LincolnCamra.org.uk ImpAle 1 2 ImpAle LincolnCamra.org.uk CONTENTS ISSUE 1 2014 15 Meet the Brewer Oldershaw Brewery
18 25
The Guests The Regulars 13 7 Guest Beers Lincoln News A look at guest beers. The pros, the cons and why they’re so A round up of Local Pub and Brewery News. popular. 10 18 What’s Brewing Small Beer National and Cider News. The Lincolnshire company supplying lots of beers to lots of 11 pubs. Members Page & Branch Diary 20 Find out what’s going on in the Lincoln CAMRA branch. Untappd 25 A review of an app that helps you keep track of what you’re Old Ale Tales drinking. Some photos of how Lincoln High Street used to look. 22 27 Bottled Beers TravAle Some unusual brews from Lincoln and Yorkshire. A trip to Willingham by Stow and beyond. 24 29 Recipe Quiz A new chef in the kitchen making Chocolate Stout Brownies. If you can’t find these beers in the pub try and find them in our word search.
LincolnCamra.org.uk ImpAle 3 4 ImpAle LincolnCamra.org.uk Welcome. The Usual?
Happy 2014! You may notice providing a recipe, our usual cook Aaron has reviewed an app a slightly different face on the that’ll help you keep track of any guests beers you might find left. That’s because I’ve hung and Steve has written a piece about the Lincolnshire company up my TravAle hat and taken that helps get guest beers into pubs up and down the country. over as Guest Editor for an issue. Our usual editor Wendy We still have plenty of our regular features too, Old Ale Tales got married to Ashley, our makes a return, there’s a chance to win with our wordsearch in cider expert, at the end of last the back and we have all the local and national news you need year right in between issues. to know. When the team met to plan out what we were all going So to give her a chance to to write the first thing we did was look at feedback we’d received plan/recover I’ve taken the about the previous edition. It was all so positive the first thing I reins and produced an issue based around ‘Guests’. wrote in my notepad was “Don’t mess this up!” I’ll let you be the judge but I hope you enjoy this issue. To complete the circle Ashley has taken over from me and written TravAle, taking the 100 service through Sturton and out As usual if you have any comments please send them to me. to Willingham by Stow (I may have gone along for the ride). Wendy’s not gotten off completly either, producing an article [email protected] or tweet me @ImpAleEditor. Or about Guest Beers. The guests don’t stop there. We have a new be my friend on Facebook – Lincoln CAMRA ImpAle chef in the kitchen with the latest addition to the team Suzy
Our Twitter account @Lincoln_CAMRA has nearly 2000 followers! Our friends on our Facebook account are also increasing at a steady rate! To help keep the success going we need your help! Please email Aaron at [email protected] with your local pub’s events, be it a regular weekly quiz/food night and one off events, it’s an easy way to become active within the branch with minimal effort.
ImpAle ImpAle is the magazine of Lincoln CAMRA and Louth CAMRA branches. CAMRA campaigns for real ale, real Guest Editor pubs and consumer rights. It is an independent, voluntary Greg Richards organisation with more than 120,000 members nationally. ImpAle magazine is published three times a year and is Design available free through pubs in Lincoln and Louth branch Matt Richards areas. To join CAMRA, help preserve Britain’s brewing and Art Of Matelot, Matelot Marketing Limited pub industry, get the campaigns quarterly newsletter and its monthly newspaper What’s Brewing and a host of other Publisher membership benefits visit www.camra.org.uk Neil Richards MBE CAMRA is a limited company, run at national level by an Matelot Marketing Limited elected unpaid board of directors and at regional level 01536 358670 by volunteer regional directors, both backed by full time [email protected] professional staff.
With kind help from Consumer Rights Campaign for Real Ale Steve Renshaw, Wendy Renshaw, Steve For complaints about issues such as short measures Richardson, Aaron Joyce, Ashley Sewell, contact Lincolnshire Trading Standards on 01522 782341 or 230 Hatfield Road Wendy Margetts, Dominic Jennings, Kathy Consumer Direct on 0845 404 0506. St Albans and Tim at Oldershaws, copies/images Herts from Lincoln Library with permission of Disclaimer Tel: 01727 867201 Lincolnshire County Council: Lincoln The views contained within ImpAle do not necessarily [email protected] Central Library: Local Studies Collection. represent the views of CAMRA, the editor, or the Lincoln and Louth branches.
LincolnCamra.org.uk ImpAle 5 BREWERY · RESTAURANTRESTAUAUR NT CAFCAFÉÉ BABARR
Pheasantry Pheasantry BREWERY BREWERY
Brewed in Nottinghamshire by The Pheasantry Brewery
3.8% ABV 4% ABV
Pheasantry BREWERY
Bar · Restaurant · Tea, coffee & ice creams Gardens & space to play · Brewery Tours Restaurant available for private hire in the evenings High Brecks Farm, Lincoln Rd, East Markham, Newark NG22 0SN Tel 01777 870572 · www.pheasantrybrewery.co.uk Food: Wed - Sat 10am - 6pm; Sun 10am - 4pm; Evening meals: Fri, Sat
6 ImpAle LincolnCamra.org.uk NEWS Strugglers recognised as community asset
The City of Lincoln Council has added to be and an atmosphere which has The Strugglers Inn on Westgate to its disappeared in most other pubs.” list of assets of community value. The The Strugglers is not under threat pub joins The Lawn complex on the of sale at the moment. However, Council’s list of buildings or other land high property prices mean that pubs considered to be of importance to their are being targeted for conversion community’s social well-being. The into supermarkets and housing listing, under the terms of the Localism developments. Punch Taverns, the Act 2011, provides the community with debt-laden owners of The Strugglers, IN BRIEF the power to “stop the clock” if the pub have disposed of over 1,100 non-core were to be put up for sale, earning up pubs since August 2011. New look for Batemans to six months to explore options for saving it. Aaron Joyce, the new chairman of From February, Lincolnshire’s family brewer, Lincoln CAMRA, said, “We’re hoping Batemans, will have a new look. The re- The Strugglers was nominated by a that more groups will apply to have their branding will coincide with the 140th group of twenty-one regular customers. local pubs listed as community assets. anniversary of the founding of the brewery. The nomination highlighted the special With pubs increasingly becoming a Bateman’s seasonal beers for 2014 will be kind of devotion that The Strugglers target for developers, this new power known as the Biscuit Barrel range; there will invokes among its regulars. According can provide a much-needed extra layer be five of them, the first being Springtime to the submission, “People often of protection, should they be put up for Oatmeal. The Bohemian range of craft describe it as a proper pub, which sale.” beers infused with exciting flavours such means it not only provides what it is as Belgian chocolate, orange peel, coffee supposed to - good beer, company Across the UK, over 270 pubs have now beans, cinnamon and hazelnuts are going and a haven from life’s troubles - but been listed as assets of community on sale in 330ml bottles. it also has a hint of the way pubs used value.
A national celebration of British evenings of 12th and 13th March, beer is returning to Sheffield for the and all day on 14th and 15th. second year running. The Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) All the beers on offer at the festival successfully launched BeerX last have won regional competitions to BeerX year and is running the event again have the right to be at BeerX 2014. in March. BeerX combines SIBA’s They include cask, keg and bottled annual general meeting, the final beers - not all of these fall under returns to judging for its national awards and CAMRA’s definition of real ale. a beer festival that is open to the public. Details of session times and ticket Sheffield prices can be found at www.beerx. This year’s venue is iceSheffield, org. CAMRA members will get a £2 which is only eight minutes by tram discount on the entry price. from the city centre. The festival will be open to the public on the
LincolnCamra.org.uk ImpAle 7 News IN BRIEF Newby Wyke - by Royal (Navy) appointment Grantham’s Newby Wyke Brewery has been approached by the Ministry of Defence’s Director Ships, who is in charge of the construction of the new Royal Navy aircraft carrier, HMS Queen Elizabeth. As a result of this enquiry and contact with the ship’s captain, a barrel of the HMS Queen Elizabeth, their 6.0% ABV golden ale, has been requested for the launch ceremony. Brewer, Robert March, will also provide a special ceramic pump clip and other promotional material for the wardroom.
Sleaford range extended Lewis and Victoria outside the West End Tap The new owners of Sleaford Brewery (Image courtesy of Richard Howes Photography) have added new beers to their range. Screaming Eagle Stout (4.8% ABV) is produced with a number of different grains and US hops, while Tropico (3.5% ABV) West End Tap is a fruity session pale ale. US and New Zealand hops combine in Talon IPA (5.4% ABV) to produce a balanced, golden ale. opens The brewery also exclusively supplies The Trickling Tap, a new “liquid deli” in Grantham, with bottles of 1401 (6.0% ABV), Following a major renovation, a Lincoln with the help of family. According to the an oak and whisky-aged beer. pub has re-opened with new owners signage, the pub is a “world beer free and a new name. The West End Tap house”. on Newland Street West was formerly Duck n Dive in Worksop the Vine Inn. When father and son team, There are five handpumps on the A new real ale bar has opened in the Nigel and Lewis De-la-Hey bought the bar, and Lewis plans to offer an Anchor Inn, just five minutes’ walk from local from Punch Taverns, they found it interesting and ever-changing range Worksop railway station. The Duck n Dive is in a neglected state. Following extensive of real ales, including ones from local a joint venture between Dukeries Brewery works, the pub now has a fresh, microbreweries. Keg beers from global and the pub. There are six regularly- contemporary look, designed to appeal brewers are available from dispensers changing real ales from local and regional to students as well as other locals. on the bar, while the four taps built into microbreweries. You can try three thirds for the wall are reserved for more interesting the price of a pint with their tasting pallets. Lewis and his partner, Victoria Blackburn, Belgian and US craft beers. A good The bar is open from 5pm on weekdays have moved into the accommodation selection of international bottled beers and all day on Saturday and Sunday. above the pub and will run the business is also available. Winter festival on the move
February 2014 sees CAMRA’s National Winter Ales features restored and complemented by dazzling Festival move from Manchester to Derby. It will be new artworks. held in Derby’s historic Roundhouse, the world’s first and oldest surviving circular engine shed. It The festival runs from 19th to 22nd February, and was originally developed in 1839 by four rival rail drinkers will be able to choose from more than 350 companies, including North Midland Railway for real ales, ciders, perries and continental beers. The whom George Stephenson and his son Robert highlight of the first day will be the announcement of were engineers. Following a £48 million renovation, the Champion Winter Beer of Britain. it has been returned to its former glory with original
8 ImpAle LincolnCamra.org.uk News IN BRIEF
Craft and farmers’ markets at Springhead Following the success of the first craft and farmers’ market held at the brewery in Laneham before Christmas, Springhead plan to make this a monthly event. It will take place on the third Sunday of every month and will feature delicious local produce and handmade crafts. And when you’ve finished shopping, you can pop into Springhead’s local pub, The Bees Knees, to try their brand-new beer. Outlawed (3.8% ABV) is a pale, citrusy, strongly- hopped but well-balanced beer. Clean, crisp and quaffable, it’s an ideal springtime drink. Beer for the beautiful game Locals sample Greg’s beers in Scampton Church Following their successful involvement with the “beer and bites” menu in the St. Pancras Renaissance Hotel, Grantham’s Oldershaw Greg tries Brewery has been approached by Café Football to create a bespoke bottled beer for their newly- launched Westfield Stratford City restaurant. Café a brew or two Football (4.2% ABV) is a blonde, lager-style beer presented in 330ml bottles, complete with Café Greg Algar, landlord of the market testing. Over a hundred and Football’s modern chevron branding design. Dambusters Inn at Scampton, has fifty villagers packed into Scampton The flavoursome beer will accompany the menu installed a 21/2 barrel brewery in an Church to try the beers and enjoy which has been designed by two-starred Michelin outbuilding at the back of the pub. a buffet supper. There was also chef, Michael Wignall, to capture the essence of And with plenty of help from George plenty of interest when samples the beautiful game. Read more about Oldershaw Batterbee from Poachers Brewery, he were handed out at the Christmas Brewery in this issue’s Meet the Brewer. has started producing his own ales. Food and Gift Fair at the Lincolnshire The ultimate aim is to produce one Showground. Hi-de-Hi! or two house beers that will be Although Greg is enjoying the regulars on his bar. Greg is working brewing, he’s clear about his priorities. Castle Rock Brewery’s latest creation in a series on two recipes, one a golden bitter He told ImpAle, “I’m not happy with brewed to celebrate famous sons and daughters and the other a darker session bitter. the beers yet. I’m sure it’ll work out, of Nottingham is Su Pollard (4.2% ABV). And the However, he admits that he is only and I’ll continue to concentrate on Hi-de-Hi! star, who was appearing in pantomime a novice and it will be some time making the Dambusters a successful at the city’s Theatre Royal, pulled the first pint before he is happy with the product. pub.” at a tasting session and launch party at the Vat Greg has been carrying out extensive and Fiddle pub. The ruby vanilla porter will be available into February and March. Su told the Nottingham Post, “It’s my first pint of real ale in forty years. It’s smooth, frothy and goes down a Lincoln Tank Ale double, triple, treat.” The Lincoln Tank Memorial Group is raising funds to put a As part of the fundraising efforts, Pheasantry Brewery of East two-dimensional, full-size model of a Mark 1 tank on the Markham has launched a special ale. Lincoln Tank Ale is Tritton Road roundabout near Lincoln University. The a well-hopped, classic English bitter with a full-rounded roundabout is close to the site of Foster’s factory flavour and low to medium bitterness. It is available where the first tank came off the production line in from Small Beer Ltd or direct from the brewery. A 1916. donation will be made for every cask sold. The memorial will also recognise the huge effort Pheasantry Brewery’s Mark Easterbrook said, made by civilian men and women in Lincoln during “Already there is keen interest in the beer from pubs both world wars, when the majority of production in either wanting to support the project or wanting to try the City was switched to war work. out the new brew. For every cask sold, £5 will be given to the Lincoln Tank Memorial’.
LincolnCamra.org.uk ImpAle 9 WHAT’SBREWING NATIONALLY
ImpAle rounds up CAMRA’s news from the last three months
November > Nine months on from the beer duty cut, confidence is growing in the pub sector, according to new research. Figures released by Oxford Economics reveal that the Budget decision will lead to the creation of 10,000 jobs in the sector. Unit 1 > Black Sheep Brewery in north Yorkshire has become the latest Churchill Business Park big brewer to install a smaller microbrewery to increase the Sleaford Road potential for testing and producing new brews. The first beer Bracebridge Heath produced was a 4.8% ABV version of a Belgian white ale. -JODPMOt-//- > A quirky bar hidden on a Norfolk station has been named the best cider and perry pub in Britain. The Railway Arms, Downham Market, is CAMRA’s National Cider and Perry Pub of the Year for Proud to Support 2013. Lincoln CAMRA December and ImpAle > The Chesham Arms in east London is to remain listed as an asset of community value following a landmark legal ruling. Hackney council is the first to successfully defend an appeal to list a pub. > The final four in CAMRA’s National Pub of the Year competition are the Swan with Two Necks in Pendleton, Lancashire, the Horse and Jockey in Stapleford, Nottinghamshire, the Hope in THE REAL ALE STORE Carlshalton, Surrey, and the Old Spot in Dursley, Gloucester. for the finest Local, British & Imported Bottled Beers > CAMRA is backing an industry call for rate relief for rural pubs to be extended. According to the British Beer and Pub Association, the end of rate relief next April is a ticking time-bomb which will cost Britain’s pubs £27 million.
January > CAMRA welcomed the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s pledge to do more to help small businesses, such as pubs. In his Autumn Statement, he announced that, for the next two years, every retail premise in England with a rateable value of up to £50,000 will get a discount on their business rates. > Marstons, the brewer and pubco, has agreed to sell 202 pubs to NewRiver Retail. Over a four year period, the real estate investment trust plans to convert the pubs to convenience stores and restaurants. CAMRA says that they will face opposition if Over 300 Top Quality they try to close profitable community pubs. > The Advertising Standards Authority has ruled that a TV ad Bottled Beers & Ciders for the generic Let There be Beer campaign cannot be shown again. The watchdog upheld four complaints that the ad implied Gift Packs, Vouchers, that alcohol is linked to social success and helps overcome Mixed Cases, problems. CAMRA was not consulted on the creation of the ad Glassware & Books but will continue to support the campaign. Opening Times: Mon 10am - 3pm, Tues - Sat 10am - 6pm If you’re not a CAMRA member, you won’t be getting all 12-14 KIRK GATE, NEWARK, NG24 1AB the latest real ale, pub and brewing news delivered to your T: 01636 918022 E: [email protected] door every month. Join, using the form on page 31 and get What’s Brewing and Beer delivered free, plus a host of other Order online at www.theRealAleStore.com membership benefits.
10 ImpAle LincolnCamra.org.uk Lincoln CAMRA Members’ News
A number of members joined Wendy and Ashley at the Wig & Beer Festival going ahead Mitre to celebrate their wedding Planning is under way for the 2014 Lincoln Beer Festival. The dates for your diary are 22nd to 24th May. Remember that the success of the event depends on having enough members volunteering to help. Look out for the staffing form - you can sign up for a little or a lot, and you won’t be asked to do anything you’re not comfortable with.
Keep your personal details up to date If you move house, or change your phone number or e-mail address, please let CAMRA headquarters know. The HQ membership database is our only means of staying in contact with you. You can update your personal details via the CAMRA website (www.camra.org.uk) or by calling membership enquiries on 01727 798440.
Aaron takes the chair Branch Diary At the recent annual general meeting, there were some significant changes February to the composition of the Branch Sunday 2nd committee. Bob Foulger stood down Committee Meeting - Horse & Groom, Lincoln - 8pm after eight years as Chairman and was Thursday 6th succeeded by Aaron Joyce. Ashley Branch Meeting (GBG Selection) - Adam & Eve, Lincoln - 8pm Sewell was elected to the committee. Sunday 16th Beer Festival Planning Meeting - Morning Star, Lincoln - 8pm Good Beer Guide selection Saturday 22nd The selection of pubs in our branch area for the 2015 Good Trip to Derby, including National Winter Ales Festival Beer Guide will take place at our branch meeting in the Adam th & Eve Tavern, Lincoln, on 6 February. Arguably, this is our most March important meeting of the year, so we need as many members Saturday 1st as possible attend. East Midlands Regional Meeting - Strutt Club, Belper - noon Sunday 2nd Trip to Derby Committee Meeting - Plough, Nettleham - 8pm nd Lincoln members are visiting Derby on Saturday, 22 February. Wednesday 5th There’ll be the opportunity to visit the National Winter Ales Branch Meeting - Centurion, North Hykeham - 8pm Festival, as well as a selection of good pubs in the city. Check the branch website for further details. Check out the branch website for up-to-date details of trips and socials. Scarborough here we come CAMRA Members’ Weekend and National Annual General Meeting will be held at The Spa Complex in Scarborough from 25th to 27th April 2014. It’s a great opportunity to find out what’s been happening at branch, regional and national level, and to influence CAMRA’s policy. On the social side, there’s the chance to meet members from around the country in the Members’ Bar, go on brewery trips and visit pubs in Scarborough and the surrounding area. See “What’s Brewing” for information on how to pre-register.
LincolnCamra.org.uk ImpAle 11 Visit us in the Everards Entertainment Zone to grab your free sticker*
Our LLimited Editioon Brreew is at the bbar - geet yourr Pummpkin Fancy runninng a ppub? Coome and **Terms annd Condittiions appply AAle maask witthh everry haalf or pint chat to our tteeam situatteed in the purcchased wwhilstt stocckks last Maiinn Marrqueee.
www.everards.co.uk @EverardsTiger facebook.com/everards
12 ImpAle LincolnCamra.org.uk Guest Beers
During her break from editing Wendy Margetts has been considering “What exactly is a guest beer?”
I’m not old enough to remember a time usually greeted with a variety of ales to when there were six main breweries tempt me. But what exactly is a guest ruling the British brewing market. When beer and why is it a good thing? The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) was formed in the 1970s, there were Many pubs have regular beers that a six companies that dominated beer customer would always expect to see, as production and ownership of pubs. They an example that may be Timothy Taylor were Whitbread, Scottish and Newcastle, Landlord, Batemans XB or Greene King Bass, Charrington, Allied Breweries, IPA. These beers will always be on and Courage Imperial and Watneys. They are a comforting sight to customers who produced mainly keg beer which had will know what to expect from these beers pretty much displaced real ale from their in terms of taste and quality. But what is pubs. a guest beer, and when is guest beer not really a guest beer? around the country. If a pub participates There have been over 40 years of in CAMRA’s LocAle scheme then they campaigning since then about a Many pubs are tied to pub companies may select local breweries within a given multitude of issues, such as pub and who will only allow the landlord or tenant radius of the pub. Schemes such as brewery closures, pricing and taxes to sell beers from a particular list of beers, SIBA’s (Society of Independent Brewers) amongst others. But are things any better usually from one or two big breweries. Direct Delivery Scheme help brewers of for the consumer of beer in pubs? The The pub will have ‘guest’ beers but they local beers get their beer into pubs that 2014 CAMRA Good Beer Guide tells are really better described as seasonal are owned by national pubs companies. us there are now 1147 breweries in the beers, as they only have guests from SIBA purchases beer from brewers who United Kingdom. That’s a lot of beer within their own product range. These participate in the scheme and sells them being produced and drunk by customers might be beers brewed at a particular on to 12 national pub companies; these at pubs and, one would hope, a large time of year or for a particular event. beers will then appear on order lists for variety of styles of ale. pubs to choose from. A guest beer is a beer that is not a When I visit many of the pubs in Lincoln permanent fixture on a pub’s bar. It will be and indeed around the country, I am from a different brewery from anywhere But what are the benefits of guest beers? Well, obviously, for the customer there is a wider choice of beers in different styles, varieties and flavours from which to choose. There is an opportunity to try local ales but also to compare them with ales from around the country, beers that you may not have chance to try unless you’re willing to do a lot of travelling around. There may be a chance to try something new or, depending on the time of year, the return of an old favourite that you always watch out for.
Pubs will hopefully benefit from customer interest. Some of the more successful pubs have an ever-changing range of guests that tempt their customer to come in weekly (or in some cases every few days!) to see what’s new on the bar to
LincolnCamra.org.uk ImpAle 13 a LocAle scheme or dealing direct with local pubs, they may also get feedback from customers about their beer. On the flipside to this, they are constantly trying to keep up with the guest beer market. With customers wanting more choice and landlords asking for different beers on their bars each week, there are many breweries that will feel they are brewing ever changing beers so they can keep orders flowing in.
For the 1147 brewers that are now brewing within the UK, the guest beer market is a way for them to get their name out around the country. When the big six brewers mentioned at the top of this article were brewing, there was no variety and no way in for anyone else brewing beers. The situation is better now, with the number of brewers in the industry and a massive choice of ales to try. Pubs can try. The pub landlord may be taking a condition of the beer. With a guest they have a variety of beers on their bars that risk though. With a regular beer he (or don’t necessarily have that reliability. will cater for all real ale drinkers. she!) knows what he is getting and how it will behave and taste. He knows he With the guest market, brewers have Picture credits – Steve Richardson will sell regular quantities of this beer a chance to get their beers in pubs because there will be customers who will locally and nationally helping raise their order the regular beer again and again profile. They get to try out new recipes because they can rely on the taste and and styles and, if they are participating in
14 ImpAle LincolnCamra.org.uk Meet the Brewer Oldershaw Brewery
Oldershaw Brewery claims to be Lincolnshire’s Best Brewed Secret. It definitely felt that way on the journey there. On a cold and windy December morning we made the journey down many small country lanes in the middle of nowhere, with me repeatedly telling my fellow passengers that it was definitely this next turning down an even smaller lane. My over-confidence paid off and we found ourselves on an old mushroom farm just outside Ancaster. Which is the right place I assure you.
We were there to meet Kathy and Tim Britton, Oldershaws current owners. However we weren’t the only ones, the brewery was having an Open Day and were turning up. With tours planned on the at least fifteen minutes befordhand to despite its remoteness dozens of people hour there were enough people arriving run the tours early, then one on the hour for those turning up on time and one at quarter past for the late-comers. Running three times as many tours as they had intended was keeping everyone busy but they seemed to relish it. The idea of the Open Day was to meet the people who actually drink their beer and they were certainly getting a chance to meet a lot of them.
They have only been at the new site themselves a year, moving there in early 2013. It’s just one in many steps forward the brewery seems to be taking. The brewery was originally started in 1996 by Gary and Diane Oldershaw. By 2010 they were looking to sell it on, which is where Kathy enters the picture. “I was working at a credit ratings agency and not really enjoying it. I had a four hour commute every day so I was looking around at different business opportunities. I was actually really close to taking over a packing company but I’m passionate about beer not packaging!” Luckily the opportunity to takeover Oldershaws came at just the right time and there was no looking back.
The family upped sticks and moved to Harrowby, just outside Grantham, where
LincolnCamra.org.uk ImpAle 15 Meet the Brewer Oldershaw Brewery
the name Oldershaw but not necessarily the beer. A good example of this would be Wetherspoons, who have been very good for the brewery. You may often see an Oldershaw brew in one of the Lincoln establishments but it won’t necessarily be the same beer every time.
Part of the reason they have expanded so much in the last few years is obviously that they brew good beer that many people enjoy drinking. Heavenly Blonde and Newton Drop are their two biggest selling beers. When they were first brewed neither Kathy or Tim knew that would be the case but they explain that part of the reason could be that these beers appeal both to ardent real ale drinkers and also the growing number of lager and cider drinkers who are trying real ales. However much they try and analyse the market there is still a lot of guesswork involved, as their festive beer Hollydaze proved. Kathy confessed “when we were brewing the brewery and new home was located. as a guest, unless you’re in the Grantham it I thought we may have misjudged the The brewery began to expand and it area where there are a few pubs that have amount needed and we’d end up drinking soon became clear that they needed a them as regular ales. I asked Tim what he bottles of it until June.” Misjudged they new site, which is how we all ended up thought of CAMRA’s LocAle scheme, that had, by December 3rd they’d completely in an old mushroom farm. Tim explained encourages pubs to stock beers brewed sold out! that as soon as they saw it they knew it within 30 miles of them “I think it’s a good was the right place “The room where we scheme however if my local pub only had The growth has also meant they don’t keep the casks is where the mushrooms LocAle on I’d probably get a bit bored. I do their own bottling any more, having were stored. The people showing us like a variety.” to send the beer to Birmingham instead. around were explaining how the room is It’s a view that may split opinion but 5 of their beers are available in bottled kept cool and that they would remove the was refreshingly honest form a brewery form and the new premise does include cooling equipment but we said “No, we’ll that often appears as a guest ale. Tim a small shop to sell these from as well keep it!” In fact the layout of the building explained that the pubs they supply often as two new beers they’ve specially lent itself perfectly to brewing and walking want a different beer every time. Publicans developed for other people. around it feels spacious and uncluttered. and drinkers may know and recognize Everything has its place and it seems as if the building was made for the current set-up.
As the new site is only a few miles north from the original brewery building it means they have been able to keep all their local connections. Although they regularly supply beer from Sheffield to London the vast majority is still sold within 40 miles of the brewery, most of it in the Grantham area. They try to keep things as local as possible with production as well, with the malt and hops for their regular brews being sourced from as close as possible. However they aren’t local for local sake, “if there’s an ingredient that’s only grown in New Zealand but we think its great then we’ll use it.”
Selling most of their beer locally also means the brewery has built up a good relationship with lots of local pubs. If you find an Oldershaw beer it’ll probably be on
16 ImpAle LincolnCamra.org.uk the customer. The lager drinker trying something new will be more inclined to give it a go if it’s in a bottle that seems familiar to them. But the stuckfast real ale drinker won’t except anything other than a 500ml bottle. It doesn’t mean one’s right and one’s wrong, so Tim’s opinion is give the people what they want, just make sure there’s great beer inside it.
They’ve surrounded themselves with other people who clearly care about beer. Their head brewer Colin has been a brewer for over 10 years and head of sales Gary has been with Oldershaws almost since the start. In fact everyone we met on the day was enthusiastic and friendly, giving the place a real family atmosphere. Both Tim and Kathy have become beer sommeliers this year and as one of a growing number of brewsters Kathy is part of Project Venus, a collaborations with other female brewers that produces different beers every few months to help celebrate and The first of these bespoke brews was requirements. She saw her chance and promote women brewing excellent beer. St Pancras Beer which they make returned north to come up with a beer that for the recently renovated St Pancras matched the abv and style that they were Oldershaws seems to be a brewery doing Renaissance Hotel at Kings Cross. It may looking for. After trialling the beer under a very good balancing act. It’s got one seem odd that a major London landmark the name Blonde Gambit she returned to eye on the past but is definitely looking to chose a Lincolnshire brewer when it has London with a few bottles to show what the future. They realise the importance of a wealth of breweries nearby but Kathy she’d come up with. The beer was such staying local but are not averse to looking explains it was a case of being in the an instant success that the bottles she further afield. There’s no escaping it’s a right place at the right time. She was at took only provided a mouthful for every business, Kathy acquired it as such and a corporate hospitality day and asked person who wanted to try it. The hotel was to survive they obviously have to make a for an ale but was told that unfortunately soon stocking it in their Booking Office profit, but the feel of the place was one of they didn’t have one. Upon further enquiry Bar and mini-bars throughout the hotel. enthusiasm and excitement. After a very she found that the venue was trying to busy year who knows what 2014 will bring develop one with another brewery but This had led on to their newest venture, for Oldershaws, but I’m sure whatever they were unable to match the customers’ brewing a beer for Café Football. If you’ve plans lay ahead this is a brewery worth not heard of Café Football before don’t keeping an eye on. be surprised, it’s a new restaurant chain that’s very recently been launched by Gary Images courtesy of Dominic Jennings Neville and Ryan Giggs. Or at least it’s a planned chain, at the moment there’s only one located in Stratford’s Westfield Centre. But it’s an exciting new opportunity, the restaurant’s aim is to have a fun relaxed atmosphere but with good quality food and they wanted a beer to match. One of the people behind the project knew the St Pancras manager so they knew exactly where to go when looking for a unique beer.
It’s no surprise to me they came up with exactly what the new start-up wanted. It’s clear Kathy and Tim are passionate about their work. I’ve rarely heard a brewer talking so much about the finer details of a bottle before, using a 33cl bottles for these bespoke beers but 500ml for their core range. Not because there is any difference in the bottle but because the markets they’re selling to expect different things, be that the supplier or
LincolnCamra.org.uk ImpAle 17 Small Beer big business
If you go into a pub and there’s a guest ale on, there a good chance that it’s come from Lincoln company, Small Beer Ltd. Steve Renshaw relates how the business grew from humble beginnings to become a major force in the wholesale drinks industry.
In the late 1970s, Tony Eastwood was a real ale enthusiast and Cleethorpes. Having given up his job to concentrate full-time on active CAMRA member. So, when his friend Tony Brookes (who the business, Tony’s next step was to buy a pub. went on to set up the Head of Steam pub company) opened a real ale off-licence in Newcastle upon Tyne, he took more Whitbread’s accepted their offer for the dilapidated Cross Keys than a passing interest. The Newcastle shop was an immediate on Union Road and, after extensive structural work, it re-opened success, and Tony Eastwood wondered whether the formula as the Victoria in December 1983. As a free house, they could might work in Lincoln. buy their beer from far and wide, and the pub was a hit with the growing number of real-ale enthusiasts in Lincoln. When a suitable shop (with a cellar) became available on Newland Street West, Tony and his wife Judith decided to buy Other local landlords caught on and asked Tony if he could it - as long as they could sell their house. As it turned out, a get casks for them. And so the wholesale business started. buyer came forward on the day the house went on the market. Initially, they used a garage at the back of the off-licence as a So there was no going back, and Tony and Judith opened the store, but that soon became too small. In 1988, the company Small Beer off-licence on 25th September 1980. acquired a unit on Kingsway and, a year later, expanded into the adjoining unit. This enabled them to grow the wholesale business to include keg beers, wines, spirits and soft drinks, in addition to the cask beers.
The retail side of the business also expanded with the acquisition of the Eagle in Boston in 1988 and the Golden Eagle in Lincoln in 1991. However, a few years later Tony and Judith decided that wholesale was their future and, in 1998, they sold their pubs to the Tynemill pub group (owned by Castle Rock Brewery of Nottingham).
And what a decision that turned out to be! Small Beer Ltd is now Britain’s leading cask ale wholesaler. Their annual sales of real ale amount to around 12,000 brewer’s barrels - that’s around 3.5 million pints! They provide guest ales for the pub estates of brewers such as Batemans, Everards, Castle Rock, Fullers and Wadworth, plus numerous pub companies, most notably Punch Taverns. And they supply many CAMRA beer The Eastwood family on the opening day of their off-licence festivals, including the Great British Beer Festival, Peterborough and, of course, Lincoln. Tony continued his day job as a town and country planner and they opened the shop in the evening and at weekends. They Although cask ale is still central to the business (currently about collected casks of beer from the likes of Everards in Leicester, 38%), their portfolio is wide and varied. Traditional real cider Darleys in Thorne and Batemans in Wainfleet, and their and perry has been a growth area over the last five years. They customers would turn up with their own containers to be filled. sell Belgian and continental beers, import craft beers from the The shop also stocked bottled beers, sherries and spirits. United States, and are now offering craft keg beer from UK brewers. Add to that the specialist wine division, plus all the Sales took off and they opened further shops in Sheffield and standard drinks you’d expect to see behind a bar and you can
18 ImpAle LincolnCamra.org.uk see why Small Beer was named Wholesaler of the Year for 2012 by the National Drink Distributors.
The family nature of the business was cemented in September 2008 when Tony and Judith’s son, Rob, became commercial manager, having spent four years at Batemans as national account manager. Four years later, Rob took over from Dad as managing director and his wife, Karen, left her job as national sales manager at Everards to become Small Beer’s commercial manager. It’s interesting to note that beer from the breweries where Rob and Karen cut their teeth were sold in the original off-licence.
We’re nearly at the present, but there’s one more chapter to the Small Beer story (so far). Anyone visiting the Kingsway site in recent times would have seen how little space there was for such a large business. After 18 months of looking, the company moved to brand-new premises on the Churchill Business Park The CAMRA connection at Bracebridge Heath during last summer. I’m sure the residents around the old site will be readjusting to life without the constant Tony Eastwood attended his first CAMRA meeting in 1975. beep-beep-beep of fork lifts and the clank of casks. Not to He joined ten or so other drinkers in the Still on Saltergate mention the steady stream of vans and lorries. for the gathering which was chaired by Arnie Wood, who had founded the Lincoln branch. Having enjoyed the beer-related As Small Beer moves into its next phase, Tony is looking to chat, he went along next time and was promptly elected as step back from the sharp end of the business. He remains vice-chairman. After working at a few CAMRA beer festivals, passionate about real ale and told me that he feels fortunate including the Great British Beer Festival, he helped to organise that what started as a hobby became a job. the first Lincoln Beer Festival in 1977. It was held in the upstairs room of the Stag’s Head on Newport. There were around ten Meanwhile, Rob is looking to consolidate the business in the beers from breweries such as Batemans, Home, Shipstones and new site, which is five time bigger than the old place. He and Ruddles. At about this time, Tony took over as branch chairman. the thirty-odd staff are aiming to improve their services and He was responsible for starting a branch newsletter - with the procedures. As always, their focus will be providing what the help of the typists and printing section at work. And the name of customers want while, at the same time, seeking out new the newsletter? ImpAle, of course. products in what is a rapidly-changing business.
The new premises
LincolnCamra.org.uk ImpAle 19 H’APP’y New Year
In this article Aaron Joyce takes a look at a Beer related Smart phone App. Apps are available on Android & Apple devices*
Untappd
any friends you have in common.
Navigation; You can use this section to search ‘Nearby beers’, ‘ Nearby Bars’, ‘Nearby Breweries’ & Trending Beers’.
‘Similar’ tab to get suggestions on other Over all I found this app simple to beers you may like. navigate around. Quick sign up process, Build your profile. As you use the app you can be up and running in a couple your profile will grow. Build a list of all the of minutes. It helps you keep track of different beers you have sampled in the what beers you have had & which ones Beer List section. are worth seeking out again. I know Untappd is the social network of the beer myself I often have difficulty recalling App world. Find nearby bars & brews. which beers I had when it comes to Badges; What beers are on trend right now? Which the morning after the night before! Find Earn badges based on beers you drink bars are your friends frequenting? Free to nearby bars using your phones map app, and the locations you drink in. There are download & free to register. What could just one click to switch from Untappd even “Special” badges to earn. There be better at this time of year when money to maps. Its beer descriptions may not aren’t any real world rewards for collecting is tight after Christmas? This app may be as comprehensive as other apps on these badges, but it’s fun to compete with be the technologically minded Tickers the market, it seems to rely on its users your friends. dream! to add a more detailed description, but at least it tells you what style the beer is Functions; Wish list; so you have something to aid you in the Check-in; Use the app to select the beer Think you may forget a beer you have selection process. you are drinking, Once you have found it been told about/recommended? Simply you can ‘Check in’ to the pub/bar you are type in the name of the beer you are The only problem I found with the drinking your pint in, add your own tasting searching for and simply click the ‘Wish navigation section was that when using notes & rate the beer on a star rating of list’ tab, it’ll be stored in your wish list so the ‘Nearby beers’ section, unless the 0-5. You may also choose to add a photo, you can seek it out later. beer you are looking for is a regular at the users of the app tend to photograph the featured pub, you may arrive to find the pump clip or the glass of beer they have Friends; beer has already sold out. been served. You can allow the app to post As is the idea of any social network, it’s to your account to allow your Facebook about expanding your friend network. *Aaron used the iPhone to look at these Apps friends or Twitter followers to see what & Use Twitter & Facebook to find which of operations on Android devices may differ where you have been drinking. If you like your friends are using the app. Search the slightly. the beer you are drinking you may use the friends list of your existing friends to find
20 ImpAle LincolnCamra.org.uk Cider News
A local cider – and cider maker – has helped propel the tiny Norfolk station pub in Downham Market to the top of the cider podium in just four years.
When Ian and Lesley Ann Pinches took over The Railway Arms at Downham Market station, they knew the one thing they had to change was the cider, but they never guessed where that decision would lead. They found a local product they liked, Pickled Pig, from just over the Cambridgeshire border in Stretham.
But it was meeting Charles Roberts, the man behind Pickled Pig, that really set the ball rolling. “He’s a real cider enthusiast,” said Ian. “He’s an inspirational sort of guy and we just picked the bug up from him.”
Ian and Lesley started searching out other ciders, both local and from further afield, and soon had half-a-dozen on offer. While Picked Pig’s products are still regularly featured, the pub has no house cider, instead opting for a constant rotation of guest ciders. They believe this helps keep things fresh and surprising, and apply the same approach to the real ales they serve.
“It took us by complete surprise,” said Ian of the moment they learned they had won, “To be honest, it humbled us just to be included in such company.” The other three finalists were The Royal Oak in Wantage, Berkshire, the Penrhyn Arms in Penrhynside, Conwy, and the George and Dragon in Dent, Lancashire. Andrea Briers, Chair of CAMRA’s Cider and Perry Committee, commented how the competition had “become very tough”, as more and more pubs fine “a market for real cider”. Judges said that The Railway Arms shows “what can be done BEER FESTIVALS AT in a small place”, “with quality, knowledge and enthusiasm”, concluding that it was ”a good reason for missing your train”. THE BREWERY
Just weeks after receiving the award, business and enquiries are ‘MILD IN MAY’ on the rise. Cider lovers have always searched out the pub and being located on a railway platform has its benefits, with some BEER FESTIVAL of the pubs regulars coming from 15 to 20 miles away. With son ϮϯƌĚͶϮϱƚŚDĂLJϮϬϭϰ Callum now helping to run the pub, it seems this “quirky, fun little place to be” is doing plenty for the reputation of quality cider. SUMMER BEER FESTIVAL For opening times, visit www.railway-arms.co.uk ϮϱƚŚͶϮϳƚŚ:ƵůLJϮϬϭϰ ;,ĞĐŬŝŶŐƚŽŶ^ŚŽǁtĞĞŬĞŶĚͿ
+HFNLQJWRQ:LQGPLOO+DOH5RDG+HFNLQJWRQ/LQFROQVKLUH 7HO ZZZ6DLO%UHZHU\FRXN %UHZHU\ORFDWHGPHWUHVIURP+HFNLQJWRQ5DLOZD\6WDWLRQ
LincolnCamra.org.uk ImpAle 21 Bottled Beers Review
This issue our beers come from a guest supplier Steep Hill Wines
Axholme Special Reserve and Cathedral Heights Castle Dungeon Oyster Stout
Steep Hill Wines only started doing bottled beers last summer but they don’t do things by half. What may look like a few shelves in the corner actually stocks up to 50 different ales. They are constantly looking to change the ales they have in to give the best possible selection. The newest addition, coming in just before Christmas, is Axholme Brewing Company who they met at the food and gift fair at the Lincolnshire Showground. They have three of their bottles available - a Whisky Reserve which was produced in low numbers so probably won’t be available by the time you read this (sorry), Clearwater Pale Ale and, the best selling of the three, Special Reserve.
It’s an easy drinking 7.2%, while it’s clearly strong the alcohol content isn’t overwhelming. Its much more like a Belgium beer in that sense. It’s an amber, full-bodied, fruity beer with a very sweet dry taste dominating, described on the label as tasting of candied orange peel. You can smell the sweetness straight away and after there is quite a bitter aftertaste.
Axholme Brewing Co is based in Luddington in North Lincolnshire. As the shop owner is originally from Thirsk there are a few more unusual Yorkshire breweries stocked, for example Wold Top, Bad Seed and Brass Castle. But the focus is on Lincolnshire beers. There have been requests from customers to stock continental beers but their thinking is ‘Why do that when there are so many good beers nearby?’ So they constantly have beers from the likes of Oldershaws, Grafters and 8 Sail Brewery (featured in the last ImpAle issue). But you can’t get much more local than Cathedral Heights, based in Bracebridge Heath.
Their Copper ale, Steep Hill, sells out nearly as quick as it comes in but luckily there were two other choices still available, BBH Bitter Golden Ale or Castle Dungeon Oyster Stout. I went for the stout, brewed the traditional way using fresh oysters. It was a very thick, smooth stout and full of rich woody, almost smoky, tastes. Having tried a few Cathedral Heights ales before I was glad I went for this one, in my opinion it’s the best beer they produce.
22 ImpAle LincolnCamra.org.uk LincolnCamra.org.uk ImpAle 23 Recimpe Chocolate Stout Chocolate Brownies
This issue new contributor Suzy Aldridge steps into the kitchen to bake with beer.
After the ASDA delivery service snubbed my first attempt to make stout brownies by sending me inferior beer instead of Sadler’s delicious Mud City Stout it’s taken me a few months to make a second attempt. But here it is! Today I wandered on down to Tesco and got some Brains Original Stout. It’s a beautiful creamy stout made with chocolate and premium ale malts so perfect to match a chocolatey brownie recipe.
Recipe time!
Ingredients 1/2 cup stout 10 oz chocolate chips (I used two thirds dark and one third milk) 1 cup butter 1 cup sugar A pinch of salt 3 eggs 1 cup flour
Instructions Preheat the oven to 120 oC (ish) and line a baking tray. Bring the stout to the boil and reduce by half. This will smell bloody amazing. Melt together the chocolate chips and the butter. I did it in the microwave and it worked perfectly. Add the sugar, salt and reduced stout into the chocolate and butter and mix well. Add eggs one at a time, mixing until just combined before adding the next egg. Fold the sifted flour into the mixture. Pour into the baking tray and pop in the oven for an hour. Poke it with something (like a toothpick?). If it comes out clean, it’s done. And drum roll for the end result… (shusshhh, I accidentally burnt it a little).
A little crispy on top but they’re fluffy and squidgy in the centre with a distinct stout aftertaste. After I tried my first one I could still taste the stout 10 minutes later.
Find more of Suzy’s recipes and blogs at http://pubgeek.co.uk/
24 ImpAle LincolnCamra.org.uk Old Ale Tales
Our historian Steve Richardson has once again been busy searching out pub images from the archives. For this issue we have some fine pictures of Lincoln High Street in days past.
Horse Fair, High Street A view of the High Street, looking north towards the Cathedral. Probably from about 1900, and showing the Horse Fair in progress. In 1913 a walk down Steep Hill, along The Strait, and to the bottom of the High Street would have taken you past 34 Inn’s and Public Houses. There are four in this picture, the Saracen’s Head by Stonebow, the Spread Eagle (where Waterside Shopping Mall is now), the Lord Nelson just north of High Bridge, and the Black Goats (later the Central Hotel, now Dorothy Perkins) on the south side. There could be up to 2,000 horses at the Horse Fair, many from far afield, although the best were from Ireland or of Irish breed. Buyers included the War Department, Railway Companies, London Brewers, and even some from France and Germany. The obelisk on High Bridge was built in 1762 as a water conduit fed from natural springs on Monks Road. It was dismantled in 1939, and eventually reconstructed in St. Marks square in 1996.
High Street Taken around 1959, a view of 4 more High Street licensed premises. On the extreme left, the Royal Oak Hotel (advertising its “Cupid Lounge”), the Lion Hotel (doubling as an Omnibus Station), the Treaty of Commerce, and on the right the Great Northern Hotel. The Great Northern appears to have been an impressive building, and dated back to arrival of the railways in 1848. Demolished sometime between 1964 and 1967, that site is now occupied by what must be one of Lincoln’s most ugly modern buildings, and home to Superdrug and Sleep shops.
Thanks to Lincolnshire County Council, Lincoln Central Library, Local Studies Collection for permission to print these photographs.
LincolnCamra.org.uk ImpAle 25 TravALE
With winter here, it was time to wrap up warm with scarf, gloves, bobble hats and coat. For this TravAle Lincoln and Gainsborough. Our normal TravAler Greg Richards is guest editing this issue of ImpAle so lea
Half Moon – Willingham by Stow We then had a quick walk around the corner and into the village, down the hill and in view, The Half Moon. In the pub lobby a CAMRA discount scheme and LocAle poster were clearly visible. This pub is home to Grafters brewery which is housed in outbuildings next to the pub, eight of their ales were available with a guest ale, and a real cider. Drinkers and diners mixed together, in a friendly atmosphere, with the landlord decorating the tree outside in festive sparkle. Thankfully, our next bus involved us having a 2 hour stop here!
The Plough Inn – Sturton by Stow With plenty of local beer tasted we headed off towards Sturton by Stow and to the Plough, on the main junction in the village. Many villagers were out enjoying the Christmas Fair and light switch on, whilst we merely watched from the pub window. We had found a pub with 6 real ales and a real cider, and again a CAMRA discount scheme. We vacated to the bar area in the The Stags Head, Knaith Park back of the pub, trying Welbeck Abbey’s Farrier and to attempt Handily the bus stop is outside the Stags Head on both sides to play darts and pool. The landlord was very friendly and was of the road. On entering, I feared the worst, when I saw 2 hand evidently proud to serve real ale. pumps on the front bar with no ale, but noticed a third hand pump on the right-hand bar serving Grafters Traditional. The pool table, darts board and TV were in the back of the pub, making for a fairly peaceful visit until a local ramblers group entered in mass numbers!
Fox and Hounds – Willingham by Stow Back onto the bus, we headed towards Willingham by Stow which is just a few miles away, stopping at the Fox and Hounds, just outside the village. Again the bus stop was conveniently outside the pub. The smell of warming, hearty food was what I first noticed, followed by the blackboards stating two Tom Woods beers were available. Clearly this pub was more food lead than wet sales, as the dining area dwarfed the small bar area, but they still managed to squeeze in a pool table.
26 ImpAle LincolnCamra.org.uk E
Ale we focused on Stagecoach service 100 between leading this journey was Ashley Sewell.
Anglers – Saxilby Our final destination in the heart of Saxilby, The Anglers, described as the Local’s Local. I, once a local here, had been wondering if I was to bump into past friends. Four real ales to choose from, mainly national brewers, Wychwood’s Bah Humbug felt appropriate. We sat near the doubles dartboard, away from the busy bar area, my friend loved the public phone by the bar, the old village photographs and the patterned carpet, I slipped off to greet a local and enjoy a catch up.
Also in the Area Cross Keys – Stow Between Willingham and Sturton, a restaurant usually serves real ale, opening times are mainly lunchtime and evening. Bus stop is nearby
Pavillion Bar – Saxilby In the middle of the village, by the football and cricket pitch, 1-2 ales usually served. Opening times do vary in the week but usually open at weekend. Nearby to historic Fossdyke canal.
LincolnCamra.org.uk ImpAle 27 Celebrating FINE ALE in the FINE CITY 22 MAY - 1 JUNE 2014 “Norwich really is a capital city for ale!” Tim Hampson, Chairman, British Guild of Beer Writers “It just keeps getting better and better!” Roger Protz “Norwich City of Ale is a truly unique celebration of local beers” Mike Benner, CEO, CAMRA www.cityofale.org.uk
norwichcityofale2014.wordpress.com
CityOfAle #cityofale 28 ImpAle LincolnCamra.org.uk Quiz Wordsearch This issue we have a list of guest beers from local breweries you may find in the pubs in the Lincoln and Louth branch areas. You’ll win no prizes for doing that, but you can win a beery prize if you can find the names hidden in this wordsearch. Scanned entries can be sent to [email protected] or by post to ImpAle Quiz Issue 1 2014, 4 Squires Place, Nettleham, Lincoln, LN2 2WH. The closing date is April 1st and the editor’s decision is final. The winner will be announced in the next issue.
All English Aromantica Beatty’s Tonic Bouncing Bomb Brewer’s Troop Dancing Dragonfly Elderberry Porter Hooker Milwright Mild Marsh Mild Mocha Old Boy Pacific Union Shy Talk Victory Ale
Quiz Answers The winner of the last issue’s Quiz is Eddie Wallis of Lincoln who wins a meal for two at The Roaring Meg. Congratulations Eddie!
1. Time 14. Steve Davis and Dennis Taylor 2. HE Bates 15. Pemberley 3. Hazelnut 16. Ingleborough, Whernside, Pen y Ghent 4. Imperial War Museum 17. Newstadt an der Weinstrasse, Port Lincoln, Tangshan, 18. 5. Kidderminster Harriers 18. Radomsko 6. The Modern Prometheus 19. Cathedral Heights 7. The Sparrow 20. Oranges 8. Elland 1862 Porter 21. The Taming of the Shrew 9. Bird 22. Deeper Underground – Jamiroquai 10. Tantalum 23. Fugu 11. Eleanor 24. 54 Gallons 12. William Hartnell 25. 30 Years 13. 356.7 Degrees Centigrade 26. Mistletoe
LincolnCamra.org.uk ImpAle 29 of Two Halves )DLUGHDOA Campaign RQEHHU WD[QRZ
7EZI &VMXEMR·W 4YFW Join CAMRA Today Complete the Direct Debit form below and you will receive 15 months membership for the price of 12 and a fantastic discount on your membership subscription.
Alternatively you can send a cheque payable to CAMRA Ltd with your completed form, visit www.camra.org.uk/joinus or call 01727 867201. All forms should be addressed to Membership Department, CAMRA, 230 Hatfield Road, St Albans, AL1 4LW.
Your Details Direct Debit Non DD
Title Surname Single Membership £2 £2 Forename(s) (UK & EU) Date of Birth (dd/mm/yyyy) Joint Membership £2 £ Address (Partner at the same address) For Young Member and concessionary rates please visit www.camra.org.uk or call 01727 867201. Postcode I wish to join the Campaign for Real Ale, and agree to Email address abide by the Memorandum and Articles of Association Tel No(s) I enclose a cheque for
Partner’s Details (if Joint Membership) Signed Date Applications will be processed within 21 days Title Surname Forename(s)
Date of Birth (dd/mm/yyyy) /
Campaigning for Pub Goers Enjoying Real Ale & Beer Drinkers & Pubs Join CAMRA today – www.camra.org.uk/joinus
Instruction to your Bank or Building Society to pay by Direct Debit
Please fill in the whole form using a ball point pen and send to: This Guarantee should be detached Campaign for Real Ale Ltd. 230 Hatfield Road, St.Albans, Herts AL1 4LW and retained by the payer. Name and full postal address of your Bank or Building Society Service User Number The Direct Debit To eht reganaM knaB ro uB i l d i gn coS i e t y 926129 Guarantee This Guarantee is offered by all banks and building Address societies that accept instructions to pay by Direct FOR CAMRA OFFICIAL USE ONLY Debits. This is not part of the instruction to your Bank or Building Society If there are any changes to the amount, date or Membership Number frequency of your Direct Debit The Campaign for Postcode Real Ale Ltd will notify you 10 working days in advance Name of your account being debited or as otherwise agreed. If you request The Campaign for Real Ale Ltd to collect Name(s) of Account Holder Postcode a payment, confirmation of the amount and date will be given to you at the time of the request Instructions to your Bank or Building Society If an error is made in the payment of your Direct Branch Sort Code Please pay Campaign For Real Ale Limited Direct Debits from the account Debit by The Campaign for Real Ale Ltd or your bank detailed on this instruction subject to the safeguards assured by the Direct Debit or building society, you are entitled to a full and Guarantee. I understand that this instruction may remain with Campaign For Real immediate refund of the amount paid from your bank Ale Limited and, if so will be passed electronically to my Bank/Building Society. or building society Bank or Building Society Account Number - If you receive a refund you are not entitled to, you must pay it back when The Campaign For Real Ale Ltd Signature(s) asks you to Reference You can cancel a Direct Debit at any time by simply Date contacting your bank or building society.Written confirmation may be required. Please also notify us.
Banks and Building Societies may not accept Direct Debit Instructions for some types of account. 30 ImpAle LincolnCamra.org.uk LincolnCamra.org.uk ImpAle 31 Tom Wood Beers Ltd. Look out for these beers locally
ABV.3.5 This is an easy to drink bitter and has a fresh, dry, hoppy flavour combined with a fruity aftertaste and heady aroma.
LINCOLN GOLD ABV.4.0 Pale bitter combining lager and traditional ale malts with English grown Cascade and Pilgrim, to produce a fruity aroma, slightly zesty flavour but retaining some malt characteristics very moreish.
ABV.4.8
An earthy malt aroma, but with a complex underlaying mix of coffee, hops, caramel and apple fruit. The beer starts bitter and intensifies, but all its mahogany flavours stay on until the end.
BREWED USING ALL ENGLISH INGREDIENTS Tom Woods Beers Ltd. Tel: 01652 680001 Fax: 01652 680379 Email: [email protected] 32 ImpAle LincolnCamra.org.uk