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Inside...> GILLIAN @ THE WATERMANS ARMS, ETON10 years on and business is booming

> MAIDENHEAD BREWERIES PASTBrian Boulter, Maidenhead Heritage Centre, details the town’s brewing history

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> FROM THE EDITORWelcome to our autumn edition packed full of articles that

will, hopefully, be of interest. This is your magazine and is put together by CAMRA volunteers so let us know if you see room for improvement.

This year’s Windsor LocAle Beer Festival continued the positive trend of previous years, with big crowds, luckily, fantastic weather (weren’t we lucky!!) and more beer and cider offered and, importantly, 100% sold. A souvenir programme was produced listing the 15 breweries, supplying 46 real ales as well as 20 real ciders from 5 producers. The Windsor Farm Shop provided a superb backdrop for a family day out and handcrafted crisps, olives, cheeses and delicious ploughman’s lunches and burgers were available alongside our marquee. See pages 10-11 for more.

As we go to press ‘yours truly’ will be working at CAMRA’s flagship event – the Great British Beer Festival- a great experience open to all CAMRA members. At our own festival we signed up 16 new members making our membership 600’ish. There are many benefits to being a member and, at £23 per year, it’s tremendous value: £20 worth of money off real ale vouchers for Wetherspoons, a monthly newspaper and quarterly magazine, discounts on CAMRA books and free or discounted entry into beer festivals along with 10-20% off at various travel, outdoor and holiday companies. Your subscription goes towards the promotion of real ale, as well as pressurizing the government on beer tax issues and helping to keep pubs from closing. As you can see on page 22 it’s a bit late for The Pheasant in Burnham!

Britain now has the second highest rate of beer tax in the EU; this is set to rise every year by 2% above inflation, which means your pint will cost you 5-10p more each time. We need 100,000 signatures to help trigger a debate. So far we have more than 80,000. If you have not done so please take time to sign up, details are on page 22.

We now head for those shortening days but as you can see from our advertisers there’s plenty going on with the Ascot Races Beer Festival, Halloween events and much, much more...get out there, buy a pint and do your best not to hand it to the supermarkets and property developers on a plate.

Allan WilloughbyEditor

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A century ago, there were four breweries in Maidenhead. The last closed 50 years ago. Maidenhead Heritage Centre was glad to welcome CAMRA to a special exhibition featuring their various histories.

The oldest brewery was Langton’s. When Philip Langton died in 1643, his goods included barley and malt, a horse mill, a copper and cooler, and a beer dray. Walter Keyne owed him £13/10/0 shillings (£13.50 to youngsters) for 30 barrels of beer which works out at 4d (less than 2p) per pint. Langtons opened a new large brewery in Market street in 1852, with maltings nearby in East Street. The brewery had to be rebuilt in 1875 after a � re. Nicholson’s bought the business, with 27 pubs including the Palmers Arms at Dorney and the Compleat Angler at Bisham, when the last of the family died in 1906. The buildings survived until the 1960’s, Langton’s house is now a medical centre.

William Nicholson came to Maidenhead as a boy when his father set up his High Street grocer’s shop. He trained as a chemist and then began to brew at the back of his father’s shop, delivering beer on a handcart. In 1840, he built the Pine Apple Brewery on the site of the old White Hart Inn. The name probably came from the fruit being grown in England for the � rst time at nearby Dorney Court. In 1860, the brewery was enlarged, with a distinctive High Street o� ce, clad in marble. William was a great sportsman, being a member of the Maidenhead Cricket Club which beat an all-England eleven in 1853. He also played soccer and was a good ri� e shot. He supported many local charities and his lasting memorial is Maidenhead Library, for which he donated the site.

The Fullers ran Ray Mill, a � our mill at Boulters Lock on the Thames. James Bell joined the family � rm in 1842 when he married one of their daughters. He began to diversify, � rst into malting, then into brewing. This was so successful that at the time of his early death he was planning a large brewery opposite the railway station. The family built the brewery and named it the Bell Brewery in his memory. It took over the Castle Brewery in Burnham in 1908 and Storey’s Station Brewery, Bracknell in 1908, when the � rm became Fuller Storey. It was bought by Nicholson’s in 1922.

The East Berkshire Brewery was started by George Braxton who came from Nicholson’s. It was later run by James Blunson and made porter for his London depot. It was enlarged by Alfred Keyes in 1887 with an o� -licence in King Street. He specialised in “family ales”, delivering to local households. Nicholson’s took over in 1895 and it became the workshops for their pub maintenance team.

Nicholson’s did well enough between the wars, but was then a victim of the merger-mania. In 1956, Courage & Barclay Ltd. began buying shares, acquiring the company two years later. The last brew was in 1961. The brewery was demolished to build the Nicholson’s shopping centre, under which there is still the 400ft well. At the back a curious building survives, a carriage house with a ramp at the side for horses to walk up to the overhead stables. It has been listed but is now converted into a restaurant.

Brewing was seen by country gentlemen as a socially acceptable commercial enterprise, unlike owning a factory. Henry Hewett started a brewery in the Berkshire hamlet of Shurlock Row, with a maltings at a nearby farm. It did well,

taking over the new Cricketers Arms beer house, now the

home of the Heritage Centre. When Henry died, it became a limited company and then became entangled in the complicated � nancial transactions of Thomas Skurray, a director of Morland’s. Unable to get the backing of the Morlands board, he began to buy shares for himself in Hewett’s and also in Dymore Browns, the Reading brewer with the Royal Berkshire Hospital contract. Hewetts had 42 pubs, Dymore Brown’s had excess capacity. Skurray brokered an agreement and Hewetts closed in 1911. When the agreement came up for renewal in 1926, Morlands did take over and so when the Cricketers Arms was refurbished, it had their ceramic artist plaque as part of the glazed brick front.

Cookham had a brewery in 1675. It was originally near to the church and ferry, but was later relocated to new premises o� the Moor. In 1785 this was owned by the Darby family, but the sons did not want to continue. It was sold, together with its 99 pubs to Neville Reid of Windsor in 1837. They had four pubs in Cookham including Bel and the Dragon, and the Crispin in Burnham. Neville Reids closed the brewery but used the maltings until 1907 when they built extra capacity at Windsor.

The Heritage Centre exhibition included bottles, ashtrays and similar items from the breweries and three signboards from the pubs they served. One was for the Fir Cone, about whose name there is some speculation. All these items were from the Heritage Centre’s collection, which is available to researchers, together with information � les. We also have a copy of the 2002 survey of Maidenhead pubs carried out by members of the local historical society. This has now become a historic document. If you want to know more, let me know and I can have the relevant material ready for you to consult. Similarly we are always glad to accept items relating to local pubs and breweries. We were recently given a framed poem written for the 50th anniversary of the New Inn in Farm Road. It used to hang in the saloon bar and a regular rescued it when the new landlord decided to change the décor.

By Brian Boulter, Hon. Curator, Maidenhead Heritage Centre >

> MAIDENHEAD’S BREWERIES


Built by the village squire in 1690 with the winnings from a card game, this inn was built on a plot of land measuring 52ft x 52ft, has four � oors representing the number of suits, 13 doors on every � oor and 13 � replaces (number of cards in a suit), 52 stairs (number of cards in a pack) and prior to window tax the number of glass panes added up to the total of the numbered cards in a pack.

Known in its earlier life as the Kings Arms, it is not clear when the house became an Inn, however, records dated 1822 show the landlady was Jane Huxtable. The Inn changed to its current name on the 1st June 1933.

Today this oak panelled free house serves excellent real ales.

> PECULIAR PUBSThe Pack O’Cards, Combe Martin, Devon >

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The Guardsman's Inn is a traditional pub and B&B, convenientlylocated just a short walk from the town centre and 5 minutes fromthe River Thames and its scenic paths. Landlord Doug is a former

Irish Guardsman and the pub is decorated with memorabilia depictingthe Brigade of Guards both past and present for all to enjoy.

Extensive menu of home cooked food including:

Express lunchtime menu,snacks, sandwiches, old favourites, pies, steaks, Sunday lunch and daily specials

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This pub was moved in March 1983 and rebuilt brick by brick from Green Lane, Walsall and is now found at Blists Hill Open Air Museum. Many other buildings at Blists Hill were moved in the same way. The sta� wear authentic Victorian clothes and a pewter measure of gin can be bought for 3d. Money can be changed into old coins at the bank and spent in the haberdashery, bakery, � sh and chip shop and at the fairground as well as the pub itself. The pub has many original features and looks much as it would have done in 1880, when it was � rst built. Sometimes you can join in with the sta� in a sing along at the piano.

The Museum has been the subject of a series on the BBC called Victorian Pharmacy.

Ales are from Banks’s brewery.

New Inn, Ironbridge, Shropshire >


High Street, Cookham SL6 9SJTel: 01628 530667

The King’s ArmsRegular Meet the Brewer Evening

Quiz Night every Thursday

16th Century Pub

Doombar, Rebellion & 2 Guest Ales

Fresh Food Served All Day

Co�ees & Breakfast from 10am

Private Room available for celebrations or meetings

Large beer garden with covered heated area

Private parking in the heart of historic Cookham

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> A TRIP TO TRING BREWERY

One of the helpers trips for volunteering at Reading Beer Festival was an evening trip to Tring brewery to present the awards for Gold in class as well as Gold overall for “Blonde” in the LocAle judging at Reading.

Tring brewery was founded in 1992, 20 years ago, and this is the second move to larger premises. The previous site housed an eight barrel plant, but two years ago Tring moved to Dunsley Farm and installed a 30 barrel plant. One of the more interesting features of the brewery is that they have a bulk grain silo to allow them to buy the Maris Otter barley in bulk and then mill it as required and “pump” it into the mash tun. The working farm is a useful asset when getting rid of the spent grain as the cows love the warm sugary spent grain on a cold Winter’s morning. Another good aspect of the site is that it is opposite Tesco’s and highly visible to all their customers as

they leave. Andrew

Jackson, the owner, welcomed us at their visitor’s centre

where they sell a range of their bottled beers as well as draught beer. Since they have been on their new site production has increased from 70 to 140 barrels/week. The bottling is done by Bath Ales, who also bottle for Windsor & Eton Brewery and although it is not bottle conditioned it has not been pasteurised. Andrew told us that the shop sells approx. 6,000 pints of draught beer a week, although in the week leading up to last Christmas they sold 9,000 pints! The sale of draught beer, from the shop, is their biggest growth market and they have just installed a 20 barrel bright beer tank to cope with the demand. Tring are copying the Rebellion business model of reducing the pubs they supply to a maximum of 30 miles radius from the brewery and to increase the sales of draught beer through the shop to 50% of production. However, they still are involved in doing brewery swaps which is approx. 15% of their business. Tring brew a monthly special, as per Rebellion, and the current o� erings for 2012 are all singularly hopped with English Hops.

There were two beers on the bar for us to sample, Ridgeway Bitter and Blonde. We nearly all went for the Blonde as it had won the award in the LocAle judging at Reading this

year, and that was out of approx. 100 LocAle beers. Unfortunately one of my favourite beers, Colley’s Dog, was not on, however, there was a portrait of the dog on the wall. After the informative tour of the brewery we all piled into the coach to go the local Pub Of The Year, the King’s Arms which was just round the corner for a couple of beers before heading home.

Alan Molloy enjoys his Reading Beer Festival helpers trip >

heading home.

Jackson, the owner, welcomed us at their visitor’s centre


The last 3 months has seen another busy time for the local CAMRA branch both socially and with the organising and running of another successful Windsor Locale festival.

June saw the Diamond Jubilee holiday weekend and local CAMRA members could be seen enjoying a pint or two at the many pub beer festivals that were on to coincide with that event. In particular our branch pub of the year, The White Horse at Hedgerley, held its annual large festival with over 100 di� erent ales, ciders and perries.

Local member, Mark Carter, led another of his hugely popular real ale rambles and turnout was good despite the terrible summer weather.

Throughout June and July Maidenhead Heritage centre were running an exhibition that told the story of the towns brewing and pub history. A group of us attended a talk given by curator, Brian Boulter, and this was enhanced with some excellent old photos and a collection of breweriana. As Brian explained there was a time when Maidenhead had 4 breweries and many more pubs than it has today. It is a sobering thought (pun not intended) that those breweries are all long gone and pubs throughout the country continue to close at an alarming rate! With that in mind we ended the day by visiting several Maidenhead pubs and � nished with more beer and a curry at The Guardsman’s Inn and presented landlord, Doug, with his Publican of the Year award.

As the Windsor Locale festival date got closer we also decided to do a pub crawl of Windsor and Eton to hand out lea� ets and posters and to generally publicise the festival.

Thanks are due to all those publicans who supported us on the day and were happy to put up posters and o� er their help.

Future events in the pipeline include a day out at the 1st Runnymede beer festival over the weekend of 14/15th September and many of the local members will be working and socialising at Ascot beer festival on 5/6th October. We are also planning a brewery trip to Fullers before the end of the year and to visit some of the pubs close by their site in West London. Please visit our website (swmcamra.org.uk) for more details or see the monthly update sent out by our Membership Secretary.

The next branch meeting, for those who wish to come along and meet the committee, will be at the Old Five Bells, Burnham on 12th September, on the 10th October at The Windsor Liberal Club and at The Jolly Farmer, Cookham Dean on 14th November. Meetings are held on the second Wednesday of the month and kick o� at 8pm.

From Tony Aslett, Social Secretary >

> THE SOCIAL SCENE


The sun did its job for our weekend. We were concerned and had a number of calls leading up to the Festival making sure it was still on...to be expected due to our vicinity to the River Thames and the incessant rain beforehand.

Our volunteers were kept busy over the 3 day period, encouraging visitors to sign the Beer Tax E-Petition of which 105 obliged. In addition, we had 16 new members sign up to CAMRA, a really worthwhile spin-o� to the Festival.

Windsor & Eton Brewery and Vale & Aylesbury Brewhouse gave presentations on the Saturday and Sunday respectively.

To all that came along...a big thank you and hope to see you next year.

Sold out with 30 minutes to go! >

> 3RD WINDSOR BEER FESTIVAL

Just to let you know that we raised a total of £562.31 over the three days of the beer festival, which is a fantastic result for us. Also picked up 4 new volunteers and two potential sponsors for fundraising events next year. Please pass on my thanks to everyone involved for giving us this opportunity – and for such an enjoyable weekend too! ...Renewed thanks and best regards Tom Conlin Berkshire Blind Society

Fiona Mactaggart, MP for Slough chats to Festival Organiser, Delia Allott


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Wound the weekend down (or up !?!?) with a visit to Windsor Locale Festival in the grounds of the farm park

Had only planned to stop for an hour, but as was a glorious day it would have been rude not to have stayed a tad longer, especially as my better half was driving ( one half pint of rum cask cider! )

For me it was something like this ... Ascot Ales - Aureole Ale; Ascot Ales - Single Hop Liberty; Aylesbury Brewhouse - Bay State; Binghams - Royal Ascent; Binghams - Brit Hop; Binghams - Ginger Doodle Stout; By The Horns - Stiff Upper Lip; By The Horns - Monthly Special; London Fields - Love Not War; Longdog - Lamplight Porter; Redemption -Fellowship Porter; Windsor & Eton - Eton Boatman.

Highlight was the Binghams ‘Royal Ascent’ a most tasty mild at a whopping 3.9% (in mild circles ... Marquis comment re ABV of milds ???)

Chris Bingham Binghams Brewery


Having closed its doors last November for a major refurbishment programme it was always going to be good to see the new-look Crown re-open its doors for business this spring. Situated in an enviable position on the edge of Cookham Moor, the pub

now boasts a new extension, new restaurant, new kitchen, new parking and a new 8 bedroom en-suite accommodation with B&B.

In part, to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee, The Crown had its � rst Beer Festival on Bank Holiday Monday June 4th and every last penny of pro� t was donated to the Special Care Baby Unit at Wexham Park Hospital. A total of £5330 was raised. Beers from Rebellion, Windsor & Eton and Binghams breweries went down a treat and, in addition, there was a BBQ, Bouncy Castle and live music throughout the afternoon.

The future looks bright for The Crown, ales all at £2.30 a pint; and there was even a chance to meet the brewer from the Windsor and Eton Brewery at the end of a very successful spring festival.

What a difference 6 months makes >

> LOCAL NEWS

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Well this was the second time I have been to the Bounty, Bourne End to see the Mikron Theatre Company. The weather, which had been drizzling all afternoon, cleared and we had a clear and warm evening to enjoy the play about the rise and fall of the Yorkshire Luddites and drink Rebellion beer. Mikron is the small touring theatre company (4 actors) with the reputation for tackling large scale subjects and turning history into vivid and dramatic entertainment. They tour on a narrowboat, Tyseley, in the summer and by road in the autumn, to every conceivable type of venue. It was an excellent production which I and others thoroughly enjoyed. Mikron operate as a charity and do not charge an admission fee just a leaving donation. Their next production is a comedy about Love, Life & Allotments!

Synopsis of the play I saw is as follows: “Riots in our city streets, the worst economic crisis for decades, a long war fought abroad with no sign of progress.”

Sound familiar? Welcome to England 1812. Whilst the country’s elite enjoy lavish balls and chattering salons, textile mill workers � ght for their livelihoods by smashing up the machinery designed to replace them. Luddism - a � ght for rights or fear of progress? Direct action, or mindless vandalism?

In the back room of a Yorkshire pub, a young lad is ‘twisted in’. He takes the oath of secrecy and joins the Luddites. But why won’t he give his real name, calling himself instead after the movement’s mythical founder, Ned Ludd? What is he hiding? And who was Ned Ludd anyway?

In the bicentennial year of the Luddite risings, which took place around Marsden West Yorkshire, who better to illuminate their story than fellow Marsdeners, Mikron – with their unique blend of humour, history and harmonic arrangements!”

Check out their website: www.mikron.org.uk

Mikron at The Bounty >

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> MEET THEPUBLICANTHE WATERMANS ARMS, ETON

Our meeting couldn’t have been better engineered... a couple of miles away Helen Glover & Heather Stanning were bringing home Team GBs � rst Gold Medal for Women’s Double Rowing at Dorney Lake, as we spoke.

Gillian Bayldon-Pritchard, Gill from now on, had celebrated running her � rst and only pub for 10 years a week earlier and it makes good reading. An exile from the Stirling area, work opportunities brought her to the area and, to use her words, the pub business almost ran on auto-pilot for the � rst 3 years, then things started to drift, and then go south. Lunch tra� c died and regulars began to disappear. Things were done and her 2012 business is 50% up on last year (which was 15% up on the previous year) – the business model has changed from 60% food to 60% wet sales.

The Watermans Arms is the oldest pub in the Eton area, built in 1542 and looking through the history books it started out life as a workhouse and in 1665 was a makeshift mortuary during the Great Plague before becoming a watering hole for the Thames Waterman. The original Watermans pub was next

to a sawmill in Kings Stable Street, back then the street also housed Royal carriages and horses for

Windsor Castle. Interestingly, Gill told me the pub had no foundations and literally rattles when buses pass by! Also, the pub is reputed to be haunted, which in itself is no big deal as every other pub you visit makes a similar claim, but she did point out that one of the upstairs room is icy-cold throughout the year, requiring a fan heater even on baking hot days...eerie!

CAMRA has been good for Gill and Gill has been good for CAMRA. Real Ale is the backbone of the business with 6 on tap – 2 Local, 2 Quirky and 2 Permanent. Regular Beer Festivals have put the pub on the map as a haven for Ale drinkers and the regular lunchtime food business has been o� set with a large refurbished function room geared up for parties and celebrations (no charge!) Sunday lunches are very popular too. In addition, there are weekly Salsa dancing lessons, a new Jazz Club and regular Comedy nights. Gill won runner-up from our CAMRA branch for the David Howard award 2012 for Publican of The Year.

As I left the pub the Olympics activities were winding down, the Australian, Dutch and French Canoeing teams and

supporters had adopted the pub as their own (extra supplies of Fosters and Heineken needed I guess!) – Great to see the increase in sales and remember, as a Cask Marque approved pub, you are assured a damn good pint of Ale on every visit.

Well done Gill, keep up the good work.

Talk about when the boat comes in... >

to a sawmill in Kings Stable Street, back then the street also housed Royal carriages and horses for

Windsor Castle. Interestingly, Gill told me the


> BREWERY NEWS

On Saturday the 23rd June Vale Brewery hosted their Summer Open Day Festival. This was very well supported and with the full range of Vale brews, four Aylesbury Brewhouse beers, wine and soft drinks there was something for everyone on the

refreshment front. A hog roast,

music by Gregg Cave, and a massive marquee meant that not only did everyone stay dry, but also had a fantastic afternoon.

Guests arrived from far and wide by car, bus, van, and bicycles. Vale would like

to thank all that attended and look forward to another event soon. For more details of future events sign up to the Vale Brewery newsletter by mailing [email protected]

Each month Vale produces a new and distinctively di� erent brew. In August we have QED a Golden beer brewed to 3.9% ABV. The Latin phrase QED standing for Quod Erat Demonstrandum translates directly to “which was to be demonstrated” or simply put, Vale = Brill Beer.

September sees Vale revert to a local theme with Old Chainey, a 4.1% tawny coloured bitter. Derived from the nickname of the � rst and noisy locomotives used on the Brill Tramway line. Two traction engines were converted by Aveling and Porter and traveled at an average of 4 miles per hour between Brill and the Quainton Road.

Vale Brewery are on Facebook & follow us on Twitter @ValeBrewery

At the end of July we � nally launched ‘Sink or Swim’ 6.8% India Pale Ale we brewed with Roger Protz in February. Brewed from an original Victorian recipe, this beer has been conditioning for 5 months in an attempt to replicate its journey to the sub-continent.

Roger’s review of ‘Sink or Swim’ on his website Protz on Beer, “The � nished beer has a pale bronze colour, with ‘lemon jelly’ fruit on the nose, powerful hop resins, a rich malt loaf grain character and a hint of butterscotch and fresh tobacco. Tart and tangy orange and lemon fruit build in the mouth, with chewy malt, intensely bitter hops and a continuing hint of butterscotch. The � nish is bittersweet to start but becomes dry with contributions from tart fruit, butterscotch/to� ee, malt loaf and a quinine-like bitterness. It’s a wonderfully refreshing beer and the hint of sweetness from the malt chimes with my belief that the 19th-century IPAs would have had some sweetness to satisfy the Raj in India, who were also great drinkers of Hock and other

sweetish wines”.There has been a very limited

release of ‘Sink or Swim’ in cask with the remainder to be bottled and released in time for our � rst birthday on December 1st.

‘Sink or Swim’ in cask will be available at the 6th Ascot Beer Festival - Friday 5th & Saturday 6th October.

Since opening last December we have brewed twenty-� ve di� erent limited edition beers, and in the coming couple of months we have Duck End IPA – 5.0%, Bob the Elder – 4.4% and Boggling Fertle Mild - 3.8% and many more to follow.

Follow Aylesbury Brewhouse on Twitter @AylesburyBrewCo

Vale Brewery News >

Aylesbury Brewhouse News >

Both the Vale Brewery and the Aylesbury Brewhouse have shops which stock Vale bottle conditioned beer and a large selection of foreign imported beers as well as wines and brewery merchandise.

Brit Hop has made its way around the pubs and festivals. This is a 3.7% pale ale brewed with British malt and hops and is Chris’ latest creation at Binghams to celebrate all things British in this Olympic and Jubilee year.

Whilst on holiday earlier in the year in Winterpark, Colorado, USA, Chris & Michelle got chatting to the brewer at the Library Sports Grille & Brewery. Both brewers believed that their beers would complement their current ranges and so a new collaboration was born. The � rst brew is a RyePA and is in the fermenting vessel as we write. Made with rye malt, a grain seldom found in micro-brewed beers, and a blend of US

Hops, this ale is bound to tickle the taste buds. Library’s strapline of “Don’t lie to your Mom, Tell her you’re at the Library” appeals to the directors’ sense of humour. Watch this space for news of the next collaboration brew!

Binghams Brewery Update >

refreshment front.

music by Gregg Cave, and a massive marquee meant that not only did


> BREWERY NEWS Cont.

The brewery has just launched a new Summer ale called “Eton Boatman” which is now available to most pubs until the end of games. The recipe for the beer uses both American Citra and Australian Galaxy hops to give a lot of citrus and fruity � avours - excellent.

The inaugural meeting of the ‘Knights Club’, which o� ers special

events, discounts, and unique merchandise to members, was on Tuesday 17th July. At this meeting Windsor & Eton Brewery had their new ale “Eton Boatman” (ABV 4.3%) available for all to taste. In addition draught Republika was launched. This is an authentic Czech Pilsner which is fermented for two weeks and “lagered” for six weeks to fully develop its � avour. It is hoped that this will replace mass produced premium lagers in local pubs.

The picture shows the Windsor & Eton Brewery dray which made an appearance at our recent Windsor LocAle Beer Festival. Next to the dray, our branch chairman Delia is presenting Will (from the brewery) with a certi� cate for their Conqueror beer winning Gold in the London & South East Region of CAMRA (Speciality Beer class). Windsor & Eton brewery beers will be available at the Great British Beer Festival (GBBF), where Conqueror will be judged in the � nals for the Champion Beer Of Britain (CBOB).

At our Windsor LocAle Beer Festival on the 20th to 22nd July the Brewery had most of their beers available and they all sold out!

Windsor & Eton Brewery are planning a third Jubilee beer, for launch in the Autumn, probably mid-October. Both of the previous two beers have won CAMRA awards for Best Beer of Festival:

Treetops, African Stout – Hitchin beer fest.Kohinoor, India Pale Ale – Beckenham beer fest.

Windsor & Eton Brewery News >


> IN & AROUND BURNHAM

In recent weeks a small band of our local CAMRA members have been exploring the pubs in the Burnham area, the walks start in Burnham high street and end in Burnham high street taking in pubs to the west and those to the east, here is a summary of the pubs we encountered.

THE HIGH STREET > Approaching from the south, the � rst pub you come to is THE GARIBALDI. Here you always get a warm welcome from Judi & Mark. This old pub was established in 1762 and stands out majestically on the corner of the high street. Normally has three beers on (Including Spit� re, Youngs & London Pride) all in good condition, there is a large family friendly beer garden at the back with good food sold at reasonable prices (Judi is an excellent cook). Food served Friday

& Sunday lunchtimes only (advanced booking required for Sunday roast). Pub has its own car park. (Late opening till 1am Friday & Saturdays)

Next we come to THE OLD FIVE BELLS situated opposite St Peters church, this Greene King pub o� ers a large dining area and vast beer garden. Landlady Mel has been

in charge since April and the beer is always kept in excellent condition. Good food is served at reasonable prices with a special deal Monday to Saturday (2 Meals for £9.95), Sunday roast is £6.99 and a Curry Night is held every Thursday (£5.99 including a drink). The pub hosted a successful Fun Day in July in support of MacMillan Nurses. At present Greene King IPA is being sold at £2.80p a pint.

Moving up the high street we come to THE RED LION, run by Lorna & Mike. Bombardier is served here plus one guest beer (Guest beers: Include Old Hookey, Doombar, Summer Lightning & Windsor & Eton brews). There is a small inside dining area plus a larger covered one in front of the pub, overlooking the High Street. All the meat is supplied by T Atkins (The local high street butcher) and all vegetables supplied by the local street market. At the back of the pub there is a family friendly beer garden, and the pub has its own Bouncy Castle and Hog Roast facility, activities include Quiz Nights every Tuesday and live tribute acts on designated nights. Bombardier is sold at £3 a pint Guest beers £3.10p. Meals from under £5.

At the north end of the high street you will � nd THE BEE, this is a Brakspear pub and selection of beers includes Brakspear, Hobgoblin & Ringwood. At one end of the pub there is a nice size eating area, which makes the pub attractive to diners as well as drinkers also some outside seating for � ne weather. Food is served every day and pub opens 11am (Weekdays & Saturday) and has extended opening on Friday & Saturday to 1am. Activities include Quiz Nights every Thursday

and Linda & Pat also o� er a Steak night every Wednesday (£29.95 for 2, Includes bottle of wine). Live Tribute Acts on designated evenings (FREE Admission). Beer prices £3/3.20p a pint. Old Rosie Cider is also sold here and the pub stages a successful Cider Festival every July.

TO THE WEST (OF BURNHAM) > As we leave Burnham high street we take a footpath that passes through the back of St Peters church, then we walk past the picturesque Lent Rise duck pond spotting a Tufted duck, amongst the many Mallards. A few yards on and we come to THE BRICKMAKERS ARMS on the Lent Rise Rd, here you would be welcomed by Neil & Kathy. There are always 2 well kept Real Ales on ranging from Courage Best, 6X, Youngs and Doombar. Food is served every day

Alan Harding and pals explore the village and surrounds, taking in some decent pubs along the way >

& Sunday lunchtimes only required for Sunday roast)Pub has its own car park. (Late opening till 1am Friday & Saturdays)


and includes a £5 A Meal menu, in particular Kathy’s steak ale pie is highly recommended, as is her Sunday roast. A Quiz night is held every Sunday evening. The pub has its own car park and also a small outside patio area to the side. In the Winter time customers are kept warm by two roaring open real � res which gives a real traditional pub feel.

From the Brickmakers we take a footpath that leads us to THE OAK & SAW Taplow. This is the only pub in the village and is also the only pub in the country that bears the name ‘OAK & SAW’. Located in a picturesque surrounding, opposite village green & church, this pub really is the village hub. Food is served every day (Except Sunday & Monday evenings). Karen & Ian also o� er theme nights i.e Pizza nights on Wednesdays and steak nights on Saturdays (Free bottle of wine for any two steaks ordered). There also Quiz nights every 2nd & 4th Sunday of month. Beers on sale are London Pride, Brakspears & a rotating seasonal Rebellion beer. Pub has a small garden at the back and a smoking area. A walk is named after the pub, ‘The Oak & Saw walk’ that stretches down to the river and well worth a go.

TO THE EAST (OF BURNHAM) > Heading north and east through the heart of Burnham Beeches, we pass an area that was at one time was a thriving resort, which included a swimming pool, go cart track, fairground & two pubs! Sadly nothing there now apart from houses. The � rst pub we arrive at is THE BEECHES GRILL (Formally ‘The Stag’). Sadly we hear that this beautiful pub is now closed. We still had a decent pint in there though, with London Pride & Guardsman on sale. The pub now has one big bar with meals being served everyday. There is a large attractive garden at the back.

We walk along Hawthorne Lane towards Farnham Common and arrive at THE EMPEROR. This pub is becoming very popular with CAMRA members, has normally three or four guest beers on and meals are served everyday (Restaurant closes 3pm & re-opens 6pm weekdays) a special £6 menu is o� ered on weekdays and meals are good value for money,

new landlord Andy has promised to keep the standard up. The pub also stages theme nights and recently has hosted an ELTON JOHN Tribute Act for the second time, (Back through popular demand). Shows are sold via advance tickets. The pub has two small beer gardens at the back, and is dog friendly. Sta� are always highly e� cient and friendly. Meeting room for hire.

Moving on we cross onto Crown Lane and arrive at THE CROWN INN’. After managing the pub for 2½ years John & Tracy have now taken over The Crown Inn. There are normally one or two guest beers on (Including a mild on occasions) food is served all day Monday to Saturday (2 course £12.50 3 course £15) Sunday roast £11.50 with special price of £7.50 5pm to 8pm (Subject to availability) pub has a large attractive garden at the side. As you sit in the garden you will notice the odd chicken running around. John & Tracy are building up a ‘small holding’ around the pub, which will enable them to supply fresh produce to the customers. We wish them well in this venture. The pub also stages Live weekly Blues nights, last Wednesday of the month & Acoustic nights 2nd Sunday of the month and has a function room that holds 120 people (Free hire, subject to conditions). John & Tracy are putting a lot of enthusiasm into this pub and it is well worth a visit.

LATE NEWS > The MAYPOLE (Taplow) has just re-opened with London Pride & Greene King IPA on sale. In regards to food, just bar snacks are on o� er at present. The pub is still � nding its feet, more info will follow.

and friendly. Meeting room for hire.


312 High StreetSlough

SL1 1NBTel: 01753 521114

The Oldest,Smallest and

Friendliest Pubon Slough

High Street

Come and visit us,we’d love to see you.

to be featured inthe Good Beer Guide for the past 13-years

The Rose & Crown

FREEHOUSE

Jackie & Paul look forward to welcoming you to the Rose & Crown.

Highly acclaimed for stocking an ever-changing selection of fine ales from breweries all over

England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

Winner of multiple CAMRA Awards from Slough, Windsor and Maidenhead Branch,

including Pub of the Year, The David Howard Award and the Vic Powell Award.

Large, covered beer garden • Pool Table • Darts 6 large TV screens • Sky 3D • Sky Sports •

ESPN

Open 11am to Midnight everyday.

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Donnelly House | Victoria Street | Windsor | SL4 1EN

Windsor Liberal Club

Opening Times: Monday to Thursday - 11am to 11pm

Friday & Saturday - 11am to Midnight, Sunday - 12 noon to 10.30pm

tel: 01753 841083 | email: [email protected]

www.windsorliberalclub.com

• 3 Rotating Guest Ales •• Homemade Food and Sunday Roasts •

• Live Music Every Weekend •• Full SKY Package & Free WiFi •

• Function Room with Bar & Meeting Room for hire •• Club Open to Non-Members •

OPEN MIC’ NIGHT EVERY MONDAY


The history of The Queen of England Public House is a relatively new addition to the ancient parish of Upton cum Chalvey. Referred to as ‘Opetone com Chalvey’ in the Domesday Book, (1) Upton parish was situated in the county of Buckinghamshire until the Boundary Changes Act of 1974, when it was transferred to the county of Berkshire.(2)

Before the arrival of The Great Western Railway in 1838,(3) Slough acted as a small staging post for coaches along the London to Bath Road. The act of 1818, (4) enclosing land within the parish resulted in the sale of common land, pasture and meadows. Known as Hencroft Field in the 1840‘s this prime site which lay between the High Street and Albert Street, was quickly earmarked for development and rapidly become a focal point for commercial venture and housing in order to accommodate Slough’s rapidly growing population.(5)

The building was originally constructed in the mid 1850’s as two separate dwellings, but due to the growing demand for services the two houses were converted into one Beerhouse. However, the building has experienced many additions and alterations since then. The pub is named after Queen Victoria, the reigning monarch at that time of conversion. The � rst reference to the building being named as “The Queen of England” is recorded as 1859, when a Beer House licence was granted to Henry Dodd.(6)

An entry in the British Population Census of 1861also con� rms that Henry Dodd, age 47, from Wexham, was living here with his wife Mary Anne, age 37 From Hungerford.(7) By 1871 Jacob and Elizabeth Frith from Hampshire were installed as publicans.(8) But in 1872 the pub had changed hands once again and was being run by Thomas Purser, who was granted a full Public House License. The owners and leaseholders were recorded as Messrs J. Williams of Wooburn.(9)

“Allegedly” during the 1920’s, the Landlord of The Queen of England, Mr. Wilfred Bailey was also the foreman for a construction � rm which helped in the building of Slough Trading Estate. He was the ‘Ga� er’ who hired and � red casual laborers. Presumably his wife Gladys was running the pub on his behalf during this time.

The Queen of England was the � rst pub in Upton to subscribe to the early telephone service. (10) To have ones name in the Phone book was considered a statement of an individual’s economic and social status since telephone ownership was a prerequisite to an individual’s inclusion within the local society at that time. Early subscribers to the telephone service were typically businesses or the well-to-do people.

Sadly The Queen of England ceased trading as a pub in 2011. This nicely proportioned red brick building near to town centre is now a South Indian Restaurant.

SOME PAST PUBLICANS AT THE QUEEN OF ENGLAND:1860’s: Henry & Mary Dodd, 1870’s &1880’s: Thomas & Alice

Purser, 1890’s: Sarah Fortescue, 1900’s: Frank & Alice Herman, 1910’s & 1920’s: William & Florence Bailey, 1930’s: Wilfred & Gladys Bailey, 1940’s: Gladys Rance, 1950’s: Herbert Hudson, 1960’s: Gladys Rance, 1970’s: Edward & Margaret Hale, 1980’s & 1990’s: Kenneth & Christine Negus, Millennium 2000: Raymond Brown. 2000’s Rose & John Mc Auli� e.

AKNOWLEDGEMENTS: I am most grateful to past regular drinkers from the Queen of England who have helped and inspired me to write a history of this ex-pub.

Mike Stevens, local artist and pub historian.

Map of the Parish of Upton com Chalvey, 1822.

References:Painting by Mike Stevens1. The Great Domesday Book, (1089), Ref: E31/2/1. The National Archives, Kew, Richmond, TW9 4DU. 2. Change in Local Government Act (1974) The Boundary Commission Review Board3. ‘The Times’ London, 2 June, (1838).4. General Enclosure Act (1818), Standing Enclosure Commission. (Private act). 48 George III. Cop 45. (Not printed).5. 1822 Map of the Parish of Upton com Chalvey, Slough Town Hall6. Extracts from: 1872 Returns of Public and Beer Houses, Ref Box 24, Buckinghamshire South-East

Division. Centre for Buckingham Studies, Walton Street, Aylesbury, Bucks, HP20 IUU. 7. 1861 British Population Census, Re:R.G.9/853/78/50. The National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 4DU.8. 1871 British Population Census, Re: R.G.10/1401/68/13. The National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 4DU.9. Extracts from: 1872 Returns of Public and Beer Houses, Ref: Box 24, Buckinghamshire South-East Division. Centre for Buckingham Studies, Walton Street, Aylesbury, Bucks, HP20 IUU. 10. Kelly’s, Telephone Directory Services for Slough, 1936. Page 99.

Number ten in a series of Slough pubs, past and present>

> SLOUGH PUB HISTORIES - THE QUEEN OF ENGLAND


It’s time to save your pint and � ght back against this year’s budget which saw the Government continue its damaging policy of the beer duty escalator.

Every year beer tax increases by 2% above in� ation meaning your pint in the pub costs you 5-10p more. This mounting pressure is contributing to the closure of 16 pubs every single week.

CAMRA is calling all beer drinkers and pub goers to sign an online e-petition today by visiting www.camra.org.uk/saveyourpint.

There was a tremendous response to the petition at The Great British Beer Festival with more than 80,000 now signed up - meaning it’s on target to achieve 100,000 signatures and force a debate in parliament on duty rises in time to potentially a� ect the budget in 2013.

To stand a chance of doing this we need your help in reaching as many people as possible. So please sign the petition and then spread the word.

CAMRA also has free material to take down your local and join the campaign. Email [email protected] to order free beer mats and posters.*

With around £1 on every pint going to the Treasury in beer duty and VAT, it’s time to save your pint and call time on the beer duty escalator!

*One pubs pack contains 5 x A4 posters and 100 beer mats, please let Claire know how many pubs packs you would like.

This year’s Cask Ale Week will take place from 28 September to 7 October, with the rallying call ‘only in Britain, only in pubs’

The event, run by Cask Marque, will have a try-before-you-buy theme with the aim of attracting people back into pubs.

CAMRA has pledged its backing and is producing promotional material and urging us as a branch to distribute

it. Members can support the event by talking to breweries and pubs and planning events such as tastings with brewers, beer launches and events aimed at encouraging the unconverted to try real ale.

Cask Marque’s Cask� nder App will also be used to drive trade into participating pubs.

> FIGHT BACK TO SAVE YOUR PINT SIGN THE BEER TAX E-PETITIONwww.camra.org.uk/saveyourpint >

Every year beer tax increases by 2% above in� ation meaning your pint in the pub

'There was a tremendous response to the petition at The Great British Beer Festival with more than 80,000 now signed up - meaning it's on target to achieve 100,000 signatures and force a debate in parliament on duty rises in time to potentially affect

the budget in 2013'

Another of our local pubs closes. The Pheasant, Burham.

down your local and join the campaign. Email free beer mats and posters.*

to the Treasury in beer duty and VAT, it’s time to save your pint and call time on the beer duty escalator!

> CAMRA GETS BEHIND REAL ALE PROMOTION

• Barleycorn - Cippenham• Barley Mow - Cox Green• Bounty - Cookham• Bridge House - Paley Street• Craufurd Arms - Maidenhead• Crooked Billet - Maidenhead• Fox & Castle - Old Windsor• George on the Green - Holyport• Green Man - Denham• Greyhound (Lloyds No 1) - Maidenhead• Greyhound - Eton Wick

• Guardsman (Grenfell Arms) - Maidenhead• Horse & Groom - Windsor• Jolly Farmer - Cookham Dean• Jolly Woodman - Littleworth Common• Kings Arms - Cookham• Moon & Spoon - Slough• Oak & Saw - Taplow• Ostrich Inn - Colnbrook• Portland Arms - Maidenhead (Currently closed)• Rising Sun - Hurley• Rising Sun - Slough

• Rose - Maidenhead• Royal Stag - Datchet• Stag & Hounds - Pinkneys Green• Swan - Clewer• Tower Arms - Richings Park• Union Inn - Old Windsor• Vansittart Arms - Windsor• Watermans Arms - Eton• Wheatsheaf - Slough• White Horse - Hedgerley

CAMRA LocAle 2012 Pub Listings >


The WindlesoraWINDSOR

A thoroughly modern pub situated within easyreach of Windsor town centre

Serving Traditional Ales, Ciders & LagersOCTOBER BEER FESTIVAL

Fantastic choice of up to 50 Traditional AlesOctober 24th - November 11th

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Our ‘David Howard’ Publican of the year award is given, each year, to the publican who we believe has done the most to improve their pub. This year it been won jointly by Doug Fitch from the Guardsman’s Inn, Maidenhead and Sean & Nessa Arnett from the Blackwood Arms, Littleworth Common and Gillian Bayldon-Pritchard landed runner-up at The Watermans Arms, Eton.

The award was given to Doug in recognition of the e� ort he has put into transforming a struggling pub with a less than enviable reputation into an excellent local. 8 well kept ales are o� ered including several from local micro breweries. The pub boasts a traditional wood panelled bar and a tastefully decorated dining room. Doug’s background as a Guardsman is re� ected in the impressive display of military uniforms on display. Bed and Breakfast accommodation is o� ered. The award was presented to Doug by our Chairman, Delia Allott, on Saturday 30th June.

The Blackwood Arms in Littleworth Common was closed for most of 2010 and many of us doubted that this small, isolated country pub would ever open its doors again. Then along came Sean and Nessa and proved that we need not have worried. By o� ering a warm and friendly welcome, good food

and, of course, a selection of well kept ales they have breathed new life into the place. The future now looks much brighter for this lovely country pub.

The award was presented to Sean and Nessa by Delia at our Branch meeting on Wednesday 8th August.

Congratulations to Doug, Sean and Nessa on their awards.

Three cracking pubs share the awards >

was presented to Sean and Nessa

> ‘DAVID HOWARD’ PUBLICAN OF THE YEAR AWARD


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> CIDER, WHERE IT ALL BEGAN

Somerset is justly famous for cider making and has been the home of some of the greatest cider makers in Britain.

The oldest working cider maker in the world is believed to be Frank Naish who is 87 this year and has been pressing apples in the west country for over 80 years!

Frank still makes his cider at Pilton Farm in West Pennard just outside Glastonbury where his father William moved into when he returned from the Great War in 1919. Frank never married and lived on the farm and made cider every year with his brother Harold.

At their peak the brothers were making up to 28,000 gallons of cider in a year, quite an achievement for a farmyard business with just two workers. Sadly Harold died a few years ago and Frank’s future in cider making looked in jeopardy; luckily for the world of cider help was at hand.

Paul Chant has a background of running a small farm and now helps Frank to produce cider every autumn. This enables Frank to produce the maximum duty free limit of 7000 litres each year and also Paul rents part of Pilton Farm from Frank so that he can also produce his own cider called “Badger Spit”. This partnership will hopefully mean the continuation of the tradition established at Frank’s farm cider well into the future.

As well as the cider they also produce a perry from a variety of pear called “Belle De Jersey” which is not strictly a perry pear variety but none the less makes a delicious perry. All the pears come from one massive tree which towers over one of their orchards and produces enormous green fruits each autumn for their use.

As well as having many of the famous Somerset cider vintage apples many of the apple trees in frank’s orchards are of unknown varieties of long since forgotten names and each go into the blend and add their bit to the taste. Frank and Paul make cider the old fashioned way with minimal intervention, they leave the juice to ferment naturally in wooden barrels using the wild yeast and no additives and let nature do the work. They only do one type of cider which is the result of the blend of all the apples available to them and a fairly typical “scrumpy” type cider and

very much the � avour of the local area.At last year’s Bath & West Show Frank was presented with a

“lifetime achievement award” much to his surprise, the award was presented to him by another Somerset celebrity Michael Eavis. “It was esteemed cider makers such as Frank and Paul that inspired me to start making cider and their standards of natural production using no arti� cial ingredients formed the basis of my production methods for Salt Hill Cider.”

The popularity of cider at present has led to many new producers starting up in business, some of whom use production methods that put pro� ts before quality and use apple concentrate and water leading to poor quality low juice content products.

There are however many new cider makers out there who believe in making 100% fresh juice cider without any adulteration continuing the traditional cider makers values.

Salt Hill Cider will be available at many pubs and beer festivals across the region throughout the year and is always available at The Rising Sun in Slough and at The Jolly Farmer in Cookham Dean.

For news and details of all the local pubs serving real cider check the SWM CAMRA website.

Greg Davies, on Britain’s oldest living cider maker >

Frank Naish

very much the � avour of the local area.

All the pears come from one massive tree which towers over

Frank Naish & Michael Eavis


1, Farm Road, Maidenhead SL6 5HXThe New Inn

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Well it’s very easy, you just drive down to Alton in Hampshire and catch the Watercress line’s Real Ale Train (RAT). The steam train runs on 24 Saturdays a year at £14/ticket plus £2/pint and travels between Alton and Arlesford. If you book in advance you get a FREE pint.

Our party met at the Railway Inn opposite the station, one of two pubs owned by Triple � f brewery, for a swift beer before getting on the train. The pub has a very

unusual frontage as there is a model of a steam engine protruding from the wall above the entrance! The beers on o� er were Pressed Rat & Warthog, one of my favourite milds which is what Michele & I had, Alton’s Pride, a traditional brown session bitter and Ramble Tamble, a very good “in your face” hoppy IPA, plus guests. As a party of 14 we left in plenty of time so as to grab a group of seats together.The train has a real ale bar with 6 ales drawn from 5 local micro-breweries.

On our train the choice was: 1. Andwell: Resolute Bitter & Gold Muddler, 2. Ballards: Midhurst Mild & Golden Bine 3. Harvey’s: Best, Armada & Olympia 4. + a real cider from Mr. Whiteheads.In addition there is a bu� et car which serves curry & chilli con carne to soak up the alcohol.

The train stops at Alresford to move the engine to the other end for the return trip - useful as a loo stop as there can be a queue for the on-board toilets. The line used to connect to Winchester.

The train returns to Alton at 10.30 to catch the Waterloo train at 10.44pm. This was too late to get home so we made use of the accommodation that is within walking distance of the station. We stayed at the Swan in the High Street.

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> A WEEK ON THE ISLE OF WIGHTSPRING 2012

WEDNESDAY> Awoke to a nice and clear sunny morning but the temperature was 10C lower than yesterday. Still went out in my shorts and T shirt though.

Destination, Brighstone to visit the National Trust owned post o� ce and museum. My National Trust guide said closing time 17:00. When we got there, it had already closed at 16:00. Very frustrating!! Especially when using the limited bus service to this place.

We popped into the THREE BISHOPS for the 40 minutes we had to wait for the bus back to Newport. An excellent pint of Wells/Young’s, Bitter, 3.7% each was consumed.

On to East Cowes next and another one of my top 5 pubs on the Island. The SHIP AND CASTLE. A smallish back street local pub with character and atmosphere and well-kept real ale and served in “Lined Glasses”, for a full pint.

Irving’s Spinnaker, 4.5% and Ringwood 49er, 4.9% were drunk here.

Whilst we were in the SHIP AND CASTLE we were told that real ale was on sale in a Caravan Park bar about 1 mile away. So o� we went. The place is called Waverley Park Caravan Site and the bar is called the WAVERLEY BAR. Named after the Paddle Steamer that still visits the Isle of Wight on occasions.

On the bar top, complete with cooling jacket was a � rkin of Island Breweries, Wight Gold, 4%. Unfortunately it had only been delivered that day and wouldn’t be ready for another 24 hours. Oh well “Becks” it was then!!.

Back to Newport and a visit to a brand new real ale venue, the NEWPORT ALE HOUSE on Holyrood Street. We’d read an article about this place in that week’s edition of the island newspaper “The County Press”.

Small but very interesting was our description.Mark and Debbie Ridett (licensees) have recently just

joined CAMRA so that shows their commitment to Real Ale.There were 6 � rkins of Real Ale behind the bar on sturdy

wooden stillages’. Only 3 of the beers will be on sale at any time to ensure quality control.

Mark did say to us that the beers would be on the warm side due to the fact the cooling jackets they’d been sent would not � t. A new lot were on their way and would be � tted asap. Yates, I.O.W Festival Ale, 5.5% was OK but on the warm side as Mark said it would be.

One beer we did try here was of a German origin, but can’t remember the Brauerie, but it was Black (like a Stout), 4.9% and very easy to drink. Served cool and on the tall continental fonts. I could have drunk lots more of this but time and buses wait for no one.

Got to the bus station with half an hour to spare so we popped into the PRINCE OF WALES (again). Decided to try the Wells/Youngs Special, 4.5% and it was one of the best pints of this beer we’ve ever come across.

Bus back to Ryde. Went into the Wetherspoons at about 23:20 hours and unfortunately got the back end of a barrel of Goddards, Fuggle De Dum. It was drinkable (just) and because of the hour we drank up and headed for our � at.

THURSDAY> A visit to another Island brewery. YATES BREWERY, based at Newchurch.

En-route we popped into the other Wetherspoons outlet on the island, in Newport. This is called the WILLIAM COPPIN and is a Lloyds No 1.

Beer tried here was Island Breweries, Vectis Venom, 4.8%. A dark beer and served in excellent condition. One of our top 5 beers of the week.

We had to refrain from Alan Coulthwaites repertoire of “GETSUPPINANGERREMINAGEN” as we had to catch the Newchurch bus. After a very exhilarating ride over the IOW downs and then down some very narrow lanes we were dropped o� at the entrance to Longbridge Business Centre (it’s better than being called an Industrial Estate, I suppose)!!.

A short stroll leads you to the Brewery Building (look out for the barrels outside).

We’ve known David Yates, Snr for years and usually pop in to see him when we’re on the Island. He updated us as he

Ken & Jackie Low conclude their search for real ale on the island >


carried on with brewing activities, alongside the assistant brewers Hayden and Oliver. All the bottling of Yates beers is done by Bath Ales.

David then gave me a bottle of bottle conditioned “You’ll Be Sorry” to try, 7.4% I think had only recently been sent to them from Bath Ales for them to send to the GBBF at Earls Court. Too green and full of yeasty bits but nonetheless very tasty. Jackie had a bottle of YSD (I think) instead.

We had to leave for the bus back to Newport, so wished them all the best and left.

Same bus driver on the way back and only us two on it, so we had a chat. It seems that as from September 18th of this year there is a possibility that this service will cease. So next year we could be faced with a very long walk. Once we were back in Newport we said Ta-raa to the driver and wished him all the best for September onwards.

After a look round some shops we decided to pop into the NEWPORT ALE HOUSE (again)! Had some more of the Schwartz beer. Wished Debbie and Mark all the best for the future and departed for Ryde. Met a friend in Wetherspoons. Had some Goddard’s, Scrumdiggity, 4.2% which was excellent. Decided to get a bus to Sandown to visit a bar on the sea-front called the WATERFRONT INN. Only problem was that the bar was in Shanklin about 1½ miles away. OOP’s!!. Because of the time constraints we went into the OCEAN BAR on Sandown sea-front. Had a couple of pints of very tired Ringwood, Old Thumper, 5.6%. We didn’t have time to complain so we headed to our next pub the TAPS BAR. Yates, Blonde, 4.5% and in excellent condition.

Brading next. Popped into the WHEATSHEAF, a local’s pub. Adnam’s, Broadside, 4.7% was the choice here. Down the road is the DARK HORSE, a Gastro pub with 3 Real Ales on the bar. The one we had was Island Ales, Nipper, 3.8% served in an ISLANDS ALES GLASS. Then we had to leave before my bus pass ran out at 23:00 hours. “Oh the joy of being a Senior Citizen”!!.

FRIDAY> Bus to Newport then Gunnville to the EMBASSY’S SNOOKER CLUB. Island Ales, Wight Knight, 4.6% in bottles. There was a Hand pump on the bar but now’t on. The barman said they’d tried real ale for a couple of weeks but it didn’t take o� . Oh well, at least they tried.

On to Ventnor, to the SPYGLASS INN on the Esplanade. Yates, Undercli� e Experience, 4.2%, it was OK. It was nice to sit outside, watch the tide coming in and chill out. After a Ventnor Crab salad on the seafront it was a hard slog uphill to a famous IOW pub, the VOLUNTEER. A CAMRA award winning pub, up for sale at time of visit, 6 real ales on. We had the Brains, British Summer, 4.1% it was well balanced. Also had a quick half of Hobgoblin, 4.5% before leaving.

Went to the SOLENT INN at Ryde, next to meet up with a friend. There was a good group on, but too loud for my ears. Some excellent pints of Triple FFF Moondance, 4.2% were consumed here before leaving for our digs.

SATURDAY> Last day on the Island, so it’s tidy up the � at, pack bags, etc. We are lucky in some ways in the fact we can leave all our bags and cases there and pick them up later.

Walked it into Ryde and purchased some I.O.W vegetables and cheese from the Farmers Market. If you’ve never ever tried the cheeses from the I.O.W Cheese Company then you’ve never lived.

Onwards then to Wooton Bridge to a 4 star hotel complex that includes a restaurant/bar. The place is called the BRASSERIE at the Lakeside Hotel and Spa. We went into the bar area which was very modern. On the bar top was a solitary hand-pull amongst all the

other keg stu� , but alas unused. Upon asking, no-one seemed to know what it was doing there or if it had even dispensed beer at all. We did notice that they had got bottles of Island Ales beers, so we had a bottle of Island Ales Gold each and sat on the veranda next to the lake to watch the wildlife. Very relaxing, in the warm sunshine.

Next stop was another new venue for us. Briddlesford Lodge Farm Shop and Café. Main purpose of visit was to get a load of IOW meat and vegetables to fetch back home. Next to the farm shop is BLUEBELLS CAFÉ. Because we had walked half a mile from the bus stop to this place (along a busy road with no footpaths) on a hot afternoon, we decided to have a bottle of beer in the café. They had bottles of Goddards and Island Ales beers. We ordered two bottles of Island Ales Gold. Then we were told that to drink the beers we would have to order food as well. Licence rules. Cakes count as food so we had two pieces of locally made cake (which were excellent) and the beer to wash it down with. Followed by an equally dangerous walk back to the bus stop and the bus back to Ryde and back to the digs to pack our recently purchased food into suitcases. Thanks for wheeled luggage as our main case would de� nitely have required an excess weight charge on certain airlines and I am well past the age of carrying such a weight.

We trundled ourselves and luggage down to Ryde Esplanade. Went into the CASTLE HOTEL which was having a wedding reception so was extremely busy. Last time we were in here they used to sell Island brewed beers but nowadays it’s Green King I.P.A and Abbot. We had the I.P.A, 3.8% which was in excellent condition but not one of my favourite beers.

Final stop of the week was the KING LUD. We decided to have a meal here, Bembridge Crab Salad and a bowl of chips. To drink we had Goddard’s, Fuggle De Dum and Ringwood’s, 49er. Met up with Margaret our ex-SOLENT INN licencee, for a chat, etc. then it was time to leave the Island once again and head home. One of these days we may be heading home, for a home not in Surrey but actually on the Island, who knows!!

Hopefully this article has been of interest for you who read it to be tempted to visit the Island in the future. Loads of pubs, loads of Island and mainland beers, loads of friendly people, loads of Island produce, loads of coastline and beaches, what more do you want!!

Here’s to our visit in 2013, all being well.

Last day on the Island, so it’s tidy up the � at, pack bags, etc. We are lucky in some ways

Useful reference’s. Current Good Beer Guide, Isle of Wight Pub Guide, “Wightwash”, the newsletter of the I.O.W branch of CAMRA www.wightwash.org.uk and also our very own What’s Brewing plus the Internet of course.


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