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.,/ Great Ales from Kent's best micros and others .,/ Always a cask mild ft~."" ~ ~~ .,/ Quality selection of wines from Europe and New World ~~ ~~ .,/ Fresh home-cooked food 6 days a week «...~ C'~ q~ .,/ Provision for both smokers and anti·smokers! .,/ NO pool table, jukebox, fruit machines or other nonsense to distract you from the food and drink! 40p a pint off real ales and Kentish Cider for CAMRA members from 5pm Sunday till closing on Wednesday J1\e; YeMJ Tree/ IYW\I 13curfv~o-rte/ VVS CAMRA PUb-oftfte; y~ 2004- The Village Pub in Dover Opening Hours vary seasonally - Food service hours: please phone to check current Tuesday-Sat 12-2. and 7-9pm hours or visit the website Sunday 12-2.30pm NB Closed Mondays NB No food on Mondays or Sunday evening We:V~WortJtv~!!! A mile and a halffrom Shepherdswell, Eythorne & Nonington, off the A2 opposite G Lydden Motor Racing Circuit between Canterbury & Dover Booking strongly advised for meals, especially Friday, Saturday and Sunday Come to our Sunday Accumulator Draw - phone or e-mail for details!! Call Peter or Kathryn on 01304 831619 I Fax 01304 832669 or & e-mall [email protected] The Newsletter of the Deal Dover Sandwich visit www.bari ••estoae.c:o.uk 10••lua'tbe••details, District branch of the Campaign for Real Ale di••ec:tioas aad up-to-date •••.eaus Issue 20 Summer 2004 Printed at Adams the Printers, Dover (j\;:~:) Channel Draught Issue 20 • Summer 2004 ~ I CONTENTS I 3 Events diary 28 Channel View 4 Local News 31 Great British Beer elcome to the 2004 Summer edition of Channel Draught, somewhat 14 The Cowshed Pilgrimage Festival 2004 W shorter you will note, than our bumper Spring edition. 18 Across the Border 33 Kent Small Brewery News 19 A Drinkers Guide to Bat & 36 Cider Matters Now is the time of year that people start thinking about beer festivals, and as Trap 39 Beery Boaters on the well as the regular CAMRA events, the Rare Breeds a few weeks ago, and the 22 Pub Profile - The Red Leeds & Liverpool Canal Kent and GBBF over the next month, more pubs than ever seem to be getting & involved. The Plough at Ripple held a very successful festival over the Spring Lion, Dover 46 Decline Fall - a Bank Holiday, and intends holding another over the Late Summer Bank Holi- 24 Yew Tree, Barfeston - Postscript day; and by the time you read this there will have been one also at the Royal Pub of the Year 2004 48 Last Knockings Oak, Capel. Others planning festivals include the Hare and Hounds, 25 National News 51 Local Information Northboume, the Crown, Finglesham and the Fox, Temple Ewell. Look out for 53 Editorial/Advert Info adverts in this newsletter. Also in this issue, as well as regulars Local and National News, Old Wort, etc., we have a couple of pages on Bat and Trap, more on beer quality from I EVENTS DIARY Roger Marples and a further chapter from the Beery Boaters. I 19th July 2004 Branch Meeting, The Crown, Finglesham 8pm Please keep supplying us with information and articles. All contributions are gratefully received and we will publish everything we can. 22nd July 2004 to 24th July 2004. KENT BEER FESTIVAL, Merton Farm, nr. Canterbury. www.kentbeerfestival.co.uk 2nd August 2004 Summer Walk - Meet at Five Bells, Eastry 6.30pm. 3rd August 2004 to 7th August . .Mmtin ~ (EdiUJJi) GREAT BRITISH BEER FESTIVAL, Olympia, London 16th August 2004 Branch Meeting, Deal Hoy, Deal 8pm 20th September 2004 Branch Meeting, Red Lion, Charlton Gm, Dover Note - From September, Branch Meetings now start at 7.30pm Channel Draught is Published and © 2004 by the Deal Dover Updates to the diary are available on the branch website Sandwich & District Branch of the Campaign for Real Ale. http://www.topsy.demon.co.uk/dds_camra/ Please note that views expressed herein are not necessarily those of The branch normally meets on the third Monday of each month. this branch or CAMRA Ltd. If you are interested in joining CAMRA come along to one of our meetings! Please drink sensibly! Please consult 'What's Brewing' to confirm venues, especially if travelling to meetings/events. Events marked with * are not organised by CAMRA but by the venue indicated Page 2 Page 3 The Local News ~ ~ The Mogul still runs true to its tradition DOVER of providing a wide section of ales from over's longest running independent all over the country. During "Mild Dfree house is no more - independ- Month" in May, mild featured strongly, ent that is. The Park Inn in Park Place with Goacher's Mild and Moorhouses has been bought by Punch Taverns who, Black Cat both appearing several times. following it's acquisition of the Flotilla, Goacher's Light has also proved popular Boar's Head and the Pubmaster chain, and become a regular, as have brews from now has quite a presence in town. The Dark Star (Hop head almost a "house" Discover afriendly and professional service: pub is now run by the current tenants of bitter, seemingly on more often than not), the Jackdaw at Denton, and while the RCH and Hop Back, from whom we re- • Wine tasting and consultation. staff as far as we know have remained cently had the rare treat of a barrel of the same there are due to be changes to GFB (Gilbert's First Brew). Not often • Free next day local delivery. the beer range (see advert). Former widely available outside Hop Back's own • Regular, close customer support. owner, Gary Virtue, one of our regular tied estate, this was the beer that started it • Minimum order just 12 bottles, mixed. advertisers and festival sponsors, is now all at the Wyndham Arms back in 1987. enjoying a pleasant break from the busi- Remaining with Hop Back, Summer • Free wine list design and printing. ness. We wish him well. Lightening is back permanently at the • Sales promotions and discounts. Eight Bells and in firkins, not kils -:-de- At the Red Lion, Charlton Green, Keith spite its popularity, sales were not suffi- has dispensed with Greene King IPA and cient to carry this size of barrel. Also installed Charles Wells Bombardier as a back (by customer demand) the Belgian Family run wine importers second real ale, alongside London Pride. De Koninck Original. Meanwhile Weth- and wholesalers supplying Near to the river there the pub has no erspoons proposed Lloyds No 1, in Castle interesting everyday drinking cellar and firkins are stored vertically in St. (ex-ABC, ex-Images, ex-Snoops) is a small back room where beer is drawn on hold, depending, popular wisdom sug- wines to the licensed on-trade using the "spear" system. Along the gests, on the outcome of the proposed St road, at the Louis Armstrong, Bass is James redevelopment. still the regular real ale but normally at least one guest from a small brewer is The Britannia continues to persevere featured. Recent months have included with real ale, either 6X or Spitfire, and at beers from locals Hopdeamon and Nel- Cullin's Yard Adnams Bitter and Broad- son and, from further afield, Grand Un- side are regulars, but no sign of Regatta ~-Your Local Wine Merchant yet this year. Nelson brews are normal ion, Cottage and Burton Bridge. And Please ask for a free Hopdaemon beers can often also be fare at the Renaissance and Sportsman, copy of our Trade List. found nearby at the Eagle, in the main although other breweries can feature. At street - recently the well-flavoured the Golden Lion, it's "business as usual", Golden Braid has appeared several with a combination of regulars (Directors, Chamion Wines, Chamion Court, 19-27 Gladstone Road, times. etc) and guests. Recently Banks Original Folkestone, Kent. CT195NQ Tel:01303226666 Page 5 featured, which must be a first for Do- Elsewhere in Deal, the other major ver. Shepherd Neame's First and Last change is the re-opening of the Jolly at East Cliff may feature one of the Gardner at the junction of Cannon St brewery's real ales, but very often and Western Rd. As yet we have little CBCakfs of Dover there's nothing available, while at the other information, but it must be good other end of the harbour there is no sign news for this otherwise somewhat dry 52 Castle Street Dover. Telephone 01 304 202194 of real ale returning to the Flagship. part of the town. It had been destined for Blakes continues much as before under conversion to a community centre, so Fullers London Pride plus Guest ales new ownership, with London Pride plus let's wish it every success and hope it proves that a good pub is a community 52 Malt Whiskeys and Fine Ports centre. Local caught fish and an extensive menu is available daily In the High Street, the Strand and the New Inn are both selling the Burton brews Bass and Worthington 1744. Inter- Open Lunchtime and Evenings Monday-Friday estingly 1744 does not seem to have had & Saturday Evenings the success locally that it has nationally, where it has made considerable inroads Double en-suite accommodation available from £40 into Bass's market. In our area Bass sales Chris and Roger extend a warm welcome appear to have held up well. The Walmer to customers both old and new Castle in South St continues with London Pride as a regular, with additional real ales often being provided by Usher's sea- sonal brews. In Middle St. the Ship main- tains its range of five real ales, including brews from Woodforde's, Hop Back and Hook Norton, while at the Prince Albert 1)UTCHERSARMS three real ales regularly include Nelson and Gadd's.