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D ON ON L Aug Vol 34 Sept No 4 2012 West London’s latest brewery (see page 40) EST 1721 23-25 NEW END • HAMPSTEAD VILLAGE • NW3 1JD A proper British pub • Immaculately kept local beers and microbrews • Hearty home cooked food and snacks • Sun trapped beer garden • 250 ales served in our first year Best Tel: 020 7794 0258 London Pub of the Year 2011 twitter: @dukeofhamilton Fancy a Pint Reviewers www.thedukeofhamilton.com Awards 5 PINT RATED PUB All ales £2.70 a pint Mondays and Tuesdays. See website for ales on tap. Editorial London Drinker is published by Mike Hammersley on behalf of the London NDO Branches of CAMRA, the Campaign for Real O N Ale Limited, and edited jointly by L Sarah Bleksley and Mark Davies. Tel: 07747 494840. Material for publication should preferably be sent by e-mail to [email protected]. Correspondents unable to send letters to the editors electronically may post them to Brian Sheridan at 4, Arundel House, Heathfield Road, Croydon CR0 1EZ. Press releases should be sent by email to [email protected] Changes to pubs or beers should be reported to Capital Pubcheck, 2 Sandtoft Road, London SE7 7LR or by e-mail to [email protected]. London, City of Beer - why are tourists For publication in October 2012, please send electronic documents to the editors no later than drinking all my beer? Monday 10 September. SUBSCRIPTIONS: £7.00 for mailing of six editions should be sent to Stan Tompkins, few weeks ago many of you somewhere good to drink. We felt 52 Rabbs Mill House, Chiltern View Road, Awill have seen an unusual that we should do something to Uxbridge, Middlesex, UB8 2PD looking edition of London Drinker ensure that their experience of (cheques payable to CAMRA London). ADVERTISING: John Galpin appearing in some busy pubs these uniquely British institutions Tel: 020 3287 2966. around central London. If you is the best possible. We felt that Printed by Cliffe Enterprise, picked one up you may now be publishing the special edition of Eastbourne, BN22 8TR wondering what had happened to the London Drinker alone was Views expressed in this publication are those Idle Moments, News Round-up, insufficient; therefore we sought to of their individual authors and are not necessarily endorsed by the Editor or the and Capital Pubcheck in particular. distribute the information by as Campaign for Real Ale Limited. A few months ago the London many different means as we could. Advertise in the next Liaison Committee (LLC), and We also realised that we should go LONDON DRINKER particularly the London Drinker out and try to find people who Our advertising rates are as follows: team, decided that the much would create unique and quirky Whole page £325 (colour) £260 (mono) hoped for influx of tourists into events that will take Londoners’ Half page £195 (colour), £145 (mono) London this year should be told minds off the difficulty of their Quarter page £105 (colour), £80 (mono) Phone John Galpin now on that there are places in London commutes. 020 3287 2966, Mobile 07508 036835 serving proper British beer and not Amongst our many events [email protected] just Dutch fizzy drinks listed online are numerous one-off (Heineken). In order to ensure events that have been created just In this issue that great pubs benefited from for London, City of Beer. Two tourism we decided to create a examples are the organised tour of Campaign conference 6 special cut down version of this three breweries on 8th September News round-up 9 magazine which concentrated on and three brewery open days in informing tourists of the best pubs August, including one at London, City of Beer 24 in the areas of London that they Redemption Brewery, which is Beer festivals 26 will visit this summer. One such rarely open to the public (see page The Blythe Hill Tavern 29 man described this to me recently 24). There are also lists of as being ‘like a mini Good Beer CAMRA events and events with Festival stewarding 30 Guide’. In addition to this, there is special CAMRA discounts. If that Branch diaries 32 a separate London, City of Beer were not enough reason to make Letters 36 website and a Twitter feed. The regular visits to the website, there idea of both of these is to provide a are also pub events that do not Moncada Brewery resource showing special events appear in London Drinker , many of London Fields Brewery 42 going on across London and to which are only being publicised Roll out the barrel 44 promote the best events at London through the website. Although the pubs and breweries in a single, easy magazine was intended to be most Capital Pubcheck 46 to find place. applicable to tourists, we hope that Membership form 47 Most visitors to the UK London, City of Beer as a whole Pubs for entertainment 58 indicate that they would like to will be of interest to all beer lovers. visit a traditional British pub Anyone who has an idea for a Idle Moments 64 during their stay, and many UK special event or who has already set Crossword 66 tourists to London will want one up should get in touch via the 3 Editorial website. Ye Olde Mitre On Twitter we are trying to make sure that the day’s most interesting and unusual events are Ely Court, between flagged up, including an ‘event of the week’. We Ely Place and Hatton Garden already have a relatively large number of ‘followers’ London EC1N 6SJ all around the world. 020 7405 4751 London, City of Beer has also been featured in CAMRA GOOD BEER GUIDE 2012 media outlets around the United States with East London & City Pub of the Year 2006, features in newspapers on both sides of the country. 2008 and 2010 Hopefully more countries’ media will follow and London will become world-renowned once again Historic and for producing high quality real ale in high quality, real pubs! traditional Ale-House So London, City of Beer is not just an event for London Pride, Adnams Broadside, the tourists but a celebration of British beer in Deuchars IPA, Gales Seafarers and a year when it could have been ignored. It is 5 guest ales every week plus a real cider also a celebration of good pubs, so why not go online now and find an exciting new LD experience? OPEN WEEKENDS Saturday and Sundays 28th/29th July, The website is available at: www.londoncityofbeer.org.uk Twitter is @LDNCityOfBeer 4th/5th August and 11th/12th August Mark Davies (GBBF Weekend) open 12-6pm Open 11am-11pm Monday to Friday Check the Beer Festival Calendar Snacks available 11.30am - 9.30pm and visit your LocAle pubs at (try our famous toasties) www.camralondon.org.uk Nearest tubes: Chancery Lane/Farringdon 4 Campaigning Your opportunity to contribute to CAMRA’s future ot everyone has the time or resources to get to finish) will give members opportunities to not only NCAMRA’s AGM and Conference but there is a hear about, but also to contribute to, the future of lot of change going on including the development the Campaign and a chance to meet members from of a new 5 year strategic plan. With a view to other Regions. For more information and to register engaging as many members as possible, six Super for the London event, go to: Regional Conferences are being run around the www.eventsbot.com/events/eb444052986 and simply country. Members may attend any that they like; fill in the form (we need to know numbers for they do not have to live within the Region where catering and beer requirements - one person per the Conference is taking place. The first one is in registration please). For those without internet London on Saturday 1st September at Questors access please contact the Regional Director. You do (12 Mattock Lane, Ealing, London, W5 5BQ), a not have to be an active member of a branch or short walk from Ealing Broadway station. even consider yourself as active to come along. Questors is CAMRA’s 2012 Club of the Year and promises a great range of real ales at very Contact: John Cryne, London Regional reasonable prices. Director: [email protected] ; 07802 This all day event (10am registration; 5pm 174861 Advertise in the next LONDON DRINKER. Our advertising rates are as follows: Whole page £325 (colour), £260 (mono); Half page £195 (colour), £145 (mono); Quarter page £105 (colour), £80 (mono). Phone John Galpin now on 020 3287 2966 Mobile 07508 036835 Email: [email protected] or Twitter@LDads or on Facebook: London Drinker Ads THE FINAL COPY DATE FOR ADVERTISING IN OUR NEXT ISSUE (OCTOBER/NOVEMBER) IS THE FIRST OF SEPTEMBER 6 News round-up Politics, politics plan deal that the Government last August. The key issue was struck with the British Beer & Pub whether covenants could have a ince our last issue the Govern - Association, the pubcos’ trade negative or harmful impact on Sment seems to have done more body, seems to be establishing itself. communities and whether the so-called ‘u-turns’ on tax than a mo - That does not mean that all is Government should take action to torist who has installed his SatNav well however as illustrated by one restrict their use. Mr Neil replied, upside down but alas, no change in example of pubco-tenant relations. “We aim to publish our response as alcohol duty. The ‘u-turns’ are said Dave Mountford of the Rising Sun soon as possible.
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