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The Oxford Drinker Issue 100 FREEFREEFREEApril - May 2017 please take one the Oxford Drinker the Oxford The free newsletter of the Drinker Oxford and White Horse TH Branches of CAMRA 100 www.oxford.camra.org.uk ISSUE! April 2017 www.whitehorsecamra.org.uk April - May 2017 100 2 the Oxford Drinker 100 April - May 2017 Contents Welcome Awards Night 5 Guess what? It’s our 25 Some photos from our 100th issue! recent Gala night Thame Tour Community Spirit 6 A guide to the pubs of 26 Graham Shelton loves Thame CAMRA! The OOxfordxford Drinker is the newsletter Tony’s Travels Brewery News of the Oxford and White Horse 10 Tony visits Oxford’s 28 All the latest from round branches of CAMRA, the Campaign Wetherspoons pubs the region for Real Ale. 5000 copies are distributed free of Brewery Focus charge to pubs across the two 32 This month featuring branches’ area, including Oxford, White Horse Brewery Abingdon, Witney, Faringdon, Eynsham, Kidlington, Bampton, Wheatley and Wantage and most of the villages in between. PDF downloads of past issues are available at the Oxford CAMRA webiste, wwww.oxford.camra.org.ukww.oxford.camra.org.uk. Editorial team: Pub News Editor: Dave Richardson 12 [email protected]@oxford.camra.org.uk Including changes on the Abingdon Road Advertising: Tony Goulding Pub walks [email protected]@oxford.camra.org.uk 34 Dick Bosley avoids taking Tony: 07588 181313 Festival Diary 14 A guide to the upcoming the bus Layout/Design: Matt Bullock beer festivals Valuable contributions have been White Horse received for this issue from Richard Gardener’s World 35 News from the White Queralt, Paul Silcock, Dick Bosley, Horse Branch Matt Bullock, Ian Winfield, Dennis 15 Paul Silcock gives a Brown, Tony Goulding, Pete Flynn, publican’s view Paul Sherwin, Chris Dicks, Gareth Beer Week Green and Graham Shelton. Drinker centenary 37 Oxford Beer Week launched Please send contributions to the 17 Celebrating our 100 editor at the above email address. issues with a look back Branch Diary Pub news can be sent to 37 [email protected]@oxford.camra.org.uk What’s On, including date for Oxford’s AGM The views expressed in this publication are those of the individual contributors and not necessarily Pete’s Pubs those of Oxford or White Horse 39 Pete takes a trip round Branches of CAMRA, or of CAMRA the pubs of Cowley Road Limited. Printed by MRD Digital Print www.mrddigitalprint.com © Copyright Oxford CAMRA 2017 the Oxford Drinker 3 April - May 2017 100 4 the Oxford Drinker 100 April - May 2017 Welcome ….. To our 100th issue THE OXFORD DRINKER celebrates and demand for new housing. Another unchanging aspect is its centenary in this edition, with the crucial role of the pub extra pages put together by its The latest threat to pubs is a landlord or landlady, in holding first editor, Matt Bullock, looking hike in business rates of up to everything together despite the at how it has evolved since 400%, plus the first rise in beer often long hours and poor 1999 to reflect the local brewing duty for five years. The returns. In the next edition we and pub scene. Government’s temporary will be focusing on some of £1,000 discount on business these heroes behind bars, so What’s changed over those 18 rates bills for pubs with a please do drop me a line to years? Everything, and nothing. rateable value of less than nominate anyone running a real There has been a huge £100,000 is welcome, but many ale-focused pub who you think increase in the availability of pubs won’t see any benefit and has that “something special”. real ales and the breweries this just adds to the pressure. supplying it, many of them The Oxford Drinker has seen being local. Half a dozen new If there is a disconnect between many innovations in recent small breweries have opened in the growing number of years, including the introduction the last year, each with its own breweries and the declining of regular columnists, “Down approach to the “craft beer” number of pubs, then that only Memory Lane” features, reports revolution whether it’s in cask, spurs on brewers to find new on all the pubs in a particular bottle, keg or can. The first outlets for their produce area or town, and a major focus Oxford Beer Week – see back whether it’s a tap room on their on one local brewery in each page and page 37 – is a great premises, a deli-style or bottle edition – this time, it’s White idea to showcase local shop, special events or a Horse. But we can only breweries big and small. farmers’ market. continue innovating with more input from readers, so we The increase in breweries What hasn’t changed, however, welcome your views, mirrors the national scene, but is the pub’s role at the heart of a suggestions and news. so does the decline of the community, although that traditional pub which continues sometimes has to be fought for. What will edition number 200 be at a pace of about 20 a week It’s pleasing to report in this like, I wonder? Or even edition around the country. In Oxford edition on re-opening of the 125? Change is the only city centre we’re lucky to have community-owned Abingdon certainty, but hopefully we will such a vibrant pub scene, but in Arms in Beckley, and on plans still be around to reflect it. the suburbs and villages the to revitalise two pubs in the closure rate has accelerated Oxford suburbs. DAVE RICHARDSON because of the price of property [email protected] Oxford Branch Contacts: Oxfordshire Trading Chairman Editor of the Oxford Drinker Standards Service: Pete Flynn Dave Richardson [email protected]@oxford.camra.org.uk [email protected]@oxford.camra.org.uk Graham Hill House Electric Avenue Secretary and Branch Contact Ferry Hinksey Road Steve Lawrence White Horse Branch Oxford OX2 0BY 01235 525436 Contact: Tel: 01865 815000 [email protected]@oxford.camra.org.uk [email protected] wwww.oxfordshire.gov.ukww.oxfordshire.gov.uk the Oxford Drinker 5 April - May 2017 100 Thame by comparison.. Dave Richardson THE GREAT THING about Thame – It is still a pub as well as a large apart from its many restaurant with two ales and Tony Goulding independent shops and available – the local XT-3, and visit an Oxfordshire businesses – is that nearly all the ubiquitous Sharp’s Doom market town its 10 town centre pubs are in a Bar. straight line, from Lower High Street at the Oxford end to Park The XT-3 was very palatable Street at the other. The fact that and the pub is worthy of its one of these pubs, the Cross Cask Marque status, but food Keys, is CAMRA’s regional Pub was expensive including “Posh of the Year made the idea of an Fish and Chips” -- £35 for two afternoon’s drinking there including four types of fish. At irresistible. that price I’d expect it sprinkled with caviar rather than salt and The 280 bus from Oxford – vinegar! operating every 20 minutes daytime and every 30 minutes Tony was looking forward to in the evening – dropped us visiting the Rising Sun after very close to the Six Bells, a many years, but this Brakspear Fuller’s pub, and the first of Pub Co property proved to be several historic hostelries. Six something of a disappointment. golden bells do indeed hang Brakspear Bitter is the regular from the pub sign, and the cask ale plus two others from curved bar inside adds the Marston’s range, these character with a rambling dining being Brakspear Jerusalem (a area nicely laid out for dinner. special for February) and Ringwood’s Boondoggle. The Five hand pumps were Jerusalem was tried but found dispensing London Pride (two), to be off, and although the Oliver’s Island and the Rugby- barman happily changed it for themed seasonal Front Row, the Bitter, he didn’t turn around but no guest ale was available the Jerusalem’s pump clip so it today. Oliver’s Island got the remained on sale. day off to a modest start, as we looked at the large garden and The Pad Thai restaurant now unusual display of vintage occupies the rear of the pub, French cycling posters – the with delicacies including Pla one for Laurent certainly Lad Prick which, whatever we attracted the eye but you’ll have might have thought, is in fact to see it to understand why. deep fried sea bass. While contemplating this we looked We had considered giving the over character features at the Thatch, a couple of hundred front including comfortable yards away, a miss – as it is sofas beside a real log fire, but better known as a restaurant. with unexciting ales it wasn’t a But a sign outside dating the place to tarry. building to 1550 made us ABOVE FROM TOP: The Thatch; curious, and inside it is very Arriving in the heart of town James Figg; Trudy at the Cross attractive with the original inn at along Cornmarket, our next stop Keys the front complete with log fire, was at the James Figg who OPPOSITE: The Cross Keys and a modern extension behind. was, an English boxing 6 the Oxford Drinker 100 April - May 2017 champion (1684-1734), native drink at the Spread Eagle, a ceiling covered by football of Thame, and “associated with Thame’s oldest hotel.
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