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Solway Branch of CAMRA Issue 26 The Campaign for Real Ale Winter 2018 301 Miles from London, Carlisle 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, Cumbria, 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.