FREE The Beer and Ragged Staff Issue 84 July - September 2014 Heart of Warwickshire PUBS IN LEAMINGTON SPA AND WARWICK THE JUG AND JESTER, THE BENJAMIN SATCHWELL AND THE THOMAS LLOYD Five or more real ales are always available with a selection of local brewers and from around the UK with a least two ‘Real Ale Festivals’ held throughout the year Extensive food menu served daily from 8am- 11pm with a variety of club days and special promotions All with the room to cater for any occasion All with free-wifi THE JUG AND JESTER THE BENJAMIN THE THOMAS LLOYD 11/13 BATH STREET SATCHWELL 3-7 MARKET PLACE LEAMINGTON SPA 112-114 THE PARADE WARWICK CV31 3HS LEAMINGTON SPA CV34 4SA 01926 331820 CV32 4AQ 01926 475690 01926 883733 2 2 Beer andBeer Ragged and Ragged Staff IssueStaff Issue82 83 The Beer and Ragged Staff Issue No. 84 July 2014 Published by The Heart of Warwickshire In this issue Branch of the Campaign for Real Ale, 5 Lammas Walk, Warwick. CV34 4UX. Phone: 01926 403423. Branch diary 4 Email: [email protected] Web site: www.camrahow.org.uk Harbury Beer Festival 5 CAMRA HQ: 230 Hatfield Road, ST. ALBANS, Featured pub - The Talbot 7 Hertfordshire. AL1 4LW. Phone: 01727 867201. Brewery news 9 Printed by Cadman Printers, Unit 7D, Sourcing hops 11 Jenton Road, Sydenham Industrial Estate, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, CV31 1SX. Pub news 13 Phone: 01926 423742. Opinions and views expressed in this Long Itchington 14 newsletter are not necessarily official branch or CAMRA policy. All contents, except Around and about 16 otherwise indicated, © copyright CAMRA Heart of Warwickshire 2014. New rules for pub tenants 18 Heart of Warwickshire Branch Committee Pizza and beer 19 Chairman: John Crossling ([email protected]) LocALE 23 Treasurer: Tony Cragg (treasurer@camrahow. org.uk) Social media 26 Secretary: Sally-Jane Downes (secretary@ camrahow.org.uk) Membership Secretary: Robina Griffiths([email protected]) Magazine Editor: Ian Bayliss (editor@ camrahow.org.uk) Press Officer: John Crossling (press@ camrahow.org.uk) Your branch Public Affairs Officer: Robina Griffiths ([email protected]) Pubs Officer and Pub News: David Griffiths ([email protected]) needs you! Cider Officer: Ian Bayliss (cider@camrahow. Come and volunteer at the org.uk) Social Secretary: John Griffiths (events@ Harbury Beer Festival camrahow.org.uk) Webmaster: Dave Wedgbury (webmaster@ Friday 29 and Saturday 30 camrahow.org.uk) Committee Members: Andrew Thomas August To contact by phone, call 07925 633 173 and Contact Chairman: John Crossling leave message stating the contact required. 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To contact the Heart of Warwickshire Branch call 07925 633 173 www.camrahow.org.uk July - September 2014 3 Branch Diary All events start at 20.30 unless otherwise stated 01/07/2014 Magazine Moorings Cape of Good Distribution CV31 3NY Hope CV34 5DP 08/07/2014 Country White Lion White Hart Bowling Olde Mint Market Radford CV31 Ufton Green Southam Tavern 1TE CV33 9PJ Southam CV47 0EP Southam CV47 0EP CV41 1PH 15/07/2014 Leamington Newbold Somerville Regency Arms Royal Pug Benjamin Start 20.00 Comyn Arms CV32 4SX CV32 4HN CV32 5BZ Satchwell CV32 4EU CV32 4AQ 22/07/2014 Branch Wild Boar 20.00 Meeting CV34 5BU 29/07/2014 Country Fox & Hen Duck on the The Buck & Harvester Bascote CV47 Pond, Long Bell CV47 9PE 2DN Itchington CV47 9PH CV47 9QJ 05/08/2014 Country New Inn Joseph Arch, The Granville Leopard Norton Barford CV35 Barford CV35 Bishops Tach Lindsey CV35 8EH 8DS CV33 9RN 8JA 12/08/2014 Warwick Woodloes Dun Cow Antelope Kings Head Punch Bowl Tavern CV34 5RH CV34 5RH CV34 4TD CV34 4SS CV34 5RN 19/08/2014 Leamington The Railway Robbin's Well The Avenue Jug & Jester CV31 2DL CV31 3AB CV34 5NE CV31 3AF 26/08/2014 No crawl 29/08/2014 - 30/08/2014 Harbury Beer Festival 02/09/2014 No crawl Post Festival 09/09/2014 Country Montgomery Case is Altered Falcon Hatton Arms of Alamein CV35 7JD CV35 7HA CV35 7JJ CV35 8RT 16/09/2014 Warwick Anchor Leek Saxon Mill Great Western Oak Wotton CV34 5YN CV34 4LJ CV34 4NT CV35 7QX 23/09/2014 Country Great Bell Ladbroke Wharf Inn Black Dog Western, CV47 2BY Fenny CV47 0HF Deppers Compton Bridge CV47 2FE CV47 2ST 30/09/2014 Branch Lounge, 20.00 Meeting Leamington CV32 4AG 07/10/2014 Magazine Porridge Pot Thomas Lloyd, 20.30 Distribution CV34 6RB CV34 4BA Diary page at http://www.camrahow.org.uk/index.php?p=diary 4 Beer and Ragged Staff Issue 84 The 24rd Harbury Beer Festival The 24rd Harbury Beer also celebrating the 40th to Michael Jackson; from Festival is taking place on anniversary of CAMRA in reggae to classic rock. You Friday 29th and Saturday 30th Warwickshire. To mark this have to hear it to believe August at the Village Hall occasion we are asking as it and I really think they organised by the CAMRA many of the local breweries will go down a strum (or - Heart of Warwickshire as possible to produce something like that). branch. a special anniversary ale The food once again will be We will be open from and we will be running a provided by the Village Hall 5.30pm – 11.30pm on the competition to judge the Committee together with Friday evening and from best in advance of the start the Scouts and will provide 11.30am – 4.00pm; and of the festival. pork pies and samosas, hot again 6.00pm – 11.30pm on As usual we will search out dogs, bacon and cheese the Saturday. a wide range of styles and rolls. This year’s Harbury Beer strengths and will hopefully The price for the entry festival will feature beers have something to appeal to package remains at £10 from Brewsters. Beers everyone. to include entrance, glass from all over the country The Hereburgh Morris team programme and some will be drawn together to will be dancing during the beer tokens and there are demonstrate that women Saturday afternoon session extra tokens for CAMRA can brew beer just as well and on Saturday evening members! as the men – some might the musical entertainment Please remember no say better than them – but will be completely different children are allowed inside they have had more practice from anything we have during the evening sessions. as they did all the brewing had before. They are If you would like to be part during medieval times when called the Strumtoopers, of the teamwho work at the men were out working don’t worry you are not the festival please contact the fields. going to be subjected to John Crossling (chairman@ Alongside these, the usual the Star Wars theme all camrahow.org.uk). collection of Warwickshire night. They are a ukulele breweries will be featured. band that play covers of However this year we are everything from the Beatles Brewster Catherine from Buntingford Brewery will again be providing Harbury with possibly another award winning beer, see page 16 July - September 2014 5 114 years of craft brewed beer Sadler’s Ales Brewery 7, STOURBRIDGE ROAD, LYE, STOURBRIDGE, DY9 7DG TEL: 01384 895230 [email protected] Sadlers_A6_PressReady.indd 1 07/03/2014 07:19 How refreshing! A traditional pub where ordinary folk meet to drink extraordinary beer. Josie James and her team have fought off the unnecessary desire to ‘up- grade’ or ‘modernise’ in favour of a continuing charm - if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it! Thus the Woodland Tavern remains unsullied by wine bar graphics or texting bar staff and the commonplace is treated with respect: clean comfortable surroundings, 3 Regent Street Leamington Spa CV32 5HW courteous good humour and BLOODY (01926) 425868 GOOD BEER! Cheers Email: [email protected] 6 Beer and Ragged Staff Issue 84 The Talbot - a part of local history We came across it when walking along than life figure by all accounts who many the Grand Union Canal towpath where locals remember with affection and had the we noticed a landmark mural on a side pub for thirty years from 1970. It was not wall. Tucked away down Rushmore Street unusual to call the pub after an incumbent in Leamington Spa, looking more like a as it was earlier known as ‘Mickies’ after terraced house than a hostelry, we discovered Frederick Michael Fathers, landlord from The Talbot, a real, no frills traditional pub 1919 to 1951 during which time it was selling a good range of real ales. owned by Ansells Brewery. Further back in There is a friendly atmosphere here where its history, The Talbot, along with over 120 you can enjoy a game of darts in the bar or other licences in the town, was owned by the relax in the snug. historic Leamington brewery, Lucas and Co. Ltd. The Talbot, first licenced in 1880, boasts the lowest number of licensees in Leamington A Free House since the eighties, The Talbot during its history, with only nine all told, provides real ale enthusiasts with a range of including Nick Ford the current one.