Branch Events February BARREL Wed 2 nd Branch Meeting 8pm Winchester Gate Sat 12 th Minibus to Netherhampton, Barford, Chicksgrove Wed 16 th Wilton Crawl 8.10 R3 bus New Canal, ORGAN 8.30 Wheatsheaf, 9 Greyhound, 9.30 Bell, 10 Bear March Salisbury & South Wiltshire Campaign for Real Ale Wed 2 nd Branch Meeting 8pm Wyndham Arms February - March 2011 Circulation 1600 FREE Newsletter Sat 19 th Minibus to Hampton Inn, Hurdcott, Winterbourne, Porton, Pheasant 3 Gastro Bistro 0 Idmiston That is the Real Ale score for the pub in Salt rd Wed 23 City Crawl 8 G&D, 8.30 Avon Brewery Lane which for some time was a Real Ale free 9 Haunch of Venison, 9.30 Ox Row, 10 Cathedral pub-restaurant and which we are delighted to see returned to a traditional Pub. Alex has Socials contact Jill 01722 330445 turned it around to a welcoming pub to visit More details about events on www.salisburycamra.org.uk just for a drink or where you can enjoy good Items for Barrel Organ [email protected] 01722 333839 pub food. We visited the Pheasant on our city crawl in January and found the three real ales - Hop SALISBURY RUGBY CLUB Back GFB, Ringwood Best and Ringwood Stonehenge Ales Fortyniner in very good condition. The Old Mill We also visited Qudos who also had 3 ales including some Downton New BEER FESTIVAL Netheravon Forest Ale. It is good to see a choice of real ales at a place majoring on music. 01980 670631 Cornwall was represented in Conrans with St Austell Tribute and Sharps Fri & Sat Doom Bar while the Five Bells with Wickwar BOB had the most unusual for Salisbury beer of the evening. We all agreed it was an evening of quality ales. 6th & 7th May Regular Beers Spire Ale 3.8% Hop Back Entire Stout 7pm to Midnight Pigswill 4.0% Supreme Champion Winter Beer of Britain Heel Stone 4.3% Local brewers Hop Back are celebrating their Entire Stout being Great Bustard 4.8% crowned Supreme Champion Winter Beer by judges at the 16 Real Ales Danish Dynamite 5.0% CAMRA National Winter Ales Festival in Manchester in January. Ciders & Cheese To get to the final list of 35 beers for the judging panel at the National Festival the beer went through a selection process Seasonal Beers Old Smokey 5% (Jan - Feb) which included voting by local CAMRA members and tasting by Tickets £5-00 panels of judges at regional beer festivals. On winning this Sign of Spring 4.6% (Mar - May) from Great Dane 4.6% (June - July) competition the beer is automatically entered into the final of the Champion Eye-Opener 4.5% (Aug - Sept) Beer of Britain competition which is judged at the Great British Beer Festival. Salisbury Rugby Club Bodyline 4.3% (Nov) Steve Wright Director and head brewer at Hop Back: "This is obviously fantastic news! Entire Stout has been a very successful Telephone (01722) 325317 Rudolph 5.0% (Dec) beer for the brewery in both draught and bottle-conditioned form and to win this national CAMRA award will only encourage more real ale lovers to give it The views expressed in this Newsletter are not necessarily those of the Editor, CAMRA or a try. We now look forward to Champion Beer of Britain competition in Salisbury & South Wiltshire Branch of CAMRA. © Salisbury & South Wiltshire Branch 02/11. August." Printed by Speedyprint Salisbury (01722) 413222 Government green light for supermarkets to keep selling Salisbury Arts Centre booze at pocket-money prices Rotary COGS By setting the proposed price for a unit of alcohol at the cost of VAT and DUTY Salisbury CAMRA the government is still allowing supermarkets to sell alcoholic drinks at less bring you than the cost of producing it. It has long been recognised that cheap supermarket drink is contributing to the closure of so many pubs. BEEREX 31 CAMRA, the Campaign for Real Ale has expressed regret at the Government's failure to Fri & Sat 17th & 18th June 2011 ban the sale of alcohol below cost. The Government are instead banning the sale of alcohol at below excise duty and VAT which is just 47p a pint. This will have virtually no Book the Date impact on the rock-bottom prices of beer in supermarkets and will do nothing to alleviate the pressure on pubs where the price of a pint is frequently over £3 per pint. www.salisburyartscentre.co.uk CAMRA has long been campaigning for a ban on below cost sales of alcohol, Love Real Ale? which was a clear manifesto commitment of both the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats. However, for any ban to have a meaningful impact it is vital Love your Local Pub? that the cost of alcohol production is factored in, which for beer will produce a Discounts at Beer Festivals floor price of around 40p a unit - double what is being proposed. "It is a blow to pub goers that with pub prices often over £3 a pint the Government have All reasons to join CAMRA the decided to give the green light to the supermarkets to charge as little as 47 pence a most successful consumer cam- pint." paigns organisation ever! "The Government appear all too ready to impose higher costs and regulations Can 119,715 people be wrong on well-run community pubs but are prepared to turn a blind eye to the www.camra.org.uk irresponsible attitude towards alcohol expressed by the supermarkets." So Why all the Crawls??? The Rai d’Or, THE VILLAGE We try our best to get around all of the pubs in our area - it’s tough but it has to FREE HOUSE 69 Brown St, be done…! Salisbury SP1 2AS With our monthly minibus trips into the country pubs and crawls of Salisbury Wilton Rd - Salisbury Tel. 01722 327137 and places we can get to on public transport mid week we do get everywhere. We also try to keep in touch with our pubs via this newsletter and the person (01722) 329707 Historic freehouse dating from 1292, now a who delivers it to you. cosy pub with a relaxed bar bistro Selection of Quality Cask Ales We prepared for Christmas with a tour of Downton working from the Wooden atmosphere. Reasonably priced Thai food is Spoon to the Bull. We had TEA (from Hogsback brewery) in the Wooden spoon Downton Quadhop served 5.30 –10.30 but book a table as the pub is often full mid-evening although and a choice of Wadworth 6X and Ringwood Best in the Kings Head. The Timothy Taylor Landlord White Horse had a choice of 4 beers including excellent Hop Back Summer bookings can usually be made on the day. Early and late evenings usually don’t need Lightning. The Bull sadly only had Ringwood Best on offer. Three Changing Guest Ales Our main Christmas crawl was of all 8 pubs in Salisbury Centre in the Good including an ever present booking but it is still best to call ahead. There is always room for drinkers at the bar Beer Guide. My favourite beers were Cheriton Porter in the Winchester Gate, Mild, Stout or Porter (enjoy the CAMRA discount if you stay for Ginger Stout in the Wyndham Arms, Batemans Rosey Nosey in the Anchor & Hope, Andwell Gold Muddler in the Rai D’Or and Downton Chocolate Orange A Friendly Welcome Awaits You more than one pint). We specialise in local microbrewed ales including Downton, Delight in the Village Freehouse. We also visited the Royal George, Deacons Salisbury & Sth Wilts CAMRA Stonehenge and Bowman. Dark Star is also and Kings Head. Pub of the Year 2001 & 2004 regularly on. If you want to guarantee a Now we are ready for another year of getting to our pubs and it’s fair to say we table mid-evening just for a drink, call ahead are nowadays rarely disappointed with the real ale quality. and tell us your requirements. If you want to join us on a crawl just turn up or for a minibus trip you can Open 12:00 - 12:00 Daily Open Mon-Sat 5-11 p.m. contact Jill - see the back cover for details. Government green light for supermarkets to keep selling Salisbury Arts Centre booze at pocket-money prices Rotary COGS By setting the proposed price for a unit of alcohol at the cost of VAT and DUTY Salisbury CAMRA the government is still allowing supermarkets to sell alcoholic drinks at less bring you than the cost of producing it. It has long been recognised that cheap supermarket drink is contributing to the closure of so many pubs. BEEREX 31 CAMRA, the Campaign for Real Ale has expressed regret at the Government's failure to Fri & Sat 17th & 18th June 2011 ban the sale of alcohol below cost. The Government are instead banning the sale of alcohol at below excise duty and VAT which is just 47p a pint. This will have virtually no Book the Date impact on the rock-bottom prices of beer in supermarkets and will do nothing to alleviate the pressure on pubs where the price of a pint is frequently over £3 per pint. www.salisburyartscentre.co.uk CAMRA has long been campaigning for a ban on below cost sales of alcohol, Love Real Ale? which was a clear manifesto commitment of both the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats. However, for any ban to have a meaningful impact it is vital Love your Local Pub? that the cost of alcohol production is factored in, which for beer will produce a Discounts at Beer Festivals floor price of around 40p a unit - double what is being proposed.