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Drovers Rest, Monkhill – Autumn Pub of the Season CARLISLE BEER FESTIVAL 30th October to 1st November Hallmark Hotel, Carlisle Solway Branch of CAMRA Autumn 2014 the Campaign for Real Ale Autumn Pub of the Season Drovers Rest, Monkhill Congratulations to Bill and Linda Robinson, their daughter, Sarah, and her partner, Sandy Williamson, on winning our pub of the season award. pub. As well as being the local pub, it Over four hundred years old, the Drovers is serves as the village shop selling a range very much a traditional country pub. Alt- of basic groceries. It's also a collection hough it has been opened up a bit, it still point for the Carlisle Food Bank. The publi- has the feel of three or four distinct rooms. cans even have an online survey to obtain There's a games room at the back with a feedback and suggestions from the local pool table and dart board. The bar room is community for further improvement. cosy and welcoming, complete with a very Prior to the arrival of the Robinson family, cosy, alcove "snug" and a separate dining the Drovers had been in sad decline for a room. A large beer garden at the rear of the number of years. Together with Sandy, pub is a real boon on those really hot and they have worked extremely hard to devel- sunny Cumbrian summer days that we all op the business and maintain a vital com- enjoy. munity asset. Decorating the pub The Drovers is a very convivial pub. Con- walls are a number of versations that start over the bar often run interesting historical right round the room including everyone documents. These in- and anyone that wants to chip in! clude the sale of the pub by the "State Man- The pub is developing a well-deserved rep- agement Scheme" to utation for excellent food. Their (mainly) publicans Hector and Lakeland mountain named burgers are Dorothy Dodds on 29th highly recommended. Food is available September 1972 for every day from 12-2 and 5-9. Children are £5,500, the subsequent welcome in the pub up to 9pm. sale to Jennings the following day for the Now to the serious business, the real ales! same amount and the "compulsory pur- When I met Sandy at the 2013 Carlisle chase order" on 28 February 1917 under the Defence of the Realm Liquor Control Regu- Beer Festival, I was a bit sceptical when he lations 1915. told me they had three or four guest beers on sale. Pleasingly, how wrong I was! A The pub name derives from cattle drovers year after they took over the pub (26 Au- who travelled from Scotland over the rivers gust 2013), they've had an amazing 115 Esk and Eden on their way to cattle fairs at different real ales from 44 breweries on Penrith and beyond. sale (including 20 Cumbrian breweries)! Yes, I was wrong, very wrong! The Drovers is the epitome of a community Ale Tales Autumn 2014 3 Autumn Pub of the Season pumps. The Drovers is about half a mile from the popular Hadrian's Wall path, an essential diversion for all real ale loving walkers! There's also a campsite just round the cor- ner. For those that drive, there's a large car park. If you want to leave the car at home, you can walk out from Carlisle via the Ha- drian's Wall path (about four and half miles). Alternatively, bus service 93 passes very close to the pub. The Drovers is an oasis for lots of different and sometimes obscure real ales. Sandy And finally, the Drovers has a pub dog, puts a lot of hard work into sourcing beers, Mac, a very friendly hound that some regu- many of which we haven't encountered any- lars suspect is really the pub boss! where near Carlisle! It's very much a labour Alan Welsh, Branch Chairman of love. A very useful and unusual feature is the use of luggage tags for beer tasting notes. These are attached to the appropriate hand- Mitchell, Michaela, Alan & Staff Welcome all The Drovers Rest Old & New The old Inn at Monkhill is Monkhill Customers more than 200 years old and is called the on the road to 2 Real Ales and 1 Food Served Drovers' Rest because Burgh by Sands over the centuries cattle Guest available Tue-Sat 12-9 & Sun 12-8 drovers from Scotland, Carlisle Pool Darts Poker after crossing the rivers CA5 6DB Range of beers and Esk and Eden, rested wines and spirits Games Machines there before moving 01228 576141 New summer menu Jukebox Open Fire south. Big Screen TV Open 12-11 daily Takeaways available We are a family run free-house. Food is served daily Great Open all day, every day. between 12 - 2pm Our selection of real ales and 5 - 9pm is constantly changing Atmosphere and usually includes Sunday lunches beers from at least one 12 - 3pm Great Local Cumbrian brewery. Bar Fly Pub News If you are aware Publican's Morning Advertiser. of any changes The Andalusian is selling real ale - Black taking place in a Sheep Bitter. pub in our area then please let us A temporary manager is currently running know. Bar Fly is the Near Boot. good but it is hard getting around over 150 outlets, even with wings! See Branch As we go to print, Contact for details of how to keep in touch. Bar Fly heard that the Moo Bar, Carlisle ALSTON is due to open in The Alston House Hotel is selling real ale October. Bar Fly again - Speckled Hen available on Bar Fly's has also heard that a visit. large range of real ales is planned. CALTHWAITE The Globe Inn has been bought and will be CASTLE CARROCK reopening soon. The Duke of Cumberland, a loyal supporter of Geltsdale Brewery, is now trying real CARLISLE ales from a range of local breweries. Our City Pub of the Year, the Kings Head, is due to reopen early October following CUMWHITTON refurbishment. There certainly have been The Pheasant some excellent beers on offer just before Inn is another closure and Bar Fly looks forward to many pub sorely more! missing Geltsdale real Carlisle Golf Club and Creighton Rugby ales. Like others in the area, they are also Club are now selling real ales from the trying different beers at the moment. Carlisle Brewing Company. The Gilded Lily has re- FAUGH The String of Horses is organising a mini opened as the Last beer festival on Friday 10 and Saturday 11 Zebra featuring three real ales: local, British October starting at 4pm both days. They and seasonal. hope to have ten real ales and three real ciders/perries on sale. They will have live Bar Fly has heard that a bar is due to open music both evenings. in the autumn in Carlyle Court and that it will be selling real ale. The William Rufus has been named winner of the Best Cellar award for LONGTOWN the north and Another supporter of Geltsdale, the Scotland region of Graham Arms Hotel was selling the Great British Cumberland Corby Blonde on a recent Pub Awards 2014 visit. organised by the pub industry magazine, the Ale Tales Autumn 2014 5 Bar Fly Pub News MONKHILL Fri 5-10pm, Sat 12-4.30pm and 5-10pm, The Drovers Sun 12-4.30pm. For more detail contact Rest will be 01768 606637. holding a beer festival next SILLOTH The Cumberland year. Inn is selling NEWBIGGIN real ale from The loss of Derwent Geltsdale beers Brewery. Sales is also being felt are going well at the Blue Bell. and they hope to add another handpump When Bar Fly soon. visited, Cumberland TALKIN The Corby Ale was on sale and real ales from Blacksmiths Eden Brewery were on order. Arms is PENRITH another pub The Moo Bar is running an Oktoberfest on trying different 3rd-5th October at Brunswick Yard, beers Brunswick Road (opposite Booths). Opens following the loss of Geltsdale beers. String of Horses Inn First Beer Festival 2014 Faugh, Brampton, CA8 9EG 10th & 11th October, open 4pm - Midnight 10 Real Ales, 3 Real Ciders + Standard Bar Special Festival Food Menu served from 6pm - 8.45pm Live Music both evenings. Free Entry. Call Colin on 01228 670297 for details or visit stringofhorses.com What’s Brewing Andrews Ales of Derwent real ales. The Albion at Andrews Ales started in 2011 in an Silloth launched Derwent's new real outbuilding at the family home of brewer, ale, Marshall Port Stout which is 5.2% Andrew Emmerson. The brewery is based ABV. in the village of Cummertrees, about 3 miles west of Annan. We asked Mark to tell us more about his new stout. "The idea of our port stout came There are three regular beers: Supus Lupus from an old Irish hair of the dog! If you (3.6%), Cummertrees Pale Ale (4%) and were feeling a little fragile from having a Into The Darkness (4.3%). Andrew also few too many the day before, you would brews seasonal ales. have a ‘corpse reviver’, which comprised a All of Andrews Ales products are available in pint of stout with a large shot of port added cask or bottle conditioned. The brewery to it." supplies direct to the free trade in southern "The amount of port I add isn’t Scotland and northern England. proportionally as much as that! I add half a Rob Ryan standard 70cl bottle of fine ruby port to each nine gallon firkin at racking.