the Autumn 2017 FREE tippler Please Take One The magazine of the Gloucestershire Branches of the Campaign for Real Ale DiscoverOUR OUTSTANDING NATURAL BEAUTIES
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©The Campaign for Real Ale 2017. Opinions expressed need not represent those of DiscoverOUR OUTSTANDING CAMRA Ltd or its officials FRONT COVER: The fabulous Fleece at Hillesley this NATURAL BEAUTIES contents: year celebrates five years of community ownership.
Letters to the Editor & Editorial page 4 Naunton’s Hot Favourite page 32
The Hunter’s Column page 8 Brewery News page 34
Cheltenham News page 10 Cornish Born and Brewed page 38 North Cotswolds’ News page 15 Lost and Found in Awre page 40 More Beer in the Village A Round at Barrow Hill page 42 on the Hill page 16 Gloucester Prize Wordsearch page 45 Scarborough Fair page 22 What’s Coming Up? page 50 Scraping the Barrel page 25 CAMRA contacts page 52 Pub News page 28 CONTRIBUTION DEADLINES: these have now changed to SECOND FRIDAY OF FEBRUARY, MAY, AUGUST AND NOVEMBER have you any pub news? More details are posted regularly on the Facebook group 'Gloucestershire Pubs', an ideal forum to keep other people informed of the latest pub developments in the county. We value feedback and news from around the county, so, if you’ve got something to say, want to make a contribution, compliment or criticise, then get in touch: Britain’s best brewery by a country mile* The Editor, The Tippler, 23 Theocs Close, Tewkesbury, Glos. GL20 5TX *A mile in any direction from 52.149300, -2.551226 [email protected] 01684 439767 wyevalleybrewery.co.uk wyevalleybrewery @wyevalleybrew wyevalleybrewery 3 www.gloucestershire.camra.org.uk for goodness LETTERS sake jeremy, can’t we just send an email like to the all those FRIGHTFULLY modern chaps? EDITOR
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www.gloucestershire.camra.org.uk LETTERS to the EDITOR Dear Editor,
We at the Little George micro-pub in Stroud were Cheers, disappointed to read that your members had found us shut on their recent trip. Like most micro-pubs we Rob Tough do open less than macro pubs but, for future reference, we are open Wednesday – Friday from 4pm until 10 pm and on Saturdays from noon-11pm. Chris replies: Thanks for your email Rob, I’ll try We have three to six beers on at any one time, and cut out the typos for the future. It’s great and our beer is mainly sourced from Clearwater (who have an interest in the pub), Gloucestershire, to get such positive feedback from concerned Hal’s, Stroud and Kennet & Avon breweries with members, I look forward to your next pithy nationwide guest beers. Our ciders, usually four on chastisement with eager anticipation. plus bottles, come mainly from Beard and Sabre. Additionally we have a good gin menu, fine wines and high quality soft drinks. We have recently started Hello Chris, an off license selling ale and Belgian beer. We operate a CAMRA discount and will soon be selling I have been delivering Tipplers in Dursley area Gloucestershire brewery’s craft beers. today. We are available to open for other times with Very disappointed to yet again be throwing older notice. Please telephone 01453-750300. copies away. I have binned many more older copies Hope to see you soon. than ever before. Verdict from punters is no appeal from a usually dark and a boring front cover. Barry Raynes Also this time elastic bands from packing is tearing Managing Director the pages. We only need four boxes instead of eight www.clearwaterbrewery.co.uk for Dursley if this is going to carry on. Below: All for the bin in Wickwar, and treble that Chris Replies: for Wotton, whereas in previous times they would be Thanks Barry, I am sure it can be difficult to all taken. please all of the people all of the time, in fact it’s Dave Hedges sometimes difficult to please anybody at any time, as you’ll read in the next few letters. I’m glad that you got in touch and cleared things up, and trust you’ve had a great summer, although the weather has been anything but helpful!
Dear Chris,
I would like to complain about your sneaky and underhand attempt to pad out your letters pages by miss-spelling the name of our glorious organisation in your centre pages. For more than 40 years I have struggled to explain to the uninitiated that Camra is nothing to do with photography. This has now received a serious set back. I would be grateful if you could revert to your usual tactics of offensive covers, etc.
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Chris Replies: Many thanks for the feedback, interesting this VIA EMAIL one. Not sure what ‘boring’ means in terms of front covers, but we can always try and change I have just read the summer edition of the Tippler that. I’m sure Neil and Grant will be pleased to and I must say that I am very disappointed with it. find out they’re boring. Of the 48 pages approximately 18 are adverts. I I hope the excess Tipplers go in the recycling know that you have to cover your costs but punters bin! want content not adverts. Interestingly, the cover is the only thing I get The front cover which is important shows the complaints about and in the four years of putting Worcester beer festival which is not in our area. this together I have had only one sent in by a Why could you not have used one from the recent CAMRA member. Perhaps you know someone Gloucester beer festival? Again a major articles on St Austell brewery and who has some non-boring images, and if they Marston’s which are not based in our area. You have, maybe they’d send them to me. should be majoring on Gloucestershire breweries. On the same theme (and I know it is a submitted Hello Chris, article) three of the limited pages have been devoted to ‘Inn search of Devon cider’. What about where to I would be more than happy to get out and about find Gloucestershire cider? I have just found and with my new Fuji camera. I have lots of time to spare visited Severn Cider at Awre following an excellent in full retirement. Are there any particular topics pint of Kingston Black at the Old Spot in Dursley. anyone can suggest. A nice looking pub has gone I have already spoken to the Gloucestershire down well in the past. CAMRA chairman about this poor edition and I understand that he will be discussing it with you. I Cheers, look forward to a better issue next quarter. Dave Hedges Regards. Martyn Genner Chris Replies: Excellent news, good looking pubs are always Chris replies: good, just remember portrait format and high Many thanks for the recent rather curt email. resolution! I’m sorry to hear that you are disappointed with my efforts, and I see that you have some positive views on what I should be featuring in Hello Chris, the magazine. Content is always a problem of Looking forward to working with you on this one. course, simply because I am the editor, rather I would enjoy that. I am no expert photographer than a contributor and this magazine relies on mind, but you have used images of Gloucester and contributions, I note that you have been a Winchcombe beer festivals from me. contributor in the past, so thanks for that. I also note that you have visited Severn Cider Cheers, at Awre and the Old Spot in Dursley, perhaps Dave Hedges 6 they could be photographed for the front cover ?
www.gloucestershire.camra.org.uk a story told about the cider works, I’d be very of the editor’s job. Despite all of the complaints happy to publish news of your travels around from members, who are obviously concerned the county. and animated enough to write in and complain, As you have already contacted the Chair of my requests for them to send in ‘appropriate’ the Gloucestershire CAMRA, it certainly appears (or, indeed, any) cover images, none have been that you would be willing to help, I know that forthcoming. there is always room for a volunteer, maybe you I rest my case. could help us with commissioning articles from within the county. As for being solely Gloucestershire-centric, EDITORIAL... personally, I’m not a great fan of populism and The summer, such as it has been, will no doubt, localism can create unnecessary division if not be fading from our memories as the chill and misty well handled. But, we are talking here about mornings of the autumn close in around us. So what beer. Beer is a brilliantly British institution and of the festivals? Well, luckily, they’re never over until the fat lady sings, and she’s appears to have lost I like nothing better than to try and partake of her voice, so we can look forward to the autumn beers from elsewhere and indeed, anywhere in extravaganzas. the country. Particularly if I haven’t tried one In my day job, I’m the editor of a magazine called before. It’s important to remember we are part of Tackle Trade World, (www.tackletradeworld.com), the biggest and most successful pressure group a happy thing indeed as it’s all about fishing tackle, and I’ve been a keen fisherman for 50 years. I get to in the country, which works for beer, the industry travel a bit and have been to Budapest and Orlando and the consumers all over the land, although I on business in the last month. I always try and can see why you want to celebrate Gloucestershire savour one last decent beer before travelling abroad and its beers. It is a magnificent county with and dreading the thought of ‘Eurofizz’ and lager. I’d some magnificent beers. like to say I was pleasantly surprised, but I wasn’t. Maybe a self-fulfilling prophecy, but most of the beer I also look forward to a better issue next was just what I’d expected, disappointing. The quarter. Hungarian choices were all too similar to tell the difference, but sadly they were all lager. The USA was different with lots of ‘craft’ ales. I was careful to Chris, try as many as possible, some with pineapple added,
some with a slice of orange(?!). All of them, unhappily, Thanks for your response. I fully accept that it is were too cold, but then again that may have been a very easy to criticise and very difficult for you as blessing, at least it meant you couldn’t taste them. the edition to produce a lengthy and informative Without exception they were, once I’d let them warm magazine if you are not given sufficient content. I up I found them overhopped, no doubt brimful of the will speak to the Gloucestershire CAMRA chairman, Cascades, Simcoes, Chinooks, Citras et al. Chris McHugh, about him making this an agenda Back in good old Gloucestershireland I indulged item at the next county meeting. How many articles in a great pint of real English bitter, great deep do you receive for each issue? amber colour, hoppy, bitter, with a great malty finish. Maybe old-fashioned, but the Forest’s Bespoke I note your comment about Severn Cider and I ‘Over a Barrel’ was a very welcome, ‘welcome home’. think that I might do a general article about Awre Hops are close to my heart, being a native of the which will bring in the sadly departed Red Hart. hop fields of Kent, living ‘in the sticks’. Often over- looked in the west of the country, the other crop that Martyn Genner Kent is famous for is apples and its cider. October is CAMRA’s Cider month, so get some in! Chris’ Post Script: The foregoing email exchanges are, sadly, part Chris Leibbrandt 7
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HUNTER’S www.gloucestershire.camra.org.uk of tastes andchoicesofales available. have broughtforth averitableexplosioninthevariety UK?) andtheboom inmicro-breweriesespecially, Come on,howmany ofyouholidayregularlyinthe ale. Globalisation(what’s thatbooingattheback? and stomping.Fashioncomes goes,as with real but herewasundeniableevidence thatitisstillalive Petite Fleurcomingoutofthecrystal setanymore, When The SaintsGoMarchin’ In(thankfully)or any thesedays).We don’thearStLouisBlues; Trad jazzisnolongerinthecharts(ifthereare the youngmenalso). maiden present(and,oddlyenough,tooneortwoof brought a bright flush to the cheeks of many a young impromptu, semi-burlesqueturnhad,Inoticed, stage immediatelypriortotheirperformance. This that thetromboneplayergotchangedinfullviewon of strongalesthroughouttheday, oreventhefact nothing todowiththewildlyabandonedconsumption This wastradjazz’s momentandI’msureithad crowd wereecstatic. barn attheveryleast,theirstompingfeet. The
Some brewers label themselves extreme brewers, as opposed to traditional brewers; many of them driven on by the phenomenal success of Brewdog and the so-called craft revolution. There is now a lot of choice out there in Beerland. I had a very interesting pint of Humpty Dumpty’s Lemon and Ginger at The Boat, Ashleworth recently; Gloucester Brewery brews an excellent American Pale 6.4%, described as “Hop Smacking. Unfined. Hazy.” I did notice that the more you drink of it, the clearer it appeared to get. There was Rammy Craft’s Chocolate Porter and TicketyBrew’s Jasmine Green Tea Pale available at the Cotswold Beer Festival, both giving a not too subtle hint as to their added ingredients. I’m just hoping that wasn’t the case with Uley’s Pigs Ear or Dent’s Aviator Bitter. The exotic becomes the ordinary. So let’s hear it for Manchester’s Joseph Holt Brewery, founded 1849, when public hanging was still a popular sport in our green and pleasant land. Don’t forget that Love Island wasn’t yet on the telly and, in the meantime (and we’re talking really mean here) this was used to keep the natives from revolting. At Postlip, good ole ‘Joe from the North Country’ presented us with 2 ales; one called Mild known to be a bit experimental and t’other called Bitter. and quite revealing. The first You can’t get more plain doubt came into my mind when, speaking than that – not on the way into the auditorium, even Aviator Bitter and I glimpsed a poster for the play that’s plane speaking with a man in a shift and red alright. Before we get high heel shoes. Gay Britannia! carried away here we To my rocky horror, the lead part should not forget our own, of Salome was being played by local Stanway Stanney a man and the whole thing was Bitter, another traditional ale turned into a Wildean and wacky that was modelled on the original version of the Rocky Horror Show itself. Davenports Bitter. Alex, the brewer There was a dance of the seven veils (I opted at Stanway, was once, despite his out at the sixth) and Salome stood there at the end accent, head brewer at Birmingham’s now defunct in all his naked splendour. I didn’t know where to put Davenports Brewery, which was established in 1829 my ice cream. If I hadn’t fortified myself at the splendid (Love Island was even more of a distant dream then Stratford Alehouse micropub beforehand, I would and public hangings an all too real nightmare.) have needed a defibrillator to counter the shock. The traditional co-exists with the exotic; all part of The missus was mesmerised. It was no use calling the Great British Compromise (or Rake Off). Some for new balls, because we’d just drunk the last of the like the traditional, some like the new and some like Shiny Brewery’s Disco Balls 5.3% at the Alehouse Shiny Disco Balls. I became aware of these and earlier. It turned out to be a complete evening of other balls on a recent visit to the Royal Shakespeare spherical objects – then we got lost on the ring road Theatre in Stratford upon Avon, to see their first on the way home. I think that I prefer my dance of production of Oscar Wilde’s Salome. I was quite the seven veils to be slightly more traditional looking forward to a dance of the seven ales and than err… exotic. Bottoms up. then carrying on to the theatre to see the similarly named dance in the play; Stratford productions are The Hunter 9 www.gloucestershire.camra.org.uk NEWS FROM THE CHELTENHAM BRANCH Cheltenham CAMRA Real Ale Festival 2017: New Venue, New Dates
Planning is well underway for the 3rd Cheltenham everyone to enjoy. The festival has also drawn CAMRA Real Ale Festival at its new iconic venue, interest from local food concessions, which means a Cheltenham Ladies’ College, from Thursday 26th to greater choice of food options for all festival goers. Saturday 28th of October. There will be live music on the Saturday. “Cheltenham Ladies College provides us with There is no admittance for dogs (except assistance a great deal of flexibility,” said Festival Organiser dogs), or for anyone under 18 (including very young Andy Forbes. “The Princess Hall is an impressive children and babies) at any time. space, but we also have multi-room spaces and the As with any festival, help is needed during set-up college gardens to work in. That will give us room for and take down as well as during the public sessions. a heated marquee and a lovely outdoor area for an If anyone can spare any time to help out between autumn festival. Tuesday to Sunday (October 24th to 29th) it would “It is the closest weekend to Halloween, so we are be gratefully appreciated. For more information, or to looking to add a few fun elements to create a party volunteer to help, please visit: atmosphere. We want as many people as possible www.cheltenhamcamra.org.uk/craf/ to sample great beer, cider and perry in a fantastic venue, so this year entrance is very competitively Festival Opening Times: priced at £3.50 for CAMRA members and £4.50 for the public.” Thursday 26th: 18:00 - 23:00 The plan is to offer 112 casks of real ale, with a separate12-tap ‘key keg’ bar, 30+ ciders and perries (possibly mulled cider too) Friday 27th: 11:00 - 23:00 and a wine bar. This will mean whatever 10 their tastes, there will be something for Saturday 28th: 11:00 - 23:00
www.cheltenhamcamra.org.uk www.cheltenhamcamra.org.uk NEWS FROM THE CHELTENHAM BRANCH Fun and Facts at Beer Week Have you ever to Beer Week,” said Planning Chair, Leigh Norwood, wondered how mankind first of Favourite Beers. “Beer Week is a showcase for our learned to make beer? How about booming local brewing industry and our award-winning tasting a beer made to a 5,000 year-old recipe? pubs, clubs and venues. Beer Week is a celebration Would you like to take part in a ‘Barking Mad Ale of beer in all of its forms, styles and flavours; from Trail’ - dog walking with fun challenges and a free cans and bottles, to cask and keg. It showcases pint at the end for you, and a ‘dog friendly’ beer for man’s best friend? Perhaps you think beer is just beers from local producers to worldwide classic a bloke thing? If so you can come along and meet names; it’s a chance for people to learn more about three female brewers, taste their beers and discover beer, meet the people who make it, try new things, the opportunities opening up for women in brewing. discover new flavours and have great fun doing it.” These are just some of the events planned for One innovation this year is the grading of events Cheltenham & Gloucester Beer Week, which runs into Gold, Silver and Bronze. “We felt that rewarding from September 15th - 24th. Altogether 20 venues the most interesting and novel events, with added and partners will run around 40 events right across publicity and first choice of event dates would raise Cheltenham and (for the first time this year) the bar,” said Leigh. “Along with great festivals, like Gloucester. twice winner of CAMRA National Club of the Year,
Cheltenham Motor Club’s ‘Wheel Ale’ festival, there New for this year will be meet the brewer evenings, food and beer “This year sees some exciting, informative and matching, tutored tastings of great Scandinavian and fun events taking place as we welcome Gloucester Belgian beers, themed beer quizzes, tap takeovers and talks from some of the best known beer writers and brewers in the UK.
Beer Week Collaboration Beer Gloucester and Cheltenham breweries are once again planning to collaborate on a unique Beer Week brew. This year Gloucester, Hillside, Prescott, Deya and Velvet Owl are brewing a 5% traditional, zesty and yeasty Saison beer. This will be available at Beer Week venues in bottle or keg formats.
Find out more A full colour programme is being produced for Beer Week 2017, and you will find it in pubs, clubs and other venues across Cheltenham and Gloucester. It will feature all of the participating venues, with easy to read maps of Gloucester and Cheltenham venues and recommended ‘Beer Trails’.
Keep in touch with the latest developments and events at: www.cgbw.beer www.facebook.com/CheltGlosBeerWeek/ twitter.com/CheltGlosBeer
www.cheltenhamcamra.org.uk NEWS FROM THE CHELTENHAM BRANCH Cheltenham V Gloucester Skittles Match
On Friday 4th August the branch’s social skittlers took to the alley at The Somerset Arms, in Cheltenham, for their first match of the season. The opposition came from Gloucester sub-branch. Unfortunately, the match resulted in a narrow loss for the plucky Cheltenham scratch team (by about 12 points). As it turned out, Gloucester had nine players and we had 15, so we opted for a 12-a-side match. Branch Chair, John Crossley, top scored for Cheltenham with a credible 40. The Somerset Arms proved a good venue – nice food, 5 real ales and a real cider were available. We collected about an extra £15, which we gave to their chosen charity. Everyone then retired to another local favourite, the Jolly Brewmaster, Cheltenham POTY 2017, to round out the night. Many thanks to the staff at the Somerset Arms, to Cheltenham Community Pubs Officer Dave Gibbons for organising the event, to Dave ‘Middy’ Midwinter for organising the teams, keeping score and marshalling everyone in the correct order, and to the Gloucester girls and guys for making the trip. “We are thinking of burning a ‘smooth flow’ pump clip and putting the ashes in an urn as a suitable trophy to play for,” said organiser Dave Gibbons. “I can’t think why no one has thought of this idea before.” Cheltenham are looking for exciting new talent for our next match, which will be against North Cotswolds on 10th November, at the Charlton Kings Club. So come along if you are free!
www.cheltenhamcamra.org.uk NEWS FROM THE CHELTENHAM BRANCH Ale Amble Dates CAMRA at University of Gloucestershire ‘Freshers’ Fayre’ Cheltenham Branch’s mid- week Ale Ambles continue to Cheltenham CAMRA is delighted to have been grow in popularity. They are open to invited again to have a stand at the Park Campus, anyone who enjoys a leisurely crawl to visit quality Cheltenham, for the University Freshers’ Fayre on real ale pubs. Cheltenham Amblers are often joined 20th September. This will give the branch a chance by CAMRA members from Swindon, Tewkesbury, to welcome new students to Cheltenham, answer Bristol and also by local members from each visited any questions they may have about real ale and location. pubs in the town, to distribute the CAMRA Pub Map Upcoming Ambles are: of Cheltenham and, of course, to sign up much Birmingham: Wednesday 27th September. needed young members. Oxford: Tuesday 31st October “The Freshers’ Fayre gives Cheltenham Branch Bath: Wednesday 29th November a great opportunity to meet lots of young students, The Bath trip will be a joint Amble with Swindon many new to Gloucestershire,” said Chair, John and possibly Bristol Branches. Crossley. “We can explain what CAMRA is for, the In addition, some of the Amblers are planning on advantages of joining the campaign and generally visiting the ‘Bree Louise’, near Euston Station, on helping them to get a handle on the beer scene in 7th November. This CAMRA North London Pub of Cheltenham. the Year is due to close soon, before its demolition “If any members would like to help on the day, to to make way for building of the HS2 route. All of man the stand and talk to the students, then please the county’s members are welcome to join us to bid contact me at [email protected].” farewell to a London institution.
John Crossley, Chris Chadwick, Veronica Emary (and friend), campaigning at last year’s Freshers’ Fayre.
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MONTHLY PUB WALKS MONTHLY PUB WALKS
We have now completed 77 walks have 86 pubs in the area and each one around our pubs in the North Cotswold will eventually figure in the process. area. Generally 4 or 5 miles easy walking Reports on all walks are available on our these are held monthly on the first website www.northcotswoldcamra.org.uk Saturday of the month starting at 10:30 am from together with the route and photographs. the pub car park returning at 12:30 pm for lunch. We
The next walks are as follows:- call Roger Price on 01451 810305 or just turn up. Dogs welcome on leads.
7th October - No 78 Monthly Pub Walk - 10.30 am - Mechanical Music Museum, Northleach 4th November - No 79 Monthly Pub Walk - 10.30 am - New Inn, Willersley 9th December - No 80 Monthly Pub Walk - 10.30 am - Black Horses, Naunton 6th January 2018 - No 81 Monthly Pub Walk - 10.30 am - Mousetrap, Bourton on the Water
BEER FESTIVALS 2017
10th Moreton Beer Festival 8th & 9th September see website for more details
Face Book Weekend Away After active period we are delighted to report our We’re off to Weymouth on 22nd to 25th September page’s first anniversary in February 2017. Thanks to with most staying at the Royal Hotel on the front Dave Taylor, our new Media Officer. A link to this site opposite the Beach, which has just been voted the is on our web pagehttps://www.facebook.com/North- best beach in the UK. The weekend is mainly a GBG Cotswolds-CAMRA-the-Campaign-for-Real-Ale-in- pub tour plus walks on Saturday and Sunday. the-North-Cotswolds-1022351584505679/?fref=nf Motor Cycling Section Real Ale Trails The 7th run of 2017 will be to the Forest of Dean We are delighted to report the return of the Staggers and Tintern on an 80 mile rural route from the Air rebranded Real Ale Trails. These are pub crawls Balloon Tavern on October 12th from 10:00am. around our North Cotswold Towns of note. We held the first of 2017 around Winchcombe on Saturday 11th Summer Pub of the Year February and see Facebook the website for details Seven Tuns, Chedworth and others planned this year. This seasonal award will apply to our branch areas most improved pub irrespective of whether Day Away it is in the current GBG guide. The Seven Tuns at Planned for Gloucester on June 10th. Meet Chedworth reopened in 2016 has developed under at 12:00 noon at the Lord High Constable, experienced enthusiastic local Landlady. in the docks. See article in this edition. 15
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Seven Tuns at Chedworth
The North Cotswold Branch were pleased to award it seasonal award for this summer to the Seven Tuns at Chedworth. Landlady Liz Henty took on the pub two years ago after it had been shut for two years and was in a very sorry state. Having sold her business in France where she had been running restaurants for 25 years, she was attracted to the Tuns as she had family living locally. It was a big task, not helped with setbacks such as a fire destroying the kitchen last year. All is now going well and Liz wants the Seven Tuns to stay as a traditional pub that does food. The pub which has been at the centre of Chedworth since 1610 and was a Good Beer Guide premises before its recent decline. With an excellent selection on the bar including mainstays Hooky and Otter Amber complemented by TAP brewery Old Dairy Gold and Seven Tuns House Beer also from TAP. A regular guest beer is also featured from small breweries in the area. The Branch were particularly impressed by the knowledge and service provided by the staff who are from the local community who are all interested in making the pub a success.
If you have any pub news, views or stories contact [email protected] The Editor, The Tippler, 23 Theocs Close, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire. GL20 5TX
www.northcotswoldcamra.org.uk L North Cotswold CAMRA & Moreton C.C. North Cotswold CAMRA & Moreton C.C. 10th BEER .org.uk & CIDER FESTIVAL at Moreton in Marsh Cricket Club 8th & 9th September 2017 50 Beers, 20 Ciders & Perry northcotswoldcamra Food & Soft Drinks Live Bands The Dropouts, Mansfield Smith Good Intent, Blues Street www. Camping & Parking See website for details Friday 12 noon to 11pm Entry £3 Saturday 12 noon to 11pm £3 CAMRA members receive beer token allowance
North Cotswold CAMRA Pub of the Year 2017 (runner-up)
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The Fleece in the Cotswold village of Hillesley celebrated five years of Community Ownership on 21st.July with a Beer and Cider and Music Festival along with events for children, the weather was indifferent but it was a great success and every one enjoyed themselves.
Since the local community purchased the Fleece from Enterprise who deemed it as uneconomic, it has had various managers, some good, some not so good. It was not progressing as anticipated so the village shareholders decided to appoint a real professional licensee’s with a solid track record. The appointment of Rod Undy and Karen McGeoch has been nothing short of a revelation for the place to visit if on holiday in The Cotswolds, Bath or Fleece. They reorganised the pub, hired new staff Bristol, so put it on your itinerary. and now offer a wide choice of very good beers, Their special dining evenings (early booking is crafted cider sourced nationally and locally, a wide advisable) have become very popular along with range of teas and coffees and quality pub food. their various other community events. See website The atmosphere is happy, relaxing and it’s a very (www.thefleeceinnhillesley.com )for further details congenial place to enjoy a pint and unwind from and just how to find it! the days chores, have a good lunchtime stop or an Hillesley is a village just off the A46 road from evening out. Bath to Stroud where time has stood still. The village Rod and Karen intend to promote The Fleece used to have two pubs, but sadly now has just one, as a community pub that welcomes visitors from The Fleece which I consider to be the unique far and wide. Visitors to international equine events and iconic Village PUB , well worth a visit. (Horse Trails) at Badminton, Gatcombe Park and other events in the area frequent the pub. It is a Chris McHugh Chair, Gloucestershire CAMRA 19
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The New Brewery at the Village Inn Nailsworth
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SCARBOROUGH FAIR The Farmers Club - Agricultural House, Sandhurst Road
Scarborough – what comes to mind when you at the North Cotswold Spring Ale and Steam Festival, Friday 22nd September 2017 think of Scarborough? The cricket festival, the held on the Gloucestershire and Warwickshire Gristhorpe Man, the Scarborough Flyer, Alan railway at Winchcombe and Toddington stations to 1:00pm to 11:00pm Ayckbourn, Peasholm Park and its epic reincarnation Stuart at the BrewPub. of a naval battle? All these and many more put The winning beer, North Riding Mosaic Pale Scarborough firmly in the must visit class. Include Ale is Stuart’s most popular beer. Recognising the Saturday 23rd September 2017 in this list the wonderful beers of the North Riding enormous popularity of their beer range, Stuart has Brewery Company and the North Riding BrewPub. guaranteed continuous production by pre-purchasing A big Joe Root six away from the Scarborough hops for the next three years. 12:00 noon to 11:00pm cricket ground finds the North Riding Hotel and Stuart is an innovative and adventurous brewer BrewPub at the tip of the North Bay. The hotel, a and keeps a close eye on the opportunities presented classic Victorian building with many original features, by new hops and he is excited by the potential of a showcases the excellent beers produced by Stuart newly available hop, Enigma. Over 50 Beers and Ciders Neilson at his brewery in nearby East Ayton. North Riding beers are proving extremely The enterprise is a family affair with Stuart, the popular across the country and he has won many see website for full list brewer, a business partner handling purchases and other awards and the BrewPub has been a frequent sales, Karen, Stuart’s wife, running the Hotel and winner of the local Pub of the Year. www.gloucesterbeerfestival.co.uk Tickets: BrewPub and John, her son brewing on a two barrel On this visit the pub offered North Riding plant in the hotel cellars. The family have decided Cascade, North Riding Mini Citra and North Riding £6.00 in advance views on the craft keg/cask ale debate and although BrewPub Hunters Dream, all in excellent condition. All proceeds go to Charity £7.50 on the gate both breweries produce almost entirely cask real ale, Beers were also available from other Yorkshire Free Pint and they trial small volumes of experimental keg beer at Breweries- Bad Seed, Brew York and Great Heck. the BrewPub. Stuart has some interesting views on I recommend an early visit to the Hotel and the Souvenir Glass carbon dioxide dispense. many attractions of Yorkshire’s premier resort. organised by Sunday June 4th found me presenting Order tickets online at www.gloucesterbeerfestival.co.uk 22 the CAMRA award for Beer of the Festival John Stocks –North Cotswold CAMRA or buy directly from these Gloucester outlets: The Pelican, Café Rene or The Farmers Club www.gloucestershire.camra.org.uk
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TOP TEN ‘HAPPY PLACES’ FOR HOLIDAY MAKERS IN THE UK
as a place for 1. Lunch in a quiet Cotswold pub 22.9% community socialising, alcohol’s role
appears to be in triggering the endorphin 2. Eating ice cream on Brighton beach 22.0% system, which promotes social bonding.” 3. Hiking in the Lake District 20.1% Colin Valentine, CAMRA’s national chairman, 4. Admiring the Hebrides’ white sandy beaches 18.0% added: “Personal well being and happiness 5. Walking in the Peak District 17.7% have a massive impact not only on individual 6. Enjoying fish and chips in Padstow 17.0% lives, but on communities as a whole. Pubs 7. A traditional cream tea in the Isles of Scilly 16.5% play a unique role in offering a social environment 8. Visiting the Roman baths in the City of Bath 16.0% to enjoy a drink with friends in a responsible 9. A proper Cornish pasty in St Ives 15.5% setting.” 10.Taking an open top bus ride in London 15.0% It seems that the great British Public are also equally sceptical about the evils of the pub lunch and beer. Cotswold’s pub lunches have emerged as the No1 choice of ‘happy places’. Some 1,500 holiday making adults across the country were polled for The Serviced Apartment Company (SACO), the study looked at places in the UK which evoke special memories and ultimately contribute to making us ‘happy’. Carried out at a number of locations across the UK, the survey found that the overall consensus of nearly a quarter (22.9%) was that ‘lunch in a quiet Cotswold pub’ was their top idea of a ‘happy place’ during a staycation, ‘made it more of an occasion’, and evoked ‘special memories’. The survey looked at respondents’ fondest memories of holidaying in the UK as a child, and found that many want to replicate memories for their children. It also focused on what they saw as their best holidays in the UK, and what would make them take 26 stay-cations in the future.
www.gloucestershire.camra.org.uk Has the world of beer drinking gone mad? I hear have their lowest levels for 25 years. It’s also you ask as we can report a pub in our lovely falling in Australia and New Zealand. We can capital, London, selling a pint of beer for £13.40! only presume that they can get virtually drunk on It was a DIPA, a double IPA at 8.2% ABV. Mind their computers and hand held devices, which you, its carbon miles must have been huge as it are now their reality. Social interaction is via a had to travel all the way from up t’north in screen which is also leading to lower crime rates Manchester, a near neighbour from Salford only and lower teenage pregnancy too, so what’s managing to clock up £8.80 a pint. We’re reminded seems to be happening in teenage bedrooms is of a children’s tale about the Emperor’s new a solitary affair. clothes, is it ever possible to defend that kind of In a list of statistics that I am sure the price for a pint? government are delighted to read, the more and Turning to Gloucestershire’s capital, Gloucester, more compliant society is behaving itself. The and its eponymous brewery, Gloucester Brewery. Anarchy in the UK that the Sex Pistols called for This award-winning craft brewery has recently in 1977 has after 40 years all but disappeared as launched a membership scheme. The brewery, we all knuckle down to a life of model citizenship, founded in 2011 is offering an annual membership mediocrity, insurance policies and good behaviour. of just £50.00 giving its members an interesting Overall, across all age groups, our alcohol con- range of incentives: 15% discounts off tasting sumption nights, brewery tours, The Brewery Shop and has dropped by around 20% since 2004. The sister bar, Tank, along with a free Gloucester alcohol-related deaths have fallen by 7% since Brewery glass and shirt. 2008. Alcohol-related violent crime has fallen by Patron Capital, the investment firm that has 40% since 2007. Drink driving related accidents recently completed an eye-watering acquisition fell by 45% between 2003 and 2014 and are now of 3,200 Punch pubs for the princely sum of at the lowest rate on record. There’s been a 29% £1.8billion, has decided to sell some of them. In fall since 2005 in 45 to 64-year-old males drinking fact, 1,900 of them are going to Heineken, the alcohol on five or more days a week. deal being completed in late August. The figures Getting down the local for some moderate make interesting reading and the number drinking has strong, proven health benefits. More crunchers amongst you can draw your own than a hundred studies have shown that moderate conclusions. Heineken are buying 1,900 pubs for drinking brings a reduction in risk of 25% to £305million which has around £770million debt 40% by death from all cardiovascular causes. secured against them, whilst the 1,300 pubs that Moderate drinking is also associated with a 30% are being kept have £550million of debt secured. lower risk of risk of type-2 diabetes. In the United The important thing is that the companies involved States, the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse are committed to a policy of further investment, and Alcoholism, which says men can safely so let’s just watch this space. drink up to 25 units a week, almost two thirds So, what is going on with the youth of Brit- more than current UK guidelines, estimates that ain? They seem to be taking the warnings about 26,000 deaths a year are prevented by moderate alcohol consumption very seriously indeed. alcohol consumption thanks to reduced risk from Binge drinking (as it is called) fell by more than a heart disease, diabetes and stroke. So, we want third between 2005 and 2013, from 29% to 18%, to know, is the Government trying to send us into by young adults aged 16 to 24. The an early grave? At least it’ll save on the pension number of teetotal young adults rose by over bill. 40%. The younger age group of 11-15 year olds who have never had a drink rose from around Earnest & Verity Dregg 39% in 2002 to 61% cent in 2013. This is the so-called ‘Generation Z’ and they sound very Editor’s note: Opinions expressed need troubling, but it isn’t just in the UK that this is not represent those of CAMRA Ltd., or happening. In the United States teenage drinking its officials. 27
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new pub protections now law
As from 23 May 2017, new rules to protect pubs allow a change from Class AA to Class A4. from demolition or their conversion to shops and According to figures released by London mayor other retail uses recently come into effect. London pub closures are averaging 81 a year, the The permitted development rights to demolish number of London pubs has fallen by 1,220 pubs pubs have ceased and there are now also no longer since 2001. The new measures are intended to help rights to demolish drinking establishments with ensure that the loss of drinking establishments does expanded food provision. not continue at the current rate, with any conversions Recent Amendments to Planning Legislation requiring a full planning application to justify the loss The amendments to the Town and Country Planning of the unit. Any application will then be assessed (General Permitted Development Order), removed against national and local policy requirements. permitted development rights to change the use of a London mayor, Sadiq Khan commented: “From the pub or other drinking establishment (A4 use) to other outset of my mayoralty, I’ve made safeguarding ‘A’ class uses, such as a shop (A1 use), financial or and growing the night-time economy a key priority professional services (A2 use) or restaurant/cafe (A3 and this simply isn’t possible without a thriving pub use). scene. Together with my night czar, Amy Lame, we A new Class AA has been created entitled ‘drinking will do all we can to protect pubs across London.” establishments with expanded food provision’ that “The great British pub is at the heart the capital’s permits a change of use from drinking establishment culture. From traditional workingmen’s clubs to (A4 use) to a mix of drinking establishment cutting-edge micro-breweries, London’s locals are and restaurants and cafes (A3 use). The as diverse and eclectic as the people who frequent 28 permitted development rights will also them.”
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regional and local breweries, this should be a cheltenham... welcome addition to the town. The Beaufort is currently on the market Stonegate, owners of The Spectre, Whittle as a leasehold opportunity, with the former Taps and Yates (which itself has undergone a landlord of The Suffolk Arms currently taking £450k revamp), have now added , The Tivoli over the reins. on Andover Road, to their estate. There is a new landlord in The Greatfield. Jamie’s Italian in Regent Street has been The Restoration is to close during August taken over by the Brunning and Price pubco. for a major revamp. Known for tasteful refurbishment of historic It is hoped The Midland, located close to venues, its gastropub food and a focus on good the railway station will reopen soon. Owners (Enterprise Inns) are looking to appoint new tenants in the next few weeks, possibly with the pub reopening in September. dursley...
The Swan at Tytherington closes on the 29th July and opens again on the 5th September with Nicky from the Royal Oak at Cromhall taking over. The Kings Head in Dursley closes on the 29th July and re-opens as a Mezza Chain pub and restaurant in September. The Kingshill in Dursley reopened at the beginning of July between the hours of 16:00 and 23:00; the welcome was good along with the 6X, unfortunately the wood fired pizza van has gone. The Full Moon in Synwell, Wotton, despite a long and difficult fight to keep this community asset, has been demolished. The Carpenters Arms in Dursley has been commended by Dursley Town Council for its external floral display. Mick Nichols of the New Inn, Woodmancote, Dursley now has several months of customer recommended beers to offer all visitors. 29
www.gloucestershire.camra.org.uk CAMRA LocAle is an initiative that promotes pubs that endeavour to always stock at least one locally brewed real ale, and importantly, kept in a consistently good condition. Our definition of ‘local’ is a beer that is either brewed in the county, or within 30 miles of the pub. Only one of the ales need be local to qualify. If your local isn’t part of the scheme ask the landlord or landlady why not. If they’re interested in joining the scheme, then please get in touch with us and we’ll take it from there. The list below, in order of city, town or village has ongoing updates, new additions are highlighted in magenta. Alderton Gardeners Arms Charfield Pear Tree Amberley Amberley Inn Charlton Kings Royal Black Horse Chipping Campden Noel Arms Arlingham The Red Lion Churchdown The Old Elm Inn Ashleworth Boat Cirencester Bees Knees Avening Bell Corinium Hotel Queen Matilda Marlborough Arms Barnsley Village Pub Twelve Bells Blaisdon Red Hart Waggon & Horses Blockley Great Western Arms Clearwell Lamb Bourton-on-the-Hill Horse & Groom Clifford’s Mesne Yew Tree Bourton-on-the-Water Mousetrap Coaley Fox and Hounds Bream Rising Sun Cranham Black Horse Brimscombe Ship Inn Royal William Broad Campden Bakers Arms Didmarton King’s Arms Broadwell Fox Inn Dursley Old Spot Brockhampton Craven Arms Ye Old Dursley Hotel Brockweir Brockweir Inn Eastcombe The Lamb Old Badger Brookend Lammastide Eastington Ebrington Arms Cheltenham Adam & Eve Ebrington Beehive Inn Edge Edgemoor Inn Highwayman Inn Cheltenham Motor Club Elkstone Gloucester Old Spot Exmouth Arms Elmstone Hardwicke Forthampton Lower Lode Inn Fire Station Frampton Mansell Crown Inn Hewlett Arms Frampton-on-Severn Three Horseshoes Jolly Brewmaster France Lynch Kings Head Kemble Brewery Inn Gloucester Cross Keys Moon Under Water Dick Whittington Old Restoration Fountain Retreat New Inn Royal Oak Pelican Royal Union Water Poet Slug & Lettuce York Somerset Arms Gotherington Shutter Inn St Stephens Club Great Barrington Fox Inn Strand Gretton Royal Oak Tivoli Guiting Power Hollow Bottom 30 Ham Salutation Inn www.gloucestershire.camra.org.uk Hartpury The Royal Exchange Stanton Mount Hawkesbury Upton Beaufort Arms Staunton The Swan Hillesley The Fleece Staverton Cheltenham Horsley The Hog Regency Hotel Kemble Tavern Inn Stonehouse Woolpack Thames Head Inn Stratton The Plough Kempsford George Inn Stroud Ale House Kineton Halfway House Clothiers Arms Lechlade Crown Inn Crown & Sceptre Riverside Inn Golden Fleece Swan Imperial Hotel Leighterton Royal Oak Prince Albert Leonard Stanley The White Hart Queen Victoria Longford The Gala Club The Retreat Mickleton Butchers Arms Tetbury Priory Inn Hotel Minchinhampton Old Lodge Inn Royal Oak Weighbridge Inn Snooty Fox Minsterworth Severn Bore The Ormond Miserden Carpenters Arms Tewkesbury Nottingham Arms Moreton-in-Marsh Bell Inn Olde Black Bear Redesdale Arms Royal Hop Pole Nailsworth Britannia Theoc House Tipputs Tudor House Hotel Village Inn White Bear Naunton Black Horse The Bell Nettleton Bottom Golden Heart Inn The Camp Fostons Ash Newent Cobblers Toddington Pheasant Inn George Hotel Todenham Farriers Arms Newmarket George Inn Tormarton Major’s Retreat Newnham Railway Twyning Village Inn North Cerney Bathurst Arms Uley Old Crown North Nibley Black Horse Upper Soudley White Horse Oddington Horse & Groom Waterley Bottom New Inn Poulton Falcon Westonbirt Hare & Hounds Randwick Vine Tree Inn Whiteshill Star Ruardean The Malt Shovel Wickwar Buthay Sapperton The Bell Wickwar Social Club Selsey The Bell Woodchester Ram Inn Shipton Moyne Cat & Custard Pot Royal Oak Shurdington The Bell The Old Fleece Siddington Greyhound Woodmancote New Inn Slad Woolpack Wotton Under Edge Falcon Inn Slimbridge Tudor Arms Royal Oak Snowshill Snowshill Arms Star Somerford Keynes Bakers Arms Inn Swan Hotel South Cerney Old George Inn
More details are posted regularly on the Facebook group 'Gloucestershire Pubs', an ideal forum to keep other people informed of the latest pub developments in the county. 31 www.gloucestershire.camra.org.uk Martin Jones tours the Donnington pubs of the North Cotswolds this is the village’s favourite, the Black Horse at Naunton.
The Village of Naunton is tucked in a picturesque Cotswold Valley within a few miles of Stow on the Wold and Bourton on the Water. With its array of Cotswold stone houses and cottages it is fitting that the Black Horse is a lovely country inn situated in the centre of the village. Originally a row of very small cottages, it has been a pub since the 1870’s and is a traditional Donnington Cotswold inn with exposed stone walls and beams and an abundance of hanging hops complements its cosy ambiance. The current landlady is Jo Archer, who has been at the Black Horse for some 12 years. I asked her about her background prior to this. She explained: “I was always in the luxury hotel trade, in sales and marketing, and became a director of sales, I ran a consultancy with my sister for a time and running a country pub was never something I imagined doing.” “So how did the great leap happen?” “My then husband who had family working in Donnington pubs took on the pub and I took a six month career break to help run the business, and I am still here!” Real Ale DESERVES REAL PIES! “So what made you fall in love with the Black Horse?” Our award-winning pies are the perfect partner. “I just loved the village and the pub and cannot imagine being anywhere else.” The Black Horse has an iconic pub sign which it is believed to have been designed by a local and is now a prominent feature. Jo explained this was not always the case. “We rescued the sign from the car park opposite the pub and had it refurbished before having it hung prominently at the front of the pub.” The sign also reflects the prominence of horses in Naunton which is home to some of the top level horse racing trainers including Nigel Twisten-Davies and Fergal O’Brien. Tempt your discerning drinkers with our range of delicious fillings, such as: “We have regular racing breakfasts for the staff Overnight Aberdeen Angus shin of beef in red wine with thyme & molasses & finished with Madeira from the stables on Saturday mornings, once they have finished the morning gallops.” Devon duck with gammon, fennel & sage. Finished with clementine zest & honey I asked Jo how she attracted people to the Black Horse, a destination pub tucked away in the village Slow cooked Cotswold venison in Severn cider, with roast garlic, herbs & redcurrant jelly. away from any main road. Her thoughts on this are: www.plentypies.co.uk Kate: 07807 838745 Marc: 07967 006970 “I try and keep it simple in that we welcome everyone here from walkers to families and we always find time for our locals. We started a villager cooks evening some years ago which has now become Monday night supper club. It attracts up to 50 locals. We are in prime walking territory and have several tour companies who escort walkers from around the world to visit us, it’s no surprise to have Americans, Aussies and locals all mixing at the bar.” I asked about the regulars and Jo was equally enthusiastic, commenting: “They are great, we have some real characters and I am always involving them in the pub’s culture, if I want to change anything I will use them as a sounding board to see if I have got things right. We also have a darts team, book club and our Donnington Ales fans who keep us ticking. I always have had an attention to detail and very often want to start afresh with the pub, but it has so much character and charm I know that it’s best to carry out gradual change to keep it fresh”.
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The Beard & Sabre Cider Company for their bar cooler, and of course Company took part in the all of our guests who made the first event so first ever Open Air Bar in special. the recently refurbished Tom Dunn, Production Director commented: Cirencester Marketplace “This is what the craft cider revolution is all hosted on August 12th about, providing the opportunity to try alternative 2017. The day turned out to be a drinks, made with care from real ingredients, resounding success with over at more than reasonable prices; all that alongside 550 pints sold between 5:00 good music and food. For those who missed and 10:00pm. The drinks line up out on festivities, fear not - we'll be hoisting the included Beard & Sabre's 5 cider flag over Cirencester marketplace on the 19th range, Corinium Ales Corinium and 26th of August and a finale on Saturday Gold, Plautus and Force Brewery’s the 9th of September. In the meantime you can Yankee Zulu. Food was provided grab all of your favourites at the Cirencester by The Oxford Delhi and live marketplace or locally on draught at The music was played courtesy of Tunnel House Inn - or straight to your door Ben P Williams. through our online store.” Special thanks to Cirencester Town Council for use of their recently refurbished market- Castle Combe Brewery has been place, Beard & Sabre’s bottle wholesaler, acquired by the nearby Flying Craft Drink Co., for use of their Monk Brewery in what is looking gazebo, Fresh N Local Markets for more and more like a what a 34 tables and chairs, The Outside Inn merger should be. A clever and
www.gloucestershire.camra.org.uk KEEP IT DOWN KEEP IT DOWN PSST! WHAT’S HE DOBBIN, I’M DOBBIN, I’M PSST!SAYING? WHAT’S HE POSING FOR THE SAYING? POSINGTIPPLER… FOR THE straight from the horse’s mouth... TIPPLER… brewery news mutually beneficial joining that will also benefit real ale lovers. 18 months ever since the SIBA South West event at Tuckers Maltings. Martin Hender of Corinium Ales series of brewery is Castle Combe Brewery knew Ian Morrison, continuing with September looking Chair of Flying Monk Brewery and they had a brewerytastic! Joining in apart of discussion about respective brewery futures. Cheltenham and Gloucester Beer Week they’re delighted to be involved Hal’s Ales, reports that, with the Meet the Brewster event although the are no changes and the Brewerism Cotswolds Microbrewery to the plant, they are now making a number of Tour. interesting ales. Solstice, a 4% bitter brewed LISTEN MATE,LISTEN I’VE On Saturday 9th September the brewery on the summer solstice seems to have been MATE,GOT SOME I’VE will be open from 2.00pm to 5.00pm as usual, popular with traditional bitter drinkers. The GOTNEWS SOME NEWS but in addition there’ll be a Brewery Tour & Ginger Fool, brewed for Stroud’s Little George Tasting from 3.30pm. The tour takes about 90 beer festival was a 4.5% ABV beer with hints minutes and includes generous tastings of of ginger and gooseberry. Blackjack was a available beers, there should be two or three, blackcurrant and vanilla stout with an ABV you’ll find out how they’re made, what inspired of 4.4 - 4.6 depending on present gravity at the brew and a branded pint glass each to barrelling and along with What Sony’s Havin’ take away. Cost is £10.00 per head. Do get in were both brewed for the Frocester beer touch if you’d like to reserve a place. Also, on festival. Fridays throughout September the brewery will be open from 2.00pm to 7.00pm with the extra At Hillside Brewery they have two hours (5.00pm to 7.00pm) for off-sales. had a whole host of unique events At last they’ve cracked Postlip and the going on and coming up which Cotswold Beer Festival, It took five years they would love to see the real ale but they’re extremely proud to have won the fans from around Gloucestershire Gloucestershire CAMRA Strong Bitter of the turn up to. The next event is a Bottomless Beer Year award with their Caesar IPA. Brunch on Saturday, 16th September. Followed by Brewery Tap Open Night on Saturday 23rd The Flying Monk Brewery is September. In October we can look forward to now the owners of Castle a Beer vs. Wine Food Pairing night, which Combe Brewery in a move sounds like a lot of fun, that’s on Saturday that will be of benefit to both 7th October. Then the annual Bonfire Night brands. The newly enhanced on Saturday 4th November. Check out their geographical reach, which is already split will events programme on their website. continue as each brand will play to its own strengths. In the merry-go-round of movement Hook Norton Brewery has within the trade, Flying Monk are recruiting Nigel, once again been recog- the former head brewer at Moles, who will be nised for a range of beer joining in September, and will then discuss styles at the future brewing capacity arrangements. The International Beer Challenge 2017 merger has been on the cards for the last picking up three silver medals and 35
www.gloucestershire.camra.org.ukwww.gloucestershirecamra.org.uk straight from the horse’s mouth... brewery news two bronze. More than 700 beers from 30 countries Stroud Brewery has just fulfilled entered the competition, which celebrates its its largest export order outside 20th year this year. The beers were judged by of the EU - to Japan. UK beer experts including: retailers, importers, 10,008 bottles (834 cases publicans, brewers, writers and flavour analysts. of 12) of its Premium Organic Each brew was tasted blind by the expert panel Lager brewed with a heritage and medals were awarded to the exceptional organic Plumage Archer barley grown on entries. Duchy Home Farm at Tetbury, and malted by Managing Director and Brewer James the Warminster Maltings. Clarke said: “It’s a great achievement for all The beer was requested by Shumei, a global of our beers to be recognised and we are movement promoting 'natural agriculture', particularly pleased with the bronze for Playing which has similar, and possibly more rigorous Hooky as it has only been on the market for a standards, to organic farming. few months” The result was a satisfyingly crisp version List of beers and awards of Stroud Breweries popular Premium Lager which won a Gold in its category at SIBA ● Old Hooky Silver Wales & ● Red Rye Silver ● Twelve Days Silver West 2017 ● Hooky Bronze and winner ● Playing Hooky Bronze of a 2 star Great Taste Award, 2016. Currently travelling by sea, the lager should be first enjoyed in Japan by August this year. Stroud Brewery is among the winners of the latest Great Taste awards of 2017. Great Taste, the world’s most coveted food awards, which celebrates the very best in food and drink, has announced the Great Taste stars of 2017. Out of over 12,300 products to be judged, the Organic producer Stroud Brewery was awarded 2-star Great Taste award, which means judges dubbed it outstanding for its organic bottled stout, Big Cat. Judged by over 500 of the most demanding palates, belonging 36 to food critics, chefs, cooks, restaurateurs and
www.gloucestershire.camra.org.uk straight from the horse’s mouth... brewery news producers, as well as a whole host of food writers and journalists, Great Taste is widely Tiley's Brewery commenced brewing out the acknowledged as the most respected food back of the Salutation Inn in February 2015. It accreditation scheme for artisan and speciality has recently ramped up production following food producers. the recruitment of head brewer Jonny Mills As well as a badge of honour, the formerly of Bristol Beer Factory. unmistakeable black and gold Great The brewery produces a range of traditional Taste label is a signpost to a wonderful English bitters as well as more progressive tasting product, which has been new world hop-forward pale ales and IPAs. discovered through hours and hours Whilst most beers are sold directly from the of blind-tasting by hundreds of Salutation, the brewery also supplies beer to judges. select number beer specialist pubs in Bristol, Greg Pilley, owner and MD Cheltenham, Gloucester Tewkesbury and of Stroud Brewery commented: London. “We are absolutely thrilled to once again win a Great Taste Award for Wickwar Wessex Brewing our beers. We are really proud that Company has announced the Big Cat joins our Premium Organic recent acquisition of Moles ales Lager and Budding, both received brands and the Cascade Pub Great Taste Awards last year.” Estate. The Moles Ale brands have been bought from Tolchards Drinks who today have acquired Tiley’s Brewery based at the Cascade drinks business, upon the pending the Salutation Inn in Ham, retirement of founders Roger and Laura Catte. Berkeley has been awarded The acquisition of the Cascade Pub Estate the prestigious title of CAMRA will increase the scale of Wickwar’s pub Champion Beer of Gloucestershire operation by 60%, taking the combined retail 2017 with it’s 6.5% IPA. The microbrewery estate to 16 pubs, all within the heartland of was awarded the accolade by the judging the brewery. panel on Thursday evening at the Cotswold Wickwar and Tolchard Drinks have entered Beer Festival at Postlip Hall. into a commercial partnership, with Tolchards The award means a double celebration for supplying Wines and Spirits across the the Salutation Inn as the pub also currently expanding Wickwar pub estate, and Wickwar holds the title of Gloucestershire CAMRA supplying Moles and Wickwar Ales into the Pub of the Year 2017. extended Tolchards business. Tiley’s IPA is a powerfully hopped Not reported in the local newspapers, American-style India Pale Ale brewed with Wickwar has recruited a Head of Marketing, large quantities of Citra and Equinox hops. Abigail Brown. She has only been with the The beer won it's category of Speciality Beer company for a few months, but is keen to get at the festival before being put up against to know the CAMRA representatives both at the winning beers from five other categories local and county level. She has indicated that to eventually be crowned overall winner. she would like to come along to a Breweries from all over Gloucestershire were Dursley monthly meeting if that can entered into the competition. be arranged. 37
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It’s a bit far from Gloucestershire for a day seen in Britain, in 1999. That one-off beer is trip, but next time you’re anywhere near St. now brewed and sold in prodigious quantities. Austell, why not visit the home of what it’s The promotional material encountered on the makers claim is one of the most popular beers brewery tour claims that if you began drinking in the country? This is exactly what we did in it at the rate of 5 pints a day, it would take you July. over 27 years to get through just one brew, St. Austell Brewery has been brewing beer and they can manage up to five brews per day. since 1893 at its present site although Walter (Sounds like a lifetime challenge to me - Ed.) Hicks’ brewing career began at a different Did I just mention the brewery tour? Yes, location in the same town in 1869. His name well that was really the point of all this. Tours is perpetuated by the beer which has been are a well organised part of what St. Austell brewed longer than any other by St. Austell, have to offer at their Visitor Centre on the Hicks Special Draught or HSD. He found the main site. There is a very spacious bar serving ideal source of water for his brewing liquor excellent food, which can be treated as a pub in an old mine working in the grounds of his if you haven’t got time for the full tour. CAMRA house on the edge of the town, and it had to members receive a discount on the normal be piped to the brewery at great expense. charge for the tour. But everyone qualifies These days, the beer they are best known for a deal which offers the option of tastings, for now is Tribute, renamed from Daylight or a couple of pints using the special tokens, Robbery which was head brewer, they’re special bottle tops, that each tour Roger Ryman’s special effort for the visitor is given. 38 last total eclipse of the sun to be The tour guides are very knowledgeable,
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Pat and Roy were the two we were shown Catching up on Tribute in popularity is round by, and between them they made the Proper Job, a favourite with many, and the visit a memorable one, with a most professional Cornish Lager, Korev, has proved to be a great and entertaining explanation of the familiar success. Much of the storage capacity at the brewing process, interwoven with the long brewery is now there to cope with the longer history of the brewery, its machinery and its fermenting period needed for this product. owners. Overall, the visit was a rewarding one both Although access is not allowed in the main for the insight into a brewing business with a brewery area due to today’s Health & Safety long and successful tradition, combined with considerations, the small batch brewery is a keen eye on its future, and the way it blends included in the tour. This is where new recipes into its Cornish location. For those of us in the are developed and tried out and sampled in area the Tippler serves, there is a reasonably a limited number of their pubs. At the time of local story in that St. Austell Brewery now our visit there was on offer in the visitors bar owns Bath Ales, with a view to building on a beer called St. Austell Steam, described as what has been a great success, without losing an old style American Ale brewed with lager its own special character. yeast. Not one you would find in your local pub! Derek Hore
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www.gloucestershire.camra.org.uk Sitting in the Old Spot on one of our recent vicarage. And what a find it was. Having Thursday evening gatherings, we had between received a very warm welcome we entered us tasted all the offerings on the hand pumps, the sales room which was to the side of the and feeling that something was missing, one back door, and is somewhat lower than the of our number decided to try a cider. The surrounding courtyard. Our eyes immediately choice was a medium Kingston Black from lit up when we saw a large collection of cider a producer we had not heard of before, the boxes, bottles, mugs and other paraphernalia. Severn Cider Company, and after we all had a Although we knew the type of cider we taste it was the general opinion that this was a wanted before even setting off, we happily very fine beverage, if somewhat sweeter that accepted the offer of tasting from the available our usual selection. The following day with selection. The wide range of draft cider was nothing particular to do (no hanging around superb and covered a number of different for us), a couple of us set off for Awre, a small types, from the famous Kingston Black and village on the side of the Severn, and only Yarlington Mill varieties through to Somerset seven miles away from Dursley as the crow Redstreak and Single Variety Browns. In the flies. Unfortunately, it’s on the north side of the majority of cases there were medium and river which necessitated a 30 mile drive via sweet varieties as well as the dry. My own Gloucester to get there. Having travelled favourite was the dry Farmhouse cider, made down the A48, and negotiated the narrow lanes with whatever was available at the time, whilst to Awre, we followed the Severn Martyn opted for a dry Perry. In the end, it Cider signs and found ourselves turned out that we both purchased more than 40 outside a very attractive 17th century we initially envisaged.
www.gloucestershire.camra.org.uk During the tasting, we were also told of an Unfortunately, as the driver, my tasters outstanding butcher in Newham. Again, not were somewhat smaller than the generous being shy we decided to visit the small shop amounts handed to Martyn, but they were on the way back and were rewarded with adequate and this time I brought home another some excellent steak. cider, the excellent Yarlington Mill. Being in Awre brought back to Martyn We learned some more about their cider memories of a long ago visit to the Red Hart. making on this visit. The apples are collected Not being in any particular hurry, we decided mainly from local orchards which have been to go on down the road and revisit the pub. But neither sprayed nor fertilised, and are mainly what a shock – it was derelict, and looked like traditional heritage apples. There is also a it had been closed and unloved for a number programme of propagating trees of varieties of years. This a real shame as the building that have been all but wiped out, an example had allegedly been a pub since 1483 and was of which is the Box Kernal variety from which particularly remembered for having a 29-foot- cider is now being produced. deep well in the middle of the bar. I suppose in this day and age, with no direct passing trade, such an out of the way establishment can only truly exist by offering really outstanding food and beer, and the competition is stiff. Our second visit to the vicarage two weeks later, turned out to be a much longer experience because not only did we taste the ciders in the shop, but we were also invited over to the storage barn where we proceeded to taste every cider currently available on draft.
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The most atmospheric beer festival of the year! This is the claim of the event organisers of the Rail Ale Beer Festival at the Barrow Hill Railway Roundhouse close to the twisted spire of market town of Chesterfield, so last year we went up to check out the claim; and this year went back again, just to make sure.
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www.gloucestershire.camra.org.uk I think it is true that many lovers of beer Waddle It Be from Dancing Duck of Derby (my seem to find a connection with railway history companion’s favourite), or Anubis Porter from (preferably in action!) or perhaps it’s the Raw Brewery in Staveley. relationship of one craft with another which Perhaps surprisingly, this is not a CAMRA appeals. event, but member volunteers are much in The Barrow Hill Rail Ale Festival first took evidence, and production of a membership place in 2002 and not surprisingly is now on a card at the CAMRA stand will guarantee a free much larger scale, with over 300 beers and half pint token. ciders on offer, some of which come from outside The Roundhouse itself has a long history, the UK. An innovation for this year was a opened in 1870 to stable and service steam Prosecco Bar which would, no doubt, please locomotives, sometimes up to 75 in number, some people. (Surely a mistake? - Ed.) I don’t it’s now a Grade II listed building and has been remember checking to see how busy it was! the subject of recent restoration the money The main sponsors for this year’s event coming in last year after a substantial award were Castle Rock, Everards and Fullers, with from the Heritage Lottery Fund. It’s an interesting support from Batemans, Cornish Orchards, old building with attractive brickwork and window Marston’s, Navigation Brewery, Oakham Ales, styles, due to re-open in September with a Timothy Taylor’s, Thornbridge and Titanic. It gala attended by enough locomotive Icons to was no surprise to find bars and beers from make the Steam Buff drool! It is currently the all of these well-known names very much in home to many interesting locomotives which evidence, along with many others that are less provide unusual backdrops to the many bars, commonly seen. Derbyshire brewers have a along with a working turntable, originally large bar to showcase their local beer styles operated by vacuum, but now it’s with names like Thor Cake from Ashover, electrically or by hand! One keen 43
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volunteer gave us an understandably brief itself. In addition, you can have a short free demonstration of just how much effort it takes train ride at the event, it runs all day and on to turn a large engine in this way. He needed a the Friday, was diesel powered. You can enjoy pint or two afterwards. your pint on board. As you might expect there Getting to the event is relatively easy, is a good variety of food stalls to keep you we went by car and stayed in Chesterfield, sustained, and live music has a presence intending to explore the scenic Chesterfield throughout the weekend. Canal later in the weekend. The organisers To sum up I would say the event lives up to the have very kindly laid on a free bus which claims made for it. Atmospheric? Definitely; shuttles between the station in the town and lots of good beer? Certainly. Should you go the Roundhouse. Just throw some coins in the next year. Well you know what the answer driver’s bucket if you want to keep him happy. must be! There were also special trains on the Friday and Saturday from Derby, Sheffield and Derek Hore Chesterfield terminating at the Roundhouse
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Cheltenham Branch - Email: [email protected] Meetings on second Wednesday or Thursday of the month at 8.00 pm. Call: Rob Coldwell 07752 740488
14th September - 8:00pm - Social - Shurdington (Bell & Cheese Rollers) 26th September - 8:00pm - Business meeting - Bottle of Sauce 27th September - TBC - Ale Amble - Birmingham 11th October - 8:00pm - Social - TBA 26th October to 28th October - Cheltenham Real Ale Festival 2017 31st October - TBC - Ale Amble - Oxford 7th November - TBC - Trip to London to visit Bree Louise 10th November - TBC - Social Skittles - Charlton Kings Club vs North Cotswold CAMRA. 29th November - TBC - Ale Amble - Bath
Cirencester Sub - Branch - Email: [email protected] Meetings on second Tuesday of the month at 8.00 pm. Call: Rob Tough on 01285 851194
Dursley Sub - Branch - Email: [email protected] Meetings on last Tuesday of the month at 8.00 pm. Call: Symon Ackroyd, secretary 07477 404056 or Chris McHugh, chair, on 07711 280723.
26th September - 8:00pm - Black Horse, North Nibley followed by branch meeting in the Buthay in Wickwar 31st October - 8:00pm - Visit to Berkeley pubs, Malt House, Boars Head with a meeting in the Mariners 28th November - 8:00pm - Salmon Inn, Wanswell, followed by the meeting in the Lammastide, Old Brookend.
Forest of Dean Sub - Branch - Email: [email protected] Meetings every Thursday night for a social at 8.00 pm. Please check on Forest of Dean CAMRA Facebook page. Call: Alec Keene on 01594 780655
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Gloucester Sub - Branch - Email: [email protected] Meetings on second Wednesday of the month at 8.00 pm. Where bookings are essential or for further details please contact Margaret on 07908 699809 or 01452 551400; by email on: [email protected] or visit the website www.camraingloucester.org.uk
13th September - 8:00 pm - AGM for CAMRA in Gloucester at the Pelican 23rd September - TBC - Great Welsh Beer Festival Cardiff, by Train. See website for details 11th October - 8:00 pm - Social at Kingsholm Inn 21st October - 11:05am - Chepstow Beer Festival by train. Meet at for 11.22 train to Chepstow. Tickets will need to be booked for the festival, please book with Margaret 8th November - 8:00 pm - Social at King Teddy, Longlevens 25th November - 10:40 am - Train to Newport. Meet for 10.58 train 13th December - 8:00 pm - Social meeting at Anjies 20th December - 8:00 pm - Christmas Party. TBC.
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Treasurer: Newsletter: Chris Chadwick Post Vacant - news@cheltenhamcamra. [email protected] org.uk
Membership Secretary: Webmaster: John Pickles Chris Martin [email protected] [email protected]
Social Secretary: Community Pubs Officer: Veronica Emary Dave Gibbons [email protected] [email protected]
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Beer Festival Organiser: Ian Scott Andy Forbes [email protected]
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Chairman and Festivals Director: Social Secretary and Webmaster: Roger Price Peter Rowe (Bourton on the Water) 6 Greenlake Close, Bourton on the Water [email protected] GL54 2PR 01451 810305 Cider Coordinator James Fry (Charlton Kings) 07850 429630 07768324449 [email protected] [email protected]
Secretary and Branch Contact: Social Media Officer Chris Knight (Mickleton) Dave Taylor (Moreton in Marsh) 01451821513 07813 005982 [email protected] [email protected]
Treasurer: BLO Cotswold Brewing Co.: Dawn Harrison (Hucclecote) Peter Rowe (Bourton on the Water) 07964 473678 [email protected] [email protected] BLO Donnington Brewery: Dick Harrison (Huddlecote) Membership Secretary: 01451 822410 Garry Hayward (Winchcombe) [email protected] 01242 621140 [email protected] BLO Goffs Brewery: John Stocks (Toddington) Pubs Officer, 01242 620442 Good Beer Guide Co-ordinator & [email protected] Moreton Festival Director: Martin Jones (Moreton in Marsh) BLO Stanway Brewery: 07879015881 Garry Hayward (Winchcombe) [email protected] 01242 621140 [email protected]
Media & Beer Festivals Coordinator: Young Members Officer: Martyn Herbert (Exmouth) James Long (Moreton in Marsh) 07760 134866 [email protected] [email protected]
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