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IssueCovering 161 , Ashbourne, Amber Valley, Erewash & MatlockMay/June Camra Areas 2015 Issue 161 May/June 2015 “Cheers!” Derby CAMRA of the Year Awards 2015

City Pub of the Year – Alexandra Hotel Country Pub of the Year – Royal Oak, Ockbrook

City Pub Runner-Up - Furnace Inn Country Runner-Up - Royal Oak, Wirksworth

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Derby CAMRA City Charter BEER FESTIVAL

lans for the Derby CAMRA City On St Patrick's Day the festival 2015 PCharter Beer Festival are going committee presented the Mayor of well. After the announcement of the Derby with a generous donation planned demolishment of The towards his chosen charities. These are; Assembly Rooms we can confirm that the location is still intended to be on The British Heart Foundation, Dementia the Market Place in a giant marquee. Care & The Midland Doctors Association. Last year this proved to be a really As the festival holds 'City Charter' status popular location, being in the heart of they are very proud to support these the city with public transportation causes. Naturally there was beer on access very easy. Beer orders are now hand and a generous turn out of being planned and it is hoped that these volunteers to greet the Mayor. will include LocAle and Scottish beers which will feature alongside the vast The festival will be open from array of ales that will be on offer. Cider, 8th-12th July 2015. Festival Chairman, Russ Gilbert with the Mayor mead and continental beer will also be available. Cheers Carla Twells. Joseph Paxton commemorated at this year’s Beer Festival

hat have bananas, the tallest top. This gave him the idea of using cast Wgravity-fed fountain in the world, iron radial supports to support the and the Crystal Palace have in glass for an oversize greenhouse. The common? great conservatory at Chatsworth was They were all designed by Joseph the first cast iron and glass structure of Paxton, the noted 19th century such a great size, and with continued gardener of Chatsworth House, who is experimentation, Paxton went on to to be commemorated in this year’s design the Crystal Palace for the Great Derby Summer Beer Festival. Exhibition in 1851. Although Paxton not a native of Derby, While still working for the duke, he many of his most clever inventions became very interested in the newly were carried out while he was developing form of transport, the train, employed by the 6th duke of becoming one of the directors of the Devonshire to develop the gardens at Midland Railway. He published several Chatsworth. and edited several horticultural He was born in 1803 to a farming family magazines. He designed cemeteries for in , and starting his the growing new urban centres and working life as a garden boy for the public parks, including the acclaimed improbably-named Sir Gregory Page- Birkenhead Public Park. Somehow, he Turner. He first came to the attention of also managed to find the time to serve the duke of Devonshire when working as a Liberal MP for Coventry from 1854 at the new Horticultural Society until his death in 1865. Gardens in Chiswick. In need of a new And the bananas? Being a notoriously head gardener at Chatsworth, the duke difficult fruit to propagate, Paxton offered Paxton the job, although he was worked hard to develop a fruiting only 23. variety, Musa Cavendishii or the dwarf Paxton soon settled in, married the Cavendish banana, which was hardy housekeeper’s niece, Sarah Brown and and suitable for growing in newly became heavily involved in more than developing plantations around the just the garden. He took over world. Today the 140 million bananas responsibility for the forestry, the estate eaten in the UK and all the millions of roads and eventually he took on the other bananas grown worldwide are role of the duke’s agent at Chatsworth. likely to be descended from Paxton’s He was an ingenious problem-solver original plant. and designer. In 1844, he designed the So set aside some time to raise a glass world’s highest gravity-fed fountain, to Sir Joseph Paxton, gardener, The Emperor Fountain at Chatsworth, inventor, writer, businessman and standing twice as tall as Nelson’s politician. Join us at the Derby City Column and still operational toady. On Charter Beer festival running from observing the structure of a giant water Wednesday 8th July to Sunday 12th lily he realised that the radial supports July, 11:00am – 11:00pm on the Derby underneath gave the leaf the strength Market Place. to grow to an enormous size, which he tested by siting his young daughter on Jane Whitaker 3 www.derbycamra.org.uk Camra 161_Layout 1 17/04/2015 11:26 Page 4

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Derby Drinkers raise a glass as the City’s Real Ale Capital status is confirmed once again

recent edition of the Lonely Plant Arms (15), Five Lamps (14), Furnace (9), offering the CAMRA discount on pints and AGuide described Derby as the “Best Greyhound (9), Mr Grundy’s (9), Olde Dolphin half’s. The dearest pint of the night was found place to drink Real Ale in the World” and (9), Peacock (9) and Standing Order (9). to be a whopping £3.80 at the Old Silk Mill for who are we to disagree as the results of Marstons Pedigree is still the most dominant Springhead Roaring Meg (which was £3.50 at the City’s Annual Beer Census undertaken brand in the City available in 32 with the Old Bell which you would still class as by members of The Derby Branch of the Sharp’s Doom Bar coming up fast on the rails expensive). The honours for the cheapest pint have confirmed in 23 pubs and Bass in 14 pubs. But local ales went to the Abbey at Darley Abbey where Derby’s status as Real Ale Capital of are well represented with beers from 12 of Sam Smiths Old Brewery Bitter was £1.80 a Britain per population head for yet the City’s breweries widely available - pint (a whole £2 less than the dearest pint !!) another year. Brunswick, Dancing Duck, Derby, Derventio, So there you have it, a few stats to bear in Falstaff, Frontier, Hartshorns, Mr Grundy’s, The census took place in February and mind while crawling around Beer City once Rowditch, Shiny, Titan and Wentwell. Beers involved 8 different pub crawls around the again proving that per population head from other breweries around the area were City which saw a record number of Real Ales Derby has more Real Ales available than any available on any one given night. 329 were also well represented - Blue Monkey, Black other City. counted (up 4 on last year) with 200 different Hole, Black Iris, Burton Bridge, Castle Rock, ones available (up 5 on last year) and these Leatherbritches, Magpie, and Thornbridge to Derby CAMRA Beer Census Coordinator, came from just 73 pubs averaging 4.5 Real name a few. Gareth Stead said “For Real Ale enthusiasts Ales per pub. The average price of a pint was found to be Derby is probably the best place to drink in In total 77 pubs were visited, 2 were shut and £2.97 (3p up on last year). However in reality a Britain, if not the World as the Lonely Planet 2 had no real ale. 10 pubs had 9 or more Real lot of pubs were way above the £3 a pint Guide states. People come from far and wide Ales on and leading the way was the mark with some now regularly topping £3.10. to sample the City’s delights as its pubs truly Brunswick (16), Flowerpot (16), Babington But it was pleasing to see a lot more pubs provide a Beer Festival every day of the year”.

Derby CAMRA Awards 2015 Derby CAMRA Pubs of the Year Derby CAMRA Club of the Year The Derby CAMRA City & Country Pubs of the The Village Club in Spondon has been crowned Year and runners-up have now been presented Derby CAMRA Club of the Year 2015 which with their awards (see front page photos). Full follows on from its runner-up award last year details were in the last edition of Derby Drinker. making it a notable double for the club. Derby CAMRA Cider Pub of the Year The Jubilee Club in Chaddesden and the in Alvaston have been declared The Brunswick Inn, Derby has been crowned Nunsfield Club Derby CAMRA’s Cider Pub of the Year 2015 which is joint runners-up in the competition. The Jubilee a tremendous achievement for the pub and Club has made tremendous strides on the Real follows hard on the heels of reaching the Final in Ale front and is planning to hold a Beer Festival the Derby CAMRA City Pub of the Year June 11th to 14th to celebrate its 80th competition. The Award is very much deserved as Anniversary and is conveniently situated near to the Brunswick serves 16 Real Ciders/Perries the new Steamin Billy pub, the Wilmot which alongside 16 Real Ales and recently held a makes it 2 good reasons to visit the area. successful Cider & Sausage Festival at the pub. They The Nunsfield is no stranger to Derby CAMRA will be presented with their Award on Thursday 7th club awards and has been a consistently good May and will go forward into the regional Cider club over many years. Congratulations to all pub competition. A cracking year for the pub then 3 who will be presented with certificates in due The Brunswick Inn and congratulations to all at the Brunny. course. 5 www.derbycamra.org.uk Camra 161_Layout 1 17/04/2015 11:27 Page 6 Is West a Real Ale Desert?

cursory glance at the Derbyshire proudly behind the bar. Outside there Asection of the 2015 CAMRA Good are far reaching views towards Thorpe Beer Guide reveals an area of Cloud and Dovedale. approximately 150 square miles Shoulder of Mutton Passing the closed French Horn at entirely bereft of pubs with Good Rodsley, it was onwards to Shirley, Beer Guide status. The area is where opposite the parish church sits bounded by Ashbourne and Belper the ancient Saracen’s Head, an to the north and Derby and Sudbury unashamed gastro pub. The Saracen’s to the south, so Derby Drinker has a high quality culinary offering despatched the intrepid Paul Gibson within a sophisticatedly lit, open plan, to investigate the rural part of the granite tiled floor area where many “black hole” to the west of the A52. tables are set for dining. Cask Marque Turning off the A52, south of accredited Greene King St Edmund Ale Ashbourne, on a gloriously sunny and Old Speckled Hen rubbed spring day, I soon found the shoulders on the bar but I opted for enchanting village of Osmaston, or Taylor’s Landlord which set me back The Shire Horse Osmundestone as it was named in the £1.90 for a half. 1086 Domesday (Doomsday) book. The centuries old Shoulder of Mutton Next stop was the heavily beamed is rooted in village history, and inside Yew Tree at Ednaston which has been this homely, multi roomed pub I skilfully extended over the years. There admired the beamed ceilings and are three large rooms, the most eye open fire. The lounge has a corner catching being the oak panelled cabinet with an impressive display of lounge which has two grand, carved cups and a silver salver won by the doors. The late Lionel Pickering owned pub’s football and dominoes team. The the Yew Tree and he was generous in village shop, post office and a his support of the British Legion at delightful garden also occupy the neighbouring Brailsford. Mr Pickering, who would be seen sat at the bar Saracen’s Head large plot, and on the bar, complementing the food, were: sipping a drink, founded the Derby Peakstones Rock Alton Abbey, Trader free newspaper in 1966, and Bateman’s Hooker and Pedigree. lived at nearby Ednaston Manor designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens. Mr Negotiating the narrow country lanes Pickering owned Derby County and he lined with neatly trimmed hedgerows, will forever be remembered for the Shire Horse at Wyaston hoved overseeing the Rams’ move from the into view. Before 1977 this was the Baseball Ground to Pride Park where New Inn, owned by Blackburn the new stadium was opened by the brewery, Thwaites, and its location Queen in 1997. Live bands now made it their most southerly tied perform regularly on Saturday nights house. It was this relative remoteness and the Yew Tree Lodge next door that persuaded Thwaites to dispose of Yew Tree offers bed and breakfast. Taylor’s it but not before CAMRA bade farewell Landlord and Pedigree were the real to the fine Thwaites’ Bitter with a ales of choice. memorable social in which copious quantities of the beer were The self-proclaimed “place for pies”, downed by 70 members. The old, the Red Lion, Hollington, was built as beamed public bar with a beautiful, a farmhouse in 1780 and was granted black, high backed settle and an on licence just six years later. An inglenook fireplace has been knocked intimate, beamed, bar area with a cast through into the L shaped lounge iron fireplace and exposed brickwork where a tempting range of meals is lends a cosy, rustic, country inn feel. served. Sharp’s Doom Bar and a good The handpumps on a bar counter drop of Pedigree have merited the angled across one corner dispense Red Lion Ashbourne CAMRA award of “Best Pedigree and Doom Bar. In other areas The Robin Newcomer” and the certificate hangs there are scrub topped tables and a 6 DerbyDRINKER May/June 2015 Camra 161_Layout 1 17/04/2015 11:27 Page 7

larger dining room where those whose by the National Trust, is a huge visitor prefer the grape to the hop can take attraction and so it’s unsurprising to advantage (on a Wednesday) of two see this characterful old inn place an main meals and a bottle of house wine emphasis on food which is served for a bargain £20. between 12 – 3 and 6 – 9pm (Sunday 12 -4pm). Robin Hunter, licensee since 2000, offers card carrying CAMRA members Onto the A515 and a left turn directed 20p a pint discount on real ale which me towards Marston Montgomery may be enjoyed in the garden fronting where the Crown awaited on Riggs the inn. The Red Lion is another pub Lane. Opened out within into distinct with an array of sports’ trophies, and areas, it has clearly been extended and The Three Horseshoes when pubs are as isolated as this, the reconfigured from its original custom from local leagues can make (Georgian) self. An inglenook fireplace the difference between solvency and dominated one area, and as with many closure. country pubs, much is made of the food offering. On the bar were Passing the Ostrich, Longford, which Springhead Robin Hood, Pedigree, and has a major music festival in the Falstaff Fistful of Hops which, sadly, summer, the Three Horse Shoes, wasn’t at its best. A pleasant patio to Long Lane, was the next port of call. the front facilitates alfresco drinking. Back in 1989, Allied Breweries wanted to dispose of this traditional, roadside The furthermost establishment I tavern. Happily though, local residents frequented proved to be one of the collaborated to acquire it and hence most rewarding. This was at The Black Cow this attractive pub was run by a co- , just inside the county operative long before CAMRA boundary, east of , where the serenaded the Old Crown, Hesket stuccoed Cavendish Arms stands four Newmarket in . When I called square on the corner of Derby Road on April 5th, I was told the and Cook Lane. Despite significant shareholders were being bought out, alteration, the interior has retained its but the expressed hope is that that the rustic charm and intimacy, benefitting new owner won’t disturb the old world from subdued lighting, low ceilings charm. The garden has children’s and extensive use of wooden equipment to entertain the little ones. furniture. A beautiful Border Collie was busy making friends with children The Black Cow, Dalbury Lees, who are most welcome here, whilst opposite the village green and an old adults indulged in Lancaster Brewery red telephone kiosk, is fronted by Vernon Arms Lancaster Blonde, St Austell Tribute pretty hanging baskets and planters. and the ubiquitous Pedigree. Buy The modernist interior has a small bar seven pints and you get one free – but servery flanked by two dining rooms not if you’re driving! For the peckish, and a more traditional bar with a wholesome food at reasonable prices roaring open fire. The accent is on is available together with kid’s options, dining but drinkers haven’t been and children can also enjoy the swings forgotten with Black Hole Orbiter, in a brilliantly laid out garden to the Doom Bar and Pedigree all on rear. Telephone 01889 564107 for handpump. The place was very busy opening hours. and bed and breakfast is available. No, West Derbyshire clearly isn’t a real The gabled Vernon Arms, built in ale “desert”, but instead an area 1671, with its tall, grouped chimney The Crown Inn studded with contrasting country pieces and stone mullioned windows, pubs in delightful villages; personally, immediately catches the eye in the my one caveat is that of all the pubs heart of the lovely village of Sudbury. visited, none sold a stout or a porter. A multi roomed interior on different levels with bare floorboards and If you’re a CAMRA member visiting exposed brickwork, tell you that this is these, or any other pubs, you can go no ordinary pub. An upstairs bar had to www.beerscoring.org.uk where Brakspear Oxford Gold, Pedigree and you’ll easily be able to register your another Marston’s brew – Archer score for beer quality. Alternatively, Amber Ale (Archer is a new hop visit the WhatPub website. It’s your variety) vying for attention. The nearby input in this regard which largely Sudbury Hall, which was the seat of determines Good Beer Guide Cavendish Arms the Lords Vernon until its acquisition selection. 7 www.derbycamra.org.uk Camra 161_Layout 1 17/04/2015 11:27 Page 8

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Ashbourne & District CAMRA Branch

Contact Mark Grist [email protected]

Branch News closure, but such has been the acclaim from the general Having been formed in March public in addition to the 2012, the sub-branch meeting frequent visits by our held at The Old Dog, Thorpe in members, it was felt that such February was our 36th such a good start should be meeting and it was the 26th recognised straight away. We different venue, continuing are shortly due to vote on the our efforts to get to as many Summer Pub of the Season different pubs in our area as and this should be confirmed possible. Since our area is for the next edition. geographically quite wide with comparatively few pubs AGM The Rose & Crown, Boylestone in it, we have recently taken to Our sub-branch AGM is to be offering minibus services to held at The Shire Horse at and from Ashbourne to the Wyaston on Tuesday 26th May further flung meetings, at 8pm. All are welcome. We especially those not well are not planning to run a served by frequent public minibus as it is actually very transport. Two more close to Ashbourne, but if minibuses will be arranged for anyone wishes to attend our meetings in April at the using public transport to Rose & Crown at Boylestone Ashbourne and would like a and in June at the Royal Oak lift to the venue, please at Wetton, two more new contact me at the above e- venues to add to the list. mail address and we will Pub of the Season arrange it.

As well as judging pubs for Beer Festival Ye Olde Royal Oak, Wetton the standard Pub of the Year By the time this is published, competition, we have now instigated seasonal awards as we expect to have our beer offered by many other festival budget under scrutiny, Diary Dates awaiting approval. Assuming branches and we awarded our BRANCH MEETINGS Spring 2015 Pub of the all is well, we should be in a Tues 28th April Season to The Old Dog at position to confirm many Branch meeting - The Rose & Crown, Boylestone Thorpe, presenting a details in the next edition. Tues 26th May certificate during our Beer festival meetings Branch AGM - The Shire Horse, Wyaston February meeting there. The continue on the second Tues 30th June pub has only been open since Tuesday of each month at Branch meeting - Ye Olde Royal Oak, Wetton Xmas 2014, after a two year Smith's Tavern in Ashbourne. 9 www.derbycamra.org.uk Camra 161_Layout 1 17/04/2015 11:27 Page 10

Lost Pubs of Wirksworth By Gavin Repton

“It's in the DNA of people who live in Wirksworth, they know how many pubs there were” The Lost Pubs of Wirksworth is a documentary film released last year about a small town in the heart of Derbyshire with a big thirst for beer. I began this project because I was curious about the history of the pubs in the town, not knowing exactly how many there were, but hearing estimations ranging from 20 to 150. For such a small town I couldn't understand why there would be so many. I'd heard rumours of a list from an old trade directory of the pubs which would have been there in the 1840s and after a lot of searching I was given a copy from underneath the bar of The Hope and Anchor. After some time spent researching various Cromford Road, near the remains of the old supposed locations of the old pubs, I decided Kilns. But The Miner's Standard in Bolehill the best idea would be to just do some door reveals the largest trade in the history of the knocking and see if I could get lucky. town. At first I was unsure how the people of the Like many of the pubs The Miner's Standard town would react to a scruffy looking man was a small affair, no taps on the bar, just a with a camera showing up at their door landlady who went into the back room and asking to look around their house for clues, came back with a jug of beer.. "Right Old- but as it turned out, I wasn't the only one school" as described by Shane Moore, who is interested in the search. As word spread a bottle digger in the town. about the project around the town and I The main industry in the town of Wirksworth began to film interviews with people, it was lead-mining and later limestone became apparent that this was a subject a lot quarrying. In the 17th century, lead was the of people wanted to talk about and one by second in importance to national economy only to wool. It was used for water storage I couldn't believe it when I saw the number of one I slowly began to tick off the pubs on the and piping, ammunition, roofing and much pubs and all the strange names on the list list and as each pub was uncovered, the story more. Wirksworth was a huge source of lead with so many I'd never heard of, like, The of how the town has changed was also told. ore, in fact, some say it could have been the Noah's Ark, The Gaggler's Arms, Boggart's There are various pubs that elude to the famous Roman town of Lutadorum. Inn... I set myself the task of tracking down history of Wirksworth; The Railway on Steeple Looking down the hill in front of the the current locations of these pubs and trying Grange located beside what used to be Standard, now a house, you can see the top to find out why there would be so many in Cromford and High Peak Railway, used to of a mineshaft, and at weekends you'll such a small town in the heart of carry minerals and goods between Cromford probably see hi-viz wearing adventurers Derbyshire… And so the search began. and Whaley Bridge. The Lime Kiln on descending into the shaft in the name of exploration… These are the Wirksworth Miner's Research Group. "If you hit Wirksworth with a hammer, it would sink like a brick. because anywhere that could be mined, has been" "Like any town with heavy industry that involved hard dusty work, the workmen would most likely have headed straight for the pub from the pits to wash down all the dirt from the day," explained one of the members. So a lot of the pubs would be there to serve this community of workers in the town as well as where they might barter with buyers to get a good price for their days findings down the mine. This boozy bartering is where the name The Miner's Standard is thought to have originated, referring to the standard price for a pig of lead at the time. 10 DerbyDRINKER May/June 2015 Camra 161_Layout 1 17/04/2015 11:27 Page 11

The pubs would also serve as one of the only supplied loads of information and photos for places that the community could gather and the film. One of them is Shane Moore, who is talk about news in the town, and also maybe a Wirksworth born and bred 'bottle digger'. even have a dance… On Saturday mornings he heads out to The Tiger on St John's Street was known as a various locations around town in an effort to hard drinkers' pub in the years up until it's discover some of the bottles and flagons that closure, but when James Greenough,the were discarded in tips many years ago. current owner was showing me upstairs he "It's the local history me and my mate are said, “This is my currently office, but when it Kingsfield March interested in. If we get a bottle we've never was a pub, it was a dance floor”. I thought he seen before it makes our day, whether it's was joking but as I continued the search it By the 1950s there were just 12 left and over worth money or not." His extensive collection turned out not to be the only one. The the past 50 years that number has halved from over the years contains ginger beers, Recruiting Sergeant on the Dale also had a again. The last to close was The Kingsfield. stouts, whisky flagons and bottles from dance floor upstairs and with some of the Opened in the 1950's with the closure of Charles Wright's of Wirksworth, who were a more established pubs such as The Red Lion, William IV on The Dale, The Kingsfield was large whisky distributor in the town and he still The George and The Hope and Anchor, I'd built at the lower end of the town, almost half occasionally finds things he hans't seen before, imagine they weren't the only ones. a mile away from the closest other public so who knows what could turn up next. As well as the 56 or so pubs from the list I was house. This was well known as a music venue. There are so many stories that I've heard searching for, I was also told about the Ale "Coach loads used to come on whilst making the film surrounding each of Houses. These were mainly just peoples a saturday night" recalled Spud Taylor, who the pubs on the list that it would take forever houses, where the owner, most commonly a lives directly opposite the former pub site. to document them all, and as you can woman who had lost her husband, would This was an important venue over the years, imagine, as with most things that involve a brew beer on the premises and invite people serving the local residents of the area of town good beer, some of them are very tall tales in so that she could make a bit of money and as well as the cricket and football clubs, and indeed. I searched high and low in search of keep the house warm. These would have also holding the fairground once a year in the the truth to them, from climbing down toilets probably not been licensed, so it's impossible car park. “In later years, it did become a bit to breaking into basements. to say just how many there were in the town. rough on the inside and the outside” said When I began interviewing for this film, I A couple of hundred years ago Wirksworth Stephen Gratton about the state of The didn't expect to find truth to these tales, but would have been fairly isolated, and you'd Kingsfield. In 2010 the decision was made to the more I searched, the more evidence I not have much opportunity to get out, but as demolish the pub and build flats in its place, found that there could be truth to a lot of the industry decreased and the links to the something which wasn't met kindly by these things. town became better with the introduction of nearby residents. On the 26th of March 2010 the train station, the need for so many pubs they marched from the top of Wriskworth Unfortunately, short of knocking walls down decreased and over the years they gradually down to The Kingsfield in protest, but despite or getting the pneumatic drill out, I think began to disappear. the efforts, the pub was closed and torn many of these stories will always be down. "On the last night of the opening we questionable and remain, like most things went into the pub and drank the place dry" under Wirksworth, a mystery. said Stephen Gratton "and got a photo behind the bar before we left the premises for the very last time". "You used to hear about what's happening in the pub, what's going on, but there's nothing down here anymore, nothing at all" said Spud Taylor who managed to rescue the sign from the pub before it was destroyed. There are many people in the town who helped out in the filming of this documentary Shane Moore Bottle Digging who are still very interested in the pubs and

Inside the Vaults Shane Moore's collection

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pring isn’t just the season ready for drinking before April of local ciders, including Three different pubs, Amber Valley Sfor renewal in the / May, and it won’t be on top Cats, currently champion cider are running a cider trail from countryside, it’s an exciting form until a month or two after of the . Expect a 1st June until 5th July. full listing on the branch time for cider makers too that. Cider drinking is far more Participating pubs will be because this is the time seasonal than beer drinking, website by the beginning of selling at least on real cider / when the new season, peaking in the summer / early June. perry for the duration of the i.e. autumn 2014 cider is autumn, which is fine because While the Derby Summer trail, and a full list can be found ready for sampling. that is when it is at its very Festival will be the biggest best. in the Amber Valley section of Unlike beer, which can be cider event in these parts this this Derby Drinker. Details of brewed on demand, cider has You might be wondering summer, it won’t be the only how to take part are on the to be made when the fruit is about the Derby Summer one. Belper Goes Green, held available, principally Festival in view of the at Belper Rugby Club (opposite Amber Valley CAMRA website, September through to continuing uncertainty about Strutts Centre) from 29th to but basically you text a score November. Although the the future development of the 31st May will feature a real ale from zero (undrinkable) to five fermentation can be rushed by Assembly Rooms site. For this and real cider bar run by (brilliant) for each cider / perry Amber Valley CAMRA. We the use of external heat, year at least it will be held in a you sample. The pub recording expect to feature at least 30 traditionally the cider is left at large marquee in the market the highest average score will ambient temperature to square from 8th to 12th July. real ales and 8 real ciders / be Amber Valley’s cider pub of ferment through the winter; of The cider corner will be in the perries The cider bar will the year for 2015, while the course, when it gets really cold same place as last year, and we include delicacies such as individual recording the the fermentation goes into will be scouring the country to Rathays Old Goat cider, Ross- suspended animation. This get you the very best. From on-Wye Oak Cask cider and highest number of scores from does no harm, and the old we will have Newton Court Winnals different pubs will win a tub hands say it is beneficial, but it cider and perry from Olivers, Longdon perry. It’s a fun day (40 pints) of Three Cats cider. out for all the family, with lots means that the cider is not Dunkertons and Gwatkins, You need to be a CAMRA of interesting eco-ideas and ready for drinking until the while from Somerset we will member to take part, so why non-stop entertainment; weather warms up enough for certainly feature Hecks, not get out the rut and visit a admission is also free, so put it a secondary fermentation to Sheppys and Wilkins. The in your diary. few different pubs during occur. Patience really is a virtue Welsh contingent will contain June. with cider making since the plenty of Gwynt y Ddraig. As For those of you both like a new season cider won’t be always there will be a number glass of cider and like visiting Wassail

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CAMRA's Good Beer Guide 2015 Available Now

AMRA's Good Beer Guide is fully revised and • Listings of over 4,500 of the best real ale pubs, with Cupdated each year and features pubs across the over 1,200 new entries this year that serve the best real ale. • Listings include Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales, The 42nd edition continues to be completely , the Isle of Man & the Channel Islands independent with listings based entirely on nomination • Detailed contact information, facilities listings and and evaluation by CAMRA members. This means you can opening hours be sure that every one of the 4,500 pubs deserves their • ‘Places Index’ allows quick reference to pubs near you place, and comes recommended by people who know a • An essential resource for information on over 1,200 thing or two about good beer. breweries Available now from the CAMRA website , local bookshops and some local pubs. Gone for a Burton

hree prominent players on the TDerby Real Ale & Brewery scene have revealed plans to open premises in Burton-on-Trent in the near future. George & Walter from Wentwell Brewery who run the two successful micropubs in Derby, the Little Chester Alehouse & the Last Post have taken on the Derby Inn on Derby Road and hope to open it sometime in May after a mini-refurb. Meanwhile Martin Roper who runs the Exeter & Old Silk Mill in Derby has taken on the The Crossing on the High St which will re-open after a re- furb on 29th May serving 7 cask ales and offering contemporary pub food in an eclectic vintage environment. Finally Middle Earth Brewery have applied for planning permission to convert a building at the Midland Grain Warehouse near the Railway Station into a micropub. Exciting times ahead then for Burton and Derby Drinker will hopefully be there to cover all three openings. Burton Ale

alking of Burton, that Tclassic bitter, Draught Burton Ale (DBA) the favourite of so many has been re-created once again this time by Burton Bridge Brewery and launched at the Burton Beer Festival in March. Opinions have been mixed as to how far it actually resembles the original but nevertheless it’s a pleasant enough brew and may be available in a pub near you soon.

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2015

Mild in May and Summer Ale Trail 38th City Charter Summer Beer Festival 2015 1st - 31st May

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Derby CAMRA Derby MILD in MAY and SUMMER ALE TRAIL 2015 CAMRA Alexandra Babington Brewery Abbey Hotel Arms Tap Mild Real Ale Mild Real Ale Mild Real Ale Mild Real Ale

Score Score Score Score Score Score Score Score Brunswick Cross Keys Ye Olde Exeter Inn Ockbrook Dolphin Inne Arms Mild Real Ale Mild Real Ale Mild Real Ale Mild Real Ale

Score Score Score Score Score Score Score Score Falstaff Five Flower Furnace Tavern Lamps Pot Inn Mild Real Ale Mild Real Ale Mild Real Ale Mild Real Ale

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Greyhound Golden Last Post Little Chester Eagle Alehouse Mild Real Ale Mild Real Ale Mild Real Ale Mild Real Ale

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Mr Grundy’s New Zealand Old Silk Queens Head Arms Mill Little Eaton Mild Real Ale Mild Real Ale Mild Real Ale Mild Real Ale

Score Score Score Score Score Score Score Score INSTRUCTIONS: Royal Oak Thomas 1. Drink at least half a pint of Mild or Real Ale. 2. Fix the collected sticker in the corresponding box. Ockbrook Leaper 3. Red mild stickers to the left. Mild Real Ale Mild Real Ale 4. Blue Real Ale stickers to the right. 5. Score the beer in the box below. Finally, attend the 38th City Charter Summer Beer Festival and claim entry & ale. Score Score Score Score

FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY: Enter the session date and time of free entry. Blank off any beer NOT awarded. Summer Beer Festival Session FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Free Beer from Mild X XXX Free Beer from Real Ale XXXX 16 DerbyDRINKER May/June 2015 Camra 161_Layout 1 17/04/2015 11:27 Page 17

Derby CAMRA Derby MILD in MAY and SUMMER ALE TRAIL 2015 CAMRA Welcome to the Mild in May and Beer Festival Ale Trail. The trail officially starts on the 1st May and runs throughout May, so you have plenty of time to get supping. To complete the trail, you need to drink at least half a pint of Mild or Real Ale in each of the pubs listed and collect an appropriately coloured sticker. A trail card with 10 different pubs will entitle you to free entry to one session of the 38th Derby City Charter Summer Beer Festival. Pubs marked with an (*) at least, will not have Mild on during the whole of May. The table below lists the pubs in the trail together with their address, opening times and brief directions on getting there. Check WahtPub.com for more details. For example routes and more information visit the Derby CAMRA summer beer festival website www.derbycamra.org.uk/summer-beer-festival

Pub Location Opening Times Directions and Notes

Abbey* Darley Street, DE22 1DX 12:00 – 23:00 Top end of Darley Park. From Duffield Road turn down Mile Ash Lane then New Road. Alexandra Hotel 203 Siddals Road, DE1 2QE All day Walking from the bus station towards the railway station the “Alex” is on the right by the traffic lights. Babington Arms 11-13 Babington Lane, DE1 1TA All day Situated at the top end of town, turn uphill where the pedestrian area ends past St Peters church. Brewery Tap 1 Derwent Street, DE1 2EN All day Situated on the other side of the river from the Council House just after the bridge. Brunswick Inn 1 Railway Terrace, DE1 2RU All day Situated at the end of the old railway cottages close to the railway station. Cross Keys 3 Green Lane, Ockbrook All day Bus 9 or 9A from bus station at xx:05, (last 18:05). Journey 25 mins. Last return 18:33, no Sun service. Olde Dolphin Inne 5a Queen Street, DE1 3DL All day Centre of town close to the cathedral. Exeter Arms 13 Exeter Place, DE1 2EU All day Across the river from the Council House take the right fork after crossing the bridge. Falstaff Tavern 74 Silverhill Road, DE23 6UJ All day On Normanton Road turn up Lyndhurst Street, follow the road round and cut into Society Place. Five Lamps 25 Duffield Road, DE1 3BH All day Around 10 mins walk out of town. Follow King Street round into Duffield Road. Flower Pot 23-25 King Street, DE1 3DZ All day From the cathedral head out of town along Queen Street then turn left into King Street. Furnace Inn 9 Duke Street, DE1 3BX 16:00 - 23:00 Alongside River Derwent. From the Silk Mill walk under the ring road and straight into Duke Street. Greyhound 75-76 Friar Gate, DE1 1RN All day On Friar Gate approximately 100 metres past Friar Gate bridge on the left. Golden Eagle* 55 Agard Street, DE1 1DZ All day Agard Street runs parallel to the furthest end of Friar Gate. Last Post* 1 Uttoxeter Old Road, DE1 1GA Mon – closed Small red pub just along from the junction of 15:00 – 22:00 Ashbourne Road, Uttoxeter Old Road. Little Chester Alehouse* 4a Chester Green Rd, DE1 3SF 15:00 – 22:00 Corner of Chester Green and Mansfield Road, 10 mins from town. Bus routes H1, Nines or Amberline. Mr Grundys 36 Ashbourne Road, DE22 3AD All day On Ashbourne Road, a continuation of Friar Gate. Around 15 minutes walk from town. New Zealand Arms 2 Langley Street, DE22 3GL All day From Ashbourne Road turn down Surrey Street and right into Peel Street to find the pub on the corner. Old Silk Mill* 19 Full Street, DE1 3AF. All day On Full Street close to the Silk Mill Museum near the cathedral. Queens Head 131 Alfreton Road, Little Eaton, DE21 5DF All day In the centre of Little Eaton. Bus routes 9.2 or the Amberline stop outside. Journey time 10 mins. Royal Oak 55 Green Lane, Ockbrook, DE72 3SE 11:30 - 14:30 See Cross Keys above. Turn left and 100 meters 17:30 - 23:00 down the hill on the same side. Thomas Leaper* 27 Iron Gate, DE1 3GL All day Centre of town between the Market Place and the cathedral. 17 www.derbycamra.org.uk Camra 161_Layout 1 17/04/2015 11:27 Page 18

Derby CAMRA Derby CAMRA MILD in MAY and SUMMER ALE TRAIL 2015

Trail Details, Instructions & Beer Scoring

Once again we have merged the website. You have all of May to Ale stickers will be calculated Mild in May promotion with the complete the trail, so we encourage separately, so a full trail sheet earns Summer Beer Festival Ale Trail. The all participants to drink responsibly. 4 free pints. Trail will be launched from the 1st Pubs taking part are: Abbey, May and run throughout the So we can show recognition for the Alexandra Hotel, Babington month. Participants can collect red effort the pubs are playing, we ask Arms, Brewery Tap, Brunswick, “mild” stickers from each pub in you to score the beer you drink in Cross Keys in Ockbrook, Ye Olde return for drinking a half or more of line with the CAMRA National Beer Dolphin Inn, Exeter Arms, Mild or blue “real ale” stickers in Scoring scheme. Please mark you Falstaff, Five Lamps, Flower Pot, return for drinking the same card alongside each pub for Mild Furnace Inn, Greyhound, Golden quantity of Real Ale. Stickers, once and Real Ale according to the Eagle, Last Post, Little Chester collected, should be attached to a following criteria: Alehouse, Mr Grundy’s, New trail form in this publication. Zealand Arms, Old Silk Mill, 0 – No real ale or undrinkable Additionally forms can be Queens Head in Little Eaton, 1 – Poor downloaded from the Derby Royal Oak in Ockbrook and 2 – Average CAMRA website. See the Summer Thomas Leaper. Festival page or the Mild in May 3 – Good article. One free entry to any session of the 4 – Very good 38th City Charter Summer Beer 5 – Excellent There are 22 pubs taking part in the Festival to be held on the Market trail listed below. Each pub will Place, Derby starting 8th July will More details on beer scoring can be endeavour to stock a Mild at least be awarded to anyone with stickers found on the Whatpub.com once during May and all will stock from at least 10 different pubs. In website. The winning pub will be Real Ale for the whole duration of addition you will be entitled to a awarded a certificate in recognition the trail. More up to date free pint of any Real Ale up to 5% of their services to Mild and Real information and transport details ABV. Another free half pint will be Ale. CAMRA members are asked to can be found on the Summer Beer awarded each at 15 and again at 20 also enter their score on the Festival page of the Derby CAMRA pubs. The number of Mild and Real whatpub.com website.

We would also like to know your favourite Mild and Ale on the Trail and which Pub it was found in so please complete the below:

Favourite Mild ......

Favourite Ale ......

If you would like to give Feedback on the Trail then e-mail: [email protected]

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AmberValley CAMRABranch Contact Nora Harper [email protected] AMBER VALLEY NEWS Pub of the Year with a rotating range on six Valley CAMRA. It runs from Friday Amber Valley Cider Trail handpumps plus Pedigree from the 29th May to Sunday 31st May and Congratulations to the Holly Bush at mber Valley are running a cider Makeney who have won the Amber jug and there are always at least two admission is free at all times. trail from 1st June until 5th July. Valley CAMRA Pub of the Year real ciders, served in excellent The beer festival itself is open from A Competition for 2015 and will now condition. The homemade pies are 6pm to 11pm Friday and 12 noon to The list of pubs is below. To take part go through to the Derbyshire Pub also well worth trying. 11pm on Saturday & Sunday. There you basically visit one of the pubs, text of the Year Competition. The AGM will be 30+ beers and 8 ciders and a score from zero (undrinkable) to five runners up were the Black Bull’s perries on sale. To see the beer and Our Branch AGM at the Poet & (brilliant) for each cider / perry you Head at Openwoodgate who have cider lists please check our recently Castle at the end of February was sample. The pub recording the highest won the competition for the last re-launched website at well attended and all existing two years and third place went to ambervalleycamra.org.uk nearer average score will be Amber Valley’s committee members were re- the Old Oak at Horsley Woodhouse. the date or for more information on cider pub of the year for 2015, while elected. We are also pleased to the Eco Festival itself visit the individual recording the highest The Holly Bush is a well-deserved welcome Michael Hickman as our www.transitionbelper.org winner, having been a longstanding Clubs Officer and Tom Soar as our number of scores from different pubs favourite in the area. It is a Free Young Members Co-ordinator. CAMRA members interested in will win a tub (40 pints) of Three Cats House and it is claimed that Dick helping at the beer festival should cider. Further details on the website. Turpin drank there, but in these times Belper Goes Green Festival download, complete and return the it is still a fine pub to while away an The third Belper Goes Green Beer & staffing form available from our The Blue Bell Alfreton hour or three. There are multiple Cider Festival as part of the Belper website and return it to Blueys Alfreton drinking areas and the whole pub Goes Green Eco Festival is to be Phil Marshall by e-mail The King Alfred Alfreton oozes character, with open fires in held again at the Belper Rugby at [email protected]. Waggon & Horses Alfreton the winter and a beer garden in the Club. The festival will again be Alternatively please contact him summer. The beer is pretty good too, supported and organised by Amber on 07828 19 77 95 for more details. White Hart Bargate Arkwrights Bar Belper Cross Keys Belper George & Dragon Belper The Canal Inn Bullbridge French Horn Codnor Poet & Castle Codnor Black Boy Heage Dead Poets Inn Holbrook Old Oak Horsley Woodhouse Hunters Arms Kilburn Hollybush Makeney King William Milford Hollybush Marehay Black Bulls Head Openwoodgate Greenhill Tavern Riddings Moulders Arms Riddings The Three Horseshoes Leabrooks Beehive Inn Ripley Cock Inn Ripley George Inn Ripley Midland Hotel Ripley Branch Diary - all meetings start at 8pm Nags Head Ripley Red Lion Ripley Mon 11th May Fri 29th to Sun 31st May B F mtg, The Rifleman, Belper. Mon 15th June Sir Barnes Wallis Ripley Belper Goes Green eco-festival B F mtg, The Spanker Inn, Talbot Taphouse Ripley Sat 16th May at Belper Rugby ground - real Thorn Tree Ripley Survey trip, contact Jane Wallis Nether Heage. ale bar run by A V Branch. The Crown Inn Somercotes on 01773 745966 to book. Thu 25th June Sat 13th June The Gate Inn Swanwick Thu 28th May Brch mtg, Survey trip, contact Jane Wallis The Steampacket Swanwick Brch mtg, The George, Milford Social Club. Thorn Tree Inn Waingroves Lower Hartshay. on 01773 745966 to book. 19 www.derbycamra.org.uk Camra 161_Layout 1 17/04/2015 11:28 Page 20

Hop over the border into and enjoy a warm welcome from Karen and staff at The Stag Inn.

Summer Solstice Beer Festival 19th to 21st June

Traditional two roomed cask ale pub with low beams and wood paneling and pub games such as table skittles and old slot machines. Adnams Southwold Bitter and Timothy Taylor's Landlord always available plus 3 changing guest ales with at least 1 local ale. Cask Marque accredited since 2006 and on the Camra LocAle scheme. Follow us on Facebook for beer festival dates. Open Mon-Fri 5-11pm, Sat 1.30-11pm, Sun 12 noon-10.30pm

67, Nottingham Road Kimberley, Nottingham NG16 2NB Tel. 0115 938 3151

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EREWASH VALLEY by Mick & Carole Golds CAMRA BRANCH [email protected] EREWASH VALLEY CAMRA REPORT Pub News Trips and Socials It makes a pleasant change to be able to report on pub re-openings and in fact a new There was a good turnout for the Ilkeston pub pub opening...... survey, starting at the convenient Gallows Inn by the canal with 3 beers from Northstar. Next stop The GENERAL HAVELOCK in Ilkeston has was the Poacher with a friendly landlord and now re-opened as a Pub, Rotisserie and cafe landlady and then it was back on the bus to the still with 4 real ales and cider on the bar. Rutland Cottage with a good selection of beers Visually not a lot has changed, however we served by friendly bar staff. A steady walk from here are informed that the cellar bar is to reopen got us to The Little Acorn, Awsworth Road with 2 as a 1920’ Speak Easy with 6 real ales, 5 real The Erewash Hotel excellent beers on, Dukeries Gunsmoke & Blue ciders, fine whiskey range, pork pies and Monkey Infinity at £2.50 pint, the cheapest beer on stilton platters available. The opening date THE RED LION, Sandiacre is at the moment the whole trip. See photo of members and John for the cellar bar to the public is Friday 22nd closed for refurbishment and is due to re Smith the landlord (yes this really is his name). May and the opening hours for it will then open within the next few weeks. Another steady walk along the canal took us to the Dewdrop (this has been voted pub of the year be Thursday 7.00-11.00pm (Camra card At THE STUMBLE, Long Eaton, the songbird 2015) then some bused and some walked to the members), Friday 7.00-11.00pm, Saturday brewery is temporarily closed for updating Erewash Hotel on Station Road, an up and coming 6.30-11.30pm and Sunday 6.00-11.00pm. of the cellar and brewery. pub and worth a visit if you are in the area with a The new owners are Rebecca Rutherford selection of changing beers. By this time one or and Shaun Dalton we wish them well. DRAYCOTT BREWING COMPANY are two had fallen by the wayside, the faithful few The new name for the old CHARTERS on currently brewing in Shardlow, but are carried on to the New Inn on Bath Street, South St, llkeston which will be open by the moving to premises in Draycott in the unfortunately no real ale on this night, usually they time you read this will be HOGARTHS. This summer, the brewery will then be in the normally have one real ale on. The object of this has been refurbished by Amber Taverns Erewash Branch. survey was to show drinkers that Ilkeston is still a who also at the moment are treating the good place for real ale pubs. MARKET in Heanor to a similar makeover. We are informed that there will be a good selection of real ale in both pubs, more Future Meetings information and photo’s in the next edition All future meeting will now be on the firstMONDAY of Derby Drinker. of the month. In the next few months we should May 6th - The Dewdrop, Station Rd, Ilkeston. hopefully be seeing a new micro pub June 1st - Great Northern, Langley Mill. opening on the corner of Market Street & July 6th - Erewash Hotel, Station Road, Ilkeston. Gladstone street, Ilkeston situated on a corner that has long being closed as a shop. All meetings start at 8.00pm, for further details if The pubs name will be THE BURNT PIG and required contact Secretary, Jayne Tysoe at is owned by Simon Clarke who also owns [email protected] Presentation the Truly Scrumptious, a deli and takeaway, situated just round the corner on South On Saturday 14th March, Kevin our Street, more details next issue. outgoing chairman presented the Marlpool Camra Discounts Ale House with the Winter pub of the season Please remember to show your camra card Alas there is some bad news, the award to Francesca - Andy’s wife, and friend The Bridge, Sandiacre - 15p off a pint. Commercial Inn opposite the Little Acorn an Karen (see photo above). ex Home Ales pub is no more and was Bridge, Cotmanhay - 20p off a pint. demolished so quickly that we didn’t have AGM Blue Bell, Sandiacre - 10p off a pint, 5p off a half chance to take a photo. At our AGM on March 4th, Kevin Thompson including real cider. stood down as our Branch Chairman, a vote Coach & Horses, Draycott - 30p off a pint, 15p off a half. The SPANISH BAR, Ilkeston is having some of thanks was given from all the members alterations done but the pub still remains General Havelock, Ilkeston - 20p off a pint, for all the work he has done in his serving open, more details in the next Drinker. 10p off a half including real cider. period. Also stepping down was our long Great Northern, Langley Mill - 15p off a pint. serving treasurer and a founder member of Navigation, Breaston - 10p off a pint. the Branch, Simon Davies. A big thank you Poacher, Ilkeston - 15p off a pint. to Simon for all his hard work including all Queens Head, Marlpool - 20p off a pint, the beer festivals he worked on. The new 10p off a half including real cider. committee is Chair - Chris Freer, Secretary- Rutland Cottage, Ilkeston -15p off a pint Jayne Tysoe, Treasurer & Webmaster- Gary Mon-Thurs only. Higgins, Social – Mick & Carole Golds, Steamboat, Trent Lock - 20p off a pint, Membership- Richard Syson, Pubs Officer – 10p off a half including real cider. Mark Suiter, NBSS officer – Rachel Davis, Victoria, Draycott - 30p off a pint, 15p off a half. Committee & Locale co-ordinator – Dick The Half Crown, Long Eaton - 10p off a pint, 5p off a half. Members at the Little Acorn Broomfield, Committee – Barry Hewson. 21 www.derbycamra.org.uk Camra 161_Layout 1 17/04/2015 11:28 Page 22

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Contact David Edwards Tel. 07891 350908

e mail. [email protected] www.peakstonesrock.co.uk

We produce a range of award winning cask beers.

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Little Bush Brewery sprouts up in Marehay

hen Dave and Lorraine Hilton Now Dave and Lorraine have branched Wbought the Holly Bush at out even further by setting up a micro Marehay in 2011, the locals were very brewery in the pub cellar. Named the Little Bush Brewery, Dave will begin pleased to see a pub which, in the brewing in April, and intend to produce 1970’s, had been one of the best two beers to start with, an amber ale Shipstones pubs of the many in the similar in colour to Taylors Landlord and Ripley area at that time, opening its a paler beer. As for naming the beers, doors again. For some time previously the pub’s regulars will be invited to this didn’t look likely as the Bush had suggest names of their choice, and Dave and Lorraine will pick their been closed and seemingly destined favourites, with those whose names to be used for redevelopment as are used winning two gallons of beer. private housing. The beer range may be extended later, The introduction of quality Real Ale, and while Dave will be brewing mainly Cider, and good food, augmented by for sale in the Holly Bush, he would be quiz nights and regular weekend willing to send his beer to local Beer entertainment soon banished any fears Festivals, as well as swap with other that the Holly Bush regulars might have brew pubs. The Holly Bush is on Brook had regarding the future of their local, Lane, Marehay, and the nines bus and the pub soon came to the service from Derby passes close by – you attention of Amber Valley CAMRA, get off at the Rising Sun stop and the reaching the 2013 Pub of the Year Final pub is a 4 or 5 minute walk away, so it’s and being included in the 2014 Good easy to get to, and well worth the effort. Beer Guide. Trevor Spencer

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Matlock and Dales CAMRA Branch Contact Peter Boitoult [email protected] MAD in Huddersfield he MAD socials season is now in The Sportsman he wished us well on our trip and The building also hosts the Rat Tfull swing. In between the may With a name like ‘The Sportsman, returned to his laptop. (And not Brewery in the cellars downstairs, beer festivals, (see last issue) a Huddersfield’ one would normally the Racing Post). which may give LocAle organisers sizable MAD CAMRA contingent, expect a smoke-filled, Spartan something to think about. We’re plus many from neighbouring establishment, frequented by a not talking beer miles here, but Chesterfield CAMRA, (and even a brace of flat-capped Yorkshiremen beer yards! The Rat and Ratchet is couple from Halifax to boot) made (each with the mandatory whippet) another tastefully decorated pub, their way to Huddersfield to check all watching horse-racing on a blending tradition with out the Kirklees real ale scene. dust-shrouded wall-mounted TV functionality, and has spent 25 screen, and each brandishing a years in the pages of the Good Beer copy of the Racing Post in one Guide. Now I don’t know anyone’s hand, with a pink betting slip in the idea of a perfect job or not, but Rat other. Well it wasn’t like that at all. staff-training involves tasting sessions so they can use the This Sportsman was a very tidy and Leaving Hand Drawn Monkey tastefully decorated art-deco inn, brewers knowledge (and featuring eight real ales, and not a The Star Inn undoubtedly their wares) to describe beers to customers. Even flat cap in sight. My first pint of the Bit of a hike from the HDM. In fact more perfect was the TV in one of day was a local one, Timothy the Star is in Folly Hall, which is the many rooms showing Wales Taylors Boltmaker brewed in down the A616 toward Holmfirth, beating Ireland, which boded well Keighley, twenty miles up the road. past Kirklees College which looks for England’s chances in the Six It was rather pleasant and no every bit like a beached ocean liner. Nations the following week. (But it wonder the place won The Star was gearing up for their was not to be). I tried (to continue Huddersfield CAMRA Pub of the Spring Beer Festival which takes the rugby theme) a pint of their Year three years running. No place both in the bar, and in a large own White Rat, before our party loitering though, we had a long tented area out the back. I stood by moved on towards a perennial day ahead, so departed heading the roasting double ended fire, and favourite pub, the Grove. back under t’viaduct, past the still had an ale called Chinook, which is Harold Wilson purposefully striding Harold named after the hops that flavour it Wilson, and into one of and not the helicopter. (In fact Huddersfield newest additions to both were named after the Native Huddersfield has two major the real ale scene… American tribe from Washington historic claims to fame. Firstly it State, it says here in Wikipedia). was the birth place of Rugby League (1895, in the George Hotel The Rat & Ratchet opposite the railway station) and Back up the A616, we pulled into secondly twenty years later, the the Rat and Ratchet public house, birthplace of Harold Wilson MP. who were dispensing three ‘Rat’ There’s an eight foot tall statue of beers, plus three from Ossett Likely lads entering the Grove the latter purposefully striding Brewery, and six guests on top of away from Huddersfield Station, Hand Drawn that. Spoiled for choice or what? strangely bereft of his trademark Monkey Beer shop The Grove. pipe. “Good old Mister Wilson” (to This ale emporium was started in Stepping through the vestibule of quote Paul McCartney) governed 2010 by Rob Allen (The former the Grove, we encountered an the country four times between manager and brewer at the Rat and enticing whiff of delicious Asian 1964 and 1976, in an age when Ratchet) and Tom Evan (ex-brewer gastronomy. The Grove just gets pipes and Gannex raincoats were in at Nottingham’s Blue Monkey). The better every time I go there, and style. The Queen even sported one company motif (and official the latest enhancement is the (A Gannex raincoat – not a pipe). mascot) is a cartoon monkey with a addition of an Malaysian ‘take- Memories of tobacco infused pubs monocle, going by the name of away’ food-cart at the back of the returned to me when I heard our Jephers. The aforesaid simian also The Rat & Ratchet lounge. Staggeringly, the Grove first port of call was under t’viaduct has a number of ales named after lists 19 draught lines and 17 keg in a place called the Sportsman…. him. I sampled one ape-related lines on its extensive blackboard of libation called Monkey Loves Hops available beers. Thirty-six beers to - Brew Number 7. It was like being choose from! Attention grabbing hit in the face with a bunch of fresh artwork and sculptures dot the hops. A knowledgeable gentleman place too. It’s a place you could stay at the bar informed me the distinct in all day (If your other half doesn’t flavour was down to a unique mind). I didn’t hang around too The Sportsman method of fresh hopping, before Inside the Rat long though (just for a couple)

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because the final port of call was to be that ‘World Beer Freehouse’ CAMRA Vote for the Sheffield Tap, and we had a MAD T-POTS 2015! train to catch. Harold was still Discounts striding purposefully around when This year MAD CAMRA has changed MAD The Crown (Weatherspoon’s) the format of their Pub of the we arrived for the train back home Bakewell Road Matlock Season (POTS) from Spring and (probably still looking for his Cash discount on either Summer, to annual awards for Branch absent pipe). A few stragglers presentation of membership card, ‘Town’ (T-POTS) and ‘Country’ (C- POTS). The suggested names from remained behind in the Grove or presentation of CAMRA vouchers apply (but not at same CAMRA HQ were ‘Urban’ and ‘Rural’, saying they were enjoying the time). Vouchers have some but to describe Matlock as an Diary beer too much to leave – Well it restrictions printed on them. ‘urban’ area probably need a was a great place. They may be stretching of the imagination to a Old Bowling Green point well past feasible. ‘Town’ 15th May there still? If anyone from the Winster qualifies as Cromford up to Final day for receiving Grove is reading this and spots Cash discount applies on Matlock, with ‘Country’ being the postal/email votes in them, can they please send ‘em presentation of membership card rest of the branch area. MAD T-POTS 2015. Nominations for Matlock and Dales back? One of them’s the branch County and Station ‘Town Pub 2015’ have been secretary and the rest of us don’t Dale Road, Matlock Bath finalised and are (in alphabetical 21 May really like taking the minutes. Cash discount applies on order, which is good news for 2010 MAD Monthly Meeting presentation of membership card who instantly take the lead) Stanley’s Ale House, Cheers. 2010 2010, Matlock Smedley Street, Matlock. Tony Farrington Dale Road, Matlock County and Station, Matlock Bath From 8pm : All Welcome Cash discount applies on Stanley’s Ale House, presentation of membership card Matlock Thorn Tree Inn, Matlock 29-30 May If any CAMRA member have visited (or intend to visit) all four of these Druid Inn (MAD POTY 2014) pubs by 15th May 2015, then they Beer Festival, Birchover are eligible to vote in the Details on festival/volunteering.to competition. Voting slips are be posted on website soon. available from the landlord/manager in all of the 18th June establishments, or can be MAD Monthly Meeting downloaded from the MAD Venue TBA. website. Further details on Please check the website how/when/where to complete your votes are written on the forms. http://www.mad.camra.org.uk Last chance to vote (for your or click on the QR code favourite MAD teapot) is at the branch meeting on 21 May 2015.

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Protect Your Pub

How to get it registered as an Asset of Community Value.

Avoid the “dismal dormitories”! ACV SUCCESS ou may have read Tim William’s article Yin the last edition of Derby Drinker, tutted and reassured yourself that “it couldn’t happen here”. Unless, of course, you live in Findern, West Hallam, Weston- on-Trent or so many other communities that have already seen their beloved local converted to houses (or a funeral business). But then, you convinced yourself that, however appealing the Asset of Community Value scheme may be, it would be too difficult, or too time- consuming for you to pursue it. I hope to convince you that you could easily protect your valued pub – and that you should act now. The Malt Shovel in Malt Shovel – Spondon Spondon (pictured) was registered in 2014 by Spondon Community Association; it was normally be available online (Derby City less than 6 months later, including an 8 (by government standards) quick, easy and boasts 4 entries so far, including the iPro week period when the owners could painless. Based on our experience, let me Stadium!). You will need to provide details appeal the decision. Even so, if you wait demolish a few misconceptions. of the property location and current until the “For Sale” sign goes up, you could Its too difficult ownership but the most important part is be too late! If accepted, any proposal for You’d expect a process spawned by central explaining why your pub is indeed an asset sale is put on hold for 6 weeks to give you a government and administered by local to the community. chance to decide whether to bid. If you do, councils to be a nightmare of bureaucracy, For the Malt Shovel, this was easy as it is there is a further 6 month freeze while you but the ACV scheme is form-free! Each part of the historic fabric of Spondon – try and raise the funds. council will have an officer dealing with the indeed when the Spondon Archive series It’s not under threat scheme (Google will normally find them) of books started appearing in 2012, it was Even if you’re confident that there are no who can offer informal advice before you the first subject (see left). It is also listed on current plans to sell, the protection offered apply. The existing ACV register will CAMRA’s “historic pub register”. by an ACV registration is a sound insurance I’d need to form a society policy. The trigger for registering the Malt Whilst in our case, the Community Shovel was a statement by Marston’s (the Association submitted the application; the owners) that “…we are not really interested registration can be by an informal group of in drinking pubs, we plan to concentrate local residents. However, even in this case, on family-oriented dining experiences.” a degree of formality might be a good idea But, far from the Malt Shovel being under – the group who registered the Navigation any sort of threat, Marston’s invested a in Breaston formed themselves into the considerable sum refurbishing the pub “Friends of the Navigation”, with a simple during 2014 and, indeed, seem happy with constitution. If, of course, the pub comes the ACV registration. But, as Findern and up for sale, a business-like organisation other communities found, not all pub would be needed – as well as the necessary owners are interested in running pubs! finance! The Bamford Community Society, Tim’s article gave pointers for further who now run the Anglers Rest, registered information; as an Industrial and Provident Community http://www.camra.org.uk/listyourlocal Benefit Society. I am happy to answer queries if you e-mail It can wait… me ([email protected]). The process of registration is fairly quick, the Spondon application was submitted at Derek Hathaway, the end of May 2014 and finally approved Spondon Community Association 27 www.derbycamra.org.uk Camra 161_Layout 1 17/04/2015 11:28 Page 28

Derbyshire Music Festivals With Real Ale

Well it’s that time of year when the warmer weather (hopefully) ushers in thousands of music festivals all over the Country, a good many of them serving Real Ale & Cider. Derbyshire has its fair share of these with bars run by local breweries in some cases. Here are a few highlights:- May Bearded Theory (21-24) Catton Hall The best pub-finder June Download (12-14) Donington Park for miles! Exile (26-28) Darley Bridge July Rock & Bike (16-19) Carnfield Hall The new CAMRA website whatpub.com Stainsby (17-19) Brunts Farm Indie Tracks (24-26) Butterley features 47,000 pubs, 36,000 with real Rock & Blues (23-25) Pentrich Y-Not (31-2 Aug) Pikehall ale. It’s free to all, works well on mobile August phones, and makes it a Bloodstock (6-9) Catton Hall doddle to find pubs with the September Off the Tracks (4-6) Donington features you want, wherever Whitwell (11-13) Community Centre you are. Give it a go! For ticket & band details check out the events website.

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Of course the one thing Jan wanted to Not such an ugly do was major on Real Ales & Cider and duckling as the she has slowly built up the trade so that it now offers 6 on handpump with White Swan the regulars being Bass, Pedigree & takes flight Doombar and 3 rotating guests with 20p a pint CAMRA discount. I had a n Derby Drinker Issue 158 we lovely pint of Sunny Republic Hop Dog Ihighlighted the pubs of Ockbrook on my visit. She is also planning her but at the time the White Swan was first Beer Festival over the Spring just in the process of being taken over by a new licensee so we returned to Bank Holiday weekend 22-24 May see how she was settling in……. with a hog roast & BBQ in the large, pleasant rear garden featuring a The Village of Ockbrook boasts four bouncy castle, face painting and a pubs, all very different but each Punch 'n' Judy show. Looking further playing an important part of Village ahead Jan is also planning to run the life. The White Swan occupies the First Annual White Swan Olympic traditional spot in the Village opposite Games on August 15 and hopes to the Church which gives the pub a very introduce a pizza oven in the beer pleasant, quiet, leafy outlook. The new garden in the near future with licensee is Jan Siddons who has been homebaked, homemade pizzas. All around the trade most of her life great plans then and Jan has a few thanks to her family connections with more up her sleeve so why not pay a her Uncle running the Toby Jug in visit to Ockbrook and call in, with 3 Nottingham and the Coeur de Lion other good Real Ale pubs to visit, it and the family running pubs in Leek makes a cracking day out. The pubs and Lincoln. So having had this opening times are: Mondays 4pm - grounding it was only natural to have 11:30pm, Tuesdays - Thursdays 12pm - a go at running her own pub and 11:30pm, Fridays 12pm - 12am, when she saw the White Swan she Saturdays 10am - 12am, Sundays knew this was the one. Recently re- 12pm - 11pm with food served Tue – furbished by Punch she has added her Sat 12-9pm and 12-4pm on Sunday. own personal touch to the pub giving Ockbrook can be easily reached on the it a warm, comfortable, homely feel No.9 or 9a bus from Derby Mon-Sat with the assorted brick-a-brac dotted around and eclectic signage on the until 6:05pm. Otherwise you can get walls adding to the ambience. The pub the Indigo, I4 or Zoom to Borrowash still retains its two rooms giving it that and take the 20 min walk down traditional look and the previously Victoria Avenue to Ockbrook. stark lounge has been transformed. Gareth Stead

Ales with the 3 permanent ales of Bee' on Sunday 24th May from 4 The Windmill’s Abbot, Bass & Pedigree being till 8.30pm. After that an August joined by 3 rotating guests, I had a Bank Holiday Beer Festival Beer turning over the nice pint of Grainstore Triple B on Festival is planned from 28-31. But my visit. Helping out with this it’s not just ale events that take Real Ales revolution is Assistant Manager, place though as the pub has p at the Windmill a quiet Real Ben Sedgewick who was recently something on almost every UAle revolution has been going running the Horns in Ashbourne evening from darts to quizzes and on since landlady, Nemanie and had previously been Bar is very much at the heart of the Brettell took on the pub in 2013. Manager at the Bridge in Derby. local community. The number of beers on Together with Nem he has The Windmill is situated on Hill Top, handpump has slowly increased organised several ale type events Breadsall Oakwood with some during that time and the latest from meet the brewer evenings to great views all around and remains jump has seen them move from 4 Beer Festivals to battle of the very much a traditional two to 6 as trade has picked up. Under brewers and there is a full roomed pub with bar and lounge her direction within 15 months the programme of events coming up. area and outdoor seating to the Windmill has become the second The next big one being the Spring front and rear. It opens from 12 largest Stonegate pub in the Bank Holiday Beer Festival from until 11pm with food orders being Midlands for Real Ales which is 22-25 May with the beers available from 12-9pm every day of quite an achievement indeed and available both on the bar and the week. And getting there the pub now has Cask Marque separate stillage and there will also couldn’t be more convenient as the recognition. It features up to 6 Real be live music from 'Lester and the H1 and Y1 bus services pass the pub almost every 20 minutes to half an hour with the bus stops being almost right outside the pub. So if you’ve not been in before or have not been for a while then why not give it a try as a good selection of ale & food awaits inside. Gareth Stead

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DearToper...

Consider! Dear Toper, the latest fad nestling amongst the row of hand pumps down at the local - Vegan ale. I wish I could say that this “cuckoo in the nest” (for want of a better phrase) is there by popular demand, but alas, I suspect that it is there to The First Cuckoo appease a small and increasingly vocal minority. If, like I once did, Dear Toper, you thought that Vegans were weird-looking of Spring? creatures, who (presumably) populate a distant planet called offer. He peruses the menu and a smug smile of something Vega, you weren’t that far from the truth. They’re a weird- approaching satisfaction creases his pasty face, as he makes looking bunch alright, but they doubly sure that there is no Vegan don’t populate another planet, option listed – just as he had secretly they just live on one. That said, hoped, for now he can assume an air most of them are pretty harmless of righteous indignation and assert and keep themselves to his “rights”. themselves, however, some of “Have you a Vegan option?” he their number are quite strident enquires, knowing full well the and believe passionately that impending answer. everyone else should conform to their rigid Vegan way of life – a “We’ve a Veggie option”, replies the bit like those aggressive cyclists barmaid, doing her best to sound whom one encounters from time interested, but inter-galactic to time, pedalling furiously communication isn’t her strong point. hither and thither in their skin- “That’s not what I asked”, comes the tight, dayglow costumes. Filled sneering response from the other- with the sort of sanctimonious, worldly being. “I asked for a Vegan self-righteous arrogance that option!” comes easily to someone who is on a self-imposed mission to save “It’s over there”, informs the newly- the environment from all of arrived landlord. those nasty polluting cars, they “Where?” asks the alien, somewhat are convinced that every inch of paved area is part of their taken aback and feeling thwarted. own private cycle path and woe betide the hapless pedestrian who gets in their way! But I digress, Dear Toper. “Over there – that door marked ‘Exit’. Now sod off!” the landlord (over-politely in my view) informs. As for aggressive Vegans: during their sporadic visits to our world they sometimes venture into a local hostelry (usually with an As the Spring gets into full swing and the sap begins to rise, I am Earthling friend or partner who is sympathetic to their needs). On more and more tempted to go into a Vegan restaurant and approaching the counter the inter-galactic traveller eyes with demand the meat-eaters’ option, but I strongly suspect that I aloof disdain the row of pump clips, and having ascertained that would be treated like a leper whose hand has just fallen off into there are no Vegan ales to be had, he (or she - I’d hate to be the cauldron of lentil soup. Consider that, Dear Toper. thought politically incorrect) asks for a glass of tap water instead. He then turns his attention to the limited selection of pub grub on D.T.

The White Swan at Ockbrook

Spring Bank Holiday Beer Festival 22-25 May

19 Church Street, Ockbrook, Derby. DE72 3RB. www.whiteswanockbrook.co.uk Email: [email protected] Tel: 01332 676273

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