Roister Doister Rik Is Bang on • a Game of Rustic Roulette • Down Town in New York • the President’S £20M Pint
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Hawkshead Brewery The Beer Hall Bar open 12 noon Beer Tapas & Main Meals • Speciality Beer Shop Brewery Tours • Catered Functions Summer Beer Festival 21st- 24th July 60 beers all on handpull 3 bars & a marquee • live music www.hawksheadbrewery.co.uk 01539 825260 Mill Yard • Staveley • Cumbria • LA8 9LR N O R T HE A S T Raise a glass to pubs, people and news from your local FREE I S S U E 1 1 www. cheersnortheast c h e e rs r .co.uk // June 2011 READY, AIM, FIRE ROISTER DOISTER R IKI SB A N GO N Editorial • A game of rustic roulette • Down town in New York • The president’s £20m pint 0191 231 6080 audience.” the whole appeal to trying to We’re dry. is very advertising Some beer – plus the fun of beer. is about humour and Englishness “The campaign ON THEIR BIKES Alastair Gilmour E A S Y [email protected] There’s festivity in the air this month – beer festivals RIDERS galore, plus music, wine and whisky events by the INN-SIDE P U B S ! / / N E W S / / I D E A S / / O P IN IO N / / N E W P U B S / / O L D P U B S / / B E E R F O R L U N C H / / B E E R F O R T E A Advertising shed-load to entertain and delight. Perhaps a little / / B E E R F O R D IN N E R / / P U B S ! 0191 231 6080 education might be thrown in, but don’t let that Cover: tony Brookes Gillian Corney spoil the fun. and Harley. see p4 [email protected] We’ve got a highly-entertaining issue for you – with a little bit of serious investigation into what makes a country pub worth Website: travelling miles to visit. There’s no magic formula, unfortunately, www.cheersnortheast.co.uk and no lucky fairy at the bottom of the beer garden, but the inside conclusion seems to be work hard at the positives. Like the old Designed & Published by: adage, the harder you work the luckier you get. NEWs And, if there are any finer beer gardens than those on Holy Island, 4 Electra Glide In Northumberland, let’s hear about them. We take a stroll around Brew Media Exchange One the place to find out what makes its pubs tick. In fact, let’s hear 5 A 95-year-old Coquet Street about pub attractions and what makes one stand out from another, delivers a cask whether it’s the Tuesday night quiz or a children’s play area. Newcastle upon Tyne 6 The president NE1 2QB This month we discover that two of our most prominent “beer and the pint people” are Harley-Davidson nuts. We also visit New York and worth £20m we catch up with funny man Rik Mayall in his new role as The 7 Who drunk all Photography: Bombardier. the beer? Polar Nicky Rogerson This is, in essence, what Cheers is all about – we like to give you bears? www.nrphotography.co.uk something to make you think while raising a smile or adding just FEAtuREs a tiny bit more knowledge to your vast store. We intend to inform, 16 Lunch at the entertain and educate – and what better way to do all three than to Dyke Neuk – but visit the pub? where did it get Cheers. its name? Whilst every effort has been 18 The Dun Cow, made to ensure accuracy, Alastair Gilmour, editor the publisher cannot accept Durham, in the responsibility for omissions spotlight and errors. All material in this 19 Show time publication is strictly copyright and all rights reserved. report (from the RustIC RoulEttE beer tent) 12 These are tough times 26 Elvis visits for country pubs, but the sick and some of them are discovers doing remarkably indigestion well. While they aren’t exactly turning FuN stuFF customers away, 31 Pub Quiz, Photo Quiz, The Pickled they’re making money. Egg and Blue the We find out how. Dog our sponsors the news is… Pub crawls Ale and arty pa starry night u it’s all here A-Z pub guide Culture in a glass L Rat Pack Roger W e Rik the Easy as LL Island roisterer NYC s, fling 08 14 W 21 Comedian Rik Reader Andrew e Lindisfarne’s pubs Mayall plays The Mitchell loves LL are a real treat – s & Wylam Brewery Bombardier, a New York, he and each has a Y serious fun-lover loves beer, and ou different method of who will bring the he loves pubs. N attracting custom, Wells & Young’s We invited him g’s particularly during brand even closer to report on his the visitor season to the nation’s experiences. To which is about to hearts be continued… hot up Feature: men and machines Tuesday - Folk & Music A Bastion Nights of Cask Beer June 7th: Chris Taylor & Mike Webster for over 14th: Sing Around The appeal of 21st: John Donnelly 150 years 28th: Sing Around -Good Beer Guide 2010 potato potato 1 Archer St (just off Bondgate), Darlington DL3 6LR Telephone: 01325 463787 Some of us like to unwrap our Big Boys’ Toys and head off on the highway Robin hood inn Open Daily from Noon Traditional homecooked food served everyday Real ales on tap - we support local breweries Cosy bar & lounge plus a separate restaurant Families welcome - We are dog friendly (in the bar) Large beer garden - Ample parking Glenn, Chris and the team look forward to seeing you Robin Hood Inn East Wallhouses, Military Road, Northumberland, NE18 0LL Tel: 01434 672273 email:[email protected] www.robinhoodinn-militaryroad.co.uk 2 Local Real Ales Open Mon-Thur always on tap from 5pm and electra Glide in brew: Tony Brookes has Live Entertainment travelled widely on his Harley-Davidson Fri-Sun from 12 noon1st Saturday of the month - 9th July: Motion Tourists (formerly The Great Escape) How often, after a particularly hard day, do bikers pub I used to frequent. From that point on 6th August: Dazed, 3rd Sept: The Castelles we think, “I wish I could just roar off into the I knew that I would eventually get one. One day. 9pm start, free admission sunset”. And with – it goes without saying “It wasn’t until years later and I had Thursday Night – Born To Be Wild blasting out. earned a bit of money that I was Fun quiz followed by Play Your Cards Right “Get your motor runnin’/Head lucky enough to be able to afford (rolling jackpot) out on the highway/Lookin’ one, Since then, Harleys have for adventure/And whatever consumed my life almost as The Scotch Arms comes our way…” much as beer has. There (Consett’s hidden gem) Blackhill, Consett, DH8 8LZ, Tel: 01207 593709 OK, it’s a dream, but two is something about the of the North East’s most sound of a Harley that gets prominent beer professionals under your skin, from the quite often live that dream. gentle potato, potato sound Garry Fawson, Mordue Brewery at idle, to the thunderous managing director, and the roar under acceleration – and Head of Steam group’s boss Tony there is nothing finer than riding Brookes are both Harley-Davidson in a large group of Harleys and enthusiasts and enjoy nothing better the feeling of Rolling Thunder. Under New Management than “Racin’ with the wind” (in the “My life changed. “Bikers like to stick together and Traditional pub, traditional hospitality safest of conditions, of course). I fell in love with there is a feeling of brotherhood when 5 Cask Ales on tap - constantly changing We love their beer and we admire the beautiful style you ride something as inherently Upcoming beer festivals with Fyne Ales & their pubs, but what do we know immediately and I dangerous as a motorbike, but I Tempest Breweries had to get one.” Live music - every Friday about their love affairs with the had always liked to ride in my own ultimate bike-riding experience? company or a select group of friends. A warm welcome awaits from Simon, Martin, Jaki & the team Garry Fawson “Luckily a friend of mine pointed me in the 59-61 Bridge Street, Berwick Upon Tweed, “I had always wanted a Harley-Davidson ever direction of The Harley Davidson Riders Club TD15 1ES | t: 01289 308013 since I was 17 years old, when I first heard an GB which is 62 years old this year. It actually email: [email protected] old Harley Pan Head Custom start up out side a influenced Willie G Davidson so much he 4 cheers june 2011 n visit www.cheersnortheast.co.uk to have your say decided to form Rider. I’ll never get HOG, his own an original, but this factory club. is next best thing. All steamed up “But our club “I ride as often A 95-year-old steam-powered wagon has suited me down as I can and use the been pressed into service as a beer dray to the ground; bike for work trips for a delivery on June 9.