Beer Ragged Staff CAMPAIGN Issue 76 FOR July — September 2012 Heart of REAL ALE Warwickshire Harbury Beer Festival 2012 This Year the of September, but Harbury Beer at least the venue Festival is Ale at hasn’t changed – it Sea but before you is still Harbury start sending for Village Hall on the coast guard, South Parade. The don’t worry, it is opening times will just the theme for again be 5.30-11.30 this year. We have on the Friday been inspired by Evening, 11.30- the anniversary of 4pm on Saturday the Titanic sinking lunchtime, and 6pm earlier this year -11.30pm on the and all the beers Saturday evening. we will be getting Once again it will will have some cost £10 to get in at connection with all sessions, which the sea. The names will include the may be of a type of festival glass and ship, a famous sea programme and an captain or even a well known meteoro- amount of beer tokens which will vary logical phenomenon – try saying that on slightly depending on the session you the Saturday night of the festival!! come to, and also whether or not you are The date this year conveniently falls on a CAMRA member. Friday 31st August and Saturday the 1st (Continued on page 2) To contact the Heart of Warwickshire Branch call 07855 644043 www.camrahow.org.uk (Continued from page 1) Camra also hosting the Champion Strong Bitter members of the West Midlands, which will be receive more beer tokens due to free judged on Friday afternoon, so the entry, so it is worth joining, and if winners will be announced in time for you already are a member do not forget you all to try – at least those of you who your membership card. come early! Friday will be the quiet night but the As well as sticking to theme names we local Hereburgh Morris team will dance will weave the usual mix of styles and at lunchtime on Saturday, and in the strengths from milds up to strong barley evening we have, as last year “Time wine styles with bitters, stouts, porters After Time” a local duo who play a good wheat beers and perhaps even the more mix of Irish songs and hits from 60s unusual ones like ginger beers. onwards – they were popular last year so Quality ciders and perries will be we thought we should give them another featured mixing some local ones with go. prize winners from the famous cider This year the kitchen has been fully fitted producing regions. out, so the Scouts and Village Hall The village pubs will take part again and should be able to cope with the demand we hope to have a different beer in most of all our hungry punters more easily of the pubs all from the Titanic Brewery than in previous years, but the mix of from Staffordshire. There should be popular food will probably remain something for everyone at the 22nd unchanged. Harbury Beer Festival so catch the local As for the important bit - the beers and Stagecoach bus(65/66) and stay safe, ciders – we will be selecting a wide range and you can help us sink a few pints! For from all over the country, literally from more details of the bus service please see Cornwall to Scotland. Woven in with the the Warwickshire Bus Timetables theme beers will be local representatives Website from all the Warwickshire breweries, and www.warwickshire.gov.uk/bustimet hopefully a few special for us. We are ables. Heart of Warwickshire Branch Committee Press day for next issue (October Chairman: John Crossling ([email protected]) 2012) is Monday 3rd September. Vice Chairman: Steve Bolton ([email protected]) Treasurer: Tony Cragg ([email protected]) Secretary: Lorraine Atkins ([email protected]) Membership Secretary: Tina Jones ([email protected]) Newsletter Editor: Ian Bayliss ([email protected]) Press Officer: John Crossling ([email protected]) Public Affairs Officer: Robina Griffiths ([email protected]) Pubs Officer & Pub News: Dave Shurrock ([email protected]) Cider Officer: Ian Bayliss ([email protected]) Social Secretary: John Griffiths ([email protected]) Webmaster: Dave Wedgbury ([email protected]) Committee Members: Andrew Thomas, & Neil Jones. To contact by phone, call 07855 644043 and leave message stating the contact required. Page 2 Beer and Ragged Staff The Beer and Ragged Staff Issue No. 76 July 2012 Published by The Heart of Warwickshire Branch of the Campaign for Real Ale, 5 Lammas Walk, Warwick. CV34 4UX. Phone: 01926 403423. Email: [email protected] Web site: http://www.camrahow.org.uk CAMRA HQ: 230 Hatfield Road, ST. ALBANS, Herts. AL1 4LW. Phone: 01727 867201. Printed by Geo. E. Cadman, Unit 7D, Jenton Road, Sydenham Industrial Estate, LEAMINGTON SPA, War- wickshire, CV31 1SF. Phone: 01926 423742. Opinions and views expressed in this newsletter are not nec- essarily official branch or CAMRA policy. All contents, except otherwise indicated, © copyright CAMRA Heart of Warwickshire 2012. Paid to Spend Time in Pubs Don’t you wish that you could get a job Britain, and has already visited around like that? Dr Ignazio Cabras, a lecturer 100 in the Lake District. in Economics, Business and Manage- He regrets that he will not have time to ment at the York Management School, visit them all in person (I am sure that has been given a grant to study English there are some CAMRA members who, if country pubs. Ignazio Cabras © York Management School given the job, would have made a valiant The grant for £7,700 is for him to study effort to do so). the role of the rural pub in the economic and He hopes that his research will encourage nation- social life of the community. He intends to con- al and local government to help keep pubs going sider some 1,700 drinking establishments around in rural locations, something with which CAM- RA will be in wholehearted agreement. Coventry's Craft Brewery Our cask conditioned & bottle conditioned ales now available to the trade and public. 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Starts 20:00PM 17/07/2012 Country Crawl Gaydon Inn, Gaydon; Malt Shovel, Gaydon; Antelope Inn, Lighthorne; Cottage Tavern, Ashorne 24/07/2012 Warwick Crawl Anchor Inn, Leek Wootton; Saxon Mill; Woodloes Tav- ern; Great Western Arms 31/07/2012 Leamington Cask and Bottle; Cross Keys; Fox; Copper Pot Crawl 07/08/2012 Country Crawl Plough Inn, Eathorpe; Red Lion, Hunningham; Bull Inn, Weston under Wetherley; Three Horseshoes, Prin- cethorpe 14/08/2012 Warwick Crawl New Bowling Green Inn; Zetland Arms; Tilted Wig; Thomas Lloyd 21/08/2012 Country Crawl The Inn at Farnborough; Wharf Inn, Fenny Compton; Bell Inn, Ladbroke; Great Western, Deppers Bridge 28/08/2012 Harbury Pre Fes- Start at Crown Inn; Finish Old New Inn tival 04/09/2012 Post festival (no crawl) 11/09/2012 Country Crawl Barley Mow, Stockton; Duck on the Pond, Buck & Bell; Harvester Inn, Long Itchington 18/09/2012 Branch Meeting TBA. Starts 20:00PM 25/09/2012 Warwick Distri- Meet Punch Bowl; finish The Lazy Cow bution 02/10/2012 Leamington Dis- Meet Plough & Harrow, Whitnash; Finish White Horse tribution For the latest diary news please see our website or Facebook page Page 4 Beer and Ragged Staff Diary page at http://www.camrahow.org.uk/index.php? Proud suppliers of Executive Travel for the London 2012 Olympics CAMRA HOW Facebook Page at http://www.facebook.com/camrahow CAMRA HOW Beer Scoring at http://www.beerscoring.org.uk/ July-September 2012 Page 5 Warwickshire Landlord sticks two fingers up to Roger Protz! On the evening of pionship semi-final play off Thursday 3rd of May, at Cardiff, He relaxed The day before the 5th slightly when informed annual Long Itchington they had taken a one goal Beer Festival, The lead. Harvester Long Itch- The talk its self was very ington was greatly entertaining and informa- honoured to host a talk on tive, and soon had the crowd in the different beer styles by Roger palm of his had as they discussed Protz. This event was kindly spon- Budvar unpasteurised yeast beer and sored by lager producer Budvar the Budvar Dark, both of which are UK, and was well attended by local stocked full time at the Harvester. beer aficionados and CAMRA Next on the list was a London style members. porter from the Aylesbury brew Roger was on very good form, if House and their Third Switch, Oscar slightly edgy as a lifelong West Ham Wilde from Mighty Oak came next, fan due to them playing in the cham- a traditional (Continued on page 15) Page 6 Beer and Ragged Staff Local Pub and Brewery News Do you have any interesting news about local pubs. If so please send it to our pub news coordinator Dave Shurrock at [email protected] Prince of Wales, Leamington The Bull, Southam Appears closed.