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Issue 173 | October / November 2013

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The fences are all down, the stillage hasgone and the road-way all lifted. With thenext showers of rain that fall the grass will

revive to a healthy looking green. So ends yetanother great Peterborough Beer Festival. We hadthe sunniest and warmest festival for over nineyears but, with a sting in the tail, the irritating rainon the Saturday afternoon and evening. In spiteof that we managed to attract over three thou-sand more people than last year. All the statsabout the festival are in this issue on page 14 and15. It just remains for me to extend a great appre-ciation and thank you to all our volunteers, whoonce again made the festival still one of the city’spremier events of the year.

As if we needed any proof that real ale is themost successful sector of the UK beer market, wecan back that up with the fact of the membershipof CAMRA has now topped the 150,000 mark.This has grown steadily since 2003 when our totalmembership was 65,000. The number of drinkersnow trying real ale is over 50 per cent with women(34 per cent) the largest increase.

On the 23rd September CAMRA will launchWhatPub to the public on a new web sitewhatpub.com in which they can access details ofpubs within a specific area. There are currently35,800 pubs that serve real ale on WhatPub. This is far more than any other on-line guide.CAMRA branches have provided full details forover 21,000 of these pubs which include details ofbeers, opening hours, pub description plusfeatures and facilities. This number will increase intime as branches survey and provide more detailsof pubs in their area.

The launch of WhatPub has coincided withchallenging people in Britain to celebrate ournational drink during Cask Ale Week which runs

from 27th September - 6th October. Pubs arebeing urged to involve their CAMRA branch in anevent and get cask ale drinkers to “introduce afriend” through sampling or promotions. Alsothroughout October pubs are being asked toimpress on customers the important role thatlocals play on people’s lives, as part of CAMRA’scampaign to raise the profile of pub-going.

Our congratulations go out to the EllandBrewery in West Yorkshire for achieving thecoveted Champion Beer of Britain prize at theGreat British Beer Festival, just a week before ourown PBF. So what, I hear you say – well, we dohave a connection, our current Branch Secretary,Dickie Bird, is an Elland Brewery Director. Sowell done to him and his team.

We would like to give a welcome to all of the newmembers who joined CAMRA at the PBF thisyear. We would like to encourage you to become‘active’ within our branch. Delivering BAE to afew pubs, updating WhatPub data or volunteeringto help at next year’s PBF, these are just a few ofthe helpful things you might consider. Ourmonthly branch committee meetings welcome anymembers who wish to attend. Venues arepublished in each issue of this tome and on theweb site.

Finally, as the nights close in, a visit to the localfor a good pint of ale can disperse the wintergloom. Buying just one extra pint a month couldmake the growth of the British brewing industry areality after years of decline. The pub is a far morevulnerable than other sectors of the leisure industrybut, it wouldn’t take much to tip the scales theother way.

CheersDavid Murray - Branch Chairman.

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So the Peterborough Beer Fest is over foranother year and what a Fest! It was greatto meet up with so many of our Local

Landlords and listen to how things are going andwhat plans they have for the future.

One thing about the Festival that got peopletalking was the opening times. Should it stay openall day? Should it shut? Speaking to many of thecity’s Landlords the Festival was a great successfor them, bringing people in to the pubs when theFestival shut. Which can only be a good thing!

The Peacock on London Road has had a majorfacelift and is looking fantastic. One real ale isusually available and is normally Sharp’s DoomBar.

The Ram in Whittlesey has also under gone afacelift and is looking splendid. Two real ales arenormally available.

Staying in Whittlesey, in August, the GeorgeHotel held a very successful Woodforde’s “meet thebrewer” event and beer festival. This is just one of “meet the brewer” events the pub has seen andlong may they continue.

Great news for Stuart, landlord at The Vine inCoates. The pub is now officially a free househaving been signed over from Charles Wells withthe backing of a private investor. The pub is toundergo a £50k refurbishment and will continueto sell four real ales Bombardier, Golden Newt,plus two changing beers. A new website has beencreated www.vinefreehouse.wordpress.com

The Drapers Arms continues to break newrecords. Not only is it currently theWetherspoon’s Real Ale Pub of the Year, itrecently became the top Wetherspoon’s in thecountry for selling the most pints of real ale in aweek. This is something Chris and the team canbe really proud of having been close on a numberof previous occasions.

The Office on Oundle Road has reopened underEnterprise Inns. However, there is no real ale onsale but it’s good to see the place open rather thanshut or becoming another supermarket!

Some sad news from Stamford as The Dolphinin North Street has closed its doors, probably forgood. Wells and Young have no plans to reopenthe pub and it will almost certainly be sold as aprivate dwelling.

The Landlord of the Shoulder Of Mutton,Weldon is pleased to report great support fromthe community for the Shoulder of Mutton,Weldon. Real ale particularly has been the saviourand they now have four hand pumps on the bar.Food has also been popular and there is now anew chef at the pub. Revised figures reveal theysold 2600 pints at their beer festival in July.

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On a happier note, The Drum and Monkey onCasterton Road has re-opened under the steadyhand of Yorkshireman, John Davison. The pub isowned by Smart Inns, a subsidiary of EnterpriseInns, and ales that have been on offer are Marston’sPedigree and Sharp’s Doom Bar. We wish John well.

The Cross Keys in Upwood is for sale with a“No Reasonable Offer Refused” sign on it. This isthe only pub in Upwood.

Neil Holmes - Pubs OfficerEmail: pubs-officer@real-ale.org.uk

New Beer WebsiteEeBria.com, a new online beer website for breweries in the UK, have contacted thePeterborough Branch of CAMRA with a fantasticoffer of 15% off all orders until October 31st 2013.

EaBria claim to not like mediocrity and only sellfrom the best breweries. After taking a look at theweb site they do seem to supply a range which is

different from the usual supermarket offerings.The breweries are grouped by location and whilethe range is currently limited, it is of a high standard and we imagine will grow with time.Eebria showcase not only beer but the best inBritish cider, wine and spirits all directly fromsource to your door.To claim the 15% CAMRA offer add the code‘CamraMembers’ at the checkout.

Cheers to Mr ShillingChris Shilling, who was the sales manager of BeerAround ‘Ere, is moving on and we would like tosay thank you for all his hard work and contributions to the magazine for the past fiveyears. Cheers and all the best for the future.

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Awet start to the second day’s play in thefinal test match of the summer againstour hapless antipodean foe at The Oval

saw four intrepid souls go hunting for the newOakham Ales venue, The Mansion House.

A six hit and a bus ride, No’s 133, 155, & 333 servethe route from near the ground (it’s a twentyminute walk but there was persistant precipitation)the Mansion House is situated at 48, KenningtonPark Road, SE11 4RS, a short walk fromKennington tube station on the Northern line.

From the outside it has the appearance of acertain national pub chain with dark wood frontdoors, large sliding patio doors with outsidewooden seating and a welcome large canopy.Inside, an L shaped venue with the front set outmore for drinkers, with a smart large wooden barserving area with the familiar polished steel beerengines in pride of place, plus various type oftables and informal leather stools. The side sectionhas lots of wood and mirrors giving a nice moderntwist to a traditional decor with tables set for food.It’s slightly smaller than I envisaged with the plushtoilets downstairs playing piped T.M.S. (Test MatchSpecial) giving us updates on the state of play backat the cricket. The Pan Asian cuisine is provingvery popular and while we were there the placesoon filled mainly with eager diners.

As for the beer it’s from the Oakham stable, Ithink there were seven on when we visited and Ihave to say those sampled were in excellent nick.The regular range are usually on with a rotation ofOakadamy and seasonal specials. A word ofwarning: the J.H.B. is priced at £3.80 a pint,others rising in price depending on strength but I understand this is the norm in these parts. I know many locals are delighted to have goodbeer available in an area which isn’t exactly brim-ming with good venues.

So that was that, an hour and a half enjoyed byall and then the rain relented so it was back to thecricket. If you are in this part of town for thebeautiful game, or passing by, give The MansionHouse a look. It’s a welcome addition to the area,even though we’re all a little older than when theplans were first submitted.

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ElgoodsSeptember saw the launch of a new range of330ml bottled (not bottle conditioned) beers.The range is called the QE range (QuintessentiallyEnglish) and consists of the following five beers:-

Apple and Vanilla Wheat (4.0% ABV)Cherry and Raspberry Wheat (3.6% ABV)Cherry Stout (4.1% ABV)Black Beer with Port (5.5% ABV)Talon Russian Stout (6.6% ABV)

The next seasonal beer will be Billy the Squid at4.8% ABV. The October beer will be a PlumPorter called Harry Trotter and the DeathlySwallows. The Lambic beer is maturing well andthere was another Lambic brewing day at the endof September.

Tydd SteamDr Foxes Cunning Linctus won beer of thefestival at the Sheringham Beer Festival for thesecond year running. The entire batch ofCamarillo Honey (brewed for Peterborough BeerFestival) sold out to the trade in a day! This beerwill be entering the brewery’s occasional portfolio.The next available beer from the occasional port-folio will be Quench with Leveller making its annualautumn appearance soon. As part of the ongoingplan to improve the brewery, Will is looking toinstall a larger chiller unit in the near future.

Bexar County Brewery Bexar continues to brew both on the full sizeplant and also the test kit. The beers appear invarious places including London and Cambridgeoccasionally. The beers were well received at thePeterborough Beer Festival where, despite anaggressive marketing and tee shirt campaign thebrewery only managed a Silver award in the Newbrewery category for Anciano (AKA MJF)!

Steve is currently brewing a selection of beers forthe Nottingham Beer Festival in October where

eight different brews have been requested. Thesewill be specifically brewed and not rebadged ortweaked beers from the existing portfolio. A delegation from Peterborough will be attendingthe festival for quality control purposes!

OakhamGilbert’s Fridge, 4.1% ABV, is the latest Oakadamybeer which is available from 9th September.Perun, 5.5% ABV, beer is the latest vintage beerand is now available. Endless Summer has beenbrewed for the third time this year and will beavailable until Asylum, 4.5% ABV, appears inOctober, with old favourite Black Hole Porterreturning mid-September.

Gongs have been won at the International BeerChallenge with a Gold for Citra and BishopsFarewell and Bronze for Inferno and ScarletMacaw. Also two beers bottled for M&SCambridgeshire Golden Ale and Citra IPA wonGold and Silver respectively. These bottled beersare all filtered but are excellent versions of theircask cousins. The brewery has celebrated twentyyears on 13th September. A full account will be inthe next edition.

Finally, a visit to the brewery for CAMRAmembers and associated friends of Oakham Aleshas been arranged for 26th October at MaxwellRoad, Woodston with an 11am start until 3.30ish A look around the brewery with one of the brewersor an informal chat and a pint or three, it’s always agood day! There will be a small charge of £2 asfood will be provided. Please contact John Hunt inthe normal manner to confirm numbers.

Nene Valley BreweryThe appointment of Jacky Rees, as SalesDirector, in March has resulted in a doubling ofsales over the quarter. Production has, as aresult, undergone a similar increase. Turnover ofthe business as a whole has doubled in the past12 months. Planning for the Brewery Tap

/Restaurant on the site has taken longer thanexpected and the opening has been delayed untilApril /May 2014.

Three new beers have been added to the port-folio, Dark Mild (MLD) 3.8%, Jims Little Brother(JLB) 3.8% (a lighter version of JIP) and AustralianPale (OZP) 4.4%. Wharf Anniversary Gold (WAG)5.8% was brewed as a Festival Special forPeterborough Beer Festival 2013. Mild will bebrewed again in October with a stout planned forthe Christmas period.

Bottled beer sales at the Brewery Shop arebuoyant and after a quiet August, cask sales arenow returning to previous levels. A selection ofthe brewery’s bottled beer has been shortlisted forthe final of this year’s Carlsberg UKNorthamptonshire Food and Drink Awards2013/2014. These are Artisan Local Drink: NeneValley Bitter (NVB) and Blonde Session Ale(BSA) and New Local Drink: Jim Irving Pale (JIP).

Nene Valley are also producing a chestnut brownbeer, as yet un-named, for the 2013 World ConkerChampionships to be held at Southwick, nearOundle, Northamptonshire on 13th October 2013.

Hopshackle Brewery – Market DeepingNigel, the brewer, is delighted with his Gold fromThe Peterborough Beer Festival for AmericanPale Ale 4.4% ABV in the best bitter category andBronze award in the overall Champion beer 2013.Hopshackle have three beers featured by RogerProtz in his new book “300 More Beers to Trybefore You Die”, Momentum 7% ABV,Restoration 9% ABV and Imperial Stout 9% ABVall of which get a full page description.

The Beer Hawk website has includedHopshackle Restoration 9% in their “ChampionBottled Beer of Britain 2013 selection (all availableonline) Hopshackle are expecting delivery of a newfermenting vessel which has been specially built to

match the existing charmingly good lookingbrewery kit.

Castor AlesCastor Ales was pleased to support Andy andStuart Simmonds and their charity fund raisingfor RSS Unit at Papworth Hospital. A new beercalled “Hopping Toad” was brewed for ThePloughman’s Beer Festival. It also featured in theDragon and went to the other Simmospoon pub,The Queen’s Head in Brixham.

To coincide with the start of the football seasona friend, brewing assistant and Pompey fan,Smylie suggested a new beer. The collaborationresulted in the 12th Man 4.5% light, balanced beerwith an abundance of Amarillo hops. The namerefers to those fans who support their teamsthrough thick and thin. The pump clip allowspublicans to write their favourite team’s name.Castor Ales obviously support Posh, and thebeer is available at the Prince of Wales Feathers,Castor, The Beehive and The Ostrich, whoselandlords are all passionate Posh supporters. Up the Posh! The beer also featured at the SirLoin of Beef in Portsmouth, where it is affection-ately known as Play Up Pompey.

The final summer offering from Castor Ales wasa strong IPA style beer weighing in at a hefty 5.55%AVB. The beer is called DLV, the brewer’s initials,it is also 555 in roman numerals and the brewer isnearly 55.5 years old.

Finally a big “Thank you” to all volunteers atPeterborough Beer Festival for yet anotherfantastic year. Let there be raised glasses...

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It was The Coalheavers’ landlord Tom’s 40thbirthday recently and he wanted to celebratewith a trip to Cambridge and we weren’t going

to let him down. 18 seasoned pub crawlersstarted with the usual Wetherspoon’s breakfastthen it was off to the station. The only down sideto going to Cambridge is that the train operatoris Cross Country and so there are no discountsor group saves so it cost us £16.60 each. You cando London, Leeds or York for less than that.Never mind.

First pub of the day was The Haymakers inChesterton which is about 2.5 miles from thestation so it was a taxi job. The Haymakersrecently re-opened after being bought by MiltonBrewery who also supply The Coalheavers. I know a few people still moan about Milton beersbut they have changed so much for the betterrecently and some of their beers are up there withthe best. So much so that while we were there wepresented a certificate for Justinian which wonGold in the Bitters category at this year’sPeterborough Beer Festival against stiff competi-tion. The Haymakers is definitely worth a visit,they have done a really good job and there areeight beers available, plus a cider and a perry on

draught. Several Milton beers will always be avail-able together with up to four ever changing guestbeers. We all agreed that we could easily havestayed there all day.

Pub number two was The Hopbine, a bit of awalk but worth it. The bar is quite small and itwas a bit of a squeeze but then we realised therewas another larger area round the corner. Eightbeers were on here including Hopping MadBrewery, Adnams and Woodforde’s. A good rangewith something for everyone.

Pub three was Cambridge`s smallest pub, The St. Radegund. It has just one small trian-gular bar but eight beers were on including two orthree from Milton, the Augustus at 5.8% wasexceptional. There were also beers from Adnams,Fullers and Salopian and all were in good nick.The one negative about The Radegund is thetoilets. A bit grim. Only go if you really need to.

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Please don’t let that put you off going, it’s a greatlittle pub. It’s normally around pub three or fouron these trips that the fine sheet comes out forsuch things as drinking halves, leaving beer, gettinglost and bad jokes. There were a lot of bad jokesand the money bag was filling up nicely.

Next on the list was The Cambridge Brewhouse,a fairly new pub that we hadn`t visited before.Despite a strong fishy smell, (from the restaurant,nothing to worry about), it was a great pub withthe majority of the beers being their own andbrewed on site, but also a couple of guestsincluding one from Elgoods that I have not seenbefore. It is a big pub with a large dining area whichwas actually fairly quiet which was good as itmeant everyone was drinking.

The next pub was The Maypole which is tuckedaway round a corner by a multi-storey car parkand it was very busy with a quite scary hen partydominating the outside area. They were a bit loudbut very funny. The pub had eight beers fromMilton, Fullers, Oakham and Elland. The pub hasa large outdoor area with boards full of pump clipsfrom recently sold beers.

Onwards now to The Alexandra Arms, a GreeneKing pub!! We would normally avoid Greene Kingpubs like the plague but it seems they have finallyrealised that stocking real guest beers and not justones from their own stable or from breweries theyhave taken over, actually pays dividends. Therewere only two GK beers on and five guest beersfrom all over the country and their house beer isOakham Ales Inferno. It has been tastefully re-furbished and has a nice beer garden. The pubis in what is probably Cambridge’s best area forpubs which is the Mill Road and Gwydir Streetarea. There is The Alex, Live and Let Live, TheCambridge Blue, Kingston Arms, The Geldart andjust a short walk away is Miltons other pub andsister pub to The Coalheavers, The DevonshireArms, which was to be our final stop for the day.

The Devonshire is a nice pub with a decent sizedbar and another larger area at the back. Againeight beers were available from Milton, GreatHeck, Springhead and Tring. A couple of pints

here is ideal when you are waiting for your train asthe station is just round the corner. All in all areally good day. Cambridge is quite expensive butas long as you realise that, you won’t be tooshocked if you visit. It’s still cheaper than Oxfordand has better pubs. Cambridge has a good mix ofmodern pubs and ancient historic ones and asthere isn’t a large dominant local brewery there isalways a very large range of beers on offer.Definitely one to recommend.

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Presentation of award to Richard Naisby of Milton Breweryat the Haymakers, Cambridge

The organisers of the 36th AnnualPeterborough Beer Festival are hailing 2013as another great festival as numbers were

up again on the previous year. Overall attendancethis year was 29,616 with Friday being the mostsuccessful night with over 10,200 making the mostof the long Bank Holiday weekend. This was closeto the record Millennium year when just over11,000 visited the Festival on the Friday evening –a remarkable feat when you consider the decliningnumber of pubs and the above inflation beerprices that pub goers have endured over the pastdecade.

The event got off to a flying start on Tuesday20th August with the opening Trade Session anda raft of invited guests from the beer industry.The Tuesday afternoon session is fast gaining animportant reputation for pubs, brewers, andindustry insiders to network and gain access tothe emerging trends within the real ale market.Amongst the fun and friendly atmosphere there isserious business going on and the PeterboroughBeer Festival is one of the most important eventsof its type within the beer calendar.

At 5.30pm the doors opened to the public andthe queues had already been forming for close toan hour. The warm, dry weather had proved to bejust one of the attractions for many who chose tocome to the Festival Embankment site on theopening day. As soon as the crowds poured in itwas down to business for another five busy daysfor the 300+ volunteer staff. Don’t be fooledthough – most are here every year and enjoyevery single minute of it.

The showcase of the beer festival is of coursethe diverse range of real ales and ciders and thisyear did not disappoint. The advertised tally of350 real ales was actually closer to 420 this yearand the choice of breweries was over 170. One ofthe most exciting developments in real ale overthe last few years has been the surge in new brew-eries and the Peterborough Beer Festival proudlydisplayed beers from 43 new breweries. Each yeara number of brewers produce a festival special aleand this year some 21 unique brews were madefor Peterborough.

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Champion Beer judging took place from middayWednesday and the results were made availableby late afternoon. A notable feature of the winnersthis year was the two darker beers in the ‘OverallChampion’ category, echoing the win of theElland 1872 Porter at the GBBF in the previousweek. In order they were:Gold - Boggart Hole Clough Mud Brawler VanillaSilver - Sarah Hughes Dark Ruby MildBronze - Hopshackle American Pale Ale

On the LocAle front Hopshackle, Milton, BexarCounty and Oakham all enjoyed success andproved once again that Peterborough and Districtis well represented by acclaimed breweries. Fulldetails of all of the winning beer categories can befound on the Peterborough CAMRA website atwww.beer-fest.org.uk.

Peterborough Beer Festival is also renowned forputting on a great choice of live entertainment.This year took on some additional, diverse actswhich brought a real crowd-pleasing atmosphereto the music tent. On the Tuesday evening festivalgoers were treated to an array of local talent at thevery first hosted ‘Open Mic’ night. Given thepopularity this will surely be a regular feature inyears to come. Tuesday also saw impromptuperformances by East 17 star Terry Coldwell andthe up and coming performer Teri Hopkins.Friday afternoon saw the very first performance ofthe Palmerston Arms Ukulele Orchestra (a collec-tive of novice and experienced musiciansorganized only a few months prior to the Festival)to rapturous applause. Other acts featuredincluded Children of the Revolution, Hooker andThink Floyd who returned to the Saturday nightstage five years after their last Festival perform-ance.

On Saturday a very special presentation wasmade on behalf of the RNLI to localPeterborough fundraiser Quentin Bainbridge whohas given 35 years of service at the Festival toraise money for the charity. Mike Lane, Chair ofthe Festival Committee said after the event thatclose to a quarter of a million pounds had beenraised since 1989 and that everyone’s small change

really did help to save lives. To many visitors the Peterborough Beer Festival

is simply a great place to meet up with family andfriends, socialize and have fun. Every year holdssurprises and this year saw amongst others: acouple who cycled 90 miles from London to bethere, a marriage proposal (she said “yes” by theway) and a Morris dancing chicken! It attractsmales and females in equal number, the old andyoung, and both new and returning visitors everyyear. The overwhelming feedback the organizersreceive is positive and is a great source of encour-agement when the huge task of planning thefollowing years Festival takes place. With that inmind then don’t forget to put a marker in yourdiary for Tuesday 19th August 2014; after all, it’sless than 49 weeks away!

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P eterborough CAMRA Cricket team havebeen working hard this summer shakingoff their pub team image by winning some

silverware, although we must admit it has beenwith a little help from our friends!

Peterborough & District Midweek League: -League 2 Champions

Following a disastrous season in the VitasPremier mid-week league last year, we re-joinedthe Peterborough & District League in Division 2.Despite home and away losses to Hampton, theteam won all other matches. Many thanks go toOrton Park who loaned us their pitch and anumber of players throughout the season.Impressive batting performers include NickBradbury, Andy Bennett, Neil Wright (Capt.) andJames Fountain, who all averaged over 50, andbowlers Neil Wight with 15 wickets and MaxRippon with eight.

Peterborough & District Midweek Cup: -Plate ChampionsFollowing a comprehensive defeat in the firstround of the main cup to Perkins A, the teamplayed through Perkins B and Swiss Cottage toset up a plate cup final with Bharat Sports on15th August. CAMRA won the toss with CaptainWright deciding to bat. Andy Bennett, JamesFountain and Nick Bradbury all retired on 35 ormore to set Bharat Sports 154 to win. Twowickets each for Tom Plant, Hamish Meichan andZac Brown limited Bharat Sports to 108 givingCAMRA their second piece of silverware.

Retained the PACT CupThe weekend team have been having anothersuccessful summer winning six of their sevenweekend games since tour. This included thedefence of the Peterborough Argus CAMRATelegraph (PACT) Cup, which we won on tour to

Leeds a few years ago bydefeating a BradfordTelegraph & Argus team.The match, whichconsisted of two 20/20games added together, wasplayed on Sunday 25August at Orton Park.With previous membersRichard Voisey (now inNorfolk) and StuartMasheder (now in York), having stayed on fromthe Peterborough Beer Festival to play, CAMRAwon the toss and batted. 194 was put on withNeil Wright and Nick Bradbury retiring at 50.BTA openers Cuthbertson and McKenney alsoretired on 50’s but with little batting to follow theopposition posted only 134. BTA then battedtheir second innings with Cuthbertson againshining, scoring an unbeaten 63 in a total of 141.Batting failures by Masheder (1), White (0) andVoisey (12) could not stop the inevitable, with thehome side winning by seven wickets with sevenovers remaining.

Matt Mace

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Masheder showing off hisbalancing skills with thePACT Cup

Gold Award at the Crown, Lincoln RdThe Crown onLincoln Road,Peterboroughreceived its GoldAward on Saturday3rd August at 8pm. A crowded pub listened as CAMRA branchchairman Dave Murray welcomed everyone andthe vice chairman Matt Mace presented landlordJohn Lawrence with his award.

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Beer and brewing enthusiast Andy Hamiltonwill be in Peterborough giving a talk about hisnew book ‘Brewing Britain: The quest for theperfect pint’.

Andy travelled the length of Britain in a questto uncover new and unusual beers and to findthat elusive perfect pint, in this essentialcompanion for beer drinkers.

Andy’s talk has been organised by VivacityPeterborough Libraries in partnership with TheBrewery Tap, and takes place on Wednesday 6November, at 7pm. It will be held in the TapRoom of The Brewery Tap (Westgate,Peterborough).

Tickets for the talk cost £6, which includes apint of beer. Tickets can be booked in advanceat any Peterborough Library or WaterstonesBridge Street.

Andy is no stranger to Peterborough. He says"I grew up just down the Nene in Northamptonand so I know the area very well. I have to saythat Oakham Ales have rapidly become one ofmy favourite breweries in particular the Scarlet

Macaw. To share this with the good people ofPeterborough will be an absolute delight.”

With over 200 new breweries opening in theUK every single year, there’s no excuse forsticking to ‘a pint of the usual’. Andy has triedliterally hundreds if not thousands of pints inthis avalanche of f lavours, to make sure thatyou don't miss out on the perfect porter, anirresistible IPA, a super stout or that marvel-lous mild.

• Discover how to tempt a lager lout off lager,which beer will win over wine lovers, the idealtemperature for serving ale, and the best glassto drink it from.

• Experiment with 40 recipes from ancienttimes to the modern day, uncovering secretingredients

• Hone your tasting skills at sessions in localpubs, breweries and beer festivals near you.

Northampton born Andy Hamilton is an experton home grown food, wild food and brewing.

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Meet beer expert Andy Hamilton in Peterborough

For more information

about the event,

telephone Central Library on

01733 864280 or email

libraryenquiries@vivacity-peterborough.com.

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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

Six Real Ales with four on rotation3 Ciders • 2 Lagers • Fine Wine & Spiritslarge beer garden • Pool room

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

Charity Fireworks & Bonfire Night

2nd November - Starts 6pmDonated Entry Fee

Pub QuizFirst Wednesday in the month

Starts 8:30pmTeams of Four • Cash prizes.

Live Music Saturday 12th Oct

Pennyless - 8:30 to 11pm365 Smokin’ Hot BBQ available

from 4pm

Matt and Emma welcome you to the

Opening Times Open from 4pm week days, 1pm Saturday and 12pm Sundays

Pub Merit Awards & Gold AwardsThe committee feel that pubs outside of Peterborough are missing out on Gold Awards and so they

have 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:

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

AMPLE PARKING • CAMRA GOLD AWARDwww.cherrytree-inn.co.uk

NOW SERVING SIX REAL ALESplus Ciders and Perries. Over 30 Malt Whiskies

• Food served daily •12-3pm Monday - Sunday6-9pm Friday & Saturday

• Sky HD and 3D showing Football and Rugby •

t. 01780 755141 w. jollybrewer.comFoundry Road, Stamford, Lincolnshire PE9 2PP

NOW SERVING SIX REAL ALESplus Ciders and Perries. Over 30 Malt Whiskies

• Food served daily •12-3pm Monday - Sunday6-9pm Friday & Saturday

• Sky HD and 3D showing Football and Rugby •

DIARY DATESOCTOBERWednesday 2nd PBF Committee” Wash-up”Meeting at Hand & Heart, 8.30pm

Tuesday 8th Branch Committee Meeting atthe Drapers Arms, 8.30pm

Monday 14th Open PBF “Wash-up” meetingBrewery Tap, 8.30pm

Saturday 26th Oakham Ales Brewery branchvisit 11am. Make your own way to brewery inMaxwell Road, Woodston.There will be a small charge of £2 to coverrefreshments. Please book places throughSocial Secretary John Hunt.

NOVEMBER

Saturday 9th Delaine Day bus trip toMarket Deeping and Bourne. Will be visitingBourne and the Deepings meeting atQueensgate bus station at 10.15am for10.30am bus. Current cost for Delaine DayRover ticket is £5.30. Please book throughSocial Secretary John Hunt.

DECEMBER

Monday 2nd AGM at Brewery Tap, 8.30pm

BEER FESTIVALSOCTOBER

2nd - 5th October36th Bedford Beer & Cider FestivalCorn Exchange, St Paul’s Square, BedfordMore than 100 power-cooled real ales, 40ciders + perries and a range of draught andbottled foreign beers

5th - 8th OctoberThe Chequers Annual Beer Festival71 Main Road, Little Gransden, BedfordshireFeaturing 30 beers and ciders

NOVEMBER

27th Nov - Dec 1st Dove Street Inn Winter Beer Festival Ipswichdovestreetinn.co.uk

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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

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4 Oct Under Covered - Dragon, Werrington4 Oct Children of the Revolution - Swiss Cottage,Woodston5 Oct The Band of Four - Prince of Wales Feathers, Castor5 Oct Ramshackle Serenade - Palmerston Arms,Woodston5 Oct Rocket Dogs- Dragon, Werrington5 Oct The Overdubs - Straw Bear, Whittlesey6 Oct Nick Corney, 3.30pm - Charters, P’boro6 Oct Pennyless - Mama Liz, Stamford7 Oct Charters Unplugged 8pm - Charters, P’boro11 Oct The Tom Wright Band 10:30pm - Charters,P’boro11 Oct The Tunnel - Dragon, Werrington12 Oct Tiger Club - Dragon, Werrington13 Oct Agi Jarocka 3:30pm - Charters, P’boro13 Oct Poorboy 4-6pm - Mama Liz, Stamford18 Oct Stone Pony 10:30pm - Charters, P’boro18 Oct The Guards - Dragon, Werrington19 Oct The Claimed - Prince of Wales Feathers, Castor20 Oct Isiah 3:30pm - Charters, P’boro25 Oct Blackout UK 10:30pm - Charters, P’boro26 Oct On The Ceiling - Ploughman, Werrington27 Oct Adam ‘n’ Jane 3:30pm - Charters, P’boro27 Oct Bianca & TheTopCats - Mama Liz, Stamford1 Nov One Eyed Cats - Ploughman, Werrington2 Nov Skullduggery - Prince of Wales Feathers, Castor15 Nov Dizzy Miss Lizzies - Ploughman, Werrington16 Nov Gone to the Dogs - The George, Oundle23 Nov Park Lane - Prince of Wales Feathers, Castor23 Nov Faster Mutley - Ploughman, Werrington23 Nov Children of the Rev- Dragon, Werrington30 Nov The Electric Warriors - Prince of WalesFeathers, Castor30 Nov The Guards - Ploughman, Werrington30 Nov Rocket Dogs - Woolpack, Stanground

Please send any details for December / Januarygigs to info@orchardhousemedia.co.uk.

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Saturday 9th November – East MeetsWest with Pennyless and MuHa. A fantastic night of live music from two bandsworking at either end of the folk spectrum.Pennyless are from South Lincolnshire and MuHaare based in Nottingham. Both bands were seenrecently at Peterborough Folk and Rootz Festival atCharters and perform nationally with several CD’sreleased to good reviews.

This event is sponsored by local brewery CastorAles and real ale will be available to buy on thenight. For all other drinks please bring your ownand nibbles too as there will be informal tableseating.

Saturday 9th November, Kings Cliffe Memorial Hall,Eagle Lane, Kings Cliffe PE8 6XBTickets £8 on the door or from Penny 07875192054Doors open 7pm.

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Please contact Jane MichelsonMobile: 07732 393621jane@orchardhousemedia.co.ukfor all of your advertising needs.

Neil Holmespubs-officer@real-ale.org.uk or07886 974977 is alwayslooking for pub news.

Please send stories and othercopy to bae-editor@real-ale.org.uk

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 Brownbae-editor@real-ale.org.uk

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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 info@real-ale.org.uk

Chairman: David Murray01733 560453chairman@real-ale.org.uk

Treasurer: Paul Beecham01733 31198107710 0086930870 7620848 (fax)treasurer@real-ale.org.uk

Vice Chair: Matthew Mace07809 629241vice-chair@real-ale.org.uk

Social Sec: John Hunt07923 489917social-sec@real-ale.org.uk

Pubs Officer: Neil Holmes07886 974977pubs-officer@real-ale.org.uk

Press Officer: Karl Simpson07737 297072press-officer@real-ale.org.uk

Young Members: Katie Barrett07951 919451young-members@real-ale.org.uk

Membership: Steve Saldana07988 067260membership@real-ale.org.uk

Festival Org: Mike Lane07850 334203festival-organiser@real-ale.org.uk

LocAle Officer: John Rice07759 342702locale@real-ale.org.uk

Webmaster: Harry Mortenwebmaster@real-ale.org.uk

Staniland Way, Werrington centre PE4 6NA Tel: 01733 327696

TEN Real Ales and

Live Entertainment with

the One Eyed Cats

Hodgson Centre, Werrington PE4 5EG Tel: 01733 578088

PETERBOROUGH CAMRA PUB OF THE YEAR 2011 • GOLD AWARD 2013

SAT 9th NOVEMBER • LIVE MUSIC WITH CIRCA 73• HOG ROAST • SUPPORTING THE KELLY SIMMONDS FUND •

TEN Real Ales and

Live Entertainment with

the One Eyed Cats

Starting7.30pm

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. We have 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.

More than just a Carvery!

At Least Three

Real Ales!

Open Every Day10am - 5.30pm All Day Menu & Coffee

Midday - 2:30pm Carvery & Specials Menu5:30pm - LATE Carvery & Grill MenuSunday Open From 12 Noon - 9pm

All Day Carvery

Big

Breakfast

every Sat 8 to 11

am

Help yourself from the carvery,

as much a

s you can eat for

only £5.95!

200 Broadway, Yaxley Tel: 01733 244885Email: thefarmers@btconnect.com www.thefarmersyaxley.co.uk

Introducing our new Green Room,available for parties and weddings.We are now taking booking for 2013/14!

Now taking bookings for Christmas and New Year