the job, please from Acorn, Zenith from Cross Bay, Beijing Black Holly Bush Makeney had an excellent pint of get in touch. Exadman from Potbelly and Amber from Dunscar Bridge. Flathead Da Ba Dee Blueberry Muffin Stout, Beer and Pub News Meanwhile, down the road at The Coach and as someone said it was luscious. The Crow on Scotland Street, Sheffield has Raw Brewery has gone under and is no longer Horses there was a beer called Pale Ale Mary, reopened with 5 Real Ales, 2 from operating but I've heard that it may rise again from North Down brewery which is a new set up in Abbeydale and 3 guests, plus several kegs. under a different guise. Margate. There is a pleasant outdoor drinking area. The opening of The White Hart in Stanley village Simon at Abstract Jungle in Langley Mill, has sold Bald Eagle has been delayed due to staffing issues. the brewery to Bang The Elephant brewery. There I paid a visit to The Needlemakers in will be a changeover period of several months, but THE TALBOT nothing will change at his pub the Bunny Hop as he Ilkeston after it was feared it would end up the Butterley Hill Ripley, DE5 3LT same way as a lot of pubs - becoming either a plans to keep the Langley Mill-based micropub Tel: 01773742382. supermarket or housing. Instead, after many open. Amber Valley CAMRA Pub of the months of being closed, it is now open and selling Steve & Angie at the Talbot in Ripley, are set to Year 2019 two real ales - Citra and Doom Bar. leave the pub, as they have given their notices in. A quiet, cosy pub enjoying real ale. It is uncertain when, but they will be a hard act to Open Mon - Thu 2pm & Fri - Sun DAVE and MANDY invite you to 12pm. follow, we wish them good luck for the future. Charisma Minimum of 5 changing ales on Mon - THORN TREE INN Wed & up to 9 Thu - Sun. The Twitchel pub in Long Eaton has closed 161 Church Street, Waingroves Choice of Pork Pies and fresh cobs to Monday-Thursday 16.00-00.00 suddenly. This ex Wetherspoons pub was taken enjoy by the fire or in the garden. Friday-Sunday 12.00-00.00 over by Hawthorn Leisure and became Last Wednesday of the month is our Serving a changing selection of unsustainable despite its £75,000 refurbishment. Acoustic night. Real Ales, Ciders, Wines and soft Staff were given no warning and now 17 jobs are Cans, Bottles and Keg by Kernel, Magic, Beaver, Siren and Wild etc. drinks at risk. F/B - Talbot Taphouse, Tweet TIP INN The former 17th century and East Midlands pub @beeratthetalbot REAL ALE BAR of year 2015 winner Old Poets Corner at Ashover Derby’s latest micropub/Bar The Worm 60 High Street Loscoe has been sold to Titanic Brewery and the pub will Has Turned opened in July. It’s a new Wednesday-Friday 16.00-22.00 undergo a full refurbishment. This is Titanic's Saturday 16.00-23.00 second pub in Derbyshire after the Cheshire venture by a consortium of dedicated beer lovers and is in the former Anglian Windows Sunday 12.00-23.00 Cheese in Buxton, Titanic beer range and guests showroom on Queen Street. There is a large Whilst in Heanor there has recently been three alongside, good pub food will be available. Ashover selection of both bottled and draught beers from Whitby brewery available at The brewery is also up for sale. Belgian, English and Continental ales, plus a Angry Bee. It is with deep regret to announce the peaceful couple of handpumps with changing real ales, The King's Head in Duffield is hoping to open on passing of Neil Kelso, the landlord of the Victoria The pub opens from noon every day apart 24th/25th August, if all goes to plan. Hotel in Beeston on the morning of Wednesday from Mondays. Sooty June 26th after a long illness my condolences to wife Linda and family. The Didler Georgian building and is full of period pictures and Castle Rock, Ringwood, Robinsons and Black decoration. There were 6 ales available one of Sheep. This pub has won several awards and which is brewed exclusively for them by the has been in the GBG for more than 10 years Woodcote Manor Brewing Co. which is what we but we found it rather run-down and shabby. tried – well, it would have been rude not to. Other We returned to Weavers at Park Lane for beers on offer were from Three Tuns, Enville, another pint but they were hosting a Swan and one which might have been Wayfern but Northern Soul disco so conversation was probably wasn't! GC's writing again. Since hunger impossible. We ended our tour just down the pangs were beginning to make themselves felt, we road at the Castle Inn, another canal-side ended the day in the Watermill to eat – two steak pub where we found the usual selection of dinners plus a bottle of wine all for £20! The ales from Hobson's (Old Prickly or was it following day (Saturday) was spent travelling out Town Crier?), Enville (Enville Ale) and on the Severn Valley Railway to Bridgnorth which Bewdley (Worcestershire Way). For some will be covered in a separate article. Being up too reason, neither GC nor I had expected bright and early on the Sunday (ie. the pubs Kidderminster to be so well served for real weren't yet open) we drove out to Bewdley for a ale so our visit was a very pleasant surprise. mind-clearing walk in the Wyre Forest and to Kidderminster & Bridgnorth: Bridgnorth explore this very pretty town on the River Severn. As described in the last thrilling episode Returning to Kidderminster we set out for the (Kidderminster & Bridgnorth Part 1: Station Inn which wasn't quite so easy to find as Kidderminster), Saturday was devoted to we'd expected - I suppose I should have checked enjoying a steam-hauled train journey to the map properly. Bridgnorth on the Severn Valley line and Kidderminster & Bridgnorth: Kidderminster exploring the pubs there. Two things are Inspired by a suggestion from GC to visit the worth mentioning if you have never been to Severn Valley Railway, we headed off to the Bridgnorth: 1) the Severn Valley Railway is a West Midlands one week-end with the aim of beautifully restored heritage line which exploring the pubs in Kidderminster and passes through stunning countryside and 2) Bridgnorth which lie at opposite ends of the line. the view from the cliffs of High Town Arriving at the Travelodge in Kidderminster at looking out over the river Severn is, about beer o'clock, we parked up and walked according to Charles I “the finest in all my across to the area known as Comberton Hill to see Kingdom”. Presumably that was before the Severn Valley Railway station and book our Oliver Cromwell's thugs separated his head train tickets for the following day. The station from his body. At one point along the route itself has been beautifully restored with lots of we heard the lady on the opposite side of wartime memorabilia on display, including masking the carriage to us pointing out things of tape across the windows of the station pub (King interest to her friends, you know, like & Castle) in case of air raids! Six of the eight children do.