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the The magazine of the Gloucestershire Branches of the Winter 2019 Campaign for Real Ale FREE Please Take One Front cover photograph competition sponsored by THE SOARING the THE KING SUMMIT OF OF PALE HOPPINESS ALES The magazine of the Gloucestershire Branches of the Campaign for Real Ale ©The Campaign for Real Ale 2019. Opinions expressed need not represent those of CAMRA Ltd or its officials HILLSIDE BREWERY FRONT COVER COMPETITION WINNER: Attending the Kidderminster Beer Festival, Cheltenham activist, Veronica Emary, sent in this great shot of a very large organ, that frankly, speaks for itself. contents: page 32 page 4 Brewery News Letters to the Editor page 37 THE BEER THAT page 8 Hillside Front Cover Comp. THE SUPERIOR The Hunter’s Column page 38 SCREAMS NAME IN PREMIUM page 12 Springboard to Success ‘SUMMER!’ Cheltenham News page 40 REAL ALE page 15 Gloucester! Glawster! Gloucestershire News page 42 page 17 A Year in the Life of the Orchard North Cotswolds News page 48 page 20 Dodgy Ticker - Top Breweries Tewkesbury News page 49 page 25 Gloucester Prize Wordsearch Forest of Dean News page 52 page 29 What’s Coming Up? Competition - Name that Pub page 54 page 30 CAMRA contacts Stroud News THE WISE CHOICE CONTRIBUTION DEADLINES: THE SMOOTHEST, OF CLASSIC SILKIEST OF CASK ALE STOUTS these have now changed to FRIDAY OF SECOND FEBRUARY, MAY, AUGUST AND NOVEMBER We value feedback and news from around the county, so, if you’ve got something to say, want to make a contribution, compliment or criticise, then get in touch: The Editor, The Tippler, 23 Theocs Close, Tewkesbury, Glos. GL20 5TX [email protected] 07977 157050 3 wyevalleybrewery.co.uk LETTERS to the EDITOR broad-minded accepting people who embrace all cultural, religious, ethnic and gender diversity…isn’t that what being an inclusive This was raised British society is all about? at our last business meeting but we decided that although it is a good magazine we don’t think Dear Mr Editor it would rate above a number of other similar mags. It is also worth mentioning that the cover The editor of “Pints West”, which includes should contain the new CAMRA logo in one the Bristol area operates a subscription of several choices of colour in either the top scheme. right or bottom right corner. If you don’t have You send him 10 First Class stamps and access to this logo please let me know, I have your name and address. He sends you the next some options saved but could get the whole five editions of the magazine with a reminder range if required. to renew with the last one. LETTERS Cheers Very best wishes, John Crossley to the Alan Hale Chair - Cheltenham CAMRA Chris replies: Chris replies: EDITOR Many thanks for the email. Hello John, Good idea. I currently run something Just as a point of interest, so I can improve similar for the half dozen people who want things, what are these other publications that the magazine, they come from all over the Some of us old codgers are still happy to use the services of I can aspire to? If you could send me that place, so it’s interesting to see who reads the the Royal Mail, and we actively encourage all forms of (preferably printable!) information I’d appreciate it. communication. So get writing letters, sending emails and get your news, views and Tippler. comments published! I must admit, I haven’t formalised the arrangement, but maybe it’s time to get Dear Chris Hi Chris, Chris Replies: myself into the 21st century. I must pass on my appreciation of the last It only dawned on me when reading your Many thanks for the email. two editions of the Tippler which were excellent note about blonde beer, when one should use On the competitions front, I’ll add your For the attention of Branch Chairmen: reading. Your entry to CAMRA for possible the 'e'. Dizzy Blonde being a good example, so name to the list for the draw for the brewery Magazine of the Year Awards award is supported by this Branch and we thank you for that. As for beers, well they must tour tickets. hope you get some recognition. As you know On the subject of ease of entry/answer all be female, since brewers only use female Hello chaps, the Gloucestershire Branches’ respective that’s a difficult balance. You’d be surprised hops. Bit difficult to follow that argument with Chairman have met regularly over the past two how few people join in our competitions, Isn’t it about time the Tippler got put in for years with a view to the input of content. You Trooper though, and its promotional style to normally because they believe that there are this? If it were put in by four separate chairs have some really excellent contributors with use another (Mrs) Robinson's example. hundreds and hundreds of entries, the reality (or any other furniture group) it would show some very interesting articles in both the last I should take this opportunity to answer your is, everyone who enters is in with a good a great amount of cohesion and might carry a two editions. I hope you can print this in your pub competition question, but may I request chance of winning. The last two competitions bit more weight, who knows? reader section and encourage your scribes to that you make them a little more challenging? have appeared too challenging, so I’m still keep up their excellent contributions. All of looking for the right balance. you please keep up the excellent work. It's pretty obvious when Dick Whittington is Cheers! visible in the photo. Regarding blondes, I pretty much decided that beer must be feminine, particularly the likes Regards Keep up the good work. of Dorothy Goodbody’s various incarnations, Chris Leibbrandt that doesn't mean however, that they couldn’t Roger Price Russell Murfitt identify as what they wanted. After all we are Editor - The Tippler Chairman - North Cotswolds CAMRA the 4 The magazine of the Gloucestershire Branches of the Campaign for Real Ale www.gloucestershire.camra.org.uk 5 LETTERS to the EDITOR LETTERS to the EDITOR Chris replies: certainly free houses - must be food-led. That’s what is going to attract the footfall. It some of the Hello Roger, good food in may be that Simon could tailor an advert many other CAMRA attractive surroundings. specifically for the Tippler emphasising the magazines around, we don’t, Many thanks for the email, it is very much beers he sells on hand-pumps - but it may also after all, want to be preaching to the choir, appreciated. Long may they thrive. be that your readership should realise that, if rather engaging a new and younger audience Always happy to publish articles and he weren’t a keen ale connoisseur, he wouldn’t to, like us, love the diversity of real ale. content, so keep your guys contributing and Yours, be advertising in the Tippler in the first place. keeping the magazine as diverse and interesting Zachary Paxton I’m sure you have better things to do than Cheers! as possible. I’d particularly like more about read my emails but I just wanted to emphasise cider and perry, and have something ready Chris replies: the idea that, for all its possible faults, the Tuns for that. Also I’d also welcome a wider range remains a beer-driven pub and shouldn’t get Hi Chris, of demographics, gender and age, otherwise Hello Zachary, a reputation otherwise, least of all from the we’ll all end up as beard and sandals merchants, readers of the Tippler - or else the management I’m not usually one to bitch but I was a little and we wouldn’t want that! Many thanks for the letter, one that I might reconsider their strategy and sell fewer upset by the credits for the Cheltenham Beer appreciate. ales (or more of the more expensive lagers!). Week collaboration beer in the Autumn issue On this occasion I will, because I am able of the Tippler. Sir, to, change my mind, (something I suspect the Wishing you all the best, Battledown Brewery is omitted despite voting public of the UK may be able to learn having been one of the few breweries who I appreciate that you have closed the from) and publish your correspondence in the Zachary Paxton actually had much to do with it. On the brew correspondence on the subject of the Seven pages of the Tippler. day there were only three who were at the Tuns in Chedworth but I though I might just Your letter puts forward some very good Chris replies: brewery. Our Head Brewer - Richard Taylor, weigh in given the recent controversy in your points, not only in the defence of the pub, Sam from Goff’s, who assisted Richard, and me! pages. I have been going there both before but also its pricing policy, real ale selection Hello Zachary, I wonder if it would be possible for you to and after last year’s refurbishment and, while and its policy that sometimes things have include something in the next edition to put there are certain things to regret (the loss of to change to survive, it’s the thorny, but Many thanks for the email. this right? the skittle alley, in particular), I am at a loss to essential question between preservation understand why some of your readers are so and conservation.