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The Salutation Inn at Ham had to take runner- The Budget will take place on March 23. The up position when the Harp in Covent Garden, Campaign for Real Ale together with the London, was declared CAMRA National Pub British Beer & Pub Association has called for of the Year 2010. The Harp, just a few yards the government to abolish plans to increase away from Trafalgar Square, is a friendly free beer duty in each of the next three budgets by house with a narrow bar adorned with mirrors two per cent. With the average household and theatrical memorabilia. The other two disposable income falling, fuel prices runners up in the Pub of the Year competition rocketing, any rise in beer duty will inevitably were the Beacon Hotel in Sedgley (home of further contribute to more pubs closing. Pubs the legendary Sarah Hughes Brewery), and are already struggling to cope with the Taps in Lytham St Annes. successive duty increases, and this is contributing to a pub closure rate of 29 pubs a Don and Sue at the Salutation have done week. amazingly well getting into the last four pubs, and their efforts were rewarded when Steve A rise in VAT to 20 per cent in January has McDonald of the Severn Vale Brewing already led to an average of around 7p being Company presented them with a magnificent added to a pint, and with the government pub mirror to honour their fantastic expected to increase beer duty by two per cent achievement. If you haven't been to the above inflation - an overall hike of seven per Salutation yet, make every effort to go there. cent - pubs could be forced to ask hard-up The days are getting longer now so an evening consumers to dig even deeper into their trip will soon be possible in daylight. pockets.

The pub can be found in the small village of Ham near Berkeley. It is convenient for Greyhound is no more Berkeley Castle. Brian Williams, the property developer and owner of the former Greyhound Inn in Old Sodbury Mild Hewlett Road, has refused to apologise for partially demolishing the popular Cotswold Spring Brewery head brewer, Nic Cheltenham community pub last June Milo, was presented with the certificate for without having the correct demolition Gloucestershire Beer of the Year 2010 at the licence. He was ordered to pay just £1,800 by Tewkesbury Winter Ales Festival. The good Cheltenham Magistrates - a small price to news is that Old Sodbury Mild should be pay to get his redevelopment plans started brewed again this Spring - this delicious dark without having the inconvenience of a 1930's beer is certainly worth seeking out. building standing in the way!

Mr Williams released a statement explaining why he felt the pub had to go: “It’s a pity pubs are no longer economically viable in this day and age”.

Strange that - we were under the impression that the Greyhound had been purchased by Mr Williams with the sole intention of running the once popular pub down. Chairman Andrew Frape (left) presents Nic with the certificate 3 Join us for a sunny weekend in Montpellier Gardens where we’ll be serving the best food and drink on offer in England! Over 150 specialist food & drink producers, craft & art, ideal home exhibitors. Free Real Ale & Wine Talks & Cooking Demonstrations from some of the county’s most respected chefs.

Cheltenham Ticket Hotline: t: 0844 576 2210 (24 hour) For a free programme visit w: garden-events.com

628 Garden Events Tippler Ad A5.indd 1 21/02/2011 22:23 Bottle Conditioned Beer 7th addition of the GBBG published in 2009 featured over 1300 UK bottle conditioned By Leigh Norwood - Favourite Beers beers and that number has been rising ever 105 Hewlett Road, Cheltenham since. Commercially available 'bottle So what exactly is bottle conditioned beer conditioned’ and how does it differ from the other beers beer has been on the shelf of your local friendly specialist around since beer shop? the end of the Essentially there are two very broad 19th century categories of bottled beer available - It is and was then either a living product which contains at least a very popular some yeast and sugars which are still product. Through the 20th century, the 'conditioning' the beer in the bottle (Bottle development of new processes for filtering Conditioned) or it is a sterile product where and pasteurising of the beer that was now the yeast and sugars have been removed. The being bottled for mass production led to a sterile product can be further sub-divided decline of the 'conditioned' product; to the into those that are 'Sterile Filtered' and those extent that by 1971 ( the year CAMRA was that are 'Sterile Filtered and Pasteurised'. founded), there were only five bottle- conditioned beers in regular production. The Firstly we have to consider why breweries emergence of CAMRA and such initiative as would want to sterilise the beer in the first RAIB (Real Ale in a Bottle) along with the place: Removing the yeast from a beer turns recent explosive growth of small micro- it from a living and sometimes unpredictable breweries has led to a massive resurgence in product into one that is stable and more recent years. uniform. It becomes easier to transport and market to a mass audience than the craft The early days of that resurgence were a bit product and although this comes at a cost of hit-and-miss as many micro-breweries a reduced shelf life, this can be extended by a rushed to get their product out in a newly further process of pasteurisation. fashionable bottle conditioned form. This led to many occasions when you would open a Sterile bottled beer is also easier to handle bottle to have a fountain of foam gushing and serve than the living product that still forth or conversely not the slightest hint of a holds yeast. These is no need to let the bottle 'phtt' as you opened a bottle to be presented settle before serving and the act of pouring with a flat and totally lifeless liquid. does not require the delicate process of ensuring that any sediment is not deposited Recent advances in bottle conditioning in the glass. processes, use of specific bottling yeasts and tighter quality control from breweries now Filtering is the mechanical process where the mean that the vast majority of bottle beer is passed through one or more filters conditioned beers are presenting the home (often an array of finer and finer filters are drinker with the chance to experience the used) to remove the majority of yeast excellent taste and condition of real ale only particles. Sometimes the beer is chilled normally encountered in the best pubs. This before filtering (referred to as 'Cold in turn has led to an explosion of the number Filtering') - this causes protein molecules to of bottle conditioned beers available to the clump together making them easier to filter consumer. When Jeff Evans published his out. first edition of the 'Good Bottled Beer Guide' As well as removing the yeast, filtering can in 1998 he had to search far and wide to however also remove some of the larger locate the 180 bottles that he featured. The flavour/mouthfeel components within the 5 beer. This is not as noticeable in lighter Because stable, filtered beers have no living golden ales and bitters but can make heavier yeast to generate CO2 they undergo a beers such as stouts seem rather thin. After a process termed 'force carbonation' whereby beer has been filtered it is deemed to be CO2 is mechanically injected into the bottle 'stable' - i.e. all conditioning has stopped - to keep the beer 'alive'. There are a number some breweries refer to this as being of methods of delivering a bottled beer that is 'Brewery Conditioned’ 'living' and as such still contains yeast. The simplest is to simply rack the beer straight Filtered beers deteriorate much faster than from the fermentation vessel or from a cask the bottle conditioned product as there is no into the bottles. The drawback of this yeast present to 'scavenge' for the oxygen method is that (subject to timing during the which is a primary cause of the ageing fermentation process) there may simply be process. As such, many of the larger too little yeast still in suspension within the breweries use a pasteurisation process to beer to enable a secondary fermentation in further extend the shelf life. In this process the bottle to carry on. This could result in the the beer is subjected to very high beer being fairly flat. temperatures (around 73 degrees C) for a short time (15-30 seconds) to kill off micro- To overcome this many breweries will add organisms (not just yeast).The drawback to additional yeast and/or sugars as part of the this process is that the final product tends to bottling process. One method, called lose some of the 'freshness' in the taste that a 'Kräustening', involves partially fermented beer that is merely filtered will have. Many wort (the liquid extracted from the 'mashing' drinkers find that pasteurised beers have an process in the brewing lifecycle which identifiable 'tang' compared to other contains sugars extracted from the grain) products. being added to the beer, this provides fresh

6 yeast and additional sugars for the existing cylindro-conical fermenters and a centrifuge yeast to feed on. Other breweries simply to enable them to contain natural carbonation prime the bottled beer with sugar solutions. and control to a fine degree how much yeast is left in suspension within the finished The above methods all use the original yeast bottled beer. This removed the need to either used in the brewing process. This maintains filter or re-prime the beer and has resulted in the character of the beer so that it will be superb bottle conditioned beer which not very similar to the cask based product, but only tastes (in this writer's opinion) as good often has the drawback that there will be a as the cask based product but which comes in fairly high proportion of 'loose’sediment in a bottle without any visible sediment. each bottle. This is not a problem if the bottles are settled and poured well but in Generally bottle conditioning is only order to attempt to get the best of both intended to assist carbonation and not to worlds a number of micro-breweries and increase the alcohol content (although this bottling plants are first filtering their beer can happen). It will however increase the and then adding specific 'sticky' bottling shelf life of the beer - as has already been yeasts which lessen the effects of sediment stated - sterile beers have a relatively short but do tend to slightly alter the character of shelf life as many compounds within the beer the beer from the original cask product. will eventually break down and produce unpleasant tastes. Live yeast acts against As with everything, technology is also these processes. A good bottle conditioned having an impact in the bottle conditioning beer can maintain it's drinkability for many business. The Thornbridge brewery in years and some will even change and Derbyshire recently moved to a new brewery improve character although it is often where they have utilised new closed advisable to drink when fresh and young. 7 Weaker beers rarely age well, however “Real ale in a bottle is unpasteurised and is stronger beers can sometimes be a revelation not artificially carbonated. It is a natural as the character of the beer changes as live product which contains yeast for a slow chemical and biological changes occur secondary fermentation in the bottle. This within the beer. Some breweries actively process provides wonderful fresh flavours encourage the 'laying down' of their stronger and a pleasant, natural effervescence”. beers to appreciate these extraordinary So far over 150 breweries have signed up to characteristics. the scheme. As has already been mentioned, most bottle- If, like me, you are primarily a cask ale conditioned beers will have some level of drinker looking for the convenience of yeast sediment in the bottom of the bottle. having beer at home whilst still getting as Careful decanting of the beer into the glass close to the cask ale experience as possible, will enable this sediment to be left behind in then I would suggest that you look further the bottle, although in some cases it may be than the array of pasteurised products from desirable (often with Wheat beers) to add the the big breweries seen on the supermarket yeast to the glass as well. St Austell Clouded shelves and that you seek out and try some of Yellow actively suggests this as a method of the hundreds of superb 'Bottle Conditioned' serving. ales that are now available. You may get the In 2004 CAMRA introduced the "Real Ale In odd disappointment, but I guarantee that you a Bottle" accreditation scheme in an attempt will discover that the craft and skill of the to clarify to consumers when the product small brewer is very much alive and kicking they were drinking was bottle conditioned. and is being presented to you in the form of The description on the CAMRA web site some truly remarkable bottled beers. states: The Old Spot Inn

Hill Road, Dursley, GL11 5JQ 01453 542870 CAMRA SW Region Pub of the Year 2009 CAMRA National Pub of the Year 2007

Always 8 or more ever changing beers available

Excellent home cooked food served seven days a week. Lunches

Covered heated garden area Dogs welcome

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Discount on real ale to card carrying CAMRA members on production of card at purchase Always one ale on sale at £2.25 5 hand pumps and always at least one local ale on sale Lunch-time food 2 meals for £10

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The Craven Arms, Brockhampton, Near Cheltenham, Glos GL54 5XQ. Telephone 01242 820410

9 4.2% Newmans Daliad Da! were on offer. Cardiff Capers This was the mid-point of the tour and we decided to eat. Keeping with the theme of the day, I had the steak and ale pie, washed down On Saturday 19th February thirteen with a half of the 4.2% Cwrw Cymru, and Cheltenham beer drinkers, led by Veronica once again I wasn't disappointed. Emery - resplendent in her red Paddington Bear hat - boarded the 1011 Cross Country We made our way back to the city, with the trains service to Cardiff Central. On arrival at first stop being the City Arms. This wooden Cardiff we met up with a number of Cardiff floored pub offered Brains full range and six CAMRA members and, under the guidance guests - four direct from the barrel. I opted of Aron McMahon - the branch membership for Brains Dark. It's only 3.5%, but given the secretary - we set out on a tour of some of taste, you'd think it was a lot more. A short the city's finest pubs. walk to the Goat Major followed, with resplendent dark wood panelling adorning After a pleasant walk past the Millennium the walls of this GBG entry. The standard Stadium and along the banks of the River Brains range was available, complemented Taff, we arrived at the Cricketers. This one- nicely by Ringwoods XXXX Porter. At bar Evan Evans pub, in the shadow of the 4.7%, this turned out to be my beer of the Swalec Stadium of Glamorgan County day. Cricket Club, had four ales on tap. I started with the 4.2% Cwrw (Welsh for ale), whilst It was then on to another of the city's brew the Warrior, Best and Fly-Half were also pubs, Zero Degrees. Several beers were sampled. available, including Pilsner, Black Lager, Our next Wheat beer, Porter and a Mango beer. stop wasn't Veronica liked the latter, but I opted for the a pub, but Wheat Ale. Being a regular visitor to Munich the home (but sadly not for the Oktoberfest), I have to of the say this 4.2% offering wasn't a bad re- Artisan creation of that particular style. Brewing Co. This is not a micro-brewery as you'd expect it to be. We sampled a Bohemian Style Pilsner and an Alt Beer. All agreed it was a hidden little gem and several of us walked away with take-outs or the ubiquitous brewery t-shirt.

A gentle stroll back towards town took us to the third stop of the tour, the Good Beer Guide listed Cayo Arms. Here, Jennings and Tomos Watkins ales were available, along Chris Coleman, Aron McMahon and Pete Clay with Brakspear Oxford Gold. I sampled the wonderfully named Cross Buttock, on offer It was then back to Cardiff Central and the from Jennings at 4.5%. The name apparently journey home, catching the 1845 Cross derives from a throw used in Cumbrian Country Nottingham train. My thanks to wrestling! Next on the list was "Y Mochyn Veronica for organising this little soiree, her Du" (The Black Pig), a stones' throw from 'friends', for making the trip so pleasant and Sofia Gardens and another GBG entry. A Aron and colleagues from Cardiff for being couple of ales from Vale of Glamorgan - such amicable hosts. Cwrw and Cwrw Cymru, Otleys O1 and the Ian Scott 10 Twelve Bells Freehouse Lewis Lane, Cirencester under new management tel: 01285 652230 Website www.twelvebellscirencester.com menu available

Four Real Ales Beer Garden English Pub Food Served Lunchtimes & Evenings The best steaks available Traditional Sunday Lunch Carole & Staff welcome you to the Bells

Bakers Arms Broad Campden

Traditional Cotswold country pub serving 5 real ales (Stanney Bitter, Donnington BB and Charles Wells Bombardier always on + 2 changing beers) and cider Good home cooked food using local ingredients wherever possible served in a friendly atmosphere Open all day every day throughout the summer Folk night 3rd Tuesday in the month Large car park Attractive garden Phone 01386 840515

11 empty strangers, there was much drinking to The Hunter’s Column do. There was also a return bus to catch at the The Scilly Season stop just outside, so we made our apologies to the dog and left. The Penzance Brewing Co.'s Scilly Stout Scilly Stout was closely followed by weighs in at a respectable 7% and was voted Thornbridge's Raven and Ponytpridd's Otley the Beer of the Festival at this year's Brewery's O8, an 8%-er none the less and the Tewkesbury Winter Ales Festival (don't biggest hit to come out of the Welsh mining forget the plural 's' - otherwise, it's just a village, since 'Sir' Tom Jones stopped signing booze up at the cold end of the year). It on there. It's not unusual (sorry) but is very doesn't come from the Isles of Scilly moorish, oops, more-ish; those real ale (Scillonian's don't like it being called the Meccas again. TWAF, as it is affectionately Scilly Isles - how very Scilly) and neither is known, was again a well toasted success with the Penzance Brewing Co. in Penzance. It's Tewkesbury Town Band; the 6 Nations (that not far away though and is to be found about game with the funny shaped ball); Thunder- halfway between Penzance and St Erth (we ing Ferrets (honest!); a mime act and even take the P out of Perth), standing next to the more ales than last year, plus a lemonade bar, A30 in the Cornish village of Crowlas. which was being adulterated with cider(!) - Scillonians, if you don't know already, are must have a word with that Martin. My Scilly people, as is the venerable landlord and highest scoring ale also happened to be Scilly brewer at the Star Inn, Crowlas, Mr Pete Stout, with Hook Norton's Double Stout and Elvin, who moved there after 16 years at Arbor Ales' Festival Mild coming up close Cotleigh Brewery in Somerset. Pete started at behind. Favourite winter ale names included The Star in 1999; a free house described in Derail Ale; Ramblers Ruin; Kinver's Over the GBG as a "Mecca for Cornish real ale The Edge (geddit?); Severn Sins (goddit); aficionados". I thought that was some kind of Winter's Tail, by you know who (no, not that fruit and 'Mecca' and 'real ale' don't exactly David 'the only way is' Essex); Pigor Mortis go together, either. I've never seen an 'Around and, the one everybody fell about ordering, Mecca in 80 Beers' or 'Pub Walks In Saudi Triple FFF's (there's a muso joke there Arabia'. Now that does sound like thirsty somewhere) I Can't Remember. work, maybe that's what they mean by it. Punter: "Can I have the same again please?" I made a beeline, actually a no. 17 bus, for TWAF: "What did you have last time?" the Star, on a trip to St Ives last year and wasn't disappointed. An honest, down to earth Punter (rolling on the floor with laughter): "I sort of boozer, full of honest, down to earth Can't Remember." sort of people, well me and the Mrs actually Those Scillonians wouldn't stand for it. (I'm honest, she's down to earth). It was mid- afternoon and we had the place pretty much to ourselves; the pub dog had just gone out the back for a fag.. There was a good selection of Penzance Ales available and a guest ale from Springhead Brewery. I whispered to her, "You'll love Potion No. 9". It's the Amarillo hop, you know. That's not a dance, although there was plenty of room between the tables. That could be why they call it a Mecca, they were a big chain of dance halls at one time, though I never saw Kim Gough at the TWAF any belly dancers. With a bar now full of 12 13 Win a pair of tickets to the 2011 Cotswold Beer Festival

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4 Across: 5 67 1: Bald Lab Tan (3,3,4) 2: Polo Wack (8) 89 10 6: Assuredly Me (7,4) 8: Gwyn Aha Him (10) 11: Pips Tut (7) 12: Clues Ooh A (4,5) 11 14: Wheelchair Teen (9,5) 17: Event Suns (5,4) 12 19: A Venue (6) 20: Elgar (5) 13 21: From Gill (8) 26: Small Beer Jot Wry (5,10) 14 15 27: Noun I (5) 28: Dawn Aye (7) 16 29: Tin Hunters (7,3) 31: Seas Do (6) 17 32: Wet Hilt (7) 33: Randy Longlegs (8,5) 18 19 34: Bah Lions (8) 35: Billy Ash (8) 20 21 22 23 36: Loophole Pray (5,3,4) 24

Down: 25 26 1: Bart the Van (4,6) 3: Rear Slipstreams (11,4) 27 4: Lop It (5) 5: Cogged Rat (6,3) 28 7: Hut Me Ox (7) 9: Hip Gulls (8) 29 30 10: Pure Atoms (5,4) 12: Cheerless Lore (6,7) 31 13: Inept City Nigh (3,3,3,4) 15: Blarney In Me (8,3) 16: A Bot (4) 32 33 18: Wrung Job (5,3) 22: Former Welly (5,6) 23: Details Mam (10) 24: Carman Revs (6,4) 34 25: Nil Nod Non (6,3) 30: Salt Phil (4,4) 31: Sort Hic (7) 35 36 Play on line at www.tipplerpuzzle.co.uk Simply work out the anagrams of Gloucestershire Pubs and complete the word grid. Send your completed crossword to the editor (see page 30) by Sat 28th May 2011. The lucky winner will receive two tickets to the 35th Cotswold Beer Festival at Postlip Hall. Friday 29th to Sunday 31st August.

CAMRA reaches an important milestone this year with the organisation celebrating its 40th anniversary. Set up by just four drinkers on March 16th 1971, the Campaign still continues to fight for the rights of its 120,000 beer, cider and pub-loving members.

CAMRA in Gloucester is celebrating the 40th anniversary of the founding of CAMRA with a party at the New Inn, Northgate Street, Gloucester. The fun begins at 7 pm on Wednesday 16th March. There will be ales, music and more. Don’t miss it. www.camraingloucester.org.uk 14 Donnington Brewery Established 1865 Traditional Cotswold Ales Tel: 01451 830603 ‘Good Pub Guide’ Brewery of the Year 2010

Sitting in the hamlet of Ford this popular 16th Century Inn is ideally placed for explorations of all the nearby Cotswold attractions.

2 traditional Donnington’s Ales are available (BB & SBA) plus Addlestone’s Cider and a large but select wine list.

Three comfortable en-suite (shower) rooms are available.

The Plough Inn, Ford, Nr Temple Guiting, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire GL54 5RU Tel: 01386 584215

15 and on without ever once actually mentioning Donnington Brewery - the brewery by name, or indeed the Arkell Colourful Cotswold Pubs family who have been owners of the in Black and White Donnington Brewery since it was founded in 1865. Thomas Arkell bought the 13th century “In a quiet Cotswold valley, secluded and Donnington Mill in 1827 which had away from any village, its slopes patterned previously been used for both milling corn with cornfields and pastures and clumps of and wool manufacture. In 1865 Thomas and trees, the whole forming a frame to a sheet of his nephew Richard Iles Arkell converted the water, lie a group of buildings. They are mill to a brewery. Richard realised that the attractive to the eye in their setting and many pure water of the River Dickler was perfect different shapes. Birds and animals are for brewing beer and the mill race and water conspicuous in the way they grace the scene: wheels could provide power to the brewery. like the pigeons which bask in the sun in their To this day the two waterwheels are used to holes on the side of the building, and the power the malt hoist, mashing machine and grazing horse on the hillslope; the water wort pump. fowl, and the ducks and geese, alternately seeking food on the grass and then taking to Pubs were acquired by the brewery which, in the water; and the gold fish which ornament 1891, included the Fox Inn at Lower Swell, a patch of the water by the bank - a happy the Kings Arms and Swan Inn in Chipping blend of wild and tame life. Coming on to a Campden alongside more familiar scene hidden in such peace and calm, it is a Donnington pubs like the Black Bear in little surprising to see a chimney belching Moreton, the Queens Head in Stow and the black smoke and steam rising from large two Coach and Horses. The brewery was run ventilators until the breeze wafts before one by Herbert Arkell throughout the two world the unmistakable aroma of malt and the wars. When Claude Arkell inherited the pungent smell of hops gives the clue as to business in 1952 after his service in the RAF what is going on - smells common enough in there were 16 Donnington pubs. Within town but almost unique in the country these twenty years Claude had sold the Railway Inn days..” at Blockley and bought the Halfway House at Kineton and the Snowshill Arms in Snowshill So wrote H. Hurlbutt Albino in an 1945 leaving an estate of 17 tied houses. The article about the Donnington Brewery in the Merrymouth Inn on the A424 Stow to 'Gloucestershire Countryside' (Vol 5. no.6). Burford Road on the Oxfordshire border was Sixty Six years later later sold, along with the Bell Inn at the description of Winchcombe . When Claude sadly died in the brewery is still June 2007, aged 89, there were fifteen pubs remarkably accurate remaining in the Donnington estate. - except for the references to The brewery was bequeathed to cousin Peter belching black smoke Arkell and his son James Arkell, of the and the assumption Kingsdown Brewery in Swindon. Peter and that brewing is Claude were friends in the RAF and shared predominately an their love of fishing and brewing. Peter has urban industry. since sadly passed away leaving James as The biggest change sole owner. James learnt the art of brewing at in all those years is Donnington in the 1970's so when he took the use and changing style of the English over from Claude he said "it was like coming language.... good old Hurlbut Albino rants on home!" Since James has been at the helm 16 things have changed at the brewery.. but not deserve special mention, indeed without them much. The pubs have had attractive newblack the brewery could not operate. Phil Janka is and white signs erected - the traditional the head brewer and manager Val Teale - 'the colours of Donnington Brewery and 2010 was new boy' who started working at the brewery indeed a momentous year. In February the in 1983 after running the Mount Inn at Good Pub Guide named Donnington as their Stanton and, before that, a life in academia. UK Brewery of the Year. Ten of their fifteen Val continues to run the administrative side of pubs also got a mention in the guide. the Donnington Brewery. Claude and Val ran the brewery for many years eschewing the use Whilst having a spring clean in May an old of modern technology, a basic computer was brewing book was discovered which detailed installed just before the millennium but it the very first brew that Richard Arkell made hardly saw any use - invoices and official on May 27th 1865. The replicated beer was documentation continued to be hand written. called Founders Ale and was very similar to a Believe it or not though, Donnington Brewery contemporary golden beer, a 4% brew with a has a website www.donnington-brewery.com strong Austrian style hop flavour derived where you can read about the day when from the Willamotte and English Goldings Richard Hammond from Top Gear drove a hops. The finest Maris Otter malt was used powerful Pagani Zonda sports car to the and the beer was an instant success - the first brewery, and was then seen painting it! 'new' ale that Donnington had brewed for a very long time. James said: "Inside the brewery is very similar. We stood on the pretty much the same spot to brew and taste the beer as Richard would have done, probably using some of the same equipment too. The best things never change." The good news is that Founders Ale will be brewed again this year. The two regular beers, BB and SBA, have their own pedigree having been brewed "We just brew beer in the old fashioned way" at the Donnington said one of the hands who was scrubbing the Brewery for at least inside of a vat and talking to Mr Hurlbutt fifty years. BB is Albino in 1945, adding: "we use malt, hops, a pleasant 3.6% yeast and spring water and nothing else.” amber bitter with a slight hop aroma, Time has stood still in this lovely corner of a good balance of the Cotswolds for many years, and that's just malt and hops in the mouth and a bitter how it remains to this day... well apart from aftertaste. SBA, a stronger 4.4% premium the Zonda. beer, has malt dominating over bitterness , with a hint of fruit and a dry malty finish. The XXX mild, which was usually only available at the Coach & Horses in Longborough, was discontinued a few years ago. The 3.5% dark mild was simply BB with added caramel. There are other people at Donnington who 17 The fifteen Donnington Pubs. Top to bottom, left to right:

Black Bear, Moreton in Marsh; Black Horse, Naunton; Coach & Horses, Ganborough; Coach & Horses, Longborough; Farmers Arms, Guiting Power; Fox Inn, Broadwell; Fox Inn, Great Barrington; Golden Ball, Lower Swell; Halfway House, Kineton; Mount Inn, Stanton; New Inn, Willersley; Plough Inn, Ford; Queens Head, Stow on the Wold; Red Lion, Little Compton; Snowshill Arms, Snowshill.

North Cotswold CAMRA & GWR

3rd ALE & STEAM WEEKEND 21st & 22nd MAY 2011 11:00 to 19:30 (Sat) to 17.30*(Sun) *While stocks last at Winchcombe Station

24 Beers www.northcotswoldcamra.org.uk Hot & Cold Food with Soft Drinks

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Subject to change & availability Tim Edgell, It is the pubs and breweries nestling in the a CAMRA rolling hills of the Gloucestershire member from Countryside that will be of interest to tippler the Stroud readers. There are photographs of pubs of the Sub-branch, Donnington and Arkell's Breweries and the is passionate new generation of craft breweries are well about pubs documented. But it is the archive images of and beer. long defunct breweries that are of most His latest book interest. There are old pictorial 'Cotswold Pubs advertisements proclaiming the delights of and Breweries’ Warn & Sons Prize Medal Tetbury Ales, published by Dursley Brewery Co Celebrated Ales & Amberley, is Stouts and Sparkling A.K. Bitter Ales and packed with Double Stout from E.A. Green's Victoria bygone images Brewery in Stow-in-the-Wold. The of inns and Northleach Steam Brewery was run by the taverns - and it Tayler family until it was acquired by the is reassuring in these harsh economic times Cheltenham Original Brewery just after the to observe that well over half of the pubs First World War. There were breweries in described in the book survive to this day. South Cerney, Brockhampton, Wotton-Under- There are 158 pubs illustrated in the book of Edge and even a home brewed ale pub in which 134 are still trading - a very Bourton on the Water. ... oh for the use of Dr commendable 85% survival rate. Who's Tardis! The Cotswolds extend beyond Who would have thought that the Norwood Gloucestershire into parts of Oxfordshire , Arms in Cheltenham (now a Greene King Warwickshire, Wiltshire and Worcestershire pub) once brewed its own beer. How I would and Tim has selected the pubs he describes to love to have the chance to drink in the Fish cover the whole geographical area rather than Inn on Fish Hill near Broadway, the Sun Inn concentrate on the Gloucestershire Cotswolds in Cirencester and the Nags Head in we are all familiar with. Tim has obviously Lechlade. Too late now though, they closed researched material for his book diligently long ago. and studiously, sampling beer and visiting In the introduction to the book Tim writes: pubs far and wide - from the 17th century "rural locals, once the preserve of farm Neeld Arms in Grittleton, Wiltshire to the workers, now have to attract the middle Pear Tree in the Oxfordshire village of Hook classes to survive. Gastro-pubs, or the Norton, the 'tap' of the famous Hook Norton recently coined 'Country Dining Pubs', have Brewery - as the old adage goes 'it was a proliferated in the Cotswolds. Without this tough job but someone had to do it'. development, a large proportion of rural pubs would have closed, most set aside an area for local drinkers and, as Hilaire Beloc once wrote, 'when you have lost your inns, drown your empty selves, you have seen the last of England'.” Cotswold Pubs and Breweries is highly recommended. Tim has obviously done a lot of research and the information that accompanies the images is always very interesting.

20 The only criticism is the lack of colour photographs, the reproduction of the modern Rare bottles for sale images in monochrome does not do the Long-standing local CAMRA member Peter photographs justice. Franklin has a number of items collected over the years which he is looking to sell ahead of moving Cotswold Pubs and Breweries is published by to smaller accommodation. The main collections Amberley and is available at all good book are of commemorative bottles of beer produced shops or on-line. in 1977 for the Queen's Silver Jubilee, in 1981 for the wedding of Charles & Diana and a small number of other 'specials'. ISBN 978-1 84868 204-7 www.amberleybooks.com In addition he has a selection of Cotswold Beer Festival glasses dating back to 1993. Full details can be found on our website at www.gloucestershirecamra.org.uk Those interested should contact Peter directly on 01242 678287

North Oxon CAMRA Beer Festival 5th - 7th May TA Centre, Oxford Road, Banbury 90 real ales & ciders and perrys Starts 5 pm Thursday; 12-12 Friday 11-11 Saturday (or until beer runs out) Featuring beers from Cornwall, Devon & Somerset Free entry to CAMRA members at all times

North Cotswold CAMRA Branch Officers and Contacts: Chairman and Branch Contact Treasurer: Good Beer Guide Co-ordinator Dawn Harrison (Bourton on the Water) Roger Price 01451 822410 6 Greenlake Close Bourton on the Water Pubs Officer / Media Officer / CHELTENHAM Beer Festival Director: GL54 2PR Martyn Herbert (Cheltenham) 01451 810305 Mobile: 07760 134866 Mobile: 07850 429630 [email protected] [email protected] Social Secretary and Webmaster: Peter Rowe (Bourton on the Water) Secretary: Nicky Harvey (Stow on the Wold) [email protected] 01451 832545 Membership Secretary: Mobile: 07981 902770 Garry Hayward (Winchcombe) [email protected] 01242 621140 www.northcotswoldcamra.org.uk

21 22 Shropshire was one of the first brewers to see YourRound the real potential. He said: 'YourRound's One Year On approach is entirely unique and is an excellent media vision for real ale drinkers. We add our new beer information to the Ever missed your favourite beer in your local system and also encourage our customers to pub? Or missed out on special offers in your join to promote their businesses and our beers local shops? So what if your local pubs and side by side. It also provides a reference point shops could tell you the minute your to find and use pump clip artwork and tasting favourite is on sale - wouldn't you go to try it notes. A one stop shop for everything or choose that pub over others not talking to Salopian related.' you? That's what I wondered back in 2007 as Of course, the cornerstone of any supply the seed of a new idea formed whilst chain is the distribution and the YourRound checking my pub in Prestbury to see if vision was always to include wholesalers. Malvern Hills Brewery Black Pear was on After all, Publicans have the same problem - yet. It was a timely thought: more young what's available for me to buy now? people getting into in Real Ale, more Wholesaler real ale stocks come and go and a affordable Smart phones and the rise in paper list in the post can't stay up to date for bottled beers all helped me envision a system more than a few days. So local ale that could connect customers to ale suppliers wholesalers, Cellar Supplies in Stoke in real time. But how would drinkers and Orchard were keen to get involved to develop pubs get simple access to the huge range of the wholesalers interface. Both Chris beers in the UK? This too became part of the Williams and Shaun Dandy helped formulate problem to solve and it soon became obvious what was needed and within a few weeks the that the key was to involve and connect the wholesalers BeerCAM was available for ENTIRE supply chain and the YourRound publicans and retailers to see what was story began. available locally to tantalise their customers. To get the ball rolling we employed a couple Chris remains keen on the advantages of the of local beer fans to gather as much on-line on-line promotion YourRound provides: He brewery data as possible from all brewers in said: 'We can now keep our customers bang the Good Beer Guide. After two months we up to date with our current stocks and had over 3000 beers on the database complete extensive range, which are changing all the with tasting notes and pump clip images. This time. Combined with the on-line ordering and was enough to get us going. We built links print-out features, the system really gives us back to the brewers so when a beer was an edge by reducing waste and getting to our missing, it informed the brewer that a certain customers faster!’ pub was asking for their info. We joined We understood early on how difficult it is for SIBA to get involved with the small brewers publicans to find time to do anything extra in and spent time networking at events, judging their busy lives, so we strove to make the beer contests (it's a tough job..) and gradually user experience as simple as we could. We brewers came to understand our idea. In built a mobile site so updates can be made January, over 300 UK brewers logged into from any Smartphone and an iPhone App is the site to add beer information and recently on its way to make it even easier. We also we celebrated our 5000th beer added by realised that pubs needed other reasons to Black Country Ales at the Wellington in update until such times as we had thousands Birmingham. A particularly fitting venue as of drinkers on board, so we built our pub their in-pub display system in part inspired manager that allows pubs to see the entire our own BeerBoard idea. beer database, print tasting notes and even Jake Douglas at Salopian brewery in allows them to update their own website at no

23 cost using 'web widgets'. We found a huge out the entire stock lists which allow people interest from one large pub chain in being to choose before they get to the shop. able to put tasting notes on their tables to tell Leigh says: “We've had great success being people about beers on now and next and 250 an early adopter of the Your Round retail of their pubs are now on the system with account. Our stock of over 300 bottled beers more signing almost daily. is changing weekly and the site allows us to Neil Way from the Cheltenham Motor Club, provide a near real time listing of our current was an early adopter and said: 'Updating stock in an attractive and easy to read format. YourRound is now part of my daily routine It has been gaining in popularity with our and only takes a couple of minutes. I have customers, who can decide which beers to customers in Gloucester that love Dark Star buy by browsing at home. We had one lady in Hophead . They travel the 10 miles here recently with a list of beers to purchase for when they get YourRound alerts. I have several of her work colleagues at a company another local group who love dark beers that in Bristol. We have also had several wives always turn up when Dorothy Goodbody's coming in to collect beer for their husbands!” Wholesome Stout or similar are on. It was a bit of a shock to learn from experts Sometimes people turn up within minutes of that it requires a seven figure sum (Yes - me updating the site if they are already in Pounds not Rupees) to advertise successfully town. There is no better way to tell those to consumers on line. So we need to use customers about a fresh barrel than the text channels like CAMRA local groups who have message that YourRound sends.’ been really supportive and have sparked off

Neil at Cheltenham Motor Club Motor Cheltenham at Neil user clusters as far afield as the Scottish Highlands and the Isle of Man. We also encourage pubs to promote to their drinkers - after all its them they will reach out to - by providing promo info on the site. For drinkers we built the alert system that will tell you by e-mail or text when your favourite product is available locally and that works really well. We also invested in Some enterprising brewers have been developing iPhone and Android apps, the investing in bottling plants that are now 'British Beer Guide' to make our entire extremely cost effective for small volumes brewers' database available on the move. This and are even bottling for their competition. is a true beer guide now with almost 6000 The upshot of this is that there is now a huge beers and soon will be updated daily direct range of bottled beers on the market. Pay a from brewers input. It's useful to be able to visit to Leigh Norwood's 'Favourite Beers' in get tasting notes on unfamiliar beers in the Cheltenham to see what I mean. YourRound pub and avoid the sometimes embarrassing provides retailers the ability to promote sample requests. You can even add your own quality bottled beers to local drinkers in taste notes and mark a beer as a favourite. exactly the same way as for pubs. So when a This will eventually connect back to drinker finds a new great beer, he can add it YourRound and generate alerts for these and to his YourRound account and will get alerted similar beers. if it becomes available again in his local shop as well as the pub. At the same time we send Coupled with our BeerCAM app that shows you what beers are on around your current location we're hoping to get drinkers really involved with their local pubs in a way not previously possible. It's an exciting time for the YourRound team. We see Real Ale consumption and its appeal to the mobile equipped younger market growing and we have hundreds of new ideas in our 'Roadmap', a lot coming from users- the problem is always which one to do next ! Our biggest challenge remains persuading sellers to keep updated but the signs are that those who do are finding and keeping new customers, and this is what will drive them and drinkers to use the system more and more. Keep up with us, new beers from your favourite brewers and what our customers think by following us on Twitter and Facebook or better still create a free drinkers account at www.Yourround.co.uk and start getting real time beer news today ! Contact Terry Dicks at [email protected]

25 CAMRA LocAle is an initiative that promotes pubs which endeavour always to stock at least one locally-brewed real ale. The scheme builds on a growing consumer dernand for quality local produce and an increased awareness of 'green' issues. Gloucestershire Branch launched its LocAle campaign in January 2009 and since then we and North Cotswold Branch between us have signed up over 100 pubs in the county. The current list, at time of going to press, is below, given in order of town or village, but it is growing all the time and we will continue to publish updates in these pages. New additions since the last Tippler are highlighted inred . Our definition of ‘local’ is that a beer should be brewed either in the county or within 30 miles of the pub and only one of the ales at any one time need be ‘local’ in order to qualify. If your local is not already part of the scheme ask your landlord why not. If he or she is interested please get in touch with us (branch contacts on p.30) and we will take it from there.

LocAle Pubs across the county: Cheltenham, Old Restoration Cheltenham, Retreat Alderton, Gardeners Arms Cheltenham, Royal Union Amberley, Amberley Inn Cheltenham, Somerset Arms Amberley, Black Horse Cheltenham, St Stephens Club Andoversford, Royal Oak Cheltenham, Strand Ashleworth, Boat Cheltenham, Suffolk Arms Avening, Bell Chipping Campden, Eight Bells Bibury, Swan Hotel Cirencester, Bees Knees Bourton-on-the-Hill, Horse & Groom Cirencester, Corinium Hotel Bourton-on-the-Water, Mousetrap Cirencester, Drillmans Arms Bream, Rising Sun Cirencester, Waggon & Horses Brimscombe, Ship Inn Clearwell, Lamb Inn Broad Campden, Bakers Arms Cold Aston, Plough Inn Broadwell, Fox Inn Coombe Hill, Swan Brockhampton, Craven Arms Cranham, Black Horse Brookend, Lammastide Cranham, Royal William Cashes Green, Prince of Wales Didmarton, King's Arms Cerney Wick, Crown Duntisbourne Abbots, Five Mile House Charlton Kings, Royal Dursley, Old Spot Cheltenham, Adam & Eve Ebrington, Ebrington Arms Cheltenham, Beehive Inn (Montpellier) Edge, Edgemoor Inn Cheltenham, Cheltenham Motor Club Elkstone, Highwayman Cheltenham, Exmouth Arms Elmstone Hardwicke, Gloucester Old Spot Cheltenham, Jolly Brewmaster Forthampton, Lower Lode Inn Cheltenham, Kemble Brewery Inn Frampton Mansell, Crown Inn Cheltenham, Moon Under Water France Lynch, Kings Head

26 Frocester, George Inn Stroud, The Retreat Gloucester, Cross Keys (C.K. Lane) Tetbury, Priory Inn Hotel Gloucester, Dick Whittington Tetbury, The Ormond Gloucester, Fountain Inn Tetbury, The Snooty Fox Gloucester, New Inn Tetbury, Trouble House Gloucester, Pig Inn the City Tewkesbury, Nottingham Arms Gloucester, Station Hotel Tewkesbury, Royal Hop Pole Gloucester, Water Poet Tewkesbury, Tudor House Hotel Gloucester, York Tewkesbury, White Bear Gotherington, Shutter Inn The Camp, Fostons Ash Gretton, Royal Oak Toddington, Pheasant Inn Guiting Power, Hollow Bottom Tormarton, Major's Retreat Ham, Salutation Inn Twyning, The Village Inn Hartpury, Royal Exchange Uley, Crown Hawkesbury Upton, Beaufort Arms Whiteshill, Star Kemble, Thames Head Inn Wickwar, Buthay Kineton, Halfway House Wickwar, Wickwar Social Club Lechlade, Crown Inn Winchcombe, Plaisterers Arms Minchinhampton, Crown Woodchester, Old Fleece Minchinhampton, Old Lodge Inn Woodchester, Ram Inn Minchinhampton, Weighbridge Inn Wotton-under-Edge, Falcon Inn Miserden, Carpenters Arms Wotton-under-Edge, Star Nailsworth, Britannia Inn Nailsworth, Village Inn Naunton, Black Horse Nettleton Bottom, Golden Heart Inn Newent, George Hotel Newmarket, George Inn North Cerney, Bathurst Arms Nympsfield, Rose & Crown Painswick, Royal Oak Supreme Champion Randwick, Vine Tree Inn SIBA National Beer Rodborough, Prince Albert Competition 2008 Shipton Moyne, Cat & Custard Pot Shurdington, Bell Siddington, Greyhound Slad, Woolpack Slimbridge, Tudor Arms Snowshill, Snowshill Arms Somerford Keynes, Bakers Arms South Cerney, Old George Inn Stanton, Mount Stonehouse, Woolpack Stroud, British Oak Severn Vale Brewing Co ? Cam? Gloucestershire Stroud, Clothiers Arms Stroud, Crown & Sceptre 01453 547 550 Stroud, Golden Fleece www.severnvalebrewing.co.uk Stroud, Imperial Hotel Stroud, Queen Victoria

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29 Gloucestershire CAMRA Branch officers and contacts:

Chairman: Media Officer: Andrew Frape Martyn Herbert Sunnybank, Cheltenham Road, 42 Norfolk Avenue Bagendon, CHELTENHAM CIRENCESTER, GL7 7BH GL51 8DE mobile: 07941 670371 mobile: 07760 134866 [email protected] [email protected] Secretary and Branch Contact: Membership Secretary; Webmaster: Martin Parker John Barrett 68 Cirencester Road 59 Welland Lodge Road Charlton Kings CHELTENHAM CHELTENHAM GL52 3HH 01242 252085 01242 239785 [email protected] mobile: 07966 929922 [email protected] [email protected] Treasurer: Tippler Editor: Patrick Phair Geoff Sandles 33 Wessex Drive 18 Ridgemount Close CHELTENHAM Brockworth GL52 5AF GLOUCESTER 01242 527068 GL3 4EJ [email protected] 01452 552824 mobile: 07804 226378 [email protected] Pubs Database Manager: Steve Harborne Branch website: 01242 230825 www.gloucestershirecamra.org.uk [email protected]

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