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Pint Taken Worcestershire County CAMRA Magazine – Autumn 2018 FREEFREE Articles, Pub and Brewery news and MORE from across Worcestershire Contents Pint Taken 10,000 copies of Pint Taken are distributed to real ale pubs and clubs in Autumn 2018 and around the county of Contents Worcestershire. Pint Taken EXTRA 3 Advertising rates are available at pinttaken.org.uk Editor’s Introduction 5 or from Beer Ice Cream?! 5 [email protected] Pub and Brewery News 7-13 Readers’ Comments 15-16 Items for publication in the Winter Mass Lobby of Parliament 17 edition (published 1st December) should be Beer Disruption – UK Brewing 19 sent by 26th October 2018 What is Craft Beer? 21 Contributions, such as articles, comments, Talking with a Brewer 23 awards, pub and brewery news etc. are Book Reviews 25-27 always welcome to be sent to Branch Diaries 29 [email protected] Join CAMRA 31 Pint Taken is published by the Redditch & Bromsgrove, Wyre Forest and Worcester branches of the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) and supported by our advertisers. See www.pinttaken.org.uk Pint Taken is designed and printed by CatshillDesign www.design.catshill.com Front cover photo and above The Mug House at Claines, near Worcester. To subscribe to Pint Taken for a year, send Unusually, access is either via a field four C5 stamped addressed envelopes to or Claines Churchyard. Subscriptions, 192 Exhall Close, Redditch, B98 9JA Photos courtesy of AndyCheckettsConsultancy Photos The views expressed in Pint Taken are not Pint Taken EXTRA necessarily those of the Campaign for Real Go to pinttaken.org.uk/extra where you Ale Ltd. can find additional articles and features For issues relating to Licensing Act 2003 e.g. to complement those in the magazine. alcohol sales contact Worcestershire Regulatory Services, Wyre Forest 24 hours in Nottingham Neil Berry House, Finepoint Way, Kidderminster, takes you on a tour of Nottingham Worcestershire, DY11 7WF pubs. Tel: 01905 822799 www.worcsregservices.gov.uk/ Beer Days Out - Raising a Stourbridge licensing.aspx Glass. A tour of 12 Stourbridge pubs by Steve James. CAMRA Ltd: 230 Hatfield Road, St Albans, AL1 4LW Tel: 01727 867201 3 Pint Taken Autumn 2018 FoOd ThE AvAiLaBlE WeIgHbRiDgE BeEr FeStIvAl 14Th -15ThSePtEmBeR FrI, 6Pm-11Pm / SaT, 12Pm-11Pm CoMe To ThE WeIgHbRiDgE FoR OuR AuTuMn BeEr FeStIvAl FeAtUrInG A VaSt ArRaY Of ExCeLlEnT BeErS AnD CiDeRs. AlVeChUrCh MaRiNa, ScArFiElD WhArF, WoRcEsTeRsHiRe, B48 7Sq WwW.ThE-WeIgHbRiDgE.Co.Uk - 0121 445 5111 Follow us on Facebook to keep up to date on what ales and ciders we have available. 4 Editor’s Introduction Editor’s Beer Ice Cream!! Introduction: Andy Checketts Situated next to Dursley Hall, Harley’s Andy Checketts Smoke House Grill and Bar, Kinver, the new stylish bar and restaurant complex WHAT’S NEW? Well, we have a new near the north Worcestershire boundary pinttaken.org.uk website for readers has teamed up with Enville Brewery to download the current edition and as part of its exciting range of on site, previous editions going right back to home made ice creams. Wilf Beardsmore 2003. It also contains a new feature is behind the development of the bright, “Pint Taken EXTRA” which is being used airy and very spacious suite of bars to publish additional articles not seen featuring Enville Ale and Enville ice in the magazine e.g. look out for “24 cream. Amongst a dozen varieties one Hours in Nottingham” a trip report by can savour Prosecco, Mango, Pistachio, Neil Berry. Naturally, it includes details Snickers and Strongbow. Produced on on how to advertise in the magazine. site from natural ingredients rather Non-pub/brewery related adverts are than artifi cial essences this wide range also welcome. of home made ice creams provides Confusion reigns over the use of an interesting array of fl avours. Jerry carbon dioxide and what “draught” Hedges from Enville Brewery celebrates beer actually is. Readers can help here this exciting new venture that sells a by submitting articles to clarify issues range of Enville beers and comments and have their say in our new “Readers’ that the taste of the Enville ice cream Comments” section on page 15. truly refl ects the fl avour of the brewery’s Fly the fl ag for Worcestershire. well known ale. See www.harleyssmokehouse.co.uk Wilf Beardsmore, enjoying Enville Ale ice cream with the courtesy of AndyCheckettsConsultancy Photos Editor sampling a dark beer Enville brewer Jerry Hedges 5 Local Pub & Brewery News (opposite to Poundland). It currently Local Pub & only sells craft beer on draught, but also serves a good selection of bottled beers. Brewery News The lease on the Hop Pole on Birmingham Road in Bromsgrove is currently being advertised for sale. The Worcester’s newest bottle shop and pub was owned by Punch Taverns, but tap room, The Hop Lord has up to six recently transferred over to Star Inns (a Craft Kegs available and 250+ cans/ part of Heineken). bottles. The Hop Lord is the brainchild of Matt Pugh, the owner of the Firefly in Worcester and also Hereford as well as Worcester’s Hand In Glove. The Marwood, the popular freehouse and restaurant, was transferred to new owners Shane and Amy Peckover and changed its name to the Ounce. The Ounce has been refurbished with flagstone floors and very bright airy courtesy of AndyCheckettsConsultancy Photo décor and specialising in steaks that The Bell & Cross, Clent one buys by the ounce plus four changing guest beers. The Bell and Cross at Holy Cross, The Wheatsheaf Inn, Worcester has in Clent was closed before Christmas new management. Tony Gibbon who 2017, but has now reopened under ran Drummonds and managed The new management. New licensee Joe Beatless tribute band takes on the Tansley and his team, re-opened the Wheatsheaf pub, Henwick Road. A small pub in July after a sympathetic refit and Grade II-listed 18th-century terraced refurbishment of this pub’s historic local attracting both young and old. traditional interior features, which are A varied selection of guest ales is included in CAMRA’s National Inventory available, usually with at least one from of Historic Pub Interiors. It serves St. George’s Brewery, and two draught Enville and Wye Valley beers, along with ciders. other guests and offers a speciality A La The freehold on the Queen’s Head on Carte menu as well as lite bites. Bromsgrove Road in Redditch has been Cannon Royall Brewery has moved sold by auction, but it is not yet known from behind the Fruiterer’s Arms what the new owners intend to do with (Uphampton, Ombersley) to a new the pub. location at Honeybourne near Evesham A new café/bar has opened on as White Rabbit Brewery. Six Cannon Bromsgrove High Street called Ollies, Royall beers are to be brewed and six 7 Local Pub & Brewery News White Rabbit beers are also planned, is staged each month. These include some using existing Cannon Royall screening of commercial and Arthouse recipes, as well as a German lager using films and hosting of local musicians. German lager yeast, ingredients and, Top quality traditional ales are always surprisingly, imported water from supplied. The brewery is also a well- Germany! It will be cask conditioned attended venue during the annual and sold chilled in White Rabbit pubs Worcester Music Festival. by handpull, so a real beer as far as Brewing here is largely a one-man we’re concerned. This will be badged as operation. The brewery has a 6-barrel Bohemian Brewing Co. capacity, with the kit having been Bewdley Brewery tap room is open lovingly rebuilt and refurbished on Fridays and Saturdays 12-6pm and following relocation from Ludlow now also on Sunday afternoons 12- Brewery. Aiming to complete at least 3pm, as well as Bank Holidays. The cask one brew a month, the locally-themed beer range is increasing to three hand range includes Sabrina’s Dark Ruby pulls. The special anniversary 10% brew, Ale 1651 (named from the date of the Decennium, recently won Silver in the Battle of Worcester); Powick Porter, and British Bottlers Institute competition. a number of session bitters. One can The Mare and Colt near Kidderminster often find Brian’s beers in local pubs, has a new manager who is a CAMRA and at local beer festivals. While the member and offers 10% discount to brewery is successful and the events CAMRA members on beers. are well-supported, life as a one-man, The newly opened riverside ‘spare-time’ brewer is complex and the Courtyard Restaurant in Bewdley is challenges faced are considerable. reported to have good food and offers Worcestershire Way from Bewdley Brewery on hand pump. Underneath the Arches – Worcester Brewing Company The historic Victorian brick-built railway arches in Worcester City Centre’s Cherry Tree Walk, house a number of businesses, and at Arch 49 is the Worcester Brewing Company. Started 4 years ago by brewer Brian Tonks, the brewery combines a passion for well-crafted traditional ales with active local community engagement. Brian teamed up with acclaimed local artist Andy Tyler to produce highly Elizabeth and Sean Barnett celebrate distinctive artwork for hand-pull clips, awards posters and banners. The brewery is Pershore Brewery picks up two medals. a venue for community-based events In its 2018 awards, The Small and gatherings, and some type of event Independent Brewers’ Association (SIBA) 9 Pint Taken Autumn 2018 th Wythall’s 9 Beer Festival 23 Real Ales, Ciders & Perry Gin & Prosecco Bar Friday 5th October 6.30pm - 11.30pm Saturday 6th October noon to 11.30pm Entertainment – Friday Eve: Old Comrades Jazz Band Saturday eve : 70s, 80s, 90s music by Karmalyte Wythall Community Club Silver Street, Wythall, Birmingham B47 6LZ More information on www.wythall-park.org.uk 10 Local Pub & Brewery News Photos courtesy of AndyCheckettsConsultancy Photos has awarded two medals to Pershore Brewery.