Shropshire Tales Issue 9
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FREE Issue 9 Summer 19 Inside... Cider & Perry Trail Passport Wellington to Oakengates CAMRAmble Ale by Bus…Edgmond and Newport Pubs of the Season - Summer www.tes.camra.org.uk Telford & East Shropshire CAMRA Offi cial magazine of Telford & East Shropshire and Shrewsbury & www.saws.camra.org.uk Shrewsbury & West Shropshire CAMRA West Shropshire branches of CAMRA OSWESTRY’S MULTI-AWARD WINNING FREEHOUSE At The Bailey Head you can be assured of a wide choice of Real Ale and Craft Beer, whether in cask, Keykeg, keg, cans or bottles. We sell approximately 500 different real ales in cask a year and 100 differerent real ales and craft beers in Keykeg and keg. We hold numerous Meet the Brewer events throughout the year, details of twhich can be found on our website and social media. We have won a number of awards from CAMRA (Campaign for Real Ale) and SIBA (the Society of Independent Brewers. Shrewsbury & West Shropshire CAMRA Market Towns Pub of the Year Winner 2019, Winner 2018, Winner 2017 Shrewsbury & West Shropshire CAMRA Pub of the Year Runner up 2019, Winner 2018, Runner up 2017 Shropshire CAMRA Pub of the Year Runner up 2018 Marches CAMRA (Shropshire and Herefordshire) Third place 2018 CAMRA Good Beer Guide 2019, 2018 Society of Independent Brewers UK’s Best Independent Craft Beer Bar or Pub – Rural Finalist 2018 baileyhead.co.uk TheBaileyHead TheBaileyHead TheBaileyHead [email protected] Editor's Welcome Main Contents Hello and welcome to Issue 9 of A word from T.E.S CAMRA Chairman 4 A word from S.W.S CAMRA Chairman 4 Welcome to the Summer 2019 issue A word from our Market Drayton 5 of Shropshire Tales. As I'm sitting here sub-branch working on this summer issue I cannot Pub of the Season - Summer 2019 5 help but look out of the window at all the Shropshire Cider and Perry Trail 7 rain we are having in early June. Hopefully there are plenty of sunny days to come Brewery News 9 soon so we can all go out and enjoy all the Wellington to Oakengates 11-15 beer gardens around the county. CAMRAmble Shropshire Cider and Perry Trail 17-24 In this issue we have an excellent Passport CAMRAmble that goes from Wellington to Ale by bus - Edgmond and Newport 26-27 Oakengates and also the passport for the Shropshire Cider and Perry Trail which is Birmingham to celebrate the rich 29 world of beer, cider and perry happening during July and August. from 2020 We had planned to bring you some of Awards presented to Shropshire 30-31 the presentations for the Pub, Club and pubs & breweries Brewery of the Year awards from the Notices & emails 31 branches but due to space this will be Beer Festivals 2019 34 brought to you next month to do the award winners the justice they deserve. Bridgnorth Sub-Branch Diary 2018-19 35 T.E.S Branch Diary 2018-19 36 Due to me being immensely busy with a litter of puppies, this issue's cover photo S.W.S Branch Diary 2018-19 37 duties have been completed by Dave Contacts and Consumer Information 38 Haddon. The photo is of Dudmaston Hall near Bridgnorth. The nearest real ale pub is This magazine is solely funded by advertising revenue. If any additional The Danery at Quatford where Wye Valley monies are raised then this will help to Brewery beers can be enjoyed fund other TES & SWS CAMRA initiatives. Lee Bradbury | Editor Articles and suggestions for the next issue of should be submitted email: [email protected] by 1 August 2019. How to advertise in This newsletter is published by the Telford & East Shropshire and Shrewsbury & West Shropshire Branches If you would like further information about of the Campaign for Real Ale. However, the views or advertising in the next edition please opinions expressed are those of the individual authors contact Lee Bradbury and are not necessarily endorsed by the editor, local email: [email protected] branch of CAMRA or CAMRA Ltd. © Copyright CAMRA Ltd. 3 A word from T.E.S A word from S.W.S CAMRA Chairman CAMRA Chairman With this CAMRA magazine having In this edition of Shropshire TAles been running as “Shropshire TAles” for you will fi nd details of the 29th just over two years, I wish to take this Shrewsbury Beer Festival. opportunity to again thank all those involved in its production. Since joining the branch a few years ago I have seen this event outgrow Please continue supporting this great previous venues to the extent that we campaigning device by submitting items shall this year be accommodated in for publication be it just snips of news the magnifi cent, medieval St Mary’s or larger articles on issues and activities church in the centre of town. supporting CAMRA's aims. This brings the advantage of being I hope you managed to get out to a right in the centre of Shrewsbury, number of the pubs in the Mild Trail in the closer to the railway and bus stations. previous edition and enjoy a style of beer The date is good for the start of the which is under threat. This edition contains holiday season, bringing in as it does, a similar Trail but this time it is all about visitors from far and wide to central Traditional Cider and Perry, please support Shropshire. this by using the Trail to fi nd pubs serving these traditional British drinks. With 111 ales lined up for the event we will have something for everyone CAMRA members please remember to and we shall also host the judging submit your beers scores using WhatPub of some beers for the West Midlands regardless of where in the country you are regional competition. July 25 -27 is the out drinking since all branches can make highlight of our year and we hope you use of the feedback from us when we are enjoy it as well. out and about this summer. I hope to see you there. Happy and Enjoyable Drinking Adrian Zawierka Dave Roll T.E.S Branch Chairman S.W.S Branch Chairman CAMRA branches are always looking for CAMRA members to volunteer to help with organising trips, beer festivals and regional promotions. If you have some spare time then please come along to any of our branch meetings. For further information see branch diaries (pg 35-37). 4 A word from our Market Drayton sub-branch In the past year the Market Drayton members have again developed and grown as a group and continue to support our local pubs in the area. We meet on a regular basis and communicate the necessary news and events through our gatherings, social media and emails. We are pleased that due to our efforts we have three pubs from the sub branch in the GBG 2019, the Hippodrome, Red Lion and the Overall Branch POTY the Sandbrook Vaults and hope for more next year. It is an excellent result and shows what can be achieved. Sadly over the years we have lost a few pubs in the area but credit to those who run them for having stepped up to the plate and attracted customers in these very diffi cult times and I hope that they will see and appreciate the benefi ts of CAMRA and its members. Bryn Pass Market Drayton sub-branch Pub of the Season - Summer 2019 Bridgnorth CAMRA Telford CAMRA The Malt Shovel The Anvil Highley WV16 6HT Shifnal TF11 8DU Call for nominations for the Telford and Bridgnorth Region Autumn Pubs of the Season To be eligible for selection a pub needs to not be in the Good Beer Guide and currently achieving a minimum of 3.0 for their beer quality score (an up to date beer score will be checked following nomination). Telford nominations will be taken at branch meetings and a list of the nominated pubs and email voting details will be sent out in July. Votes can also be cast at branch meetings. Bridgnorth nomination and voting are taken at sub-branch meetings. 5 Shropshire Cider & Perry Trail Written by John Lewis PERRY Welcome to the Shropshire Cider and Perry Trail which is now incorporated for the fi rst time in Shropshire TAles. The fi rst Shropshire Cider and Perry Trail took place in 2005 with only just under thirty pubs participating. Cider is fermented apple juice, perry is The overwhelming proportion of Perry is fermented pear juice. There are relatively produced in Herefordshire, Gloucestershire few outlets for perry. and Monmouthshire from perry pears, of which there are at least 200+ varieties. CAMRA supports traditional cask Such pears tend to be small and hard and conditioned cider and perry as opposed are not generally for eating. to keg which has additional carbon dioxide injected into it and which is Most cider and perry consists of blends served too cold. of different varieties but some single varieties may be found, normally at Beer, Cider from the west of England, the Welsh Cider and Perry Festivals organised by Marches and from Wales is produced from CAMRA. Kingston Black is the single cider apples, of which there are over 300 variety cider often found and for perry it varieties. Cider from East Anglia, Kent and is Blakeney Red. the South of England comes primarily from cooking and dessert apples. A feature of Cider and perry have an average Alcohol recent years has been cider from outside By Volume (ABV) higher than beer. 6.5%+ these traditional areas above, such as compared to 4%+, any cider or perry with Yorkshire, the East Midlands, the North an ABV of 8.5%+ is classifi ed as apple or West and Scotland.