Issue 167 | October - November

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We are told that this year has been theworst year for wet weather for ahundred or more years. Well

someone also must have taken pity on our localbranch area and, also realized that for sevenyears running the PBF (Peterborough BeerFestival) has suffered pretty rotten damp weatherevery year. Lo, the sun shone, the people didn’tget soaked and we had no conditions somewhatlike trench warfare. Yes I know it chucked itdown on Saturday but, we can cope with a bit ofrain and anyway the PBF thrives on a bit of wet.

For you keen stat watchers all the results andfigures are in this issue. At the end of the day wehad a great festival -one of the best for manyyears and, to date most of the feedback hasbeen positive. Thank you to all of you who camealong and supported us.

A discussion with an old friend recently (mostof my friends are past their sell by date but stillreal friends), came up with the topic of towncentres being no-go places at weekends. Thiscame as a surprise to me due to him havingbeen an avid pub customer in many city pubsfor as long as I had known him. He had swallowed the hype put out by the governmentand followed up by the media, that our citycentres are jammed with fighting, vomiting,vandalising yobs who are only hell bent oncausing trouble. We ventured into one or twowell known city watering holes and he had toagree that we saw no trouble of that kind at all.I’m not denying there is some trouble at week-ends in city and town centres. Very rarely doesthis occur before the magical midnight hour,when all us Cinderellas have to be home. At midnight the clubs are just getting into fullflow, and without a doubt noise levels increase,the odd handbags are drawn, and then the nastyelement who can’t drink without wanting to fightthe world, come out of their holes. We asresponsible drinkers should not tolerate the liesthat are being cast about the majority of us.

Most politicians and newspaper editors have nota clue to the real scene that prevails in our towncentres, whereas we do know the true facts. Thismisconception only gives the government yetmore ammunition to increase taxes, as being theanswer to combat these ‘problems’ at night. It’stime these false claims were stopped and theinterests of the majority of law abiding drinkers,and licensees, were given a fair chance in thename of good old British fair play. Maybe pigswill then fly !

We are still actively pursuing our target ofreaching 100,000 signatures for our E-petition, toget the duty escalator scrapped by theChancellor. If you’ve still not signed the petitionget on line to our web site, and details are onthere. We hope to reach our target by the end ofOctober. Only another 10,000 or so to go.

At this time of year we are always on the lookout for new people to come and join us to take amore active part within our organisation. Ifanyone would like to become part of our teamand become a member of our committee wewould welcome you. At the end of the year ourillustrious Pubs Officer Steve Williams has indi-cated he is stepping down from his post. I’msure we shall all miss Steve’s witty andhumorous ’reports’ on our local pub scene. A flair for writing to that level is not compulsoryfor anyone interested in taking on the job. Wemay also have some other posts that need to befilled. Contact me or any other committeemember.

Finally I have to say a very grateful ‘Thank You’to all our unpaid volunteers at this years PBF.The event simply would not happen withoutyour help and dedication. Thank you all. That’sit folks.

David Murray, Branch Chairman.

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I ’m sure I usually have trouble finding pubnews just after the Beer Festival as my wakinghours are occupied by other beery matters.

So in this issue I was quite prepared to dig intothe bran tub of desperation and fill this spacewith a few stock stories about kittens stuck uptrees or whatever the pub related equivalent is.But then by chance I discover that we’ve beenoverwhelmed with pub closures. Hence, I nowhave a wealth of pub news to keep us all in adepressed state of mind to complement thedismal autumnal weather we’re bound to behaving as you read this.

We’re all doomed, doomed I sayFirstly, as mentioned in a previous magazine, theChequers in Orton Wistow has now permanentlyclosed and will be ...wait for it... a Tesco. This willI’m sure bring more business to the supermarketnext door. After all, consumer choice is a goodthing !

Our next pub to bite the dust temporarily isGoodbarn’s Yard to the east of the city. A pubwith lots of potential it should have a brightfuture under the right conditions.

Another temporary closure was the Dragonf ly inOrton which came and went and then came backagain. It is now trading under new management.

Meanwhile in Oundle Rd, Boro Bar has closed.Many of you will remember it as the Boy’s Headand it’s seen a variety of landlords taking thehelm. The pub has been trading as a sports barwith live music, football and lots more besidesbut unfortunately it wasn’t enough.

The Westwood Hotel in Mayor’s Walk hasclosed and is currently covered in hoardings todisguise the fact that it's been gutted and the

front wall has been removed! Are they extendinginto the Co-op next door or are we to bepresented with another European supermarket?

The Shoulder of Mutton in Weldon is presentlyclosed which is a great shame. Hopefully we’ ll seeit reopen soon.

The long derelict Oatsheaf in Whittlesey hasnow been attacked by men in overalls and it lookslike the place is to be raised to the ground. Thesite is to be used for housing of some kind.

In Eye the Spade & Shovel is still closed and ismarked up as being converted to flats.

The Oak in Easton on the Hill is now closed.This was one of three pubs in the village and withstiff competition from the Exeter Arms run byMick Thurlby and the very popular communitypub the Bluebell it was unlikely to survive.

The news that the Flyer’s Club in Priestgatehas closed came as a bit of a surprise to me. Thiswas a private members club set up during the warfor use by returning RAF personnel on leave fromfighting goose stepping oppressors. A few yearsago, the members were asked to help finance theclub while it went through a difficult tradingperiod. This sounded odd at the time. After allisn’t the club owned freehold and is free of tie? Ifind it difficult to believe that the club is financiallyunviable. We await further news and hopefully itwill reopen in the future.

A sunny outlookTo counteract this time of doom and gloom I’dlike to mention a few good things.

The Solstice in Northminster Rd (behind themarket if you didn’t know) has three ales on offer

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and members of the Beer Festival Committeewere pleasantly surprised when they had the finalmeeting there back before the August onslaught.All three ales were superb. We were granted abehind the scenes look at the new, soon to beopened beer garden. Admittedly it was just abuilding site when we had a snoop but you haveto use your imagination sometimes. I believethere may be a no smoking part of the beergarden as well which is an interesting idea. Thegarden will need a name and local citizens beenasked to come up with something suitable. Thereis an incentive of course, in this case a £100 bartab for the lucky winner to run up!

Stamford StuffThe Great Escape in Cheyne Lane (formerlyPanama Joe’s), has been open for a while nowand is certainly worth a visit. I haven’t eaten therebut the food is reportedly top-notch and ale isdispensed direct from the cask as God intended.A recent offering was Grainstore Rutland Beastat a mere 5.3%. Mine hosts are Toby and HannahAnsell and Toby regularly takes time out from barduties to tinkle the ivories this side of the bar.Look out for the open mic nights each week.

A Gold AwardThe Queen’s Head in Bulwick has recently beenpresented with a Gold Award and as I didn’tmanage to get myself on the minibus to help outwith the ceremony I thought I’d give the place avisit. So, a pleasant Friday lunchtime saw me andMrs Pubs Officer trundle over to the village forrefreshments. A bank of 5 handpumps greeted usand the range was a delight. Two Oakham beers,a Digfield and a Great Oakley with a LondonPride if you fancied something from out of town.There is a separate restaurant available and anexcellent beer garden with a bit of shelter if thesun is too strong! The one thing that sticks inthe mind apart from the excellent food and beerwas that nothing seemed to be too much troublefor our hosts. A steady stream of customers withdiverse requirements were accommodatedwithout fuss. All very professional I thought anda worthy recipient of a Gold Award. I also noticedthat Happy Hour is on a Sunday between 3pm

and 6pm when all ales are £2 a pint. Doesanyone fancy giving me a lift?

A party pieceIt looks like the showbiz bug has bittenWhittlesey. Those of you who are fans of thetheatrical and sit glued to Britain’s Got Talentwill be gratified to know there is a similarphenomenon happening in the town at QuinnsClub in Market Street. This is in conjunctionwith Whittleseasurf Radio who will be lookingafter things. I’m sure the same exacting standardsof the national contest will apply equally to thelocal wannabes! More details are available fromwayne@whittleseasurf.com.Now, where did I put my ukulele?

While we’re in Whittlesey I must mention theBoat, which just happens to be run by respectedlandlord Phil Quinn. I’ve been badgered by long-time musician Dave Bailey who tells merepeatedly about the pub’s open mic nights andthe other musical events that go on in the pub.There is a facebook page you can have a look atwhich will give all the details.(www.facebook.com/boat.inn.1)

And speaking of breakfasts.... It would seem that enterprising landlord AndySimmonds of the Ploughman has converted theLounge into a tea room called WerringtonCentral. Nip in from 9am - 4pm weekdays onlyfor brekkie, tea, coffee and probably a cake ortwo.

All change, it’s time for an early retirementAs I sit here typing I sometimes muse to myselfthat perhaps someone else should have a go atthis Pubs Officer lark and write a few lines aboutPubs around ‘Ere. It is with this thought in mindthat I would like to announce my retirement fromthis column and seek my fortune elsewhere.

Over the many years that I’ve been scribblingpuerile drivel for your education and entertain-ment I have notched up over 80,000 words.Goodness me I hear you say, that is a lot ofdrivel and I would be the first to agree with you.

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But what would I have spent my time doing if Ihadn’t been writing Pub News. I suppose I couldhave used all those words to write a novel. Afterall Oscar Wilde’s ‘A Picture of Dorian Gray’ onlyused 78,462 words and Erich Remarque’s ‘AllQuiet on the Western Front’ used 61,922, so bothof those would have been within my grasp shouldI have had the talent to attain such literaryheights.

But being a Pubs Officer is not just about fillingthe pages of a magazine, it’s much more thanthat, in fact it’s anything but that! If I have a lookat the official remit of the Pubs Officer I have skil-fully dodged the bullet in so many ways as manyof the official duties have been undertaken byother Committee worthies. Writing Pub Newsdoesn’t even get a mention!

One of the functions of a Pubs Officer shouldbe to lead campaigns against pub closures andI’m glad to say that I may have played some smallpart in halting the bulldozers a couple of times. Ilike to think that spouting on about the possibledemolition of the Cherry Tree helped the landowners rethink their strategy. I also take somecomfort in the fact that Tesco haven’t knockeddown the Ploughman yet which leads me tothinking that I may have made a bit of a differ-ence no matter how small.

So, who is in line for this little job of mine? Totell the truth I have no idea as I have left it all inthe hands of our very capable Chairman DaveMurray who I’m sure will find someone suitable.

My last issue will be the Christmas edition ofBeer Around ‘Ere and I, like every retiree, will behaving a ‘leaving do’, which I’m sure will involvebeer, pubs and possibly a kebab. You will ofcourse all be invited. Watch this space.

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The brewery had a presence for the first time atthe 35th Peterborough Beer Festival towards theend of August. Their “festival special”, Jim IrvingPale, a full-bodied 5.6% amber beer with spicy hopnotes, gained Silver in the New Breweries cate-gory. All involved with the brewery were delightedwith the result as they did not expect to win atsuch a large festival.

Sales of the other beers in the portfolio continueapace, with another new beer, Biker Hop, a 3.6%offering, recently available at the ShuckboroughArms, Southwick, the brewery’s unofficial brewerytap.

Melbourn There are no changes to the fruit beers brewed onsite. Now that the new tenants have settled inand he has been trained at Tadcaster, brewerytours have recommenced. They can arrangetours at any time but prefer to conduct them andFridays and Saturdays whenever possible.

Blue Bell Sales are steady and August saw another threecustomers start taking the bottled beers.No new beers are planned at the moment.

ElgoodsIndian Summer starts it’s spell in Sainsburys aspart of the Great British Beer Challenge. Warriorwon a Silver medal and M&S Diamond JubileeAle brewed by Elgoods won a Gold in the recentInternational Bottled Beer Awards.

The Dog Decathlon series is still selling wellwith Wheelchair Basset Ball being the currentoffering. This will be replaced in October by TaiKwon Dog, a ginger beer.

On the subject of beers with additions, Elgoodswill feature a “Fruit beer corner” at their forth-coming beer festival. There will be four unnamedfruit beers for sampling consisting of an Apricot,Blackberry, Cherry and Peach beer. The idea isfor the public to comment on the flavours with aview to future production. Elgoods will have atotal of seventeen of their own beers on for thefestival !

Don’t forget the SIBA / Elgoods beer festivalwith judging for the competition being on 19thSeptember and the Festival following on 20th to22nd.

Finally you can now follow the Brewery onTwitter.

Tydd SteamDr Fox’s Cunning Linctus wona Gold at the Sheringham beerfestival and Will was pleasedwith his bronze for Barn Ale atPeterborough.

Sales are still very positivebut no further decisions on the

proposed expansion have been made. There areno new beers planned at the moment.

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Brewery News

The annual cycle rally took place onSaturday 14th July. In view of the factthat it was Bastille Day in France, we

hoped that some of the contestants would getinto the mood and arrive dressed as “OnionJohnnies”. Alas, no luck. Not to be outdone, wedid ask them to collect “une tricolore” as part oftheir treasure.

We were fortunate enough to get 14 partici-pants – fortunate considering the recentweather, several out-of-town CAMRA trips and1 or 2 other clashing events.

We started from Cathedral Square at 17:00and followed fiendish directions and looked fordevious clues around the prepared route. Onthe way we had to persuade the Verger (apolo-gies if I have the wrong title) that the Cathedralgrounds shut at 18:30 and not 17:30. It was thenover the Large Water Bird, on past The YakTree, and along the embankment.

The first port of call was the Heron inStanground looking for “The ChristmasConnection” whilst quaffing Adnams. This wasfollowed by the Fenman where we tried to find“How is the Cellarman so described”, JohnSmith’s & London Pride, before looping back

along the Sustrans Route to the Woolpack -good range of beers. At this point it started torain heavily but our ever-resourceful contestantsput on a brave face and settled into theWoolpack until it cleared whilst trying to decipher “NL5851”.

Back on the road we headed west throughFletton and onto the Coalheavers, another goodrange of beers, for a drink whilst searching for“O-739” and then onto Cuckoo Clocks andToblerone at the Swiss Cottage (varied selectionof ales) – “How far is Gaillimh?”

On through the fading daylight, we made ourway over the Town Bridge, back past theCathedral Square and into the WortleyAlmshouses (Sam Smiths) for what must havebeen the cheapest pint of the night. “Whatdrink is Fairtrade?”

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We finally headed north to the hospitality of ourdestination – The Burghley Square Club andtried to discover “What plague-spreading creaturelooks down from above”. Possibly an obviousanswer but explain the reason for the wording ofthe clue.

Safely settled into the front snug all our combat-ants brought forth their treasures and completedpapers for appraisal (and points!) A Teddy Bear – wrong – that’s an Orang-utan –no points. A piece of Lego – where did they findthat? An example of Bledewort – I think they all gotthat, and a Belemnite, not to forget the aforemen-tioned Tricolore and a Christmas Postage stamp.The resourcefulness continues to amaze me!

It was at that point we realised that we hadneglected to bring the answers. You try remem-bering the answers to 40 questions after 6 or 7pints!

Ultimately the rally was won by ‘Dickie’s Birdsand the Fat Boy’ with 157 points. They carried offthe shield and the responsibility of setting nextyears CAMRA cycle rally – I can hardly wait !

To all the landlords and staff who were no doubtmystified by these hoards of cyclists wanderinground their pubs whilst reading every picture,label and sign in the hope of finding an answer toa clue, many, many thanks, we couldn’t do itwithout you.

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For anyone who wishesto purchase a copy ofthe 2013 Good BeerGuide I have a numberin stock. A considerablediscount is given to ourbranch members whobuy during the nextthree months ofSeptember, Octoberand November.Contact me for fulldetails.

I also have in mypossession as custodian of the lostproperty from the PBF, a number of itemsincluding spectacles, a mans (Lotus) wristwatchand an assorted number of keys. These items willbe held only for a limited time. Anyone who hasmade previous enquiries about other items(cameras, phones). I’m afraid we do not have them.

I would like to remind our PBF staff, andmembers of our annual xmas party to be held thisyear at the Peterborough Rugby Club on FridayDecember 7th. Tickets for the event will be on salefrom the end of October. Details will be in the nextissue of BAE.

CheersDM Branch Chair.

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The Peterborough Beer Festival Committee arehailing this year’s festival a success following anincrease in attendance compared to the previousyear. Altogether over 27,500 people attended theevent marking a rise of about 5% year on year.Friday was particularly impressive with 8,500people through the door – one of the busiestnights for several years. A return to original“horseshoe” style layout, reduced entry pricesand largely favourable weather all helped bringthe visitors flocking to the annual Embankmentextravaganza.

Over 350 different real ales were representedand some 91,832 pints were consumed, anaverage of just over 3 pints per session pervisitor. Equally popular were the large range ofciders, bottled beers and wines available at thefestival. Some 13,240 pints of cider, 10,817 bottledbeers and 1,650 bottles of wine were sold overthe 5 day event.

As usual the champion beers of the festivaljudging was held on the Wednesday. This yearexpert tasters from the local real-ale scene werejoined by guest judges including journalists, beerbloggers and even an enthusiast who created amobile app for the festival. The winners thisyear were Salopian Blackwater Rat Race (Gold),

Fyne Ales Rune (Silver) and Adnams Tally Ho!(Bronze). A notable feature of this year’s festivalwas the popularity of social networking sites tocreate a buzz around the event with oneobserver remarking: “Live beer blogging, this iswhat Twitter was made for!”

Live music was, as in previous years, a popularfeature of this years festival as thousands gath-ered into the entertainment marquee to watch adiverse range of artists perform. The variety ofacts proved once again to be a great draw inbringing in the crowds.

Other popular activities included the pubgames, quiz, Tipplefair and of course dressing upin fancy costume! Amongst the imaginative outfitsthis year we saw disco divas, Spiderman and eventhe Super Mario Brothers. Not to mention themany others who came wearing some interestingheadgear! It all adds to Peterborough’s reputationas one of the most colourful and friendly festivalatmospheres around.

This year there was also a strong campaigningtheme to the festival as CAMRA volunteers andstaff from HQ helped to raise awareness of thehigh profile Beer Duty Escalator e-petition

campaign. The campaign, aimed at securing adebate in Parliament on the unfair rate of dutyon beer, certainly resonated with ordinaryfestival goers. The membership stand carried alarge array of publicity material highlighting theissue and visitors were eager to sign up andregister their support. Over the course of theevent the number of signatures collected wasestimated in the thousands.

Of course without the help of all the unpaidCAMRA volunteers who donate their time itgoes without saying that there would be noannual Beerfest. Yes, there are some perks toworking behind the scenes (as I’m sure you canguess) but the staff work incredibly hard and longhours to provide a real ale festival that everyonecan enjoy. On behalf of the Committee we wouldlike to thank all those individuals. Finally wewould also like to thank everyone who attendedthe 35th year and who helped to make 2012 oneof the best festivals in recent years. Planning fornext years festival will now take place– look outfor details of the first meetings on thePeterborough CAMRA websites soon. We lookforward to seeing you all again for 2013.

Karl SimpsonPress Officer

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The National Brewery Centre, Burton uponTrent, Saturday 13th October

After the success of the 2011 event, CAMRA willbe returning to the National Brewery Centre inBurton upon Trent for this year’s CAMRAAwards Lunch and Champion Beer of BritainPresentation. Known to be the brewing capital ofGreat Britain, this is the perfect setting for thisyear’s annual event.

The lunch will be taking place in the brewery’sspectacular marquee and will begin with a real alereception, serving some of this year’s winningbeers. Guests will then be served with a deliciousfour course meal, accompanied by the winningbeers from this year’s CBoB competition.

Beer legend Roger Protz will be presenting thewinning breweries with their awards and KeithBott, Managing Director of Titanic Brewery andChairman of SIBA, will be appearing as our guestspeaker.

Tickets are now available to purchase at £65 perperson and are open to members and non-members.

To book your place please contact CAMRA on01727 867201 or email admin@camra.org.uk.Payment will be taken at the time of booking.

Please visit the CAMRA main website for moreinformation www.camra.org.uk /awards-lunch

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Mass Parliamentary Lobbyannounced for December 12th- over1,000 people expected to participate

CAMRA, the Campaign for Real Ale, isdelighted to celebrate with other members of thebeer and pub industry as the Government e-petition calling on the abandonment of thebeer duty escalator has exceeded the 100,000signatures needed to trigger a Parliamentarydebate. The petition is only the 12thGovernment e-petition - out of over 16,000submitted - to have ever reached the 100,000landmark.

The beer duty escalator, introduced by the lastGovernment in 2008, and continued by thecoalition, has successively penalised Britain’sbeer drinkers by automatically increasing dutylevels by 2% above inflation every year. As aresult, tax on beer has increased by over 40%since 2008, with a third of every pub pint nowbeing swallowed in tax. Over 4,500 pubs havealso closed over this same period.

CAMRA has invested significant resources intocampaigning against the beer duty escalator, andmajor breakthroughs in the lead up to the peti-tion securing 100,000 signatures included over15,000 beer drinkers adding their names to itover the course of the Great British BeerFestival, held at London’s Olympia at the begin-ning of August (7th-11th).

With a Parliamentary debate now in prospect,CAMRA is ramping up the pressure onGovernment by announcing it is to hold a MassParliamentary Lobby in Westminster onWednesday December 12th, with over 1,000people expected to attend from all corners of

the UK to voice their discontent at punitive taxincreases on Britain’s National Drink. Attendeeswill be asking to speak to their respective localMPs, and seeking their support to protect thenation’s historic beer and pub industry.

Colin Valentine, CAMRA National Chairman,said: ‘Joining a very small minority of e-petitions tohave ever reached the 100,000 landmark is amammoth achievement, and it’s been fantastic towitness the beer and pub industry uniting to fightback against this issue.

‘Over the last 6 months, CAMRA has beencollecting signatures at beer festivals, organising localcampaigning events, as well as supplying pubs withpetition material. On CAMRA’s part, we havedevoted a great amount of resources to thiscampaign, so we are delighted this has all paid off.

‘CAMRA’s next step is not to rest on our laurelsbut to maintain the impetus with our MassParliamentary Lobby, which will reinforce to MPsthe groundswell of support for this campaign. Withall the battering it has taken, the beer and pubsector still manages to contribute over £21 billion ayear to the UK’s GDP, and supports one millionjobs, so it’s about time the Government honoured itspledge to be “pub friendly”.

Beer tax e-petition reacheslandmark 100K signatures

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LIVE MUSICSat 13 October- ALTERED EGO 9pmSat 3 November - ROCKET DOGS 9pmSat 24 November - BE BOP A LULA'S

~ Eye ~Blue Boar

46 High Street, Eye, Peterborough PE6 7UY Tel: 01733 222234

Selection of Real Ales includingOakham Ales

Sky Sports • Pool Table • Darts

Regular live music and KaraokeBar snacks available Tuesday to

Saturday lunchtimesHome cooked Sunday LunchesSmall conference room available

(Weddings,Christenings and business facilities)

FREE

29 Sept Tom Wright Band - Burghley Club, P’boro4 Oct Open Mic, 8pm - Free - Mama Liz’s, Stamford5 Oct Leon - Dragon, Werrington5 Oct Swamptruck - Charters, P’boro6 Oct Mighty Mouth - Dragon, Werrington6 Oct Mistreated - Prince oW Feathers, Castor6 Oct The 707 - Ploughman, Werrington6 Oct Hooker - Blue Boar, Eye6 Oct Gone to The Dogs - The Ship Inn, Oundle7 Oct Jimmy & Pepp - Charters, P’boro12 Oct Stone Pony - Charters, P’boro13 Oct Easiersaid - Ploughman, Werrington13 Oct Altered Ego - 9pm -Woolpack, Stanground13 Oct Identity Crisis - Prince oW Feathers, Castor13 Oct The Wash - Blue Boar, Eye14 Oct Pennyless - Mama Liz’s, Stamford14 Oct Piper - Charters, P’boro Town Bridge19 Oct Status Quote - 8pm - Bourne Corn Exchange19 Oct Mind the Gap - Charters, P’boro Town Bridge19 Oct RockIt - Blue Boar, Eye20 Oct And The Claim - Prince oW Feathers, Castor20 Oct Black Marias, Citizen Keyne and The Nerks-8.30pm - Mama Liz’s, Stamford20 Oct Overdubs - Ploughman, Werrington21 Oct Marcel Pleasance - Charters, P’boro25 Oct Stand Up Comedy - 8pm - Mama Liz’s26 Oct Undercover - Charters, P’boro20 Oct One Eyed Cats - Ploughman, Werrington27 Oct The Replicas - Dragon, Werrington

26 Oct The Replicas - Brewery Tap, P’boro27 Oct Retrolux - Charters, P’boro27 Oct Glassheart - Blue Boar, Eye28 Oct Agi Jarocka- Charters, P’boro2 Nov Sound Injectors - Ploughman, Werrington3 Nov Rocket Dogs - 9pm-Woolpack, Stanground10 Nov Lloyd Watson - Blue Boar, Eye10 Nov The Returns - Ploughman, Werrington11 Nov Pennyless, Lively Folk Trio - 4pm - Free -Mama Liz’s, Stamford

17 Nov Gone to The Dogs – Angel Inn, Yarwell17 Nov Taking Care of Business - Blue Boar, Eye17 Nov Grounded - Prince oW Feathers, Castor24 Nov Be Bop A Lula’s - 9pm-Woolpack, Stanground24 Nov Dizzy Miss Lizzie - Prince oW Feathers, Castor17 Nov Easyersaid - Blue Boar, Eye29 Nov Stand Up Comedy - 8pm - Mama Liz’s30 Nov Viking Skull + Graveyard Johnnys + BurnCity Burn - 8.30pm - Mama Liz’s, Stamford30 Nov Flashback Photograph - Brewery Tap, P’boro1 Dec One Eyed Cats - Prince oW Feathers, Castor7 Dec Children of the Revolution - Prince oWFeathers, Castor

9 Dec Steve Bean Plays Classical Guitar - 4pm-Woolpack, Stanground

Send any details for December / January gigs toinfo@orchardhousemedia.co.uk before 5thNovember, it’s FREE to list your gigs here!

Rhythm and Booze

GIG GUIDE

14 Ever-changing Real Alesavailable every week!

For live music and eventsplease see our Facebook page

Opening Times: Mon - Thurs 15.00 - 23.00 Friday - Saturday 12.00 - 00.00 Sunday 12.00 - 22.30

82 Oundle Rd, Peterborough PE2 9PA Tel: 01733 565865

Palmerston Arms

OCTOBER3rd - 6th October35th Bedford Beer&Cider FestivalCorn Exchange, St Paul's Square, BedfordAbout 110 power-cooled real ales, 40 ciders +perries and a range of draught and bottledforeign beers

11th - 14th October - Oktoberfest at theCrown,Uppingham

15th October - PBF Wash-up Open Meetingat the Cherry Tree, Oundle Road, 8-30pm.

22nd October - Branch Committee Meetingat the Blue Bell, Dogsthorpe 8-30pm.

26th October - Ghouls Ball at thePloughman, Werrington with real ales, fancydree and the One Eyed Cats.

29th October - 3rd November35th Norwich Beer FestivalSt Andrews & Blackfriars Halls, Norwich220 + Real Ales (Many local ales + specials).40+ ciders + perries, (E.Anglia cider & perryCompetition Venue). 100+ bottled beers fromGB, Europe + further afield, plus draughtforeign beer from mainland Europe.

NOVEMBER3rd November - Charity Firewalk and TheDragon, Werrington with Live Music and Hogroast

13th November - Branch Committee Meetingat the Ostrich, North Street 8-30pm.

30th November - Bier Keller Evening at The Plough, Milk and Water Drove

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The next issue of BAE will beavailable on: 30th NovemberWe must have your stories,news and advertisements by: 9th NovemberLate copy cannot be guaranteed entry.

Please contact Chris Shilling01778 421550Mobile: 07736 635 916 or Jane Michelson01778 420888Mobile: 07732 393621jane@shillingmedia.co.ukfor all of your advertising needs.

Steve Williams steve.williams@beeraroundere.org.uk or 0775 6066 503 isalways looking 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 © 2012, TheCampaign for Real Ale Ltd.

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

Beer Around ’Ere

Editor: Jane Flewbae-editor@real-ale.org.uk

Distribution: David Murray(See Chairman on the left)

Advertising: Jane Michelson01778 420888Mobile: 07732 393621jane@shillingmedia.co.uk

Magazine & AdvertisingProduction: Daniel Speed0845 838 7581info@orchardhousemedia.co.uk

Postal Distr: Daryl Ling01733 235881

Brewery Liaison Officers

Blue Bell: John Hunt07923 489917Castor 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: John Hunt07923 489917vice-chair@real-ale.org.uk

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

Pubs Officer: Steve Williams07756 066503pubs-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

SEVEN real ales and funky tunes from the ONEEYED CATS!

Starting 7.30pm

SAT 3RD NOVEMBER • LIVE MUSIC WITH HOOKER • HOG ROAST• SUPPORTING THE RUDOLPH FUND •

Hodgson Centre, Werrington PE4 5EG Tel: 01733 578088

PETERBOROUGH CAMRA PUB OF THE YEAR 2011

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

Check out our lunch time grill menu’s 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 for parties, weddings and all of life’s celebrations.

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

More than just a Carvery!

At Least Three

Real Ales!

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Now taking bookings for Christmas and NewYear, great festive party nights with food,

for families and companies!