Cwrw Ceredigion Local Pubs ◊ Real Ales ◊ Beer Festivals
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Cwrw Ceredigion Local pubs ◊ Real ales ◊ Beer festivals Paws for a pint: top pubs for top dogs The free magazine of Bae Ceredigion CAMRA Cwrw Ceredigion Spring/Summer 2016 1 CROESO! Welcome to Cwrw Ceredigion, the It seems 2016 is set to be a record year Tafarn gwrw a seidr o fri newsletter produced by the Bae for beer festivals, too. So far, we’ve Dewis eang o gwrw a seidr o Gymru a’r Gororau. Ceredigion branch of the Campaign for enjoyed the Lampeter Beer and Cider Mwynhewch ein bar llawn awyrgylch a’n gardd Real Ale (CAMRA). Festival and the Spring Beer Festival at Yr Hen Orsaf. We can now look forward gwrw drawiadol. Our aim is to promote local to festivals at the Ship and Castle in April, Bwyd rhagorol a llety ar gael hefyd. breweries, cider the Glengower in May and a new event at the Pentre Arms in Llangrannog in July Ar agor 11yb –11yh, 7 diwrnod yr wythnos makers and the best places to (see page 4 for information about these drink real ale and and other local festivals). Award winning ale and cider pub cider in the area. As the days get longer, and hopefully warmer, it’s a great time to venture out to Extensive range of ales and ciders from Wales and I’m pleased to say that the local real a pub you don’t know or haven’t visited the Borders. ale scene is going for a while. If, like me, you enjoy taking Enjoy our atmospheric bar and stunning beer garden. from strength to your four-legged friend along, check out our feature about dog friendly pubs on Excellent food and accommodation also available. strength. I keep spotting new beers on the bar at many page 8. Open 11am –11pm, 7 days a week Ceredigion pubs and a new brewer Many thanks to the advertisers who has recently set up locally – find out make it possible for us to produce Cwrw more about Oast House Brewery on Ceredigion. The next issue will be FREE page 13. Earlier this year, we had the published at the end of October so, until 01974 298208 | [email protected] | www.ytalbot.com toughest competition ever for the award then, please continue to support our local of Bae Ceredigion CAMRA pub of the pubs and breweries. year – see page 5 for the full story (and Iechyd da! congratulations to the Glengower Hotel!). 3703_YTalbot_Cwrw_Ceredigion_Advert_FIN.indd 1 09/03/2016 16:49 Mary Galliers, Editor OPEN ALL DAY Cwrw Ceredigion – issue 4 Contact us EVERY DAY The Druid Inn © Published by the Bae Ceredigion branch of Email: [email protected] CAMRA, April 2016 Website: www.baeceredigion.camra.org.uk * Wye Valley Bitter and three guest ales Facebook: www.facebook.com/CeredigionCamra Front cover: The Monachty, Aberaeron * Great Orme Snowdon and Celt Experience House craft lagers Twitter: @CeredigionCAMRA We try to ensure that information is correct * Menu of up to 30 bottled ales and ciders when we go to press. If we get something * Real draught cider wrong, let us know and we’ll print a correction. Please note that opinions expressed in Cwrw This issue is dedicated Ceredigion are not necessarily those of to Bae Ceredigion Delicious Sunday lunches CAMRA either locally or nationally. (voted Britain’s best by CAMRA member Ian Guardian Travel) Advertising Scott who died in We rely on income from advertising to fund December. Ian worked Food served 12-2.30 production costs. Space is limited and is sold for our publisher Sprint & 6-9 (not Tuesday) on a first come, first served basis. We can design your advert, free of charge, or you and helped establish may supply your own artwork. Contact Liz Cwrw Ceredigion. Cookson on [email protected]. Listed in CAMRA Good Beer Guide Trading standards If you feel you have been treated unfairly in a for 41 years pub, contact Trading Standards. See www.tradingstandardswales.org.uk. Goginan, Aberystwyth SY23 3NT Am nad oes llawer o le gennym, cyhoeddiad 01970 880650 www.goginan.com/druid-inn cyfrwng Saesneg fydd hwn, ond mae croeso i chi gyfathrebu gyda ni yn y Gymraeg. Cwrw Ceredigion Cwrw Ceredigion 2 3 TIPPLE TATTLE NEWS Revamp for local pubs Brewery round-up The Glengower Hotel was closed earlier Two local breweries are growing their Glengower wins top pub award this year for renovation. The Aberystwyth operations. Cader Ales will soon be opening The Glengower Hotel in Aberystwyth has last few years which has resulted in an pub reopened in early February with the Unicorn in Dolgellau while Cardigan- been selected as Bae Ceredigion pub of improvement in beer variety and quality.” refurbished bar and dining areas based Mantle Brewery has installed an the year for the first time. (pictured) and the first dedicated cider additional fermenting vessel and recruited The Glengower always offers beers from bar in Ceredigion. Down the coast in a new brewer to increase production. The Welsh breweries and the beer pole behind Llangrannog, the bar at the Pentre Arms bar at Penlon Cottage Brewery just outside the bar promotes beers that are coming has been refurbished and there are plans New Quay will open at 4pm every Friday soon. Following a major refurbishment in for a covered outdoor seating area. The evening from 29 April until the autumn. January, a separate cider bar has been new owners at the Rhos yr Hafod in Cross Two cask ales plus the full bottled beer opened to offer a better choice of real Inn (Llanon) have been busy smartening range will be on offer (please ring to check cider and perry. up this traditional pub. As well as new opening hours if making a special journey). Pubs are nominated for the pub of the flooring and seating, there are some cosy year award by CAMRA members who touches like cushions, candles and a Cheap beer! then visit and judge each one to evaluate stack of retro vinyl from which customers There’s no such thing as a free pint, but them against set criteria. The quality of the can pick tunes to listen to. if you join CAMRA you benefit from some beer and real cider is the most important handy discounts. Every year, CAMRA Bae Ceredigion CAMRA Chairman Tristan Robinson (left) single factor in judging a pub for a CAMRA presents the award to Glengower landlord Ian Richards members receive £20 of discount coupons award. Other criteria are value for money, to redeem in any Wetherspoons (most atmosphere and décor, customer service local members use their coupons to try Presenting the 2016 award to landlord and the role a pub plays in its local the great range of beers at Yr Hen Orsaf Ian Richards, Bae Ceredigion CAMRA community. Chairman Tristan Robinson said, in Aberystwyth). Card-carrying CAMRA The runner-up was Y Talbot in Tregaron “This award recognises the effort and members also now get a 5% discount on all which won the award last year. The other enthusiasm demonstrated by Ian and draught real ale and cider at the Glengower two finalists were the Druid Inn in Goginan his team to champion real ale over the Hotel. See page 15 for how to join CAMRA. and the Ship and Castle in Aberystwyth. Dates for your diary Friday 15 to Sunday 17 April: beer festival, First Oakademy of Excellence in Ceredigion Small beer Ship and Castle, Aberystwyth The Fronfelen Arms in Temple Bar has Friday 27 to Monday 30 May: beer festival, Drinkers at the Ship and Castle have started to sell an additional barrel on Glengower Hotel, Aberystwyth a good chance of enjoying one-off gravity dispense. brews from Oakham Ales now that Thursday 2 to Saturday 4 June: Llanfair the Aberystwyth pub has become an A third hand pump has been added at the Clydogau Beer Festival Cadwgan in Aberaeron to increase the Oakademy of Excellence. Saturday 23 July: Lampeter Food Festival interesting range of guest ales. “This award means that, as well as always Saturday 23 to Sunday 24 July: beer The Red Lion in Machynlleth was having one standard Oakham beer on festival, Pentre Arms, Llangrannog recently taken on by new tenants and the bar, we can now offer some of the sells two regular ales (Banks’s Bitter and Saturday 6 August: Cardigan River and brewery’s unusual one-off ales, too,” said Wychwood Hobgoblin). Food Festival landlord Ian Blair (pictured), who had to pass an independent quality test to There is now an extensive menu of bottled Saturday 13 August: Aberaeron Beer receive this accreditation. beer and cider as well as four real ales Festival (featuring Bae Ceredigion tombola and a real cider on draught at the Druid stall with beer-related prizes) Ian received his certificate at an Oakham Inn in Goginan. See www.baeceredigion.camra.org.uk for Ales tap takeover at the pub. The evening was hosted by a brewery representative The in Machynlleth is dates of Bae Ceredigion CAMRA meetings Wynnstay Arms who gave customers free tastings and currently closed. and social activities. other Oakham’s goodies. Cwrw Ceredigion Cwrw Ceredigion 4 5 NEWS INTERVIEW WITH THE CHAIRMAN In 2007, well-known real ale campaigner People often ask what a CAMRA branch Time to discover real cider and perry Rhys Jones established the Bae does and Tristan is keen to explain. ”Our May and October are the months when The range of real cider in pubs is growing. Ceredigion branch of CAMRA. Rhys was most high profile job is selecting pubs CAMRA promotes real cider and perry.