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In the Sticks April 2012 Free Copy

Welcome to the latest issue of “In the The Duke of Clarence on Mansfield Road, Mansfield & Ashfield CAMRA Sticks ” the newsletter of RuRAD , Ru ral Real Derby has been purchased from Greene King 2nd Mini Beer & Cider Festival Ale Drinkers. We hope you enjoy reading it. by an unknown buyer and is now trading as a Fri 13 th and Sat 14 th April free house, the pub closed for a week from Function Room If you want to receive a copy electronically e- th th the 28 February until the 6 March whilst Rufford Arms mail [email protected] bar and cellar work was carried out. The pub Chesterfield Road South, Mansfield. Or for current & previous issues log on to itself only needed a lick of paint as Greene Approx 25 real ales, cider & perry. King had spent money on a new layout and http://www.mansfieldcamra.org.uk/RuRAD.html "Pronto" bus stops outside door. refurbishment quiet recently. There are Preview Session Thursday 7 – 11pm Follow the RuRAD page on Facebook plans to serve food in the near future and Open ALL-DAY = 11-11 Clare welcomes you to the also to hold beer festivals as there are out- FREE admission! building to the rear of the pub. Host Scott, Entertainment on PATTENMAKERS ARMS partner of Clare at the Patternmakers in 4 Crown Street Duffield Saturday evening! Duffield hopes to steadily build up trade Tel: 01332 842844 www.mansfieldcamra.org.uk again which was lost under Greene King 4 Real Ales Available. ownership due to the ever-changing Bass, Pedigree & Landlord plus up Amber Valley CAMRA Update management. Scott offers 2 regular ales to 2 guest beers from the SIBA list. st Bass 4.4% and Taylors Landlord 4.3% and at April 1 - Social at Talbot Taphouse, Ripley from In the 2012 Good Beer Guide. the moment 1 Guest which when I called was 1pm onwards, cask of beer & buffet. April 14 th - Home cooked food available Woodfordes Once Bittern 4%, future guests Survey trip to Pentrich, South Wingfield & everyday 12pm – 2pm. include Coastal Faeries Old Ale 4.4% & Oakerthorpe bus picks up at 7:30pm, Ripley Friday – Meat Raffle, Sunday – Quiz Night Leatherbritches Dr Johnson 4.1%, the pub 12 – 2, 5 – 12 Mon – Thu Market Place, contact Jane Wallis to book. April has its own car park and a outside drinking & th Fri,Sat & Sun Open All Day 19 - Beer Festival Meeting at Black Bulls Head, seating area Openwoodgate 8pm. April 26 th - Branch Meeting FUNCTION ROOM FREE TO HIRE at the Victoria, Alfreton 8:30pm. Soc Sec Jane The Furnace, Derby has been bought by a Wallis 01773 745966 Beer and Pub News private investor for £95.000. This used to be a cracking community pub but has been in Bump Mill Brewery is a new venture next to the The Waggon & Horses in Alfreton regularly decline for several year’s, let’s hope the new Shoulder of Mutton at Hallfield Gate near features at least 2 traditional ciders alongside a owner can bring it back to life Shirland. The man responsible is Mick McMasters range of real ales, including a regular LocAle. Card who, we are told, hopes to have his beer at the carrying CAMRA members continue to receive a erby CAMRA Pub of the Year the Five D Barrow Hill beer festival in May 20% discount on main meals also Lamps is to increase the amount of pumps on the bar from 11 to 14 in early April due to After a long running battle with Punch Taverns Nicky from the Tavern , Belper informs us that the demand for real ale and popularity of the Dave Mountford has finally called it a day at the “we now offer for any function, a 'do your own pub, well done to Graham and the team Rising Sun at Middleton by Wirksworth and taken food' policy or we can provide food for £4.95 a over the Boat Inn at Cromford head. We also provide a free party tent, for The Three Horseshoes at Wessington has extra space, also we have the facility for an been de-licensed and sold to a builder We have received reports that another outside bar, for anyone who wants a summer microbrewery could be starting up in Clay Cross event. London Pride is definitely a regular at the Nicky & Pete Foster Tavern: serving at £2.95, Pedigree £2.85, other welcome you to the The Wine Vaults in Eastwood is up for sale, as is real ales serving at £2.80” TAVERN the Red Lion at Fritchley There will be a festival special ale from Welbeck Derby Rd, Belper The White Hart at Moorwood Moor shut on 11th Abbey Brewery available exclusively at the Tel: 01773 826956. March and is believed will be turned into a private Mansfield CAMRA Mini-Festival being held in 3 Changing Guest Ales. dwelling Function Room at Rufford Arms from Thursday £2.30 a pint Sundays 4 – 7 on one he St Georges Day beer festival at the George 12th April to Sunday 15th April inclusive. Get guest ale of our choice, T yourself down there for your one and only chance Carlsberg & Mansfield Smooth. & Dragon , Belper will feature 20 real ales and 5 to try it!!! Entertainment from a local artist will Bookings taken for functions ciders with live music on Thursday, Friday & also be available on the Saturday evening at £4.95 per head. Saturday, home made pies and pork cobs also Undercover Mediterranean available. Starts 19th April through to 21 st Ever wanted to Meet The Brewer? - You can at style heated smoking area. ndy at the White Hart , Bargate plans to hold the Devonshire Arms in South Normanton on Sky & ESPN Sports available. A Wednesday 4th April from 8pm, when Claire Monk Clean well-behaved dogs welcome. his 1st beer festival from the 26th to the 28th from Welbeck Abbey Brewery will be giving a talk Children welcome until 8.30pm. April were there will be 15 ales and 4 ciders with etc. www.thetavernbelper.co.uk 7 more on the main bar. There will be music Friday & Saturday night. He also plans to start serving food, which will be pub grub, on the 7th change we didn’t get lost. From Denby Village Olive, Sally, Jean & Steve welcome May. Future plans are to have 2 gravity fed we took a footpath but we couldn’t figure out you to the firkins on the bar why there were “No public right of way” signs on it…until I realised we’d taken the ROYAL OAK WIRKSWORTH BREWERY wrong path. I was having a bit of a bad map 55 Green Lane Ockbrook, Derby Quality Derbyshire Ales day. Mind you it didn’t help that some of the CORE BEER RANGE: paths had been re-routed. We crossed over Tel: 01332 662378

Cruckbeam 3.9% the main road at Denby Pottery and took the Country Pub of the Year 2011/2012 Sun Beam 4.0% path to Marehay where our first port of call Bass & 3 Constantly Changing Guest First Brew 4.2% was the Kestrel . I wasn’t expecting this pub Ales Available. Lunches Served to even be open so was quite pleased, which Tow'd Man 4.9% Everyday 12.00 – 2.00 was doubled when I saw a Cask Marque Seasonal Beers Also Available. Evening Meals: sticker in the window. The beers on offer Contact Jeff Green Mon & Wed to Fri 6.00 – 800

Telephone: 01629 824011 were Abbot, OSH & Harvest Pale with both Anniversary Beer Festival 4 – 7 May Mobile: 07967134180 of us going for the latter, which was perfect [email protected] for such a sunny day. We then took a The trend for pub re-openings seems to be www.wirksworthbrewery.co.uk footpath, which brought us out opposite the Member of SIBA Direct Delivery Scheme Holly Bush where we had a choice from Blue continuing when last month saw the Black Bulls Monkey BG Sips & Infinity, GK IPA, Abbot & Head at Openwoodgate (another ex Greene king Brewery News Old Golden Hen. The Blue Monkey brews pub) welcoming customers through the doors once Ashover-Ashover were sampled and again were a perfect for again into this refurbished free house, the pub is semi open plan but with separate seating areas www.ashoverbrewery.com the weather. We walked down the road to where there were 2 pubs marked on the map, either side of a two sided bar complemented by 2 Shortly to become a limited company some new houses looked to be were where open fires. The beer choice is excellent which on Falstaff-Derby one of them should have been and the other my visit was Oakham Hare & Hedgehog 3.9%, Bishops Farewell 4.6%, Abbott 5%, Coppice Side www.falstaffbrewery.co.uk was Lumb Farm , which had Worthington Red Shield and Abbot with the former deemed to Light 4.5%, Castle Rock Black Gold 3.8%, Jaipur The Falstaff Brewery “Name the Band” series be the best drink of the day. From there we 5.9%, Worthington Red Shield 4.2%, & Hartington continues with the latest ales being Dappy 4.2%, took the footpath across to Denby Common Bitter 4%, all beers are £2.70 a pint – Sooty Frankie Sandford 4%, Limahl 5.9%, Freddy and called in the Bulls Head to find Abbot The last time I went in to the New Zealand Mercury 4.5%, Morrissey 4% & Nick Heyward (yet again!) and Harvest Pale, guess which Arms on Langley Street Derby, a stones throw 4.2% one we had? We actually managed to have a from Ashbourne Road, was in the late nineties kip when we stopped for lunch, this has to be Rowditch/Middle Earth-Derby when it was an Ind Coope owned Festival Alehouse, a good sign to put the soup away for a few which was an excellent pub before it was sold to Twelly informs us “ We’ve brewed a 5.9% IPA months…….here comes summer Punch Taverns. But at last it is back in safe hands called India Pale Ale (I bet that took some as Rachel from Dancing Duck brewery and Terry thought – Ed), which will be on at the Rowditch Join Chris & the team at Holmes of the Silk Mill are now operating it as a Inn. I’m planning a premium bitter and another free house. The pub reopened on March 15th Black Rose soon and Carla has brewed St The Thorn Tree Inn after refurbishment and has the look and feel of a Stephen’s. Steve Birkin wants the stout for the Church St, Waingroves proper drinkers pub with wooden flooring seating ‘Ditch’ as, contrary to expectations, it sells very DE5 9TE Tel 01773 513351 and tables. Of course the beer range consists well” Mon-Thu 5 – 11pm mostly of the Dancing Duck range, which on my

Mr. Grundy’s-Derby Fri 3 – 11.30 visit was Ay Up 3.9%, Nice Weather 4.1%, 22 www.georgianhousehotel.info Sat – 12 – 11.30 4.3%, Dark Drake 4.5%, Gold 4.7% & Abduction

5.5% all reasonably priced at £2.50 a pint. The The new beer from Mr. Grundy’s is called Red Sun – 12 10.30 guest beers were Blue Monkey Evolution 4.3% Baron at 3.6% a dark red bitter which has an Always six constantly £2.90, Bishops Farewell 4.6% £2.90 and Dark abundance of caramel in the flavour, and has been changing beers on tap plus Ruby Mild 6% £3 there were also 3 ciders £3.40 brewed Brian’s son Jim ciders & fruit wines etc. available but this is to increase to about 6 in the Open Quiz & Card Night Wed. Wirksworth-Wirksworth future – Sooty www.wirksworthbrewery.co.uk Free Function Room With Own Bar & Toilets. On the evening of March 15 th I ventured into eff at Wirksworth brewery has produced the J Derby and visited the Pub of the Year 5 Lamps first of a series of 3 beers to celebrate the life for the CAMRA award presentation. I arrived in of his grandchildren; the first one Dan’s Blonde While Greene King isn't everyone's good time for the 8pm start (as stated in M&B) 4.3% was available at the recent Cross Keys beer and was suitably impressed with the extended favourite brewery, far from it, the Pear festival in Belper , which was a very refreshing range of ales (extended since my last visit Tree at Ripley is still a pretty good pub, and hoppy ale. The next yet unnamed brew will be anyway). 11 beers were on offer and a pint of it's doubtful anyone else in the area serves more on the darker side Brampton Griffin was savoured as I watched Man Abbot better than there. However, on Del & Rod’s Real Ale Rambles Utd get dumped out of the UEFA Cup (which was recent visits non-GK guest beers have been savoured even more). I followed this with a Priors spotted, including a very palatable St Austell Our first and only walk in March was on Sunday Well Silver Chalice and some hearty glass chinking. th Proper Job and Titanic 1912. which was 11 and we started from Heanor Gate. We set Still with no sign of anything happening I had a superb, on offer at £2.80, a price which is off and almost immediately found ourselves Boggart Hole Clough Dark Mild, which I finished likely to change once the Chancellor has ankle-deep in cowsh, which we managed to plot a off by about 9pm, still with no sign of anything done his worst, as well as the prices of their route through to continue towards Flamstead happening I had to leave. An exercise in regular beers, GK XX Mild at £2.32, IPA at House, where we got slightly lost and a chap organisation it most certainly wasn’t. We at “In £2.10 and Abbot at £2.55 - Exadman directed us down to Bottom Dumbles, where for a the Sticks” would however like to offer our

pub with great food was the Toad on the sea recent trendy bar) came next and served heartiest congratulations to Graham and the team front at Rhos on Sea . Great views here too. Weetwood Cheshire Cat, Sandstone Porter and at the 5 Lamps who have certainly made it a pub The Brakspear Special went well with the Higson Stout – the latter having a most unusual worth seeking. The following week on the 20 th the meal and Jennings Cumberland was available flavour but again would be better visited at a Country Pub of the Year presentation took place too. It was a short trip to an area I have quieter period. The city tour next visited the at the Royal Oak , Ockbrook , which was held in visited before. It has many good pubs and Union Vaults , a back street local with 3 other the back lounge where there was a “help yourself” although I was disappointed that the top of people in for Hopback Spring Zing with Everards polypin of Hartington Bitter. Derby CAMRA Snowdon was cloudy a local told me he had Tiger an option. Our final call was the GBG Mill chairman Gareth Stead gave a good speech been up it 20 times and still had to see the Hotel which is a modern residential hotel and explaining the selection process involved in view – The Escapist most amazingly for a hotel bar the widest picking the Pubs of the Year before presenting selection of ales in Chester. Those selected were Olive, Jean & Sally with the certificate. Steady Coach House Mill Premium, Phoenix Cornmill, Steve - who’s sparkling personality, I’m sure, was The Codnor Inn Weetwood WA Best and Hopping Mad Balmy a deciding factor ;-) - was cajoled into joining the Jessop Street, Codnor Days. The other beers were Rudgate Ruby Mild, line-up for the photos. There was a plentiful Whim Honey Stout Triple B, Deuchars IPA and supply of sandwiches, pork pie and lovely roasties, 5 hand pumps with Derby Artistic & Billy Bonkas Chocolate; so 3 of the only downside of the night being Forest local micro brewery our local beers available. Worth staying here if winning rather too convincingly – Ed beers including you can afford it (not Premier Inn like me) Coppice Side. especially if a special offer comes up. If staying Cross Keys over it is very expensive to park within the city Oakham beer on 35 Market Place, Belper walls so getting a free car park offer is a good permanently. deal. Before returning on Sunday, we were able to Tel 01773 599191 5 minutes from the pull in a couple more GBG pubs in a different part Anita & John welcome old and new of the city near the river. The Bear & Billet was friends to one of Belpers finest real ale Market Place another excellent pub with Okells Bitter, Salopian houses. 5 real ales all of the time. Tel 07952 067009 Oracle and Hopping Mad Fruitcase sampled, Bar Snacks Available. QUIZ NIGHT Tuesday 9.30pm Facers Clwyd Gold and Oakham JHB were not. Weekends Live Music, Karaoke & Nearby the atmospheric Brewery Tap was Discos entered by a flight of steps from the street and had an enormously high ceiling like being in a rriving at Chester on 2 nd March for a long A church. Again a great variety of quality ales with Only pub in Belper in the GBG weekend, we made our way to the city centre Spitting Feathers Thirst Quencher & Old armed with Chester CAMRA pub list with the Wavertonian Stout, Slaters Premium, Idle Idle st 1 call being the GBG Pied Bull . This is a Sod, Cross Bay Winter Moon Porter, Liverpool An opportunity to fulfil an ambition to walk up medieval building well worth a visit with its Organic 24 Carat Gold & Coach House Innkeepers. own house brewery and a good variety of and down Snowdon also led to visits of four great Overall Chester is well recommended as an ales. Those sampled were Pied Bull Bull’s Hit, pubs in the area. All were very welcoming and excellent place for real ales with several more Moorhouse Black Cat, Hopback GPB, Offbeat friendly. The recently opened Albion Ale House good pubs not visited on this trip including a cert Kwirky Kiwi and Adnams Broadside with in Conwy amusingly has an old Ansells sign hanging for me, the Albion, where grumpy old men Oakham Inferno not tried. On to the Coach outside. This is the pub that four local breweries apparently reside with a ‘family hostile’ landlord – House with routine Thwaites Lancaster are running together. It is very well appointed Chris P Duck Bomber, Wainwright & Original plus Bass and has some parts that date from the 1920’s. then the Red Lion with an interesting Paul & Lyn welcome you to the The beer range does not disappoint with beers selection of Wooden Hand Pirates Gold, from breweries that have all set up since 2003. WHITE POST Thwaites Original, Jennings Cumberland, Purple Moose, Conwy, Bragdy Nant and Great Belper Rd, Stanley Common Fullers Bengal Lancer and Itchen Valley Orme. The Conwy Celebration Ale was very tasty Tel: 0115 930 0194 Treacle Stout. Although both of these were and the guest beer from Coach House named Opening Times: Closed Mon (except ok there proved to be far better on offer Postlethwaite (after the actor) was just as good. Bank Holidays), elsewhere. The next day after a couple of Many local beers are available in bottles too and Tue - Thur 11.30 – 2.30 & 6 – 11 unsuccessful forays we visited the Canalside Fri 11.30 – 2.30 & 6 - 1am, Sat 12 – 1am, plenty of barrels are being drunk. It has got to for a good value meal. A very pleasant bar Sun 12 – 11 be a nailed on certainty for GBG next time and is with its own house brewery called Swiftys. 4 Real Ales Inc. Guest Ales. LocAle to the hilt. A must visit place in a great The Swiftys Barley Mo was tasted along with Home Cooked Traditional Food From An little town. Penrhynside , on the Rhos on Sea side the excellent Liverpool Organic’s Cascade, Award Winning Chef of Llandudno, spoils its residents for such a small Curry & A Pint £5 – Tue. Joseph Williamson Tunnale & Styrian. place with two GBG listed pubs, almost across the Steak Night – Wed & Thur. Surprisingly not in GBG but would certainly road from each other, on a very narrow street. Regular Live Entertainment Saturday return here. Just along the towpath is the The Penrhyn Arms was almost full for the Wales GBG Old Harkers Arms With an impressive v Italy rugby game but this gave a great As any CAMRA member will know, May is Mild beer range and interesting interior but atmosphere and with several rotating guest beers Month, and the Amber Valley branch are joining in unfortunately for us solid with people on a that meant I just smiled at Pedigree pump. The this year. 10 pubs from the area have agreed to Sat evening. Would no doubt be excellent at certificates on the walls show how many awards serve a mild in May - Thorn Tree , Pear Tree and quieter periods so we managed a quick the place has won especially for the huge range of Beehive - Ripley , Holly Bush - Marehay , Moorhouse Pendle Witches and Mauldons ciders. The Cross Keys across the way is totally Devonshire Arms - Alfreton , Hunters Arms - Porter but passed on Flowers Original, different style of pub. Happy locals all mellow Kilburn , Holly Bush - Makeney , Cross Keys - Brimstage Trappers Hat, Frodsham 800, with the rugby result. The rear has stunning Belper , Black Bulls Head - Openwoodgate and the Brunning & Price Original and Weetwood views over Rhos on Sea area and the very King William - Milford . A crawl will be arranged, Cheshire Cat & Old Dog. By local pleasant Facers Flintshire Bitter was lovely but the date of which will be published later - recommendation the nearby Cellar (a fairly had to be left behind for another trip. The final Exadman

Beer Festival Diary – Near and Not so Near 5th to 9 th April New Inn Beer Festival, High St-Riddings 6th to 9 th April Pattenmakers Arms Beer Festival, Crown St-Duffield 6th to 9 th April Easter Beer Festival, Arkwright Arms Beer Festival-Sutton Duckmanton, Chesterfield 30 Ales 6th to 9 th April Victoria Inn Easter Beer Festival, Dovecote Lane-Beeston, Nott’s up to 50 Ales (35 at one time) 12 th to 15 th April Princess Victoria Beer Festival, South Parade-Matlock Bath 12 th to 15 th April Stag Inn Beer Festival, 67 Nottingham Road-Kimberley, Nott’s, 15-20 Ales 13 th to 14 th April New Mills Beer Festival, Chalkers Snooker Club, Redmoor Mill, Buxton Road-New Mills 13 th to 14 th April Mansfield & Ashfield CAMRA 2 nd Mini Beer & Cider Festival, Rufford Arms, Chesterfield Rd Sth-Mansfield www.mansfieldcamra.org.uk 19 th to 21 st April George & Dragon Beer Festival, Bridge St-Belper 19 th to 22 nd April King William IV Beer Festival, The Bridge-Milford 20 th to 22 nd April Mallard Beer Festival, The Mallard, Platform 1, Railway Station-Worksop 17 Ales + Cider & Perry 20 th to 29 th April St Georges Festival, The Air Hostess, Stanstead Avenue-Tollerton, Notts 20 Ales on Rotation 4 Ciders 26 th to 28 th April Burton Bridge Brewery Beer & Sausage Festival, Bridge Inn, Bridge Street-Burton 20+ Ales 26 th to 28 th April White Hart Beer Festival, Sandbed Lane-Bargate, Belper 26 th to 29 th April 1 st Annual Springhead Beer Festival, Robin Hood Site, Laneham-Retford 40+ Ales Cider 4th to 6 th May Organ Grinder Beer Festival, Alfreton Road, Canning Circus-Nottingham 4th to 6 th May South Notts Beer Festival, Nottingham Moderns Rugby Club-Wilford 30+ Unusual/Rare Ales + Cider 4th to 7 th May Royal Oak Anniversary Beer Festival, Green Lane-Ockbrook 9th to 12th May Johnson Arms Beer & Cider Festival, 59 Abbey Street-Dunkirk, Nottingham 30 Ales (6 Rotating) 10 Ciders 11 th to 12 th May Grafton Beer Festival, Grafton Hotel, Gateford Road-Worksop 11 th to 12 th May18 th Macclesfield Beer Festival, Macclesfield Rugby Club, Priory Lane-Macclesfield, Cheshire130+ Ales 17 th to 20 th May Gardeners Rest Last Orders Beer Festival, 105 Neepsend Road-Sheffield 40 Ales 18 th to 19 th May Barrow Hill Beer Festival, Barrow Hill Roundhouse-Chesterfield 150+ Ales Cider/Perry & Fruit Wines 1st to 4 th June Bentley Brook Inn Beer Festival-Fenny Bentley, Ashbourne ********************************************************************************************************************************************** 6th to 9 th April 3 rd Big Bournemouth Beer Festival, BIC Purbeck Hall-Bournemouth 200 Ales + Cider/Perry 12 th to 14 th April 22 nd Doncaster Beer Festival, Hub, Chappell Drive-Doncaster 100+ Ales, Cider + Foreign Beer Bar 13 th to 14 th April 6 th Guiseley Beer Festival, Guiseley Factory Workers Club, 6 Town St-Guiseley 30 Ales, GBG Club 13 th to 14 th April Coventry Beer Festival, Coventry Rugby Football Ground, Butts Park Arena-Coventry 90+ Ales Cider/Perry 13 th to 14 th April 1 st Guisborough Beer Festival, Parish Hall, Bow Street-Guisborough 35 Ales Cider/Perry & Fruit Wines 18 th to 20 th April 36 th Newcastle Beer Festival, Northumbria University Students Union-Newcastle 130 Ales 19 th to 21 st April Maltings Beer Festival, Tuckers Maltings-Newton Abbot, Devon 300 Ales 19 th to 22 nd April Pied Bull Beer Festival, Northgate Street-Chester, Pied Bull Brewed Ales + Guests Tel 01244 325829 19 th to 23 rd April Captain Cook Inn St Georges English Heritage Beer & Beef Festival-Staithes, North Yorkshire, 22 Ales 23 rd to 29 th April Royal Jubilee Beer Festival, Merchants Inn, Little Church Street-Rugby 100+ Ales Ciders & Belgians 26 th to 28 th April Stourbridge Beer Festival, Town Hall, Crown Centre-Stourbridge, 80 Ales Cider/Perry 2nd to 6 th May 18 th Reading Beer Festival, Kings Meadow Recreation Ground-Reading 500+ Ales 200 Ciders 3rd to 5 th May Forever Bury Beer Festival, Bury FC Social Club, Gigg Lane-Bury 45+ Ales 4th to 5 th May 34 th Bath Beer Festival, Widcombe Soc Club, Widcombe Hill-Bath 48+ Ales Cider & Bottled Beers 4th to 6 th May Booze & Blues Festival, The Cow & Plough, Stoughton Park, Gartree Road-Oadby, Leicester 30 Ales 4th to 7 th May The Barton Arms Beer Festival, 144 High Street, Aston-Birmingham 15+ Ales 4th to 7 th May Barnsley Beer Festival, Elsecar Heritage Centre, Wath Road, Elsecar-Barnsley 30+ Ales 4th to 7 th 8th Blandford Beer Festival, The Railway, Oakfield Street-Blanford Forum, Dorset, 40 Southern Counties Ales 10 th to 12 th May 12 th Banbury Beer Festival, TA Centre, Oxford Road-Banbury 100+ Ales Cider & Perry 11 th to 12 th May Sale Beer Festival, Sale Masonic Hall, Tatton Road-Sale, Greater Manchester 40+ Ales 11 th to 12 th May Halifax Mayfest, Square Chapel Arts Centre, Square Road-Halifax 50+ Ales Cider & Perry We advise confirmation of dates and times before attending the above festivals, as changes may occur. Well that’s all for this issue folks however if you have any info or news which could be included in a subsequent issue of “In the Sticks ” please contact Charisma Bypass on 07974 171243 / [email protected] or Rodders on [email protected] by the 23 rd of the month. Edited by Rodders Other contributors and helpers for this issue of “In the Sticks” (not c redited elsewhere) Charisma Bypass, Jedediah Trippe, The Baron, BigFoz, The Tweedles, Sooty, Two Gallon Man, Billy One Mate -Apologies if I’ve missed anyone. Darren and all the staff welcome you to Tracy and all the staff welcome you to the

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Tel: (01773) 742626. DE7 6AW. Tel: 01332 881299 Up to 8 real ales available, plus 3 Traditional East Midlands Pub of the Year 2009 ciders/perry all served in lined oversized glasses!! Mon to Wed 4 – 11, Thu & Fri 3 – 11 20p pint/10p half-pint CAMRA members discount! Sat 12 – 11, Sun 12 – 10.30 Opening Times: Mon - Thu = 5 - 11, Fri & Sat = 12 - Serving a wide selection of beers from BOTTLE 11.30, Sun = 12 - 11 BROOK and LEADMILL plus Guest Beers CAMRA LocAle accredited 2009, 2010 RuRAD Bar Open Fri, Sat & Sun

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