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Canny Bevvy Newsletter of Tyneside & Northumberland Branch of the Campaign for Real Ale Spring 2011 • Issue 215 I am free, please pick me up In this issue: May is Mild Month - page 8 Keeping the Magic Alive - page 18 Judging Winter Beers: The Inside Story - page 22 Canny Bevvy Editors Intro Branch Contacts CAMRA is celebrating its 40th Anniversary on Chairman & Press Officer: Richard Dollimore Wednesday 16th March. This marks a tremendous [email protected] achievement for our campaign, with over 118,000 [email protected] members, we continue to promote and support Vice-Chairman & Festival Organiser: Gordon Heal real ale and pubs nationwide. [email protected] [email protected] To mark the event, branches are being asked to Secretary & Social Secretary: Chris Mansfield hold their own commemorations, not necessarily [email protected] on that date either honouring long-standing [email protected] members or publishing pictures of notable Treasurer: Gary Hinson milestones in the Campaigns history. If you [email protected] have any worthy contributions please pass them Membership Secretary: June Scott on and we will publish a selection in the next [email protected] edition. St Albans has published special 40th Technical & Bevvy Distribution: Stuart Scott Anniversary logos, one of which adorns the [email protected] front cover of this issue. [email protected] Pubs Officer: Colin Anderson Special congratulations go to June Scott our [email protected] Branch Membership Secretary, who has been Webmaster: Jan Anderson voted onto the National Membership Committee [email protected] and also been made the Regional Membership Coordinator. Along with John Holland, Chair of Canny Bevvy Editor: David Vaughan the Clubs Committee and Martin Ellis, member [email protected] of the Books Committee, our branch demonstrates Procurement Officer: Dr. Ian Lee an active involvement in the National organisation. [email protected] Cider & Perry Officer: Lisa Barron Once again our branch continues to be busy, [email protected] reflected in articles on Pub of the Year (POTY) Public affairs Officer: Hubert Gieschen 2011, our forthcoming 35th Newcastle Beer & )DLUGHDO [email protected] Cider Festival and news of pub openings, not to mention our Good Beer Guide 2012 selections Young Members Officers: Dave Carr and our Annual General Meeting. RQEHHU [email protected] Disclaimer: Any views and opinions expressed Mention should be made that nominations WD[QRZ in this newsletter are not necessarily those for the Champion Beer of Britain competition, of the Canny Bevvy Editor, CAMRA or the Cider Pub of the Year and Club of the Year Publishers. Seek out and enjoy real ale are also closing soon so please keep those 7EZI wherever you can, drink responsibly and votes coming. please support our advertisers. Membership is not only about activation but &VMXEMR·W If you would like to advertise in this publication, socialising as well, hence the message on the please email: [email protected] 4YFW new Membership Forms and if you are a new member, why not get involved and what better Campaigning for Pub Goers Enjoying Real Ale way then helping out at our beer festival. & Beer Drinkers & Pubs Designed by Apostle Designs, Co. Durham Email: [email protected] All this and much more inside, have a good www.apostledesigns.co.uk read and remember… drink responsibly. Join CAMRA today – www.camra.org.uk/joinus Next Edition No. 216 Summer 2011 Copy date: Monday 9th May 2011 Cheers, Dave Facebook: www.facebook.com/campaignforrealale www.twitter.com/CAMRA_offi cial Publication date: Friday 27th May 2011 Canny Bevvy 3 10-H Shire-64x93:Layout 1 15/7/10 15:15 Page 1 Future Meetings And Events Hexhamshire Brewery. No Branch Meeting in March A real taste of traditional ale, a beer Wednesday 9th March 7.30pm for every occasion. Wednesday Wander, (start Gosforth Hotel, Gosforth) Delivered directly and through SIBA Local News (for itinerary see Canny Bevvy website) DDS in the North of England and by quality wholesalers nationally. Tuesday 15th March 7.30pm Annual General Meeting, Chillingham Arms, Heaton The Town Wall (formerly Coco V) opened in Kevin Ellis, licensee (Northumberland POTY winner announced) January in Pink Lane, Newcastle and offers of the Black Bull, six hand-pulls on the ground floor and two in Haltwhistle received Monday 21st March from 7.00pm Social Evening (all welcome) the basement Cinema Bar. See article in this his notification of Salutation, Tynemouth edition. inclusion in the 2011 CAMRA Good Saturday 26th March After several visits by members of the branch, Beer Guide on 27 North Northumberland POTY Presentation Trip the Borough Arms, Gateshead has been September 2010 a John Bull, Alnwick & surrounds de-listed from the 2011 Good Beer Guide due year to the day after taking over the pub. The to the quality and availability of the real ale. pub is a favourite with Whistle Stop tours and No Wednesday Wander in April popular with ramblers and locals. Monday 4th April 7.30pm JD Wetherspoons have purchased 9/10 Jackson Street in Gateshead city centre with Coppers in Brunton Park, Gosforth (Arriva Tyneside POTY Presentation E: [email protected] Bacchus, Newcastle a view to opening a new premises. buses 46 and 46a) offers an extensive range T: 01434 606577 of real bottled beers and ciders not only from Tuesday 5th April 7.30pm W: www.hexhamshire.co.uk Michael Heggarty at the Ship Brewery, Local and national breweries but also abroad. Ladies Meeting Low Newton has ordered more rye after Drew and his family are opening another Aletaster, Low Fell successfully brewing a light and dark rye store in Backworth and are offering CAMRA beer recently. The beers are only available at members 10% discount on purchases over Sunday 10th April 3.00pm the Ship in Low Newton, owned and run by £20 on production of their membership card. West Northumberland POTY Presentation Christine Forsythe. For further details see the advertisement in Boathouse, Wylam HADRIAN BORDER this issue. Wednesday 13th to Saturday 16th April BREWERY Heaton & Stannington Club, Newton 35th Newcastle Beer & Cider Festival, Road, High Heaton (No. 38 bus) has recently The Millstone in Students Union, Northumbria University amended their constitution to allow entry South Gosforth to CAMRA members on production of their is under new Tuesday 26th April 7.30pm membership cards. (Other clubs serving real ownership, Wear Branch Meeting ale are Conservative Club, Benton; Newcastle Inns and has Black Horse, Monkseaton Cricket Club, Jesmond & Comrades Club, undergone a major Haltwhistle). refurbishment. The Wednesday 11th May 7.30pm Wednesday Wander, manager, Jon Raw (for itinerary see Canny Bevvy website) Changing Brewery Liaison Officers (BLO’s) above, is offering four hand pulls in the lounge Deliveries every week to Edinburgh High House Farm – Ian Lee and a further two in the bar. It is hoped that Tuesday 17th May 7.00pm in the north, Darlington and Northumberland - vacant Bass and Deuchars will be complemented by Regional Meeting Delavals – Julia Jackson rotating ales from Jarrow, Stables, Wylam and Steamboat, South Shields Middlesborough in the south and Ouseburn Valley – Fiona Wade Durham breweries. Friday 27th May across the Scottish Borders, County Canny Bevvy published Durham – plus of course daily around This is another reminder that the Branch AGM is being held on Tuesday 15th March The May Branch Meeting and the South East POTY Tyne & Wear and Northumberland. at 7.30 pm in the Chillingham, Heaton. Presentation to the Tap & Spile in Morpeth have still www.sjf.co.uk/pubsandbars/about.php?id=9 to be arranged at the time of going to press. Further details on times. itineraries and other Tel: 0191 276 5302 local festivals on the Canny Bevvy website: for a list of our cask products www.cannybevvy.co.uk and What’s Brewing 4 Canny Bevvy Canny Bevvy 5 We hope all entrants will initially come I would like to thank Sally, Mark and Dave Once again, last but not least, we are still 35th Tyneside & with a £10 note so we can get people in from Northumbria Students Union for their seeking local CAMRA volunteers to help us quickly. The tokens are £1.50 this year so much appreciated help to date. Special run the festival. Please seriously consider Northumberland Beer for a tenner you will get a glass (£1), entry thanks go to our own branch member giving us a hand. There are all sorts of little (£3) and four tokens (= £10). Bill Wilkinson who has put in an inordinate jobs to do and volunteers get food and and Cider Festival amount of time and effort to produce drink tokens, feel free to contact me at CAMRA members get free entry but from scratch an excellent Health and [email protected] 13th April 2011 to 16th April 2011 should still start off with £10 which will Safety document, thus enabling the entitle them to 6 tokens (£9) and a glass festival to be formally sanctioned by Gordon Heal Another 12 months has quickly elapsed (£1). There will be dedicated staff for CAMRA HQ. Festival Organiser and here we are finalising the planning for customers with £10. our 35th Beer and Cider festival. We have chosen Northumbria Students Union to We are very fortunate host this year’s festival, our usual venue once again to have not being available. We are still in the City some aspects of our Apples and Pears Centre, there are good transport links, and festival sponsored. only 5 minutes walk straight past the Civic Our glass sponsor On a cold and wintery People found out that without Centre at St Marys Place.