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Chairman’s Corner

We can look forward to 2014 with someoptimism, due to actions being undertaken by our ruling masters, which

should be of some benefit to our pubs.

I start with the decision made by the Chancellorto pledge more would be done to help small businesses that pay high business rates. George Osbourne acknowledged that these smallerbusinesses such as pubs, high street shops andcafes have been hit hard by the recession and alsoadmitted that previous efforts had not made animpact on easing their plight. He announced adiscount for the next two years for all retail premises with a rateable value of up to £50,000 anda cap on business rates. He also extended thecurrent small business rate relief provision untilApril 2015. We can only hope his commitment tohelping the pub sector is reinforced by freezingbeer duty in his forthcoming budget. Rememberhe was the one who scrapped the damaging BeerDuty Escalator last year.

Continuing with the “help our pubs” theme, weare intensifying our action to support and securethe reform of the large pubcos beer tie. CAMRAmembers have been lobbying their MPs toconvince Business Minister, Vince Cable thatreforms are desperately needed if we are to have athriving pub sector. After years of broken promisesby the pubcos to reform their pub stock and offertheir licensees a fairer deal, it’s a golden opportunityfor the government to act. All the licensees want isa chance to compete on a level playing field withother non-tied houses. It’s a fact that we have lostmany of our pubs, and many a livelihood, becauseof the unfair practices imposed by the pubcos.

We extend a warm welcome to four of ourmembers who have taken up the vacant positions

on the Branch Committee. Our new MembershipSecretary is Bob Melville who takes over fromSteve Saldana. Steve decided to step down due tohis growing commitment to his Bexar CountyBrewery. Our new Press & Publicity man is MikeBlakesley a ‘new kid on the block’. Changes in hislife meant previous post holder Karl Simpson hadto step down. Dave McLennan has taken overfrom John Rice as our Locale Officer. Dave hassome experience in the licenced trade being an ex-licensee of one of the city’s most popular pubs.We hope that John Rice’s current health problemsimprove over the next few months. Finally,possibly the most challenging position, that ofYoung Members Co-ordinator, has been taken onby Kara Williams. Kara joins a family member whohas been involved in the branch for many years,namely her Dad, Steve. I hope that all of you willgive the utmost support to these people.

To date we have received six or seven nomina-tions for our Gold/ Merit award scheme. We aregoing to be busy this year presenting them! Alsothis year the Peterborough & District Branch arecelebrating the fortieth anniversary of the forma-tion of the branch. We hope to hold a celebratorysocial gathering later in the year.

Finally a big thank you to our members whomade the effort to vote for our POTY (Pub of theYear) and GBG (Good Beer Guide) nominations.We received the highest number of votes for severalyears, which resulted in a very close contest.Congratulations to The Ploughman in Werringtonfor coming out as POTY, with The Ostrich as aclose runner up. The other three pubs all had asimilar number of votes for third place. Thesewere, The Ship in March, The Crown and TheDragon both of which are in Peterborough. All ofthese pubs get automatic consideration for the2015 GBG. We shall be making the presentation toThe Ploughman on Saturday 15th of February at8pm. So if you forget to give your loved one aValentine card the day before, get over to Werringtonand join us in celebrating the pub’s success.

That’s it for now folks David Murray

Branch Chairman.

Simmo ploughs through the POTY This year’s POTY (Pub of The Year), ThePloughman in Werrington, Peterborough hasachieved something of a first. It is only three yearsago that we were presenting the award to the pubas our 2011 POTY. In a closely fought competitionand with the best returns in votes for severalyears, The Ploughman came out top after thethird count. The pub with the least number ofvotes is eliminated and the second choice (if thereis one) on those voting forms are accredited to theleading pubs. This continues until one pub hasreached the minimum of 50% of the votes and isdeclared the winner. Licensee of the pub AndySimmonds also had his brother Stuart of TheDragon, Werrington, as a rival and so it was goingto be an interesting contest. Ironically Andy canthank all the supporters of The Dragon as well ashis own fans for reaching the winning post. Ourcongratulations go to Andy and his team of loyalstaff and of course his supporters. We shall bepresenting the award at a grand ceremony onSaturday 15th of February around 8pm. Comeand give your support!

Whittlesey Straw Bear

With the festivities of Christmas and New Yearbehind us it is back to normality for the pubtrade. That is however, unless you were in theMarket Town of Whittlesey in January! Yes it wasone of my favourite times of the year, The StrawBear Festival.

For those of you who don’t know what it’s allabout here is a little bit of info on the event.“The Straw Bear Festival celebrates the oldFenland plough custom of parading straw bearsaround the town every January.

The custom was revived in 1980 by theWhittlesea Society, and for the first time inseventy years a ‘Straw Bear’ was seen on thestreets accompanied by his attendant keeper,musicians and dancers, about 30 in all. Variouspublic houses were visited around the town asconvenient places for the ‘Bear’ and dancers toperform in front of an audience - with muchneeded refreshment available!

The Bear is constructed in a more practical waynow, the straw being fixed to a suitable garment,the head supported on a metal frame on theshoulders. This arrangement allows the costumeto be removable which is essential as the length ofthe processional route and the time taken necessi-tates two persons ‘driving the bear’. The persondonning the costume is adding something like 5stone to his own weight.

The procession now contains over 250 dancers,musicians and performers from various parts ofthe British Isles performing traditional ‘Molly’,‘Morris’, ‘Clog’ and ‘Sword’ dancing. There is alsoAmerican style ‘Appalachian’ dancing, streetperformances and Mummers plays. A decoratedplough is pulled by 21st century plough boys andis now an established part of the procession.

In 1999 the Straw Bear made friends with aGerman Straw Bear from Walldürn nearFrankfurt, a town that celebrates its own StrawBear Festival on the Monday before ShroveTuesday. Although the festivities begin earlier inthe week, the Saturday is the only day on whichthe ‘Bear’ makes an appearance before the ‘BearBurning’ on the Sunday. This leaves the way openfor a new bear to be created from the next season’sharvest.”

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Three Breweries produced special Straw BearBeer for the festival, these were Oakham, Elgoodsand Tydd Steam. Now most of the pubs celebrateStraw Bear by having extra real ales on offer. A number of the pubs have stillages of beers. I amproud to say I volunteer to work on the Real AleBar at the Letter B. This year we had a LocAlebeer fest with 12 different beers from brewersincluding Elgoods, Tydd Steam, Mile Tree,Digfield, Austendyke, Xtreme Ales and BexarCounty.

A great selection from our Local Brewers whichsold out just after 6pm. Some good news forWhittlesey is that the Bricklayers Arms reopenedat the beginning of January with Greene King IPA,Charles Wells Bombardier and beers from TheStar Brewery. Over the Straw Bear Festival theyhad an Elgood’s stillage with four beers available.

The Straw Bear pub also had a Beer Festival onover the same weekend.

There is some sad news though as the BlackBull Inn on the High Street closed the weekbefore Straw Bear and doesn’t look like reopeningany time soon.

So if you missed the Straw Bear festival this yearor have never been make sure you look out fornext year’s event.

Please let me know if you have any pub news togo in the April / May issue by mid March.

Neil Holmes - Pubs Officer

New Pub in OakhamA pub formerly known as The Griff Inn free house,Northgate, Oakham, re- opened in December2013 as The Three Crowns.

The new owners are The Steamin’ Billy Breweryand this is their 8th Pub. Their beers were origi-nally brewed by Leatherbritches Brewery from1998 until 2000, but demand outgrew capacityand brewing was moved to The Grainstore inOakham. It then moved to the Tower Brewery inBurton from 2008 to 2010 then back to TheGrainstore until March 2013. Beers are nowbrewed by Colin Brown at The Belvoir Brewery inOld Dalby, Belvoir.

During my visit I got a warm welcome fromJeannine Petty and Jeff Fraine and their staff.They had a healthy six guest beers and three

Steamin Billy regulars: Tipsy Fisherman, SteaminBilly Bitter and the increasingly popular 1485.They serve simple lunchtime cobs and traditionalPloughmans every day. Live lunchtime Jazz willfeature soon and they welcome clubs and societiesto use The Three Crowns for meetings. They alsohave a dart board and a super little garden forsummer. Well worth a visit.

Mike Blakesley (Press Officer Peterborough CAMRA)

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CAMRA has launched their national “Pubsand the Economy” campaign which aims topromote the benefits of pubs to the British

economy and encourage more people to use theirlocal during January, which can often be a quietperiod for the industry.

The pub industry employs over half a million peopleand the pub and beer industry adds £19 billion a year tothe UK economy, but the lack of trade in the monthafter the festive season could prove to be the nail in thecoffin for struggling pubs up and down the UK – with26 pubs a week currently closing nationwide.

“Pubs play an important part in the UK economyand need to be protected and supported. The ‘Pubsand the Economy’ campaign does not only call onpeople to use their locals in January, but also high-lights the importance of the pub industry overall andencourages people to support CAMRA’s call for afreeze in Beer Duty in the 2014 budget. This supportcould play an important role in saving many Britishpubs.” Mike Benner, CAMRA Chief Executive.

CAMRA is calling on the Government to freeze beerduty in the 2014 Budget following the unprecedented1p cut in 2013 and scrapping of the much hated beerduty escalator – which added 2% above inflation tobeer tax year-on-year.

To back CAMRA’s call for a freeze in Beer Duty inthe 2014 Budget people should contact their localMP and ask for their support.

“Alongside contacting their MP and asking for afreeze in Beer Duty, the best way people can help thepub industry is to use their local pub during January.Many of us only visit pubs over Christmas but if wewant British pubs, which are such an important partof our economy and way of life, to survive then weneed to support our local all year round.”

CAMRA has issued free promotional packs toaround 7,000 pubs across Britain to help raise theawareness of this important campaign. Included inthe packs are posters featuring real pub staff andlandlords from around the UK, including many suchas licensee Billy Evans of The Derby Arms whoworks tirelessly to keep his great pub open.

“When we took over in June 2013 there was one parttime member of staff, now we have five and wouldlike to employ more, but the current economicclimate doesn’t allow. So we work all hours to try tokeep our heads above water.”

Other pubs, who also feature in the posters, are keento highlight why pubs would love to see more friendlyfaces in January:

“After a manic Christmas period, there’s no bettertime to support your local. Your pub is always openand welcoming through busy and quiet times. We’realways here to lend an ear and would love to hearabout your Christmas. Even if it’s just for a swift pintand one of our black pudding scotch eggs! Whatexcuse do you need?” said Eilidh Ferguson from theRed Lion, Britwell Salome (Oxfordshire).

To find out more about Pubs and the Economymonth visit www.communitypubscampaign.org.uk

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Editor’s RamblingsGreetings! I hope celebrations went well andincluded a visit to your local. We are fortunate inthis area as we do have good pubs selling goodcondition real ale, plus an increasing number ofmicro-breweries. The result of which is a widerange of beers available for the discerning aledrinker! We must make the most of thembecause as I’m sure you are aware not many weeksgo by without news of a pub closure! As thesaying goes “use or lose it !”

As it’s the beginning of a new year it’s a goodtime to try out new ideas for articles. To this endincluded this month is” Meet the Landlord”,which could become an occasional featuredepending on feedback and uptake. What’s stillneeded is your input, what would you like to seein BAE? Come on girls don’t leave it all to themen! Hopefully we will soon start to notice thelengthening of the days and look forward towarmer days and time spent relaxing in pubgardens. That’s rather premature I realise as wehaven’t really had winter yet, wishful thinking onmy part!

CheersJB

Smith’s ofBourne 10 Years inthe GoodBeer Guide

Saturday 9th November 2013 saw a small group ofstalwarts travel to Bourne for presentation toSmith’s of Bourne for being in the Good BeerGuide for ten years. No mean feat! This was myfirst visit to Smiths, but it certainly won’t be thelast! An amazing place and of course excellentbeer. Well worth a visit.

JB

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Bexar County BreweryBexar County continue to produce unusual beersfor discerning beer drinkers both near and far.The brewery has been represented at a number offestivals including Colchester, Cambridge and Ely,with an annual appearance at the Letter B inWhittlesey for the Straw Bear Festival. Over inBrum the well respected Craven Arms hosted aBeer Festival where the brewery had no fewerthan 11 different beers on show! Steve was alsoinvited to work with the Great Food ClubMagazine (a magazine that highlights good foodand drinks in the Midlands see www.greatfood-club.co.uk /mag) to produce a beer to complementsome cheese and nibbles. The result was KaasBier a 6.9% Belgian Strong Pale Ale. There havebeen further collaborations with other like mindedbreweries including Hand Drawn Monkey inHuddersfield where the resulting ‘love child’ was ablond Christmas spiced beer of 3.6%. The beer was suitably christened “GenericallyNamed Christmas Beer”.

Being from San Antonio, Texas (San Antonio isin Bexar County) Steve occasionally visits hisfamily back home and on a Thanksgiving tripback in November he was accompanied by hislong suffering Brewery Liaison Officer SteveWilliams. One of the purposes of the visit was togive a presentation on how to look after real ale toan assembled body of local brewers and barowners. The event went extremely well and as aresult there maybe experimental cask conditionedales appearing in the Lone Star State sooner thanwe thought! A follow up event of bottled beertasting took place in January to expand the knowledge of hotel and catering staff.The beers can be sourced atwww.thealeroom.co.uk

Blue BellIt has been business as usual at the Blue Bellwith Christmas sales of Polypins and bottles

being particularly healthy. Sales are now slowingdown, so Emma is going to take advantage ofwinter slowdown and catch up on some brewerydecoration. Cask sales are steady and sales ofbottle conditioned beers to the Co-op are stilldoing well. No new beers are planned at present.

Castor AlesThis year marks the 5th anniversary of the startof brewing at Castor Ales, though the first brewsdid not emerge until later in the year. Some120,000 pints later Castor Ales is producing at fullcapacity with demand continuing to outstripcapacity, keeping the brewery very busy. Regularbeers continue to be readily available with severalspecials planned throughout the course of the year.

Digfield Ales Recent investments in more barrels and a replace-ment larger delivery vehicle has allowed Digfield to increase brewing frequencies. This also enablesthem to develop their sales area, which nowextends into Northampton and surrounding area.They have noticed there is an increasing numberof local competitors which has risen from 8 whenthey first started brewing in 2004 to 22 inNorthamptonshire alone. Although it makes lifemore difficult for them it allows us drinkers alarger choice.

ElgoodsPlum Porter did well at the Norwich Beer Festivalwinning Gold in its class and overall Silver. Salesover Christmas have been buoyant with Thin Ice4.7% ABV making an appearance over the festiveseason. Straw Beer 4% ABV was brewed for theWhittlesey Straw Bear Festival which took place10/11/12th January. The award winning bottledbeer, Warrior, has now been brewed in cask format 5.5% ABV. This is an English style malty, fruitbeer with a distinctive nutty finish and will beavailable to the trade in January and February.The second brewing of Lambic took place on

12th November and the first batch has now beenput into specially bought French wine casks forageing.

Mile Tree BreweryMile Tree brewery has been having great success atpromoting and selling their range of bottled beersat a number of Christmas Markets in March andWisbech. They are so taken with their successthat they have planned to attend Farmers Marketsand Craft Markets in the region during 2014. Therange of bottle conditioned beers will be increasedas a result of this new area of growth. Richard hasattended a Brewing Skills Development course atBrewlab in Sunderland which has inspired him toproduce some different beer styles on a regularbasis. For those of you who do not know wherethe brewery is, it can be found at the SecretGarden Touring Park in Wisbech St Mary wherehappy campers can enjoy a readily available sourceof excellent ales!

Nene Valley BreweryJacky Rees left the company at the end ofNovember and has been replaced as Sales Directorby John Blythin, who was previously employed byMarston’s at Burton. Business at the BreweryShop was brisk over the festive period with salesup by 50% on 2012. Blond Session Ale (BSA) andStarless and Bible Black Porter both sold out inbottled form, as did all of the 18 pint mini-pins(beer in a box). Sales into pubs was steady but, asis usual in January, it has fallen away since the startof the year. Brewing, however, goes on apace toreplenish the stocks exhausted over the holiday.

Oakham AlesA year in Beer. 2014 sees some significant changesto the brewery’s range of beers from outside thecore range which remains as the ‘famous five’. Thequarterly seasonals see a return of the popularJester’s Ferret at 3.6% ABV for Jan, Feb & March,with new beer Curmudgeon at 4.5% ABV for the

spring quarter whilst the ever popular EndlessSummer at 3.4% ABV surfs its way around thesummer bar tops. Completing the quartet isAsylum at 4.5% ABV.

The quarterly specials or The Aged & Vintagerange sees the year start with another new brewcalled Gangster at 4.9% ABV. The next two quar-ters see a return of two old favourites firstly HelterSkelter at 5% ABV followed by Mompesson’s Goldat 5.2% ABV. Of all the beers that have beenbrewed in the past these are the two I am askedabout the most regarding their availability. So herethey are to savour through the spring and summermonths. Completing the four is a new beer calledNavi at 5.5% ABV.

The Oakadamy of Excellence range sees a wholenew broom sweep through the brew house with sixnew beers available for two monthly spells startingwith Jan /Feb Dolphin Dance 3.7% AVB, Mar/AprDon’t Panic 4.1% ABV, May/Jun Paranoid 5.2%AVB, Jul /Aug Improbability 3.9% AVB, Sept /OctDeep Thought 4.7% AVB & finally Nov/Dec 424.2% AVB. These beers will only be available in theOakadamy outlets so seek out your localOakadamy pub to sample these.

XTREME AlesFounded last year by father and son team Mikeand Neil Holmes, this Fenland based brewery hasalready had success selling to local and nationalbeer festivals. The “Letter B” in Whittlesey hasordered most of their beer to date, with three on atthe recent Straw Bear Festival:Baby Bear 3.3%, Black Bear 4.5%, Plum Porter5.0%

At the time of going to press a new beer is beingbrewed for The Letter B, Pigeon Ale a 4.0% sessionbeer for the locals. We wish the boys all the luckwith their new venture and cannot wait to sampleone or two!

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Question. What do the River Senne west ofBrussels and the River Nene in Wisbech havein common? Answer. SpontaneousFermentation.

Lovers of Belgian beers will be familiar withthe unique beer style known as Lambic,however there is now the intriguing possibility ofan English version, the Cambic! For those notfamiliar with the term Lambic, these beers arebrewed with wild yeasts utilising spontaneousfermentation and are brewed in Belgium, mainlyin the Senne Valley in a semi-rural area knownas the Payottenland, to the west of Brussels.The beers are very tart to the point of sour-

ness and come in several different versions,Lambic, the unblended beer, Gueuze which is ablend of older and younger Lambics. Kriekwhich is Lambic beer with cherries added andFrambozen which is Lambic with raspberries.

What has this got to do with British beer youmay ask? Well, traditional family brewer Elgoodsof Wisbech have recently startled the brewingworld by producing spontaneously fermentedbeers. I was recently invited to the brewery forthe second brewing of Lambic and what a fasci-nating day it turned out to be. A group whichincluded other brewers and beer writers etc.were met by all of the family and staffconcerned. After some refreshments we wereshown around an old subterranean store in thebrewery which it is hoped will be refurbished as the Lambic store. This store wasused as an air raid shelter during the war andwas last used in the nineteen fifties. Asmentioned above, Gueuze is a blend of Lambicbeers of different ages and this is where theLambic beers will be aged. This ageing allowsthe Brettanomyces yeasts that will have impreg-nated the beer to develop the sour but complextastes.

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We were then shown around the brewery byHead Brewer Alan Pateman. We viewed theemptying of the Mash Tun and Alan thenexplained the process and ingredients whichinclude pale ale malt, un-malted wheat and agedStyrian Golding hops of the Savinjski variety.These are not used for bittering but more for theirpreservative qualities. Next we were shown themost important item of equipment used in thespontaneous fermentation process, the Koelschip.

Elgoods used to cool beer in huge open coolingtrays made of copper (see cover photo). Thismethod was discontinued many years ago but thetrays remained in place as a central featurepreserved for tours of the brewery. A koelschip isthe Belgian term for the open fermenting traysused in the brewery to attract wild yeast onto the

wort. The cooling trays at Elgoods, although origi-nally designed for a different use make a perfectKoelschip! Elgoods have also installed huge Oakplanks above the cooling trays. The Oak camefrom a tree which had fallen down in the brewerygardens and had been seasoned for several years.Steam from the process permeates the wood andthis encourages a habitat for the wild yeasts.

Next it was on to the kegging plant where we sawa holding tank used to store the beer after theinitial fermentation. We then viewed the first batchof Lambic brewed earlier in the year being put intoredundant French wine casks bought by thebrewery. These casks will be moved to the under-ground store when it is completed. Thisinvestment in refurbishing the cooling trays,installing oak panels and purchasing wine casksshows that Elgoods are very serious about thisbeer. That is not to say that they are not having

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fun with this project. Following a very pleasantbuffet in the visitor centre we were all summonedto the cooling trays to witness the brew being putin. The atmosphere was one of excitement andanticipation and everyone from the breweryseemed to be there. We were not disappointed.When the hot wort hit the trays the whole areabecame completely shrouded in steam in just acouple of minutes. Nigel Elgood, the companychairman told me that in the old days whencooling the beer the wooden slats around thecooling trays would all be open to disperse thesteam, but initially for Lambic they needed to beshut to impregnate the oak panels with moistureto help with the environment for the yeast. Theslats would then be opened later to allow wildyeasts to enter and sit on the cooling wort.

This was the end of the process as far as wewere concerned so we retired to the visitor centrewhere some very interesting discussions on thewhole project took place. Why on earth brew thistype of beer being one of the main questionsasked! The reasons are varied but are export-ledwith the initial inspiration coming from America.Whether the beers will be left as Lambic orblended into other styles such as Gueuze has yetto be decided and the project is a very long term

one that is in its early days. Onething is certain though and that isElgoods, whilst being very mindful ofits history and traditions, is certainlylooking to do some things differentlyin the future. The Cambic beersfollow on from a range of bottledflavoured wheat beers called QE orQuintessentially English which arenow available from the brewery. These

new innovations complement the more traditionalaspects of the brewery and show Elgoods to beamongst the most progressive of the familybrewers.

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PUB OF THEYEAR 2013

Oakham JHB, Digfield Barnwell Bitter and Shepherd Neame Spitfire on permanently with two changing guest ales from local breweries.

Congratulations to The Ploughman,

Werrington on winning PeterboroughCAMRA Pub of the Year2014 from all of us at the Queens Head, Bulwick

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You might be a rambler or a cyclist, a neighbour, atourist - or just hungry and thirsty – but whether youarrive on foot, by bike or on four wheels, this pretty

stone-built inn offers a welcome that is family friendly,dog-friendly and, quite simply, all-round friendly.

Hi I’m Kara Williams, the new YoungMembers contact and I will be organisinga range of activities throughout the

coming year. So, as you’ve probably never heardof me you may like to know who I am and where Ifit in.

I have worked at the Peterborough Beer Festivalfor the last couple of years in a number of jobsand was bar manager in 2013. As my parents havealways been involved with the festival it wasinevitable I’d end up there as well ! My Mumworks on the glasses stand at beer fest and Dadwas pubs officer, compiling Pub News until lastyear. He seems to have a few different jobs at beerfest, which is all a bit mysterious.

The activities got under way in January, when asmall group of under 30’s braved the cold at theWhittlesey Straw Bear festival. It appears that theidea of the festival is to avoid the Straw Bear andhide in as many pubs as possible! It was nice totry a couple of places I’d never visited before, withHubs Bar on the Market Place being an excellentfirst port of call. I may have to revisit when there

are no crowds! The Letter B was full to burstingas usual, probably due in part to a mini beerfestival that was up and running “out back”. Itwas a superb day and a great first outing for usYoung Members. We’ll definitely repeat the exer-cise next year!

Our next outing will be on Saturday 8th Marchwhen we will be visiting Stamford to try out a fewof the local pubs. If you’ve never had a beer inStamford, I have been assured that there are someexcellent pubs to visit. I’m not quite sure where wewill start off or end up but we will meet atPeterborough railway station at 11.30 for 11.52train.

Keep up to date with what’s going on via ourFacebook page – CAMRA Young MembersPeterborough & District or follow us on Twitter atPboroCAMRAYM. You can email me at [email protected]

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Star’s Bright in DeepingA cold, bright day in January saw me, Daniel Speed, hunting aroundthe industrial parks at the back of Market Deeping searching out theStar Brewing Company, our newest addition to the local micro-brewing fraternity.

After a phone call to one of the two owners, Tom Marriott, I wasdirected to a unit and came across both Tom and Simon Rainesputting the finishing touches to their shiny new brew kit.

This ‘back to roots’ micro brewing is amassive change for Tom, who spent twelveyears working for Molson Coors special-

ising in sales and marketing. Tom is bringing bigbrewing experience and aiming to use it to createboth great ales and great service for the trade.

Tom told me ‘Before I started business withSimon I could have moved from Molson Coors toGlaxo, Heinz or another big company, but as mycareer advanced at Molson Coors I found myselfgetting further and further away from the pub, notto say I wanted to spend my life in the pub, butthat’s why I joined the beer trade in the first place.It was the love of the beer, the social and thecommunity aspect of this business that alwaysappealed to me.’

‘Sitting in meeting rooms, flying spreadsheets allday and worrying about the global price of nickel Ibecame removed from the very things that I lovedand inspired me in the first place, now I’m livingthe dream!’

One day Tom hopes to become a really goodbrewer, for now however, that aspect of the busi-ness lays squarely on the shoulders of ex-UffordAles brewer, Simon Raines.

Since 2012, The Star Brewing Company hadbeen brewing over in Norwich, leasing time fromKevin Tweedy on the Golden Triangle brew kit. I asked if the move was required to increaseproduction, Simon replied ‘Initially there will be noincrease in volume as we only have the one

fermenter, but it was really important to getbrewing locally in order to keep an eye on the beerevery day and not spend so much time driving upand down the A47.’ Tom added ‘It’s important tous to see, smell and regularly check our beer tokeep the quality as high as possible’.

I asked if the move from Norwich has requiredany changes to the recipes to which Simonreplied, ‘The biggest issues to sort out are thewater and the vessels, new equipment does makea difference, they are not just tanks! Our suppliersof hops, malt and yeast will remain the same sothe actual ingredients won’t change.’

‘One major addition is a new hopback which willbe used to add really late-addition hops involumes which we weren’t able to in Norwich, thiswill help to add an extra dimension to our ales.’

Once the brewery set up is complete the firstbrew will be a new beer called Astral and thepalest addition to the range. At 4.2% Tom told me‘It will have a lot of American hop characters andbe predominately brewed with Citra and Cascade.We are aiming to have this on sale at the end ofJanuary.’

When I asked about his hop preference Simonsaid ‘I find American hop varieties lend themselvesvery well to pale beer styles but the cost of addingthem in the volumes the American craft brewersused would be enormously expensive in the UK.’

‘American hops are so expensive as theAmerican market holds on to most of their ownproduct. Some UK growers are trying to bringhybrid versions to this country but its going to taketime and obviously land space is at a premium.’

When asked about any upcoming launch eventsTom told me ‘We are going to have an openingevent but it is in the early planning stage’. Hecontinued, ‘We need to concentrate on getting upand running in the next week as demand is highfor our beers and we are running low on stock’.

I asked if local support had been strong, Tomreplied ‘Local support has been fantastic and

people have been really good to us’. Tom thenshowed me a list of recent Tweets which whichincluded several comments from the best real alepubs in the district giving high praise for Star’swares.

‘It’s crucial to us to build good business relation-ships with our customers, it’s really important tooffer good customer service, from the quality andconsistency of the beer to ordering and delivery.’

I asked both what the future plans for thebrewery would be, Tom replied ‘We want toconcentrate on getting our core range to thehighest quality but within the next twelve monthswe want to get some of our beer in bottles’.Simon added ‘Eventually I would like to offer 15specials and a core range of five regular ales’.

Simon’s final words before I left for home wereprobably the most poignant for me, and showedhis passion for his craft, ‘The key to it (brewing) isyou have to judge yourself and the beer you make.Be your own critic. You have to be happy with it.If you’re happy with the product and it’s as itshould be, then that’s the best you can do. Therest is down to personal preference. You can’tproduce one beer to suit everybody, and that’spart of the appeal cask ale has, everyone isdifferent.’

Having personally tried Comet and Galaxy, thisbrewery is one to look out for. Hunt them out atyour local pub and beer festival soon!

For more information on the brewery and rangeof available beers, check out Facebook: facebook.com/StarBrewingCompany

by Daniel Speed

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I n the ten or so years since I was previouslyMembership Secretary of the Peterborough &District branch, membership of CAMRA

nationally passed 100,000, and is now over 155,000.Membership numbers in this branch have morethan doubled to over 2,700. It is great to see thatinterest in real ale is on the up, contrary to whatsome industry observers try to tell us.

I have some observations regarding the member-ship records.

Do you receive communications from eitherCAMRA HQ or from the branch which has someanomaly in your name or your address? Do youno longer receive email communications when youhave done so previously? Are you paying morethan you need to for your CAMRA subscription?

These are all problems which can be addressedin less than 10 minutes by checking your recordon the CAMRA Membership system. Seeinstructions in the box below.

There are many member records where there isno first name recorded, not even an initial.Several of these, although by no means all, arefemale partners who are shown as Mrs, Miss orMs X.

Have you changed your internet service provider,as so many of us do, and as a result changedemail address? Could this be why you no longerreceive email communications? Has your hometelephone number and/or mobile number changedsince you joined CAMRA?

A cursory glance through the branch recordsshows that there are over 300 members for whomCAMRA does not hold a date of birth. Many ofthese are long-standing members of the Campaignwhose dates of birth were not sought when theyjoined. It could be that they are now approachingthe time of life when an age-related discount could

be applied to their membership subscription. Wewouldn't want you paying more than you need tonow, would we?

Trying to keep membership records up-to-dateis a never-ending task and, although I am familiarwith a significant number of the branch members,the only person who can verify all of your details isyou. Please spend a little time checking, andwhere necessary amending, the information thatCAMRA holds about you.

Bob [email protected]

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To login to the CAMRA national web sitewww.camra.org.uk, please use your member-ship number minus any leading zeros (e.g.001234 would become 1234) and your pass-word (unless you have changed it on aprevious login) which will be your postcodewith uppercase letters and no spaces included(e.g. if your post code is PE1 2AB yourdefault password will be PE12AB). If you havepreviously changed your password and can’tremember what it is, you can reset it athttp://www.camra.org.uk /page.php?id=266.

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On Saturday 16th November 19 of us set off with Mick Slaughter on the 9.15am trainfrom Peterborough to York, then onwards to Scarborough, where we arrived at 11.29am.

Our first ale of the daywas in The Valley Bar,51 Valley Road,Scarborough, whichhad opened up earlyjust for us (so nice). Itis a cellar bar that hasCAMRA Awards onthe wall for NationalCider Pub of the Year,Yorkshire CiderRegional Pub of theYear and also CAMRA Town Pub of the Year, all toits credit. Staff were very friendly and the beer was“on song”. They had Scarborough Stout from The

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Scarborough Brewery which was a very good pintand the Dark Star Hophead went down well.There were also 100 bottled Belgian Beers.Definitely worth another trip, or a visit if staying inScarborough. The tables in the pub are old“Space Invaders” game consuls, but it was such ashame that they were not working, as we couldhave stayed longer and played the game. All in allworth a visit, but ask Les for the short cut route!

Next pub was 100 yards along the road TheCellars, 35-37 Valley Road. I liked this one, theyhad that day started using 1/3 pint glasses andhad just 4 sets to trial. Well we used the 4 sets,they certainly went down well with us. There were8 beers on hand pumps and we tried CameronStrongarm Ruby Red, Monkey Wrench andAmerican Ale. All were good ales in very goodcondition and it was well worth the visit. TheCellars also does hotel accommodation andholiday lets, so look for them on the website ifinterested.

It was a bit of a climb to our next watering hole,up the hill round the corner to the right and thenfurther up the hill. Taxing on the legs so take

care, however you will be rewarded for the climb tofind The Rivelyn Hotel and Real Ale Bar. Theiradvertising showed hand pumps of ScarboroughCascades and Blonde, so it was a little disap-pointing to find only Scarborough Stout availableand that was almost empty!. The brewer wasserving in the pub and had not got a spare, sothose who missed it at the first pub were guttedthat it was off here. They also had American Ale,and to their credit we did get a few samples ofScarborough Stout to try. Once again the staffcould not be faulted. They run a very large estab-lishment of 50 rooms and they serve good beer at£2-50 a pint, which is not bad going. Look it up ifyou want to stay www.rivelynhotel.co.uk or 01723363513.

Last on the morning list was a visit to TheHighlander Bar, 15-16 The Esplanade. We had pre-booked lunches here whilst on the train, at thevery reasonable price of £4.95 or two for £9-00.Other than ale I am very fond of Malt Whiskiesand this bar is renowned for its private collectionof 800, wow! Just a little disappointed to find out

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that they do not serve all 800, but they did have25 on sale. The disappointment was overcome bythe food they served, which was wonderful, hot,very well cooked and well presented. Robertasked that they pass his thanks to the chef as itwas the best fish and chips he had ever tasted. Asfor the beer, we had Wold Top Bitter.

Before lunch Mick went on the nearby Spa CliffLift, one of three in Scarborough, just because hecould and it was running. It cost £1-20 return.Our afternoon started with a train journey on

The North Bay Railway, (miniaturerailway) from Peasholme ParkStation to Scalby Mills stop, andvisited the Old Scalby Mill Pub,which is a two minute walk fromthe train stop. This pub used to bea watermill, with a stream runningby on the seaward side but nothingwas working when we went. Thecost of the return train ticket was £3-50. They hada good selection of beer but the stay here waslimited by return trains, which run every half hour.

In the grounds of Peasholme Park is the smallestpub in Yorkshire, The Boatman’s Tavern which hasenough room inside for 3 customers sitting and 5standing. Sadly it was all locked up as it onlyopens from Easter to September.

We then went to the North Riding Brew Pub,161-163 North Marine Road, the local CAMRATown Pub of the Year and I could see why. I lovedthis place. The beer was just wonderful, and I

drank the North Riding Motueka 4.3% at £2-60 apint, or again you could buy 1/3rds. Other beersbrewed are Peasholme Pale Ale again 4.3% and FatLads Mild 4.5%. You could have left me there forthe rest of the day or all day I would not haveminded. It was dark when we arrived but we weretold that it was situated near to the cricket groundwhere Yorkshire play some of their matches.

With a heavy heart we left and made our way toScholars Bar, 6 Somerset Terrace. This was to bethe meeting place ready for the train home. Whata disappointment! It smelt of cleaning fluid andthe staff where not at all friendly. There was a largeT.V. screen pumping out M.T.V. so loud that withthe wooden floor and very few customers, it justechoed around the pub. My friend had walkedenough, so we had a pint of one of the 5 real alesand sat there waiting for the rest of the group tojoin us. They had gone off to visit Indigo Alley,Leeds Arms and The Spa. They also called in at

Lord Rosebery, a Weatherspoonspub, which they said was good,with a good array of beers, notsaying “Coming soon”! I was sorrythat I had not visited these, as Iwould not recommend ScholarsBar to anyone.

Into each life a little rain mustfall, but the silver lining to ourcloud was that our 20 minuteswait at the York Tap, was

extended due to a late runningtrain, whoopee! We had to wait there for an hour.Well, for those of you that travel north by trainthe York Tap is a welcome resting place for theweary traveller, as they have such a good range ofbeers including Thornbridge Jaipur. What morecould you ask for!

We arrived back in Peterborough sometime after10-00pm and all agreed it was a great day out.Thank you Mick for all your efforts arranging itand I look forward to our next trip.

Roz Fountain

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Old Scalby Mills

The Boatman’s Tavern

DIARY DATESFEBRUARY

Monday 3rd Committee meeting, TheCrown, Lincoln Road. 8.30pm.All branch members welcome, please bringmembership card.

Saturday 15th POTY Presentation. ThePloughman, Werrington. 8pm

MARCH

Monday 3rd Committee meeting, TheSolstice, Northminster. 8.30pm.All branch members welcome, please bringmembership card.

Saturday 8th Cambridgeshire GuidedBusway tripMeet Peterborough Railway Station no laterthan 10am for 10.10 train to Huntingdon.

Return from St Neots by 10.44 at the latest.Cost £6.00 for Cambridgeshire Dayrider and£3 for Super Off Peak return to St Neotswith Groupsave.

Saturday 8th CAMRA Young Members Tripto Stamford, Meet Peterborough Rail Stationat 11.30am for 11.52am train.

BEER FESTIVALS

FEBRUARY

7th - 8th Feb5th Elysian Winter Beer FestivalMaltings, Ship Lane, Ely CB7 4BB66 casks to start, plus reserves. BottledForeign beers and a good selection of cider.Food available at all sessions. Disabledaccess. www.ely-camra.org.uk

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PALMERSTONARMS82 Oundle Rd

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14 Ever-changing, gravity fed real ales Wood burner for winter

Opening Times

Mon - Thurs3-12pm

Fri and Sat12 - midnight

Sun12-11.30pm

QUIZ NIGHT STARTING 16TH FEBEvery Sunday from 7.30pmCash jackpot and a gallon of ale!

VINYL NIGHTBring down your favourite records

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UKELELE NIGHTEvery Thursday from 7.30pm

PHILOSOPHY NIGHTCheck Facebook for next event

LAZY SUNDAYSfrom 3pm

For information on live entertainment go to

Palmerston Arms

FEBRUARYSat 1 - Cool Cat Cry - Iron Horse, Market DeepingSun 2 - Charters Unplugged - Charters, PeterboroughWed 4 - Jayne & Kolz open mic - Pig N Falcon, St NeotsFri 7 - Children Of The Revolution - The SolsticeFri 7 - Loose Rocket - Swiss Cottage, WoodstonSat 8 - Dave Jackson Blues Band - Charters,Peterborough

Sat 8 - Soul Runners - Elm Tree Tavern, PeterboroughSat 8 - The 707 - Ostrich, City CentreSat 8 - Rocket Dogs - Iron Horse, Market DeepingSun 9 - Pennyless - Iron Horse, Market DeepingFri 14 - The Chris Watson Quartet - Brewery Tap,Peterborough

Fri 14 - Frank Cinelli - Charters, PeterboroughFri 14 - Sound Injectors - The Stage, Market Deeping

Sat 15 - Rock ‘N’ Blues - Iron Horse, Market DeepingSat 15 - Children Of The Revolution - Swiss Cottage,Woodston

Sat 15 - Kick Back - Charters, PeterboroughSat 15 - Ramshackle Serenade - Palmerston Arms,Woodston

Sat 15 - Magic of Soul disco - Ivy Leaf Club, WhittleseyFri 21 - Captain Obvious - Swiss Cottage, WoodstonFri 21 - Children Of The Revolution - Charters,Peterborough

Sat 22 - Ain’t Misbehavin - Iron Horse, Market Deeping

MARCHFri 7 - Lavandula – Tap Room £4 all proceeds toBrain Tumour UK - Brewery Tap, PeterboroughFRI 14 - Live Wire - Corn Exchange, Bourne

Please send any details for April / May gigs [email protected].

The Gig Guide

Meet the Landlord

Richard Savage and his wifeKath, have owned the Honest

John Free House on South Park Street, Chatterissince 1987. Richard, who is also the pub’s cook said“I have always loved running the pub and enjoymeeting a wide variety of people in the bar. I loveto cook and also enjoy exploring our range of caskales and Belgian beer. In our time here we havehad over a thousand cask ales. I remember an artcolleague of mine saying that I had the ideal life, astudio above a pub! I love the duality of my work,both so different, the sociability of the pub and thesolitary nature of the artist”.

It is not all beer and skit-tles, Richard’s day starts at8am and finishes at 1.30am every day, six days aweek. He merges the twojobs during the course ofthe day, fitting in artaround the needs of thepub. His art work is hispassion. “I have beendrawing from the time I could hold a pencil. Artis a part of my nature and to a large extent itdefines who I am. I can’t imagine my life withoutart”Richard has been a commercial artist and illus-

trator for more than twenty years and has had astring of credits to his name, close to 100 bookcovers and illustrations in numerous publications.

Richard has never seen a conflict between thetwo businesses but admits that without his wifeKath it simply would not work! A busy but satis-fying life!

Visit Richard and Kath at Honest John, SouthPark Street, Chatteris PE16 6AR

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The next issue of BAE will beavailable on: 20th MarchWe must have your stories,news and advertisements by: 1st MarchLate copy cannot be guaranteed entry.

Please contact Jane MichelsonTel: 01733 211410Mobile: 07732 [email protected] all of your advertising needs.

Neil [email protected] or07886 974977 is alwayslooking for pub news.

Please send stories and othercopy to [email protected]

Beer Around ‘Ere is published by Peterborough &District Branch of CAMRA Copyright © 2014, TheCampaign for Real Ale Ltd.

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Branch CommitteeSecretary: 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]

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Pubs Officer: Neil Holmes07886 [email protected]

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Young Members: Kara [email protected]

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Webmaster: Harry [email protected]

Pub Merit Awards & Gold AwardsDoes your local pub have excellent beer, friendly staff, a great atmosphere/ community spirit, or havethey introduced additional hand pumps? If so nominate them for Gold or Merit Award. The newMerit Award is for pubs that are continuously outstanding, so if you know of a deserving pub withinthe branch area, please complete the form below indicating Gold or Merit Award and post to thesecretary or email nominations to [email protected].

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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, then finished 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 toenjoy dinner with friends or a family celebration. Wehave a self contained function suite which is ideal forparties, 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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