Solway Branch of CAMRA Issue 26 The Campaign for Real Ale Winter 2018

301 Miles from London, Winter Pub of the Season

Winter Pub of the Season - 301 Miles from London, Carlisle What’s Brewing - Brewery News Ale Trail - Annandale Follow the Cumbrians on the Road Bar Fly - Pub News City Pub of the Year Carlisle Beer Festival Great Corby Brewery The Blacksmiths Arms offers all the hospitality and comforts of a traditional Country Inn. Enjoy tasty meals served in our bar lounges or linger over dinner in our well appointed restaurant. Two regular real ales (Yates Bitter & Black Sheep) and two guest ales. Open daily 12-11.

The Jackson family extend their warm hospitality to all who frequent the Blacksmith’s Arms. Talkin, Brampton, , CA8 1LE 016977 3452 / 4211 [email protected] www.blacksmithstalkin.co.uk

Hesket Newmarket Brewery Ltd Old Crown Barn, Hesket Newmarket, Cumbria CA7 8JG Tel: 016974 78066 [email protected] Black Sail, Beer of the Year 2012, Popular community Joiners Arms pub. Best of the Best, Church Street Real ales: awarded by Solway CAMRA Theakston Best Carlisle CA2 5TF Bitter and two guest 01228 534275 ales. Open: Traditional Sunday 12-midnight Mon-Thu Lunch served from 12-1am Fri, 12-2am Sat 12noon till 5pm. 12-midnight Sun Darts leagues Food Served: 12-6pm Mon, 12-7 Tue, Sun-Tue, Pool 12-9pm Wed-Fri, league Wed, Quiz & all day Sat, 12-5pm Sun Bingo Thu.

thejoinersarmscarlisle www.joiners-arms.co.uk Winter Pub of the Season 301 Miles from London whether you are waiting for a train or The 301 bar is located in the old First Class planning on staying a bit longer to taste the Lounge, situated adjacent to Platform Four, four or five real ales on offer and the real in Carlisle Station. ciders. Being a free house, the ales come from a vast selection of breweries. This often includes a selection of local beers, from Carlisle Brewing and Corby Brewery to name just a couple. The bar runs a loyalty scheme, where those having the card can get a discount where the 8th drink is free. The cards can be obtained from the pleasant bar staff. Alternatively, CAMRA members can show their membership card to obtain a discount. Passing trade, as well as local customers, can take a selection of coffee, tea and light After many rumours about what was snacks to help them on their journey. The planned, the bar opened in April 2017. In the Bar also has more substantial, hot food end, a young lady, Navinder Gill, who also including bacon and sausage rolls, English brews the Oliver Chester Lager, in breakfast, burgers and toasted sandwiches. Brampton, was the one who finally got the All are also available for takeaway. bar off the ground, and open, albeit, with a few restrictions from the British Transport Anyone wanting to keep up with the trends, Police and the railway station owners/ can sample a selection of gins including managers. local ones such as Hadrian’s Wall and Lakeland. As bar is in a As well as a great meeting point for people grade 2 at the station, it is also popular with home listing, a and away football fans where they can lot of celebrate or drown their sorrows after the the game! plans One down side to the bar is that due to had to constraints of the building, customers have be to use the station toilets, but these are just a changed short walk along the platform. to allow the Our congratulations go to Navinder, for integrity getting the bar up and running, and for of the winning our Pub of the Season. building The pub usually opens from 8am until at to least 6pm, with the extension of an extra remain. hour, on a Friday and Saturday. Paul Claringbold Everything has been achieved to a high standard. A warm welcome is assured,

Winter 2018 3 What’s Brewing? Appleby Festival. Fred Mills sold the brewery in August. New Colin Lister owner, Richard Husbands, has taken over Eden River and has a registered company address in Head brewer, Jason Hill, has been back to Appleby. Mr. Husbands is also the owner China! Their second shipment of 330ml of Bowness Brewery in Kendal, but it is bottles was shipped out in September. understood the two brewery products are Jason inspected the interestingly named being kept separate. “Hangzhou Kuangbo Machinery Five beers are still produced: Haweswater Equipment Company” in Beijing before Blonde 3.6%; Senior Moment 3.9%; Midlife visiting a new brewery, which is to be Crisis 4.2%; Vanya Yam IPA 4.0%; and, installed at their Penrith premises by the Middle Aged Spread stout 5.2%. end of October. With space to grow, this Richard Owen installation will take total brewing Carlisle capacity to 24,200 pints at any one time The brewery was involved in running the and the plan is in 2019, to increase this to Carlisle State Management Pub, a beer over 31,000 pints with three new 4,000 tent at ‘This day in 1918’ event in Carlisle. litre fermenters. The ‘Pub’ was well patronised and was run A limited release of a new 440ml craft can under State Management rules! Carlisle range of beers is being produced this Brewing’s award winning Nut Brown Ale autumn and winter. Eden has also brought plus Porter and Carlisle Belle were on sale. out a new 330ml can range of craft ales: At the recent Carlisle Beer Festival, Session, Amber, Bantam and Yakama. The Carlisle Nut Brown Ale was voted the best cans are unique, featuring designs by of the beers on our Cumbrian Bar and talented young designers at the University came second overall. of Cumbria. Penny Crack Cumbrian Cider Richard Owen This new cider making company, located Great Corby in Boltongate near Wigton, has recently The brewery has produced three new collected over 10 tonnes of local apples to beers recently. Oktober Black Hop IPA is a use in cider making. No sugar is added 4.6% ABV dark beer that has went very and the ciders aren’t pasteurised. well, with a lot of interest shown in how it Production is currently sold in half litre is made. November saw the return of Eight bottles. Valley Pale, a 4% ABV beer, brewed with Derwent hops from New Zealand. The Festive Members of the offering for December will be Winter Rye; Solway branch of a strong ruby ale, but without too much of CAMRA voted the festive additions that can be a bit Solway Beer of the ‘Marmite’ for drinkers! Year Derwent Lakeland Summit is now available in Grune Point. The Carlisle Wetherspoons and Signal Peak presentation was APA, 4.4%, brewed with American hops is made our vice- now part of the brewery’s core range chairman, Paul replacing the 4.0% version. Claringbold, at the Richard Weir recent Carlisle Beer

4 Winter 2018 Hesket Newmarket Paul Jones” ale is now available. The brewery staff and committee will be Keith Bruce joining celebrations of the 15th Tirril anniversary of the Old Crown Co- Tirril Brewery has launched Rydal Pale at operative. 4.1% as their latest pale ale that has been Old Carrock picked up another Bronze well received. award at the 2018 SIBA NW Beer On the back of Ullswater Blonde being Competition; this is the fourth award in gluten free in cask, the bottled variety is last four years, having won Gold, Silver now both gluten free too and suitable for and Bronze, previously. vegans. Tirril are looking to compliment Robin Murray this with a bottled version of their 5% Lowland Premium Pilsner that will be gluten free The Lowland Brewery is now in production and vegan friendly too. having brewed their first brew in Lockerbie on 10 November. They are The brewery still produce single malt brewing two real ales: Dryfe Ale and Dryfe whisky made from the same mash recipes Blonde. Dryfe Ale is a traditional British as their ales, giving perfectly matching brown beer whilst Dryfe Blonde is a chasers for those who enjoy a dram. Soon lighter, very fruity beer. I look forward to the spirit range will be complimented with trying them soon. some distinctly Cumbrian gins, made in Alan Welsh collaboration with a local distiller using Old Vicarage Cumbrian ingredients. The Old Vicarage Brewery and bar should Alan Welsh open in December and, if we can complete Wrytree the necessary regulations, etc., we’ll have This new microbrewery has recently some beer brewed here available for the opened in Greenhead. Fiona and John middle of that month. We have been Deal, formerly of Geltsdale Brewery, own doing some trial brewing in another it. brewery to test our recipes we want to Two beers are currently being brewed: use, so we should have some of that Wrytree Gold is a lovely pale refreshing regardless. Ultimately, we aim to produce bitter with citrus note; and, Wrytree three beers. Copper is a delicious smooth and biscuity We have had a lot of support from the ale with a fresh peppery aroma. local community and that is always going Alan Welsh to be important to us and the success of our micro, bar and B&B accommodation. ALE TALES Advertising Rates We are working with villagers to host a If you would like to advertise in this launch event in December. This will be magazine please ring Neil Richards very much a community event, some of MBE on 01536 358670 our locals. or email: Graham Shaw [email protected] Sulwath Reinbeer, a 4.5% ABV delightfully spiced Advertising Rates are: ale, will be re-launched at the end of Mono Full Colour October to be ready for the Christmas 1/4 Page £75 £85 season. A new brew of the successful 1/2 Page £130 £145 “whisky ale” is due for release. It is currently Full Page £230 £260 “maturing” in an Islay whisky barrel. To Inside Covers £280 meet demand, a bottled version of “John Outside Back £300

Winter 2018 5 Annandale Ale Trail This Ale Trail heads over the border into and, through Dumfriesshire where a few of us joined another opening, friends from Dumfries & Stewartry CAMRA to a dining area. on one of their socials. The family provide 1. Brig Inn, Lockerbie a very warm, friendly welcome. The Brig is a small, whitewashed pub on the The hotel offers B7068 to the west of the town centre. It is cooked meals and very welcoming and friendly. accommodation. The two handpumps dispense a changing selection of beers. On our visit there were, Theakston Best Bitter and Atlas Wayfarer. 3. Blue Bell, Annan The Blue Bell is handsome, red sandstone located at the western end of the High Street. It is a former coaching inn dating from 1770.

The single room is very nicely decorated with a wooden bar to one side and seating to the other. There is a games area with a pool table and two dart boards. Two televisions show live sport. To the rear of the pub, there is a very pleasant covered outdoor drinking area. There are many traditional features in the There is a single handpump on the bar Blue Bell, notably the wooden panelling on selling a changing selection of beers. On the walls and the our visit, this was Greene King IPA with bar counter. These Fullers London Pride due to come on next. are retained from its time as a State 2. Ecclefechan Hotel, Ecclefechan Management The Ecclefechan Hotel is a family run Scheme pub from business located at the centre of the village. 1917 to 1972. The The building dates from the 1730s and is courtyard to the listed. rear of the pub The public bar has a lot of exposed features the stonework including a feature fireplace. original stables and This leads to another area with a pool table also provides a

6 Winter 2018 pleasant seated area. The pub is home to many community activities along with annual beer and cider festivals. It is a busy, friendly pub which has been a focus for cask ale enthusiasts in the Annan area for many years. The pub has recently started brewing its own real ales. It is a winner of several local CAMRA awards.

Four real ales are on sale which usually Chris, Sara & Norm wish come from Scotland or Cumbria. Two real you all the very best over ciders are also available, usually from local the festive season! producers. Bar opens Wed-Sun from 6pm and Sunday On our visit, real ales available were: Flying lunch 12-3. Monk Elmers, Kelburn Pivo Estivo, Born in CA8 9EX, 01228 560102 Food served Thurs-Sun Regular Menu includes the Borders Game Bird and Deuchars IPA. 6-9. Sunday lunch 12-2. Locally made Pickled Pete Perry was also Steaks, Fish & Chips, Sunday lunch: Instead of Lasagne, Steak & Ale on sale. the regular menu we Pie etc plus Vegetarian & 4. Farmers Inn, Clarencefield serve a Traditional Roast Vegan options. Beef Lunch. One Course The Farmers is an attractive 300 year old Quiz Night 1st and 3rd £10.95, Two Courses Thursday Month. inn at the centre of the village of £12.95, 3 Courses Clarencefield. It is family owned and run. £14.95. Follow us on Facebook. This is a real village pub with a good atmosphere and service. www.pheasantinncumwhitton.co.uk The pub has a small bar and a lounge with a separate games room. It also houses the village Cotehill, Post Office. The bar has a Carlisle very cosy feel about it CA4 0DQ which is Traditional country Food served every enhanced by inn serving home evening from 5.30pm a nice cooked food with - 8.30pm). warming proper chips! stove in winter. 1-3 pm Saturday lunch Serving two real ales and 12-3pm traditional The pub serves lunch and evening meals from the Tirril Sunday roast. and provides motel style accommodation in brewery. a self-contained annex. Pub open all day On our visit, Born in the Borders Game Bird Saturday & Sundays, 01228 560858 was on sale. This was soon replaced by closed Wednesdays. Loch Lomond West Highland Way. Greyhoundcotehill www.greyhoundinncotehill.co.uk Winter 2018 7 Follow The Cumbrians on the Road

Continuing the series aimed at helping minute) walk into the town centre. Worth Carlisle United supporters to find real ale seeking out are the Albion Brewery Bar, 54 pubs near the grounds the Cumbrians will Kingswell Street, NN1 1PR and the Malt visit this season. Unless otherwise stated, all Shovel Tavern, 121, Bridge Street NN1 1QF. pubs are within 15 minutes walk of the PORT VALE - Fixture 26 January 2019 ground. There are a large number of good real ale Details of all real ale pubs can be found on pubs to be found in Burslem within ten the CAMRA website www.whatpub.com. minutes of the ground. My favourites are the Bull’s Head and the Duke William, but MORECAMBE - Fixture 1 January 2019 good ales can also be found in nearby The William Mitchell, Glentworth Road Leopard, Post Office Vaults and Johny’s West, Westgate, Morecambe, LA4 4SZ is Micro Pub. about 10 minutes walk from the Globe Stadium is a family friendly pub that does The Duke William, 14 St John’s Square, food and has a limited range of cask ales. Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent ST6 3AJ. This is Titanic’s Brewery Tap and flagship pub. If you have more time to spare a 30 minute Situated in the centre of Burslem the pub walk to the front brings a choice of Good welcomes all football fans, both home and Beer Guide pubs including Eric away. The range of ten excellent real ales is Bartholomew, 10 Euston Road LA4 5DD, complemented by a selection of up to ten King’s Arms, Marine Road Central LA4 4BJ real ciders. and The Morecambe, 25 Lord Street LA4 5HX. The Bull’s Head, 2 St. My favourite, John’s Square, however, is The Burslem, Palatine, The Stoke-on-Trent Crescent, ST6 3AJ This Morecambe, imposing pub LA4 5BZ This is has undergone a cosy two a sympathetic storied restoration Edwardian with most of terrace pub the original with good food features still in and 4 real ales place, usually including the including horse-shoe shaped bar and its heated foot Lancashire rail, bell pushes in the lounge, serving hatch brews. and leaded windows. Eight hand pumps NORTHAMPTON TOWN - Fixture 12 dispense a range of beers. January 2019 CREWE - Fixture 2 February 2019 There are no Good Beer Guide Pubs near to There are no good real ale pubs close to the this out of town ground. A short walk from ground (that I know) so it is necessary to the ground there are three Greene King walk a bit further! pubs serving food as well as real ale The Sixfields, Sevens and the Walter Tull. The Borough Arms, 33 Earle Street, CW1 2BG. Situated on Earle Street Railway To find other pubs involves a long (30 bridge within sight of Crewe Municipal 8 Winter 2018 Square about 20 minutes walk from Gresty pubs, McCann’s Rock’n’Ale Bar, Olde Road. This pub has 10 handpumps serving a Murenger House and Tiny Rebel providing wide range of real ales. This is the location a good variety of pub types and all worthy of the Borough Arms Brewery. of a visit. FOREST GREEN ROVERS - Fixture 16 March 2019. The Village Inn, The Cross, Fountain Street, Nailsworth, Stroud, GL6 0HH. This is a brewpub serving a range of Keep Brewery ales, as well as some local and not so local guest ales, along with a selection of lagers and ciders. The pub is situated a good 20 minute walk from the ground. Please note no food is served here. For food try The Britannia on Newmarket Road or cafes close by. There are no real ale pubs nearer to this Hops, Prince Albert Street, Crewe CW12DF edge of town ground or Good Beer Guide (photo above). For something different try pubs. The nearest is in Stroud where the this Belgian style Café-bar, free from Crown & Sceptre and The Prince Albert are brewery tie. Real ales from local and located. interesting micro and regional brewers are dispensed from 6 handpumps. Near the TRANMERE ROVERS - Fixture 30 March town centre, Hops is around 20 minutes 2019. walk from Gresty Road. The Oxton Bar & Kitchen, in Oxton village 2 Claughton Firs CH43 5TQ, is the only Good COLCHESTER UNITED - Fixture 23 Beer Guide pub within walking distance of February 2019. Prenton Park (about 20 minutes). With There are very few pubs in the vicinity of beers from local breweries and a range of this out of town ground. The best bet is to food from sandwiches to full meals, it may find a town centre hostelry and take one of be worth hunting out. Across the road a the football special buses to the ground. new micropub the Homebrew Tap may be The Bricklayers, 27 Bergholt Road, open. Colchester CO4 5AA. This is a friendly, family run, Adnams pub serving a wide selection of guest ales from all over the UK. The pub is close to the railway station and convenient for the shuttle buses to the ground. Children are allowed in if accompanied by a well-behaved adult! NEWPORT COUNTY - Fixture 2 March 2018. The Pig and Wig, 22–24 Stow Hill, Newport, NP20 1JD. Handily located on the way to the ground from the station. As well as In the past I have usually visited the Swan selling Draught Bass it features Welsh on the Woodchurch Road (A522) for a pint breweries in its other handpumps. A large and meal before moving closer to the single roomed pub that also serves food. ground. The High Street has three Good Beer Guide Mike Tuer, Pubs Officer Winter 2018 9 Bar Fly Pub News If you are aware of CUMWHITTON any changes taking We are place in a pub in our pleased to area then please let welcome back us know. Bar Fly is Sara and to good but it is hard the Pheasant getting around over 150 outlets, even with Inn. Bar Fly wings! See Branch Contact for details of has heard that how to keep in touch. the beers, at ALSTON least initially, will come from the Great Corby Brewery. The Inn has had plans LITTLE CORBY approved for an The Otter Inn extension. Work has installed a is hoped to start handpump soon. The pub selling a sells a very good changing range of real ales guest real ale. and ciders. CARLISLE As we go to Full details of real ale pubs in our area and print, the new most of the UK can be found on the CAMRA BrewDog pub is website: whatpub.com. due to open in Botchergate in Please note that pub opening hours and the former meal times are subject to change. Victory To avoid disappointment, Bar Fly advises Amusement that you check times with the pub before building next door to Woodrow Wilson. you travel. The Gosling Bridge has been refurbished and now features a rolling programme of guest real ales with tasting notes. The Woodrow Wilson pub sold the most beer of all pubs taking part in the recent Wetherspoons beer festival. That is quite an achievement! 10 Winter 2018 City Pub of the Year Fat Gadgie When Mike Vose took over the reins of the defunct and short-lived Moo Bar building on Devonshire Street in Carlisle, I knew that we were, at last, going to have a beer bar with a sensible approach to providing the city with something genuinely representative of the way the beer scene was flourishing in the UK.

into and only the most dyed-in-the-wool keg bitter drinkers could fail to be impressed by what is on offer. To me, there is always something for everyone’s taste buds and, if you’re uncertain, the third-pint option is a great way to try something that may be new to you. Of course, if you’re pushed for time, the ‘beer bat’ option of four thirds is a great way to get through the beer menu and It has proved to do exactly that, in a part that’s before you even look at the beer of the country, that, in the main part, is fridge! steadfastly holding out against the onrushing tide of innovative beers and beer bars. Since opening, the Fat Gadgie has brought us some fantastic beer from the length and breadth off the country, whilst still supporting the impressive number of breweries our fair county has to offer. In Fell Brewery’s ‘Ghyll’, Mike has found a beer to replace the much-missed Yates Brewery offerings, that were a very Whilst some places may profess to offer welcome and permanent feature of his ‘craft’ beers and real ales, this place is the pubs and provides drinkers with a only one in the city doing it properly and steady, ‘session-strength’ ale to quaff, at last we have some competition for the alongside the more eclectic offerings on King’s Head to fight against for our the other pumps. annual City Pub of The Year award ...... Beer drinking aficionados visiting, or Congratulations to Mike and all his staff. passing through, Carlisle make the Richard Weir Gadgie their number one place to call

Winter 2018 11 Carlisle Beer Festival 2018

Once again, the setting up day had With everything just about ready to go, arrived for our Thursday was a much later start, arriving Beer Festival in in time to tidy up and open just ahead of Carlisle! The the publicised time! As usual, Bobby usual suspects Nattrass was the first to enter; a record he arrived (all has held, apart from the one year he was volunteers) on late! a calm, but We were pleased to see lots of visitors very cold day! from around the UK, but were quite The kit was collected surprised, when a group from Stockholm, from our store, Sweden arrived and told us they had delivered to The come to Carlisle purely for the Beer Venue. It looked Festival! Skål! More surprisingly, only more like a donation their group leader, knew where Carlisle for a bonfire, but our was! resident “chippy” soon had it looking Our customers seemed to enjoy like the bar we all themselves with compliments coming recognise! We took about the amazing choice of beers delivery of the available. It was a very late finish for our beers, ciders, volunteers who were wending their way and other home after midnight for a rest before it all assorted items, started again on Friday! built the bar During Friday afternoon, the Solway and stillage, Branch of CAMRA made presentations to tapped and the City Pub of the Year, the Fat Gadgie, racked all the and the Beer of the Year to Derwent beers and Brewery for Grune Point. moved lots of tables and chairs! A mixture of coldness, hunger and thirst saw us adjourn to the pub, for tea and biscuits, only kidding, food and beer! Day two saw us back at The Venue bright and early as we continued setting up. We started the work to connect the beers to Friday afternoon was fairly busy, but then the pumps on the bar. The final bits were it settled down and folk seemed to have a now all in place, and we surpassed great time. ourselves, by finishing early! Once again we headed for “tea and biscuits” in the Another late night for our volunteers, but pub. we were back once again, on Saturday

12 Winter 2018 morning to start all over again! It was a bit Beer of the Festival hectic to start with, then things seemed 1. Bristol Beer Factory Baked Goods to tail away a bit, with some leaving to =2. Carlisle Brewing Nut Brown attend Carlisle v Newport, which saw the =2. Siren Broken Dream Blues end a very poor run of home form =4. Kirkstall/De Molen De Abidj & The Mill to win 3-2. Saturday evening was steady, =4. Moorhouses Black Cat and, with plenty of beers left to try, it was Cider of the Festival a good time for all. 1. Dorset Nectar Grab Life by the Damson 2. Waulkmill Santa Skean Dhu Another late night, then back Sunday 3. Hallets Heart Breaker morning, to start the big clear up! It Best Cumbrian Beer seemed to take forever to take the bar 1. Carlisle Brewing Nut Brown and stillage down! Perhaps that was 2. South Lakes Cashmere because we were all tired, and looking 3. Fell Tinderbox IPA forward, to the after festival party! Best Key Keg Beer See you all again next year! =1. Beerbliotek Du luktar lite som första gången jag träffade dig Paul Claringbold =1. Wylam Feasting with Panthers Beer and Cider of the Festival 2018 Many congratulations to Bristol Beer Our customers were invited to vote for Factory, Dorset Nectar, Carlisle Brewing, their favourite beer and cider on sale at Beerbliotek and Wylam! the Carlisle Beer Festival. Yet again, the top five beers were dark ales.

The Fetherston Arms Kirkoswald Four hand pulled real ales and hand pulled cider Great home cooked food Open Mon-Thu 5pm-midnight, Fri-Sun 12pm-midnight Food served Wed-Thu 5pm-9pm, Fri-Sun 12-2.30pm & 5pm-9pm (no food Mon-Tue) 20 minute walk from Lazonby train station We look forward to welcoming you The Square, Kirkoswald, CA10 1DQ 01768 898284 Winter 2018 13 Great Corby Brewery

Recently, myself as vice-chair, and our chair, Alan, were invited to a Trade Day, being held at Great Corby Brewery. It was organised to let the licensed trade try the beers and other drinks on offer at Great Corby.

There was a bottled beer from USA, a stout/ porter matured in Bourbon barrels. It was On arrival at the Queen Inn, Robert, the rather nice, and would go with very well a head brewer, greeted us. After a thirst desert like sticky toffee pudding, or even a quenching beer or two, we were shown cheese board. around the new brewery. This is based in a As the afternoon was getting on, and our new warehouse on the Corby Castle estate, train time was getting closer, it was with having moved from the Old Forge, which is reluctance that we took our leave, and across the road from the Queen Inn. The headed to the station at to wend brewery is a 50-barrel plant, but there is our way home. already a plan to extend to increase the range of beers available. Alan and I would like to thank all at Great Corby Brewery and the Queen Inn for a pleasurable afternoon. We hope the day was a success for them. Paul Claringbold Some background information Great Corby Brewery is located at the heart of Great Corby village, a few miles east of Carlisle. For many years, they have brewed in the former village forge, which had been used by ironworkers since 1833. Great Corby, then called Cumberland Breweries, brewed its first beer in 2009. At After the brief tour, it was back to the bar, that time, the brewery was owned by the for a lovely meal of fish and chips, and some late Lord Ballyedmond. The brewery was more excellent beer. We were able to sold a few years ago to Pearse Lyons, sample all of the beers from the Great founder and president of Kentucky based Corby Brewery. This included their new Alletech, which also owns the “sister” beers, Oktohop and Signal Peak. We also brewery in . Sadly, Mr tried beers from the two other breweries in Lyons passed away in March 2018. the group. One of these is based in Robert Shieldon is the head brewer ably Northern Ireland, with the other in the USA. assisted by Tim Hughes. 14 Winter 2018 Ale Tales Read Ale about it! Ale Tales is published by the Solway Branch Find “Ale Tales” in the following real ale pubs: of CAMRA, the Campaign for Real Ale (© Abbeytown, Wheatsheaf; Aikton, Aikton Arms; 2018) Alston, Angel, Cumberland, Nent Hall Hotel, All rights reserved. Turks Head; Armathwaite, Dukes Head, Fox & Pheasant; Blencow, Clickham Inn; Bolton Low Views or comments expressed in this Houses, Oddfellows, Bowness on Solway, Kings publication may not necessarily be those of Arms; Brampton, Golf Club, Howard Arms, Nags the Editor or of CAMRA. 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Arms; Low Hesket, Rose & Crown; Monkhill, Mon 25 Feb 8pm @ Woodrow Wilson, Drovers Rest, Moorhouse, Royal Oak; Carlisle. Mungrisdale, Mill Inn; Nenthead, Miners; Mon 25 Mar 8pm @ Howard Arms, Carlisle. Newbiggin, Blue Bell; Newton Arlosh, Joiners; Newton Reigny, Sun; Oulton, Bird in Hand; Socials Ousby, Fox; Penrith, Agricultural, Board & Socials usually visit several real ale pubs. Elbow, British Legion Club, Cross Keys, Dockray Members and non-members are welcome. Hall, Dog Beck, Druids, Fell Bar, Foundry 34, Please check our website for further General Wolfe, George, North Lakes Hotel, details. Robin Hood, Royal; Penruddock, Herdwick; , Pop-up Bar, Pentonbridge; Sat 21 Jan - Penrith Pub Crawl Penton Port Carlisle, Hope & Anchor; Red Dial, Sun; Fri 15 Feb - Ale Trail social. Roweltown, Crossings Inn; Ruleholme, Golden Fri 15 Mar - Ale Trail social. 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Winter 2018 15 Penrith’s favourite dining pub Historical pub & modern food Serving high quality cuisine with a warm welcome and offering the full range of beers from our own brewery, Cumbrian Legendary Ales DOCKRAY HALL, GREAT DOCKRAY, PENRITH CA11 7DE (01768 210676 BOOK ONLINE AT WWW.DOCKRAYHALL.COM