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Our new winter has replaced Cold Turkey due to our friends at HM Custom and Excise... Bless ‘em! Oblivion has a strong spiced fruit aroma with a rich malt and full on fruit fl avour, which lingers on in a almost boundless bitter fi nish. AVAILABLE FROM MONDAY 5TH DECEMBER 2005 80 Westgate, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire. PE1 2AA Tel: 01733 358300 Fax: 01733 892658 Email: [email protected] o~ãÄäáåÖë Ñêçã íÜÉ bÇáíçê This is my sixth edition rambling from the editor’s hot-seat and it hasn’t got any easier with the passage of time. I’ve managed to deflect some of the hard work that goes into producing your newsletter by persuading, cajoling and bribing friends and colleagues to take a stab at conjuring up an article for publication. I’d like to thank each and every one of those who have con- tributed, especially those who sumbitted unsolicited material. Every little bit helps and I’m sure it’s also great to see someone else’s name and point of view in print. As we approach the Festive Season with it’s inevitable “Special” brews from craft brewers both near and far, I feel that it’s not too early to remind readers to be sensible and heed the message from your local constabulary - Don’t and Drive. I look forward to meeting many of you at the Tap on December 3rd for what promises to be an unfor- gettable evening. But, look out because it might just be your turn to be ‘volunteered’ to write a report of pro- ceedings! Don’t forget the AGM on December 6th - make your voice heard and your actions count.

Remember - A Pub’s not Just for Christmas!

Cheers Bob Melville, Editor The next issue of BAE will be published on Monday 9th January 2006 We must have your stories, news and advertisements by Friday 23rd December Late copy cannot be guaranteed entry. Please contact Neil Richards on 0870 334 0640 for all of your advertising needs. Steve Williams pubs-officer@real- ale.org.uk or 07802 896641 is always look- ing for pub news. Stories and other copy will be welcomed by Bob Melville [email protected] or 0870 334 0328. AVAILABLE FROM Beer Around ‘Ere is published by Peterborough & MONDAY 5TH DECEMBER 2005 District Branch of CAMRA, The (Copyright 2005). Views or comments expressed in this publication may not necessarily be those of the Editor or of CAMRA. P af^ov a^qbp NOVEMBER Tickets will be available at all Branch social Tuesday 1st Gold Award, The White Swan at events. £5 will get you entrance into the Woodnewton. Transport TBA Brewery Tap, a Thai buffet and entertainment Tuesday 15th Committee Meeting at The by Citizen Smith. This is a must for all Coalheavers Arms, Peterborough 8:30 pm CAMRA members. Tuesday 6th Branch AGM, New England DECEMBER Club, Occupation Road, New England Saturday 3rd Members’ Activation Event. `lkq^`q hbsfk çå MUTM PPQ MSOO çê Éã~áä ëçÅá~äJëëÉÅ]êÉ~äJ~~äÉKçêÖKìâ mib^pb _llh b^oiv clo qofmp ql ^slfa afp^mmlfkqjbkq qÜÉ pçÅá~ä pÉÅêÉí~êó∞ë qÜ~åâ vçì Having now been the Social Secretary for the Queens Head, Blue Bell, and The White Swan year, I felt it right to give some kind of report at Woodnewton have all been fully booked on to you all. Firstly, my main objective was to the minibuses, with many a CAMRA member get out and about to the villages within our making their own way. branch, and, having been to Smiths at Bourne, This is just a snippet of the year, I hope I have The Swan at Parsons Drove, 5 Horse Shoes at not let anybody down, and put Peterborough Barholm, The Dun Cow at Cowbit and the CAMRA, along with our beer fest, as one of Goat at Frognall (the list does go for at least the most active branches in the country. another 8 or 9 pubs), I generally feel that it's A big thank you to all those who 'volunteered' mission accomplished. as drivers for the trips, without whom we In May we went to Belgium to present the would not have been so successful. Huyghe Brewery with an award. Originally Alan Clarke we pencilled a minibus of 15 people, but in Bernie Grange the end took 21, and went on the Eurostar for Bob Melville a long weekend, a trip well worth doing again. Charlie Wright The family day at Hunstanton visiting the Christine Fordham Heacham beer fest at the Fox Brewery on the Dave Murray way back was again a big success, not only Dawn Mason for the weather but also for the fact that every- Phil Greenaway body wanted to stop for longer and not rush back for last orders in the Palmy. Thanks also to Jac without whose help, com- Another weekend of campaigning was spent puter skills and driving skills this whole sce- early in August when a group went on a trip to nario would probably have been a social Canterbury stopping off at some of Mick likened to 'cockle picking' in Scarborough! Slaughter's recommended pubs in Faversham, All your support over the last 12 months has home of Shepherd Neame. BAE and beer fes- been appreciated and we've made many a new tival posters delivered to all hostelries visited friend. and a presence at the CAMRA tent at Kent cricket ground was well received by the Kevin Fordham (and Jac) locals. We drank them dry!!!! Social Secretary The Gold Award trips to The Swan, The Peterborough CAMRA

Q m^ijbopqlk ^ojp `ljmbqfqflk Here’s another Su Doku puzzle this month and it’s a pretty tough one so you can spend even longer in the pub trying to solve it. This time it’s based on Bateman’s Fine Ales. b u D = Dark Mild e o V = Valiant o j u ` e X = XXXB p a S = Salem b u R = Rosey Nosey j s C = Combined Harvest a o s ` b E = Excalibur b e H = Hooker s p M = Miss Saucy As always, send your answers to Harry Morten (contact details at the back of BAE) and the closing date this time is 16th December. The prize is two gallons of real ale at the Palmerston Arms. The winner of the two gallons of real ale at the Palmy for the last puzzle is Jackie Redmore. markets and off sale retailers. How many of oçìåÇ qÜÉ `äçÅâ aêáåâáåÖ them have applied for extended hours to sell The new licensing laws that come into force booze. We see more and more 24 hour retail- this month (November) have generated a great ers springing up every week. So anyone that deal of debate and much misinformation over chooses to can get a trolley full of any the last few months. time of the day or night. With the national media newspapers trumpet- Fact four. Pub licensees have control of how ing the kind of doom and gloom scenarios, of much their customers consume on their prem- twenty four hour drinking on a massive scale ises, at least the responsible ones do. Any throughout the land it's no wonder there are abuse of this and you get shown the door out. some concerns about the changes taking place. The new laws that are coming into force give Let's put a few facts down before any more of the licensee more flexibility on opening hours, these scare tactics are put out. For a start I and are under the control of the local authority know of not one single pub within our area that have the power to grant later opening that has actually applied for a licence to serve hours. They also have the right to refuse or alcohol 24 hours a day. In fact the only case take away extended hours of opening. that I know of is one well known pub applying It's a shame that the government of the day did for an extension of opening hours to 5am. Yet not put some of these facts across to the media even this will only be used at times such as who have made these comments, to allay the New Years Eve or other such occasions. The fears of many. I'm sure that there will be some new rules mean that pubs no longer have to problems that arise from these new changes, apply for extensions at festive times, but they but if it means we are going to be given the do have to apply for them when they put their trust of the law to drink in a responsible and original applications in. So most pubs have sociable manner that must be a good thing. made provision for them, but it does not mean D. Murray they will stay open till the late hours all the year round. Fact two. The majority of pubs that have applied for later hours of opening, have main- A T HOLYOAK ly asked for an extra hour or two at week- ends. Even these are mostly city or town pubs that do a fairly brisk trade during those times. PLUMBING & HEATING Fact three. The media have made loud com- ments about pubs being the sole cause of CORGI REGISTERED drunkenness on our streets, and that by allow- ing them to serve alcohol round the clock the problem will only get worse. Yet only a year 01733 208437 or so ago many police forces around the coun- try were advocating staggered (no pun meant) OR closing times, to eliminate everyone spilling out on to the streets all at the same time. Indeed some pubs that currently have late 07860 569389 licences don't always stay open till the extend- ed closing time. 192 STONALD ROAD None of the anti- change brigade has directed their hysterical comments at one of the main sources of alcohol abuse. I refer to the super- WHITTLESEY mbqbo_lolrde `^jo^ `eofpqj^p m^oqv

The Christms Party last year was a resounding success but more people wanted to attend than we could fit into the Peacock so this year we have booked the whole of the Brewery Tap for the evening.

Tickets are available to CAMRA members and partners at all of our meetings and socials or by post from Harry Morten (address at the back of BAE).

Saturday 3rd December, 7.30pm to late. Tickets are £5 each

Entertainment by the Citizen Smith Band

Ticket includes a Thai Buffet and a Free Pint of Real Ale

If ordering by post, please include your CAMRA membership number and a stamped addressed envelope and make cheques payable to “Peterborough CAMRA”

T Breaking down the route into three batches aÉäáîÉêáåÖ _ÉÉê ^êçìåÇ bêÉ seemed to best way to spend enough time per qêó áí vçì jáÖÜí iáâÉ fí pub introducing myself, and checking the Y'know how sometimes you wonder if you've amounts of newsletters are sufficient and see- made the right decision? ing how many are left to collect (hardly any When Chairman, Noel Ryland, dropped off the I'm pleased to say) two whole boxes of BAEs that were to cover The reception ranged from positively enthusi- the 37 Rutland pubs I did think that perhaps astic - through to shockingly mercenary (it I'd been a bit hasty in volunteering. It had all was the Beerfest issue), many places asked for seemed like a good idea at the time, when the the copy numbers to be increased, a very posi- cry went up for people to offer up just a little tive plus as was the idea that the regulars read bit of time to help spread the message of the newsletter then put it back for others to CAMRA via our newsletter. I have to admit read until nearer the time of a new issue. that once upon a time I never gave a thought I have to say I enjoyed the experience and to how the BAE copy I was happily taking hopefully I'll be able to pick up bits and pieces away from the pub got there in the first place. here and there for the newsletter. It's funny because there's always an advert Obviously this is a big round but only because asking for help with distribution too, after all, there's not enough distributors. The more even with the best will in the world, the com- BAE gets the better the rounds, but what I mittee and the usual volunteers can't do it all. would say is don't cherry pick what you think Anyway, I reasoned, it's only 6 times a year, are the best places cover a route that includes hardly a paper-round, and it was to places I all, it might just surprise you. would be unlikely to visit in the winter. The Wean

The Phil & Maria Quinn Cherry Tree Welcome you to the Boat Inn 9-11 Oundle Rd, Woodston, Peterborough Ramsey Road Tel: Fax: 01733 703495 01733 757563 Whittlesey Tel: 01733 202488 Anne,Seasons Jess andGreetings Staff wish from Ann, Jess & Staff Small lounge (no smoking) everyone a very available for meetings Now happyopen allnew day year B&B Minimum of four real ales Foodand look served forward all served by gravity 12-2to seeing & 6-9 you Mon-Sat in 2005. Elgoods Cambridge Bitter 12-6 Sun Pageant Ale For details of events visit Black Dog Mild our web site: Golden Newt www.cherrytreeinn.co.uk Guest North Brink Brewery, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire Tel: 01945 583160 Available all year round

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Back row L-R: Alf Green / Charlie Tucker (Landlord) / Bambridge / ? / Jack Hill / ? / ? / Don Cooper / ? / Willy Goddard / George Steels / Tom Elsom. Front Row L-R: Wm Steels / Farrington / Harold Smith / ? / Owen Yates / Green (son of Alf - back row) / Dick Hill / Referee. Mascot is George Tucker (son of landlord)

It may seem unlikely but Stanground had a football team of some note during the 1920's. Named the Stanground Albion they were based at the now closed Bluebell in South Street. The landlord Charlie Tucker (second from left back row) had moved into the pub with his wife and two children in 1918 following his career in the army. Mr Tucker had been a member of the British Expeditionary Force and was one of the first to be sent to France at the outbreak of the First World War. His son George was team mascot and can been seen as a 6 year old at the front of the team.

Mr Tucker ran the pub 'like a church' and was said to have no swearing, no gambling and defi- nitely no cards on a Sunday. Ladies were permitted in the pub but were confined to the back room. They could of course drink beer but only in halves! My very special thanks to Mrs Slack of Stanground for loaning the photo and for sharing her unique memories with us. Steve Williams

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Open: Monday - Saturday 12:00 noon - 11:00pm Sunday 12: noon - 10:30pm 82 Oundle Rd, Peterborough PE2 9PA Tel: 01733 565865 When the Palmerston Arms was named Peterborough Pub of the Year, it was automatically entered into the county competition and on September 22nd the branch were proud to be able to present David and Tracy with the Cambridgeshire Pub of the Year Award. Pictured in the cellar, from which all of the real ale is delivered by gravity, are (left to right) Jo, Lauren, branch chair- man, Noel, David and Tracy. What better way to spend an evening than to great choice, unequalled in the area. attend the presentation of CAMRA's Bateman's also have a regular selection that Cambridgeshire Pub of the Year award, an compliments the rest of the beers on show award that usually by passes pubs in the centre each day. of Peterborough. So, that is why it was even So to follow on from previous Gold awards more unlikely that the award should be going with the Cambridgeshire accolade was fantas- down the Oundle Road to the Palmerston tic. The applause from the gathering of 60 or Arms, a pub which is a throw back to the 60's so when branch chairman, Noel Ryland, pre- and can be likened to sitting in the front room. sented the award on the night told the story, You will not find a television or record player that everyone appreciated what Dave and in this establishment. Tracey had achieved. It grew even louder Very few that frequent this gem of an alehouse when it was revealed that they were also run- would argue with the fact that this was an ners up for the whole of East Anglia region. award on merit. Indeed the Palmerston has Beaten only by a previous national winner won awards from the Peterborough branch perhaps shows it is now time to play and be with past and present owners. regarded with the heavyweights of CAMRA. Dave and Tracy took over the Pub in tandem If you have not ventured to the Palmerston for with Bateman's Brewery two years ago. The a pint, then put it on your list of places to faithful feared the worst, that change would visit. Not just for the beer, there is some great rapidly follow. However some superb man- memorabilia displayed around the whole agement has maintained the key ingredients place. Very few leave without a good word or that made the pub successful for so long. two to say, and most return. Beer straight from the , no pipes to clog or clean here the locals would say. A dozen Les Wells beers can be on offer from an ever changing Palmerston regular board displayed behind the bar, providing a Pub News Around 'Ere Good news for Market Deeping A change of beer The Vine in Market Deeping is now open Peterborough Town Sports Club near Edith again with a new roof. Closed sometime ago Cavell Hospital in Bretton has decided to by Charles Wells of Bedford it was thought have some different beer on offer. After many that the pub might make a nice addition to the moons of trying to shift Messrs Greene & housing stock of the town. The pub has had a King's finest dishwater they have sought refurbishment and will be run by local resi- advice from a smaller brewery in Essex, a dents Kelvin & Jo-Ann Neal. A full report company called Nethergate (never heard of will hopefully be included in the next issue. them myself). The beer now flies out of the Some of you in the New England area might door instead of lingering dolefully in the cel- have noticed that the Scotch Corner is hav- lar. A good choice it would seem. ing a few alterations done including new win- It's a charity thing dows. Rumours abounded that it was to be Graham and Maria King of the Black Hart, sold off for housing but the long time owner Thorney Toll raised £1750 for Great Ormond has decided to keep it open. Not known for its Street Children's Hospital with their Harvest real ale the pub provides for the mixed and Charity Auction. The Auction was held to a varied local clientele. Not a plus on the ale packed pub on Saturday the 8th of October side but good to see a pub remaining open. and items included anything from a cabbage The Plough, Deeping St Nicholas has new to a colour TV. A truly magnificent effort. licensees, John & Angie Dufeu. They are St Theresa’s, the centre for the homeless, is redecorating the pub themselves and have £500 better off thanks to the efforts of cus- removed the old post office to make more tomers and staff at the Comet on Garton room in the bar. Bombardier and Tigedr have End Road. The pub now also has one beer been added to the beer range and they hope to straight from the cask at weekends but will put a marquee in the garden for special increase this should demand dictate. A mini events. beer festival is to take place on the weekend The Decoy at Milking Nook near 25th - 27th November. Newborough looks like it's having a bit of a Safe drinking refurbishment but appears to be open as usual Yaxley landlord Mick Soulsby, mine host of despite being shrouded in scaffolding. the Three Horseshoes has had the good sense Elgoods house, the Blue Bell , Dogsthorpe, is to organise a lift home for his regulars who now open all day on Friday, saturday and live in the slightly distant settlement of Sunday. Hampton Hargate. The taxi ride costs each Pubs closed person a quid and they are picked up and The Eight Bells in Millfield is currently deposited back later in the evening. It looks closed. The reasons behind the closure are like it's good for business and good for the vague and confusing as is usual in these situa- drinkers. Something more pubs should adopt tions. The pub had been known in the past for perhaps? live music both amplified and unplugged, the That's all for now folks, keep the news com- Thursday evening Irish acoustic set being a ing in. personal favourite. Steve Williams Irish dancing lessons also proved popular 07802 896641 with locals and visitors alike. We all hope that [email protected] the pub finds a new host soon. NQ NR mbqbo_lolrde `^jo^ mr_ lc qeb vb^o OMMS This is the time of year when we ask all of our members to vote for Pub of the Year. All pubs that have received Gold Awards or HOP Merit Awards are entered into the competition. Please give a position for each of the pubs that you know (ie 1 for your first choice, 2 for your second, etc). You can return the form by post to Dave Murray, 15 Charnwood Close, London Road, Peterborough, PE2 9BZ or e-mail the same information to [email protected] or hand your form in at any of our meetings or socials. Please write your name, etc clearly as only votes from verified members can be counted.

PUB POSITION SWAN, PARSON DROVE QUEENS HEAD, BULWICK BLUE BELL, MAXEY WHITE SWAN, WOODNEWTON

YOUR NAME POSTCODE MEMBERSHIP No. d_d kljfk^qflkp This is also the time of year when we need your nominations for the next Good Beer Guide. All we need is a list of pubs together with the town or village (There are several Blue Bells in this area) and your name, postcode and mem- bership number. Post them to Dave Murray, hand them in at a meeting or e-mail to [email protected]. You can nominate as many pubs as you like and you can send a second letter or e-mail if you later think of other pubs.

The closing date for Pub of the Year and for Good Beer Guide nominations is Monday 2nd January 2006.

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CLASSIC BEER STYLES - Part 14. The Best of the Rest (2) . excellent spiced beers are brewed and I would As mentioned in the last edition of Beer recommend Nethergate's Umbel Ale a refresh- Around 'Ere I am back to cover another four ing beer infused with coriander. Also I am minor styles very impressed with Radermacher Amber and Stone Beer Radermacher Blonde both superb juniper This ancient method of producing beer was re- flavoured ales brewed in Raeren, Belgium. I introduced in 1982 by the Neustadt brewery, tried the Blonde version on draught at the which was, then in East Germany. The beer is Beer Passion festival in Antwerp in June - it boiled in the copper by introducing red-hot was brilliant. stones called 'graywacke' (sounds like an eld- erly scouser). These stones are heated for 12 Prior to Prohibition in the USA several hours in a beechwood oven and then pitched Californian produced Steam Beer, into the brew, which is just ready to boil. but following the end of Prohibition only the Much steam results, and the malt sugars turn Anchor Steam Brewery of San Francisco con- to caramel on the stones. Even after fermenta- tinued to produce this variety. As the expres- tion the caramelised stones are re-introduced sion 'Steam Beer' has been Trade Marked the in the lagering process adding a late caramel common name for the generic form of beer is flavour. Two beers are made 'Rauchenfels 'California Common'. ' and 'Rauchenfels Steinweizen' both The essence of these beers is the production of 4.7%. They are dark brown, use ale , and a type of without refrigeration. In the have hints of treacle toffee, but the period from 1850 - 1920 many breweries used Steinweizen is drier as it contains over 60% lager yeast, but fermented at ale temperatures wheat, and it is bottle conditioned. (15 -20c.) due to the warm climate and Spiced Beer unavailability of refrigeration. The originator Obviously this is beer brewed using spices, is thought to be the Hartmann and Scherring which practice goes back to the time before brewery of San Diego. Following fermentation hops were used. Records show that a wide the beer was racked into kegs where a period number of herbs have been used in beer - such of secondary fermentation took place - so it as juniper, ginger, bog mytle, licquorice, was an early American example of real ale ! yarrow, rosemary and camomile. The list When the keg was tapped 'steam' would be seems endless. I have even seen a reference to expelled, which would be carbon dioxide, an an ale called 'Chequers' brewed locally by the experience that many modern real ale cellar- Romans, which was flavoured by berries from man will recognise. It was not too long before the Wild Service tree found in Rockingham customers were ordering a glass of 'Steam' - Forest. When hops become prevalent spiced and so the beer was named. The expression beers died out but are undergoing a revival. nearly died out when the Anchor brewery Most Belgium wheat beers are spiced - the went into decline in the 1960's, until it was classic Hoegaarden Wit (and also Grand Cru) rescued by Fritz Maytag who brought the uses coriander, orange peel, and a secret spice. brewery and the beer back to health. Apart The Belgians even have a category for herb from the Anchor version many American beers - called Kruidenbier. Several Flemish brewers now make a California Common and herbalists specialise in supplying ingredients these are quite well hopped, enjoy quite a to breweries - and so it is to Belgium I go lengthy period of warm conditioning in the twice a year to obtain the herbs and spices I bottle, but not many are still cask conditioned. use in my beer - Fruits of the Forest. Several A so-called steam beer is made in Germany by For further information on our beers please contact: Potbelly Brewery, Kettering, Northamptonshire 01536 410818

CLASSIC BEER STYLES (cont) beer mug. can be top fermenting or bot- Maisel Brothers but this is a reference to some tom fermenting and either light or dark - so of its steam driven machinery. Some of you just about anything goes. It's invariably unfil- may recall Newquay 'steam beer' brewed by tered and may be served direct from a wooden the old Newquay brewery. These were brewed barrel and is usually well hopped. Tracking it using a blend of ale and lager but the down involves visiting the likely towns and brand was sold to Whitbread - so who knows enquiring at the tourist information centre or if, where, or how it's brewed nowadays. local bars. Zoigl is known to be brewed in Zoigl Beer Falkenburg, Windischeschenbach,Mittereich This is not a , but a description of an and Neuhaus an der Pegnitz (where there are elusive microbrewed beer, which is found in rumoured to be 5 zoigl brewers). It's quite a Germany. It's found primarily in the task working out when it's on sale - around Bayreuth/Oberpfalz area of Germany, near the every two weeks and then only at Czech border. The type of beer is brewed by weekends,but there is often a list in the local private individuals and is a hangover from newpaper. I know of beer hunters who have medieval times when rights to brew were spent two weeks in the area and only managed granted in return for a special tax payment. to sample one example. Brewing is usually carried out in communal And so that brings to a close this series - or at brew houses and served in the brewers home, least until I discover some more styles to try. often in the kitchen. When the beer is ready to The search continues……. sell the brewer displays a symbol, which may Cheers. be a star, or conifer twigs in which is set a Brian Bosworth - Rockingham Ales. The 8th September saw the branch head out to the Blue Bell at Maxey to present the licensees with a Gold Award for the much improved range of real ales available in the pub. Ron, the land- lord is the one in red because it wasn't a Friday. It seems that he has a habit of wearing an Hawaiian shirt on Fridays and many of his customers do the same and turn up as "Ron". This really has become a popular pub, so much so, that we had to present the award outside. BLUEBLUE BELLBELL High Street MAXEY, Cambs FREE HOUSE • CAMRA Gold Award Winners 2005 • 6 Traditional Cask Ales Garden Area Lounge available for small meetings, parties etc.

Telephone Ron: 01778 348182 Trafalgar, Nelson or Victory theme, the Jolly ^å ^Çãáê~ÄäÉ tÉÉâJ båÇ Jack Tars serving behind the bar had their The celebrations of Admiral Nelson's victory work cut out to keep up with the broadsides of at Trafalgar 200 years ago was a great occa- targets in front of them. They performed mag- sion both nationally and specifically locally. nificently, to the point that Nelson's gunners Our own local pubs held a variety of functions could not have beat their performance under to celebrate the famous victory over the the onslaught they endured. French and Spanish naval fleets. None more As at Trafalgar the final outcome was a com- so than the pub named after one of Nelson's plete victory, but without any major casualties. fleet Admirals, who was also one of the pall The powder (sorry beer) monkeys kept the bearers at his funeral. I refer to the Admiral Jolly Jack Tars supplied with Cannon (beer) Wells, in the village of Holme, in the fens near and the Marine drummers - actually Harry & Peterborough. Stella's Wedding band kept the firing rhythm During the week-end of celebrations, they going. Thanks to all the Admiral's crew for a held a Beer Festival on Friday 21st till Sunday very memorable night. 23rd October. With live bands, fireworks and Celebrations also took place at Ramsey during a hog roast all part of the proceedings; a thor- a whole day of street dancing, music and oughly good night was the order of the day. parades. The local Jolly Sailor pub in the town Two full mini-bus loads of CAMRA members centre also had ale in plentiful supply for their attended on the Friday night to assist in sup- own crew of Jack Tars to dispense to the ships ping the beer, of which there was a steady company of the Victory. flowing supply. With most of the ales having a David Murray _^bdçåÉë renamed back to its original name, the OM vÉ~êë ^Öç Peacock. In March, the Tigers Head reverted George Bateman was still holding out to pre- to its original name, the Hammer and Anvil. vent the brewery being sold. The branch was The Grainstore in Oakham had been open for having problems with Elgoods and their use of a couple of months but selling guest beers as it false handpumps. The Sessions House opened waited for the brewery to come on line, as it as a Toby Carvery. The Botolph Arms was up did ten years ago. for sale with Sam Smiths being the likely buyer. BAE stated, "this would be a shame R vÉ~êë ^Öç because the current choice of beer will proba- The Wheatsheaf, Alwalton reopened after a bly disappear" - Not wrong as Sam Smiths refurbishment as the Cuckoo and the Hand now only produce one real ale and don't allow and Heart closed with a very uncertain future guest beers. The Sun Inn at Sutton St James (now sorted of course). In the Good Beer closed. Ruddles County reached the heady Guide Roger Protz wrote about globalisation price of £1 a pint in the Still. being a threat to drinkers choice but said, "the media should not write real ale's epitaph. The NR vÉ~êë ^Öç retreat into lager by the giant brewers offers a Greenall Whitley decided to quit brewing and great opportunity for independent producers". close the Warrington and Shipstones brew- How right he was. eries. This led to the current situation with only four major breweries controlling the sup- ply of most of the beer in the UK. The White The Falcon Hotel Swan, Woodnewton, reopened after a two year Whittlesey closure. The Comet in Garton End Road Tel: 01733 351001 reopened as the Elm Tree Tavern. The thir- teenth Peterborough beer festival is also worth To compliment our range of good beer a mention as it was the one where we were why not try our home cooked food in the thrown out of the Wirrina ten days before the bar or restaurant, open from festival and moved ito a marquee - and that is Tuesday to Saturday when PBF really started to grow. Uncle Bunts reopened with its previous name, the Don’t forget our ever popular Locomotive, the Farmers Arms on Eastfield Sunday lunch carvery, served from Road became the Cavendish and "a local busi- 12 ‘til 2.30 nessman has put forward plans for opening a real ale bar on board the barge now berthed on And for that special occasion we also have the river next to the electricity sub station". a 100 seater function room, great for NM vÉ~êë ^Öç anniversaries and weddings

The branch organised a trip to Belgium to visit Find us in Whittlesey at the end of the Slagmuylder and Leifmans breweries but it St Mary’s St never happened due to lack of interest. It took until this year for a visit to Belgium to actual- Call David or Simon for reservations or ly happen. Let's hope the next one is before more information 2015. The Wag and Bone was given a facelift, losing its pink exterior walls, and was OO The Boyz Outside Bars

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mìÄ jÉêáí ^ï~êÇë C dçäÇ ^ï~êÇë The committee feel that pubs outside of Peterborough are missing out on Gold Awards and so they have introduced a new Merit Award for pubs that are continuously outstanding. If you know of a pub in our area that deserves a Merit Award or Gold Award then please complete the following form and send it to our Secretary.

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OP jbj_bopefm j^qqbop Hello, and welcome to the 231 new members and the 64 members who have rejoined. Branch membership now stands at an all time high of 2743. Thank you to all the older members who have supplied me with dates of birth, of which at least 3 have saved £8. Anyone over 60 who has not contacted me or head office, it is worth letting them know your date of birth! Head office phone numbers are available on the website or in "What's Brewing". With Christmas fast approaching don't forget gift memberships for those hard to buy for friends and relatives, only £18, or £21 for joint membership, (£10, or £13 joint, if 60+), buys a year's membership and gets reduced or free entry to beer fes- tivals all over the country plus the excel- lent monthly newspaper "What's Brewing". All members can also get discounts on a range of other products and services including - Express by Holiday Inn, CDs and DVDs, for more information see the CAMRA website http://www.camra.org.uk in the special offers area of the members section. If you have any membership queries please contact me by 'phone on 0870 334 0327 or email membership@real- ale.org.uk Cheers, Daryl Ling

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OS _o^k`e `lkq^`qp Branch Committee Beer Around ’Ere Secretary: Harry Morten 01733 764296 Editor: Bob Melville 0870 334 0328 49 St Margarets Road, 01733 422279 (w) 7 Grange Avenue, Peterborough PE2 9EA 07900 056940 (m) Peterborough PE1 4HH 01733 564296 (fax) [email protected] [email protected] Distribution: Noel Ryland 0870 334 0322 Chairman: Noel Ryland 0870 334 0322 Advertising: Neil Richards 0870 334 0640 01733 422570 (w) [email protected] 07944 869656 (m) [email protected] Postal Distr: Daryl Ling 0870 334 0327 Treasurer: Paul Beecham 0870 334 0321 [email protected] Brewery Liaison Officers Vice Chair: David Murray 0870 334 0323 Blencowe Catherine Melville 0870 334 0645 [email protected] Blue Bell John Hunt 0870 334 0646 Social Sec: Kevin Fordham 0870 334 0622 Elgoods: David Murray 0870 334 0641 [email protected] Grainstore Lew Clayton 0870 334 0643 Melbourn Matt Mace 0870 334 0644 Pubs Officer: Steve Williams 0870 334 0329 Oakham Ales Dave Allett 0870 334 0642 [email protected] Two Halves Dawn Mason 0870 334 0647 Ufford Ales Matt Mace 0870 334 0644 Press Officer: Derek Gibson 0870 334 0325 [email protected] Under 26’s Nikki Withers 0870 334 0326 Trading Standards [email protected] Peterborough 01733 453532 Membership: Daryl Ling 0870 334 0327 Cambridgeshire 0845 3030666 [email protected] Lincolnshire 01522 552401 Northampton 01604 707900 Festival Org: Mike Lane 0870 334 0621 [email protected] Web sites: www.real-ale.org.uk & www.beer-fest.org.uk

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