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Wins POTY for 2015! 181 Peterborough & District Branch of the Campaign for Real Ale February / March 2015 The ‘Hand’ wins POTY for 2015! BERMONDSEY REVISITED WHAT’S IN A NAME COALIES ON TOUR John Temple suggests a sea Kings Cliffe Brewery pays The Coalheavers Arms change occurring in the homage to 20th Fighter Group gang visit Ely brewing industry with commemorative porter ALSO INSIDE PUB & BREWERY NEWS DIARY DATES JOIN CAMRA Both pubs are in the CAMRA GOOD BEER GUIDE 2015! P ETERBOROUGH CAMRA PUB OF THE YEAR 2 01 4 & 2 01 1 CAMRA Gold award 2 013 P ETERBOROUGH CAMRA Ten Real Ales PUB OF THE YEAR 2 01 4 Runner Up from £2.00 a pint CAMRA Gold award 2 013 Permanent range Six Real Ales of ales from £2.50 a pint Proud supporter Four Real Ciders of Live Sky Sports Live Sky Sports Live Entertainment Live Entertainment Happy Hour Monday - Friday 5-7pm Cash Quiz every Sunday from 8pm The Ploughman Staniland Way, The Dragon Hodgson Centre, Hodgson Ave Werrington Centre Tel: 01733 327696 PE4 5EG Tel: 01733 578088 Editor’s ramblings | 3 New year, new beers and new awards Greetings! Even though the festive season is just a distant IN THIS ISSUE memory, I hope it was a good Welcome from the editor 3 one! Pub of the Year has been Chairman’s corner 5 decided, Straw Bear has been Pub news 7–11 and gone, so what next? New Year, time to look forward. Pub of the Year 2015 13 Brewery news 14 –17 Firstly, this year there are two new, additional Farewell Stella 17 branch awards, to go alongside “Pub of the Year”. There will now be a branch “Cider Pub of the Bermondsey mile revisited 18 –21 Year” and a “LocAle Pub of the Year”. Pubs Coalies in Ely 23 within the branch that permanently stock a real What’s in a name 25 cider or are LocAle accredited are eligible for these CAMRA’s NWAF 2015 26 awards. For more information check website the www.real-ale.org.uk or Peterborough CAMRA Diary dates 27 Facebook page. Membership matters 28 Join CAMRA 29 Secondly, having a read through brewery news I can Contacts 30 see that there are some new beers on the horizon, plus the re-brewing of old favourites. So I would urge you Pub merit and gold awards 30 to have a look at the brewery news page and see if anything takes your fancy and of course, give it a try! Are you missing out? Hopefully this year will see fewer pubs in the area Get Beer Around Ere delivered to your door! closing their doors. Ideally, of course, none at all. For a year (6 issues) send £3.48 for second class or £4.02 for 1st Class or multiples thereof for multiple years. Please send a cheque/PO payable to “Peterborough CAMRA” and Wishful thinking? Cheers. JB your address to:- Daryl Ling, 19 Lidgate Close, Peterborough PE2 7ZA Editor: Jane Brown Distribution: Beer Around ‘Ere is published [email protected] David Murray by the Peterborough & District [email protected] Branch of CAMRA Copyright Published by: Peterborough & District © 2015, The Campaign for Branch of the Campaign for Real Ale. Proof Reading: Bob Melville - 07941 246693 Real Ale Ltd. Produced on behalf of CAMRA by: Printed By: Orchard House Media Ltd Precision Colour Print Ltd Views or comments expressed in this publi - Suite 30 Eventus, Sunderland Rd, Haldane, Telford, Shropshire TF7 4QQ cation may not necessarily be those of the Market Deeping. Tel: 01778 382758 Editor or of CAMRA. Circulation: 7,000 copies distributed to Magazine Design & Production: pubs, clubs and members throughout the The next issue of Beer Around ‘Ere will be Daniel Speed Peterborough and District CAMRA available on the 20th March . [email protected] Branch area. A digital version of this magazine is available to view and We must have your stories, news and Advertising Sales Manager: download at issuu.com advertisements by 1st March . Please send Jane Michelson your stories and other copy to the editor, Cover Image: The Hand & Heart, Peter - [email protected] Jane Brown. borough Branch Pub of the Year 2015 Tel: 01778 382718 Visit our web site for up-to-date news: www.real-ale.org.uk February / March 2015 | BEER AROUND ERE Chairman’s corner | 5 Chairman’s Co rner First a belated Happy New Year to all our readers. Also I’m pleased to report that CAMRA scored another historic victory at the end of last year. After ten years of campaigning by CAMRA, MPs As this is an election year we will be getting the of all parties voted for tenants of the large pubcos usual bout of promises from our prospective MPs. to have a market rent only option (MRO) and they We would hope that the present government will won! The MPs were backing a CAMRA supported continue to support our drinks industry in their last amendment at the Report Stage for Small Business, budget before the election. One local brewery, Enterprise and Employment Bill, which allows tied regrettably, has jumped ahead and announced tenants of companies with more than 500 pubs to price rises from February before any budget have their rent reviewed independently. It would changes. We would hope not to see any duty also give tenants the option of being able to buy increases this year, if the powers that be are sincere beer at competitive prices in an open market, with in carrying out the reforms already mentioned. the possibility of beer prices in their pubs being reduced. The Chief Executive of CAMRA, Tim We must congratulate our new Pub of the Year, Page, thanked the 8000 plus CAMRA members The Hand and Heart, in Millfield, Peterborough, who lobbied their MPs to help make this happen. for coming out top in the vote that took place at the end of last year. Bram and wife Sue have CAMRA is now hoping the vote which should be continued to fight a long battle to keep the pub accepted by MPs will become law in the very near running in an area that has, over the last few years, future and the legislation will be finalised by the seen the closure of many a pub. A time and date for forthcoming General Election. This latest success the presentation will be announced in the near future. follows on from CAMRA’s victory two years ago in persuading the government to scrap the destruc - I've had to rush this report due to being out of tive Beer Escalator. the country in recent weeks. Two weeks in Spain to see in the New Year was a new experience which I So what does this mean for our under pressure can recommend. Although a decent beer was hard licensees? If the Bill becomes law (and we see no to find we did discover an excellent Belhaven Stout reason why it should not) then it will give them at 7% in one British run bar. The licensee even more flexibility in choosing a better business took a couple of bottles from the store to make the relationship with their pub company and a fairer ice cold ones in the fridge more palatable. We did share of their profits. What about us drinkers I return another day. hear you cry? Well, with a fairer share of running their business publicans may choose to pass on any Our holiday was only marred by some sad news. savings to customers, or invest in the business and As we were about to pass through the airport on improve the pub. In both of these scenarios the our last day I received a phone call from our customer benefits. Will it mean more pubs closing? Webmaster, Harry Morton, saying that his wife, It should stop the continuing loss of pubs by the Stella, had passed away the previous night. Our pubcos by encouraging investment and, a fairer tie condolences go to Harry and all the family for would attract high quality licensees to run prof - their sudden loss. itable pubs. We can but wait and see and hope that That’s it for now folks. these reforms happen sooner rather than later. David Murray Branch Chairman Visit our web site for up-to-date news: www.real-ale.org.uk February / March 2015 | BEER AROUND ERE 6 | Please support our advertisers Matt and Emma welcome you to the Tel: 01778 560238 Barholm, Stamford, Lincs PE9 4RA freshly A Traditional Ale House with an open fire made pizzas Six Real Ales with four on rotation cooked in an authentic 3 Ciders • 2 Lagers • Fine Wine & Spirits wood-fired pizza oven large beer garden • Pool room every Friday from 5.30-10pm and the last Saturday of the month from 5.30pm - 9pm Opening Times Open from 4pm weekdays, Awarded by the 1pm Saturday and 12pm Sundays Stamford Mercury BEER AROUND ERE | February / March 2015 Visit our web site for up-to-date news: www.real-ale.org.uk Pub news | 7 Pub News Well I said I would scour the remotest regions and regenerating this pub and he is the most congenial you cannot get much more remote than Weldon. of hosts. He features home- made Serbian food on That is, of course unless you live there, in which his menu and if you are lucky he will give you a case it is right on your doorstep. My target was the taste of his own red wine made from the Shoulder of Mutton where I heard they had Montepulciano grape.
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