KENT BEERS!! “There’S More in the Barrel”
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SWALE ALE SUMMER 2019 THE FREE MAGAZINE OF SWALE CAMRA It’s Grim Up North Las Cervesas de Ecuador One for the Road Crew IT’S HOP FESTIVAL TIME! KENT BEERS!! “There’s more in the barrel” Musket Brewery is a fami ly owned , Maidstone-based Micro Brewery located at Loddington Farm, Linton, brewing premium REAL ALE at realistic prices. The Musket brewers are CAMRA members, who provide these carefully brewed ales for your enjoyment. MUZZLELOADER FLINTLOCK FIFE & DRUM TRIGGER 4. 5 % Kentish Ale 4.2% Best Bitter 3.8% Golden Ale 3.6% Pale Ale (Award winning beer!) POWDER BURN MATCHLOCK FLASH in the PAN BALL PULLER 5.0% Kentish Porter 3.8% Kentish Mild 4% Green Hop Ale 4% Premier Bitter (Autumn/Winter brew!) (Spring/Summer brew!) (Only available in September!) (Award winning beer!) Brewing since 2013, Musket Brewery has earned a well-deserved reputation for providing GREAT beers of consistently high quality, supported by exemplary customer service! You “MUSKET” these beers in at your local. Musket Brewery Tap Room – “The Armoury” at Loddington Farm, NOW OPEN! Contact Musket Brewery to find out more!! 007799667711 2277 2277 88 oorr 0011662222 –– 774499993311 [email protected] “There’s more in the barrel” at www.musketbrewery.co.uk DDS Scheme CHAIRMAN’S CHOW As I look out of my window whilst writing this, those that will both rejoice or mourn this) and I think of long hot summers, beer gardens, the in come CAMRA vouchers to the value of £30 sound of conversation over a good beer and to be used on Real Ale, Cider or Perry. More the smell of a bar-be-que on the horizon. In information on that as we have it. Membership reality, I’m currently slaving over my keyboard is excellent value for money as, not only do at home, with a coffee by my side. Now, is the you get the aforementioned vouchers but season of festivals, jaunts out to country pubs also benefits such as free or reduced entry on the longer evenings and making the most to over 180 beer festivals, make savings on of time spent with friends and loved ones. publications such as the Good Beer Guide, It is also currently pub of the year regional get access to ‘What’s Brewing’ and ‘Beer’ finals time and Swale Branch can take great magazines plus there are exclusive partner pleasure in the fact that our branch has the benefits and offers which change regularly. East Kent winner in its fold. Congratulations Why not gift a friend or relative membership to all the team at The Admiral’s Arm in for their birthday or celebration event. Pick Queenborough who now go head to head up a copy of this publication and fill in the with the West Kent winner. Coming from coupon inside. Alternately go online to camra. Medway branch, our neighbours at the 10.50 org.uk and join online. to Victoria in Strood have taken the West Kent title. We wish both pubs all the best. We hope you enjoy your summer copy of Voting ends for this round on 4th August with Swale Ale, take it home with you and if you all completed voting papers having to be in fancy taking a couple more copies to send or on that day. deliver to pubs outside the area, feel free to pick them up. We will restock as regularly as During the course of the past few weeks we can, and if you are a venue that takes this we have been out and about presenting publication, firstly our thanks to you. If you our branch winners with their prized are running short then get in touch via the certificates. Keep an eye out on the Swale web pages or Facebook. We can come and re Branch Facebook page for updates on future stock you. presentations as we complete the rounds for 2019. May I thank all of you that have made Happy Summer! the effort to attend on behalf of both myself, John Sissons the committee and the publicans of Swale. With your invaluable support these events WHAT’S HAPPENING have become an excellent social event and AT YOUR LOCAL PUB photo opportunity to showcase the best of ale in Swale. OR BREWERY? Nationally, a big membership change is being Any beer-related stories to tell? introduced on July 1st. Gone will be the Send them to us [email protected]. current Wetherspoons vouchers (there are It’s your magazine! KEEP IN TOUCH CAMRAswale Swale Ale © Summer 2019 Published by the Swale Branch of the Campaign for Real Ale Ltd (CAMRA) Circulation: 1,800 Any opinions expressed within these pages are those of Editorial Committee and Contributors: the individual authors only and do not represent those Matt Deller, John Sissons, Steve Bennion, of CAMRA or any of its officials. The existence of this Mary Cross, Bob Gates, Marc Bishop, Richard publication in a particular outlet does not imply an Bennett, Michael Hoey. endorsement of it by Swale CAMRA. Advertising: Matt Deller Design & Layout: Ascent Creative Printed by: Abbey Print, Faversham All correspondence to: Les Bailey, 58 Wallers Road, Branch Details Faversham, Kent, ME13 7PL Chairman: John Sissons Secretary: Linda Gates Email: [email protected] Social Secretary: Amanda Williams www.camra-swale.org.uk Treasurer: Les Bailey www.issuu.com/swaleale Pubs Officers: Nigel Mills and Tony Hayes Twitter: @CAMRAswale Press and Publicity Officer: Matt Deller Facebook: CAMRAswale Membership Officer: Paul Ayre Telephone: 01795 538824 www.camra-swale.org.uk [email protected] CAMRAswale 3 SWALE BREWERY NEWS house at the last moment. The hops used were Target, Amarillo, Bramling Cross and Lemon Drop which did indeed give it a slight lemon taste. The next beer in the series will be Hard Labor (4.6%) which will be an American style IPA. It is described as “American Double IPA” but at 4.6% it is a session IPA. Americans normally The Cask Club continues to deliver a new drink ales at around 2% higher than in this beer for each month. It has been successful so country. A Double IPA would typically be far and we have already had some excellent between 7.0% and 8.5% abv in the USA. It will beers. To recap they have been Hop County be brewed with Target and Chinook hops and Hopping Mad Pale Ale (4.8%) in March, dry-hopped with Azzaca. Samuel Adams’s Blonde Ambition Ale (4.2%) in April and New Dawn Citrus Ale (3.5%) in This is to be followed by another American May. IPA of approximately 5.0%. This will be brewed exclusively for Wetherspoon’s and June’s beer for this month was Bella Birra will use Coronado hops. I don’t think it is for a (4.4%). This one was a bit different from specific festival. Probably one of the seasonal the rest as it was a collaboration with the specials they commission from regional Mezzopasso brewery in Italy. It is located in breweries. This will be a busy period as the the mountains inland from Pescara on the next Cask Club beer will be brewed around Adriatic Sea. The beer is described as “Italian the same time. By the way, the list for the rest Red Rye Beer”. The rye flavour was detected of the year has not been finalised. in the after-taste. An odder ingredient was Rosemary which was added in the brew- Bob Thompson 4 www.camra-swale.org.uk [email protected] CAMRAswale Boutilliers have a few exciting beers coming out in the next few months: Carnival of Sorts (10.1%), a 3 bean barley wine with tonic, cocoa and vanilla. A big barley wine brewed with our friends at Hoptimism, it’s already sold out in keg, a few pins of it will be exclusively available at our festival Generation Craft taking place in Deal on the 23rd and 24th of August. Another big one, Leia Cake (10.8%), brewed in collaboration with the wonderful Emperor’s brewery, is an imperial stout brewed with cocoa and vanilla and honey. All kegs sold out in ADVERTISE WITH advance but again, a few SWALE ALE AND cheeky pins will be available. This beer will be launched in REACH OVER 2000 bottle and keg at our open day REAL ALE DRINKERS on 20th July. Look out If you own or manage a pub, bar or too for restaurant and serve real ales, it’s never Turtles’ Paradise, a lime Helles (a twist on our been easier to get your business in ever-popular Munich Helles front of more than 2,000 people. recipe), a passion fruit wheat (Sex Bob-Omb) and FULL HALF 1/4 a few other interesting bits and pieces. PAGE PAGE PAGE Richard Bennett £80 £40 £25 To book your place, email [email protected] www.camra-swale.org.uk [email protected] CAMRAswale 5 KentishKentish BeerBeer & & Cider FestivalFestival August BankBank HolidayHoliday 24thth,, 2525thth && 26 26thth Over 2020 KentishKentish Ales Ales www.thethreetunsrestaurant.co.uk & 20 Ciders, www.thethreetunsrestaurant.co.uk & 20 Ciders, Live BandsBands Daily, Daily, The Street, Lower Halstow, TheSittingbourne, Street, Lower Kent. Halstow, Sittingbourne,ME9 7DY Kent. 01795ME9 842840 7DY 01795 842840 [email protected] [email protected] BRANCH DIARY TRADING Wed 14 August, 8pm The Chequers, Doddington STANDARDS Wed 11 September, 8pm The Sun, Bredgar Wed 9 October, 8pm The Ship on Shore, Sheerness If you believe that you have been treated unfairly in a local pub or bar you can report it to Kent County Council Trading FESTIVALS & Standards by calling 03454 040506.