LEADMILL BREWERY and BOTTLE BROOK BREWERY . Producers of Traditional Hand Crafted Real Ales. In the Sticks December 2012 Free Copy ciders/perrys, they will also be offering CAMRA elcome to the latest issue of “In the W Nicky & Pete Foster welcome discount, more news in the next issue you to the Sticks ” the newsletter of RuRAD , Ru ral Real Amber Valley CAMRA Update Ale Drinkers. We hope you enjoy reading it. TAVERN No Branch Meeting in December. Sat 15 th - If you want to receive a copy electronically e- Derby Rd, Belper survey trip around Belper, bus departs 7:30pm mail [email protected] Tel: 01773 826956. 3 Changing Guest Ales. Ripley Market Place contact Jane Wallis 01773 Or for current & previous issues log on to £2.30 a pint Sundays 3 – 7 on one 745966 to book http://www.mansfieldcamra.org.uk/RuRAD.html guest ale of our choice, Carlsberg & Mansfield Smooth. Amber Valley are running a Winter Ales Trail th th Follow the RuRAD page on Facebook Bookings taken for functions at between December 15 and January 12 . Several £4.95 per head. pubs have already indicated that they wish to Beer and Pub News Undercover Mediterranean style take part, and a full list will be published on the he RuRAD Bar at the Old Oak Inn , Horsley T heated smoking area. Amber Valley section of the Derby CAMRA Woodhouse has undergone major alterations with Sky & ESPN Multi-room available. website by the end of November. There will be a Clean well-behaved dogs welcome. the wood panelling being replaced with brick work Trail poster in each pub, which should be ready Children welcome until 8.30pm. with glass windows and panelling being fitted for distribution by early December. For further www.thetavernbelper.co.uk along the outside of the bar in between the details, contact Trevor Spencer on 07758 265 brickwork. A flag stone floor has also been laid. 915 or [email protected] The bar has remained open during the work with The White Hart at Moorwood Moor is to Darren and all the staff welcome you to 6 ales being available, this will go back up to 8 remain a pub, which is good news. A local has when the work is completed The Talbot Taphouse. bought the pub and plans to reopen it soon "Amber Ales Brewery Tap" After a £350.000 refurbishment the Bridge We have been informed that the team 1 Butterley Hill, Ripley, DE5 3LT. Inn on Mansfield Road Derby reopened to the Tel: (01773) 742626. from the Greyhound at Whitemoor, Belper public on November 8 th , the layout inside is much Up to 8 real ales available, plus 3 and the Spanker at Nether Heage are taking the same but a lot of effort has been put in to Traditional ciders/perry all served in over the Wheel at Holbrook make it a more attractive and comfortable public lined oversized glasses!! house. The emphasis is on food, which looks good 20p pint/10p half-pint CAMRA members Our very own Tweedle Dum, also known as and is competitively priced but also on real ale discount! Carl Brett in certain circles, has recently with up to 8 to choose from. Ales available on my Opening Times: Mon - Thu = 5 - 11, been appointed East Midlands Regional Fri = 3 – 11.30, first visit were Bombardier 4.1%, Pedigree 4.5%, Director taking over from Julian Tubbs Sat = 12 - 11.30, Sun = 12 - 11 Doom Bar 4%, Hobgoblin 4.5% Speckled Hen 4.5% CAMRA LocAle accredited 2009, 2010 Greene King IPA 3.6%, & Castle Rock Harvest Pale Moca at Matlock Bath continues to host 3.8%, all ales are £3.20 a pint, I was told that good beers with on my latest visit Blue the beers will change on a weekly basis we will Monkey 99 Red Baboons, Beerworks Dr erby’s newest and smallest pub opened its wait and see Morton Horrable Skellington, Kelham Island D nd Ace of Spades, Dancing Duck Abduction and doors for the first time on the 2 of November; fter a year of speculation and uncertainty the A Oakham Bishops Farewell the Little Chester Ale House is a new venture by future of the Crompton Tavern , Derby is still the owners and brewers of Wentwell brewery unclear, as we have heard that the latest deal has The beer festival at the Jonty Farmer in based in nearby Chaddesden. As expected the fallen through. It is thought it will remain as a Derby served some beers outside of the pub will be open 3pm-10pm Thursday & Friday and pub for the immediate future Marston’s portfolio including Titanic and 12 noon to 10pm Saturday & Sunday, one of the Hook Norton but not only 5 out of about a reasons for this is that Mondays to Wednesdays Clare welcomes you to the dozen were on at the same time much of their time is taken up with work at the PATTENMAKERS ARMS brewery. The ales available on the first evening 4 Crown Street Duffield n November 2 nd Charisma paid a visit to O were Wentwell Barrel Organ Blues 4.5% & Tel: 01332 842844 the reopened Hop Inn at Openwoodgate , Farmhands Bitter 4.1%, Nutbrook Perfect Fifth 4 Real Ales Available. which has been closed for quite a while. 5% and Marlpool Scratty Ratty 4.4%, there is Bass, Pedigree & Landlord plus up There was an impressive selection of 8 ales also a cider available, which was Hecks Cider 6% to 2 guest beers from the SIBA list. and 2 ciders on the bar all at £2.70 a pint on this occasion. Over the Christmas period the In the 2012 Good Beer Guide. including Castle Rock Harvest Pale, Dancing pub will be open Thu 20 th to Mon 24 th Dec and Fri Home cooked food available Duck Ay up & 22, Ebony & Ivory also Grafton 28 th Mon 31 st Dec offering a wide range of everyday 12pm – 2pm. Blondie, Exmoor Gold, Summer Lightning and interesting guest and festive ales Friday – Meat Raffle, Sunday – Quiz Night Elgoods Black Dog 12 – 2, 5 – 12 Mon – Thu By the time you read this the Smithfield he next Magnificent seven weekend at the Fri,Sat & Sun Open All Day T Tavern , Derby should have reopened its doors th nd FUNCTION ROOM FREE TO HIRE Flowerpot , Derby is 20 -22 Dec featuring again for the first time in over a year offering a Xmas themed beers range of 8 ales and 2 Tracy and all the staff welc ome you experiences with Welbeck Abbey beers I and bus out to Drumnadrochit for the Benleva went for the Cavendish, which was quite Hotel (Loch Ness Brewery) and their beer to the palatable and Del opted for the Henrietta festival. Taxi back to Inverness a few pubs then OLD OAK INN Grande, which was likewise. We headed back head down for the night. 22 nd – I go to the match uphill to the centre and came to the Black at Wick, Didler prefers to do more local pubs. BEER FESTIVAL Bull, I said to Del “It’s a Marston’s pub so Meet up later on that night and stay in Inverness. the beer selection won’t be anything to shout 23 rd – 9.40 train down to York 5.30pm to score the 176 Main Street Horsley Woodhouse DE7 6AW. Tel: 01332 881299 about but at least we’ll get a Tap on platform 1. Train back down to Sheffield, drink”……WRONG!!!! With 2 dead pumps we Didler decides to go straight home while I stay on Opening Times: 27 th & 28 th 3 – 11, 29 th & 30 th 12 – 11, made a quick exit. The next pub was the for pubs having missed the “Thursday Thirsty st 31 4 – Close White Swan, a GK pub, which was again NRA. Club”, great fun eh? – Honest Hayden Music: 28 th Forgeries, 29 th Old Skool. Wondering if we could get a hat trick of NRA’s we called in the Cavendish , but were Pie & Peas available all sessions Butchers Arms saved (in the loosest sense of the word) by 20+ Ales 127 Hands Rd, (Langley) Heanor Mansfield Cask. With that we left Bolsover DE75 7BH and headed across to Scarcliffe and the Chris & Michelle welcome you to a Brewery News GBG Horse & Groom where we had a choice traditional real ale pub with 11 hand Bump Mill-Shirland from Abbot, Blacksheep Bitter, Theakston’s pumps. Prices start from £2.50. Mild, Doom Bar, Old Golden Hen, Orkney All Beers Brewed In Heanor. www.bumpmillbrewery.co.uk Northern Light and Partners Pure Gold, with Opening hours: Mon – Thu: 4 – 11 Drops of Jupiter 4% and Thunder Road 4.4% are the latter 2 being sampled and in good order Fri: 3 – 12, Sat & Sun: 12 – 12. the latest two beers to be produced by Bump Mill and the best drinks of the day. 2 of the Fresh cobs available. brewery during November; both beers have been packets of soup procured earlier were Free Function Room available at the Little Chester Ale House , Derby stowed in my rucksack so hopefully we won’t Low cost buffet provided if needed. Large off-road car park to rear. and also at the Old Oak Inn at Horsley get caught short again! (Coming soon – The Slaughter House ) Woodhouse Join Chris & the team at Leadmill-Heanor The Thorn Tree Inn Charisma’s Caravan Capers Richard is brewing a house beer for the Holly Church St, Waingroves efore putting the caravan away for the winter Bush at Marehay, which will be a session beer DE5 9TE Tel 01773 513351 B around the 4.2% mark.