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Issue 177 | June / July 2014

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Chairman’s Corner

Yet again I am bringing up what some ofyou will feel is a bit of a tedious and thornyissue of reform within the pub industry.

The simple fact is that the government pledged, asfar back as January last year, to introduce a statu-tory code of practice for the pubcos to adopt andenshrine in law. The principle was that a tiedlicensee should not be worse off than a free-of-tielicensee. Maybe we should not be surprised thatnothing much has happened! However time isrunning out if legislation is to be announced in theQueens Speech in June.

Now, did we not hear a short time ago that thegovernment thought they had very little ‘work’ todo before they packed up for their holidays? Comeon guys get on with it, before even more poorlicensees and pubs disappear.

One group of licensees that don’t get the samelimelight as tenants and lease holders are thosepubs with a manager running them. If they are verylucky to have almost as much autonomy as atenanted pub then fine, as long as they rememberthat they are still only staff. Any shortfall in staffingwill quite often have to be filled by the manager –even if it is their day off ! The pub may be sold bythe pub company if they feel it’s not meetingtargets or for any other reason. The managers,who may well have been there for a number ofyears, can end up on the street if the alternativeoffered is not suitable.

I’m pleased to report that our efforts toencourage members of our branch to increasesubmissions for nominations for Gold and MeritAwards has been successful. We are in the processof analysing these nominations and awards will bepresented to the most worthy ones.

The Peterborough & District Branch of CAMRAhave good cause for a celebration this year. We willbe celebrating the fortieth anniversary of the forma-

tion of the branch in 1974. There have been severalpub venues where it’s alleged the inaugural meetingtook place but, most agree that The Bull inMarket Deeping was the first meeting place. This was in conjunction with what is now theFenland Branch who formed in June of the sameyear at The Bull. The Peterborough Branch propercame into existence in September of 1974. We arehaving a social gathering with the Fenland branchmembers at The Bull, in Market Deeping, in June(see Diary Dates). All members are welcome tojoin us as we will also be making an award to TheVine pub in the town on the same day.

The weeks are counting down to our premierevent of the year. The Peterborough Beer Festival(PBF) will again be taking place on theEmbankment in August from the 19th to 23rd (seepage 23). The application for staff to sign up tohelp is now on-line. Please note that you cannotjust turn up to volunteer this year, you must havepre-registered. We welcome past and new volun-teers alike.

That’s it for now folks. Keep supporting yourlocals. There are still far too many closing theirdoors for good!

David MurrayBranch Chairman.

The Cover ShotThis issue’s cover features the Bell in Stilton. The Bell is one of only 14 pubs in the UK thatreceived ‘Pubs in Time’ plaques(www.camra.org.uk /pubsintime) a few years ago -the plaque is situated on the wall under the formercoaching arch. Picture kindly supplied by MichaelSlaughter.

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PUB NEWSMaybe we should stop making reports on the re-opening or revival of pubs around our area.Why you say? Well in the last issue of BAE wewere trumpeting the re-opening of the pub onOundle Road, formerly The Office and renamedThe New Inn, which was its previous name! It was opened with a flourish by Liam Scanlon ofThe Ostrich in the city centre. Sadly it closed witha whimper just four weeks later. Yes you read itcorrectly - four weeks! Another victim of theaggressive practices by the pubco owners who didspend some money on cleaning up the pub.Unfortunately it was doomed to failure due to thelack of customers and by the fact it had been indecline for some time. It takes a great deal ofeffort and resources to revive a pub of this naturethese days.

Another pub that we reported on just a fewissues ago also has closed the doors. TheBluebell in Helpston seemed to be thriving with agood local regular customer base. The latestreports that are emerging from that neck of thewoods is the pub is about to be converted intoanother use. ‘Closed for refurbishment’ is on thefront door. Tales of it becoming a lap dancing clubhave not been confirmed! I mean Helpston mustbe crying out for such a facility, instead of keepingtheir last remaining pub open as a pub!

Hopefully we won’t be writing of the failure ofanother pub that is being revived by an enthusi-astic couple in Stanground. I don’t want to repeatthe above reports too often. The Heron in thecentre of the residential area has a new lease of life.Taken on by Meri and Rob who wanted to be ableto walk across the road to a local pub with goodbeer and custom. The privately owned pub hasbeen given six months to get established intosomething nearer its former glory. On a recentvisit four cask ales were on offer at £3.20 a pint.Three of these were from local breweries, Oakham,Digfield and Star with the ‘foreigner’ being anexcellent Adnams Ghost Ship. CAMRA members

get a discount of 20p off a pint on production of avalid membership card. The pub has a largeenclosed garden and a separate function room. A pool table is at one end of the long bar. Sky Sports also is featured.

A plea to all our licensees and members ofCAMRA. We want to hear of your pub newswhether it’s the closure of your local temporarily,change of licensee, or worse, the complete demiseof your pub. Recently there were several pub beerfestivals being held over the May Day BankHoliday. We did not hear a great deal about themuntil the last minute! On weekends such as thatmany people make plans in advance, advertisingyour event in advance will help to attractcustomers!

Shuckburgh Arms, Southwick - Nene ValleyBrewery are helping the new landlord settle in. The remainder of the 10 year lease has beenbought by a consortium of villagers in an effort tokeep the pub open.

The weekend of 26/28th July will see some of theregulars from The Letter B and the otherWhittlesey pubs doing an Ale Trail around thetown. This coincides with the Fenland cycle rallythat takes place that weekend, where the partici-pants visit a number of Fenland towns and villageswith a few pub stops on the way. Further detailscan be obtained from Bruce at the Letter B.

New Wetherspoon’s in OakhamJD Wetherspoon has opened a new pub in theformer Royal British Legion building in HighStreet, Oakham. It was originally intended toname the pub after one the founders of theLegion, Earl Haig. However, Oakham TownCouncil and the Oakham branch of the RoyalBritish Legion wrote to JD Wetherspoon as theybelieved it should be named after someone local.The Legion and Council suggested “The CaptainNoel Newton”, as he was a former Rutland HighSheriff in the 1930s and lived in the building before

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Editor’s RamblingsNot pub garden weather today, it’s pouring ! Weare now in beer festival season and I must admitto having attended two very good ones in recentweeks and look forward to attending a few more!Will not be too long now before the “big one” onthe embankment. Hope it’s not too wet!

“Young Members v Old Gits Games Night” wasmost enjoyable, good beer, good company and aplenty of laughs, especially at my attempts atPool! A full report to follow in the next issue. A big “thank you” to organisers Kara and John.

Having been a landlord’s daughter from the ageof 9 -19 (many years ago) I take my hat off to allthose trying to keep pubs up and running andserving good quality real ale. It’s no mean feat andwithout them where would we ale drinkers go? So, pop along to your local or now weather isimproving, go further afield! I seem to haveadopted the mantra “use it or lose it”, be it pubsor local amenities. Moaning once something hasdisappeared is pointless.

CheersJB

From our Editor| 5he sold it to the Legion for £1,600 between1948and 1950. The Captain Noel Newton,55 HighStreet Oakham, Rutland LE15 6AJ

Mike BlakesleyCommunity Spirit!

On the 22nd March, Andy and Stuart Simmondsproudly handed over a cheque for £17, 587.14 tothe RSSC Unit of Papworth Hospital.

This fantastic amount of money was raised inmemory of the brothers’ sister Kelly Simmonds.Stuart, landlord of the Dragon and Andy, landlordof the Ploughman said none of this would bepossible without the fantastic support of theircustomers and friends and proves what a coupleof great community pubs can achieve

Daniel Speed

Young Member Co-ordinator

Brews Birthday Beer!Kara Williams, local CAMRA Young MembersRep, got the chance to brew a beer for her 21stbirthday at Bexar County Brewery, in Fengate,back in March. Brewer and owner, Steve Saldana,was on hand to supervise and advise on therecipe.

The beer, called Cherry Mysterious,had a respectable gravity of 5.3% andcontained a shed load of cherries forthat extra special girly effect!

The beer was showcased at the Hand & Heart St Georges Beer Festival.

CAMRA has welcomed the Government’s decision in the Budget to freeze cider duty.

Making the announcement, the Chancellor highlighted that some cider producers in the West Country had been hit hard by recentweather conditions so needed additional support.

This duty freeze will apply to cider with a juicecontent of 35% or higher, and will not apply tosparkling cider between 5.5% and 8.5% abv.

This is a welcome move which will supportBritain’s real cider and perry producers – a vitaltraditional British industry. Andrea Briers, Chairof CAMRA’s Apple Committee commented:

“Cider is a traditional British product and Iwelcome the Chancellor’s decision to freeze ciderduty to help those who keep this tradition alive. I would encourage you to help real cider or perrymakers thrive by visiting a pub and trying some.”

CAMRA has cautioned that small ciderproducers (making below 70 hectolitres each year)already pay no duty, so the benefit of this dutyfreeze will primarily be felt by slightly largerproducers.

CAMRA is continuing to campaign for a newcider duty system to support real cider with aconsiderably higher juice content.

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collaborations with other breweries at themoment! Over the last few months there havebeen joint efforts with Hand Drawn Monkey ofHuddersfield, Three Blind Mice of Ely, Xtremeand Mile Tree.

There have been various outings of their beer ata variety of beer festivals including The Hand &Heart, Coalheavers, Bartons Arms inBirmingham, Newark and Cambridge.

Bexar are very pleased to be part of the MightyMicro Brewery tour for local CAMRA branchmembers on the 10th May.

CASTOR ALESAs the football season draws to a close and theWorld Cup is about to start, the football themedbeers continue to be enjoyed. 12th Man, thegolden, Amarillo hopped premium bitter wasnamed to commemorate long suffering fans. To bea fan means dreams turn to despair and hopesare invariably dashed, but occasionally there issomething to celebrate. In the case of Posh, a tripto Wembley saw them triumph againstChesterfield in the Johnstone’s Paint Trophy and arepeat visit in the Play Off final would befantastic. Posh at WemBEERley, the beer brewedto celebrate Posh reaching the JPT final, has beenbrewed again and will make another appearanceshould Posh reach the Play Off final. Thanks toToby Wood for naming the beer following arequest on Twitter.

Castorware Mild was brewed again, for 'Mild InMay' and will feature at the Cambridge BeerFestival, the Sir Loin Of Beef in Portsmouth andthe Salmon in Leicester. Unfortunately such wasthe demand for this mild that the only outlet inthis area will be the Prince of Wales Feathers inCastor.

The beer festival season has seen the brewerybrewing to capacity to meet demand. TheCambridge 41st Festival is celebrated by a festivalspecial called Mozart’s FinALE, (his 41stsymphony!). On that note, a big thanks to all ourregular customers: Prince of Wales Feathers, theBeehive, the Ostrich, Hand and Heart and‘Simmospoons’ in Werrington.

ELGOODSQE Apple is now available as a draught keg beer.

Plum Porter was second overall in the recentnational Wetherspoons Beer Festival. BottledWarrior won Silver overall in the SIBA Nationalbottled beer competition which was held recently.

Double Swan is the seasonal beer for May andJune. This will be followed by Buzz Lightbeer forJuly and August. What may be the world's firstDark Lambic has been brewed and is now in thefermenting tanks. Greyhound Bitter is beingbrewed in May and June. Also in the pipeline is aMango Wheat Beer as yet unnamed.

HOPSHACKLE BREWERY Following a number of requests from customers,Hopshackle has brewed a range of traditionalEnglish Bitters, namely, Zen 3.8%, Legacy 4.3%and Special No.1 Bitter 5.2%. These are fullflavoured, full bodied beers using only Englishhop varieties and traditional brewing practices.This includes the use of a hopback which allowsthe addition of hop flavours and aromas at a verylate stage in the brewing process.

Bottled beer sales continue to increase and afull range of Hopshackle bottles are now availableat The Stamford Wine and Cheese Cellar.

MILE TREE BREWERYThe brewery is becoming more widely knownaround the area with a number of new outletsopening up to them, some regular, others on amore occasional basis.

Two local (ish) micro pubs (String of Horses inHolbeach and the Prior's Oven in Spalding) havetaken Adventurer, Wellstream and Meadowgold in thelast few weeks. The Cosy Club in Stamford and thePloughman in Werrington have also takenMeadowgold in the last week or so and will, nodoubt, be very popular.

The brewery was very well represented at the manylocal beer festivals in April and May. The Hand &Heart St George’s Beer Fest had From Dallas WithLove, a 3.8% mild and their Rye Stout at 4.2%, even ifit was for a very short time! Cambridge Beer Festivalhad Wellstream at 4.9% and Fenland Wheat 4.3 % fortheir Festival on Jesus Green in late May.

Sacrewell Farm and Country Centre are now takingbottles of Adventurer, Wellstream and StrawberryBlonde for their gift shop.

NENE VALLEY BREWERYMuch time has been taken up in recent weeks withrevised plans for the pub/restaurant on the site. A decision has been made to keep the operation ofthis enterprise in-house.

Big Bang Theory is now the biggest seller in theshop with other beers also selling well. A “double”JIP (Jim Irving Pale) at 9.8% is planned for July whenJim Irving will be 98 years old.

Sales Director, John Blythin, now has regular deliv-eries in Derbyshire, Staffordshire and Warwickshire of10 - 15 firkins per week. He has also had enquiriesfrom local breweries in these areas for swap deals butNene Valley are not doing this at the moment.

Deliveries are also being made into London’s craftbeer pubs. This is mainly Big Bang Theory, FenlandFarmhouse Saison and Starless and Bible BlackPorter.

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OAKHAM ALESThe Oakademy beer for May/June is Paranoid5.2% Green Devil IPA now available in bottles (andcraft keg).

Davy Jones 5.0% is also available. This is thethird beer in John’s ‘pirate’ trilogy after ScarletMacaw and Hawse Buckler. All three are nowavailable for those pubs who fancy a ‘pirate’ night!

The ‘RateBeer’ website voted Oakham in thetop 100 of brewers worldwide.

One of their distributors in Keighley, ABVWholesale, have named their greyhound ScarletMacaw after their beer!

Planning has already started for thePeterborough Beer Festival and their 2015beerlist. There will be some new Oakademy beers anda return of some old favourites. Rumours are thatthe PBF beer may be dark in colour.

Beers will be on at these forthcoming festivals –Rail Ale, Chesterfield, Cambridge, Lincoln andNorthampton.

Citra bottles have been entered for the first timeinto the Australian International Beer Awards!Fingers crossed.

STAR BREWING COMPANYKeep a look out for Star Brewing Company'slatest seasonal “Quasar”, which is a 4.7% GoldenAle. This should now be on sale locally, at one ofthe many fine outlets that we are blessed with inour area.

During April, “Sirius”, a 5.2% I.P.A was brewed,which has proved very popular in the past. With the imminent onset of the local beer festivalseason, there should be plenty of Star beers onoffer, along with the ever growing range of local

Micro-Brews. The brewery has recently installed anew fermenter, which has increased their potentialcapacity to 20 barrels per week, purely to helpthem keep up with demand.

TYDD STEAMSales are going well. Sandman and Cock haverecently been brewed, both of which are from thebrewery’s occasional portfolio. Quench has justbeen brewed and also Learning To Fly has madeits second appearance. The only other news isthat the brewery has just invested in a newdelivery van and trailer. There are no new beersplanned at the moment.

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The opening day of the recentWetherspoons International Beer Festivalat the College Arms was the latest setting

for a Camra LocAle Award presentation.

The LocAle award follows hot on the heels of anOakademy award from Oakham Brewery, withThe College stocking a selection of their seasonalbrews.

The team which includes Nicky Rolfe & Cellar-man Ron Jones are doing a great job in raisingboth the profile of the pub and beer quality.

They kicked off their festival, with around 30beers on simultaneously, utilising indoor stillagewith cooler jackets and serving most of themdirect from the cask. All of the beers were in goodcondition and were thoroughly enjoyed by theCamra representatives present. These included a

couple of micro brewers from out of town on a‘busman’s holiday’. My wife and I also stayed alittle too long as I was temporarily addicted to thefine Elgoods Plum Porter which was on sale.

The College has come a long way in the real alestakes since I had my first ever pint in there in thelate 90’s. I remember clearly that a £0.99 pint of awell-known Yorkshire Best Bitter, being virtuallyundrinkable. (Hint: Family brewery sold toScottish & Newcastle, the black sheep of thefamily then going it alone.) No prizes available!

This is not the first LocAle award at TheCollege, as past regimes have received the accolade, prior to falling by the proverbial wayside.We wish the current team every success.

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Often, when I mention in conversation thatI live in Stamford, people enthuse “Ohyes, all those great pubs!” Indeed the

town has always been known for its many wateringholes, but sadly the national rate of closures (upfrom 16 to 18 a week, I read recently) has affectedStamford just as badly as anywhere else. In thesouth-western quarter of the town alone we havelost no fewer than ten pubs or clubs in the lastcouple of decades with a mere two opening toreplace them. Admittedly the two are the TobieNorris and Mama Liz’s, both recent winners ofthis branch’s Pub Of The Year award (so it’s not,quite, all doom and gloom). My point is that ninecommunity drinking establishments (if you don’tcount the RAFA club which metamorphosed intothe Norris) have been lost, probably forever. Froma personal point of view the saddest thing is that Ican remember drinking in all of them at one timeor another.

The Victoria on Ryhall Road has been a privatehouse since the 1990s. I went in there oneThursday night as the vanguard on a stag night (inthe days when such events were held a mere twodays before the wedding). I asked for seventeenpints of bitter (probably Sam Smith’s Old Brewery

given that the Vic was a Melbourn’s house). Thelandlord gave me a look and asked “Is it a stagnight?” Resisting the temptation to reply “No,they’re all for me but I’m extremely thirsty so canyou start pouring please” I duly said “Yes”.

The O’ Brien’s Arms at the top of BrazenoseLane was about ten seconds walk from my girlfriend’s house in the mid-80s, but apart fromone function it never got my custom. Even inthose far-off days the words Watney Mann meantI kept walking. The pub is now Stamford School’smedical centre.

The Daniel Lambert (St Leonard’s Street) was athriving boozer in the 90s and early 2000s underformer Met police officer and opera buff TomAuchterlonie but sadly his wife Anne’s illnessmeant they had to move on. The pub never recovered and is now a beauty salon. In its earlierlife as the Reindeer this was the pub that taughtme not to drink Ruddles County at lunchtime.Younger readers should be aware that Countythen was one of the premier strong ales in thecountry, uniquely twice winner of the prestigiousInternational Brewex Award, and not the thin,Suffolk-brewed imitation foisted upon us today!

The General Gordon in Wharf Road, run forwhat seemed like decades by the Jakes familyduring the 60s and 70s, finally fell from grace inthe early 90s. My football team drank in there

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)“In the south-westernquarter of the town alonewe have lost no fewer thanten pubs or clubs in the lastcouple of decades”(

The Victoria, on Ryhall Road, now a private house

post-match and you could never be sure from oneweek to the next just who the licensees would be.Eventually it closed (rumour had it that a singlecellar beam was holding up the entire building)only to reopen briefly in the mid-90s as Fat Boys’Bar. Finally it was demolished and flats now adornthe site.

Cummins (formerly Newage) Social Club, a fewdoors down from the Gordon, closed its doorsearlier this year and is to become an IT hub.Although no real ale was offered in latter years,there were two hand pumps in use previously andthe ale was always worth drinking.

Just across the town bridge, the Anchor closedin 2001. Much of its trade at one time came fromlorry drivers overnighting on the nearby cattlemarket but when that facility closed the pubsuffered. The landlord and landlady (his domainwas the kitchen while she kept the ale in top-notch condition) moved on, as I recall, to theWhite Swan at Harringworth. The classic Anchor

building now wears its Pizza Express logo with afaint air of embarrassment.

Round the corner the George Tap is now partof the George Business Centre to the rear of theeponymous hotel. I recall it being popular withRAF personnel from Wittering going on leave whowould buy their tickets from the nearby railwaystation before repairing to the Tap for a pint ortwo of Newcastle Exhibition, whilst waiting for thetrain. The Morgado family ran the pub beforemoving on to greater things at the Bull and Swanand the Royal Oak, Duddington.

Back across the river.........The Dolphin in EastStreet, which only closed at the end of last year,never really recovered in my opinion, from thedeparture of entrepreneurial landlord MikMaksimovic and his wife Tina at the end of the90s. It will almost certainly become a residentialproperty!

Alun Thomas

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A brewery thatclosed downexactly one

hundred years ago hasbeen resurrected by alocal enthusiasticbrewer. The brand newKing’s Cliffe Breweryhas started full produc-tion in Unit 10,Kingsmead, Station

Road, King’s Cliffe. The new brewery, completewith new five barrel brewing plant, is the result ofhard work and planning by brewer Jeremy O’Neill(Jez to his friends).

The logo of the brewery features a ‘King’ chesspiece (see above). At a recent official openevening four of the beers brewed by Jez were onoffer. Starting at the lower gravity of 3.8% ABV,5C, was a light and golden hoppy ale. Next upthe scale was no.10, an amber coloured ale at4.0% ABV. The strongest was a powerful 5.5%ABV full bodied ale named K2. There wasanother mystery beer at 4.7% ABV without aname. A variety of hops were on show, Fuggles,Goldings and Challenger to educate the visitors.

An original poster from the previous King’sCliffe Brewery states that the proprietor G.K.Papillon used only pure English malt and hopsof the best quality with no sugar or other ingredi-ents added. This of course applies to the presentday brews. The poster also states “The beers ofthis Brewery are strongly recommended by amost eminent London Physician and otherleading members of the Medical Profession asbeing tonic, pure, wholesome and digestive.” Itwas alleged they were beneficial to any sufferers ofgout, rheumatism or liver complaints. Now howmany brews today have that claim?

We wish Jeremy good fortune in his new ventureand I’m sure, based on the tastings that I had,

his beers will soon be sitting on the bars of manylocal pubs.

David Murray

NewLandlordat theNag’s Head, Eastrea.Kevin Archer took over the pub in March thisyear as the landlord and the chef. The previouslandlord had introduced real ale to this commu-nity pub. Kevin has expanded the real ales toinclude 3 regular guest beers. During my visitthere was Greene King IPA (regular), BatemansXXXB and Oakham Citra. The beer is very wellkept and on the board for the coming week, wasAdnams Broadside, Hardys & Hansons Olde Tripplus Star Brewery Meteor.

Real ale is popular with a local Whisky Club whomeet there once a month, for Whisky TastingNight.

Kevin is keen to try as many different real ales ashe can to give his customers plenty of choice, andhas been in contact with many of the local brew-eries. The feedback from his customers is verypositive.

He sells good pub food from Tuesday to Saturdayand the always popular Sunday Roast Dinner.

Well worth a visit if you are in the area.Mike Blakesley

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T he weekend of 11th, 12th &13th April saw a very wellorganised LocAle Beer

Festival at the Iron Horse RanchHouse in Market Deeping. A plethora of Bikers, Motorbikes,Tickers, Beer Lovers, MusicFans, Musicians, Brewers,Diners & other normal human beings gatheredat the venue under a collection of marquees. Thesewere erected especially for the event, at the back ofthe premises alongside the River Welland.

There were over 30 LocAle beers on offer to oilthe serious beer lovers just as well as the CastrolGTX in the atmosphere oiled the motorbikes,bringing back the temporary nostalgia of being aLambretta 175GT & Ariel Arrow owner severalyears ago. Seriously though, there were someimpressive looking Harley Davidsons turning upthroughout the weekend.

The non-stop live music performed on stage by acacophony of very talented musicians was certainlyan eye opener for someone of my age, but at least Inow know who “Denacious T” are. Cool eh?

It was great to see a "Gabble" of local brewersgather at the event throughout Saturday afternoon,each individually available for a “Meet the Brewer”session, all armed with a sample of brewing ingredi-ents. Despite this, the “Fish Guts" debate wasongoing and all that was lacking was a live sturgeonfor the demonstration.

Proprietors Richard & Verity Swinscoe certainlyput on a great event and at the same timesupporting a very worthy charity for disabled bikers.

It was great to see so many local brews on saleand the venue being so busy. They have their ownstable beer on sale permanently now called"Prospect", which is brewed by Bexar CountyBrewery of Peterborough.

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The venue has a typically American feel to it,with a restaurant menu to match!

The restaurant was full to the rafters nearly allday. This was well supplemented by their ownoutside catering unit, which I gladly used inorder to soak up a little of my drinking excesses.

On a serious note, it was a very impressiveeffort to put all that together & I sincerely hopeit was a financial success. It was certainly asuccess from my side of the bar and I lookforward in anticipation to their next festival.

Dave McLennan - LocAle Officer

IRON HORSE SKOOL OF ROCKAND ROLL – NOT BAD AT ALL!

It has only been open in the new location afew months, but the Iron Horse has alreadyput itself firmly on the map for decent beer

and live music. The bringing together of thesetwo ingredients culminated in the recent Skoolof Rock & Roll in April. A line up of bandsperforming over 3 days and a choice of about 25different ales from some excellent local brewersmade for a painlessly enjoyable event.

Saturday 12th was the only day we couldmake, but we knew we were in for an enter-taining day when within minutes of grabbing apint of Mile Tree Adventurer our first musicalinterlude had begun. It was just after middayand Denacious T started the proceedings. Theyare couple of youngsters (everyone is a young-ster compared to me!) who perform mainlyTenacious D material. A good start I thoughtwith more to come. By the time my second pint(Elgoods Spring Challenge since you ask) was wending its way south we were educated by the

hugely popular Tom Wright Band, featuring theyouthful Rex Gates on bass. I’ll have to ventureout of my cave to see these again I think as I’dlike to know how you can bend guitar strings likethat without acquiring some kind of personalinjury. I'll mention them to the PeterboroughBeer Festival Organiser to see if he can pullstrings and book 'em! The bands continuedand beer carried on flowing and by late after-noon the sawdust laden floor was soaking up afew spillages and the marquees were buzzing.

Having all of these local beers on board it wasbound to attract those ale buffs who know athing or two about the dark art of brewing, butit was still a surprise to see a clutch of brewersamong the swilling throng. I knew the afternoonwould become more confusing as we went alongas they’d soon clumped together and werespeaking ‘in tongues’ with us mere mortaloutsiders catching a word or two of Englishsuch as hops, malt and yeast. The rest of thelanguage was completely unintelligible!

All of the gigs at the Iron Horse usually have acharity element to them and this was nodifferent with the chosen charities being Senseand N.A.B.D (National Association of Bikerswith a Disability). Let’s hope they raised apacket.

Steve Williams

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CAMRA’s Great British Beer Festival will bebringing a carnival atmosphere to London’sOlympia exhibition centre this summer with anextravagant circus theme complete with live-actioncircus performers.

But fantastic beer will of course remain the starof the show, with over 350 different breweriesoffering 900 different real ales, ciders, perries andinternational beers to over 50,000 thirsty beerlovers throughout the week-long event.

The festival will feature 29 bars including 11brewery bars run by the Nation’s biggest and bestbrewers of real ale, plus food and merchandisestalls as well as a full schedule of entertainment onthe GBBF music stage.

The event is set to be one the biggest and bestGreat British Beer Festival’s ever, so don’t missout on your place at the festival and buy a ticketnow via www.gbbf.org.uk /tickets.

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Roll up, roll up, to Britain’s Biggest Pub

Yes, it’s back for another year! Situated on theEmbankment, Peterborough from 19th - 23rdAugust the festival will have a HUGE range ofdraught real ales, ciders, perries, wines and bottledbeers available.

New this year the festival will be open all dayfrom Wednesday 20th! Remember, there are freeand discounted sessions available to CAMRAmembers so this is a great time to join up to thecampaign.

Further information will be available in the nextissue of this magazine and posters will be going uparound Peterborough in the next few weeks. Putthese dates in your diary,

19th - 23rd August

Coming soon, the 37thPeterborough Beer Festival!

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DIARY DATESJUNETuesday 3rd Committee meeting. The Ostrich (tbc) 8.30pm. All branchmembers welcome, please bring membershipcard.

Sunday 15th Gold Award presentation toThe Vine / 40th anniversary presentation toThe Bull (both at Market Deeping) Meet at Queensgate bus station at 11.50amfor the 12.00 bus to Market Deeping. Returnon the 4.20pm bus from Market Deeping.This is a joint event with Fenland branch.Please contact Social Secretary John Hunt.

JULYFriday 4th Elgoods have kindly invited thebranch to visit the brewery at Wisbech.The visit will include a brewery tour, gardentour for those so inclined and refreshments.Depart Brewery Tap at 6pm and return by11pm. Cost for the minibus is £8.00.To book contact Social Secretary John Hunt.

Monday 7th Committee meeting. The Heron, Stanground (tbc) 8.30pmAll branch members welcome, please bringmembership card.

Saturday 19th CAMRA Cycle Rally. StartCathedral Square at 16.30. Contacts areRoss Parton 07971229865 and Chez Hansel01733 341931.

BEER FESTIVALSMAYSaturday 31st MayKnobworth - 2-day real ale, cider & live musicfestival in aid of charity. Now in its third year ofkicking cancer in the balls. The Angel Inn,Yarwell, PE8 6PR.

Thursday 22nd May - Sunday 1st JuneNorwich City of Ale. City-wide beer festivalencompassing 44 pubs and over 30 breweries.

Thursday 29th May - Sunday 1st JuneWoolpack, Stanground, PE2 8HR - BeerFestival with 10 real ales and live music.

JUNESunday 1st JunePeterborough Conservative Club on Broadway9 ales, 3 ciders, european bottles, food, musicand stalls open from 11am.

Saturday 7th JuneKings Head, Kings Cliffe Road, Apethorpe,PE8 5DG. Live music, real ale, German lagersand food, hog roast.

Friday 13th - Sunday 15th JuneFathers Day Cask Ale Festival at the Cuckoo,Alwalton, PE7 3UP.

JULYThursday 3rd July - Sunday 6th JulyPloughman Summer Beer FestivalStaniland Way, Werrington Centre PE4 6NA.

Friday 4th - Sunday 6th July1st Annual Beer Festival at The White Horse,Baston, PE6 9PE. 20+ ales and ciders plus livemusic.

Friday 25th - Saturday 26th July11th Deepings Beer Festival. Real ales, ciders,fairground rides and stalls.

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JUNESun 1 - Oakham Mic Night 6pm - Brewery Tap,

Peterborough

Sun 1 - One Eyed Cats 2.30pm - Charters, Peterborough

Mon 2 - Unplugged 8pm - Charters, Peterborough

Fri 6 - Frankly My Dear - The Cock Inn, Werrington

Fri 6 - Front Cover - The Dragon, Werrington

Sat 7 - Too Fat to Kidnap - Iron Horse, Market Deeping

Sat 7 - The Overdubs - Straw Bear, Whittlesey

Sat 7 - Chris Hatt 9:30pm - Charters, Peterborough

Sun 8 - Groove Cartel 2:30pm - Charters, Peterborough

Fri 13 - Kick Back - Iron Horse, Market Deeping

Sat 14 - The Blues House - Straw Bear, Whittlesey

Sun 15 - Grounded 2:30pm - Charters, Peterborough

Sun 15 - Jazz Jam 7pm –late - Brewery Tap, Peterborough

Wed 18 - Grainne Duffy Band - Iron Horse, Market

Deeping

Fri 20 - Medicine Hat - Iron Horse, Market Deeping

Sat 21 - Reverb Nation 10:30pm - Charters, Peterborough

Sat 21 - Sons of Kal -el - Iron Horse, Market Deeping

Sun 22 - Children of The Rev 2:30pm - Charters,

Peterborough

Sun 22 - Leon 2:30pm - Charters, Peterborough

Fri 27 - The Whole Point - Brewery Tap, Peterborough

Sat 28 - The 707 - Straw Bear, Whittlesey

JULYFri 4 - Fedz - Ploughman, Werrington

Sat 5 - Zak Zoot - Ploughman, Werrington

Sat 5 - Motor City Vipers - Ploughman, Werrington

Sat 5 - Rocket Dogs - Iron Horse, Market Deeping

Sat 5 - The Boobonyx - Straw Bear, Whittlesey

Sun 6 - Nuggets - Ploughman, Werrington

Fri 11 - Rattleshack and Thy Last Drop - Iron Horse,

Market Deeping

Fri 18 - CJ Hatt Trio - Iron Horse, Market Deeping

Sat 19 - The One Eyed Cats - Straw Bear, Whittlesey

Sat 26 - Pennyless - Straw Bear, Whittlesey

Please send any details for August / Septembergigs to info@orchardhousemedia.co.uk.

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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 info@real-ale.org.uk.

Pub name:

Pub address/town/village:

Reason for award:

Your name:

Your phone number or e-mail address:

Your membership number:

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The next issue of BAE will beavailable on: 25th JulyWe must have your stories,news and advertisements by: 2nd JulyLate copy cannot be guaranteed entry.

Please contact Jane MichelsonTel: 01733 211410Mobile: 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 © 2014, TheCampaign for Real Ale Ltd.

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

Beer Around ’EreEditor: Jane Brownbae-editor@real-ale.org.uk

Distribution: David Murray(See Chairman on the left)

Advertising: Jane Michelson01733 211410jane@orchardhousemedia.co.uk

Magazine & Production: Daniel Speed - 01733 211933info@orchardhousemedia.co.uk

Proofreader: Bob MelvilleSee details below

Brewery Liaison OfficersBlue Bell: John Hunt07923 489917Bexar County Brewery & Mile Tree 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 489917Star Brewing Company: Dave McLennan 07854 642773.Xtreme Ales: Matt Mace07809 629241

Trading Standards08545 040506www.consumerdirect.gov.uk

Check out our website at:www.real-ale.org.uk

Branch CommitteeSecretary: 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 Holmes07474 758194pubs-officer@real-ale.org.uk

Press Officer: Mike Blakesley01733 390828 (h) 07747 617527 (m)press-officer@real-ale.org.uk

Young Members: Kara Williamsyoung-members@real-ale.org.uk

Membership: Bob Melville07941 246693membership@real-ale.org.uk

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

LocAle Officer: Dave McLennan01733 346059 (h) 07854 642773 (m)locale@real-ale.org.uk

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

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