CAMRA Liverpool & Districts Magazine Winter 2018 FREE Print Run 9000 Liverpool Beer Festival details inside Incorporating: Isle of Man News and WirrAle Drinker www.liverpoolcamra.org.uk [email protected] MerseyAle CAMRA Liverpool and Districts Branch Welcome to the MerseyAle Editor Winter edition of and Districts Mel James-Henry [email protected] MerseyAle Mel James-Henry Liverpool Branch Chair Welcome to the Winter Edition of MerseyAle, we are reintroducing Sonia James-Henry MerseyAle. Our previous editor did some old ones - MerseyAle Ambas - [email protected] such a good job, that rather than try sadors and the letters page. We and follow in his footsteps, I decided welcome feedback on articles, espe - MerseyAle Contacts to take a slightly different approach. cially if they lead to you visiting dif - Comments/news/letters/photos As I am already responsible for the ferent pubs or trying different beers. [email protected] Website and Social media, I took on If you have comments on the layout the role of Editor to try and link the or just want to get something off MerseyAle Advertising Manager different aspects of our branch com - your chest, you can email us at Howard Perry munications together. You will [email protected] HU howard.perry@liverpoolcamra. org.uk RR notice QR codes throughout the or DM us via Twitter or Facebook ticke Y ts se Distrubution Manager magazine. These will enable those of (details on P39). We have also intro - llin Andre Fu you with Smartphones to link back duced some regular features includ - f g ast! [email protected] to the magazines’ content our web - ing ‘Pub Walks’, ‘A Publicans site. QR Code readers can be down - Perspective’ and ‘Hop History’. Celebrating 10 years of the loaded from your phones app store. MerseyAle Proof Readers Many thanks to everyone who has After our Beer Festival, the website Matt Valentine helped and contributed to this edi - will be getting an overhaul which LocAle scheme in Liverpool Sonia James-Henry tion of MerseyAle. I hope you enjoy should make it easier to read on reading it. Liverpool and Districts CAMRA mobile devices, more details in next Main Branch Contact MerseyAle. Mel James-Henry Steve Downing As well as bringing new aspects to MerseyAle Editor [email protected] Message from the Branch Chair Sonia James-Henry Websites Following the departure of our and if anyone working in the local Liverpool and Districts previous editor Dave McBryde, you real ale scene would like to CAMRA Branch will find some slight changes to contribute to future issues they www.liverpoolcamra.org.uk the magazine including the would be very welcome. Other wwwfacebook.com reintroduction of ‘MerseyAle highlights this issue include, on a /CAMRAliverpool Ambassadors’, in recognition of national level a feature on the Mass @LiverpoolCAMRA those readers who spread the Lobby which took place at the liverpoolCAMRA magazine’s message far and wide. Houses of Parliament back in QR Codes inside back page We hope you enjoy the mix of social October, and locally, a piece about and campaigning articles, both local our forthcoming flagship event, the MerseyAle Read online at and national. Our aim is to appeal to 2019 Liverpool Beer Festival. Tickets www.merseyale.org.uk both CAMRA members and casual are selling fast so book yours today readers who peruse the magazine to avoid disappointment. Finally, on over a drink in their local. Please let behalf of myself and the Liverpool us know what you think, we and District CAMRA Committee a welcome feedback and are keen to big thank you to everybody who reintroduce our letters page. We are contributed to this issue, either by particularly pleased that one of our submitting articles or adverts. It was local licensees, Tony Murry of the a true team effort and without your Masonic Gardens in Garston has support we would not be able The opinions expressed in MerseyAle are not submitted an article for this issue, I continue to produce our magazine, necessarily those of the Editor, the CAMRA am sure you’ll agree it offers a and promote real ale in Liverpool Ticket on sale now visit: Liverpool Branch or CAMRA Ltd. fascinating insight into the running and beyond. Cover by Dennis Jones after The Man in the of a suburban pub. Hopefully, this Sonia James-Henry Blue Hat 1937 by Fernand Leger will be the first of many such articles Liverpool CAMRA Branch Chair www.LiverpoolBeerFestival.org.uk Fernand Leger Exhibition, Tate Liverpool 23 NOVEMBER 2018 – 17 MARCH 2019 [email protected] 3 THE BEER FESTIVAL VOLUNTEERING EXPERIENCE It’s that time of year again, and your local though it was quite hard work it was so much CAMRA branch is looking for members to work fun, especially the staff party. A great way to at the prestigious, Liverpool Beer Festival. Every - join in and feel part of something! one who volunteers will receive a free t-shirt, will I have now signed up for the Southport and the be able to sample the beers on offer during the next Liverpool Beer Festival, and find it’s a great session they work and will also be given the op - way to get away, meet new people and try new portunity to go on a thank you trip in the experiences, make friends and feel really use - and Districts Spring/Summer. ful. I would say I am so glad I joined and took a Yes, volunteering at a beer festival is hard work, chance, join today and sign up as a volunteer, I particularly if you volunteer for Set Up and Take would be more than happy to give any advice Down, which involves lifting and moving casks and I’m really looking forward to more events.” of beer, but it is also great fun. It is an opportu - Corinne Jones nity to meet new people, to sample some great beer and to fly to flag for real ale in Liverpool. A big thank you to Corinne for sharing her expe - Don’t just take my word for it though, one of our rience and for taking the time to put pen to newer volunteers, Corrine Jones, has written the paper. Stewarding is a job which, year after year, piece below about her CAMRA journey. Corrine we struggle to fill, but as Corinne says this is a enjoyed her experience at our beer festival so role that is enjoyable and rewarding. much she went on to Volunteer at the Great If you are able to help with the festival in any way, British Beer Festival in London: - details of how you can volunteer are on the “The first event I attended was the CAMRA opposite page. Christmas party at the Augustus John in Liver - Our Festival is organised and pool; I was made to feel very welcome and got Sonia James-Henry to know quite a few other members plus it was Staffing Officer a great night. Having spoken to Sonia the run entirely by CAMRA members. Staffing Officer, I asked if I could help out at the Liverpool Beer Festival. I must say I was a bit apprehensive when I first Are you able to help with set up on 16th February or arrived at the Beer Festival, but didn’t need to worry, I was given a tshirt and a meal voucher then introduced to other members that I would take down on 24th February? Or volunteer for any of our be working with and off we went after a quick safety talk. Everyone was friendly, and I was shown the ropes as a steward and found the night went really well, some good conversation public sessions from 21st to 23rd February? with both members and the public. You get to try some of the beers which was a real revela - tion, fantastic beer and food, and I enjoyed it FOR A STAFFING FORM PLEASE SEE OUR WEBSITE www.liverpoolcamra.org.uk all so much I signed up for the Great British Beer Festival. So down to London I went, there I was intro - EMAIL OUR STAFFING OFFICER [email protected] duced to the Foyer team, a bit nervous again but didn’t need to worry, we worked well together and the rest of the team really looked after me, there were buses back to the accommodation OR DOWNLOAD FORM CAMRA organised at the university, and as the others in the team were staying there we went together in the morning, so no getting lost in London. I really didn’t feel lonely at all, and [email protected] 5 White Rat and beers from sporting event is on. The Mallinsons. bar is open Mon-Fri 5:30pm www.vernonarms.net -11:00pm, Sat 12:00 noon - 11:00pm and Sun 12:00 and can be reached by any jazz on Thursday evening. The Old Bank The Valentine Pub & noon-8:00pm. On a recent visit to The Old 82 bus and the 500 bus The Beer Engine Kitchen Bank (301 Aigburth Road which will drop you on Scotch Piper In August, The Beer Engine The Valentine Pub & Kitchen L17) I was encouraged to Aigburth Road or, the 60, 61 There is a new management (ex -Bumper) on Hardman in Aintree Village now sells have a taste of Timothy or 68’s final stop at Aigburth real ale and has been team has taken over at Street opened and we can Jaime Greer and John Bardsley Taylor’s 1858 . It is part of the Vale. the Scotch Piper as of report that they have 3 real awarded Cask Marque new small-batch Taylor in the industry for many November.