The Journal of CAMRA East Hampshire Incorporating GU34 News Brewery Shop, Off Licence and Pub Summer 2019 The George, Butts Road, Aton Another award for our collection! (see page 19) Don’t forget our award-winning Beer Festival 20 July. 11 real ales, brilliant wine selection and other beers plus mu- sic entertainment, BBQ and much else. Pub opening hours Go to www.thegeorgealton.co.uk Wed-Thu 5-10pm / Fri 5.30-10.30pm / Sat 12-10.30pm / Sun 12-6pm Off Licence opening hours Mon 9-5 / Tue-Fri 9-7 / Sat 10-5 / Sun Closed Worts & Ale Summer 2019 Worts & Ale Summer 2019 CAMRA East Hampshire Social’s and Open meetings 2019 Date Event Meet Route Time June 20th Minibus Community Centre 3 19 30 July 18th Minibus Community Centre 4 19 30 August 22nd Walkabout French Horn West 20 00 September 19th Minibus Community Centre 2 19 30 October 17th Walkabout White Horse Centre 20 00 November 2nd Minibus Community Centre 7 11 45 December 5th Walkabout Railway Arms GBG 20 00 Trips in red are for CAMRA Members only. Thursday Minibus Trips Depart at 19 30 (Please arrive 19 20) Saturday Minibus Trips Depart at 11 45 (Please arrive 11 35); there will be a lunch stop at one of the pubs visited. Minibus will only be booked if there are 5 (9 for Saturday) or more pas- sengers, if less then trip may be by car. Contact: Mik Potter on 01420 87139 or [email protected] to book minibus places A maximum subscription of £5.00 per head is requested for bus trips to defray costs. Dates for EHA Committee meetings (only CAMRA Members can vote) Date Venue Subject Time Thursday 11 July King’s Head Public Bar General Branch meeting 20 00 Thursday 12 September King’s Head Public Bar General Branch meeting 20 00 Thursday 14 November King’s Head Public Bar General Branch meeting 20 00 Thursday 16 January King’s Head Public Bar General Branch and long list 20 00 2020 GBG selection meeting Tuesday 11 February Crown Hotel GBG final selection meeting 20 00 2020 Saturday 7 March Queen’s Head, Holy- Branch AGM 12 00 2020 bourne Page 2 Issue 34 Issue 34 Page 23 Worts & Ale Summer 2019 Worts & Ale Summer 2019 Triple fff—Dave Patey Who to contact in CAMRA East Hampshire The Brewery is as busy as ever and has just had 4 new Fer- Chairman: Paul Hawley 01420-85529 menting vessels installed. The Brewery shop, managed by email: [email protected] Adam, continues to offer an ever-increasing range of bottled Treasurer and webmaster: Mik Potter 01420-87139 and canned beers. Some of them are worth buying just for the artwork on the can or bottle! email: [email protected] “Hallelujah,” a 4.2% Pale Ale using New Zealand hop “Green Bullet” gives a very quaffable Membership: Shirley Hawley 01420-85529 refreshing beer and is currently available around the area. email: [email protected] “Rock Lobster” 4.2% Red Ale has been brewed again and should be available from now Pubs Officer: Tony Davis 01420-543086 throughout June. email: [email protected] “Lady Eleanor”, a 4.6% hoppy pale named after Graham’s daughter, and a song by Lindis- Secretary: Tony Davis 01420-543086 farne, was a huge success when first brewed last year. It is being brewed currently and email: [email protected] should hit the pubs in mid-June. Triple fff BLO: Dave Patey 01420-83962 “Old Dray” a 4.8% ESB made with no less than 5 English hops is making another appear- email: [email protected] ance. It is made from a recipe that originated from the long gone Worldham Brewery, fondly Cider Rep: Sean Urquhart 07495-581773 remembered by the older generation. email: [email protected] Triple fff will again be one of the main sponsors at the Alton Beer Festival to be held on May Technical Officer Kevin Wood 01420-563908 31st and June 1st. There will be 7 beers available: “Alton’s Pride”, “Moondance”, “Old Dray”, email: [email protected] “Rock Lobster”, “Pressed Rat” and Goldfinger (in both Cask and Keg) I recommend every- one to try both versions and taste the difference! © CAMRA East Hampshire 2019 I have it on good authority that the annual open day will take place in August. Details will follow on the website. Worts & Ale is printed and published by Paul & Shirley Hawley for CAMRA East Hampshire. The views expressed are those of the individual contributors and are not necessarily the views of CAMRA East Hampshire or The Campaign for Real Ale. Unless otherwise acknowledged all photographs are by Paul & Shirley Hawley, who Cider Rep—Sean Urquhart can provide copies at vastly inflated prices. Contact us on: 01420-85529, email: [email protected] Awaiting report. Unhappy with your pint? First complain to the pub staff/Landlord. If they can’t (or won’t ) resolve the issue, then contact Trading Standards, who are part of Citizens Advice, contact details: 03454-040506 or www.adviceguides.org.uk And tell us! THE AND SUPPLYING OF WORTS & ALE DOES NOT IMPLY CAMRA APPROVAL OF THE OUTLET CONCERNED. Beer Scoring To make each years Good Beer Guide more accurate, CAMRA members are requested to score the beers they sup in each pub (inside or outside the Branch Area). This is easily done via the CAMRA “WhatPub” website Page 22 Issue 34 Issue 34 Page 3 Worts & Ale Summer 2019 Worts & Ale Summer 2019 Eight Arch brewery - Stuck on Seven - Mango and Chille IPA - 5.9%, Chairman’s Corner—Paul Hawley Red Cat / Elusive brewing collaboration - RUBIX - West Coast IPA - 6%, Good news, for a change—we’ve had some progress with regard to saving pubs and we’ve …and some Meon Valley Ciders, done some awards to deserving pubs. Chalk Stream - medium - 6%, On the first point some excellent news by EHDC planners (for a change), Tony Davis has Dragonfly - dry - 6%, attended a couple of meetings and reports as follows: “The latest planning application for Brown Trout - medium dry - conversion of the Star at Bentworth to housing shows it was refused. This is a very good 6%, result for local residents and it follows on the recent refusal for the Queens Hotel, Sel- Most beers cost £3.50 per borne in underlining the importance of a robust Local Plan protecting community assets. pint, with some available in Could be the planners are listening to local voices”. bottles. However it was disturbing to read in the 23 May Alton Herald that the planning committee I had: Pyrite, Prowler, Art of has been revised and reduced from 21 to 12 members, only two of which are from Alton . T, Scratch, Sunset Rider, So much for democracy. Doubtless many will recall the outcry when the decision was made and Bravo November plus a (now, thankfully rescinded) not to hold planning meetings at Alton when they referred to couple(?) of Whiskies - Alton and the surrounding area. Apparently the Penn's Place coterie was scared they’d be Auchentoshan, Bunnaha- eaten alive if the stepped into the lions den (i.e. Alton!!!) bhain, Springbank We were extremely pleased to visit the Golden Pheasant, Lower Farringdon; Railway Arms, All very palatable! and George, Alton to present certificates from CAMRA. Photographs on pages 18 & 19. The event was well-attended … and we even had a couple of Shires looking in on us... What a Lotta Bottle – Alastair Gordon I would assume there must have been 150+ people (but I didn’t count them!). Why are our summers so unpredictable? A rhetorical question I know, but Flanders and Red Cat info... Swann really captured the vagaries of the summer months in their “Song of the Weather” as Getting to the Red Cat brew- follows ery is easy - a 64 bus from “June just rains and never stops - Alton to the Broadway (a Thirty days and spoils the crops. new stop outside the bus In July the sun is hot station), then a number 1 (to Is it shining? No, it’s not. Tesco - from the same stop), August, cold and dark and wet, dropping off at the stop at Brings more rain than any yet. Winnall Close (opposite the Bleak September’s mist and mud Post Office sorting office), Is enough to chill the blood.” then walking into Winnall Not a cheery picture I’ll admit, but never mind. So, to lift my spirits I’ve selected from my cel- Close right to the end. lar an assortment of ales that were a pleasure to drink, and hopefully there’s something you Number 1 buses are about may like to try too. Cheers, and good drinking! every 15 minutes - NOTE, Butcombe Brewery Ltd. Wrington, Bristol. “Goram” Avon I.P.A. 5% abv however, that the last bus back from Tesco's Named after Bristol’s very own giant, who was partial to a well-crafted ale, this Avon pale ale is at 15 15 - after that you have to walk further down the road to Imber Road to catch it; or uses a blend of American and Worcestershire hops to achieve the perfect balance between walk right up to the main road and catch the 64 back home. stone fruits, citrus, and spicy hop aromas, together with a note of bitterness too. It is a strong They also have a brewery shop which is open ... full flavoured beer, with the abv of a giant session ale. Therefore, “Goram” to my mind tow- Thursday – 16 00-19 00 ers above other, lesser IPA’s.