LEADMILL BREWERY and BOTTLE BROOK BREWERY . Producers of Traditional Hand Crafted Real Ales. In the Sticks May 2017 Free Copy June and admission is free at all times and elcome to the latest issue of “In the Amber Valley CAMRA Update W runs from 11am on Saturday and Sunday. th Sticks ” the newsletter of RuRAD , Ru ral Real Beer festival opening hours are from 6.00pm 5 - Evening survey trip, contact Jane Ale Drinkers. We hope you enjoy reading it. to11pm Friday and 11am to 11pm on Saturday Wallis 01773 745966 to book. 15 th - 8pm beer & 12 noon to 10pm on Sunday. There will be th If you want to receive a copy electronically e- festival meeting, Queens Head, Belper (TBC). 25 30 beers and 10 ciders and perries on sale. A - 8pm committee & branch meeting, The Pear mail [email protected] wide range of styles, types and strengths of Tree, Ripley (TBC) Or for current & previous issues log on to quality beer will be available from local and http://www.mansfield.camra.org.uk not so local breweries. To see the beer list Tracy and all the staff welcome you go to www.ambervalleycamra.org.uk nearer to the the date. Festival beers will be priced from £2.80 a pint. Wines, spirits, soft drinks etc. OLD OAK INN The Angels will be available at the Rugby Club bar. 176 Main Street Entertainment; Booked so far are Blackfish, 29 Market Place, Horsley Woodhouse Water for Dogs, David Young Band, Matt Belper DE56 1FZ DE7 6AW. Tel: 01332 881299 McGuinness and the MLC and the results of Now open serving a selection of East Midlands Pub of the Year 2016 Rebel Yell, a series of protest song writing real ales from the barrel and a Mon to Wed 4 – 11, Thu & Fri 3 – 11 workshops held in February and March. More Sat 12 – 11, Sun 12 – 10.30 selection of ciders details later. On Saturday & Sunday the Serving a wide selection of beers Opening hours: Belper Rugby Club Strutts Playing Field will from BOTTLE BROOK and host many stands and attractions including; Thursday to Sunday 12 – 10 LEADMILL plus Guest Beers live music, stalls, crafts, energy advice, (Also bank holidays) RuRAD Bar Open Fri, Sat & Sun Cider & Sausage Festival jewellery, textiles, artists, electric bikes, natural health, Fun Palace workshops, books, st th 1 to 4 June plants & much, much more. Hot & cold food The Travellers Rest in Kilburn is still closed will be available from many outlets including after several months and the future of this pub Beer and Pub News The Rugby Club, Speedough Pizza, Crepesel, is unclear Soundbites, Churromania, Stephanies Spuds Sooty reports “On Thursday 20 th April the Old The King's Head in Duffield was closed when & Specials, Vork Pie, Coffee-Modo and L&A Fowl and I paid a visit to the latest micro pub delivering newsletters in early April Donuts. More details later. Belper Rugby opening which is the Tip Inn 60a Main Street in Club is situated on the main A6 road just 5 he refurbishment of the Poet & Castle in Loscoe , this former builder’s merchants T minutes walk south of Belper town centre. showroom has been turned into another real ale Codnor was completed in early April and it opened There is on-site parking for blue badge supporting boozer. On the opening afternoon / with a selection of 5 Lincoln Green beers and 5 holders only, but plenty of free parking is evening the beers on offer were Bottle Brook guest beers. These included Tiger from Everards, available locally and Belper rail & bus Mellow Yellow 5.7%, Clark’s Perle Hop 4.1% two beers from Idle Valley, No1 from Colchester stations are also only 5 minutes walk away. Landlocked Amarillo Island 4.9%, Oakham Citra and Love Muscle from North Yorkshire CAMRA members interested in helping at 4.2%, Urban Island The Islander 4.0% and the beer festival get the staffing form at Arkwrights Bar in Belper is holding a charity Draught Bass all £3.00 a pint. I tried the Urban [email protected] - RvW event on Bank Holiday Monday 28th May to raise Island and the Landlocked and had a natter with money to enable Amber, the barmaid, to spend Mike the brewer and owner of the Handle Bar in the summer volunteering in a refugee camp. Alfreton, the Old Fowl went straight for the GEORGE & There will be food available all day and 12 Citra of course, well she is a bit of a hophead!” musicians are donating their time to play at the Trigger informs us that a micro pub opened DRAGON event from 12 noon til close. There will be 10 real recently on platform 3 at Doncaster train station BRIDGE ST BELPER ales available and a selection of ciders, plus the called the Draughtsman Ale House 01773 880210 usual Monday drinks offer. There will also be a Accommodation available. raffle with the prizes being donated by friends The Didler informs us that Nottingham Brewery and local businesses is currently up for sale, No other details yet 5/6 real ales. ora informs us “Another new micro in available Open 11 - 11 Monday N to Saturday, Eastwood - location opposite the library, opening The fifth Belper Goes Green Beer & Cider Thursday week 4 th May (best guess at moment, Festival is to be held at the Belper Rugby Club, Sunday 12 - 10.30. definitely not this week) & to be called the Derby Rd, Belper, Derbyshire, DE56 1UU this Live music every Innkeepers . Literally spoke to the guys working year. The festival will again be supported, weekend. on it as we walked past - taken on by one of sons staffed, and organised by the Amber Valley of Tony & Ann Whyte, the couple who own Branch of the CAMRA. The beer festival runs 3 beer festivals a year. Beauvale Priory Farm where they run the 2 beer from 6.00pm Friday 2 nd June to 10pm Sunday 4 th festivals annually (Spring & August B/H’s)” 3.9%, which for me was the beer of the again a top drop. Other ales on tap included BEEHIVE festival as it tasted more like 5%+. Fernandes Great Northern 5.1%, Rudgate Ruby 151 Peashill, Ripley Stateside from summer Wine Brewing Mild 4.4%, Horbury Tiramso Porter 4.3%, Ruby Tel: 07510431414 Co followed and then I tried two beers from 4.1% & Now Then 3.8%, Saltaire Pride 3.9% and Mandy & Dave would like to invite Bristol, Megs Bomb from Arbor and Oakham Citra 4.2%. Could have stopped in here all customers old and new to the Independence from Bristol Beer Factory. I day as it’s one of my all time favourites, I made my Beehive/Honey Pot. finished off on Juicy from Tiny Rebel at way back up top of hill and just to the left is the Selection of 3 real ales at the Beehive 4.8%, having not touched the powerful stuff, Brewery Tap (Ossett brewery) here had Rat and 6 real ales at the Honey Pot as which is unlike me!! There was a good range White Rat 4% at £2.90, a wonderful drop. I then well as various ciders and perrys. of beers from many parts of the country had Ossett Yorkshire Blonde 3.9% at £2.80, again Darts, Dominoes and Skittles on including Scotland, Yorkshire, Wiltshire, top ale. This pub now getting back to its very best weekly. Somerset, Suffolk, Lancashire and not after going through many licensee changes, other Quiz night Fridays plus card bingo. forgetting Derbyshire. A very enjoyable beers on included Ossett Silver King, Pale Ale & evening was spent at The Holly Bush! – Excelsior and guests Small World Thunderbridge Everyone welcome. Charisma Stout and Trinity Rugby. I made my way into town centre and to Bier Huis , a beer bottled shop The view from The Chair n the opening night I poked my head O selling a vast range but also 3 real ales on into the King William at Milford to take a Derbyshire was back on the agenda for Sunday handpumps, but today only one beer this being peep at David's festival where I found a Wild Beer Millionaire 4.7% at £2.20 a pint - aft Spin this week encompassing Kimberley, choice of 14 beers with a further 2 on the bargain and great drop think some of overpriced Eastwood, Langley Mill, Marlpool and Horsley main bar. I met up with the Didler and began micro pubs should follow this example? Time then Woodhouse...now one is able to tour a good with Northway IPA 4.2% from Fire House to catch bus back to Wakefield bus stop just number of micro pubs in the area as seen below, brewery, followed by Gingerbread Man from below Henry Boons , Clarks Brewery tap, but no on this occasion including new opening the Dog & Mannings Brewery, which was not my cup of Clarks beer on here why? I had Black Sheep Parrot in Eastwood. However starting at Roots tea having too much ginger in it for my liking. Ramtackle 4.1% at £3 dreadful stuff then later Emporium in Kimberley where the six wickets are I finished off on what I thought was the got told it had been on for over a week, very bad put to good use, with mainly Locale but occasional best beer, Nelson Sauvignon from Slaters news, Away and onto Inns of Court at the back of surprises, as on this occasion with a beer from 4.3% which went down a treat! Then it was the town hall and a half of Marstons 61 Deep pale Staggeringly Good (Portsmouth).