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THE BEER DUTY ESCALATOR IS SCRAPPED

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I finished the last edition of BAE on a bit of agloomy note and said ‘roll on summer forsome cheerier news’. Well the good beer fairy

must have been listening ‘cos we have sun! Theonly cloud that darkened our midst was thefailure of our beloved footie team, Posh, to stayup in the Championship league. Just meanswe’ve got to do it all again, and gain promotionfor a record third time after the drop.

Oh, we did have some good news. Our vigorous campaign last year to persuade theGovernment to scrap the duty escalator on beerwas a huge success and must be one of themost satisfying results by far from CAMRA. Ofcourse, it does not mean beer tax or duty willnot increase in the future, but it does ease thepressure on our pubs for the moment. Somedevious pub companies put up their beer pricesbefore the budget in anticipation of a taxincrease. Did they reduce them when noincreases were implemented - nah. A few brewersand pub operators have in fact cut the price ofbeer due to the penny cut in beer tax. Othershave simply not increased the price.

We are in the middle of our local beer festivalseason with several of the usual pubs holdingtheir annual or seasonal festivals. I’m not goingto mention any one in particular, to avoid beingslated for a non-appearance at any of them, (I managed to get to two or three). I can onlyrepeat again that I’m still amazed that any pubthinking of holding a beer festival does not adver-tise it around the area. Recently I was informedof one pub organising a beer festival that theyhad not even advertised in the pub a few daysbefore the event! No effort in running a pubnormally means few customers, so I hope thepub’s festival went well.

Since our last edition we have seen a smallincrease in pubs being nominated for awards inrecognition of their efforts towards CAMRAaims. Please put any pub forward that you thinkdeserves our attention by filling in the form inthis issue. Only CAMRA members can nomi-nate pubs. We will then check the credentials ofthe pub to see if it’s a worthy nominee. We havepresented two awards so far this year, to TheOstrich in North St. Peterborough city centreand The Ploughman in Werrington. Awards werealso presented to The Hand & Heart in Millfieldand The Coalheavers Arms in Fletton forachieving ten years consistent entries in TheGood Beer Guide.

Within this issue there is a tribute to one ofthe founding members of the PeterboroughBranch of CAMRA. Gilbert Cole sadly passedaway in March this year a short time after his84th birthday. Many licensees around the areaknew Gilbert as well as many other discerningdrinkers. I have been entrusted with a certainamount of memorabilia that Gilbert hadcollected over many years. Good Beer Guides,brewers booklets, and several copies of What’sBrewing going back over thirty years. Anyoneinterested in these or several other items cancontact me. Only a small donation to the charityof Gilbert’s choice is required for any item.

In our next issue we will be highlighting theannual Peterborough Beer Festival which againtakes place on The Embankment. Note thedates! Tuesday 20th August to Saturday 24th.Volunteers wishing to help should sign at ourweb-site to secure their place. Forms will be sentout in the next few weeks. New and youngvolunteers are always welcome. Let’s hope thesun shines on us again!

CheersDavid Murray, Branch Chairman

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April was CAMRA’s Community PubsMonth and what better way to take partas a branch than to have a Community

Pub Crawl. Being Pubs Officer I was handed thetask of putting a plan together to take in some ofPeterborough’s best community pubs.

After some deliberation I decided on using theCiti 1 bus route as a starting point taking in aNorth to South route. So on a sunny AprilSaturday afternoon a few of us met in theDrapers Arms for a spot of breakfast and, more importantly, to see what beer festival beerswere on.

The Wetherspoon’s beer festival was held in theearly part of April for thee and a half weeks. I believe the Drapers Arms went through all ofthe 50 festival beers twice and ended up 7thoverall in the country for beer sales, so well doneto Chris and the Team. The College Arms alsoheld the beerfest at the same time and it waspleasing to see an improvement on last yearsefforts, which was reflected in the numbers, withan increase of 33% beer sales from the last festival.There was also a benefit for CAMRA memberswith the College Arms running two Wednesdaysof CAMRA discounts. Members received a 50pdiscount off a pint for just showing a validmembership card, showing it pays to be aCAMRA member. So with efforts of the DrapersArms, College Arms and the George Hotel inWhittlesey, I am pleased to say I tried all 50festival beers over the three weeks.

Anyway back to the Community Pub Crawl,leaving the Drapers we met up with some othermembers at Queensgate Bus Station to catch theNumber 1 bus to the first official pub on theCrawl. Heading north we were soon at ThePloughman Pub in Werrington, recentlypresented with a CAMRA Gold Award. There wemet up with some more members taking the totalup to 10. A big thank you Andy Simmonds whoprovided complementary bacon rolls for ourparty. Andy had 8 real ales for us to try and allwere in top condition, so much so we stayed a bitlonger than planned. (Since our visit the Pub hashad 4 more pumps installed taking it up to 10permanent hand pulls)

On to the next pub, which was not on the orig-inal plan, but very worthy ofa visit, The Dragon also inWerrington, a few stopsnorth on the bus. Here wewere welcomed to some veryinteresting beer including acollaboration beer betweenCharles Wells and Americanbrewer Dogfish Head.

Back on the bus and a short ride to the Crownon Lincoln Road. Here were greeted to someexcellent local real ales and some complementarybar snacks as well. The Crown is currentlyrunning a Loyalty Card scheme where, when you

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Neil Holmes - Pubs Officer, working at the Hand andHeart Beer Festival

Some of the range at the Ploughman, Werrington

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buy 6 pints, you will get the 7th free. They alsoheld a LocAle beer festival over the EasterWeekend which went down very well and on theMay bank holiday they held a Super CiderFestival with over 25 different ciders. A pub verymuch on the up!

It was a mad dash to catch the next bus, withgood pace being shown by the Secretary andLocAle officer to just board in time. A few stopsdown Lincoln Road and we were at the Hand &Heart. We were given a warm welcome by Bram& Sue and a fantastic range of 10+ real ales. A few more members joined us at this point. In April, The Hand & Heart held its annual StGeorge’s Beer Festival. As always this was a verypopular event with many new and rare beers onshow. In total over 50 beers were on offer and Ieven managed to do a stint behind the festival barserving beer instead of drinking it !

Back on the Number 1 bus in to town and tothe recent CAMRA Gold Award winning pub,The Ostrich. Here we were just in time to watchthe Grand National. The pub was pretty busywith people enjoying the afternoon sunshine.Five different real ales on offer. The Ostrich is stilloffering Peterborough CAMRA members thechance to get their Discount Cards. Call in andask for details.

Next was a slight change of plan and we headedout on the number 3 bus to the Woolpack inStanground, which was meant to be the last pubon the crawl. Here we were welcomed by threehand pumps and the Church End Hop Gun was

very nice. The Woolpack also held a YorkshireBeer Festival over the first May bank holiday with10 beers available. A great little fest, and for oncethe weather was great!

As we left the Woolpack and headed up to thebus stop we were in-between buses and sothought we would have a quick look in theCarpenters Arms, Stanground. The pub nowhas three real ales thanks to a new hand pumprecently installed. Two Oakhams and a GreeneKing beer were on offer on our visit.

Back to the bus stop and after a quick ride onthe number Five bus we were at the CoalheaversArms. Eight superb beers greeted us here, fourMiltons and four guest ales. Unfortunately we didlose one member of the party here but won’t gointo too many details, lets just say don’t try tokeep up with the Vice-chair. The Coalies alsoheld their Beer Festival in May and what a fest itwas. 50+ beers available over the weekend. Thisalso included a CAMRA 10 Year Good BeerGuide Award.

A nice stroll across the park and we were at thelast, but no means least, pub of the day. ThePalmerston Arms with its real ales servedstraight from the cask. Here we were greeted to 12different beers which was a very good way to endthe day.

So, all in all, a very good day was had by all thatattended. We ended up doing 10 of Peterborough’sbest Community Pubs. Thank you to all whoattended and to all the pubs who accommodatedus over the course of the day.

Our intrepid pub crawlers in the Crown, Lincoln Rd

Tom Beran receiving his 10 Year’s in the Good BeerGuide Award.

Other News

Only One Eye OpenThe village of Eye is now down to one pub as theRed Lion has closed. This leaves the Blue Boarthe only pub in the village. The Blue Boar is aGrade 2 listed building with wood panelled inte-rior, and is a member of Oakham Ales Oakademyof Excellence.

The Spinning Wheel at Baston, closed byCharles Wells since last year, has been bought bya local and is to reopen as the White Horse. TheLimetree, Paston has closed. Black Swan, Facethas stopped serving real ale due to lack ofdemand.

The Ship, Chatteris The pub formerly tradedas Walk The Dog (a Punch outlet) and closed forbusiness in 2009. The building lay empty for twoyears suffering water damage when internal pipesfroze and then burst. The pub reopened inAugust 2012 its name reverting to The Ship in thecapable hands of Tracy and David Linley. It is adrink only outlet and has London Pride, GK IPAand GK IPA Reserve as core products with oneguest ale on most of the time. Its been confirmedthat The Fox at Folksworth has now closed. Thisis owned by a small pub company called OakTaverns who own eight pubs around the EastAnglia area. The Office, on Oundle Road hasclosed.

The George and Angel, Crowland hasreopened but Ye Olde Bridge Inn has closedsuddenly after being re-opened less than sixmonths - will someone else take on this pub?

The Solstice, Northminster Rd is holding it’sfirst real ale and cider festival on 20th - 24th June.CAMRA Members will receive the great offer of£2.50 for any pint of real ale over the festival. Sotake your membership card down and soak upsome sun in the SolGarden!

If anybody has any pub news they would like toshare please feel free to send it to me.

Neil Holmes - Pubs OfficerEmail: [email protected]

The Beer DutyEscalator

On the afternoon of 20th March during the 2013Budget speech the Chancellor said those words wehave all been waiting for: “We will now scrap thebeer duty escalator altogether”. He even went onestep further and cut beer duty by 1p a pint – whichwill mean that pubs won’t need to increase theirprices this year. The Chancellor was very clear in hisspeech that he is scrapping the Escalator becauseof the incredible campaign by people like you overthe past year – so on behalf of CAMRA, thank youfor helping us get here!

Our campaign to Scrap The Beer Duty Escalatorstarted just after the 2012 Budget. You, ourmembers have been fantastic in the way you havesupported our E-Petition which secured almost109,000 signatures and in turn forced aParliamentary Debate. The next step in thecampaign came with the Mass Lobby Day on12:12:12 and you continued this campaigning effortby meeting with your MPs to demand the Escalatorbe scrapped right up to the Budget. Over 8,000 ofyou have written to your MP this year calling for afair deal for beer and pubs.

Your determination and dedication to theCampaign has shone through in many ways, and Iam so proud of what we have achieved – the firstcut in beer duty since the 1970s.

Let’s not lose sight of the fact that there will beother taxation threats to pubs, clubs and beer, butwe will rise to those challenges and fight them to thebest of our ability. Please accept this as a personalthank you for the help and continued support youhave given to this Campaign; we couldn’t have doneit without you!

Best wishes.Jackie Parker

CAMRA Director - Beer Tax Campaign

SCRAPPED

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Brewery NewsMelbournMelbourn still produces just the four fruit beers,but has increased production due to a largerorder than normal from the USA. About 90% ofall production goes to the USA.

Hopshackle Brewery - Market DeepingNigel is planning to install another fermentingvessel into the brewery. This will boost production by increasing brewing days to 6 timesa month. The Tobie Norris, St. Pauls Street,Stamford is doing a ‘Hopshackle Week’ Checkout the selection of beers available!

“Double Momentum” 7% abv has been enteredin the Champion Beer of Britain. “Restoration”9% ABV came first in the East Anglian bottledbeer competition and now goes forward for thejudging of Champion Bottled Beer of Britain.

Hopshackle Beers are available at CambridgeCAMRA Beer Festival, Newark CAMRA BeerFestival, and also The Bourne Round Table BeerFestival.

Oakham AlesIntroducing Oaple - English Apple Traditional CiderOakham Ales is working with Warwickshire basedHogan’s Cider and Stocks Farm in Worcestershireto create a new, all English apple cider called‘Oaple’. The name is derived from the merging ofthe words ‘Oakham’ and ‘Apple’.

The launch is a result of John Bryan, Oakham’ sProduction Director, visiting British Hopproducer, Stocks Farm, where he learned that theBramley orchard was under threat. Sadly, withthe decline of home baking, the apples were goingto waste. So, no apple pies, means apples can bemade into pints instead.

Bramley Apple trees are close to John’s heart asthey were an integral part of his childhood whengrowing up in Cambridge. He had thought of

creating a cider for several yearsand the imminent risk of theBramley orchard provided acompelling reason to do so.

New Oaple has a 5.8%A.B.V. and is one hundredper cent English. Made fromEnglish cider apples with a hint offreshly pressed Bramleys, Oakham is producing10,000 litres of Oaple which will be available fromMay 2013.

John Bryan says “Oaple is a medium dry ciderstarting with a slightly tart apple flavour leading toa full bodied and deliciously fruity taste”.

Adrian Posnett, Oakham Ales ManagingDirector says: “Oaple is a completely newproduct for us and the timing is right. Not onlydoes it taste great, but knowing that we havehelped support an English orchard and hopproducer makes it all the better”.

International Brewing Awards name OakhamAles Green Devil IPA ‘Champion Cask Ale’Oakham Ales Green Devil IPA has been namedChampion Cask Ale at The International BrewingAwards 2013.

More than 400 people attended the celebration,among them many of the brewers and cidermakers from all over the world who had enteredthe competition.

Adrian Posnett, Managing Director of OakhamAles commented: “To be awarded ChampionCask Ale for Green Devil IPA, in competitionwith 25 countries is fantastic news for theBrewery team, especially as this beer wonSupreme Champion at another high profilenational beer event last year.”

Green Devil IPA has an A.B.V of 6%. It has afantastic hop harvest aroma with tropical fruit

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bursting through. Starting with smooth and fruitypassion fruit, pineapple and mango the beer laterdevelops into lemon, limes and a citrusy bitter-ness. Green Devil IPA finishes with a crisprefreshing dry aftertaste.

Nene Valley Brewery BLO Report I attended the brewery’s last Beer of the MonthClub meeting on 14th March accompanied byMick Lane, Sue Peck, as chauffeur, and SteveSaldana. There were 8 beers on including two newbeers, both at 3.8%, JLB (Jim’s Little Brother, aweaker version of JIP) and LRB (named afterbrewer Dick’s dog but I forget exactly what theinitials stand for). All were very good, especiallythe mild (MLD), and with a local band having ajamming session upstairs, it was a fine evening.The brewery website now has the facility forpeople to sign up for the Beer of the Month Cluband be kept informed of what’s going on by email.

Head of Sales, Jacky Rees, made a fleeting visiton the night but I was able to catch up with herfor a more in depth discussion at the Draper’sArms on Thursday 4th April.

Brewing frequency has increased to meetdemand from the trade. Obviously Jacky’sappointment is already showing benefits. JLB and

SPA are now available to pubs, with MLD to beavailable for the month of May.

There was a Knees Up at the Brewery on 29thand 30th March with 10 beers, an organic BBQ,and live music from the Woodberrys, theMalingers and Split Whiskers. Despite the foulweather on Saturday 30th there were 18 teamsentered in the canoe/bike race, a turnout whichwas extremely pleasing for the brewery. Anotherexperimental beer, a very pale Australian-stylebrew, was available in bottles for the weekend. It isnot known whether OZP will be available in thefuture.

Elgoods BLO ReportDouble Dog Strong Mild at 6.5% is beingproduced for April. The April seasonal beer isGoatbusters. A 4.5% Peach flavoured beer. Thiswill be followed by Saturday Night Beaver, a paleGold 4.5% beer in May.

Pictured (l-r): John Bryan, Oakham Ales ProductionDirector receives the Champion Cask Ale Trophy at theInternational Brewing Awards 2013 from Rob Willock,group editor, of trade publication, Publican's MorningAdvertiser. continued overleaf

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Thursday 9th May sees Roger Protz giving aTutored Beer tasting evening at the Brewery. Thisis a charity event in support of the local Hospiceand is ticket only. Ticket numbers are limited andare available from [email protected] price will be in the region of £15.00

There will be a trial commencing next week of atraditional Irish Stout brewed by Elgoods and asyet unnammed. The beer will be a keg beer andwill be trialled at the Blue Bell, Dogsthorpe, theBlue Bell Werrington and the Hare and Houndsin Wisbech.

Finally there is some startling news with theBrewery producing a trial Lambic beer using theOld Cooling Trays as a Koelchip. This is the firsttime that this equipment has been used for manyyears. See the photo on Twitter. Hopefully therewill be much more to this story in the fullness oftime.

Tydd Steam BLO ReportWhite Rabbit was a success and will be re-appearing in time for the Cambridge BeerFestival. Beers are also being sent to the forth-coming Bury St Edmunds Beer Festival. On thesales front Will will be supplying all of the caskbeers at the various events being held atSandringham over the summer with his beersbeing on sale at last weeks Craft & Food Fair.

Sales have been very good with a recent batch ofCock Mild selling out in a week. There is still nofurther news on expansion plans but recent highlevels of sales will certainly add to the pressure forexpansion.

Digfield Ales Brewery ReportThe brewery has enjoyed good business in thefirst quarter of 2013.

They were represented at the Leicester BeerFestival with three of their ales Shaklebush,March Hare and the P.B.F. special for 2012,Tipple. All of which were went down well with thefestival goers.

During March they were visited by thePeterborough Conservative Club Members. (See separate article on page 29).

Castor AlesCastor Ales brewed a mild for May and called itCastorware after the brown pottery the Romansmade 2000 years ago in the lower Nene Valley inthe industrial suburbs of Durobrivae, close toCastor. The pottery has been found all over theRoman Empire. A festival special has beenbrewed for the 40th Cambridge Beer Festival asingle hopped premium bitter using Galaxy hopsand called Life Begins At..Coincidentally it is alsothe 60th anniversary of Crick and Watsonunlocking the secret of life with their discovery ofDNA and announcing the fact and celebratingwith a few pints at the Eagle pub Cambridge.One very well-studied organism is Saccharomycescerevisiae- brewer’s yeast. The gene adh1 is theprotein which takes sugar and converts it toalcohol and carbon dioxide.

Attila the Stockbroker, the performance poetvisited the brewery in April. As a Brighton andHove Albion fan he wanted to know where CraigMack-Ale was brewed. He later saw Posh draw 0-0 with Brighton and the rest is history....Atilla hada pint or two and performed a couple of poems.

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It was with very much sadness that we learnt ofthe passing away of one of our branch foundingmembers, Gilbert Cole, at the end of March.

I first met Gilbert some years ago in the Old Stillpub, in what was then Cumbergate. He was justone of many who frequented the pub to samplethe real ale that was sold there. I also rememberhim being at the very early Peterborough BeerFestivals held at the Rugby Club in Fengate. In1985 I eventually joined CAMRA at The Wirrinawhere the PBF had moved to. At the time I hadnot realised that Gilbert was a very active memberof the organisation, and had been one of thefounding members of the Peterborough Branch inthe 1970s.

In 1988 I myself became more involved with thePeterborough Branch and started to attend theirmonthly meetings when time and work allowed. Inthose days Gilbert held the post of MembershipSecretary. I got to know Gilbert a lot more and wasalways fascinated by his wealth of knowledge ofour local pubs. Listening to his tales of the pubs -many from a bygone age, convinced me that hewas certainly the top man on knowledge of pubswithin a twenty-five mile radius of the city. Hewould hop on a bus that travelled out of the city,get off at some remote stop and trek a mile ormore to the pub of his choosing. This would oftenbe to support the pub’s annual beer festival ormaybe to deliver some copies of this bi-monthly newsletter.

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When Gilbert made his reports to the branchmeetings, we could often guarantee some humourwithin his report. He took his position asMembership Secretary very seriously and wouldtravel around the city and beyond knocking ondoors to remind the resident that their member-ship had lapsed and did he/she wish to renew it.

He illustrated the phrase ’lapsed member’ toperfection. On one occasion that I recall he wasmaking his report about a lapsed member. “Iknocked on the door of the house and a middleaged lady came to answer my knock. I enquiredwhether the gentleman in question was at home,as he was now a lapsed member of CAMRA“.

“I’m not surprised’, she said, ‘as he’s been deadfor two years!” Apparently Gilbert did not fullycomprehend what the lady had said as he thenreported, “I told her that if he changed his mindto get in touch with us.” On another occasion theoccupier of another house told him “if you findout where the -------- is let me know” It was comingto the point where we had to ask Gilbert to ceasegoing round knocking on doors, due to thepossible repercussions he may have endured.

After Gilbert stepped down from theMembership Secretary’s position, he continued tobe involved with the PBF, working on the glassesstand until only a few years ago. He alsocontinued to deliver the BAE newsletter toseveral pubs around the city and even out oftown. His knowledge and fondness for a good pint

of ale in a welcoming pub was one of his greatpleasures and, he was well known by manylicensees around the area. His other pleasure wasin rambling (walking) and he was a keen memberof the local Ramblers Club. This he alsocontinued up until his health deteriorated and hewas unable to pursue that task. Many of hisrambling colleagues would remark that wheneverGilbert was on one of their walks ’we always founda good pub for a break’ wherever we went to.

His other great interest that only a few peopleknew was he was a tegestologist, a beer matcollector. His collection of beer mats of which heaccumulated over 9000 from around the worldwas due to the fact he was indeed one of theearliest members of the society.

I can only sum up Gilbert as I and many otherssaw him - a character and a gentleman. He will besorely missed.

David Murray

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“ I enquired whether thegentleman in question was athome, as he was now a lapsedmember of CAMRA”. “I’m notsurprised”, she said, “as he’sbeen dead for two years!”

CAMRA LocAle is the Accreditation scheme thatpromotes Pubs and Clubs that sell locally-brewed Real Ale.

The 2013 Update is now complete and thefollowing are the latest to join.The Crown, Lincoln Road, Peterborough.The Carpenters Arms, Stanground.Georges, March.Golden Pheasant, Etton.Straw Bear, Whittlesey.

A full list of LocAle Pubs And Clubs can beViewed on the Peterborough Camra Website here:www.peterborough-camra.org.uk/index.php?module=locale&func=main.

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The latest instalment of the Coalies questfor beer perfection took us back toLondon. I don’t think we found the

perfect pint but we may have found the perfectpub. More about that later. After doing a dry runa few weeks before ( actually it was quite wet ), Iwasn’t too sure what people would make of pubnumber 1 which was Tap East in the newStratford shopping centre near the Olympic park,and I mean it is right in the middle of this huge,new centre. It is obviously very new and shinyand is basically a shop unit but it already has agood atmosphere and everyone really liked it. It ishome to the Tap East brewery which you can seethrough the large windows and you can witnessthe whole brew process if you are there on a brewday. There are always 3 of their own beers on and3 guest beers and the 150 or so pump clips onthe walls show that they are getting through anawful lot of beers. They have only been goingabout 18 months or so. A very good start and Ineedn’t have worried about the crew liking it, infact we liked it so much there, we had anotherpint.

There were 16 of us on the trip which made itperfect for the 4 for 2 group save tickets. £12 eachfor return trip to London including all bus, under-ground and overground journeys. Good value andwe used the overground a lot.

Pub number two was actually a club, The Leyton Orient Supporters Club which wasjust one stop away and as sporting venue bars go,this was definitely one of the best. The club only

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opens on match days and for occasional specialevents so it’s worth going early as it soon fills upwith the footie fans. Six beers are usually availableand three ciders and the beers were very good.Can’t remember what else they had on as I lostmy notes and am trying to do it from memory 6weeks later. If ever you are in this locale when amatch is on it really is a must. The beers weregood, relatively cheap for London and the clubhas dozens of CAMRA and other beer relatedawards adorning their walls.

Back to Stratford now to pick up the over-ground for one stop to Hackney Wick for pubnumber three, The Crate. This place is quiteunusual. It is a refurbed print factory on fairlyderelict ground next to a canal and the theme isone of re-cycling with lights made from mattresssprings and sofas made from sack cloths. Againthis pub houses its own brewery, strangelyenough called The Crate Brewery. All the beershere are their own with a best bitter, a stout,something else and a strong IPA and also a kegversion of the IPA which was tasty as hell. Behindthe bar there is a large pizzeria and the smell from

the cooking pizzas was almost too much. Time tomove on.

Next pub was just one stop again on the over-ground to Hackney central and a five minute walkto The Pembury Tavern which is a sister pub toThe Coalheavers, only much, much bigger. It is anold Victorian gin palace type pub with a long barwith 16 hand pumps. The beers on offer here arevery similar to the beers at The Coalies but a bitmore expensive and slightly inferior quality. I putthis down to the superior cellarmanship at The

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Coalies. Nevertheless, if you are in Hackney, go toThe Pembury because when you leave it’s only asix or seven minute walk to The Cock Tavern,home to The Howling Hops brewery. Can youspot the theme yet? At the start of this article Imentioned the perfect pub, well, this is verypossibly it, in my opinion anyway though after thetrip everyone said it was the best pub of the day.The Cock is an old Truman house which, Ibelieve, was closed for a while but re-opened quiterecently. The beers available were a mixture oftheir own super hoppy beers, Brodies from justup the road and a couple of others all served inold fashioned dimpled jugs. Also on offer wereeight ciders and eight key-keg type beers, all ofwhich were quite strong but really nice. I don’tknow what peoples opinions are on these kegtype beers, I’m sure the beer purists disapprove,but they are popping up all over the place. They

tend to be quite expensive but very tasty. Westayed here for an hour or so as it difficult toleave. But leave we did and got back on the over-ground to Gospel Oak.

A 3 to 4 minute walk from the station and youarrive at The Southampton Arms, a great littlepub, and it is little but had 10 beers on and half adozen ciders. As I said earlier, I mislaid my notesand by now things were getting a little hazy andthat’s where the memory starts to fail and so Ihave no idea what beers were on but they weregood, and to prove it we had another one. It is asmall place but has a nice outdoor area and again

was reasonably priced. No brewery at this onethough.

We had time for one more pub and it was to beThe Pineapple, supposedly five or six minuteswalk away. At the start of the trip I issuedeveryone with a list of pubs and directions in caseanyone got lost and also post codes so thatanyone with maps on their phone could find thepubs. Unfortunately the small group I was withcompletely forgot to use this function and didn’tfind The Pineapple, though others did. They toldme it was very good and is worth visiting.

Arriving back at Kings Cross we had about 40minutes to kill before our train so we were forcedto go into the Parcelyard on the station. This is afantastic looking place, very big with loads of littlenooks and crannies and always busy even thoughbeers are £4 a pint and are all Fullers and Gales,though very well kept. This pub is definitely wortha look if you have time to kill but do not leaveyour beer unattended. One of our crew, TexasSteve foolishly left his beer on the bar for about60 seconds while grabbing a glimpse of the rugbyon TV. He came back and his beer was gone andthe staff would not give him another. Apparently,if you want to leave your beer for more than half aminute you have to tell a staff member and theywill put a dirty beermat over it, thereby making itsafe. That was the only downside to the day, so,on the whole a great day was had by all. Lookingforward to the next trip.

Dave Botton

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Proper beer in proper glasses at The Cock Tavern

Leading the way with seven different exampleswere the Five Horseshoes at Barholm, the Hareand Hounds at Greatford and Smith’s in Bourne.Real ale was on offer in all but two of the 17 pubsvisited - The Burghley Arms and the ‘Red’, inBourne town centre, have both flirted with thereal stuff in recent months, but none were avail-able on our visit. Surprisingly perhaps, only threereal ciders were evident, and no Milds at all (isn’tthis ‘Mild Month?’). Less surprisingly thecheapest pint on offer was Sam Smith’s OldBrewery bitter in the Golden Lion at just £1.80!

The full list is as follows in order of amount ofReal Ales on offer:

ONEAnchor, Bourne - Marston’s EPAGolden Lion, Bourne - Samuel Smith Old Brewery

TWOFirkin, BourneMarston’s Pedigree, Wychwood Hobgoblin

Five Bells, Edenham St Austell Trelawny, St Austell TributeMason’s Arms, BourneCourage Directors, Caledonian Deuchars

THREEBaskervilles, BastonOakham JHB, Fullers London Pride, TimothyTaylor LandlordJubilee, BourneHook Norton Old Hooky, Castlerock Harvest Pale,Oakham Bishop’s FarewellHorseshoe, ThurlbyJennings Cumberland, Ringwood 49’er, Banks’s Bitter

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A snap survey of pubs in the Bourne areaon the weekend of May 11th and 12threvealed a variety of no less than 42different real ales and ciders on offer !

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Six Real Ales with four on rotation

3 Ciders • 2 Lagers • Fine Wine & Spiritslarge beer garden • Pool room

Opening Times open from 4pm week days

1pm saturday and 12pm sundays

Tel: 01778 560238 Barholm, Stamford, Lincs PE9 4RA

A Traditional Ale House with an open fire

freshly madepizza’s cooked in an authenticwood fired pizza ovenevery Friday from

5.30-10pm

Live Music2-6pm

BBQ available during live events

2nd June One Eyed Cats

9th June T.J. Country

21st July One Eyed Cats

26th August BBQ from

Groovy Foods from Toft2pm-6pm

Matt and Emma welcome you to the

Nag’s Head, BourneExmoor Hound Dog, Hook Norton Lion, Thatcher’sHeritage (Cider)Six Bells, Witham-on-the HillBlack Sheep Bitter, Draught Bass, Greene King AbbotToft House Hotel, ToftGreene King Abbot, Sharps Doombar, Everards TigerWaggon & Horses, LangtoftAdnams Broadside, Hop Back Summer Lightning,Brakspear Bitter

FOURSugar Mill, BourneMarston’s Pedigree, Wychwood Hobgoblin, JenningsCumberland, Marston’s EPAWishing Well, DykeGreene King Abbot, Greene King IPA, Cottage DelticGold, Tom Woods Bitter

SEVENFive Horseshoes, BarholmOakham JHB, Adnams Southwold, SharpsDoombar, Elland 1872 Porter, Burton Bridge Skyfall,Springhead Roaring Meg, Weston’s TraditionalScrumpy (Cider)Hare & Hounds, GreatfordDraught Bass, Adnams Broadside, Oakham JHB,Grainstore Ten Fifty, Abbeydale Absolution, Roosters

Fort Smith, Fullers London PrideSmith’s BourneGreene King Abbot, Adnams Southwold, OakhamGreen Devil, Skinners Splendid Tackle, CastlerockHarvest Pale, Oakham Bishop’s Farewell, BroadoakMoonshine (Cider)

On the festival front the Bourne Festival will beheld on the weekend of May 31 to June 2. A goodselection of live music throughout the weekend isaccompanied by 75 real ales and 25 ciders.

Up the road at Grimsthorpe Castle, up to10,000 people are expected at this year’s musicfestival on August Bank Holiday Monday (26th).Only launched two years ago the event alreadyhas a chequered history in that the 2011 event wasa ‘dry’ event for those who didn’t have the fore-sight to bring their own beer, and the 2012 eventwas…err… slightly wetter and didn’t survive thesummer deluge! For 2013, however, we’re promisedthe first Grimsthorpe Beer Festival featuring‘the very best real ale from Lincolnshire’s microbreweries’ along with five music stages and a hostof other attractions.

See www.grimsthorpefestival.com for details

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25 North Street Bourne, Lincolnshire PE10 9AE Tel: 01778 426819 www.smithsofbourne.co.uk

Summer Beer Festivalfrom 5pm Thurs 11th to Sun 14th July20+ Real Ales and Real Cider available,

Live Music all weekendSunday 14th: Charity Family Fun Day and BBQ from 2.30pm

Smith’s is Bourne’s leading pub for real ales with six handpumps and fresh meals served lunch times and evenings

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MPs and Lords raise a glass to CAMRA’ssuccesses at Parliamentary ReceptionOn the 24th April, CAMRA held our annualParliamentary Reception. The event was attendedby Jo Swinson, Minister for EmploymentRelations and Consumer Affairs; CommunityPubs Minister Brandon Lewis; Andrew Griffiths ,Chair of the All Party Parliamentary BeerGroup; Secretary of State for Communities andLocal Government, Eric Pickles.

Opened by a speech from CAMRA’s NationalChairman Colin Valentine, MPs in the room werethanked for lobbying the Chancellor of theExchequer in an effort to abolish the beer dutyescalator.Secretary of State Eric Pickles took to the floor,

describing pub culture as Britain’s equivalent toEuropean cafe culture in a fantastic speech:

“This is a game changer. CAMRA’s decision togo for the registration of 300 pubs this year isambitious but achievable, and then next year, andthe year after - once they’re registered it changesthe whole nature of the game. It’s demonstratedthat it is within the grasp of communities to beable to do that. I understand that you want tosee changes in the law, in planning, but let memake clear, this is a big changer - local authoritiesalready have a power through a thing called article

four to be able to ensure that the change of usefrom pub to supermarket, or to doctors surgeriesor to solicitors can be stopped. Don’t wait forthings to happen, use the power that this gives.

“To CAMRA, you have my support, you havemy desire to see British pubs go from strength tostrength – and with the consultation [on PubCos]you’ve seen that we’re not just prepared to talk-the-talk, we’re prepared to make a difference, andwe’re doing it not just to be nice to your fineorganisation, but because we recognise that theBritish pub is integral to British life.”Greg Mulholland, Chair of the All Party

Parliamentary Save the Pub Group was awardedCAMRA’s prestigious Parliamentarian of the Yearaward for the continued support he has givenCAMRA’s campaigns.

Acknowledging this, Greg told the audience “I’vebeen a CAMRA member longer than I’ve been amember of any other organisation, including mypolitical party”. He also announced thatCommunity Pubs Minister Brandon Lewis hadrecently joined CAMRA as a fully paid upmember. Expressing his delight at CAMRA’smost recent win regarding the beer duty escalator,Greg adapted a well known political phrase, tellingthe audience “It was CAMRA what won it.”

The event was also attended by manyconstituency MPs and members of CAMRA’sNational Executive. A number of guest ales fromacross the country were on offer for parliamentar-ians to sample during the evening, includingWesterham Brewery’s Spirit of Kent and RudgateBrewery’s Ruby Mild.

CAMRA NEWS

Expressing his delight atCAMRA’s most recent winregarding the beer duty esca-lator, Greg adapted a wellknown political phrased, tellingthe audience “It was CAMRAwhat won it.”

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Real traditional ale house in the heart of the city

North Street, behind Westgate House, Peterborough Tel: 01733 746370www.facebook.com/ostrichinn

5 Regularly Rotating AlesOpening Times :- Sunday to Thursday 12noon - 11pm

Friday to Saturday 11am - 1.30am

Live Music Fridays and Saturdays - ring or check facebook for details!

IN THE CAMRAGOOD BEERGUIDE 2013

Peterborough

CAMRA

GOLD AWARD

WINNER 2013

We have a very real opportunity to save the GreatBritish Pub and we need you to get involved.

The Government backed beer and pubs in therecent Budget by abandoning plans for a beerduty hike and instead cutting beer duty for thefirst time in over 50 years. They arenow building on their support for pubs by takingon the large pub companies who are exploitingpub licensees and putting the future of thousandsof pubs at risk.

The fundamental problem is that the large pubcompanies are taking more than is reasonablefrom the profits of each pub– so licensees andpub goers alike suffer. A fair deal will result in theaverage tied pub being £4,000 better off annually.

The Pubco ModelAround a third of pubs in the UK are owned bylarge Pub Companies – property companies wholease pubs out to tenants to run as their ownbusiness. These pubs are contractually obliged tobuy their beer only from the Pubco preventingpub licensees buying on the open market – this isknown as the beer tie.

Pubcos make huge excess profits by using thebeer tie to force licensees and ultimately theconsumer to pay high prices. Licensees can payat least 50% more for beer than a free-of-tiepublican. Alongside this pubco licensees oftenfind themselves paying above market value rentsand have no independent adjudicator to settledisputes.

Time for ReformThe Government is now proposing a package ofmeasures to deliver a fair deal for local pubs, with:

A powerful new Code and a Watchdog to stopabuses by big pub companies

A new choice for licensees to opt out of restric-tive tied agreements and just pay a fair marketrent to their pubco

Fair rents and beer prices for tied publicans,allowing them to thrive

Pub companies with fewer than 500 pubs will beexempt from these proposals but must abide by aseparate voluntary code.

If we succeed with this campaign we can expectbetter pubs, fairer prices and fewer pub closures.

Get InvolvedYour support in getting us this far really has madeall the difference. However, the battle isn’t wonyet and we now need to ensure the Governmentsees its plans through. To make the most of thisopportunity there are three things you can doright now:

Ensure your voice is heard by taking fiveminutes to take part in the Government’s pubcoreform survey

Help build the case for reform by sending inyour own submission to the consultation. There’sideas on what you could say on the campaign’swebsite

Sign up to be a Fair Deal for Your LocalCampaign Supporter to hear more about thecampaign and how you can get involved.

You have until 14th June to take part.

www.fairdealforyourlocal.com

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JUNESaturday 1st Mighty Micro's 2 departingthe Brewery Tap at 11am and returning at7pm. The trip will consist of visits toCastor, Digfield and Nene Valley breweries.Cost £8.00

Tuesday 4th June Branch CommitteeMeeting, The Soltice 8.30 pm.

Thursday 20th - Monday 24th JuneSummer Beer Festival at the Solstice,Peterborough. CAMRA Members discounton ale all weekend. Call the pub on 01733560231 for details

Tuesday 25th June PBF Open Meeting Brewery Tap 8.30 pm.

Friday 28th Elgoods Brewery visit and B-B-Q. Depart the Brewery Tap at 6pm andreturn by 11pm. Cost £7. 00We are also doing a Cambridge Busway PubCrawl trip on Saturday 27th July, Pleasecheck web site for further details.

JULYThurs 4th - Sun 7th July The Ploughman,Wwerrington - Fund Raising Beer Festival,59+ ales and cider.

Friday 5th - Sunday 7th July Summer BeerFestival at the Blue Boar, Eye. 12 ales avail-able and live music.

Friday 4th - Monday 15th July Pig n Hogfestival at the Pig n Falcon, St Neots

Monday 8th July Branch Committee Meeting at The JohnClare, 8-30 PM.

Thursday 11th - Sunday 14th July SummerBeer Festival at Smith’s of Bourne. 20+ realales and cider. Live music all weekend.

Tues 30th July - Sun 4th August Beer Festival at Blue Bell, Belmesthorpe 15 real ales

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8th - 11th August 2013

50+ Ales, Craft Keg,Ciders & Perries

Food served all day

Live Music

Foundry Road, Stamford, Lincolnshire PE9 2PPt. 01780 755141 w. jollybrewer.com

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Pub Merit Awards & Gold AwardsThe committee feel that pubs outside of Peterborough are missing out on Gold Awards and so theyhave introduced a new Merit Award for pubs that are continuously outstanding. If you know of a pubin our area that deserves a Merit Award or Gold Award then please complete the following form andsend it to our Secretary.

Pub name:

Pub address/town/village:

Reason for award:

Your name:

Your phone number or e-mail address:

Your membership number:

Freehouse

London Street, Whittlesey PE7 1BH Tel: 01733 351001

3 Cask Ale pumps with at least 1

LocAle and others from far and wide

Food served every day • Sunday CarveryFunction rooms available to hire for all occasions

Quiz Night every Wednesday 8.30pm start

FATHERS DAY 16TH JUNE3 Course Carvery

Lunch £11.95includes gifts for all fathers!

On a freezing cold evening in March, 26 membersand partners of the Peterborough ConservativeClub visited Digfield Ales for a brewery tour.

Situated (in a nearly secret location) just off theA605, Digfield Ales does not often play host totours so the plucky visitors were not to bedeterred by the threat of snow or the prospect of -2 degree temperatures inside the brewery.

In the event, beer was set up (Fool’s Nook andShacklebush), heaters were brought in and aninformative and stimulating narrative was providedby Paul and Michael. Many questions wereanswered and there was plenty of opportunity forextended discussion and beer sampling with thisgroup of genuine enthusiasts. The party thenadjourned to Barnwell’s Montagu Arms. All visi-tors (and brewers!) agreed that the evening hadbeen a great success. Digfield Ales would like tothank Noel Ryland and those who came along.

A change of Jane Our present editor of BAE recently gave us noticethat she would be unable to continue with thetask of editing the newsletter, due to work andstudy commitments. Oh no! Bring out the worrybeads again. When any position within the branchcommittee becomes vacant I am usually resignedto begging, pleading or threatening un-mention-able things to get a replacement. But even beforewe’ve had to do any of that along comes anotherJane who has agreed to test the water so to speak.For Jane Flew read Jane Brown. Jane B. willshadow Jane F. for the next edition and make sureshe’s alert to the procedure. She will then takeover after the PBF as our new editor.

I can only convey our grateful thanks to JaneFlew for her help in supporting our campaign byediting the newsletter. I’m sure we will still see bothJanes at the PBF this year.

Con Club Descendson Digfield

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29 Scotgate, Stamford Tel: 01780 753 598

Established in 1796 as one of the ORIGINAL Stamford Ale Houseswith a large beer garden, providing accommodation with free WI-FI.

Serving eight real ales and six real ciders

We also host two annual beer festivals in April and September.

Live Music events - please call for more information

LUNCH TIME FOOD NOW SERVED SEVEN DAYS A WEEK

Monday - Saturday 12-3pm Sunday 12 - 4pmOne Course £8.00 • Two Courses £10.00 • Three Courses £12.00

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JUNE1st June - Grounded - Straw Bear, Whittlesey2nd June - Open Mic ‘n’ Jam - Brewery Tap, CityCentre2nd June - The Dizzy Miss Lizzy’s - Charters, TownBridge4th June - Rocket Jump - Charters, Town Bridge7th June - Drag Act with Glitter Lips - Pam Catz &Aunty Tilly - Cross Keys, Woodston7th June - Lavandula - Brewery Tap, City Centre

7th June - Symptom - Charters, Town Bridge7th June - Female Vocalist - Cross Keys, Woodston7th June - Be Bop a Lulas - The Carpenters Arms,Stanground9th June - Joe Solo - Palmerston Arms, Woodston9th June - 4pm, Alex Chapman - Woolpack,Stanground9th June - The One Eyed Cats - Charters, TownBridge14th June - Ghost Repeaters - Pig N Falcon, St Neots14th June - Joe Driscoll Live - Brewery Tap, CityCentre15th June - New Generation Crash and Burn -Straw Bear, Whittlesey15th June - Gone to the Dogs - Club, Kings Cliffe15th June - Be Bop a Lulas - Palmerston Arms, Woodston14th June - The Kurmjun - Pig N Falcon, St Neots16th June - The High Rollers - Charters, Town Bridge20th June - Becky/Disco - Straw Bear, Whittlesey21st June - Male Vocalist - Shane Pool - Cross Keys,Woodston21st June - Grounded - Charters, Town Bridge22nd June - Junk Yard Rats - Pig N Falcon, St Neots23rd June - Millionaires - Charters, Town Bridge

28th June - Rock Night with Soulweaver - CrossKeys, Woodston28th June - Intruders - Pig N Falcon, St Neots28th June - Grumpy Old Men - Charters, Town Bridge28th June Magnifique - Brewery Tap, City Centre29th June - Eddie Mason & the Disciples- Pig N Falcon, St Neots30th June - Children of the Revolution - Charters,Town Bridge

JULY5th July - Ramshackle Serenade - Crown, Lincoln Rd5th July - Peterborough Alternative Night - CrossKeys, Woodston6th July - Rocket Dogs - Straw Bear, Whittlesey6th July - Be Bop a Lulas - Ebeneezers, Woodston12th July - One Nation - Cross Keys, Woodston14th June - Ramshackle Serenade - Cock Inn,Werrington19th July - Be Bop a Lulas - Cock Inn, Werrington19th July - The Guards - Cross Keys, Woodston20th July - Be Bop a Lulas - Palmerston Arms, Woodston26th July - Faye & The Desert Dancers - CrossKeys, Woodston

REGULAR EVENTSCharters Unplugged takes place on the firstMonday of every month, hosted by Bon Rogers-White and featuring a guest artist. Also at ChartersPint of Poetry & A Dash of Drama remain onevery 2nd Wednesday.

Send any details for August /September gigs [email protected] before 10th JulyIt’s FREE to list your gigs here!

Rhythmand Booze

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34 | Community Pubs Month Awards

Peterborough CAMRA used the opportunityof Community Pubs month to recognise threeof the city’s top pubs with an award for theircommitment to real ale.The Ostrich was presented with a Gold Award ata ceremony which took place on 28th March. Thepub, formally known as Bogarts, has beenpopular with real ale drinkers for many years.Under the stewardship of Liam Scanlon theOstrich has gone from strength to strength. Theaward, presented by branch chairman, DaveMurray, was for reviving a good range of ales to apopular City pub. Regular visitors to the Ostrichwill of course point out the irony that Liam’susual tipple is a pint of lager. Being a CAMRAnight however we weren’t going to let that

go unnoticed hence one of the conditions of theaward was for Liam to drink a (full !) pint of ale.This he dutifully did before declaring “it wasn’tbad ... actually”. We certainly thought so as weenjoyed a memorable night of good beer ahead ofthe long Easter weekend.

The Ploughman was presented with its secondGold award on 18th April following on from itsprevious success in 2011 as the Pub of the Year.Since then the landlord, Andy Simmonds, hasmade the Ploughman into an even better pub. He has introduced even more hand pumps - thereare now ten in total - giving drinkers an evengreater choice of beers and the beer quality isconsistently excellent.

Awards

Liam Scanlon receives his award from Branch ChairmanDavid Murray.

Andy Simmonds wins the Gold again for Werrington

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Being a proud Werringtonian Andy embraces thespirit of the local community and this isobvious as soon as you enter the premises andtalk to the many regulars who use the pub. Part ofthe pub is even designated for the "CommunityTearooms" which he introduced last year. Charityfund-raising events are another big feature at thePloughman as over the year the pub has helpedto raise thousands for good causes. Presenting the award Mike Lane said that the

Ploughman represented “a true community pubinvolving all aspects of the community and adiverse range of activities...and demonstratedcommitment to promote real ale and local ale.” All this despite the many, well documented, issueswith Tesco’s over the last few years (for more infor-mation see www.savetheploughman.com). Afterreceiving the award a delighted Andy announcedhe was going to “run his legs off” to try andachieve the POTY.

The accolade of 10 consecutive years in theGood Beer Guide was awarded to the Hand &Heart on 23rd April at a special event which alsocoincided with their St Georges Beer Festival anda £2000 cheque presentation to Help for Heroes.Amazingly the pub has appeared in every editionof the annual CAMRA Good Beer Guide since1991, with the notable exception of 2003 due totemporary closure. This latest run marks thesecond 10 year award in the pub’s history and is atestament to the hard work and dedication ofBram and Sue and of the popularity of the Hand& Heart amongst its many loyal customers.

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Bram and Sue with their well deserved award

Sunday quiz EVERY week at 9pmCash prizes for winners

& chocolate for the losers!!!!

Award winning village local in historic Castor. Close to the Nene Valley Railway & Ferry Meadows.Serves 5 guest ales & real cider. Walker & dog friendly. Home cooked food lunchtime & midweek evenings

The Prince of Wales FeathersCastor, Peterborough Tel: 01733 380222

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Beautiful traditional stone built oak-beamedpub just 2 miles from Stamford

FIVE Real Ales including Summer Lightning, DraughtBass, Greene King IPA + guests from Oakham Ales

and Abbeydale and a Old Rosie Cider

Open Monday 6-11pm Tues-Thurs 12-2.30pm and 6-11pm (Friday from 5pm) Sat/Sun OPEN ALL DAY

Extensive menu of good value home cooked foodserved at lunchtimes. 12-1.30pm and evenings 6.45-8.30pm – advance booking advisable!

2 course Sunday lunch – just £7.95 Pensioners Lunch £4.95 on Thursdays 12-1.30pmAmple Car parking – popular with walkers – park up,

pre-order lunch or dinner and enjoy the countryside!

Shepherd’s Walk, Belmesthorpe, Stamford, Lincs PE9 4JG Tel 01780 753081

Beer Festival - Tuesday 30th July to Sunday 4th August • 15 REAL ALES

Rutland

CAMRA

Pub of the Year

Runner up 2012

Rutland

CAMRA

Pub of the Season

Winter 2011

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The Cherry Tree9 - 11 Oundle Road,

Peterborough PE2 9PB

Tel: 01733 703495

FOUR Real Ales available includingOakham Inferno,Timothy Tayor

Landlord and two changing guest ales.

OPEN ALL DAY EVERYDAY

Traditional Meals

Served Mon - Thurs and Sundays

Private Function room holds up to 40 people

Ideal for small meetings, weddings and parties

Covered Smoking Area

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38 | Contact Details

The next issue of BAE will beavailable on: 25th JulyWe must have your stories,news and advertisements by: 8th JulyLate copy cannot be guaranteed entry.

Please contact Chris Shilling01778 421550Mobile: 07736 635 916 or Jane Michelson01778 420888Mobile: 07732 [email protected] all of your advertising needs.

Neil [email protected] or 07886 974977 isalways looking for pub news.

Please send stories and othercopy to [email protected]

Beer Around ‘Ere is published by Peterborough &District Branch of CAMRA Copyright © 2013, TheCampaign for Real Ale Ltd.

Views or comments expressedin this publication may not necessarily be those of theEditor or of CAMRA.

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Editor: Jane [email protected]

Distribution: David Murray(See Chairman on the left)

Advertising: Jane Michelson01778 420888Mobile: 07732 [email protected]

Magazine & AdvertisingProduction: Daniel Speed01733 [email protected]

Proofreader: Bob MelvilleSee details below

Brewery Liaison Officers

Blue Bell: John Hunt07923 489917Bexar County Brewery:Steve Williams07756 066503Castor Ales: Mike Lane07850 334203Digfield: Dave Waller07821 912605Elgoods: John Hunt07923 489917Hopshackle: Noel Ryland07944 869656Melbourn: Lew Clayton01780 765063Nene Valley: Bob Melville07941 246693Oakham Ales: Dave Allett07966 344417Tydd Steam: John Hunt07923 489917

Trading Standards08545 040506www.consumerdirect.gov.uk

Check out our websites at:www.real-ale.org.ukwww.beer-fest.org.uk

Branch Committee

Secretary: Dickie Bird4 Cissbury Ring,WerringtonPeterborough, PE4 6QH01733 574226 (tel & fax)07731 993896 [email protected]

Chairman: David Murray01733 [email protected]

Treasurer: Paul Beecham01733 31198107710 0086930870 7620848 (fax)[email protected]

Vice Chair: Matthew Mace07809 [email protected]

Social Sec: John Hunt07923 [email protected]

Pubs Officer: Neil Holmes07886 [email protected]

Press Officer: Karl Simpson07737 [email protected]

Young Members: Katie Barrett07951 [email protected]

Membership: Steve Saldana07988 [email protected]

Festival Org: Mike Lane07850 [email protected]

LocAle Officer: John Rice07759 [email protected]

Webmaster: Harry [email protected]

A great welcome awaits you at The Farmers, Yaxley. We are famous for our fresh vegetables and great carverymeats, succulent and served with all the trimmings, thenfinished off with a tantalising hot or cold dessert!

Check out our lunch time grill menus and our ever changing specials boards. Put it all together with three fine cask ales and you have the perfect place to enjoy dinner with friends or a family celebration. We have a self contained function suite which is ideal for parties,weddings and all of life’s celebrations.

So if you’ve not been before give us a try and you’ll bepleasantly surprised.

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