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Issue 502 November 2019 sheffield.camra.org.uk /sheffieldcamra @shfcamra Issue 502 2 November 2019 The free magazine of CAMRA Sheffield & District Issue 502 November 2019 Opinion 5 What price a pint? News 5 Some of our magazines are missing! 3,000 monthly Editor circulation Andy Cullen Pubs 6 [email protected] Sheffield’s Real Heritage Pubs Pub heritage walks Articles, comments and Halamshire House suggestions are most A Real Ale Guide welcome so please send Two Thirds Beer Company them in* Advertising Breweries 10 Vanessa Abbeydale [email protected] Acorn Bradfield Quarter Page £50+VAT Hopjacker Half Page £70+VAT Welbeck Abbey Full Page £100+VAT Kelham Island Inside Front Cover £110+VAT Loxley Back Cover £120+VAT Chantry Discounts for regular placements PDFs or high-res bitmaps (300 dpi) only please Awards 16 Old Queen’s Head Design from £30 Bath Hotel Updates from £10 Next copy deadline Travel 18 Friday 8 November Hopping around Slovakia A grand day out… in Barnsley and beyond Opinions expressed are those of the A few days in West Flanders author and may not represent those of CAMRA, the local branch or editor. Beer Matters is © CAMRA Ltd. Festivals 25 *For legal reasons a full name and address must be provided with all contributions. Diary 26 Committee 26 Issue 502 November 2019 What price a pint? Something that there seems to be a lot of noise being made ? about on beery social media in recent times is the price of a pint. 1 2 On the one hand many brewers production varies wildly from are claiming that low prices one end of the spectrum to the being offered by the likes of JD other therefore the prices at the Wetherspoon, Samuel Smiths bar do too. You pay your money and some others are creating and make your choice! ? ? an unreasonable expectation amongst consumers that is Where there is a bit of a genuine leading to them struggling to consumer niggle is how much 3 4 sell their beer to pubs at a price mark up a pub puts on the beer. that they can make a living from. If they operate a standard %GP mark up then if the beer is more On the other hand there are expensive to buy in then the some beers on bars that are % translates into more £. One creating the great Yorkshire war correspondent pointed out they cry of ‘ow much?!’, especially found the same craft beer being amongst the old skool drinkers. sold at Tilt in Birmingham and 5 6 the Crow in Sheffield with our The price being charged local option being significantly Some of our recently at the Indy Man Beer cheaper. Con craft beer festival seemed magazines are to generate some interesting Of course some pubs cost more discussions. Beer was served to run than others - be that size, missing! in third pint measures only and staffing levels, business rates or tokens cost about £2.65 each other factors - which has to be The Sheffield Local Studies - and about 20% of beers cost reflected in the prices charged. Library has an (almost) two or three tokens! Of course complete set of Beer Matters,. this is a fairly specialist festival Some have accused CAMRA with most beers quite expensive of demanding cheap beer. However, they are short of a to source in the first place! Although some pubs do choose few early editions: 1, 3, 4, 8, to offer members a discount as 9, 10, 12, 13, 15 and 16. During Closer to home, looking at the a marketing initiative, that isn’t this period, our magazine range at the Rutland Arms in what we are about, however was called Parish Pump Sheffield City Centre, the price as a consumer organisation and consisted of a small of a pint at last check varied of course we want to see number of A4 sheets stapled from £3.00 to £8.10. reasonable prices and drinkers together. not getting ripped off. What is We do have a wonderfully reasonable for one beer isn’t We would be very grateful if diverse range of beers available necessarily reasonable for the you could check your attic to us these days ranging right next. and see if you have any of through from the 3.9% golden the missing editions – we session bitter or traditional At the end of the day, look at can then pass to the library brown malty bitter right up to the beers you want to drink and, hopefully, complete their the 14% barrel aged imperial and judge whether the price is collection. stouts with fruit or spices added reasonable before ordering - if and heavily hopped premium not choose something else or Please email if you can assist: strength IPAs. The cost of drink elsewhere. [email protected] Issue 502 November 2019 Opinion News Inn Brief The proposed micropub in Fulwood previously men- Pub heritage tioned is going ahead and will be the sister venue to walks the Ecclesall Ale Club, run by the guys from Brew Founda- tion. The new bar and bottle Thanks to everyone who shop is the Fulwood Ale joined one of the three Club, located at 4 Brooklands Pub Heritage walks which I Avenue and is due to open recently led as part of Herit- some point in November. You age Open Days and Sheffield can follow them on Twitter Walking Festival. Over fifty @AleClubFul. participants took part in one of two routes, feedback was Thor’s Tipi bar returns to very positive and all seemed the Peace Gardens for it’s Sheffield’s Real to enjoy the experience. usual Christmas season Thanks again to Fagan’s and alongside the Christmas Heritage Pubs the Fat Cat for hosting the market on 22 November, New download start of the walks. staying a little longer this year, until 5th January. After The third edition of Shef- The next walks will take having cask beer for the first field’s Real Heritage Pubs: place during March 2020, as couple of years, there was Pub Interiors of Historic part of Sheffield Beer Week. no ale last year which was Interest, the CAMRA book disapointing (guess mulled about Heritage Pubs in wine and hot chocolate is Sheffield, is now available Hallamshire the big sellers!). They are as a FREE DOWNLOAD: promising a bigger venue sheffield.camra.org.uk/rhp. House this year with a double tent space and extended choice on the bar, the online drinks The download was first The Hallamshire House at menu shows a Thor’s Pale available in October 2017 Commonside is hosting a Ale so we’ll see! The food and was updated a year Dark Beer Week from 4 to 10 this year is pizza. later. October 2019 brings November featuring a range the third edition. This 114 of popular, special and rare The Green Room will only page book includes almost Stouts and Porters on both be opening in the evening 100 new images, updated cask and keg. from November, which means text and new entries. “Butties to Banquets” will no The beers are a mixture of longer be serving breakfasts From October 2018, a Thornbridge and guest brew- and lunches from their kitch- printed version, the second ers, including a rare return of en. The outside catering will edition, was available (RRP Thornbridge’s Cavern County. still be available, check their £5.99) from selected local Facebook page for contact pubs and bookshops. The The discount for CAMRA details. In the evenings the vast majority of these out- members on weekdays be- programe of music and other lets have sold their copies, fore 6pm will continue to be events are now back in full although a small number offered during this event as swing following the summer may still be available. normal (30p off a pint of cask holidays and the guest ale ales and 40p off a pint of has recently been provided Dave Pickersgill other selected craft beers). by Loxley Brewery. Issue 502 Pubs November 2019 Old Hall Hotel Real Ale, Real Food & Real Fires A Traditional 16th Century Coaching Inn Market Place, Hope, Hope Valley, Derbyshire S33 6RH Established 1719 /TheOldHallHotel @oldhallhope Homemade Food Served All Day | 6 Cask Marque Ales Outstanding B&B | Roaring Open Fires Muddy Boots & Dogs Welcome | Friendly Atmosphere A Pub Done Different Peak Hotel The Peak Districts’ Eccentric Alehouse How Lane, Castleton, Hope Valley, Derbyshire S33 8WJ Established 1809 /ThePeakHotelCastleton Find us on TripAdvisor @peakcastleton Homemade Food Served All Day | Outstanding B&B 5 Cask Marque Ales & Large Selection of Craft Bottles Muddy Boots & Dogs Welcome | Roaring Open Fires Issue 502 November 2019 A Real Ale Guide Inn Brief Sheffield City Centre, Kelham Island and Neepsend II This month we continue with listings of the City Centre pubs not covered last month before moving onto Heeley next month. Bessemer same communal tables. Castle Leopold Street Square tram stop, most City By day and night the Bessemer Centre buses. is two very different animals... in the daytime like many pubs Red Deer in the Stonegate chain it serves Pitt Street value for money food to tables Classic ex Tetleys pub popular in various cosy corners and real with University staff that feels The Indie Beer Feast is back ale is available - generally a mix like a country pub in the heart at Abbeydale Picture House of national and local brands. of the City. Range of real ales on 6th and 7th March 2020. However Friday and Saturday and fresh food served, regular night the pub is open until 2am events including quiz nights Shakespeares are holding a with a DJ playing golden oldies, and music, small beer patio at fruit sour event from 25th to attracting a very mixed crowd! rear.