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4 Opening Times September/October 2017 Heard at the Bar Pub News from Stockport, Manchester, Tameside and beyond

Arden Arms August saw the end of an era when Joe Quinn and Steve King (pictured left) retired from the Arden Arms (Millgate, Stockport) after almost 18 years at the helm. During that time the Arden has become a much- loved local institution winning a string of awards along the way for the excellent quality of the beer and food, pub décor, value for money and great customer service.

The pub has been CAMRA Regional Pub of the Year, it has been a regular in the national Good Beer Guide, it features on WKH 1DWLRQDO ,QYHQWRU\ RI +HULWDJH 3XEV and was chosen as Pub of the Year for the Manchester Food and Drink Festival in 2008.

Joe told Opening Times: “Myself and my partner Steve have been licensees at the Arden Arms for almost eighteen years. We are so pleased with our journey and of everything we have achieved for the pub. We have always made sure that our customers feel welcome and included, and that the pub is a place where everybody can feel safe and have a sense of belonging. We will be sad not to play an active role at the pub any more; but it will remain in our hearts forever.”

Steve and Joe left with a weekend of events from 11 to 13 August with live music, special food and, of course, great beer. They leave with the very best wishes of everyone in CAMRA and out hopes for a long and happy retirement. Their successors were due to take over on 18 August and we hope to meet them in the next issue. Malt Disley The micropub bandwagon OHDG IURP WKH 2OGNQRZ D ³GRJ EDU´ ,W¶V DOO QLFHO\ GRQH DQG YHU\ HDV\ rolls on remorselessly. on the eye. We report elsewhere on the forthcoming Whaley 7KH GULQNV R̆HU LV VXLWDEO\ YDULHG ZLWK ¿YH FKDQJLQJ JXHVW FDVN EHHUV Bridge Taphouse while (mainly sourced locally), traditional cider and a keg range covering Silly Country in Droylsden cider, imported lagers and craft beers. This is supplemented by a has planning permission and range of bottled beers which can either be drunk in-house or taken lodged a licensing application away. There’s an impressive range of gins, too. in July. There are rumours of new ventures in Bramhall Lauren told Opening Times that to date everything is going very well and Hyde. However the indeed with plenty of good feedback. We like it. Malt Disley opens at latest outlet to join the local SP 0RQGD\ WR 7KXUVGD\ DQG IURP  QRRQ )ULGD\ WR 6XQGD\ ,W¶V micropub family is Malt just a short walk from Disley station. Disley in, well, Disley of course. Robinsons Pub Shorts The new pub, at 22 Market There are interesting Street in the village centre, developments in Marple opened its doors in late June Bridge where Robinsons and is a project by Lauren have agreed to sell %RRWK ,W¶V EHHQ D ORQJ KDXO DV the currently-closed Lauren started on the project Northumberland Arms in October last year but to a local community group planning issues meant that she didn’t get the go-ahead until March which plans to re-open it as and the builders were on site in April since when it’s been full speed pub, café and community ahead. centre. The group now has to raise the £217,000 purchase price and around £80,000 start-up Lauren trained as a teacher, so should be well-placed to keep order, costs by mid-September. They have produced a business plan and are but always wanted to work for herself. She enjoyed pub work, with two and a half years at Stockport’s Magnet under her belt, but really ODXQFKLQJ D VKDUH R̆HU

September/October 2017 Opening Times 5 6 Opening Times September/October 2017 Pubs of the Month Stockport & South Manchester Winners for September and October

By way of a contrast the Stockport & South Manchester Pub of the Month for October is the Crown in Heaton The Stockport & South Manchester Pub of the Month Mersey. Peter Butler put the pub forward and here tells us for September is the Petersgate Tap on St Petersgate in why he’s a fan. Stockport town centre. Dave Pennington tells you why. A whitewashed, detached pub set in a conservation area, the Crown A most welcome addition to the town centre’s real ale scene, the is one of the oldest pubs in Stockport, dating back some 400 years. Petersgate Tap, run by Alan and Chris Gent (pictured below), opened Robinsons bought the pub in 1912 and it remains in their ownership late September last year in the premises of an old betting shop and today. For the past 10 years it has been run by experienced licensee has been dispensing a wide variety of well-kept beers and ciders ever Tom Gibbons (pictured below right), who had previously spent 30 since. years in the trade as a relief licensee. His sure and steady hand is very apparent at this well-run pub. 6HW RQ WZR ÀRRUV downstairs is a modern, ,W LV VHW EDFN IURP WKH EXV\ minimalist, continental- Didsbury Road and looks style room with the to have no front door – the bar on the left-hand entrance is round the side side and recycled oak- on the picturesque Vale topped tables amongst Close, and in the summer the seating. A growing months is resplendent display of artwork adds ZLWK ÀRZHUV DQG KDQJLQJ to the atmosphere EDVNHWV ,QVLGH WKHUH¶V and a variety of beer very much a country pub magazines is available feel with a bar area to the to browse as you drink. right, nicely split up into Upstairs is a function two smaller areas, while to the left is a larger lounge-cum-dining room with table seating and comfortable settees. room. Food is available every lunchtime (except Saturdays) but isn’t allowed to dominate. The Crown is very much a pub with food and Six handpumps are on the bar with Hawkshead’s Windermere Pale not the other way round. EHLQJ WKH KRXVH EHHU $ IXUWKHU ¿YH HYHUFKDQJLQJ EHHUV IURP ORFDO regional and national micro-breweries are available (regulars are from Obviously there have been alterations over the years the pub retains the premier league of modern cask breweries such as Titanic, Dark its traditional feel with wooden beams and pew-style seating. The Star, Thornbridge and Abbeydale) with one or two pumps usually ZKROH H̆HFWLVFRV\DQG ZHOFRPLQJ UHVHUYHG IRU D VWRXW RU SRUWHU ,Q DGGLWLRQ WKHUH DUH IRXU NHJ IRQWV including one dedicated for Hawkshead Lakeland lager. A recently On the bar there are four Robinsons’ beers available – Wizard, Dizzy introduced loyalty card scheme rewards nine purchased pints with a Blonde, Unicorn and the current seasonal. Quality is invariably free tenth – this applies to both cask and keg beers. high. All four will be enjoyed on the presentation night, Thursday 26 October, so do come and join us when we present Tom with his A cider fridge containing three or four ciders and perries on rotation award. sits alongside an excellent selection of bottled and canned beers from around the world. A wide range of gins and wines is also available. The Crown is well served by buses – numbers 42, 42A, 23, 23A and 370 will drop you almost outside. Recent successful innovations have been “pop-up” kitchens and live music including “open mic” nights.

The Petersgate Tap has been a welcome addition to the “Stockport Old Town” beer and pub scene bringing even more choice and variety to the area. We hope that you will be able to join us on Thursday 21 The Pub of the Month award is sponsored by Stephensons, September from 8pm when we present this well-deserved award to D ORFDO IDPLO\ ¿UP WKDW KDV EHHQ VXSSO\LQJ WKH ORFDO SXE Alan and Chris. The pub is on Petersgate at the junction with Etchells and catering trade for over 140 years. Check out their Street in the town centre. advert on the previous page

September/October 2017 Opening Times 7 M18 2017 Beer Festival

THEV ALE COTTAGE REAL ALE , MUSIC , FOOD Fri 29th Sept - Sun Oct 1st follow us for more details... As our farmers @thevalecottage 1 CROFT BANK , GORTON, MANCHESTER, M18 8WH know all too well: tel. 0161 223 4568 no pain, no grain.

Theysaynothingworthhavingcomeseasy. Unfortunately for our farmers that’s true of thebarleyweusetobrewourbeers.Weusea classic variety called Golden Promise, grown to our own unique specification. The biscuity, golden malt it produces is the perfect partner to our natural spring water, and is vital to Landlord’s depth and delicate balance of flavour. It’salsoatypeofbarleythat’snotoriously hardtogrow,andourexactingspecification makesitevenmoredifficult.Whichmakesit acostlyingredientandarealchallengeeven for experienced farmers. Luckily we can offer some liquid therapy.

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8 Opening Times September/October 2017 High Peak Pub Scene Robin Wignall & Tom Lord with News and Views

Whaley Bridge Tap House may well have opened by the time you Peak Practice read this. This will be the latest micropub in High Peak Borough. The With Robin Wignall Tap House is on Old Road in the centre of Whaley Bridge and should provide a new dimension to going to the pub in the town. A notice in A recent visit to the the window looks forward to a “micropub plus a select range of craft Little Mill at Rowarth spirits. The Whaley Bridge Tap House is to be the outlet for Whaley found a good meal for Bridge Brewery. Change of use to micro pub has been fully approved those seeking to dine and passed”. Fitting out was in progress in July as Mike Wilde is set after a couple of hours to open this exciting Craft Brewery Bar soon. Opening hours are of activity on the local likely to be 11.00 to 22.30, Monday to Friday and 11.00 to 23.00 on hills and through the Saturday and Sunday. There will be extensions on Christmas Eve and ¿HOGV 7KLUVWV FRXOG EH New Year’s Eve. Brewing will of course continue along the road in slaked with Jennings Furness Vale which lies in the Whaley Bridge township. Good luck Cumberland, Marston’s to Mike in this new venture which is an obvious follow on to his owned of course, and Little successful brewery. Mill Reserve. This latter is EDGJHG DV D KRXVH EHHU DQG LV ,QQNHHSHUV 5HVHUYH IURP &RDFK +RXVH A recent call at the Old The Little Mill is back on its feet after a sticky patch and both its food Hall at Whitehough, and beer can be recommended. A curio to look out for is the former near Chinley, found Southern Railway Pullman Coach, on display at the rear of the pub. EHHUV IURP WKH ,QWUHSLG This was once used as a dining car by the Little Mill but more recently brewery in the Hope has become accommodation. Valley alongside other goodies. The full festival Not many months ago the Buxton Advertiser had yet another go range of beers will be at Robinsons who appeared to be doing nothing with the Grove in available at the Old Hall WKH KHDUW RI %X[WRQ¶V VKRSSLQJ DQG WRXULVW FHQWUH ,Q PLG-XO\ VRPH at the beer festival in ZRUN VHHPV WR KDYH VWDUWHG RQ WKH ¿UVW ÀRRU RI WKH EXLOGLQJ WKH ÀRRU September. The dates to which houses the bar and dining room, so perhaps there are still good set aside are Friday 15th to Sunday 17th September. This is certainly LQWHQWLRQV IRU WKH *URYH , KDYH QRW VHHQ DV \HW DQ\ SUHVV XSGDWHV RQ the biggest pub beer festival in the area, spilling across the road to plans for the future. the 3DSHU 0LOO as it does, and is certainly a festival not to be missed.

A recent Buxton Advertiser article noted further plans for expansion DW 7KRUQEULGJH %UHZHU\ D ¿QH H[DPSOH RI EUHZLQJ VXFFHVV VLQFH LW High Peak Pub News was established in the grounds of Thornbridge Hall near Ashford- in-the-Water. 2009 saw expansion into premises in Bakewell and a With Tom Lord second brew house is anticipated early next year to supply increasing As Robin Wignall reports above, the Whaley Bridge Tap House may be demand for the Thornbridge Beers. open by the time you read this but Disley’s Malt Disley is now open and is reviewed on page 5. There is also news of another potential Whaley Bridge new micropub, this time in Hyde. More news as we get it. The White Hart The Samuel Oldknow provides a changing on Market Street in Marple range of beers from the was selected as the High Punch Taverns lists and Peak, Tameside and North a seasonal from Molson East Cheshire Branch Pub Coors Sharp’s Brewery in of the Season for summer Cornwall, Sea Fury, was 2017. This micropub goes recently on the bar. The from strength to strength pick of the guest beers with its good range of in the Goyt in Whaley changing real ales and was Great Newsome ciders and the pleasant Liquorice Lads Stout, one of many interesting beers available from relaxing atmosphere. As the Punch lists. well as cask ales it is well known for its wide range of ciders and it is indeed the current Greater Manchester Cider Pub of the Year. Together with the excellent Beer Traders nearby on Stockport ,Q UHFHQW ZHHNV WKH Cock in Whaley Bridge has seen the usual changing range of Robinsons’ beers. Whilst Unicorn is staple fare, Road these two micropubs have dramatically improved the range of Pint of Thrones, Wizard and Dizzy Blonde have been available and a beers and ciders available in the centre of Marple. Pictured above are curio for summer sales has been the pin of Old Tom. the Samuel Oldknow’s Billy Booth and Anthony Meynell with their FHUWL¿FDWH Free house Drum and Monkey at the Horwich End end of Whaley Bridge accesses beers both from local breweries and those further The Wetherspoons pub in Hyde, the Cotton Bale, has now closed its doors for good, while over in Stalybridge Wetherspoons’ Society D¿HOG 6WRUP 3DOH $OH IURP 0DFFOHV¿HOG DQG +DSS\ 9DOOH\ 0D\RU has undergone a refurbishment which includes the provision 0DNHU IURP %ROOLQJWRQ ZHUH DFFRPSDQLHG E\ 7V ,3$ IURP 5XQFRUQ 5RRPV Beers from Wincle and Poynton were in the cellar. of a beer garden alongside the pub.

September/October 2017 Opening Times 9 Cider Making Looking after the product

October can be a lovely sunny month, and a season of mellowness and Cider making, writes Andrea Biers. This is often an outdoor activity, whether in a farm yard, barn or EDFN JDUGHQ ,Q P\ FDVH its our local allotments in SE London or out the front of my house in the car parking place.

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Apples should be rinsed before processing, to remove anything on their skins, especially if they are windfalls. Of course apple juice is acidic so only plastic, glass or wood should come in contact; metal to be avoided although stainless steel is ok. There was the case in the 17th Century of using lead to line the press and over the following years chronic mental sickness occurred!

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12 Opening Times September/October 2017 Stockport Beer Week Chris Walkden with details of this year’s event

,W¶V WKH WLPH RI WKH \HDU DJDLQ WR JHW 6WRFNSRUW %HHU :HHN LQNHG LQ \RXU connected with the town, and will cover areas such as Local Knowledge, diary! Running from 21st September – 1st October and organised by History, Entertainment, Famous Stopfordians and Local Sport with a Stockport & South Manchester CAMRA, the town will see eleven days picture round on the town’s pubs. Even though this event is raising of events celebrating local breweries and pubs. Most events are free, funds for the Stockport County Supporters’ Co-operative, don’t panic; so come along and support the local pubs, drink some good beer and not all the sport questions will be about football! Following the quiz, have a great time with fellow beer enthusiasts. there will be music from local bands and more local bands will also feature on the closing day (October 1) when the Spinning Top hold This event would not happen without our sponsors, 5RELQVRQV their own “Woodstockport” Festival. Brewery, Metro Taxis and Imagine FM along with the help of Stockport Council and Totally Stockport, so a big thanks to all A bit more unusual will be of them. This year the nominated charity is 6WRFNSRUW &3, so if you a talk by brewing historian see them around at some venues, please give generously. Dr James Sumner at the 5DLOZD\ on Wellington 7KH ZHHN NLFNV R̆ RQ Road North on Monday 25 Thursday 21st with He will take us through the a presentation to the stranger practices of 19th 3HWHUVJDWH 7DS which century beer making with has been voted as CAMRA a live demonstration of the Pub of the Month for old-style art of the ‘beer September. Go along and GRFWRUV¶ ,W¶V D IDVFLQDWLQJ \RX FDQ EH RQH RI WKH ¿UVW presentation and makes to try the special Beer you wonder whether there Week beer brewed by are any parallels today! Richard Conway from Thirst Class Ales. Richard will be back there on Tuesday 26th for a meet the brewer session and owner Alan Gent will You will be able to watch a tell us all about the trials and tribulations of opening a micropub. The brewing day at the 5HPHG\ ¿QDO HYHQW DW WKH 3HWHUVJDWH 7DS LV D FLGHU WDVWLQJ OHG E\ -RKQ &ODUNH Bar on the in-house plant on Sunday 1 October. on Brewsday 26th and later on Colin Bavins from $V ZHOO DV R̆HULQJ GLVFRXQWV Poynton Brewery will be for tours booked in advance, launching a new beer at the Robinsons Brewery will again Spinning Top. He will have be holding a festival of local ¿QLVKHG MXVW LQ WLPH IRU D WKLUVWLQGXFLQJ ZDON WR WKH 3HWHUVJDWH brewery beers in their award Tap to meet Richard from Thirst Class Ales. Brewsday indeed! winning Visitors Centre RYHU WKH ¿UVW ZHHNHQG $OVR Fool Hardy Ales, the returning this year will be the brewers of the Champion very popular ale trail around Beer at the 2017 Stockport a number of local pubs with Beer and Cider Festival, 7VKLUWV RQ R̆HU IRU WKRVH ZKR will be holding a Meet complete the course; more the Brewer evening at T-shirts are on order this year! the Hope on Wellington Road North on Thursday Stockport Market Place will 28. Assistant brewer Katie be a hub of activity; the cellar Bromley will be launching tours of the Bakers Vaults KHU ODWHVW EHHU LQ WKH 6LJQDWXUH VHULHV VR JR DORQJ WR ¿QG RXW ZKDW and the Boars Head will it is. UHWXUQ RQ WKH ¿UVW 6DWXUGD\ (23rd) as will the beer -related Other events include extra beers on stillage at Wetherspoon’s tours of the 15th Century Calverts Court RYHU WKH ¿UVW ZHHNHQG D EHHU IHVWLYDO DW WKH DZDUG Staircase House on Wednesday 27 and Saturday 30. The Historic winning 5HPHG\ %DU on the second weekend and a Belgian Beer SXE ZDON LV DOVR EDFN  RQ D VOLJKWO\ GL̆HUHQW URXWH WKLV \HDU )ULGD\ Tasting by John Clarke at Staircase House on Saturday 30. 22nd) - from Tiviot Dale to the Market Place - and later the same evening a stagger will visit Stockport Town Centre’s three pubs with A more detailed calendar is available on the local CAMRA website nationally important historic interiors (Swan with Two Necks, and printed programmes with all the details are available around the Queens Head and Arden Arms). WRZQ ,W LV SRVVLEOH WKDW D FRXSOH RI RWKHU HYHQWV ZLOO EH ¿QDOLVHG DIWHU going to press, so keep an eye out on the website and social media for Think you know about your up-to-date information. local town? Why not prove it and win some beer to Website - www.ssmcamra.co.uk/ Twitter - #660&$05$ boot by coming along to THE Stockport Quiz at the Facebook - ZZZIDFHERRNFRP660&$05$ Spinning Top on Sunday 24? All questions are about places, people and events

September/October 2017 Opening Times 13 14 Opening Times September/October 2017 New Beer Festival Charity Applications Invited

%HDFRQ &RXQVHOOLQJ KDV MXVW ¿QLVKHG LWV YHU\ VXFFHVVIXO WKUHH\HDU period as the Stockport Beer & Cider Festival charity.We are therefore looking for a new charity for the 2018-2020 Festivals. Through sponsorship, the sale of beer, programmes, soft drinks and other products, and donations from our generous customers, Slippery Slope it is estimated that the chosen charity should expect an income of around £6,000 or more per festival. Just as important however is the July saw the tenth anniversary of the introduction of the blanket smoking ban in England. At the time, those of us who argued that RSSRUWXQLW\ WRVLJQL¿FDQWO\UDLVHLWVSUR¿OHLQWKHDUHD the same kind of restrictions would increasingly be applied to Applicant charities must be registered with the Charities Commission, alcohol and other categories of food and drink were pooh-poohed local to the area (no national charities please), have a professional for scaremongering. Tobacco, they said, was clearly a special case. However, the claim of a slippery slope has proved to be more correct IXQGUDLVHURUJDQLVHU RQ WKH VWD̆ SURYLGH D VHUYLFH WR WKH SHRSOH RI Stockport and the surrounding areas, want to work as a constructive with each passing year, and it seems that producers of craft drinks partner with the Festival Organising Committee and be willing to have at last woken up to the threat. have their name/logo used in festival publicity. Earlier this year, the Observer reported how Jared Brown, of craft gin distiller Sipsmith, had suddenly cottoned on to the threat to his ,QWHUHVWHG FKDULWLHV VKRXOG HPDLO -LP )O\QQ DW MLP#À\QQIDP co.uk setting out the following please: business from graphic health warnings and plain packaging. Details of your professional fundraiser/organiser. “Are they considering similar labels for bacon? Fish and chips? Crisps?” he asked. “It’s an absurdity. It will crush the craft side of the +RZ \RX ZLOO EH DEOH WR JXDUDQWHH WR VXSSO\ VẊFLHQW VWD̆ WR VWD̆ your stall, collect donations and sell the programmes at the Festival industry. It will shift the business back to the industrial producers, for all open sessions and the trade session. who will be very happy to move people back to mass-produced drinks. If something like this comes through we won’t be able to ,Q DGGLWLRQ KRZ \RX ZLOO EH DEOH WR SURYLGH KDOI D GR]HQ EDU VWD̆ during the busy evening sessions as required (for which you will weather it.” receive a donation). +RZ \RX ZLOO EH DEOH WR JXDUDQWHH WR EH DEOH WR REWDLQ HLJKW ¿UNLQV ³,W ZRXOGQ¶W EH SRVVLEOH XQOHVV FLJDUHWWHV KDGQ¶W KDSSHQHG ¿UVW´ VDLG of cask beer free of charge for you to sell at each of the three Festivals. &KULVWRSKHU 6QRZGRQ RI WKH ,QVWLWXWH RI (FRQRPLF $̆DLUV WKLQNWDQN How you will be able to attract sponsors for yourself. “The debates around the tobacco advertising ban 15 years ago were How you will promote the Festival. that this was not a precedent, it will never happen with anything else, and yet last week there were health campaigners saying the :KDW \RX FDQ GR WR DVVLVW DQG VXSSRUW WKH )HVWLYDO HJ ¿UVW DLGHUV etc. same thing should happen with alcohol.” New ideas or initiatives . Why the Festival Organising Committee should choose your Of course, what applies to craft gin will equally apply to craft beer, charity. and any other area of the food and drink market dependent on LQQRYDWLRQ DQG GLVUXSWLQJ H[LVWLQJ EXVLQHVV PRGHOV ,W¶V RIWHQ DUJXHG Applications should arrive no later than 20 September 2017. that restrictions on advertising and promotion would curb big 7KH GHFLVLRQ RI WKH 2UJDQLVLQJ &RPPLWWHH ZLOO EH ¿QDO DQG QR EUDQGV EXW LQ IDFW WKH RSSRVLWH LV WUXH 7KH\ DOZD\V VHUYH WR EHQH¿W correspondence can be entered into. established players at the expense of new entrants, as the market is in H̆HFW RVVL¿HG DQG FXVWRPHUV DUH IRUFHG WR IDOO EDFN RQ IRON PHPRU\ and what they ordered before.

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A More Selective Appeal Beer of the Festival was won by Stockport’s Fool Hardy Ales for ,Q WKH WHQ \HDUV VLQFH WKH VPRNLQJ EDQ WKH DPRXQW RI EHHU VROG LQ 5LSWLGH, a special beer infused with pubs and clubs has fallen by well over a third. While the ban isn’t the tea and bitter oranges. This award sole cause, nobody with any knowledge of the industry can deny that has already been presented and Fool LW KDV EHHQ D PDMRU IDFWRU 7KH H̆HFW KDV EHHQ IHOW SDUWLFXODUO\ VKDUSO\ Hardy’s Martin Wood is pictured here amongst the smaller, wet-led local pubs. ZLWK KLV FHUWL¿FDWH 5XQQHUXS ZDV Ludlow Brewery with Ludlow So it is quite astounding how so many brewers and pub operators Black, a superb rich stout, while third have done their best to put a brave face on what, by any standards, place was 5DPVERWWRP &UDIW %UHZHU\ with Whimberry Mild. has been a disaster for their industry. Some have claimed that it has ,W ZDV FOHDUO\ WKH \HDU IRU GDUN DQG ÀDYRXUHG EHHUV 3UHVHQWDWLRQV WR increased the appeal of pubs to women, despite the fact that more Ludlow and Rammy Craft are still to be arranged. women smoke than men. And one brewery director, who had presided RYHU VHOOLQJ R̆ D TXDUWHU RI KLV FRPSDQ\¶V SXEV VDLG WKDW ³WKH SXE The Rhys Jones Cider of the Festival was Brown’s Apple from trade has evolved to become stronger and more inclusive”. Seb’s Cider. Seb Hughes is one half of Williams & Hughes who won last year’s Cider of the Festival so it’s two years in a row for him. Obviously business owners have to live in the real world rather than The Rhys Jones Perry of the Festival was won by Ty Gwyn Cider just moaning that life isn’t fair. But this comes across as very much for their excellent %ODNHQH\ 5HG. Plans are already in hand for a like the manager of the spoof rock band Spinal Tap who, when asked weekend in Hereford in early November to make these presentations. why they were now playing in small theatres rather than arenas, replied that “their appeal has become more selective”.

September/October 2017 Opening Times 15 16 Opening Times September/October 2017 Stagger Northenden with Jim Flynn

A few years ago, the beer scene in Northenden was desperate and the New York twin towers. Sport was showing on the big screens but we ceased staggers in the area. However, in recent times things have by this stage not the cricket. At the back is a small secluded beer picked up and we were back again to update ourselves (and you of garden which is worth a visit. The beer range was not as daring as on course) on progress. most of my previous visits; Dizzy Blonde and Pint of Thrones from Robinsons and Wells Bombardier along with traditional cider. We Our starting point kept to the Robinsons and found the Dizzy to be the pick of the two. was the Farmers Arms on Longley As we had not had an Lane. This lively pub invitation we did not is far deeper than it go in the Northenden ¿UVW VHHPV JRLQJ Social Club a few right back to a very doors down but we did extensive garden. take a look and noted This used to sport a Greene King’s Morland ¿QH ERZOLQJ JUHHQ Original on handpump. but unfortunately We carried on walking this has long down Palatine Road disappeared. The traditional frontage belies a pub whose trade is in the Manchester based on value for money eating and TV sport. The sport that night direction, ignoring the was 20/20 cricket, England versus South Africa, and amongst those keg only Bar Bibo and watching the game were a couple of South Africans, perhaps from Escape 2 and then the Airport Hotel a few hundred metres down the road, who were passed the now closed VHHPLQJO\ EHLQJ JLYHQ WKH UR\DO WUHDWPHQW E\ WKH SXE VWD̆ 7KHUH Vik’s Bar, which in appeared to be two Greene King beers available but on ordering we the past had toyed with ZHUH WROG WKDW WKH ,3$ ZDV QRW RQ LW ZDV MXVW WKDW WKH\ ZHUH XQDEOH WR cask beer, to the well- WXUQ WKH VROLG ORRNLQJ SXPSFOLS DURXQG DQG VR ZH DOO KDG $PSOL¿HG appointed Grapes which we found to be in reasonable nick. Lounge Bar. This is another conversion A few days before, we had received an invitation from the steward from shop premises. to call in at the nearby Wythenshawe Cricket and Sports Club This is a long, narrow, low-lit bar and grill with some sofas on one which is further up Longley Lane. The summer scene that greeted us side, and some high tables on the other. We sat in the outside area, was another 20/20 cricket match, Wythenshawe versus Flixton. The FRUUDOOHG R̆ IURP WKH EXV\ VWUHHW E\ ZRRGHQ SDUWLWLRQV WR GULQN RXU clubhouse has a Bollington Long Hop, which we were impressed with (there was also choice of a well- Weston’s cider available). furnished lounge to the left, which 2XU ¿QDO GHVWLQDWLRQ opens out on was down Mill Lane, to a veranda past the now-derelict overlooking the Tatton on Boat Lane, pitch, or a well- to the Crown on worn lounge Ford Lane opposite to the right, both served by a single central bar. Unfortunately, the the church. This is the former was hosting a cheerleaders’ presentation evening and so last pub standing in WR WKH ULJKW ZH ZHQW ZKHUH ZH ZHUH JUHHWHG E\ WKH D̆DEOH VWHZDUG the heart of the old who told us that the room we were in was about to be refurbished. Cheshire village as over $V WKH KDQGSXPSV ZHUH LQ WKH RWKHU URRP WKH FOXE KDG SULQWHG R̆ WKH ODVW ¿IWHHQ \HDUV beer lists informing us that Lees MPA, Dunham Massey Deer Beer the nearby Church Inn, Spread Eagle and Jolly Carter have all and Mobberley 1924 (celebrating the anniversary of Mobberley- closed. For a while, even this atmospheric ex-Boddingtons house was born George Mallory’s Everest attempt in that year) were available; shut but early last year it was revived after a makeover by the current DUJXDEO\ WKH HYHQLQJ¶VPRVW LQWHUHVWLQJEHHUR̆HULQJ7KHEHHUV ZHUH OLFHQVHHV DQG WKH\¶YH GRQH DQ H[FHOOHQW MRE ,I \RX OLNH WUDGLWLRQDO all tried and rated as on form. SXEV WKLV LV D OLWWOH FUDFNHU :KDW , OLNH DERXW LW LV WKDW WKH WZR VPDOO rooms either side of the central bar have retained their old feel while Retracing our steps and still being comfortably updated; at the rear is a small outside drinking cutting through to Palatine DUHD $JDLQ D OLWWOH OLNH /RXQJH $ERXW , KDYH EHHQ LQ ZKHQ WKH EHHU Road we arrived at Lounge range has been more adventurous but the Dizzy Blonde, Greene King About, which is a relatively Abbott and Courage Best (nobody tried the Doom Bar) were all well recent conversion from UHFHLYHGDVZDV WKHIUHHSODWWHURIFKHHVH RQR̆HURQWKH EDU a pair of shops. This is still evident, with the left Northenden is a place on the up, sporting a full range of pubs and bars side housing the bar and a from modern shop conversions through to a modernised traditional drinking area with tables, VWUHHW FRUQHU ORFDO ,W¶V YHU\ DFFHVVLEOH IURP PRVW RI WKH Opening whilst through the wall Times area via, amongst others, the 370 and 43 bus routes. on the right is the lounge sporting three rustic-looking wooden tables with accompanying benches. This is where we sat listening to the music and looking at the deliberately distressed artwork on the wall seemingly commemorating

September/October 2017 Opening Times 17 18 Opening Times September/October 2017 What’s Brewing Brewery News from in and around the Opening Times area

beers. A triumph of determination Stockport Brewing over naivety! The brewing scene in Stockport has hit a couple of bumps in the road recently. Firstly Quantum Brewery closed down when owner “We have had a very satisfying Jay Krause went to work for Manchester’s Cloudwater Brewery and and rewarding time, but due to a latterly brewing has stopped at Cryptic Ales while the brewery reduction in our personnel, the downsizes and relocates. workload has proved somewhat onerous over the past nine ,W¶V QRW DOO EDG QHZV WKRXJK months. As a result, we have and most of the other Stockport reluctantly decided not to renew brewers seem to be doing very the lease. Once we have sold our nicely. Not least is Stockport FXUUHQW VWRFN RI FDVN DQG ERWWOHG DOH WKH SODQ LV WR WDNH WLPH R̆ RYHU Brewing which has just the summer, while we seek out suitable premises for a scaled-down successfully relocated from a Cryptic Ales. FUDPSHG VLWH MXVW R̆ +HDWRQ Lane to a rather more spacious, “Andy, Anne and myself would like to thank you for your friendship, and much more accessible, EXVLQHVV VXSSRUW DQG HQFRXUDJHPHQW ,W KDV PHDQW D ORW WR XV industrial unit in Bredbury. The We hope to see you around and will keep you informed of future move was at the beginning of developments.” June and once he’d had time to settle in we dropped into have a chat with owner and brewer Andy ,W¶V D VKDPH WR VHH &U\SWLF JR DQG ZH KRSH WR VHH WKHP EDFN DOEHLW RQ Pass (pictured above left). a perhaps smaller scale, in the not too distant future.

Andy was his usual enthusiastic self and explained that while he was still using the original eight barrel kit he’s increased capacity George & Dragon by installing another fermenter and now brews three or four times We have previously mentioned that there are plans to install a brewery a week. The current weekly output varies from 75 to 110 nine-gallon in converted outbuildings at the George & Dragon in Cheadle. casks so that’s a substantial amount of beer coming out. When we Things are now becoming a little clearer. arrived Andy was just working on the 40th brew (or gyle in brewers’ parlance) of the chocolatey Stockporter and Andy reckons he will then The George & Dragon have produced about 72,000 pints of this particular beer since its is part of the Amber ODXQFK LQ 2FWREHU  ,W¶V WKH VHFRQG RU WKLUG EHVW VHOOHU DORQJVLGH Taverns chain which WZRKRSS\ ELWWHUV±&DVFDGHDQG6RXWK,VODQG 3DOH also owns Hogarth’s in Bolton which has an on- Stockport Brewing doesn’t just supply its own beers. There’s a new site brewery (producing a cold storeroom which can hold 200 casks and plenty of these come couple of standard beers from other brewers around the country who arrange beer swaps. SOXV D VHULHV RI RQHR̆V  This gets Stockport Brewing beers to distant parts and at the same The plan is to relocate time enables Andy to supply additional, and sometimes very obscure, the brewery from Bolton guest beers to local pubs. However if it’s Stockport Brewing beers you to Cheadle from where it want (and why wouldn’t you?) then these can be found on a regular will supply various pubs in the Amber Taverns chain. basis at the Crown on Heaton Lane, the Moor Top in Heaton Moor, Jakes Ale House LQ 5RPLOH\ DQG VOLJKWO\ IXUWKHU D¿HOG WKH Dog & Nothing is imminent though. When Opening Times called at the 3DUWULGJH in Didsbury and the 5LVLQJ6XQ in Mossley. George & Dragon we were told that extensive work was needed to the outbuildings before brewing could start – apparently they will need To help cope with demand Andy has now been joined by his sister, a new roof, new electrics and new mains drainage amongst other 3DXOD 5HHYHV ZKR KHOSV ZLWK ṘFH ZRUN DQG VDOHV RQ D SDUW WLPH WKLQJV :H JXHVV LW ZLOO EH QH[W \HDU EHIRUH ZH VHH DQ\ EUHZLQJ ,Q WKH basis. He tells me he may take on a brewer in the autumn too. Exciting meantime though the George & Dragon is selling Hogarth’s beers – at times, and even more so if Andy’s ambition to open a brewery tap or least it was when we called. Upon the Pedestal was a tasty and hoppy pub in the Stockport area comes to fruition in the medium term. pale ale with Citra hops. More news as and when we get it. Cryptic Ales Beer Nouveau As we record above, Stockport’s Cryptic Ales KDV H̆HFWLYHO\ FORVHG Ardwick-based Beer Nouveau has just successfully completed a down for the time being. We can do no better than reproduce the crowd-funding exercise to launch a barrel-ageing programme. The statement we received from Cryptic’s David Boulton in early June: target of £8,000 was easily reached (and exceeded) and the brewery KDV QRZ WDNHQ SRVVHVVLRQ RI HLJKW ZKLVN\ FDVNV ,QLWLDOO\ WKH\ DUH “Cryptic Ales’ lease on the Carrington Field Street premises is coming EHLQJ ¿OOHG ZLWK VWRXWV DIWHU ZKLFK WKH\ ZLOO EH VXEMHFW WR D GHHS VWHDP to an end in the near future and we have reviewed our business model. FOHDQDQGWKHQ¿OOHGZLWKDYDULHW\RIQHZEHHUV±DLPSHULDOVWRXWD ,W LV KDUG WR EHOLHYH WKDW QHDUO\ WKUHH \HDUV KDYH SDVVHG VLQFH ZH WRRN (DVW ,QGLD SDOH DOH DQG (DVW ,QGLD SRUWHU DQG WZR RWKHU EHHUV RQH RI on the premises and we have come a very long way since we moved which is likely to be a kriek (a cherry beer). After barrel-ageing the into the empty unit. We are still not sure how we have managed beers will then be subject to some further cask ageing before being to brew and sell our own beer - from a standing start and with no released – it’s likely to be at least a year before any of these beers SUHYLRXV H[SHULHQFH ,W QHYHU FHDVHV WR EH D JUHDW EX]] VHHLQJ RXU see the light of day so this is a long-term project. More on this in the pump-clips in pubs and bars, or receiving positive feedback for our months to come.

September/October 2017 Opening Times 19 Join up, join in, join the campaign

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*Price for paying by Direct Debit and correct at April 2017. Concessionary rates available. Please visit camra.org.uk/membership-rates 20 Opening Times September/October 2017 Manchester Beer & Cider Festival Tickets Now On Sale

Lovers of the brewer’s art can snap up guaranteed admission to the North’s biggest celebration of beer and cider. Advance tickets for all days of the Manchester Beer and Cider Festival went on sale from 1 August through the festival’s website (www.mancbeerfest.uk). Organised by the Greater Manchester branches of the Campaign For Real Ale (CAMRA), the event returns to Manchester Central from Thursday 25 to Saturday 27 January 2018.

The festival attracts visitors from all over the world to Manchester, recently crowned as cask beer capital of Britain. They pour through the doors to sample some of the very best beers and ciders from the UK’s booming brewing and cider-making industries. Foreign beer fans are well catered for with an excellent VHOHFWLRQIURP(XURSHDQGIXUWKHUD¿HOG

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Festival Organiser Graham Donning said, “We’re delighted to make Manchester Central our home once again. Each year, we review feedback from visitors to make the next one even better, so we will have some improvements to make drinkers more comfortable. They like the Manchester Central venue, which has vast numbers of seats and more space to move around.

“The main grumble – at least from male visitors - was the queue for toilets at our peak times, so we have arranged to increase provision, which PHDQV WKDW JHQWOHPHQ FDQ VSHQG PRUH WLPH VDPSOLQJ RXU ZLGH VHOHFWLRQ RI EHHUV DQG FLGHUV IURP %ULWDLQ DQG IXUWKHU D¿HOG $QG WKHUH ZLOO EH D great choice of food and an interesting selection of fruit wines.

“We’re open to the public for three days, but CAMRA members get the perk of a free-to-enter preview evening. We have a single entry price each day including refundable glass hire that minimises queues inside and outside the venue. Of course, buying tickets in advance is the best way of ensuring drinkers get in quickly to sample what will be a stunning selection of ales.”

With so many visitors from outside the region attracted to the festival, the purchase of advance tickets has increased steadily each year. Although some tickets were retained for sale on the door in 2017, organisers are reviewing whether the popular sessions – Friday and Saturday - will have to become all-ticket. Their message is that drinkers should not delay – check out the website at mancbeerfest.uk/about/tickets/.

styles. They will even Vine Hop, Poynton stock Belgian beers Vine Hop has been open a on draught. On recent few months now and it seems weekends, there have been to have settled in nicely. both light and dark beers from the likes of Wild ,W¶V GH¿QLWHO\ DW WKH KHDUW of the community since it’s Beer Co, Beavertown, as central as you can get in Cloudwater and Moor the village, directly opposite Beer. The one permanent St George’s Church, writes beer is German: Paulaner Munchener Original 4.9% (Ace! A personal John Clegg. fave!) There’s also a pretty good bottled beer selection, which can be ,W¶V D ZLQH VKRS ERWWOHG EHHU VKRS DQG VRUW RI PLFURSXE DOO LQ RQH Well, it feels genuinely “micro”, located in the former small butcher’s purchased at shelf-price plus £1.20 (for most of them) for on-premises shop, and space and authentic cellars weren’t available so cask beer consumption. The wine selection focuses on non-supermarket ranges, isn’t an option – yet. But they’ve done well. and most – if not all - are organic and bio-dynamic.

On entering , you’re straight into the wine display, where, to the Although it’s plumb in the centre of Poynton, it looks like it could centre right, there’s a small seating area, behind which is one of those win friends from the west side of the village, being just under half wine-dispense units which allows wine to be served direct from the a mile from the railway station, so could encourage the odd drop-in bottle into various glass sizes while not allowing the wine in the bottle customer on the way to and from there. Also buses stop on Chester Road and London Road North and South, all within 100 or so metres WRGHWHULRUDWH,W¶VOLNH PDJLF of the door. As you move towards the rear, there’s a counter/server along to your While they don’t do food, snacks are available in the form of olives, right and at the far end of the counter is the beer dispense unit. Pass gourmet crisps and such like. the counter and you’ll end up in another small seated area at the back of the shop. ,W¶V HDUO\ GD\V \HW EXW WKH\ KDYH SODQV LQFOXGLQJ XSJUDGLQJ WKH :& (right at the back of the shop, loo fans) to allow disabled access, and may explore whether they can develop the premises to provide for a 6R QR FDVN EHHU EXW LW IHDWXUHV ¿YH FKDQJLQJ NHJ EHHUV IURP FUDIW breweries the length and breadth of the country, and covering all proper beer storage area to allow the sale of cask beer. A good start.

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