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I'"" 'f I'\"~ ,I f:~:, FREE The Newsletter of the D~al D~ver Sand~ich & District ~,,' EASE TAKE A,C;OPY , branch of the Campaign ,fpr, fi!al Ale Coa~!gBt~!P 'I JMWJ~!JWrd.a>.uk Between the bottom of the hili and the deep bltJe sea In a location reno,J';ed across for its beauty, The Coastguard, Britain's nearest pub to France, Issue 28 lives up to its reputation for excellent food and Summer.. 2006 drink served with a pleasing inforrnalirv, the ideal location to relax and drink in the views out to sea. ' I INSIDE fiRE DESTROYS (;.\ DD'S of Rarnsgate and II()PD.i\El\l():\I feature :~ PUB rcuularlv alonoside other award winninu PROFILE: THE BELL, " , ('1 b ,~~ Cask /\ lcs from further a fidJ, ,..,~ '" The Royal 't\ Iicrobrcwcries are our preference t~~) (;,1Nl!"~ Oa k See local News, Page 4 Kc:c.:pmg our reputat lon ill! exccllcru Cask Nonnington ales and .\\\,fI['d "winning fresh [(H)d Page 42 complimcru ing Kcnrish i\loL:S " Blokes, Award winning Cheese boards to compliment beer as well as wine . ,,,, <- .:! I St. Margaret's Bay. -::'- is Branch 01304 853176 - -'> \ Pub of the .' ... "~,,\\T.thecoas tguard.co.ok Year See Page 28 Printed at Adams the Printers, Dover I .,~ I' \ I ~'>' "() L< ~ ( '-' , < a::=3<:) Channel Draught I is the Newsletter of ISSUE 28 r I CONTENTS I the Deal Dover Sandwich & Summer 2006 3 Events diary 36 Beer Festivals Round-up District Branch of ) \ 4 Local News 42 Pub Proflle » The Royal the' Campaign for I Real Ale. 14 Great British Beer Oak, Nonnington .:::< Welcome to Channel Draught for Summer 2006. Festival 2006 44 A good dose of the Editorial Team Beer festivals and changes of landlords feature prominently 15 National News Cheshire Ring, with The Editbr~ in this issue. We know of at least five local pub beer festi- vals over the forthcoming weeks, plus of course also two 20 Kent Small Brewery News Beery Boaters Advenisinq CAMRA events, the Kent Beer Festival and the Great British 23 Cider Matters 50 Beerword M~11inAtkins Beer Festival - see Events Diary opposite; while at least Editorial Assistants half a dozen pubs are enjoying new owners or manage- 27 Summer Ales 51 Smoking ban latest Anne Mcllroy ment. We also have reports on three earlier festivals this 28 Pub of the Year 2006, 52 Last Knockings Trish Wells year, including a much delayed article on February's White Cliffs Festival. Forthcoming branch events include a bat and Blakes, Dover 55 Local Information Design & Format trag evening at the Crown, Finglesham on Tuesday August 30 Channel View _ 57 CAMRA Info Steve Bell 29 and an evening coach trip around several of our more outlying pubs in October > date yet to be set. 32 Memoirs of a Beer 58 Advertisers Index Editorial Address Festival groupie 58 And Finally . Top Local News story is the disastrous fire at the Bell, You can write to the Shepherdswell which left the pub with not much more than , Editor cto just four walls standing, while the rest of our local roundup -2, Eastbrook Place, provides details of what's been happening elsewhere to the I EVENTS DIARY I Dover CT16 1RP area's pubs, and which ales people have been drinking. As Friday 28th & Hare & Hounds, Northbourne - beer, cider, ./ E-Mail it's summertime our roving beer and brewery expert, Roger Saturday 29th July live music, Sat BBQ (01304365429)" _ #[email protected] Marples, writes about summer ale, as well as describing a Saturday 29th & Red Lion, Stodmarsh - beer, live music, sea [email protected] visit to the Royal Oak, and providing his regularly advertisng@Channeldraught Sunday 30th July shanties (01227721339)" .org.uk quarterly report on the local micros. Nationally the main items of interest are the latest episodes in the current resur- Tuesday 1st to GREAT BRITISH BEER FESTIVAL, Earl's Court, Channel Draught gence of mergers and takeovers in the brewing industry - Saturday 4th August London is Published and our two largest regional brewers seemingly intent on gob- Sunday 5th August The Bull, - 'Bullstock', live music, beer and ©2006 by the bling up as many of their competitors as they can get away BBQ." Deal Dover with, which at the moment appears to be just about anybody Sandwich & District and everybody. Monday 21st August The Berry, Canada Road, - Branch Meeting Branch of the Saturday 26th & Three Horseshoes, - selection Also in this edition Jim Green reports on the latest adven- Campaign for Real Sunday 27th August of ales, Sunday live music & side shows" tures of the Beery Boaters in northwest , and we Ale. start a new feature - for us that is - a crossword, courtesy Friday 25th, Saturday 26th, Crown Inn, Finglesham - beer, cider, pig roast, Please note that of Trish Wells. Finally, congratulations to Blakes for being Sunday 27th & Monday 28th live music, etc (01304 612555)" views expressed chosen as Pub of the Year, a second win for Peter and August herein are not Katheryn following their success two years ago at the Yew necessarily those of Monday 19th September Coastguard, St. Margaret's Bay - Branch Meeting. Tree, . We wish them well for the future. this branch or Branch Meetings start at 7.30pm CAMRA Ltd. atJ1dm The branch normally meets on the third Monday of each month. Please drink Ma!tlin [Eduo«) If you are interested in joining CAMRA please come along to one of our meetings! sensibly! Events marked" are not organised by CAMRA ) Page 2 Page 3 HEATHER & CHARLlE The Local News welcome you to Contributors - Martin Atkins, Anne Mcilroy, Roger Marples, John Pitcher, TonyWells, etc.

and Jays. The latter has retained its Lbe EAST KENT PUBS keg only policy, while the real ale situa- DAMAGED BY FIRE tion at the Kingfisher is unknown. Two local pubs have been seriously Park Inn, Park Place: For the present, damaged by fire in recent weeks. The the pub is sticking with just three real NeaJ 250-year-old Bell Inn, on The Green at ales - Greene King IPA, Courage Best Shepherdswell, was severely damaged and Shepherd Neame Spitfire. Your st late Wednesday evening June 21 . correspondent cannot speak for the The fire broke out at around 10.00 pm first two but the Spitfire (sorry Roger) is and rapidly engulfed the whole build- always excellent, and one Saturday LRee ing. Fortunately no one was injured, evening back in May, enjoyed a superb but by next morning there was not steak accompanied by a deliciously much more than just the walls remain- soft Chilean red wine. Bau+~eSLOr.le ing. We understand, however, that White Horse, St James Street: Timo- Four Real Ales plus Mild these are fairly sound and there is thy Taylor's Landlord and Ringwood much optimism that the pub will be Fortyniner are more or less regular 3 from local microbrewers rebuilt: local opinion has it being open features. Recent interesting guests again in nine or ten months. Mean- have included Hop Back Odyssey, and 2 from microbrewers from other areas while Shepherdswell has just one pub Dark Star Original and Sunburst, and remaining, Shepherd Neame's Brick- Breconshire Ramblers Ruin. A very 3 Real Ciders makers Arms at the junction of Coxhill popular quiz, normally set by the pub . Good home-cooked pub food and Westcourt Lane. The other fire regulars themselves, takes place on Fresh Fish always available was at the Red Lion, Bridge, in May. the first Sunday evening of every Having been closed for refurbishment month. Good Vegetarian selection for several months, it suffered substan- tial fire damage, as it was about to re- Castle, Russell Street: At the time of Food from 12pm to 3pm & 7pm to 9pm open as a pub and restaurant. It's cur- writing the pub is closed, we believe Wednesday to Saturday rently still closed with scaffolding awaiting a new landlord. However the around it. resurrection of real ale late last year Sunday Lunch only £5.50. Cooked fresh the same day. has proved short lived. The pumps Booking advised DOVER were removed and presumably all beer LIVE FOLK MUSIC EVERYTHURSDAY NIGHT Surprising news, perhaps, at this time is keg only. No doubt demand was of pub closures - the town has just limited and certainly whenever this join the Afternoon Club and get up to SOp off your pint- gained two new pubs: the Kingfisher correspondent looked through the door and the Funky Monkey. However, there appeared to be nothing on. Monday to Friday Jpm to 7pm they are new in name only, and are Eagle, London Road: By contrast, the OPEN 12.00 - 11.00 MON. TO SAT. respectively the former Cherry Tree, Eagle is staying with real ale. In late following purchase by Punch Taverns May the choice was Greene King IPA, 12.00 - 10.30 SUNDAY and several months of refurbishment, Fuller's Discovery and St George's Telephone 01304831619 www.barfrestone.com

Page 4 Page 5 Imperial Bitter. Regular live music. declared by one of the branch's stern- est critics of real ale to be about the Blake's, Castle Street: Voted branch VVHITE best he had ever tasted. As usual Pub of the Year 2006, the presentation plenty of music at the pub with some of the award took place on June HORSE zs" special treats late July and August - and was well attended by real ale en- see advert. thusiasts from all over east Kent (see DOVER separate report). Particularly notable DEAL EST. 1365 recently have been excellent barrels of Titanic Captain Smith's, Skinner's Three Horseshoes, Gt. Mongeham: Monday - Saturday Spriggan and Harviestoun Ptarmigan. Regular beers are Gadds' No 5 and Greene King IPA. Landlord, Martin, 4.00pm -ll.OOpm Primrose, Coombe Valley Road: The says people like IPA as a session beer planning application reported in our but wonders if perhaps he shouldn't Sunday *** Spring issue to replace the pub with 11 make it Gadds all round and replace it l.OOpm -lO.30pm dwellings and 7 two bedroom flats has with Gadds' No 7 - sounds a good been refused, the development being idea to us. For August Bank Holiday considered over intensive with inade- weekend a beer festival is planned quate parking. (see advert for details). Royal Oak, River: The pub has re- Telegraph, Hamilton Road: Following opened following a £56,000 refurbish- the retirement of former tenants John ment by owner, Shepherd Neame, who and Maggie, the pub has been taken has created additional seating by mov- on by Jenny Maxted, who has previ- ing the cellar. It has allocated the ously worked behind the bar at the premises a new jargon designation - Berry and the Lord Clyde. She took on community dining pub. 'The mid-18th the tenancy on April 24th and has no century flint building ... has been taste- plans to make any changes, as she Welcome to fully redecorated inside and out, in likes the pub's feel. On our visit, her keeping with the pub's traditional style. only real ale was Master Brew but An exposed flint wall inside has been she's going to try Earlybird and Spitfire restored and spotlights installed to as well. make it a design feature of the pub", Chequers, Golf Road: Sadly the says the brewery. One relishes what Tel 01304 203300 might have been the comments of for- pub/restaurant has ceased selling real mer landlord, the late lamented Jim ale, having found there was insufficient www.theparkinnatdover.co.uk Percival. demand, and a lot was being thrown Victorian Freehouse & Restaurant away. It had formerly sold Broadside Open All Day 7 Days a week Louis Armstrong, Maison Dieu Road: and Master Brew. As a replacement it Restaurant and Snack Menu available all day Jackie Bowles regularly compliments is offering a selection of bottled beers the normal rotating guest ale selection from the Cornish Ring 0' Bells Brew- 5 en-suite letting rooms of Burton Bridge, Grand Union, Nelson ery, which although not bottle condi- Live Entertainment and Skrimshander with beers from tioned proved excellently flavoured. elsewhere. Over the last few months Six Real Ales including Shepherd Neame Spitfire, Young's Hook Norton Old Hooky has appeared Lifeboat, The Strand, Walmer: Closed Special, Wadworth 6X, Courage Best plus two Guests a couple of times and proved most since 2004, and rumoured for conv.er- popular. Meanwhile a barrel of Skrim- sion to restaurant and bar, a plan~lng All the essence of a villagepub in shander, on at the start of July, was application has now been submitted Dover TownCentre

Page 6 Page 7 refused. Council felt that not be real but it has a truly excellent and approved for change of use to and a similar selection was to be found the development, as proposed, was flavour. residential. In 2005 a new pub licence at the Deal Hoy in Duke Street. The overbearing and cramped, left inade- had been applied for under the revised Prince Albert, Alfred Square, is stick- Plough Inn, Ripple: A visit in April quate parking and site lines, and would regulations. ing with an ever-changing selection. found Sheps Best and Master Brew, cause additional traffic hazards. Locally, On a visit in late May this was York and Broadside just finished (very rap- Berry, Canada Road: Landlord, Chris, the Parish Council, among other con- Brewery Decade, Tom Wood Hop & idly apparently). Also Fuller's ESB, has refurbished the outside patio area cerns, feared that the loss of the garden Glory and Nelson's Spring Pride, but which "at the risk of sounding like - a quiet retreat away from the bustle and accompanying summer trade might no sign of a fourth handpump which those prats who write restaurant re- of Walmer Seafront. Harveys' Sussex put the future of the pub at risk. was being talked of in the winter. At the views" was found by our correspon- appears very much a fixture, and on nearby Ship Inn, Middle Street, there Red Lion, Stodmarsh: The pub has a dent to be "excellent, and slipped down one recent visit was the only beer is a choice of five real ales, currently beer festival lined up for the last week- like a smooth desert wine!" available, following a particularly good normally Gadds' 3 and 7, Deuchar's end in July, Saturday zs" and Sunday weekend. Other real ales vary: in mid Rising Sun, Kingsdown: "I hate to IPA, Summer Lightning and Master so", which if the hot weather at the time May being a duo from Woodforde: think how long it has been since I vis- Brew. In the main street the New Inn is of writing continues promises to be a Wherry and Great Eastern. ited the Rising Sun", says Pubs Offi- selling Bass and Spitfire, and in West great success. Robert is planning on 14 cer, Tony Wells. I found just the one Elsewhere in Deal in mid June, the Street the Alma re-opened on Satur- real ales, which in addition to regulars beer on - a very good London Pride. Bohemian was selling Broadside, day May 2ih (see Tony's Tappings). Greene King IPA and Old Speckled Hen, Outside the pub there is a patio area to Wherry and Goacher's Gold Star along includes Greene King Triumph, Abbot the front and a garden with patio and with Weston's Organic Cider, while a SANDWICH & RURAL and a special brew Harley Davison. Spe- skittle alley to the rear. few doors along the spring line up at Hope, : The application for five cial IPA lasses will be £1 each. Shepherd Neame's Clarendon was Yew Tree, Barfrestone: Venue for our dwellings and four letting apartments, Blue Pigeons, Worth: Plants went on Master Brew, Spitfire and Early Bird, May Branch Meeting, we found we reported in our last issue, has been sale on Bank Holiday Monday for this were sharing the pub with a folk eve- year's pumpkin competition at the village ning - which greatly impressed our pub. The annual contest raises cash for branch secretary - and a fine selection charity and the entry with the biggest 1 The Ughthouse Old Dover Rd. CapeHe-Ferne of ales including Glastonbury Lady of fruit can win its weight in beer. Plants Tel: 01303 223300 the Lake, Salopian Golden Thread and have to be bought at the pub for the ••••• Fax: 01303842270 a very good mild: Coach House Gun- competition and, apart from the free Inn 8[ restaurant www.thelighthouseinn.co.uk powder. A month or so later the early brew, there will also be other prizes to July heat wave found another excellent win. In early April the pub was selling mild, this time Goacher's, very lively Young's Bitter, Adnams Bitter and Wad- and superbly refreshing along with REAL ALES FINE WINES worth 6X. Nethergate Umbel Magna, Dark Star GREAT FOOD Five Bells, Eastry: Mitchell & Butler's Sunburst, Incubus and Banks & Taylor SUPERB ACCOMMODATION Mild still selling very well, the pub being Dragonslayer. one of only three regular mild outlets in In Sandwich the branch enjoyed a our branch area, while Gadds ales con- good, if small, monthly meeting at the tinue to be popular - Seasider due to MON- FRI 11am - 3pm & 5.30pm - 11pm Fleur-de-Lis where the choice of ale is come on at end of June. A particular Greene King IPA, 6X and an ever SAT 11am - 11pm SUN12pm - 10.30 pm recent success, especially with landlady, changing guest. At the nearby Grey- Debbie, was Workie Ticket from the Separate 30 Seater Restaurant - Business Lunches and Functions hound, a long time unseen beer, Mar- Tyneside brewery Mordue. Also good to ston's Merrie Monk was recently on the - B&B Rooms - Ample Parking - 30 Seater Family Dining Area see the pub selling good quantities of handpump. In no change with Separate Indoor Play Area Stock Ale (formerly English Ale, and be- at the Way Out Inn, still closed (a bit fore that Gold Top - an old Fremlins Marie Celeste with handpumps still FULL MENU & TRADITIONAL SUNDAY ROAST brew inherited by Whitbread) - it may

Page 9 Page 8 sporting pump clips), and also still seemingly devoted to all things bottled closed, the Endeavour, Wootton. So and keg. Cartoons still occupy the The Golden Hind also is the Butcher Arm's, Ashley, large TV screen, and there never seem 85, Beach Street, where an appeal has been lodged to be more than a couple of customers. against the Council's refusal for No doubt it will end up as a kebab Deal, Kent, CT14 7JB change of use to residential. At Capel shop. the Royal Oak is still maintaining a Lifeboat: New landlords here as well, very competitive pricing regime with up Kevin having left at the start of July. We pay top prices for antiquarian and good quality to four real ales available - in mid-April Running the pub largely single handed Hancock's HB was on sale at £1.60 proved too much of a tie, and he in- and rare second hand books, in particular and Cottage Hound Dog at £2.00, tends to have several months' break however still no real ale at the Che- LOCAL BOOKS; ANTIQUARIAN; MARITIME; before making any plans for the future. quers, West Hougham. The Hare and One of his final guest ales was a very EARLY BIBLES etc. Hounds, Northbourne and Bell tasty Greene King Ale Fresco. A few Lydden have new landlords (see streets away the East Cliff Tavern is Tony's Tappings). This famous old bookshop, situated opposite the Royal Hotel, has sticking with an ever-changing selec- been a source of interesting booksfor over 30 years FOLKESTONE tion, a recent visit finding Burton Bridge California Dreaming, Incubus Happy Frenchman, Christchurch Rd: and Dark Star Hophead. In Dover Rd. Phone/fax: 01304 375086 Another change of landlord: Stuart, the Martello shows no sign of re- having been replaced after a brief in- opening, and now the sign advertising E-mail: [email protected] cumbency as manager by Rory. Ad- nams Broadside is now joined by Timothy Taylor Landlord as a second regular ale, while the long awaited refurbishment is THE GUILDHALL due in the next month or so: 42 The Bayle, Folkestone major alterations are not ex- ~be TauII )nn pected. Tel. 01303251393 EASTRY Chambers, Cheriton Place: The OPEN 12 TILL 12 basement pub continues to offer one of the best selections of real Tel01304611444 Fax 01304617037 ale in the town. Regulars are FORTHCOMING EVENTS Adnams Southwold, locals Skrimshander and Gadds' No 5, Saturday 5th August and at the heavyweight end, BULIBfOUK Ringwood Old Thumper. A Stuart and Gilly welcome you to Live Music & Beer Festival weekly guest is always avail- our traditional family run pub. 4 Bands and Barbeque able. Recently this has included the mouth-watering duo Burton Four Real Ales Adults - £7 Children - Free 12 Midday - 8.30pm Bridge Top Dog Stout and Dark Good Pub Food. Star Original. Live Music and Events weekly Open 12 Noon-11 pm Mon- Thu Princess Royal: The hand- Come and try our pizza feature cooked while you wait pumps look increasingly forlorn 12 Noon - Midnight Fri & Sat - eat in or take-away at this one time real pub, now 12 Noon - 10:30pm Sunday

Page 10 Page 11 on offer including Ringwood Bitter, 'a pub business opportunity' has disap- Lightning, Wye valley Hereford Pale pub and sees this tenancy as a good Bath's Wild Hare, Spitfire and peared as well. Ale, Everards Svengal Tiger, Young's start. Again, no drastic changes are Waggledance and Adnams Regatta. planned, as she likes the feel of the Broughton's Exciseman's 80/-. The In Sandgate, the tucked away Claren- Round the corner in Church St the pub. At the time of visiting she was Wild Hare, a golden organic beer, had don was selling Shep's Early Bird at Pullman had just one real ale at last planning to add Shep's Early Bird to a wonderful dry finish. the promotional price of £2 a pint in the Master Brew, and possibly Spitfire visit, during the World Cup - a patriotic A visit to the Black Pig at Staple un- mid June, alongside Master Brew and as well. offering called English Glory. covered an unusual find - Shepherd Spitfire; while the usual extensive se- th Neame's Whitstable Bay on draught. lection at the Ship included, as well as TONY'S TAPPINGS And a 40 birthday present with a dif- The reason why I say unusual is that, Greene King IPA and Abbot, Old Pecu- (The perambulations of our Pubs ference!! As was reported in the East according to Shep's web site, this or- liar, Incubus, Summer Lightning and Officer: Tony Wells) Kent Mercury, the Alma in West ganic beer is only available in bottles; Ridley's Prospect. And Harveys, Street, Deal, reopened after significant All Change definitely a beer for a summer's day. Sandgate Rd., is also selling real ale at refurbishment with new tenants, Jane £2 a pint, on this occasion Archers' "Spring has sprung, the grass has riz, I and Gary May. The pub was Gary's And in Finglesham, cider is back. Now 40th birthday present. Greene King IPA Best - other beers late June where wonder who our landlord is?" It seems that we are into summer, we should Bass and Courage Directors. that change is in the air this spring as a and Fuller's London Pride are currently see draught cider making regular ap- on offer, although Gary did say they number of our pubs have new land- pearances at the Crown Inn. In the Bayle the British Lion and the lords. might consider expanding the range Guildhall are turning over an impres- depending on how the business devel- Recently ... sive list of guests. Including at the for- Punch Taverns has bought the Hare ops. mer Smiles Zing, Cains FA, Spring- and Hounds, Northbourne, and the A chance visit to the Coastguard at head Roaring Meg and Black Sheep new tenants, Bruce and Tracey Dood- Finally, there are new tenants at the St. Margaret's Bay uncovered some Emmerdale: and at the latter. Summer ney arrived, taking over from Lydden Bell: Andrew & Sarah An- changes, but not the landlord I hasten Tony and Sue. Their background thony. This is definitely a family-run to add. Nigel has replaced keg cider in the pub industry includes 10 restaurant, with Sarah out front, hus- with real cider and now has Weston's years' working for the Firkin band Andrew in the kitchen and Kevin, on offer. For those of you who like chain, at the Phantom & Firkin Sarah and Joe, her brother-in-law, European beers, the Coastguard has PIPS and Fox & Firkin before taking helping out. They have 10 years' ex- always been known for its range of some time out to raise a family. perience in the restaurant trade and, bottled beers from Europe. Well, a new TRADIDOHAL They do not intend to make any following a three year search, moved font has been installed serving Leffe, drastic changes to the pub, as from a local restaurant to take up the Belle-Vue Kriek (a Iambic fruit beer) nsB&CRIPS they said, "why change a suc- tenancy at the Lydden Bell. They sell and Hoegaarden. At the time of this cessful formula", and intend to Greene King IPA and Speckled Hen visit the real ales available were Rebel- FRIED IN continue to offer a wide choice of but, like many new pub owners, may lion Blonde, Adnams Bitter, and Maul- VEGETABLE real ales, with customers allowed consider different beers as their experi- dons Mid-Summer Gold. The Coast- OIL ,d~. to vote for the next guest ale. ence grows. guard is hosting our branch meeting in They are also thinking about in- September, so why not join us and use Elsewhere Great variety of fish. Open seven troducing real cider - something it as an excuse to sample its range of days a week From 11-2pm and my wife appreciates. Those of you who visited the Jackdaw beers? And there are plenty of beer in Denton, on Monday 19th June, may festivals over the next few months - 5-11.45pm At the Telegraph in Walmer, have been puzzled by the old East see Events Diary (page 3) Jenny Maxted has replaced John Friday and Saturday OPEN ALL Kent omnibus parked outside. This and Maggie, who have retired. was my parish's (Northbourme) annual DAY Heard anything on the hop bine? Some of you may already know mystery bus trip in aid of the church Reasonable prices Jenny from when she worked Then email it to channel- Warm welcome and friendly service and the Duke of Edinburgh Award [email protected] behind the bar at the Green Berry Scheme, and The Jackdaw was our High Street, Dover (near Town Hall) and the Lord Clyde. She has first stop. A good range of beers was Tel. (01304\ 204544 always wanted to run her own

Page 12 Page 13 THE GREAT BRITISH BEER FESTIVAL The National News Earls Court, London By Martin Atkins Tuesday August 1st to Saturday August 5th New Home for Young's Ram Brewery has not yet been announced. The latest instalment in the current round he Great British Beer Festival from August 1st to August 5th will this year be of reorganisation in the brewing industry As well of course as understandable T bigger than ever before as it moves from London's Olympia to Earls Court. A hand- sees Young's and Charles Wells concern about the character of the picked selection of more than 700 different real ales, ciders, perries, and bottled beers combining in a joint venture operating transferred brews, what remains at the will be available at the festival - confirming Earl's Court as the new home of British beer. from Charles Wells' Eagle Brewery in back of the minds of real ale drinkers CAMRA Chief Executive Mike Benner said: "More than 47,000 people came to the 2005 Bedford. It is understood that this is not a is that, while this might not be a Great British Beer Festival and because of the new larger venue we are looking forward merger but a co-operative venture under merger in the true sense of the word, to welcoming even more visitors this year. "The Great British Beer Festival is the best the name Wells and Young, which will the companies are in effect a single thing about the summer for beer enthusiasts. But even if you have never tried real ale own the freehold of the brewery, the two operation. How often have we heard before it is the perfect place to meet up with friends, come for a drink with colleagues brewers' brands, and responsibility for before that nothing will change and after work, or simply soak up some Great British hospitality." sales and marketing to the retail sector, that all the brands are safe? No doubt at present this is exactly what This year the festival will include: pubcos and the free trade. However, the two pub estates will be run entirely Young's and Charles Wells intend, but • A Bottled Beer Bar offering more than 100 varieties of real ale in a bottle. separately and Young's will retain its AIM commercial pressure has its own way • The prestigious CAMRA Champion Beer of Britain 2006 will be announced on listing. The move has, to a large extent, of asserting itself. In particular, there Tuesday August 1st during the trade session. been forced on Young's, whose Ram was a somewhat unsettling reference • Beers from around the world at Bieres Sans Frontleres, including Germany, Bel- Brewery in Wandsworth was earmarked by a member of staff from one of the gium, Italy, USA and the Czech Republic. for redevelopment in November 2003, as two breweries about creating a major • A wide variety of ciders and perries from some of the UK's finest independent part of the borough's rejuvenation force in real ale. Young's has of late producers. scheme, and whose attempts to find expanded its range to include some • Tutored beer tastings with brewing experts Full liquid pints guaranteed thanks to another site locally since then have excellent seasonal beers, while the use of oversized lined glasses. proved unsuccessful. Charles Wells Bombardier remains • A great selection of delicious food. one of the most consistently good of • Live Music. Although Young's association with the widely available premium bitters. It • A family room for under 18's. Wandsworth has always had a special would be disappointing to see such place in the hearts of CAMRA members, variety diminished. Mike Benner added: 'This Great British Beer Festival is shaping up to be bigger and it being one of only two independent better than ever before. With so much to see, do - and of course, taste - a trip to Earls London brewers at the time of the Fight for Guest Ale Court in August will be a terrific experience." campaign's formation, and being from the start a steadfast supporter of real ale, The right for tenants of pubcos and Opening Times & Admission prices a move need not be seen as necessarily breweries to have access to guest ale is detrimental to its brews. Traditional being placed at the heart of CAMRA's Tuesday 1st August 17.00-22.30: Admission £7.00, CAMRA members £5.00 wisdom usually doubts that it is possible campaigning strategy. At the Blackpool Wednesday 2nd August Noon-22.30: Admission £7.00, CAMRA members £5.00 to change breweries and retain a beer's AGM National Chairman Paula Waters Thursday 3rd August Noon-22.30: Admission £7.00, CAMRA members £5.00 taste unchanged, but many have moved told members that Greene King and Friday 4th August Noon-22.30: Admission £7.00, CAMRA members £5.00 successfully, a fine recent example being Wolverhampton and Dudley now both Brakspear's, whose current version of owned well over 2,000 pubs but had no Saturday 5th August 11.00-19.00: Admission £6.00, CAMRA members £4.00 Special some consider might be better obligation to allow their licensees to e By Tube Earls Court Station (Piccadilly Line and District Lines) than the original. Trial brewing is choose a guest cask ale - the provision (For Earls Court One - Warwick Road entrance) believed to be already underway at introduced by the 1990 Beer Orders had By Train West Brompton for Earls Court (Mainline trains) * Bedford, but a date for the closure of the disappeared when the Government 'i By Bus Earls Court is served by the following bus routes Warwick Road (Earls Court One) 74, 328, C1, C3

Page 14 Page 15 unilaterally revoked them several years undercut the regionals in the free trade ago. In any case, over half of the by up to £10 a firkin. They are, of course, country's pubs were now owned by non- being squeezed on the one hand by the brewing pubcos, to whom the Orders four national giants Carlsberg, Coors, never applied. CAMRA is calling for a InBev and Scottish Courage, with their guest ale right for all tenants and enormous economies of scale, marketing managers of all pub operators owning clout and 80% of the market and, on the NORTHBOURNE more than 30 pubs (the industry's own other, by the innovative and agile micros. definition of a pub chain), whether they However there appears no absence of THE STREET, NORTHBOURNE, DEAL, KENT CTl4 OLG brew or not. their brews on the bar top - Spitfire, London Pride, Greene King IPA, TELEPHONE No. 01304365429 Sour Beer at Wolves Broadside and all the rest being seen with, what some might say was 'Village pub at it's best' There certainly appears slim chance of excessive, regularity. A case perhaps of Relax in our comfortable and traditional bar or when the sun is shining any microbrewer getting its beers into Wolves crying Wolf. enjoy the Kent countryside from our patio and garden with its Wolverhampton & Dudley's tenanted pub children's play area. division, the 1,800 strong Union Pub It's hard to make any sense of Mr Company. According to its boss, Stephen Oliver's attack. How many people BAR SNACKS - TO - A LA CARTE MENU Oliver, micros are 'airing cupboard does he know will drink cloudy beer We cater for everybody + Extensive Vegetarian Menu comedians' and 'happy hobbyists, whose tasting of p*ss, however cheap it is? beer is usually cloudy and tastes of p*ss In any case, micro brews are normally Fwe-lleabA~ in draught form, and is unstable, cloudy, no cheaper in a pub than other beers, East Kent's first Non-Smoking pub sour and oxidised' when bottled - so by what magic are customers 'generally a nasty drink and not one that persuaded to part with hard earned does much for the sector. They are using cash for such an inferior product? Or taxpayers' money to fund their hobby via is it all a conspiracy by 80,000CAMRA the Progressive Beer Duty' (the low rate members to drink anything but the of duty available to those brewing under output of Wolverhampton and Dudley 36,000 barrels a year). 'My message to and other large producers? Of course the micros,' he continued, 'is, "don't it's all nonsense. If micro brews were count on the subsidy in future. Wake up, no good they wouldn't sell, and while ~be ~eb lLfon wise up or get out". Interestingly, the we all have our own preferences and outburst did not follow one too many think that some are better than others, Charlton Green Dover Tel 01304 202899 pints of Banks Original at Wolves' so we do also about the regional and brewery tap, but was addressed to the national brewers. The best micro very object of his spleen, the Society of brewed beer is superb and the bigger Independent Brewers' annual conference brewers often struggle to match it. Open all day every day at Southport. Certainly the operation and extent of Fullers London Pride & Charles Wells Bombardier served We don't know the response of SIBA the PBD may need looking at (see members but the attack follows hard on below), but small companies need all the heels of similar attacks at the the help they can get, to the great Separate non-smoking restaurant area Independent Family Brewers of Britain benefit of us all - unless of course (IFBB) spring meeting. Regional and you believe that the economy should family brewers have seen their share of be tied up by a few large operators Snacks served 12-2pm the market fall from 22% in 1990 to 10% with huge economies of scale. Ten mJ' currently. Many have closed, and blame years ago Wolverhampton & Dudley is being heaped on the Progressive Beer was happy to run some 600 plus pubs The Village Pub next door to Duty, which allows the micros to in a tight knit area in the West Dover's Town Centre

Page 16 Page 17 end 174 years of independence.It is the oysters. " 'The time has come' the "silent majority". "Most people's Midlands. However, following a brewery's tenth acquisition,adding 268, Walrus said 'to talk of many things: of experienceof cask ale is that it is of poor succession of takeovers, it now mainlyEast Midlands,pubsto its existing shoes - and ships - and ceiling wax - quality,there is too much choiceand the controls some 2,300 pubs and is 2,400and giving it a marketvalueof over of cabbages and kings." ... and they sector lacksthe reassuranceof tried and becoming a national presence, with £1bn, placing it amongst the country's ate them, every one. trustedbrands." evidently all the accompanying angst top five brewersand pub owners.Greene and pressure. The brewery may find it King says it will retain Hardys and Why Handpull? Undoubtedly one of real ale's major instructive to observe its two Black Hansonsbrandsbut is disquietinglyquiet problems is uncertain quality, but Country neighbours, Batham and on the future of the brewery. CAMRA's Britain's real, ale market is currently removing handpumps frankly seems Holden's, content to serve the local Mike Brenner has urged Hardys undergoing scrutiny from a think-tank an Irrelevancy. Sceptical opinion community with just thirty pubs shareholdersto reject the bid, saying, "If established by a number of regional might well see it as a way of limiting between them. this deal goes through, history has brewers- Greene King, Wolverhampton access to microbrewers, a view, which shown that Hardys & Hansons brewery and Dudley, Fullers,Adnamsand one or talk of "too much choice" and lack of Progressive Beer Duty and beerswill not be in safe hands". two others. Somewhat ambiguously "tried and trusted brands" only called Why Handpul/?, one of its first reinforces. Neither is it helpful to A rather more enlightened approach The two Boards, shareholders, the recommendationsis a reduction in the criticise those who want greater comes from two MPs, Mid- City and business analysts will all, no number of handpumps, so as to variety than just a limited selection of WorcestershireConservative Peter Luff doubt, consider this an excellent discouragepubs from offeringmore beer bitters. In fact many might be Inclined and Leeds NW Lib-Dem Greg arrangement, Greene King's chief than they can reasonablylook after and to respond that the regional brewers Mulholland. Having persuaded the executive describing it as a perfect fit sell in good condition. Apparently the should look at the initial quality of Strangers' Bar in the Palace of of two predominantly rural and out of hand-pulledbeer agenda (whateverthat their own product before criticising Westminster to stock Cannon Royall's town pub estates. Not so keen will be might be) has been set by a vocal the way it's kept. Arrowhead, brewed at the Fruiterers the firms' employees, particularly minority - real ale bores, CAMRA Arms, Ombersleyin Worcestershire,they those at Hardy and Hanson, who members,etc.- and it is time to heedthe have tabled an Early Day Motion calling might anticipate that sooner or later for ProgressiveBeer Dutyto be extended (probably sooner) all brewing will end to all brewers producing up to 200,000 up in Bury St Edmunds; while who hectolitres, as in 13 other European knows what the views are of those for countries. PBD has been criticised whom brewing supposedly exists - the '1'fie 'RaiCway 'BeCC recently by many regional brewers who publicans and their customers. As see it as a government subsidy that usual they will just have to lump it. In allows small independents to compete all the various takeovers and mergers Open «a1Jay unfairly. Raising the limit from the over the years have these two groups present 60,000 hectolitreswould benefit ever been consulted? Highly unlikely at least 15 breweries including Black - and it would of course be naIve to flu,iz :K'lfJht ~very :Monday Sheep, Timothy Taylor, Wadworth, expect otherwise. After all, they only Adnams and Refresh UK. CAMRA is sell and drink the beer. -epm Start-: throwing its full weight behind the Early Day Motion, which has already been Rather than attacking microbrewers signed by 70 MPs, and is calling on its for allegedly undercutting them on fur£y L'vening Speciaf 3 Courses just .£8.50 membersto email their own MPs asking price the IFBB might be better 5 - 6-30 ~on.-Sat 2 Courses just .£6.95 themto supportthe motionas well. employed tackling the cannibalistic activities of its two largest members, - Lorulim XoaI.( Xiver Hardy & Hansons currently chomping their way .-- voraciously through their fellow • •. 7'd: 01304822016 fiJr liooitn.gs The next chapter in the re-assemblyof brewers. At this rate there soon won't the pre Beer Orders brewing industry is be enough left to form a federation. It • DIIDft -upm" S1uuIiI.ys l.2JI'ft -~o.s0J1'ft well on the way to being completedwith all seems reminiscent of the Walrus Greene King's takeover of Hardys and and the Carpenter and the fate of the Hansons of Kimberley, Nottingham, to Page 18 Page 19 Hopdaemon Brewery 01795 892078 - Newnham Contact: Tonie Prins KentSmallBreweryNews. There is not much to report from the brewery this edition. Skrimshander IPA will be available at the Great British Beer Festival at Earl's Court, London, in August and The breweries that appear in this report are the Kent micros that actually deliver the full range of beers, including the ginger flavoured beer, Bewitched, will be beers to the public houses that are in the area covered by Channel Draught. If you available at the Kent Beer Festival in July. The sales of bottled Skrimshander in are a licensee, why not try the beers from one of these small craft breweries, who local Tesco, Sainsbury's and Thresher stores are brisk. brew their beers to a high standard using natural ingredients. Whitstab/e Brewery 01622 851007 - Grafty Green Contact: Rafik Abidi P & DJ Goacher 01622682112 - Maidstone Contact: Phil Goacher The brewery owned new pub/bar is due to open in East Quay, Whitstable, on Nothing changes in Kent's second oldest and perhaps most traditional brewery, Friday r: July. The hours will be 12.00 - 23.00 (22.30 Sundays). In addition to with direct deliveries to east Kent now firmly established . Recent deliveries have Whitstable Brewery beers there will be beers from Crouch Vale, Dark Star, and been made to: the Crown Inn, Finglesham who has taken various Goacher's brews; Oakham breweries. These will be served direct from the cask and will be the Bohemian, Deal who is fond of Gold Star; the Yew Tree, Barfrestone, where supplemented by Whitstable's keg beers. Mild quite regularly appears; the King's Head, Kingsdown; the Coastguard, St. Margaret's; Blake's, Dover, where Crown Imperial Stout is a regular; and, for A summer beer festival will be held at East Quay from Thursday 2ih July to members and guests, the Royal Cinque Ports Yacht Club where one can find Fine Sunday 30th July (half day on Sunday). This will take place in a marquee on the Light. beach, and will feature 40 cask ales .. Ramsgate Brewery Ltd. 01843868453 Contact: Eddie Gadd. The new address of the Ramsgate Brewery is 1 Hornet Close, Pysons Road 9UupJt Mivtp~ Industrial Estate, Broadstairs. We already have Bath Brewery in Bristol, so why not Ramsgate Brewery in Broadstairs? Eddie describes his new site as, "a delightful little shed at the back of the town". There is a small off licence at the brewery where one can buy its products. Brewery tours are encouraged and this does involve drinking beer. As Eddie states, "there is no limit to how many visits an individual LOUIS ARMSTRONG takes". To visit the brewery take a train to Ramsgate, and then the "Thanet loop" Maison Dieu Road, Dover bus in a clockwise direction and alight at Pysons Road. 01304204759 All of the regular beers are still brewed with the same Kentish hops as in the Selection of Real Ales previous location. Gadd's No. 3 bottle conditioned ale is available in local off licenses and from the brewery. Exodus Export Stout, in bottle conditioned form is ~We~~&S~ available only from the brewery, unless one travels to The Netherlands or Belgium, where it is also available. A beer has been brewed for 'football fans' and is named 7,,"P41I twrf S~ ~ Half and Half. The beer is fairly hoppy and light bodied and uses German and English hops. It was recently on sale in Blake's. Sunday 23rd July - Orientai Iazz 'Band Ne/son Brewing Company 01634832828 - Chatham from 3fo{fand As we go to print, the sale of the brewery is under way. Fortunately, this will not be to Greene King or Fuller's, and the same staff, including the brewer, Ivana, will stay Sunday 30th July - Trefor "williams with the business. An announcement is expected within the next few days .. A special beer was brewed for the football World Cup. To find a suitable name for the & :friends beer a competition was held in a local newspaper, and the name 'Ingerland' was chosen. The beer was a light, golden beer and proved to very popular. So much Thursday 14th September - Limehouse Jazz so, that it was all sold before the England football team was eliminated from the competition, which was perhaps fortuitous for the brewery. Nelson beers will be 'Bandfrom JfO{fand appearing at both the Kent Beer Festival and the Dartford Beer Festival.

Page 20 Page 21 I CIDER MATTERS I ~\)t ~!e~nJJIlq o, what has been going on in the world of cider since the ,-t-!# ham, last instalment? Well, for a start, many of the year's cider , ,.oi·;:,f'~;~~ . ,£~lf ' s 6 awards have been announced. At the various county shows in .'''~:~.njt·'J;jf~::," the West Country, cider and perry competitions have been de- t1 cided and various producers have gone home either proud or disappointed. You can find the CAMRA awards listed on the national website, while the other awards were copied to the UKCider group at the time, and can still be found in the message archive. If you are interested in cider and/or perry, why not visit the group at http://groups.google.com/group/ukcider ? Locally, I've had the opportunity to visit a few pubs serving cider, and been gener- ally impressed by the availability. Of course, in this part of the world, you can only .:Ii */. .' - ~ really expect the bigger producers to have their products available, but at one well- ttt ~OUSt • 16tb ~tntutP l\ejtaut~ known village pub I did find a Kent cider on sale. If you look around, it is there - don't forget that cider sales have seen a huge increase in recent years, and not all Beer Club - "Around the world in 80 beers" - of it is down to the trendy fizzy stuff in bottles. first Sunday of every month from 4pm ~ Quality On the UKCider group, the usual subjects have been kicked around, but one of Selection of Home Cooked A La Carte Menu and Bar Meals interest to me was the use of sulphites. They are used to sterilise equipment and Real Ales, In a Warm and Relaxing Atmosphere ", inhibit infections in the natural product. However, they can aggravate asthma in including Kent some drinkers, so there was interest in finding brands and products that do not use . • •• John Radford - renowned local chef - mrcros now at The Crown ••• them. Then someone with a background in chemistry pointed out that some yeasts produce sulphur dioxide naturally, and many producers like to have a little natural Cater for small weddings and functions in the pub or large marquee receptions iD, sparkle in their products. Unlike beer, that sparkle in cider is often sulphur dioxide, the acre and a half plot behind the pub; 1Mb wireless broad band connection also anib-ble and it is the sulphur dioxide that can cause a problem for asthmatics. So, if you try cider and it gives you a problem, head over to the UKCider group to read about it. RECOMMENDED IN CAM RA'S GOOD BEER GUIDE 2005 and 2006 TEL: 01304612555 WWW.THECROWNATFINGLESHAM.CO.UK Another subject that has been revisited recently is sweetening dry cider without using sugar, as that can reactivate residual yeast in the cider. Artificial sweeteners can leave a bitter aftertaste, and honey was another suggestion. Some ciders are produced commercially with honey in them (although under Customs regulations Bed & Breakfast they are technically not cider if they have honey in them), while some people just use a little to sweeten to taste. The general opinion was that using natural un- o

English Tourism Council •••• Speaking of personal tastes, one correspondent on the group likes to sample the various ciders available in supermarkets and reports back with tasting notes. So, if Double, Twin and Family en-suite room available you see ciders on the top shelf of your local supermarket and want to know what it From £25,00 pppn including breakfast. tastes like without risking it yourself, you know where to find the info. Believe me, Please call 01304 620192 for bookings or more information those marketing guys are really good at getting us to try their wares, but it is often www.orchardlod e.co.uk a case of style over substance. Sometimes an unknown name can be a pleasant

Page 22 Page 23 surprise, but not always. So, let someone else take the risks for you, and it's cheaper that way as well! You can't lose! Perhaps now would be a good time to point out that this is not an advert for a tlCbe ~o!,al

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Page 24 Page 25 '''~ !1/ BLAKESOF SUMMER ALES~'~~L;~~,

ince the huge success of Summer Lightning brewed by S Hop Back of Salisbury, about twenty years ago, summer beers have gained in popularity. The style was initially pur-

L , sued by the 'micros', or craft breweries, but more latterly the DOV£R ~~.• .r.! regional breweries have followed this lead. Your first choice for real ale, real food, great ~ Obviously there are variations on the theme but, in general, --""~..:::-- Summer Ale is brewed with good quality pale malt, with per- wines, malt whiskies and a good night's sleep haps even pilsner malt added to further lighten the colour. It is not unknown for malted wheat to be used in the mash. The beer is normally Deal, Dover, Sandwich & District CAMRA highly hopped, with perhaps traditional East Kent Goldings, or sometimes a few of the newer aromatic varieties being added. Extra Pub of the Year 2006 hops are often added to the copper at a late stage of the ~." ,t:~~~ boil, to give more of a 'zest' to the beer. Summer Light- g. . 4 real ales on stillage and handpump ning was the one beer, more than any other, that pio- j;, neered the popularity of this style. In short, 'Summer Ale' ~B 52 + malt whiskies is a beer that is light in body and colour with a refreshing, pronounced hoppy taste. The strength is around 4.5% - Superior •••• non-smokingaccommodation 5% A.BV. Summer Lightning is 5%, as is Exmoor Gold, All fresh food includinglocally caught fish another early pioneer of this type. Wines from £10 a bottle However, although not known as 'Summer Ales', there have been a few once popular beers that were similar in Open Mon-Sat 11.00-11.00, Sun 12.00-5.00 style to this now fashionable drink. Although not quite as high in alcohol by volume, Stone's of Sheffield and Bod- dingtons of Manchester were weaker precursors of the Lunch7 days a week, dinner Monday-Saturday modern 'summer ale'. I well remember both of these beers, from the 1970s, before their character was destroyed by brewery takeovers and changes in recipes. They were both 52 Castle Street, Dover, CT16 1PJ much lighter in colour than their contemporaries and had a pronounced hoppy flavour. Had they not been tampered with by the Philistines 01304 202194 in the brewing industry, they would surely be much sought after today. In re- cent times, after yet another change of brewery ownership, Boddingtons Cask [email protected] Bitter is now being brewed in Manchester by Hydes Brewery, and is well worth www.blakesofdover.com drinking. ~.Mmtp~

Page 26 Page 27 eryn entirely dispensed with keg products, whose sales by then had fallen to only 2% of turnover. BLAKES. DOVER If you want lager or some other non-real beer, it comes in a bottle.

Branch Pub of the Year As well as its devotion to real ale, Slakes is also a very successful 2006 restaurant, offering an extensive menu of home cooked, and largely locally sourced, food. th n the evening of June 29 real ale en- Whisky is a speciality and the pub Othusiasts from Dover and surrounding carries a selection of about fifty areas gathered at Slakes in Castle Street for malts. Accommodation is avail- the presentation of the Pub of the Year able on the upper floors and at award, by the Deal, Dover, Sandwich and the rear is a secluded walled gar- District branch of CAMRA. Its current own- den. From mid April this year Slake's has been entirely non-smoking. CAMRA ers Katheryn and Peter Garstin, took over wishes Katheryn and Peter good luck for the future, and trusts they will con- the pub and restaurant in June last year, tinue the good work; with every expectation that, having won it twice, we might having formerly run the Yew Tree at Bar- well see them winning Pub of the Year again. frestone, where they also won Pub of the Year in 2004. Slakes was ideally suited to Mmdin~ the couple, its previous owners, Chris and Roger, having established the pub as a lead- ing real ale outlet with the aid of the Mogul's Pub News E-Mail Address old six-barrel stillage. Continuing with the philosophy that had proved so successful at the Yew Tree If you have any news about a pub in your they offer a wide range of ales from small breweries all over the country (any brewery without a finance director is Peter's maxim), but with special emphasis area - new beers or different beer range, on those from Kent. There is almost always at least one beer from Hopdaemon or Ramsgate Srewery, and alterations to the pub, beer festivals or Goacher's Crown Imperial Stout anything that may be of interest to our is a fixture. This is a particular coup for Peter, who played an readers. Please e-mail: instrumental part in persuading the Maidstone brewery to deliver chan neldraught. [email protected] direct to East Kent. The dark, challengingly bitter brew, has now replaced Guinness as the pub's We are, of course, equally pleased to hear from standard Irish style stout. The normal line up is four real ales Landlords with news about their pub. plus Thatchers' cider. Such has been their success, that from the end of last year Peter and Kath-

Page 28 Page 29 concentration of power and reduced injudicious to commission such a re- consumer choice. In fact, it is hard to port from a temperance charity, which think of one benefit to the consumer is what has occurred here. The report's CHANNEL VIEW deriving from brewery mergers and author is the Institute of Alcohol Stud- enlarged pub estates. Having awarded ies and is linked to the temperance the campaign super-complainant organisation Alliance House, which status, allowing it direct access to the defines its mission as 'to spread the MERGER MANIA been reflected in the IFBB's attack on Office of Fair Trading to criticise as- principles of total abstinence from alco- microbrewers, and by Stephen Oliver's njoy it while you can, for if present pects of brewing and pub owning that holic drinks.' The report will claim that outburst at the SIBA Conference (see trends continue, in five years' time work against consumer interests, it 23 million Europeans are alcoholics, E National News): so much for fifteen we could well be back in the sixties should be taking more notice of its that alcohol causes 16% of child abuse years of diversification and choice. and the days of Tavern Red and Toby opinions. It might also be pertinent to cases and 2,000 murders a year, that Tankard. Alarmist? Perhaps just a bit, At one time such activity would have. know why the decision was taken to longer opening hours leads to more but there is nothing now stopping a been less of a worry, if it happened at abandon the Beer Orders; we trust it disorder, and that a 10% duty rise return to the concentration of power in all, as the Beer Orders would have did not involve lobbying from the indus- could save 9,000 deaths a year. the brewing and pub owning industry required that brewers could directly run try. CAMRA has condemned the EC for that existed before the imposition of only half of any pubs they might own using a partisan lobby group, and the the Beer Orders in 1990 and, if it hap- above a total of 2,000. In addition, their EC ALCOHOL REPORT European drinks industry is similarly pened once, it can happen again. tenants would have a guest beer right. Once upon a time it was Government's aghast. Mark Hastings of the British However for its own inexplicable rea- Beer and Pubs Association said peo- In case you hadn't noticed, our two role to keep law and order at home, sons our present Government, some ple would be 'gobsmacked' if the EC largest pub chains, Enterprise Inns and fight wars overseas and uphold the years ago, decided to rescind the or- had commissioned the report from the Punch Taverns, both now own approxi- established religion. Today it seems to ders - leaving the industry the happy drinks industry. mately 10,000 pubs, and four interna- feel that it is its duty to interfere in as option of reconfiguring itself to its for- tional brewing giants produce 80% of many aspects of our daily life as it can. Of course what may be lying behind mer shape which, at the moment, it our beer. Meanwhile the rest of the No sooner has a perceived problem this biased approach is an abandon- shows every indication of doing. While once sleepy backwater that was family been identified than it is reaching for ment of all pretence that the European the Beer Orders may have been flawed and regional brewing, accustomed for the statute book and drawing up an- Commission as well as our own Gov- they did oversee the break-up of the decades to being the true custodians other great wedge of legislation to bat- ernment is now pro-actively steering us uncompetitive tied estates, allowed a of real ale production in Britain, have ter us with. And to guard against any towards its vision of a healthy life style substantial true free market to develop, been suddenly awakened from their hesitancy or wavering a vast array of whether we want it or not, and is work- and gave a great boost to the emerg- provincial slumbers. Squeezed be- pressure groups, advisory bodies, ing hand in glove with those who hold ing microbrewers. Now everything is tween the marketing clout of the inter- standards authorities, quangos, and similar opinions. While it would be up for grabs, but the Government nationals, and the agility and innova- the like, are on hand to stiffen the wrong for Government to return to the seems perfectly equanimous, seem- tion of the micros, the leading regional sinew and strengthen the moral fibre. hands-off approach of several centu- ingly believing in the perfect efficacy of brewers, Greene King and Wolver- And the European Commission seems ries ago, the apparent desire to order the market. Will it remain so sanguine hampton Dudley are, with the des- no different. By the time you read this it all parts of our welfare has gone far too & if all this is followed to its logical con- peration of condemned men, earnestly should have in its hands a report on much the other way. A more appropri- clusion and our two major pubcos pur- seeking major acquisitions to expand the health and social impact of alcohol, ate approach for Government might be sue the commercial benefits of owning their estates - currently standing at which will probably form the basis of an adaptation of Voltaire's famous re- the supply of beer as well as selling it? around 2,500 pubs each - while the an EC alcohol strategy, expected later mark about free speech: "I disapprove Tie-ups between Enterprise and Punch rest anxiously look over their shoulders this year. of your life style, but I will defend to the and Greene King and Wolves are all to see if it's their turn next. Already death your right to live it". too conceivable. Fair enough, everyone knows that al- there has been defensive action: cohol is not without its problems, and it Fuller's taking over Gales, and Young's CAMRA is totally opposed to the cur- seems reasonable for Government and planning to join Charles Wells at Bed- rent spate of takeovers and brewery legislators to acquaint themselves with closures, with all their implications of ford. And the jittery atmosphere has details - but it seems, at the very least,

Page 30 Page 31 list was out of date already. Memoirs of a Over the next few days, the beers are spiled and tapped, and brought to peak condition ~:11 under the experienced supervision of Festival Organiser, Dave Green, ably assisted by 1 Tom Mitchell. My next involvement starts on Friday morning: setting up the rest of the I"'I Beer Festival Groupie hall. Work begins at 9.00am and has to be completed by 3.00pm, when the beer festival opens. Tasks include setting up the tombola stall; preparing the glasses and tokens; setting up the ticket area, the membership area, and the CAMRA shop. There is the id summer, and the White Cliffs Festival of Winter Ales, Dover's leading real ale bar to set up: tables to be laid out and covered in plastic sheeting, posters to be put up Mfestival, is now no more than a memory. Held as usual in the Town Hall, the his- around the hall, labels to be put up over each barrel, and the barrel clips to be stuck up. toric Maison Dieu, it proved once again that there's no slackening of interest in tradi- This is also the time when the beers are sampled to ensure they are up to par. This rd tional cask conditioned beer in east Kent. Between mid afternoon Friday February 3 again falls to Dave Green, and I have to take my hat off to someone who can sample 70 th and early evening Saturday February 4 over seventy firkins of 5% plus ABV real ale plus beers before lunchtime. Cheers Dave! were happily consumed - that's the best part of 5,000 pints, with nine barrels finished off by the end of Friday evening alone; local landlords benefited as well, as keen beer 3.00pm soon arrives and the festival opens. Over the next three to four hours there is a drinkers spilled over into near-by pubs. Beer of the festival, the first barrel to empty, was steady stream of work to do as visitors arrive, purchase their tickets, glasses and to- Nimbus Pale Ale from Highlands and Islands Brewery in Scotland, which had been dis- kens, and make their way to the bar area. In the main hall, the membership staff, patched by 6.30 on Friday evening, and by the end of the festival only a handful of bar- CAMRA shop and tombola stall are attracting business. 6.30pm arrives and everything rels still had any beer remaining, about two firkins' worth in all. Such was the interest goes quiet. For those of you who are not aware, the Maision Dieu has a fire regulation that again on Friday night we ran up against the Town Hall's capacity limit, and for sev- limit of 500 people and this had been reached at 6.25. From now on and until about eral hours we were forced to restrict admissions just to replacement for those leaving. 9.30 we have to adopt the approach of one out/one in. We had hoped that by opening earlier this year and spreading attendance, we might My job now takes on a different look - as doorman - ensuring that we don't exceed the have avoided the problem, but all we achieved was to bring it forward a couple of hours. fire regulation limit but at the same time keeping the queue of people at the door in- We will have to give this serious thought for next year, as well as reconsidering the ab- formed as to what is going on. This is something I haven't done before, but thankfully I sence of music Friday night, which we know a lot of people missed. To provide a taste was dealing with a bunch of keen and understanding beer drinkers, who didn't give me of what's involved in running a beer festival, Committee Member Tony Wells has set out below his own recollections of this year's festival.

This is my fourth Festival of Winter Ales, and I thought it would be worth writing an arti- cle to give you some idea about what working at a CAMRA event is all about, in the The Plough Inn '''> " , hope that you'll join us next year. Church Lane, Ripple This year I decided to help set up the festival, so my first step was to book some time off. (This is only really necessary if you are involved in setting up the festival. There are Tel: 01304360209 many ways you can help out, particularly during the event itself, which do not require you to take any holiday!) Monday morning and all day Friday, these are set-up days, Real Ales, Country Wines and are absolutely crucial to the success of the festival. The majority of Monday morn- Full weekday menu plus traditional Sunday lunches ing is hard graft: bringing in and setting up the stillage, builder's stands and scaffolding Accommodation, Two Double Rooms & One Twin Room - All en-suite planks, to support the barrels of beer; and the barrels themselves, which are set up on the stillage and left to settle before they are tapped and spiled in time for Friday eve- ning. Ales always available are: This year I had (or was!!) volunteered to prepare the beer list. If you attend any beer festival this is THE vital piece of documentation that you rely on to make that all- Fullers ESB, Shepherd Neame Master Brew & important decision: ''Which beer am I going to try next?" On the face of it this may Spitfire plus Guest Ales seem a trivial task, but there is more to it than meets the eye: "Do I have the complete list?" "Have I spelt the breweries and beers correctly?" "Do I have the beers in the right order?" Back home I prepared and sent the beer list for printing. Now, here's something to bear in mind when working at a beer festival: never assume anything!! Even as the beer list was on its way to be printed, two firkins of Whitstable Smack had arrived - the Listed in the 2005 CAMRA Good Beer Guide

Page 32 Page 33 too much of a hard time. Some decided not to wait, but there were many hardy souls who waited up to one and a half hours to get in. To those of you who had the persever- THE THREE HORSESHOES ance to stay the course, I hope you enjoyed yourself once you made it through the doors. At 9.30 the queue had diminished and I was back on normal duty. Eventually, closing time comes around and the last visitors are crowbarred out of the door so that GREAT MONGEHAM the rest of us can get home and get some well-eamed sleep. Saturday, in many ways, is a complete contrast to Friday. It is far more relaxed, there are fewer visitors, and this is the day I spend on the other side of the bar as a customer. I always intend this to be a day off from volunteering, but as a member of the Festival OPEN Committee there is still the occasional job that needs to be done: tidying up, helping serve beer and dealing with the occasional query from visitors. At this point I'd like to mention one event of particular note: the landlord of my local, Dave Cooper of The 12-12 MON-SAT Crown Inn at Finglesham, became a bona-fide member of CAMRA. Now all we have to do is persuade him to keep a copy of the GBG behind the bar (Dave ... hint, hint!). 12-11 SUN Saturday was longer and busier than normal, mainly because there was more beer left over as a result of the limits placed on us during Friday. During Saturday aftemoon we did struggle for volunteers but managed to keep everyone supplied with beer. We even- tually wended our way home at 5.30 for a quick pint or two at The Crown before going TH TH BANK HOLlDA Y WEEKEND - SA T 26 & SUN 27 AUGUST home and an early bed. However, the event isn't over yet. Sunday morning arrives and this is the most unro- BEER FESTIVAL mantic time of all, the day which the vast majority of you never see - cleaning up and Selection of real ales including Greene King IPA & Gadd's No 5 putting away everything ready for next year (I think one of my jobs was one of the least romantic - washing out all of the dirty ash trays and slops buckets! - Ed Asst). The now Sunday - Fun Day Live Bands & Side Shows (from 12.00 Noon) empty barrels of beer, builder's stands and boards need to be moved back to the load- ing area ready for pickup (by the way, there is usually some beer left so this is a chance to pick up a few pints of free, yes free, beer). Glasses need to be cleaned and packed Food Monday & Wednesday - Saturday 12.00 - 2.30 away, and the hall left clean and tidy. Eventually it is all over and a few of us nip off to a Sunday Roast 12.00 - 3.00 local pub, in this case the Hope Inn at Lydden, for a quiet pint and a lunch time snack. So, why do I do it? Partly because the White Cliffs Festival of Winter Ales is an incredi- Wednesday OAP Lunch Thursday - Steak Day bly successful event that contributes to the ongoing campaign to ensure that real ale 2 Courses £3.75 Steaksfrom £5.00 remains part of British tradition, but also because I get to see the many hundreds of people enjoying themselves at this event. So, were you there, and which was your fa- 12.00-2.30 & 6.00-9.00 vourite beer? Why not help yourself? Why not volunteer some of your time next year? Even a couple of hours can make all the difference, and it ensures that the regular beer Booking Advisable Wednesday, Thursday & Sunday festival groupies get a break and a chance to do some drinking themselves. Large garden - safe for children Cheers and hope to see you next year. with swings and slides fJOIUJ Weft, Bat & Trap available Thursday Music one Friday a month & bank holidays Tel: 01304 375812 www.threehorseshoesmongeham.co.uk

Page 35 Page 34 from Goacher's, Hopdaemon, Larkins, Ramsgate, Shepherd Neame and BEER FESTIVALS Westerham, while Trish sampled the ciders and voted the Double Vision medium (7.4%) her favourite. All in all, another great festival - just as last ROUND-UP year, it again seemed to have all right the ingredients of success, long may it he Finglesham Contingent has continue into the future. enjoyed two beer festivals since T Ashford, Folkestone and Romney the last edition of Channel Draught - , Marsh CAM RA's Rare Breeds Festival the second Crabble Mill festival held in was as thoroughly enjoyable as the late May and, a week later, that of our only other time two of us managed to make it there (for it is quite some trek by neighbouring Ashford Hythe and Rom- public transport from Finglesham). This time we stayed at a lovely B&B in ney Marsh CAMRA branch at the nearby Woodchurch and, in an action replay of the Crabble Mill event, drove to South of England Rare Breeds Centre the festival (this time on the Friday night) and abandoned a car for the week- near Woodchurch, Kent. Beer festi- end. We then walked between Woodchurch and the Rare Breeds Centre that vals are about much more than just evening, and again on the Saturday for the daytime session - with, on Friday, good beer and cider, however, so this varying degrees of success in navigating the public footpath over fields and time I've also included a few other through the woods in the late night darkness! This time, we had a spread of worthy reasons for supporting such events. takers across both days for beer, cider and perry - and there was an impres- On a warmish, slightly blustery bank holiday weekend Saturday, we arrived at sive selection on offer. The beers ranged from 3.3% (Robinson's Hatters) - Crabble Mill, where we abandoned a car for the weekend. Two of us had been 6.7% (Goacher's Old) while the ciders and perries were from 5.5% (Hartlands to the inaugural festival at the same time last year, and it was great to return to Perry) to 8.2% (Minchews Dry Cider) - and there was again a wide choice of this excellent venue for another delectable selection of beery treats. Whereas Honey Hole Farm cider available by the bottle. Of everything I sampled, my the last occasion saw the two of us manning the CAMRA stall in the afternoon personal favourites were the Nethergate Old Growler (5.0% from Nethergate (and even recruiting a new member and selling a few local Real Ale in White brewery in Suffolk) on the Friday, and a tie between Riddle's Dry Cider (7%) Cliffs gUides), this time was purely for pleasure and we settled down upstairs to and Bollhayes Medium Cider (8%) on the Saturday. (We also brought home enjoy our beer and cider together with the usual array of crosswords and sudo- several bottles of cider, which we greatly enjoyed.) This is truly a festival with kus. We sat by a window overlooking the splendid millpond of the River Dour, something for everyone: lovely setting in rolling Kentish countryside; beer, ci- complete with its interesting waterfowl der and perry of a good choice of strengths; BBQ; discounted access to the activity. The interior festival set-up ~are Breeds ~entre f?r festival goers; i~a-b'.. . . ~...... was slightly different this year, with an live folk music: Morris dancers; and Ji~ ._-_.~ ~ space for campers wishing to take full ' r: ' , e , ' , •. additional bar area in the downstairs !' cellar room to accommodate several advantage of all that the festival has to extra firkins. We sampled a goodly offer. number of beers and ciders, for the We are indeed fortunate to have such most part trying to stick to Kentish an interesting range of beer festivals in products and those from neighbouring the local area - from large scale regions. Too many to list here from CAMRA events down to small pub-run the spread of breweries, but of the mini-festivals set up by enterprising local brews we three beer drinkers landlords. It is not merely the choice enjoyed excellent quality offerings of beers, ciders and perries available

Page 36 Page 37 at such events, but the hugely diverse Stewart ana (j)e66ie buildings and settings in which they are held: Dover's ancient Maison Wefcome you to Dieu, the huge cow shed of the work- ing Merton Farm on the outskirts of Canterbury, pretty Kentish countryside at the South of England Rare Breeds { Centre, Crabble's historic working ..,watermill - and even the Old Monkey House up in Ramsgate. I hope to bring a report back from that event

A next year, because, this year, we tried but failed to attend. The first ever 'Planet Thanet' CAMRA festival was held on Good Friday, and the organisers must feel they are victims of their own suc- cess given it was so popular that many people couldn't get in, and the beer had run out by the Saturday session ... but oh what a setting for a beer festival, overlooking Pegwell Bay from high upon the Ramsgate cliffs!

Don't forget it is important to support your local landlords in their festival Soaking up the endeavours, too; in this day and age the beerl of village pubs closing at a rate of knots, this not only provides valuable support for your local, but has the added benefit of a great way to so- cialise and while away some leisure A Treditionel Counlry Pub time. Sometimes your contribution can actively help to sustain a valu- Guest Ales able local asset. With this in mind, Home cooked rood Sunday Carvery here are just a few pub festivals I can think of that are coming up soon in Penfanque, Pool, Dartsefc. nearby east Kent (of course there are also others - check under Events Diary in this issue, or look out for ads in your local pub and/or newspaper): Sunday Meet R£.rrle in eid or JoinfServices Friday 28 - Saturday 29 July Hare & Hounds, Northbourne (beer, cider, live music, Saturday BBO; call 01304 365429 for more details), Saturday 29 - Funcfion R.oom Available Sunday 30 July Red Lion, Stodmarsh (beer, live music, sea shanties; call Open 01227721339 for more details), Friday 25 - Monday 28 August Crown Inn, Finglesham (beer, cider, pig roast, live music and various other activities over :M.on to Sat 11am - 4 pm, 5.3Opm -llpm the weekend; call 01304 612555 for more details). Sun 12 - 4pm, 6.3Opm - 10.3Opm Enjoy the summer, and why not let us know of any local festivals you attend? (Contact details are at the back of this newsletter.) We're always keen to hear news of such events. Enquiries0 I 304 6 I I I 88

Page 38 Page 39 Real Ale in White Cliffs AVAIlABLE NOW Country Amendments as at June 2006 The revised licensing laws mean that --be ~~~i ~ some the pub opening times shown in the guide may now have changed.

• Butchers Arms, Ashley - Now closed, ti~'~ ~ ~ future uncertain. ~ Upper Street, 1(jngstfown • Yew Tree, Barfrestone - The family symbol !s should be added. The cider is %{01304373915 Biddenden 8% Dry.

FreeHouse • Admiral Penn , Deal· Closed.

• Star & Garter, Deal - Now closed. Con- Your hosts A/ex & Amanda verted to flats and your chef Michae/ French • Eagle, Dover - Only occasionally serves we/come you to the King's Head real ale. • Millers, Dover - Now renamed Marine Court and run as a 'Brewers Fayre' and Premier Travel Inn. Bar & Restaurant food Toes to Sat All freshly home-cooked by our chef • Orange Tree, Dover - Closed and Fine boarded up. Future uncertain Fresh fish and good curries always available • White Horse, Dover - Opening Times changed to Mon-Sat 12.00-11.00pm Wny not nave an easy Sunaay ana come to Conditioned Sun 12.00-10.30pm. • Mogul, Dover· Now Closed. Converted usfor our superh Sunaay roastfrom 12-6 into offices. Stillage from The Mogul Extensive wine list • Over 20 malt whiskies Real Ales transferred to Blakes, Dover. • Crown, Finglesham - telephone number should be 01304 612555. OperLirlft r~ • Hare & Hounds, Northbourne - fully no quest ales LLM'ldv triday 12 - 2.3Opm; smoking ~ . On sale in pubs through- • Bell, Shepherdswell • Destroyed by fire. Saturday 12 - 3pm; a(ways out the White Cliffsarea • Lifeboat, Walmer - Closed following S~ 12 - 10.3Opm; retirement of landlady, future of pub avaiCa6Ce. Also available mail uncertain. • Chequers, West Hougham - Has re- Often Coca( EV~ lvto-rv-rvUiay 5 -11pm; order opened as pub and restaurant. Set:tuvda:Y 6 -11 pm; Send £2.50 (P&P inc) to : • Endeavour, Wootton - Closed, future uncertain. S~ 12 - 10.3Opm; Real Ale in White Cliffs Country 167, Markland Road, Dover, Please note that the !s in the Guide means that the landlord has indicated Available any lunchtime for personal or business functions Kent CT17 9NL that the pub will admit children. (Cheques payable to 'DOS CAMRA1

Page 40 Page 41 I)IIII were not previously in the licensed trade. However they are both keen on good A VISIT TO THE ROYAL OAK, quality real ale. Their two permanent beers are Taylor's Landlord and Master Brew. These are supplemented by two ever-changing guest ales, which are 1)110I~II..J~ often from Kentish microbreweries. The cellar, kitchen, restaurant and bar have NONNINGTON all been refurbished, and an 'A la Carte' menu of totally fresh food is now being served, together with a selection of bar snacks. The opening times are Mon- S. the weather was a lot better than the previous few days, four of us de- days 17.00 - 23.00, Tuesdays to Thursdays 12.00 -15.00 & 17.00 - 23.00, and A cided that we would spend a few hours in rural east Kent. Fridays to Sundays 12.00 - Midnight.

After alighting from a The Royal Oak is not too far from station. Just turn right at the top South Eastern Rail- The Royal Oak,Nonnlng~on. of the steps and carry on walking until you arrive, in about ten minutes. way train at , we strolled along the country by- ways to Nonington, by which time it was about 11.20, and we thought that the Royal Oak might be open for business. On closer inspection, however this proved not to be the case. As I was preparing to peer through the back win- dow, an extremely large dog appeared from the back door, closely followed by the landlord. When I had recovered from my initial shock, and had been as- REG NCY sured that the ~xtremely large dog was not as ferocious as it most decided I independent financial advisers seemed, I enquired about the opening time of the public house and what ale~ were on offer. The rejoinder was that 12.00 was the normal openinq time and 'The Confident Future Solution>' that Taylor's Landlord, Whitst~ble E.I.P.A, and (the ubiquitous) Shepherd Neame Master Brew, were available. On learning of the availability of the first Financial Planning brought into the 21st Century W:'0 beers I.expressed my sorrow that we could not really tarry for forty minutes Obtain affordable and truly independent financial advice by subscribing to one of Without a Pint In our hands to sustain us. Now, the landlord, being a genial sort our Confident Future' programmes o~ chap, suggested that should we be prepared to consume our beverages Without the walls of the public house, he would serve us without delay and Includes advice on open once h~ had taken a shower. We concurred with this splendid su99~stion Investments, Pensions, Life Insurance, Savings, Mortgages and, after being served ~it~ some very well kept beers, repaired to a bench Proprietor: Barry Williams Cert PFS seat at the front of the bUilding to await the official opening of The Royal 0 k lel: 01304213902 and to take the opportunity that this would present, to replenish our glasses. a , Fax: 01304 216270 E-Mail [email protected] The reason for this lo.ng introd~ction is to illustrate the sort of public house that 15, Effingham Crescent, Dover, Kent CT17 9RH

The Royal Oak now IS, under ItS new ownership, Jim and Paul Adams father Regency IFA is an appointed representative of IN Partnership, the trading name of The On-Line and son, who took over in September. They are from Meopham, Kent and Partnership Limited which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority.

Page 42 Page 43 for sustenance. We found Northwich to .be rather a peculiar town. The only real al~ pub that seemed to open on Sunday lunchtime was the Penny Black, a Wetherspoon s es- A GOOD DOSE OF tablishment. However it proved remarkably good, with an excellent ran~e of guest b~ers at £1.59 per pint, and an obliging st~ff who were very g.ood at supplying extra portlon~ of food to replace some which were In short supply; particularly when promp!ed by Ray. CHESHIRE RING Then it was back down the river to keep our booking to go back up the 11ftat 1?:00. There were still 9 miles to go to our designated evening halt, Daresbury o~ the Bndge- (With the Beery Boaters) water Canal, where Lewis Carroll (of Alice in Wonderland fame) ":,,as born In 1832. For- tunately there was only one lock, a stop lock with a fall of a few Inches, and three !un- nets: two short ones and the 1239 yard Preston Brook Tunnel. They are all peculiarly twiSty. Perhaps the beer was strong around here when the canal was dug! Howe~er, we e had not done the Cheshire Ring since 1992, so the Beery Boaters decided that did reach Daresbury before dark, and had our ale in the Ring 0' Bells, opposite the W it was time to stage a return to the North-west. The Cheshire Ring is a circular church where the father of Lewis Carroll was vicar. canal route starting (in our case this time) in Middlewich and running (also in our case) clockwise along the Trent and Mersey Canal to Preston Brook, near Runcorn, up the Both boats set off together early on the Bridgewater and Rochdale Canals to Manchester and the Ashton and Lower Peak For- Monday morning on a misty canal, which est Canals to Marple, down the Macclesfield Canal through Bollington, Macclesfield and soon cleared to give a bright day with the Congleton to Kidsgrove, and then back down the Trent and Mersey to Middlewich. As it sun reflecting off the water into the steer- is only 92 miles with a mere 93 locks, it was mooted that we go down the Anderton Lift ers' faces. Ash made a stop for breakfast to the River Weaver and also try to get to Whaley Bridge on the Upper Peak Forest but the crew of Hazel had their meals on Canal - an extra 20 odd miles and another couple of locks. - the move, there being no locks on the Bridgewater Canal only the steerer We set off on Saturday 22nd April at about 16:00 with the 70ft Ash and the 56ft Hazel, needed relieving. Hazel stopped to take and a complement of 14. The first night's stop was at the Old Broken Cross at Rud- on water by Ye Olde Number 3 pub at heath, a suburb of Northwich. A popular and busy pub, we only just got there before food orders closed - 18.30 that night. The guest beer (I forget which) was very good, but having helped to drink the pub out of it, found the Greenalls to be rather thin!

Our passage down the Anderton Lift, postponed since 1984 because it broke down just before that year's trip and only just reopened after an extensive overhaul, was booked at 09:00, and we had to be there half an hour before to check in. Hazel left Rudheath not long after 06:00 with Hon. Commo- dore on the tiller. Five minutes later it started to rain (the soaking, penetrating sort of rain). I was wet through when we got there and, needless to say, the rain Traditional Country Pub • Greene KIng F stopped immediately after mooring and the sun came out. The crew of Ash waited Guest Ales every Th-ursday '. BUr Gat'den • M Charcoal Grill • lnl1mate until the rain had stopped before setting Ample Car Parking • Restaurant off, and still got to Anderton in good time. Country Village COOking • v.'holesome Bar Menu for ReseT\'alions, Business Lunches &. Social Events The descent in the lift was very interest- Telephone 01221 121339 ing, lowering the boats 50ft from the Trent and Mersey Canal to the River Weaver. Robert Whigbam We had originally planned to go to Wins- Innkeeper ford for our lunchtime ale, but owing to Nr. canterbury, work at Vale Royal Lock, it would only be The Red Lion, stodmarsh, Kent [, operated at pre-determined times, so we Telephone 01221721339 ~- turned below it and returned to Northwich

Page 44 Page 45 Little Bollington, once the third coaching stop out of Liverpool, and with no sight of Ash, made its way to Sale, tying up opposite the King's Ransom, a Hardy & Hanson house. THE CHARITY INN In due course Ash appeared and moored up, having similarly watered up at Little Bollington. After ale (and, for some, not insubstantial lunches), it was away to Manches- ter, passing the Manchester United ground at Old Trafford, before arriving at the bottom of the first nine locks of the Rochdale Canal. These are wide locks and, unlike the rest of the Rochdale have always been open, so both boats went up side by side. However there is no continuous towpath, and lock-wheelers find that they occasionally have to climb up and down walls and cross busy streets between locks. On both sides are tall buildings, with at one point a lock under one.

Above the nine locks is Ducie Street Basin where the Ashton Canal, and our route, leave the Rochdale. We tied up here for the night and departed to the nearby Jolly Angler, a Hyde's pub and very much a proper local. After a pint or two, however, the majority of both crews went off to find other drinking holes, leaving the few of us who remained to enjoy a quiet evening with the excellent Hydes bitter and, at the prompting of our chief commissar whom the landlord remembered from a previous visit, glasses of poteen.

There was a heavy shower during the night, but Tues- day dawned fine. Hazel got away first and started up Up to Four Home Cooked Food the eighteen Ashton Canal locks, but stopped for Real ales breakfast and was overhauled by Ash, only for posi- Served tions to be reversed at Fairfield Junction, at the top of Including Lunchtimes & Evenings the locks, when Ash stopped for water. Fairfield Junc- Tuesday to Friday tion isn't currently one, but will be again if the Hollinwood Arm link with the Rochdale Black Sheep Bitter Canal is restored, as proposed. A couple of miles further at Dukinfield Junction, where Lunchtimes - Saturday Ansells Dark Mild the Ashton, Huddersfield Narrow and Lower Peak Forest Canals meet, we took the lat- ter as far as Hyde, where it was mooted to stop at the Cheshire Ring, a Beartown pub, and 2 Course Menu from £3.95 (at least 5 selections) and partake of its brews. But it didn't open until 2pm, and the other three beer establish- Greene King IPA ments in the road were closed also (either permanently, or at least for that lunchtime), Plus Guest Ale Main Course - Sweet - Tea so we continued to Romiley and drank at the Duke of York, a few hundred yards from & Coffee the cut. At this point it was obvious that we wouldn't get to Whaley Bridge on the Upper Peak Forest Canal that evening (and the Commodore confessed that he had never Tele 01304 613189 Traditional Sunday Roast thought that we would anyway) so we were able to prolong our stay a little. e-mail: [email protected] Set Lunch £7.95 Two course The 16 locks of the Marple flight occupy an attractive setting, rising through the wooded Goyt Valley and then up through TRADITIONAL OLD ENGLISH PUB the town. Despite the locks being hard to work (a bit more maintenance might have helped), at 10 minutes per lock we made OPEN good time, and the flight took us two and Monday to Saturday 12 - 3pm 6pm-Late a half hours. We moored after Marple Sunday 11-3pm 7pm-11pm Junction, where the Lower Peak Forest meets the Macclesfield and Upper Peak

Page 46 Page 47 Forest Canals, and walked down to drink Robinson's at the Navigation, where most of were probably the easiest to work of the Hazefs crew spent the evening, followed by Chinese take-aways afterwards. trip. The Queens Head, right by the ca- I nal, was our drinking hole, with quite a Hazel set off earlier than Ash on Wednes- ·good selection of beers, includinq Cop- day morning, intending to take on water at I per Dragon Black Gold, a dark beer the Upper Peak Forest Canal terminus at I which I don't think that any of us had Whaley Bridge. The canal is lock-free but come across before. An easy afternoon's narrow and shallow, clinging to the side of cruise of six miles and one stop lock took the valley of the River Goyt for its 6Y2, us to Harding's Wood Junction where the miles with the only obstructions two lift Macclesfield and Trent and Mersey ca- bridges and two swing bridges; and in nals join, and a short distance after the about two hours we were moored and tak- house which was the sadly missed - Bird ing on water at Whaley Bridge basin. This in Hand at Kent Green. We moored for the evening just after the first lock down on the was the interchange with the Cromford and Trent and Mersey, and the other side of the bridge from the Blue Bell, a GBG pub for High Peak Railway, which carried goods many years, run by CAMRA enthusiasts. However it didn't open until 7.30pm, and with over High Peak and down to another inter- no real ale at the other nearby pub, the Canal Tavern, some of us walked a half mile change at the end of the Cromford Canal, down the canal to the Red Bull, a Robinson's pub, just beyond Red Bull Aqueduct over . and the whole area is full of industrial rel- which we had passed before joining the Trent and Mersey Canal. Then back to the Blue IC~. For lunch we stopped at the GBG 2006 listed Dog & Partridge at Buxworth, half a Bell. And what a marvelous pub! Probably the best of the trip! Good company, good ~lle back, and almost opposite the arm leading to Bugsworth (the original spelling) Ba- atmosphere and a good choice of good beer. What more can one require in life? Sin. Here we were caught up by Ash, and enjoyed a good selection of beer and excel- lent food. We were unable to stay as long as we might, for we had 14 miles to go to our Friday, the last full day, and away early through the long descent of locks, known to the evening destination at Bollington on the Macclesfield Canal' lock-free miles but with an old boatmen as 'Heartbreak Hill', to Wheelock. Hazel stopped for breakfast and news- :annoying' number of moored boats that would slow our progress. ' papers at Rode Heath, Ash was already moored up when we arrived, and the crew in the Commercial Hotel. We had a pint of Hydes in the Cheshire Cheese opposite before Just before darkness we moored be- joining them. The Commercial Hotel, another in CAMRA's National Inventory of Pub tween Clarence Mill and Bollington Aque- Interiors, sells excellent beer, and we had an enjoyable lunchtime. Finally along the duct, and gathered at the first pub up the rather uninteresting six mile stretch with four locks back to Middlewich, mooring for the hill towards the town, the Holly Bush, a night just above the last lock of the trip. Everyone finished the evening at the Middle- Robinson's pub included in CAMRA's wich Royal British Legion Club, a huge place opposite our boatyard, with Hydes and National Inventory of Pub Interiors of guest beers. It is in the current Good Beer Guide and welcomes CAMRA members. I Outstanding Historic Interest, before de- had a pint or so at the Cheshire Cheese and the Narrowboat first. ciding where to go for the evening. Phil, living locally, suggested the Poacher's A leisurely start on Saturday morning. Arms - not far away (according to him). Ray cooked the remains of what was ... So we walked a vel}' long way and even- left for breakfast and we cleaned up tually came across it where the town the boats before locking down, pass- ended and the road started to go verti- ing the arm leading to the Shropshire -- cally upwards. I suppose it was worth the Union Canal and tying up at Middle- ,. effort, but we dreaded the long hike back. wich Narrowboats. Boats unloaded, We needn t have worned, however. At the bottom of the hill a young lady bus driver group photographs taken, and the s!opped and offered to take us all back to the canal - for nowt, even though she was Beery Boaters departed on their vari- p~cklngup other fare-paying passengers en route (No doubt Rob gave her the secret ous ways. Until the next time, that is. siqn; Ed). Even the steep steps up to the top of the aqueduct didn't seem so bad after that!

Thursday lunchtime's stop was scheduled for Congleton, about 15 miles and the twelve Bos!ey Lock~ away. 'We'll have ~oset off ~arly", Phil, the local, said, "Or we'll be late getting there. So we set off at SIXand arnved at eleven. Mind you, the Bosley Locks

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Across 2. He may serve you Madonna's favour- 1. You get this if you drink too much ci- ite beer (8) der! (6,6) 3. Elect crazy veto (4) 6. Oxf or Camb? (3) 4. Horatio brews in Chatham (6) 8. Square beer from 4d. (9) 5. see 22 down 9. Trou?'~ from tangled lashes (6) 7. In gin is a cocktail badge (8) Cheriton Place. Folkestone. 01303 223333 12. A bit like the colour of a King (8) 10. Cycle west to discover Harveys' 1.4. Look at Badger: lost first, gained home town(5) nght, got muddled (6) 11. It used to be an experience, but it's SMOKING BAN LATEST 16. Dave first had lots of scribbles (7) still a Winter Ales Festival (5,6) 18. Can set about position (6) Ot for the first time Parliament's Upper Chamber is proving more of a champion of com- 12. No.3, No.5 and NO.7 all come from mon sense and civil liberties than the House of Commons. A House of Lords Commit- 19. lI~egal hunters from Lincolnshire (8) N Ramsgate (5) tee has been reviewing the proposed smoking ban in public places. Among other comments 21. Lifer turned up and left another one in 13. Hampshire ale in a wheelchair? (8) they felt that the 'relatively minor' risk did not justify such draconian action. It was a the same glass (6) 15. Sole finds much to do vertically (5) 'disproportionate response' when the evidence showed that passive smoking in public 24. I fed trout mix to get stamina (9) 17. A.B.V. is what one's good at (8) places caused relatively little damage. Ministers were not taking into account the impact of a 25. Pixie in German eleven (3) 20. Making Goldings Pale Ale is their ban on personal freedom and civil liberties, and Caroline Flint, Public Health Minister, admit- 26: Initially, my Aunt Lucy - very elderly, tradition! (6) ted that 95% of smoking related deaths were caused by smoking at home. And a recent retired now - helped intrepid long lost son Radio Four adaptation of the life of Samuel Plimsoll clearly illustrated the falseness of mak- 22.and 5 down. Merit point for this create Worcestershire brewery (7,5) ing comparisons between the conditions of present day bar staff and those of 18th and 19th strong ale from Goacher's! (4,4) century workers, as is the inclination of some anti-smoking campaigns. When he started his 23. Ginger or Black: one of the necessi- Down campaign, irresponsible shipowners could send to sea unseaworthy and dangerously over- ties of life from Cheshire (5) 1. I purchased a shaken Caledonian loaded ships whose crews, once signed on, were by law obliged to sail, whatever their mis- ale (8,3) givings. Annually hundreds of lives were lost. A somewhat different level of risk from that Solution on Page 57 experienced by the average bar worker who can leave the job whenever they want, and is probably more worried about assault by a drunk.

Page 50 Page 51 duced the normal round of disappointments and surprises. Am~ng th,e form~r was the prevalence of Robinson's beer. I k~ow people who hold Roblnson s. particularly LAST the Unicorn Bitter, in high regard, but It has never been to my taste, always seem- ingly having a certain sourness about it. However such misgivings were glv~n fur- ther weight by what appears to have happened to Old Tom, the exce~tlonally KNOCKINGS strong beer (8.5% ABV) that I had always considered Robinso~'s redeeming fea- ture. Here I am referring to the bottled beer only, the cask version. for all ~.know, here's an old adage which goes something like 'just one good beer, and do it might well be just as it was. Although from what I can r.ecall n?t b?ttle ~ondltloned: T well'. Unfortunately, all too often it seems such wisdom is ignored in the anxiety it was well flavoured, mid brown in colour and deceptively disquised ItS strength, to put as many beers through the handpumps as possible. Typical were recent vis- and provided a good way of perking up the unsatisfying bitter. The bottle I bou~ht its to two GBG pubs, far distant from our own branch I hasten to add, and both of in Bollington, however, at £2.60 (admittedly 330 ml and still 8.5% ABV), came With which carried substantial ranges of real ale with heavy emphasis on small and mi- a redesigned stocky shape incorporating an embossed !ma~e ?f 'Old Tom' .(t~e cro breweries. At the first the beer seemed very fresh, with little conditioning and beer's cat emblem) and contained a dark, somewhat cloying liquid, rather rerrurus- suspiciously gassy, with tiny bubbles of beer around the sides of the glass and an cent of British cream sherry - no doubt someone at Robinson's' idea of what a extremely gassy head. I don't know much about blanket pressure, but I would have strong bottled beer should taste like. thought such effects symptomatic of its use. At the second pub, although pleasingly ------retaining a number of small rooms, and, when I was there, well patronised with a superb atmosphere, I found neither of the mid strength bitters that I drank particu- Interesting news from parts of Essex, where apparent.ly pubs are ?isplaying signs larly satisfactory - and, although both from respected microbreweries, I don't think banning MPs as a response to the MP's ban on smoking; a reflection of .the genu- the brewer would either. Neither was off but condition did not seem what it should ine anger that the ban was imposed over the heads of I~~dlo.r~s and their custom- have been. The pub was of the 'ever changing range school' and obviously had ers. With all the complaints about public apathy over politics It s good to ~ee some considerable real ale trade, but the impression was left that its high turn over was people taking active involvement; and might serve to con~en~rate a few.mlnds. The at the expense of proper looking after in the cellar. argument in favour of a ban was never pa~icularly CO~vlnclng and paid scant re- gard to personal liberty and freedom of choice. In partlc~lar ~here w.as no real at- tempt at consultation or compromise over proposed legislation, which could well Yet another local free house disappears, Punch Taverns having acquired the Hare see livelihoods at risk. & Hounds at Northbourne (see Local News). The new landlords intend to alter ------things as little as possible, Punch's involvement being limited to owning the struc- ture, and so far all reports are very positive. However it's impossible to view the The next target of the health police is already being lined up. So much concern is current consolidation in pub ownership with complete equanimity, especially when there over obesity that all children are to be tested at the age of four, and the par- one feels that many of our legislators are oblivious to what's happening. To the ents of those found to be overweight suitably spoken to. How soon before our average MP the pub of course lies at the heart of English culture along with St drinking habits are subjected to similar scrutiny? (Sooner than we might think - see George, cricket on the village green and Coronation Street, while any concerns Channel View). It may be that our life styles are not as healthy as t~ey could be, over ownership were surely resolved many years ago by the Beer Orders: doesn't but in a free society that should be our concern, not that of authonty. Of course the proliferation of 'free house' over pub doorways indicate healthy independence? things are different for children, but then Government doesn't help itself. When I Well, not exactly, as many of us know this often means no more than a selection of was at school long ago, school dinners were nutritionally carefully balanced. We, fairly undistinguished national brews. Meanwhile the Government's regulatory bod- of course mo~ned about them, but they were healthy. Some time in the intervening ies do not add to one's confidence. The recently announced investigation into su- years it was decided to allow schools discretion, and the inevitable progression to permarkets seems entirely centred on the cost to the consumer - on the principal chips, crisps, fizzy drinks and industrial protein. Of late t~e present Government presumably that that is all the consumer, or for that matter society, is bothered has indicated that it wishes to move back towards the traditional school meal - but about. The value of variety and choice, both of supply and suppliers, if for no other shows little appetit~ for t~cklin~ the sugar and fa~ I~d~n food, f~II of additives, col- reason than variety and choice themselves, apparently is not worthy of considera- ourings and flavounngs With which the modern child s life otherwise abounds. tion. (9td 'If)evd-

The most recent expedition by the Beery Boaters (See Jim Green's report) pro-

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