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TRIBUTE TO JOHN RICE

Peterborough CAMRA says goodbye to a legend

MIGHTY MICROSVisiting three of our

local breweries

COALIES ON TOURThe Coalheavers crewreview the Bermondsey

Beer Mile

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P ETERBOROUGH CAMRA PUB OF THE YEAR 2014 & 2011

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Thank you John for helping us to makeour pubs great, from all the staff at

The Dragon, The Ploughman and The Queens Arms

Thank you John for helping us to makeour pubs great, from all the staff at

The Dragon, The Ploughman and The Queens Arms

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Circulation: 7,000 copies distributed topubs, clubs and members throughout thePeterborough and District CAMRABranch area. A digital version of thismagazine is available to view and download at issuu.com

Regular readers may have noticed that BAE has anew look. It was decided that it was time for an update. If you have any comments on changesthen contact me at [email protected] is always welcome.

There have been some very good local pub beerfestivals over the last two months and we still havethe big one on the embankment to look forward too.Hard work for all volunteers, but definitely worth it!

I received an email from a reader saying that TheAnchor in Bourne (see Pub News p8) “was wellworth a visit as now it is stocking a very adven-turous range of real ales” and so I decided to pay ita visit, accompanied by my daughter/drinkingpartner! As it was a sunny day, we sat on the terraceoverlooking the river, lovely! We enjoyed the beer,the staff and locals were friendly, what more couldyou ask for. Well worth the visit. I would urgeother readers and landlords to contact the PubsOfficer or other Committee members if you havenews or updates on your local hostelry.

In the last issue there was an article entitled “Disappearing Boozers of Stamford” by AlunThomas, due to “gremlins” in the email service thelast three paragraphs were missing and so thecomplete article will be included in the next issue.

Fingers crossed for decent weather 19th – 23rdAugust.

Cheers!JB

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Welcome to the new–lookBeer Around ‘Ere!

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The next issue of Beer Around ‘Ere will beavialable on the 26th September. We must have your stories, news and advertisiements by 2nd September.Please send your stories and other copy tothe editor, Jane Brown.

IN THIS ISSUEWelcome from the editor 3Chairman’s corner 5Tribute to John Rice 7Pub news 8–9Brewery news 11–13Membership matters 14White Horse, Baston 14Peterborough beer festival 15–19Bermondsey beer mile 21–23Mighty micros three 24–26Diary and gig dates 29Join CAMRA 30

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Chairman’s corner |5

Get this date stuck in your minds, Tuesday 19thAugust, place Peterborough Embankment, eventPBF (Peterborough Beer Festival). Yes the PBF rollsinto town again starting on the 19th through tillSaturday 23rd. Full details are in this issue of BAE,which some of you may notice has had a bit of a‘makeover’.

The festival is organised and run by our dedicated team of CAMRA members and unpaidvolunteers from the local branch, plus branch members from around the country. Please notethat we have introduced a strict policy this yearwhereby only pre-registered volunteers will be accepted to help. Forms are being sent out to ourmembers, however those who have already signedup online do not need to return forms. We welcome past volunteers and also any newcomerswho are willing to help. Our Staffing Officer, SteveWilliams, has formed a new team to organise staff.

Don’t hold your breath, but at last we should seesome reforms to the pub sector by the introductionof a Pubs Adjudicator, who will resolve disputesand crack down on the unfair practices by thepubcos that inflate tenants’ rent and set excessiveprices for beer. This was revealed in the Queen’sSpeech and is to include new regulationsannounced by the government. CAMRA havebeen fighting a tireless campaign for many years,with 8,000 letters sent to MPs and a petition thatreached more than 40,000. We hope that this willstem the alarming rate of pub closures, which havebeen due to the big pub companies squeezingthem out of existence with sky high rents and beerprices.

In the distribution of the last issue of Beer AroundEre I had to step in to fill a gap within our brancharea due to the distributor being incapacitated.

By doing so I had the pleasure of visiting manypubs around the Bourne villages area that I hadnot been to for many a year. Regrettably due to thefact I was driving no beer was consumed in any ofthe pubs. I have since discovered that several ofthese pubs would support us if we managed to paythem a visit more often. Also we are looking forsome volunteers who are willing to give up an houror two once every two months, to deliver BeerAround Ere around some of these pubs. (I advise noton a Monday due to some not opening). The pubsare around the Bourne/ Deepings/ Stamford partof Lincolnshire. Please contact me for furtherdetails. We are always willing to welcome any ofour members who would like to help in the distri-bution of our tome.

Finally it is with much sadness that we have to report the passing away of our much respectedand admired member, John Rice, who many ofyou will know from the PBF, Coalheavers Armsand Ploughman Beer Festivals. A tribute to John isin this issue, and we all raise a glass to a wonderfulperson.

See you all at the PBF! Cheers.

David Murray Branch Chairman

Chairman’s Corner


Get this date stuck in your minds, Tuesday 19th August, place Peterborough Embankment, event PBF (Peterborough Beer Festival)

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Goodbye John |7

John was a man whose friendly and warm personality had a profound effect on all of thosewho met him. He was instinctively a people personand was always the first to introduce himself tonewcomers. His huge smile welcomed strangersand automatically put them at ease. You could always rely on John as a man you could trust; aman of honour and of his word.

John’s service to the branch was legendary. A member of Peterborough CAMRA for overtwenty years, he held many positions including thatof Brewery Liaison Officer for Elgoods. Howeverit was his role as LocAle Officer that cemented hisreputation as one of the hardest working branchmembers. It was John who organised this role atthe Peterborough branch after Nottinghampioneered the scheme a couple of years earlier.Over 4 years John travelled the length and breadthof the Peterborough and District branch area –one of the biggest in the country – on public trans-port and he personally inspected and gave theLocAle certificate to over 100 pubs. It was a sourceof much amusement within the branch that ayounger volunteer with the same amount ofstamina as John couldn’t be found to take on therole.

John was a regular volunteer at numerous beerfestivals. He was best known at Peterboroughwhere he was the staff bar manager for eight years.For the volunteers who helped at the festival Johnwas like the father figure; nothing was too muchtrouble and he was always the calm individual youwanted in charge when things got hectic. At the

Saturday evening staff party the familiar sight ofJohn in bow tie was the poignant reminder that another year’s festival was coming to an end. Theirony, of course, was the sign above the bar declaring“No Tie Required”. John’s brilliant sense ofhumour, as always, ever present. One of John’sfavourite beer festivals was Falmouth in Cornwalland each year he made the long train journey tohelp out at that event, undoubtedly spurred on bya pint or two of his beloved Cornish ales.

John’s heart and soul were always firmly rootedin the local community pub scene and none moreso than in Werrington where he spent many yearsof his life. It was probably this that convinced Johnto take a look at the Ploughman, the current Peterborough CAMRA pub of the year, at a timewhen others may have walked away. From his earlyrecommendations, and belief that good thingswere happening at the pub, his work in raising theprofile helped give the local area a complete transfor-mation.

The Branch would like to offer their heartfeltcondolences to John’s family at this difficult time.He will be sadly missed at this year’s PeterboroughBeer Festival, by all of those who knew him.Rest in peace, John Rice.


Tribute toJohn RiceIt is with great sadness that the Peterborough Branch of CAMRA reportsthe death of their good friend and loyalsupporter John Rice. He had been battlingagainst cancer for some time and passedaway peacefully on June 28th.

One of John’s (centre) favourite beer festivals was Falmouthin Cornwall, here he is with a couple of characters fromSkinners brewery.

8 | Pub news

The Anchor, Eastgate, Bourne. Apparently thisis one of the oldest pubs in Bourne and although itis “out of town”, it is only a 10 minute walk fromcentre. They have 5 real ales, including BourneParticular, a house beer and 1 real cider on offer.The pub is now in the hands of Taras and Dawnwho also have two pubs in Nottingham, TheRoundhouse and The Hand and Heart. Taras saidthat their plan when they took over The Anchor,was to close temporarily, in order to refurbish, butwere persuaded otherwise by locals! So refurbish-ment is on the “back burner”.

There is a very pleasant outside area overlookingthe river, ideal on a sunny day. Definitely worth avisit if you are in the area.

The Crown, Uppingham has undergone arefurbishment under new landlords Alan andGlynn. The pub recently was awarded 3 AA starsfor its seven rooms which are available forovernight accomodation. Glynn told us ‘the pubhas had a new kitchen and we have developed anew, family friendly menu which includes familyfavourites like pies and burgers. We try andsupport local businesses by sourcing our bread andmeat from local suppliers’. Glynn also says theyhave made the pub much more female friendlywith comfy seating and a great wine, coffee and teaselection. Sunday lunches and breakfasts are alsoavailable. Worth a visit!

The Hurdler, 93 Cross Road, Stamford. Thiscommunity pub has undergone a major refurbish-ment and re-opened at the beginning of June.

The Blue Bell, 10 Woodgate, Helpston hasreopened, but until middle of August it is openThursday – Sunday 12noon – 11pm. LandladyLesley Newitt said that they hoped to get their fulllicence by mid-August. Beers that were availableearly to mid- July were Adnams Ghost Ship, FullersLondon Pride and two Star Brewing Companybeers one of which was Lightyear. A limited menuis also available and includes hot pies and baguettes.

The Shuckburgh Arms at Southwick re-openedon 25 June following a short closure for refurbish-ment that included interior re-painting and agarden make-over. The pub is now leased by thelocal community and sells five real ales.

Talbot Hotel, Oundle.Monday 2nd June saw theofficial launch of Nene ValleyBrewery’s “Dick’s TalbotAle”, a 4.1% light refreshinggolden ale, which wascommissioned by, and willonly be available at, the

Talbot Hotel in Oundle. The first pint was pulledby the Mayor of Oundle, Councillor GwenRadcliffe (pictured). There are further plans for areplacement beer for the winter months.

Glastonburghley 16th August 2014Local band The Lounge are organising a minifestival in Stamford. Glastonburghley will be heldthis year at The Lord Burghley pub on BroadStreet, Stamford on the 16th of August. Inspiredby Stephen Sutton’s story The Lounge have gath-ered local bands together to create a charity eventwhich can be built on year after year.

Paul Hemmings from The Lounge said “Stam-ford is rich in local talent and we have beenoverwhelmed by the positive response”. Manylocal businesses are also getting involved generouslydonating prizes which will be auctioned off in aidof Stephen Sutton's charity, The Teenage CancerTrust. To find out more follow Glastonburghley onTwitter or The Lord Burghley on Facebook.

Pub News


Send us your news!Calling all landlords and landladies! Had a refurb?Got a great event on? Started selling a new rangeof ales or cider? Let us know and we will add yournews to these pages. Just email Jane Brown at [email protected]

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Carry on CampingOwners of caravans and motorhomes who appre-ciate good beer and food now have a new localdestination thanks partly to the Pub is the Huborganisation. Hosts John and Jen of the Blue Bell inWhaplode St Catherine are well known locally forthe high quality food and drink served at the pub.The pub also acts as the brewery tap for the adjacentBlue Bell Brewery run by Emma Bell.

John recently acquired the small field next to thepub, and with help from the Pub is the Hub organi-sation, has developed this area to help diversify thebusiness. Pub is the Hub, whose patron is PrinceCharles, exists to promote the safeguarding of ourpub heritage especially in rural areas.

The Blue Bell now offers smart new facilities forcampers. You won’t find Sid James and the” CarryOn Crew” messing around in tents but what youwill find is Bluebell Field next to the pub with five

new hard standings and registered as a CaravanClub Certified Location site. It is available for bothcaravans and motorhomes and the pitches have16amp hook ups, TV aerial sockets and Wi-Fi B-Link open access. There is a service area andcampers have access to the pub toilets (even afterhours thanks to a coded key safe) and a shower isalso available at certain times. The second site is anight stop for motorhomes only and is situated inthe pub car park. There are two spaces with 10amp hook ups, water and a chemical disposal point.

As stated earlier the pub has a very good reputa-tion for food and there is a discount on your pitchfee if a meal is taken at the pub. To encourage visi-tors there is also the possibility of a free bike loan!

I recommend a trip for those intrepid campersamongst you. If you would like to take advantageof these facilities, visit the pubs websitewww.thebluebell.net or phone 01406 540300.

John HuntBlue Bell BLO


Cuckoo Beer FestivalThe Cuckoo in Alwalton held their 4th Cask AleFestival over the Father’s Day weekend of 13th to15th June.

I was met on the Friday by Luke Richardsonthe manager, who gave me a tour of the festivalsite. Twenty barrels of ale, a very good andinnovative selection from both local andnational brewers were awaiting the visitors. A large marquee was provided just in case of rainand their full menu of food was available to thefestival visitors. The festival was doing great busi-ness during my visit.

The team at the Cuckoo were also collecting forAmazon Children’s Ward at Peterborough City

Hospital, and over £270 wascollected during the festival weekend. I lookforward to the 5th Festival next year and the beerselection!

Cheers to Luke and the Team.Mike Blakesley

Press Officer

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Bexar County BreweryBexar have now crossed the inter-national divide with their beersappearing at two beer festivals inSpain, one in Blane and the otherin Barcelona. This was a joint

effort involving Hand Drawn Monkey of Hudders-field with whom the brewery collaborates regularly.The beers are still appearing at numerous beerfestivals around this country too!

The much awaited 2014 brewing of the marvellousPapa Steve was released on July 5th at the HandDrawn Monkey brewery shop in Huddersfield.The brewery also hosted a visit from the localCAMRA branch during the Mighty Micros 3 forwhich we would like to extend our thanks.

Castor AlesIt’s been a great summer forthe brewery, with beer beingfeatured at the CambridgeBeer Festival, the Peterbor-

ough Heritage Festival, the Castor KyneburghaFestival and we’re looking forward to the Peterbor-ough Beer Festival and the Waternewton MusicFestival at the end of August. The PeterboroughBeer Festival special will be a hefty 5.3% with arange of hops beginning with the letter C!

Sporting themed beers continued with a WorldCup special, “They Drink its Ale Over…It isNow” which proved to be the case for our nationalteam, and a Tour de France special which hasbeing going well locally the beer was called “OùSont Les Montagnes?” (Where are the moun-tains?). The pump clip featured a cyclist in theKing of The Mountains red polka dot shirtscratching his head in the flatlands ofCambridgeshire. 12th Man will make a comebackat the start of the football season.

We hope you all have a great Peterborough BeerFestival and a big thanks to all the volunteers thatmake it happen. Cheers!

Digfield AlesA well timed brewery trip

for patrons of The Letter ’B’, Whittlesey, providedthe perfect opportunity to sample Digfield’s newbrew. Three beers were on offer; Barnwell Bitter,Shacklebush and the latest, Chiffchaff a 3.9%golden- amber ale, which was received with muchenthusiasm.

After a couple of hours the party adjourned toThe Kings Arms, Polebrook, for more Fool’s Nookand Barnwell Bitter. Landlord Justin Cappprovided excellent fare, of which the visitors werehighly appreciative.

Michael and Paul thoroughly enjoyed hosting thevisit and thanked Justin and business partnerSharon and Bruce for their continued support.

The partners report that the first brew of Chif-fchaff sold out very quickly, and feedback has beenexcellent. At the time of writing, a second brew isdue to be racked off.

Elgoods BreweryBuzz Light Beer AVB 4% isthe current seasonal ale andis selling well. This will befollowed in September by

Indian Summer. The main news is that Elgoodshave stepped in to host the SIBA East Angliacompetition and associated beer festival after theprevious venue had to pull out. The competitionwill take place on 25th September with the beerfestival running from 25th - 27th.

Hopshackle BreweryHopshackle’s range of tradi-tional beers, Zen 3.8, Legacy4.3 and Special No.1 Bitter 5.2are very well received aroundlocal pubs and clubs. In partic-

ular the session beer Zen goes down really well andpeople are texting and tweeting when it is on intheir local. A lot of people said it was a great alter-native to all the golden hoppy beers that seem

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12 | Brewery news continued

to be so common these days and had loads goingon for such a low gravity beer. The third fermenteris going well and Hopshackle is now able to brew 6times a month. The Double Imperial IPA FireBelly 7.0 has been bottled for the first time and hasbeen delivered to The Stamford Cheese and WineCellar and Beer Hawk in Harrogate.

All Hopshackle bottles are available at TheStamford Cheese and Wine Cellar.

Mile Tree BreweryThe brewery continues toexert a force for the good ona local level with their profile

being raised accordingly. There is a trend towardsproviding good beers to small festivals includingmany local community events such as the BotolphGreen Festival and Bourne Summer Carnival withfurther excursions to non-beer festival type eventssuch as the Ely Folk Festival. Small pub type festivals are also requesting their beers includingPeterborough Town Sports Club, The Townhousepub in Ely and the Deeping Beer Festival to namethree events that come to mind. Pubs are also keento showcase Mile Tree brews especially the Prior’sOven the micro pub in Spalding which has had afew examples over recent months. The King’s Headin Apethorpe and the Rose Tavern in Wisbech havealso taken beer. The bottled variety is available fromSacrewell Farm and online via the Ale Room.

The Fenland Midsummer Food and Craft Fairwhich was held at the Secret Garden Touring Park(where the brewery lives) in June, was a greatsuccess with over 20 exhibitors in attendance. The weather was excellent and the beers ondraught were Meadowgold and Adventurer whichwere enjoyed by all. We’d also like to thank MileTree for their hospitality during the Mighty Micros3 brewery tour.

Nene Valley BreweryThe Brewery has appointed aGeneral Manager for thePub/Restaurant on the site and the

task of fitting out the premises will commence inthe next week. The provisional opening date is 1stNovember 2014.

The brewery is to undergo a re-branding in thenext few weeks with a new logo. The beers will nolonger be known by their three letter acronyms butby their full names. This should eliminate any confu-sion about beer names in the eyes of the public.

An oat stout, Starless Stout (4.1% 1041 og), waslaunched at the latest Beer of the Month club andhas recently been seen at the beer festival at TheHeron in Stanground. It attracted favourablecomments from those who tried it, even those who,by their own admission, don't normally drink darkbeers. The porter, Starless and Bible Black, whichwas launched in late 2013, will now be known asBible Black Porter, but remains otherwiseunchanged.

Oakham AlesAs the summer moves on it is anEndless Summer for Oakham Ales asthis is the name of the June to

September special. The 3.4% pale ale will quenchyour thirst through these months as a lighteraccompaniment to their other beers. The everpopular Helter Skelter has been a welcome addition for July and now has been added to theaged and vintage range. So expect to see it makeappearances once the brew has reached the ripeold age of 6 months. A Christmas crackermethinks!

The latest brew in the Oakadamyof Excellence range is a pale goldbeer called Improbability abv3.9%, which is packed withCascade, Calypso and Savin Gold-ings hops.

The brewery have become a corpo-rate partner with the Cathedral as part ofPeterborough Cathedral’s 900 campaign and areselling bottled Bishop’s Farewell in the Cathedralshop. A percentage of the monies taken for eachbottle will go towards Cathedral fund raising. It isquite appropriate as you cast your mind back to thelaunch of the original cask version at PeterboroughBeer Festival in 1996, when it was brewed as aFestival Special for the retirement of the then Arch-bishop of Peterborough Cathedral, Bill Westwood.


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The Brewery are launching a new beer brewed ona first come, first served basis alongside a new beerrelated App launch of the same name, which is, PintPlease. The App launch will be at The Great BritishBeer Festival, with the beer launch soon afterwards.Therefore if you can’t find it elsewhere it will be onat The Peterborough Beer Festival a week later.

The Italian distributor, Diffusion Beer S.R.L, lovesOakham’s Green Devil IPA so much that they haveemblazoned its distinctive imagery all over theirtrucks (pictured).

Star Brewing CompanyThe demand for their core beers is still

high and they sell all that they brew.

The guest beer 3 Lions a 3.7% pale ale was adisaster, but through no fault of the beer. It wasanother side effect of the England football team’spoor and short-lived performance! However all is notlost as it has been renamed “Asteroid”, which to me,is more in keeping with the Star brand.

Due to popular demand they will continue toproduce Lightyear and Astral throughout thesummer.

Tydd Steam BreweryLatest news from Tydd

Steam is that Will is planninga beer for the Peterborough

Beer Festival provisionally called Dr Fox's Snake Oil!


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14 | Membership matters

One of the most used benefits of CAMRAmembership is the free or discounted entry toCAMRA organised beer festivals. To obtain thisdiscount you must be able to produce a validmembership card at the entrance to the festival.

With the Great British Beer Festival and our ownPeterborough Beer Festival taking place in August,and many other CAMRA beer festivals takingplace all over the country, it is a good time to checkwhere you put your membership card. Is it lurkingat the back of a drawer, or did you put it away in asafe place (so safe that you can't remember where)?

If so, then now is the time to act. You should,ideally, have your membership number to handwhen contacting HQ in St Albans, although this isnot necessary. The direct dial number formembership is 01727 798440. The membershipteam should be able to sort out any difficulties in atimely fashion.

I look forward to seeing you on the Embankmentin August.

Bob MelvilleMembership Secretary

Membership Matters


The White Horse at Baston, has beenaccredited into the “LocAle Scheme”.

The award was presented on the Friday evening oftheir recent 1st Beer Festival, to Ben Larter & hispartner Jermaine, who are doing a great job sellingand promoting local beers and breweries at thisbusy little establishment.

The award is well deserved, as the pub (formerlyThe Spinning Wheel), has been selling LocAlesince it was taken over by the current owners.They normally run with 4 beers, 3 of themLocAle. The restaurant also prides itself on localproduce and is usually very busy. Evidently this isthe sign that they are going the right way aboutthings.

The beer festival itself was in full flow and wellsupported, with 20 beers on show. Again a largeproportion were LocAle, plus ciders, also madelocally. An impressive effort for a first beer festival,I'm sure you will agree?

A local micro-brewery had supplied and set upthe stillage for the event.

We sincerely hope that the White Horsecontinues in the same vein, the pub seems to beflourishing and if you haven’t been yet, then it iswell worth the visit.

Dave McLennanLocAle Officer

White Horse Baston

16 |Peterborough Beer Festival 2014

Our five day event aims to showcase the bestreal ales from the UK, all kept in tip-top condi-tion by our expert cellar team. Add to that ourlocation on the embankment of the River Nenein the heart of the city with live music playingevery day and you have the perfect festivalatmosphere. We believe in getting the bestselection of beers that people will enjoy andwill continue to talk about long after they havefinished drinking. Our attitude to promotingreal ale means we get many festival specialsproduced and this loyalty extends to our visi-tors who return year after year. So for a trulymemorable and unique beer festival experience welcome to Peterborough – the biggest, thebrightest and the best!

BeersWe will be serving more than 400 draught realales including favourites, beers from very smallmicros, many from new breweries, someproduced specially for the festival and beersfrom our LocAle breweries. Almost all of thebeers will be served by gravity – straight fromthe cask. Our aim is always to have every beerready and available from the opening session –we do not hold any beers back. As always wewill be serving beers of many styles includingmilds, bitters, porters, stouts, specialityflavoured beers and a few real lagers. We regu-larly get asked for a beer list ahead of the festival– this will be available to view on the websitefrom around July onwards.

GlassesCommemorative pint sleeve glasses and half pinttankards bearing the festival logo will be availableand all will be oversized so that we can guaranteethat you get a full measure when the glasses arefilled to the line. Festival wine and bottle glasseswill also be available at the same price.

Cider & PerryThe cider bar is with us, as always, serving one ofthe best selections of traditional cider and perry tobe found anywhere. This year we will have around60 varieties.

Wine BarThe wine bar will be selling traditional countrywines and still and sparkling grape wines fromEnglish vineyards.

Bottled BeersThe popular bottled beer bar will be selling anextended range of traditionally made bottled beersfrom around the world.

Soft DrinksOur soft drinks bar, the Escape Bar, will be sellinga range of soft drinks, crisps, ice cream, sweetsand cigarettes. We will also be selling children’s drinks at a mere 50p.

FoodThere will be a wide selection of foods availableincluding German sausages, French crepes, hogroast, doughnuts, toasties, oriental, biltong,Australian, olives, burgers, bacon rolls, pasta, hotdogs, Cornish pasties, pittas, pork pies, waffles,seafood, fruit smoothies, tea & coffee.

The WorkersThe Festival is organised and run by members ofCAMRA who are all unpaid volunteers. We alwaysneed more help so why not give us a few hours ofyour time if you are a member.

Children at the FestivalLunchtime or early evening is the ideal time to bringthe family, as there is always an easy going, friendlyatmosphere. You can bring the dog (on a lead), thepicnic table, food and soft drinks but you must notbring your own alcohol.

The Peterborough Beer Fest is on it’s way!


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VenueThe 37th Peterborough CAMRA Beer Festival willbe held in massive marquees on the River Embank-ment, Bishops Road, Peterborough PE1 1EF and asit proved popular in 2013 we are retaining the traditional horseshoe layout. The site is only a fewminutes walk from the city centre, bus, rail andcoach stations. A taxi rank will be provided to enableyou to get home without driving. Beer festivals andcars don’t mix.

Disabled AccessThe site is on one level on grass and disabled toiletsare provided at the front and back of the site. Wheel-chairs can be sourced but we do need advancewarning. Taxis and cars carrying disabled passengersare permitted to cross the Embankment and dropoff at the festival entrance.

Other StallsOn site you will find tombola, pub games, ourlunchtime pub quiz, the CAMRA shop, a T-shirtstand, beer and brewing books, glass engraving andthe RNLI will be at the front gate asking for yoursmall change.

CAMRA MembersCAMRA members get FREE entry to the festivalfor all of the early sessions and reduced entryprices at all evening sessions. There are manyother benefits too including free or reduced entryto over 160 beer festivals throughout the UK.

To find out more or to join online visitwww.camra.org.uk/benefits.If you’re not a memberyou can also join or find out more at our member-ship and information area or simply have a chatabout what we do, ask about beer, pubs, brewingand more.

More informationTel: 01733 896555 Email: [email protected]: www.beer-fest.org.uk

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Prices and TimesTuesday 19th August* 5.30 - 11pmNon-CAMRA £5CAMRA & EBCU £2• The Trade-only session starts at 3pm

Wednesday 20th August Noon - 3pm 3pm - 11pmNon-CAMRA £1 £5CAMRA & EBCU FREE £2

Thursday 21st August Noon - 3pm 3pm - 11pmNon-CAMRA £1 £6CAMRA & EBCU FREE £2

Friday 22nd August Noon - 3pm 3pm - 11pmNon-CAMRA £1 £6CAMRA & EBCU FREE £2

Saturday 23rd August Noon - 3pm 3pm - 11pmNon-CAMRA £1 £6CAMRA & EBCU FREE £2

Pictures by B. Ferguson & J. Moore

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Tuesday 19th August

7pm Open Mic NightFollowing the remarkable success of the Open Micopening night last year, we simply have to giveanother opportunity to some of our less wellknown individuals to show off their unique talentson the Peterborough Beer Festival Stage. Thisevent will again be hosted by Stacy, so if youwould like the opportunity to appear, do pleasecontact her IN ADVANCE to register yourinterest. Stacy can be reached [email protected]

Wednesday 20th August

8pm Rocket Dogs After a busy 2013 that included several festivalappearances, two live radio slots including Livefrom the Willow Festival and 60 plus gigs, TheRocket Dogs continue to build on that successwith their blend of energetic live performancesand unique take on anthemic rock/pop and punkcovers. Truly something for all music fans.www.therocketdogs.comExpected on stage 8.00pm to 9.00pm and 9.30pmto 10.45pm

Thursday 21st August(sponsored by The Willow Festival)

7.30pm OpaqueWith one foot always planted firmly in the festivalfields they have played at Secret Garden, Bestival,GrassRoots, Strawberry Fair, Small World, FireGathering, Blissfields, City Roots, along with manyextensive tours of the UK and Europe, playingsupport for The Kooks, Biffy Clyro, The FutureHeads, Hamfatter, The Bluetones, Jamie Woonand many other up and coming artists.www.bandopaque.comExpected on stage 7.30pm to 9.00pm

9.15pm Burning CodesBurning Codes is the solo collaborative project ofBelfast born singer and songwriter Paul Archer andthe project has supported Elbow, Lisa Hannigan,Duke Special and James Walsh.

Burning Codes have also supported Snow Patrol atthe Odyssey Arena, Belfast. Paul contributedvocals to Snow Patrol’s multi-platinum “EyesOpen” album and was asked in August 2012 tosing live with Snow Patrol at both of their 2012 VFestival appearances. www.burningcodes.co.ukExpected on stage 9.15pm to 10.45pm

Friday 22nd August

4pm - Palmy Ukulele BandThis is a bunch of guys and gals from the Palmer-ston Arms who just formed up for a bit of fun andhave gone from strength to strength. After lastyear's spectacularly popular performance, we hadto have them back.www.palmerstonukeband.co.ukExpected on stage from about 4.00pm

7.30pm Psych-O-BombsArguably one of the finest local bands, this quintetwere formed in 2006 specifically to play the musicthat inspired them, the treasured garage/psyche-delic sounds from the 1960’s! These guys will playthe songs you know you love - along with onesyou DON'T KNOW you love... YET!www.thepsychobombs.weebly.com/index.htmlExpected on stage 7.30pm to 9.00pm

9.15pm Rotten Hill GangFeaturing a well-travelled collective of musicians,the versatility of this cool reggae inspired, funkyhip-hop posse licenses them to venture comfort-ably amongst subtle guitar rock, dance groovesand even punk.

Rotten Hill Gang was formed around GaryMcPherson (ex. Big Audio Dynamite II) and long-standing accomplice - Reds (the band’s StreetPoet). Other musicians include Gus Robertson(from Razorlight); Jim Dobson (Hollie Cook band);Annie Bea (Hypnotic Eye); solo artist Fjokra;Mallett (Transvision Vamp) and Hami (TransglobalUnderground). www.facebook.com/rottenhillgangExpected on stage 9.15pm to 10.45pm

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Saturday 23rd August(sponsored by Attica Live)

2pm Tribal MisfitsAn Alternative Rock originals trio from Peterbor-ough. Inspired by bands such as Foo Fighters,Manic Street Preachers and Biffy Clyro.

3pm Closed CircuitClosed Circuit are an original Rock band fromPeterborough and Stamford. Their style is a crossbetween Alter Bridge and alestorm.

4pm Lexie GreenBecoming increasingly well known around the UKlive music circuit for her infectious eclectic sets ofinternational award winning original Americana,Rock, Folk and Blues influenced songs.

5pm Tin PigeonsCombining scrappy traditional folk instruments,tight pop rhythms and soulful vocal harmonies,The Tin Pigeons produce an exciting brand ofacoustic merriment.

7pm Tom WrightTom is a professional singer / songwriter / guitaristfrom Peterborough, UK. Only nineteen years old,he has been playing guitar since he was seven. Forthe Beer Festival, Tom will be performing a setcomprising mainly of his own original material.Promises to be a huge treat… not to be missed.

9pm Motor City VipersThere has always been a strong soul-scene withinPeterborough, so it seems particularly bizarre thatthe city hasn’t before given rise to a dedicated livesoul band… until now!

Motor City Vipers are an electrifying eight-pieceband who lovingly recreate some of the greatestNorthern Soul and Motown floor-fillers from the60s and 70s, we’re very pleased to welcome themto the 37th Peterborough Beer Festival.

www.MotorCityVipers.co.ukExpected on stage 9.00pm to 10.45pm


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As far as I know it started with one, The KernelBrewery, and was quickly joined by Fourpure,Partizan and Brew by Numbers, and much morerecently, I think February, Anspach and Hobday.As these breweries only open on a Saturday theonly beers available are bottled beers and key keg,but don’t let this put you off, even if you are a realale purist, as the beers were all superb. All thebottles were unfiltered, unpasteurised real ales in abottle, and as far as keykegs are concerned, the gasis used purely to draw the beer from the keg. Ifyou don’t like the idea of that, then this trip is notfor you. If though, you just like good quality beer,then this trip definitely is for you.

Following the obligatory breakfast at TheDrapers we caught the 9.46 train which meant wewould be at our first port of call around 11.30.Unfortunately, due to heavy storms that morning,the overhead cables near Finsbury Park were hit by


The latest instalment in The Coalheaverscrew’s quest for great beer took us to SouthEast London to try out the Bermondsey BeerMile. The Bermondsey Beer Mile is actuallya mile and a quarter and has no pubs at all.What it does have however are five fullyfunctional breweries that open their doorsevery Saturday to sell their wares.

Coalies do the Bermondsey Beer Mile

lightning and we were stuck in a tunnel for half anhour so. Though it seemed much longer.

If you want to do all 5 breweries it is probablybest to start with Fourpure which is at the easternend of The Mile. The best way to get there is totake the over ground line to Surrey Quays andafter a 10 minute walk you will be there. Fourpureis the only place that is not within the archways of

the overhead train line. It is on a small industrialpark, unit 22 in fact and really is a great place tostart. Eight beers were available in half pint, twothirds or a full pint. You need to remember thatLondon is expensive and so are bottled beers andalso keykegs. But considering that, the prices werenot too bad, around £3 for two thirds and about£4 for a pint which is about a quid less than theywould be in the pubs. Fourpure had 6 of theirregular beers on, a session ale, a pale, an amber, astout, an IPA and a Pils and 3 slightly differentones, a fruit beer and two saison type beers, all F

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top quality. After the train delay we were allgasping for a beer when we got there and the firstone went down so quickly we decided to haveanother. Up until the end of May all the brewerieswere open from 11 to 5 but now Kernel opensfrom 9 to 2 so with the tunnel delay we were a bitbehind schedule so it was to be just a quick one atPartizan.

Partizan is a 10 minute walk from Fourpure,assuming you go the right way of course, whichnot everyone did, even with a map. Fourpure was agood sized brewery with ample seating and roomto spare, Partizan was not. It occupies just onesmallish arch and if it rains and you have to goinside, there is room for about 10 people only. Donot let this put you off as Partizan is really worth avisit. The 6.2 porter that I had was superb, one ofthe best beers of the day for me. I had been toPartizan twice before and it was bottles only butthey now have 3 draught beers as well, though Ithink the chiller unit they pour from was probablyfrom the early 70’s. Saying that, the black IPA andthe wheat beer that came out of it were absolutelygorgeous. Partizan is by far the smallest of the fivebut you really don’t want to miss it. P.S. it is fairlywell hidden.

Next stop was to be Kernel. This is one busy,busy place. You can expect a queue of 30 to 40people but with 4 or 5 staff on you do get servedfairly quickly. Due to our tunnel adventure wewere slightly behind schedule so we all got 2 beerswhen we did get served. For me, the best beer ofthe day was here, an 8.2% stout, out of this world!The majority of the beers on this route are quitestrong, but the measures are only half pint or twothirds so that makes it okay. Kernel started withjust 1 archway and they now occupy 4 and arelooking to expand even further. They must takethousands on a Saturday and they do not make abad beer, every one is exceptional. If you only hadan hour or two in Bermondsey, you could quiteeasily just stay at Kernel. I cannot praise it enoughand we could have stayed there all day, actually, no,we couldn’t, it closes at 2! There were still 2 moreto do.

As you leave Kernel, and, unfortunately we hadto, head to your right and walk for 2 to 3 minutesand you will arrive at Brew by Numbers. The lastcouple of times I came here it was fairly quiet andwe got served straight away. All changed now. Thisplace too was busy, busy, busy, both inside andoutside. Four or five beers, all keykeg, were avail-able here and, once again all top notch. Theremust have been a hundred or so people outsideand plenty inside as well. By this time the sun wasout and it was glorious, hence the large crowdsoutside. The beers here were similar to the otherswith a session beer, a wheat beer, a saison, a stoutand 1 or 2 others, again all really outstanding.They even paid for a singer to entertain the crowd.Fantastic atmosphere.

Leaving there, turn right yet again, walk for 3mins, go underneath the arches ( no singing please)and you arrive at the newest of the breweries,Anspach and Hobday. Though the breweryinvolved here is actually called Bullfinch and notsurprisingly, they make great beer. I have alsovisited this place twice before and both times theywere brewing just behind the servery. The smellwas unbelievable. Sadly, on our visit they were notbrewing but the beers available were on par withall the others we had tried earlier.

When I first did this trip it was fairly quiet, whenI went for the second time it was twice as busy,when the Coalies crew visited it was probablytwice as busy again. I would suggest that if youwant to do this trip, do so sooner rather than lateras it is becoming unbelievably popular.


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Well, that’s the beer mile done but just aroundthe corner is the wonderful Maltby Street or Rope-walk market. This place is great, food and drinkonly, but what food! There is a beer stall, a ginstall, gourmet burger stalls, and I do mean properburgers, along with African food, South Americanfood and loads of others. Plus a truly brilliantGreek stall where you can get some really goodGreek cava-like fizz. Didn’t know the Greeks madeit but they do and its superb, problem is my missuskeeps on buying it and its not cheap, (nice though).

The mile itself completed, time to go to the pub.Thought we would try The Craft Beer Co. butthere were no northbound trains so had to have arethink. Some went to The Euston Tap, otherswent to The Greyfriars which is a lovely pub andthe rest of us who were on the over groundthought it would be a bit of a sin not to go to TheSouthampton Arms at Gospel Oak, definitely onethe absolute best pubs in London. So good in factwe missed one train to stay a bit longer.

Overall, a great trip. Several of our crew say itwas the best Coalheavers trip yet which sets thebar very high for future trips. Once again, I willstress that you need to do this trip sooner ratherthan later. By this time next year I think it will bejust too busy but I do urge you to go.

Dave Botton


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24 | Brewery tour

As many of you will know, we in the localCAMRA branch have a system of looking afterour local brewers. Each brewery is allocated aBrewery Liaison Officer which you’ll see writtendown as BLO in magazines and which explainsabsolutely nothing about the duties involved! Thejob of a BLO is a truly arduous one and involvesvisiting a local brewery, reporting on the activitiestherein and of course generally helping promotethe beers produced. Occasionally a beer or two issampled (no, really!).

There were three breweries involved in our littlesoiree and the BLOs on duty were yours truly(Steve Williams) and Dave McLennan. Betweenthe two of us we do a fabulous job of promotingour breweries even if I do say so myself !

As Star Brewery of Market Deeping, was first onour list and is looked after by Dave, I’ll leave himto start the proceedings. I'll take over after he’srambled on a bit.

Star Brewery (Dave’s bit).On Saturday the 10th of May, my wife Tracy andI went along on the very well attended tour, takingin three of our fantastic local Micro Breweries.The trip was organised by our Social SecretaryJohn Hunt and was of course organised with military precision. Well, you have to if you’rerequired to take in all three whilst giving partici-pants enough time to overindulge in the fantastichospitality shown.

A large coach load of us embarked from Peterborough almost on time, as several members

decided to breakfast in a well-known budget chainInn on the morning of a “Posh” play-off, thusforcing us all to resynchronise our watches. Noharm done. So off we go to Market Deepingchamping at the bit with anticipation. No moredelays, although we did stop off to pick up acouple of the oldies en route! When we finallyarrived we were greeted by Star Brewer Mr SimonRaines, who had kindly laid on a couple of 9gallon casks for our disposal. These were Cometand Meteor and were much appreciated by all.

Upon the arrival of Simon’s business partnerTom Marriot we were all treated to an educationaland interesting tour of the Brewery including atalk on the brewing process before our leadercalled time and ushered us all back onto the coach.

Many thanks to Simon and Tom for thewelcome and hospitality shown and of course JohnHunt for getting it all organised. It was very muchappreciated and I would recommend you try someof their fine ales if you haven’t already done so.Back to Steve!

Mile Tree Brewery (Steve’s bit)Suitably refreshed we headed eastwards toWisbech St Mary and the Secret Garden TouringPark, which is the home of Mile Tree Brewery.The park, true to its name was a bit of a bugger tofind but with perseverance, a bit of reversing anddirections from two passing squirrels we found ourdestination. The park has been in operation for anumber of years and must be one of Camb-ridgeshire’s best kept secrets. Here you can pitch atent, bring a caravan or rent a ‘pod’ which turns

Mighty Micros 3


When they asked if I wanted to go on a brewery trip I must admit I had trouble thinkingof a reason not to go, so I answered in the affirmative and looked forward to what mayvery well be a pleasant afternoon. Mighty Micros 3 is as you might have surmised thethird in a series of tours around our local breweries which have taken place over the lastfew years, all organised by our Social Secretary John Hunt. There were 34 brave andhardy souls who boarded the coach that day, all in pursuit of a pleasant afternoon.

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out to be a sort of a gypsy caravan minus the wheelsand is a nice halfway house between canvas andcaravan.

Richard and Karen Matthews started the brewery in2012 and have been spreading their wares far and widewith their beers appearing at many local beer festivals.Their bottled versions also prove to be popular and sellvery well at venues such as Sacrewell Farm.

We disembarked in an orderly fashion and wereshown into the brewery where Richard was busyslaving away pouring pints of Dark Secret Mild andMeadowgold, his pale and golden summer beer. Bothbeers are just under 4% making them perfect for thesensible drinkers amongst us. A full guided tour of thebrewery followed but as it is run from what can only bedescribed as a shed with ambitions, it was a bit of atight squeeze so we all took turns to stand on eachother’s toes. Richard told us how the idea of thebrewery began and why he joined forces with thetouring park in the first place. Essentially it was thecoming together of two complementary businesses. A caravan park gains a brewery, a brewery providesbeer to visitors and between them they promote localfood, local beer and give people a nice pleasant place tostay. A marriage made in heaven, or Wisbech at least.

In addition to the nibbles they provided for us wewere lucky enough to have a BBQ hosted by NeilPollington the owner of the park who introduced us tothe very excellent sausages from Bramblebee Farm. As we all enjoyed the sausages so much we all traipsedover to the park shop to stock up on more of the samefor future use!

After a good look around the park and the obligatoryphotographing of pigs, the pointing at chickens and a quick run up and down Hobbit Hill we got back onthe bus and headed back to Peterborough and our lastbrewery of the day.

Bexar CountyBexar County Brewery is like no other. As BLO toSteve Saldana’s brewery I constantly tell him he shouldbrew a standard boring beer that will be widelyaccepted about the town and we can all enjoy.


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However, despite my protestations he continues tobrew beers that are interesting and unusual andappears to be doing very nicely for himself whichproves the point that I know nothing about beer,breweries or business. Over the last couple of yearshe’s created some miraculous brews which haveappeared at festivals all over the place, my personalfavourite being Papa Steve (named after his Dad)and weighs in at a massive 9%. A world classic asfar as I’m concerned but unfortunately not available during our visit so I may have to nip backlater! Steve had arranged a trio of beers fromother breweries to compliment his house beers ofProspect and Pecan Coffee Mild and we were privileged to try beers by Three Blind MiceBrewery of Ely, Xtreme of Turves and Revolutionsof Castleford in Yorkshire. Our guided tourconsisted of our brewer standing and pointingwhich suited us just fine. We all had time to chat tohim and enquire what beers he’d be brewing nextas there is rarely a repeat performance and everybrew is a new idea. The beer was nicely soaked upby the pulled pork butties hand crafted by Steve’sbetter half, Vanesa.

By early evening everybody was sufficiently butrespectfully lubricated and it was time to say ourgoodbyes. Mighty Micros 3 was a huge success witheverybody enjoying themselves as would beexpected and we’re all looking forward to MightyMicros 4 sometime next year.

Steve Williams and Dave McLennan


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AugustSat 2nd Collaborators Straw Bear, Whittlesey

The Relics Blue Boar, Eye

Dukes of Bordello Iron Horse, Deeping

Sun 3rd Open mic night Crown, Uppingham

The Gangsters 2pm Charters, P’boro

Thur 7th Open Mic, 8pm Mama Liz, Stamford

Sun 10th Steve Bean Mama Liz, Stamford

CJ Hatt 2pm Charters, P’boro

Fri 15th The Guards Blue Boar, Eye

Mad Scatters Party Set Mama Liz, Stamford

Grumpy Old Men Iron Horse, Deeping

Sat 16th Second Chance Straw Bear, Whittlesey

Pat Unwin Mama Liz, Stamford

Lizzy on the Loose Iron Horse, Deeping

Fri 22nd High Fidelity Mama Liz, Stamford

Sat 23rd Front Cover Blue Boar, Eye

Standby Banana Mama Liz, Stamford

Sun 24th Mod Story Crown, Uppingham

Mod Scooter Show Charters, P’boro

Fri 29th The Steradents Blue Boar, Eye

Tom Wright Band Iron Horse, Deeping

Sat 30th Mainstreet Straw Bear, Whittlesey

Sun 31st Dan Perrin, 4pm Mama Liz, Stamford

SeptemberMon 1st Charters Unplugged Charters, P’boro

Thur 4th Open Mic, 8pm Mama Liz, Stamford

Fri 5th Code Red Iron Horse, Deeping

Sat 6th Subway 77 Blue Boar, Eye

Scary Clown Punk NightMama Liz, Stamford

Captain Obvious Charters, P’boro

The Tunnel Iron Horse, Deeping

Fri 12th The Rock n Blues Covers Band Iron Horse, Deeping

Sat 13thThe Relics Straw Bear, Whittlesey

Rapture Blue Boar, Eye

Tom Seals Trio Charters, P’boro

Fri 19th Grounded Iron Horse, Deeping

Sat 20thHooker Blue Boar, Eye

The Rezillos Mama Liz, Stamford

Steelyard Blues Band Charters, P’boro

Skyfight Iron Horse, Deeping

Fri 26th Skullduggery Iron Horse, Deeping

Sat 27thTriple 7 Blue Boar, Eye

The Lurkers Mama Liz, Stamford

Kamikaze Hotshots Straw Bear,

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The Fedz Iron Horse, Deeping

Sun 28th Roadrunner Crown, Uppingham

Gig guide

Diary datesAugustSunday 3rd Peterborough Conser-vative Club, Broadway, Peterborough.9 Ales, 3 Ciders, European Bottles,food, music and stalls.Open from 10:30am everyonewelcome.

Monday 4th Committee meeting.The Hand and Heart, HighburyStreet, Peterborough (tbc) 8.30pm.All branch members welcome, pleasebring membership card.

Friday 22nd - Monday 25thSmiths of Bourne 2nd Cider andSausage Festival. 40+ real ciders +bottled. Live music and great sausages.

Saturday 30th - Sunday 31stWhite Swan, Woodnewton.

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Sunday 31st Merit Award Presenta-tion to Jolly Sailor, Ramsey andLetter B, Whittlesey. Depart theBrewery Tap at 12.00 for 1pm pres-entation, then on to Letter B for 4pmpresentation. Return to Brewery Tapby 8pm. Cost £8. Book placesthrough Social Secretary John Hunt.

SeptemberThursday 4thCoalheavers Arms,Park Street, Woodston. Presentation of Gold Award 8.30pm.

Sunday 7th Peterborough Conserva-tive Club, Broadway, Peterborough.9 Ales, 3 Ciders, European bottles, food,

music and stalls. Open from 10:30ameveryone welcome.

Tuesday 9th Committee meeting.Charters, Town Bridge, Peterbor-ough (tbc) 8.30pm. All branchmembers welcome, please bringmembership card.

Thursday 27th Hand and Heart,Highbury Street, Peterborough.Presentation of Gold Award 8.30pm.

OctoberMonday 6th Coalheavers ArmsPark Street, Woodston (tbc) 8.30pm.All branch members welcome, pleasebring membership card.

Friday 30th Halloween Beer & musicfestival at The Dragon, Werrington

CAMRA meetings, socials and beer festivals in the coming months

30 | CAMRA Contacts

Branch CommitteeSecretary: Dickie Bird4 Cissbury Ring,WerringtonPeterborough, PE4 6QH01733 574226 (tel & fax)07731 993896 [email protected]

Chairman: David Murray01733 [email protected]: Paul Beecham01733 31198107710 [email protected]

Vice Chair:Matthew Mace07809 [email protected]

Social Sec: John Hunt07923 [email protected]

Pubs Officer: Neil Holmes07474 [email protected]

Press Officer:Mike Blakesley01733 390828 (h) 07747 617527 (m)[email protected]

Young Members: Kara [email protected]

Membership: Bob Melville07941 [email protected]

Festival Org:Mike Lane07850 [email protected]

LocAle Officer: Dave McLennan01733 346059 (h) 07854 642773 (m)[email protected]

Webmaster: Harry [email protected]

Brewery Liaison OfficersBlue Bell: John Hunt07923 489917

Bexar County Brewery & Mile Tree Brewery:Steve Williams07756 066503

Castor Ales:Mike Lane07850 334203

Digfield: Dave Waller07821 912605

Elgoods: John Hunt07923 489917

Hopshackle: Noel Ryland07944 869656

Kings Cliffe Brewery:Mike Blakesley07747 617527

Melbourn: Lew Clayton01780 765063

Nene Valley: Bob Melville07941 246693

Oakham Ales: Dave Allett07966 344417

Tydd Steam: John Hunt07923 489917

Star Brewing Company: Dave McLennan 07854 642773.

Xtreme Ales:Matt Mace07809 629241

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