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Issue 157 | February - March 2011

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So we’ve made it into another year! If we areto take notice of all the doom and gloomforecasts for the New Year, then it’s going to

be very tough for the licensed trade and pubs inparticular. With a minimum of 5-6 pence on apint of beer imposed on the long-sufferingdiscerning drinker due to the rise in VAT on 4thof January, margins will be stretched even more.As we all know beer prices over the bar do notincrease by those fractions, (at least very rarely) so 10 pence extra will most likely be the normalincrease, after other cost increases are taken intoaccount.

As I reported in a previous issue of BAE, weinvited any of our branch members to come andjoin our committee. I’m glad to say that we havenow got our team back up to full strength. Wewelcome the return of John Hunt as our SocialSecretary, and look forward to him organisingsome more social events this year. Another rolehe has taken on again is the Vice-Chair position.This was secured after a written vote was taken atour AGM in December 2010, the opposing candi-date being Paul Brammer. I would like to thankBram for stepping in last year to fill the positionand did so to act as cover for me in case ofabsence. Relieving him of this responsibility giveshim more time to concentrate on the task ofediting this newsletter and run his pub! The othercommittee post to change hands is that ofMembership Secretary. Having been in the postfor several years I wish to thank Daryl Ling for hisefforts and to ensure the incoming new man takesover smoothly. We welcome Steve Saldana as ournew Membership Secretary. Steve actually bringson an international mix to our team, as he origi-nally hails from Texas – yes the USA one! I wishall our new and present committee membersgood luck in their posts and, hope that ourmembers will give them all the support they need.

Our bi-annual mail-out to all members got onceagain a mixed response in replies to vote for bothour POTY and GBG entries. I expect when thefinal decisions are made the usual commentsabout certain pubs not being included will bealmost as abundant as the number of votes actu-ally cast. If we don’t get a response from ourmembers we cannot alter the results.

Finally with that in mind our congratulationsmust go to our POTY (Pub of The Year) 2011The Ploughman in Werrington Peterborough.After the last three winners of the award going toa Stamford pub, our city pubs have fought back.Runners up to the winners were The Hand &Heart, The Cherry Tree (also both in the city) andThe Golden Pheasant in Etton. The award takesplace in February – see diary dates.

Cheers for now

David Murray - Branch Chairman.

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Robert Scarlett, Sexton of St John’sChurch, Peterborough, died on July 2,1591. As Sexton, he swept the church-

yard, rang the bell and buried the dead of theParish. He also dug graves for otherchurches in and around the city and whenhe died at the remarkable age of 98; hehad also buried two generations of thepopulation of the city which wouldhave been about 1,500 at that time.As well as the good and the right-

eous, Old Scarlett also buried twoqueens!

Catherine of Aragon, the first wifeof Henry VIII whom he divorcedwho died in 1535 at KimboltonCastle. She was buried inPeterborough Cathedral where shestill lays to this day.

52 years later, he buried Mary Queen ofScots who was executed by beheading atFotheringhay Castle near Oundle in 1587. Herbody was later exhumed and re-buried inWestminster Abbey when her son James I ofEngland (or James VI of Scotland) became King.Beneath his portrait at the West End of

Peterborough Cathedral you will find thesewords written in the style of the day:

You see old Scarlett's picture stand on hie; But at your feet here doth his body lye.His gravestone doth his age and death-time shew, His office by heis token[s] you may know. Second to none for strength and sturdy lymm, A scare-babe mighty voice, with visage grim; He had interd two queenes within this place And this townes householders in his life's space Twice over, but at length his own time came,What he for others did, for him the same Was done: no doubt his soule doth live for aye, In heaven, though here his body clad in clay.'

Old Scarlett is reputed to have befriended theson of the Dean of Peterborough Cathedral whotook him to The Tavern in London where hemet William Shakespeare who it is said later

modelled the famous gravedigger in “Hamlet”on him. “Alas poor Yorick,,,,”

In commemoration of this remark-able son of Peterborough, localbrewery Castor Ales is pleased toproduce an ale bearing his nameand launch it on the 476thanniversary of the burial of hisfirst Queen, Catherine of Aragon.

The dark colour reflects thetrade he mastered during his 98years and 10 months of his life,and the fresh fruity taste reflects

the spirit and longevity of a man thatwould be considered remarkable even

in this day and age!

Charge your glasses and salute a Peterboroughlegend!

We give you “OLD SCARLETT”Brian Gascoyne

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Hello readers, and abelated Happy NewYear to you all.

I don’t suppose for onemoment the year got off to thegreatest of starts, as before youhad chance to break those well

determined resolutions, VAT went up by another2.5% for the second year running, and many pubswere not that slow off the mark in putting theirprices up by around 10 – 20 pence a pint. Weknow the industry cannot help it. We all knowthe poor old customers can’t afford it, but thereyou go – Democracy at work! And if you wantthe arithmetic, then that now equates to approxi-mately £1.15 going to the treasury (one way oranother) on a pint of beer you have just paid £3(of your hard earned money, after tax) for.

So, I already hear you groaning – yes, he’s goingto bang on yet again about political interferenceand the death of that great British Institution,the pub. What me? That’s the strange thingabout campaigning, in that once you reallybelieve in something, you cannot let it lie withouta fight. Old ladies have appeared on the frontpage of the national press for managing to over-turn a council’s decision to remove a bus shelteror their last telephone box; certain celebritieshave raised their profiles even further by sidingwith minority groups on a number of politicalissues, from war in Iraq to basic human rights,and when ever anyone needed a boost for charitycoffers in aim of a good cause, even Z list ‘celebs’get raked in.

I’m very fortunate to have spoken with so manyof our local branch members over the festiveperiod, and appreciate their comments that theythought I put a lot of consideration intocompiling these rants, and my concern for thebrewing industry. The fact is, despite ourcommittee team now being back to full strength,

many of the near on three thousand branchmembers decline to get involved on a regularbasis. So OK, I’m not suggesting for one minutethat you give up those few hours a year you helpout at the beer festival, but so many of ourbranch members have talents that could help ourcause, so perhaps use the contacts page to get alittle more involved?

So what are the main issues? Successive blink-ered governments that seem to think taxing theindustry into oblivion will somehow solve theproblem highlighted in the gutter press by thelikes of the Daily Snail. Well yes & no actually.For some strange reason, the sensationalism ofbinge drinking no longer makes front page newsin that particular rag, but I was a little surprisedto read an article in The Guardian (or shouldthat be Grauniad?) only this week extolling theperils of our nation under the headline - “UKdrinking out of control, say public”.

For the 98% of the populate who don’t readthat particular paper, it concerns a (publiclyfunded) Home Office report suggesting thatalcohol related crime (both witnessed & experi-enced) had spiraled out of control, such that 93%of those under the age of 35 were affected.Despite ministers suggesting that their intendedplans to restrict sales of beer or lager to aminimum of 38p a can: wine at £2.03 a bottle or£10.71 for spirits, would have an impact onbringing things under control. Healthcampaigners were quick to point out however,that this still leaves the ‘supermarket’ shopperpaying just ‘pocket money’ to drink withoutsupervision, and that reducing retail costs to amere 50 pence per unit of alcohol could savemore than 3,000 lives a year.

That’s the point. It always has been. Twocompletely different groups of individuallyminded homosapiens: One that enjoys socialintegration and the warmth and safety of a pub.

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While the other group tends to be either respon-sible people enjoying a few beers while watchingthe match, or sharing a bottle of wine over lunchwith the missus, or maybe, those with a seriousalcohol problem. It is no longer a strange thing toobserve a bunch of seriously inebriated people inthe city centre around 10.30am in the morning !

I can well understand in these days of thebeloved Health & Safety regulations, how wemust seriously address these issues. CAMRAhave, and always will promote drinking safely &within recommended guidelines. That is whyCAMRA champions the great British Pub.Whilst the nation continues to lose around 50 ofthem a week, it has been suggested by thosegreat landlords – The Pubco’s – that ‘Only thefittest will survive’!

Well the truth is this, the industry has just 6months left in which to prove they can makethings fairer for their tenants, mainly by removingbeer ties, thereby leveling the playing field, or facethe consequences? Yeah right! And the other halfof the problem will most probably take back induty any short-gained savings? Most pubs areboth highly regulated and safely controlled envi-ronments these days, yet both parties choose toignore this in their calculations. So why notimpose a lower rate of VAT charged for ‘OnSales’, or is that really absurd?

Our current Pub of the Year, the Ploughman inWerrington, is a success story that flies in theface of such adversity. Threatened with closure &demolition to make Tesco’s a bigger store inwhich to spend your beer money in (‘every littlehelps’ after all), the majority had given up on thecause when the Simmond’s brothers took overand turned it into the award winning and friendly

establishment it is now. Other recent examplesinclude Dean & Gill’s makeover of the multi-award winning Jolly Brewer in Stamford, and thatof Linda & Pete at the Woolpack in Stanground,who have revived the fortunes of a back-streetcommunity pub to the enjoyment of many, withlittle more profit to show for it than bus faremoney into town occasionally !So, without a tie; slightly fairer leases and some

restraints on the price of ‘off sales’ booze, enter-prising pub landlords may stand a chance?

There are many great pubs in our branch area.Some of those pubs have events I never get tohear about, so how can I help promote them? I’m busy running a pub myself, but I’d love tocome and chat with you if you would possiblyconsider allowing your comments to be aired inour newsletter? The pub is the hub, and thegrapevine works far quicker than either textmessages or email. Trust me!

For all those breweries producing quality ales,and for everywhere I drink serving up some well-kept beer, I salute you, the beer-keepers ofour land.

For everybody else, if the only reason you’reputting a copy of this in your pocket is to hidethe Valentine’s card for your loved one in, thenread this again. Everyone has both a talent andat least an hour a month to spare. If you don’trecognize your talents, then we certainly will !Keep your local branch of CAMRA alive &active, so don’t be shy and please get involvedtoday?

CheersBram

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)“Our current Pub of the Year,the Ploughman in Werrington,is a success story that flies inthe face of such adversity”(


Just as I had got used to visiting the village ofEye and sampling the beers on offer Inoticed that the Spade & Shovel is

boarded up. Not only was this an excellent pubwith three handpumps on the go, but also theirSt Austell’s Tribute was some of the best I’vehad. Hopefully this is only a temporary situa-tion and someone will have a chat with CountyEstate Pubs & Co and take on the lease.Luckily the Blue Boar over the road is doingwell with fine Oakham Ales on offer amongstothers and the Red Lion nearby now sportsnew signs telling us that food is available 7 daysa week. Hopefully there’ll be something drink-able to wash it all down with.The Vine in Market Deeping has now closed

and rumours that a ‘brewery’ is looking to buyit may or may not be true. Watch this space, orat least the boarded up space in Church Street.A pub that is definitely open is the Hare &

Hounds in North Brink, Wisbech. The pubhad been closed since April last year followingthe disastrous fire next door at the PheonixHotel. Following the complete but sympatheticrestoration the pub reopened its doors inDecember with long-time landlady JacquiWadsley proudly standing behind the bar. Jacquiwould like to pass on her thanks to the staff, thebuilders and Elgood’s Brewery for all their helpand invites anyone who is passing to drop inand say hi.

Awards a-plentyIt’s nice to get a bit of recognition occasionallyand in this area we have a couple of pubs whohave had a mention in wider circles. The Olive

Branch in Clipsham is listed in the top 50Gastro Pubs in the UK. The awards for 2010 areorganised by the Morning Advertiser. Meanwhilein Nassington the Queens Head Inn has beengiven a 4 star rating and a rosette by the AA. If anyone has visited the pub they’ll know that

the beers are also excellent and the decor suit-ably elegant. The only downside is it’s a buggerof a walk to the riverside beer garden.

A Green Man with a new lookOK, we all know it by its alias but officially it’scalled the Fitzwilliam Arms. The small andperfectly formed village of Marholm is now hometo one of the area’s most recent refurbishments.The new look pub has had a substantial

They close and they open, and the

pantomime continues

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Olive Branch Clipsham

Queens Head - Nassington


amount of cash spent on a new colour schemeand full makeover. At the VIP opening inDecember it was nice to see local mayor KeithSharp in attendance along with a host of otherdignitaries.

A carvery and just around the corner fromwhere I liveThe Elmtree Tavern, once known as the

Comet, is now getting into its stride and offeringa carvery. The pub has changed hands severaltimes in recent years with varying degrees ofsuccess. Currently the place is looking fairly busywith the food doing remarkably well. The beerson offer are GK IPA and recently some RoseyNosey was spotted. The IPA is selling very well atthe moment but I’m sure you all know my viewson Greene King beers so I’ll say no more. I’mconfident that the pub is destined to thrive, and ifthey change the ales I’ll help it thrive a bit more.

Whittlesey, a good place for a day outI know I mention Whittlesey quite a lot but it’s aplace I’ve grown fond of after a lifetime of visitingthe Straw Bear Festival, The Letter B, TheBricklayers Arms and the Boat. Old habits diehard so I’ll continue anyway. Now we have theGeorge well and truly open I thought I’dmention that a place has just opened nearby. Inthe corner of the Market Place you'll find Hub’sPlace which has recently been spotted sellingAdnams. The place is owned by local man BarryHubbard and is a welcome addition to the town.Although I don’t know much about the place atthe moment, it’s nice to see somewhere newopening in what was until last year possibly themost depressing town centre in the area. Mythanks to Dave Bailey (guitarist, spoons playerand shoe salesman) for this little snippet. Makesure you drop by and have a look (at Hub’s thatis, not at Dave).

Easton-on-the-Hill and CollywestonAnother pub that has successfully wrangled itselffrom the grip of a pub company is the Blue Bellin Easton-on-the-Hill. Alex Rambaldi and hispartner Cinzia Mellina have run the pub for anumber of years and have done a superb job.

They have now managed to lease the pub directfrom Burghley House Preservation Trust andcan now make plans on how to improve the puband not be inconvenienced by the restrictionsput upon them by the previous PubCompanies. Alex said “In the past, it has beendifficult to get the landlords to invest in the pub,and we have been unable to move ahead withplans to improve the interior layout and décor.Plus with all the uncertainty over the leaserecently, it’s been a difficult time. We’re delightednow though, and have some really exciting plansto improve the Blue Bell and not just restore itsformer glory, but make it the best local for milesaround.” There are quite a few local groups thatuse the pub and the huge garden is used for theAnnual Village Gala and the 'Big Squeeze' acider making festival.So if you're in the area you could do worse

than check out the Blue Bell, nip around thecorner to the recently reopened Exeter Armsand sample an Ufford Ale or two and then havea look in the Oak on the main road. Sounds likean evening out to me.

Just around the corner in the village ofCollyweston you’ ll find the Collyweston Slater.Many of you will remember it as the Cavalier butthe name changed many years ago. Everard’sbeers are on offer here with food being popular.The tenancy is now up for grabs so if anyonefancies their chances at running a popular pubnot too far from Stamford then here’s yourchance.And speaking of Everard’s ales I think it’s

about time we mentioned the famous Bull in

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Market Deeping. As most of the discerningdrinkers in the town will know the Bull is famedfor the quality of its ales, so I thought it onlyright and proper to give long-time landlord BurtMurray a mention. Now all of you discerningdrinkers outside of the town will be reminded ofwhere to go when in town! Market Deeping doesof course have other pubs and I'm sure you’ll allenjoy checking them out.

A Club, CAMRA members welcomeHaving had a chat with John of the Boy’s Headthe other week I was informed that his otherventure in Westwood, the Stafford Hall Club hasreal ale on and CAMRA members are welcomeon production of their membership card. You’ llhave to pay your £1 fee but real ale is invariablyavailable. To find the club head for Westwoodand look for Hampton Court. The club islocated in the corner, sort of diagonally oppositethe chip shop.

Stamford StuffMy thanks to my three Stamford Pub Spies fortheir diligent undercover work seeking out intelli-gence from Lincolnshire’s most perfect Georgiantown.A little pub tucked away from the knowing

public is the Hole in the Wall in Cheyne Lane.Historically it has connections with our PeasantPoet, John Clare who said the place “was famousfor strong ale and midnight merriment”. Afterbeing closed for some time the pub has nowreopened. Three handpumps are on the bar butonly one is in use at the moment, dispensing theGrainstore produced Phipps IPA, the rest willkick in when trade allows. The nightclub thatwas upstairs has now been renamed ‘Sins’ andwill no doubt continue the tradition of midnightmerriment. The strong ale will no doubt have towait until a later date.A pub we don’t mention at all is the Danish

Invader in Empingham Road, but now we knowthey have 4 handpumps serving London Pride,Bombardier, John Smith’s and a guest ale wemight do a bit more often. After what seems a lifetime the Bull and Swan

is now open. Now refurbished and open forbusiness the place looks to be a destination pub

when in the town. Serving 4 beers at themoment including a bitter called ‘Bull’ which isapparently brewed for them by Molson Coors,so try it and see what it’s like. The beer policylooks to be an ever rotating choice of local beerswith Barrowden and Ufford spotted when ourPub Spy visited. The newly decorated bedroomsare named the Ram, Greyhound, Lamb, WildHorse, Badger, Stag and Lyon and the restau-rant is curiously named the Bedlam. What anunusual idea? Are they trying to market the pubtowards animal lovers, is the restaurant sonamed to remind diners of the bad day they hadat work? A bit of research revealed all. The pub

takes inspiration from the Honourable Order OfLittle Bedlam, a drinking club established in1634 by the Earl of Exeter who lived at BurghleyHouse. Membership of the club was made up ofthe wealthy, the very wealthy and thedisturbingly powerful, names to strike lowscraping obedience in the mud splatted peas-antry of the countryside. All of the Earl’s chumswere given animal names probably just for a bitof fun. The man himself was the Lyon, Earl ofDenbigh was a Tyger, George Crook Esq was aWolf, the Duke of Devonshire was a Leopardwith other members given less ferocious titlesprobably in order of their standing in the club.Quite what George Leafield Esq had done togain the title of Guineapig is anyone’s guess!

Steve Williams - Pubs Officer

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Peterborough & District CAMRAPub of the Year

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We need a logo for the 34th PeterboroughCAMRA Beer Festival to be held from Tuesday23rd to Saturday 27th August 2011. You don’thave to a great artist, as we can always get yourwork redrawn, so long as you have a good idea.Remember that the design will be used onglasses and shirts where the number of colours islimited, on full colour posters and in greyscale onprinted documents. It will also need theCAMRA logo included but you don’t have todraw it – just leave a blank circle where we canplace it.

Why bother entering? For the £200 prize forthe chosen design!

Send your sketches and your own details toFestival Logo, 49 St Margarets Road,Peterborough, PE2 9EA or email them [email protected]

Calling all of our membersHave you tried any really tasty pints in the lastfew months? If so, were any of them brewed inEast Anglia or the East Midlands? If so thenplease vote for them to go into the competitionto choose the Champion Beer of Britain, held atthe Great British Beer Festival each year. Just go to our website, www.peterborough-

camra.org.uk /cbob to enter your votes. You willneed to sign in as you do on the main CAMRAwebsite. If you don’t know how to do that thensend an email to [email protected].

Calling all of our readers

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Our poor old publicans sigh with despair Not one customer from out of the cold air,The only person that comes through the door Is the greedy taxman who wants even more?

The pubco landlords clobber them bad And the area manager is a right cad,They try to sell their beer at a good price But the nasty pubcos make them pay twice.

When they complain that their moneys all spent The pubcos ‘help’ by increasing the rent,We can’t go on like this our man cries Fine ‘we’ll close the pub’ is the cynical reply

The local community will look at the space Where a block of flats are now in its placeWhat used to known as the Green Man

Has now been swapped for some muck in a can.This tale of woe will go on and on Till every one of our pubs are gone So to our rulers I send this pleaSave our pubs before their tax free!

DM

2011 Licensees Lament

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FEBRUARYSat 12th Heritage Pubs trip to Liverpoolby train. Contact Mick Slaughter for details.

Tue 22nd 8.30pm Committee Meeting.Coalheavers Arms, PE2 9BH

Wed 23rd 8.30pm Pub of the YearPresentation to the Ploughman, 1 StanilandWay, Werrington, PE4 6NA

Sat 26th Noon East Anglia RegionalMeeting, Stuart House, Kings Lynn, PE305QX

Sat 26th Noon East Midlands RegionalMeeting, Roundhouse, Derby, DE24 8JE

MARCHMon 28th, 8.30pm Committee Meeting,Brewery Tap, PE1 2AA

APRILSat 9th Heritage Pubs trip to York bytrain. Contact Mick Slaughter for details.

Fri 15th – Sun 17th CAMRA MembersWeekend & AGM in Sheffield.

Tue 26th 8.30pm Committee Meeting,Ploughman, Werrington, PE4 6NA

Sat 16th April Official naming & launch ofRNLI Lifeboat Peterborough Beer FestivalIV at Skegness. Further details on our website& in next issue. (Bus trip currently beingarranged.)

Selected Beer Festivals(CAMRA events shown in bold)

FEBRUARYThu 24th - Sat 26th 10th DerbyWinter Beer Festival, Roundhouse,Derby College, Pride Park, Derby, DE248JE (close to Derby station)http://www.derbywinterbeerfestival.co.uk /

MARCHWed 9th – Fri 11th London DrinkerBeer & Cider Festival, Camden Centre,Bidborough Street, WC1H 9AU (close toKings Cross station)http://www.camranorthlondon.org.uk

Wed 9th – Sat 12th Leicester Beer

Festival, Charotar Patidar Samaj, BaySt/South Churchgate, LE1 3AEhttp://www.leicestercamra.org.uk /

Thu 10th – Sat 12th St. Neots ‘Boozeon the Ouse’ Beer & Cider Festival,Priory Centre, Priory Lane, PE19 2BHhttp://www.huntscamra.org.uk /festival

APRILThu 21st – Mon 25th Hand & HeartSpring Beer Festival, 12 Highbury Street,PE1 3BE

Diary Dates

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Traditional Town Centre Pub with a Warm Welcome!

5 REAL ALES + CIDERIncluding Wherry, Bombardier, Abbot,

London Pride and an ever-changing guest beer

Pub games including Crib, Dominoes and Darts

Good sized Car Park

Heated smoking shelter

The Jolly Sailor,

43 Great Whyte,

Ramsey PE26 1HH

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The Bluebell Inn10 Woodgate, Helpston Peterborough, PE6 7ED 01733252394

traditional country Inn set in the beautiful village of Helpston. Offering a warm welcome and a typical English pub

atmosphere. The antidote to uncluttered “cool”.

We serve up to six real ales from national breweries and local microbreweries including Tydd Steam, Elgoods, Adnams, Fullers, Wells and The Grainstore Brewery. All changing weekly. Permanentlyavailable, exclusive to us John Clare Bitter 4.3% from the Grainstore.

Good home cooked food served Tuesday to Sunday. TraditionalSunday roast served from noon and daily 2 course lunchtime specials.Christmas Menu available from 2nd December

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Ample customer parking.Also conveniently close to the hourlyPeterborough - Stamford bus route(mon - sat)

12th Feb Valentines

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8th - 10th JulyBeer Festival20 + Real Ales & Ciders

Valentines Night 12th FebFree Rose for every lady - book now

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Europe’s Largest Brew Pub80 Westgate, Peterborough PE1 2AA

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Exotic Thai Food & Handcrafted BeersExotic Thai Food & Handcrafted Beers

Saturday 12th FebruaryThe Melting Pot - 8pm til 1am

Wednesday 16th FebruaryDrama on Tap - 7:30pm

Saturday 19th FebruaryISIAH - 10pm

Saturday 5th MarchJelly Roll - 8pm

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Saturday 4th December 2010 saw a partyof local CAMRA members and associ-ated fans of Oakham Ales take in a visit

to the Maxwell Road brewery. The freezing coldand dodgy road conditions meant that anumber of certainties for the trip had to call off,but some 25 souls braved the conditions to facethe arduous task of a look round the breweryand drink some top quality beer.Brewer and raconteur John Bryan led a party

round for a lesson in the art of brewing and howall the technical bits join together. Judging by theengrossed looks he did a pretty good job. MD,

Adrian Posnett had the equally difficult task ofslaking the thirst of everyone and showing somebonhomie in keeping us abreast of what’s occur-ring at the brewery. I must say the RaucousReindeer was in excellent nick, so thanks to allconcerned for the visit.For those that couldn’t make it due to the

weather don’t despair as we’re working onanother visit during the summer when hopefullyit’ll be a little warmer on your tootsies. Details tofollow as and when we’ve confirmed the date.Cheers,

Dave Allett.Oakham Ales B.L.O.

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Town Bridge, Peterborough PE1 1FP

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Kinect Challenge every Monday 8pm FREE Entry

Quiz Night every Thursday 8pm FREE Entry

Saturday 5th FebruaryArtandSoul Live Night 9pm FREE Entry

True Beat + The Abstracts + The New Leavesaka Niqqi and Pete

Friday 11th FebruaryBenjamin Bloom 9pm - FREE Entry

Saturday 5th MarchArtandSoul Live Night 9pm FREE Entry

THE GREEN MAN29 Scotgate, Stamford 01780 753598

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Established in 1796 as one of the ORIGINAL Stamford AleHouses - Providing Accommodation.

Eight Real Ales and Seven Real Ciders

Real Ales from mainly small microbrewers and independents, a range of European beers and twenty Belgian bottled beers.


Letter B - Church Street, WhittleseyFeb 12th The InfluenceFeb 12th Daffy and the Alien

Shakedown Blues - Village Hall, CastorSaturday 12th February 2011Louis Arzo 'Gearshifter' YoungbloodBorn in 1953 in Picayune, Expect the unexpectedfrom this human juke box that famously sang andplayed five hours at his last Shakedown gig andonly repeating himself twice. Truly amazing !

Saturday 26th March 2011Country Pete McGill - Blues singer, songwriter,guitar and bass player Country Pete and hisBlues Band have been favourites every year at theBlack Diamond Blues Festivals in Pittsburg, CA and the "Blues Alley" festival heldin downtown Oakland.

Prince of Wales - CastorThurs 25th Jan Burns NightThurs 3rd Feb Chinese New Year BuffetSat 5th Feb Live music with Laughing BoySat 19th Feb Live music with Altered EgoSat 26th Feb Live music with No Fixed AbodeSat 12th Mar The Children of The RevolutionSat 26th Mar Live music with Glass HeartSat 2nd Apr The Children of The RevolutionSat 9th Apr Live music with Park LaneSat 16th Apr Live music with The OverdubsSat 30th Apr Live music with Porky Pig12-16 May Thurs-Mon 5th Annual Castor &Ailsworth Beer Festival with live music from TheDead Rabbitts

The Ploughman - Werrington

Sat 5th Feb Park LaneSat 19th Feb Comic/ Ventriloquist Mr ChrisBylett (Man On The AA Ad On Tv).Wed 23rd Feb CAMRA Pub Of The YearPresentation Night Sat 26th Feb Under_Covers (Formerly Iridium)Fri 4th March Monky Boy

Sat 12th March The One Eyed Cats Fri 18th March Daffy And The AlienSat 26th March The Returns

Karaoke Every Sunday With Mighty Mouth Trev

Mama Liz - StamfordFriday 4th Feb - The MalingerersSaturday 5th Feb - Magik Music Group BattleOf The Bands - TrypticBillies/ Indigo Child/Amicus/Centre ExcuseSunday 6th Feb - Pennyless - Acoustic LivelyFolk Trio - 4pm - Free Saturday 12th Feb - Kontact, Pet Slimmers OfThe Year + Loose Baby Charlotte Sunday 13th Feb - Tattooed Sex Gods -Acoustic Trio playing originals + covers - 4pm - FreeFriday 18th Feb - New Device, HollywoodTease +Midnight DogsSunday 20th Feb Pennyless - Acoustic LivelyFolk Trio - 4pm - Free Tuesday 22nd Feb - No Country For Old MenPresent - Bob Wayne + The OutlawCarnies (USA) Alt-Country/Outlaw CountryMusic + OldBoy in supportWednesday 23rd Feb- Voodoo Lounge Livepresents - The Duffy BrothersFriday 25th Feb - Battle Of The BandsThursday 3rd March - Pat McManus(Mamma’s Boy’s) in a solo performanceFriday 4th March -Mas Y Mas (Latin RhythmTrio) on their return to Voodoo LoungeFriday 11th - FURY UK (Bloodstock +Hammerfest) on their National Tour - supportsTBA - Doors 8.30 - £5

Hand and Heart - PeterboroughSat 26th Feb The Contrast 8.30pmSun 13th Mar Jazz Pigeons (inc Kat Moore’sBirthday bash) 4pm onwardsSat 19th Mar Nick Corney, Chris Barrie &Friends 8.30pm

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

have introduced a new Merit Award for pubs that are continuously outstanding. If you know of a pubin our area that deserves a Merit Award or Gold Award then please complete the following form andsend it to our Secretary.

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Having got to know Jan & Gerry of theCornish CAMRA branch over theyears at Peterborough Beer Festival

and the Green Man, Tony Shilling finally agreed toattend this years Falmouth beer festival, as a judge.When he mentioned this to me I said I too wouldbe interested. Hence, arrangements were made tospend a couple of days in Cornwall.

Wednesday 20th OctoberWe set off from Peterborough for the long trainjourney to Falmouth, via Kings Cross &Paddington, at around 10:20am. The journey wasuneventful until we reached Truro, where we discov-ered that the previous train on the Falmouth linewas cancelled due to a broken down train. However,our train was, in the end, only slightly delayed.

On arrival at Penmere station, the northernmoststation in Falmouth, we discovered that Falmouthwas very hilly. Being a typical Brit I failed to re-consult the local map and led us down the hill.After a quarter of a mile the roundabout I expectedto see wasn’t there. Re-checking the map I realisedI’d led us the wrong way. Retracing our steps up thehill we finally reached our guesthouse at about5:40pm.

After checking in we set off to check out somepubs, hoping to be able to pick up a meal in theprocess. Going downhill, in the other direction,towards the harbour we came across the MasonsArms. This pub was a typical small local with lowbeams, horse brasses and a choice of 3 St Austellales – HSD, Tinners and Tribute. The Tinners wassampled and found to be in good form.

Moving on we decided to bypass the PacketStation, the Falmouth Wetherspoons, andcontinue towards the harbour. We also passed theSeven Stars, a regular in the Good Beer Guide

(GBG), as it didn’t do food at night. A number ofother pubs were ignored, for the same reason. Onthe harbour there were a number of pubs withBYO mentioned in their outside advertising.Eventually we realised what this meant when onepub advertised we supply the pub, you supply thegrub. Ah! BYO meant Bring Your Own.

We stopped in at The Front, a pub in the 2011GBG and discovered it had 4 hand-pumps and asmall stillage. There was only around 6 beers avail-able from the stillage, but nonetheless, a goodselection. The Skinners Heligan Honey and GreenHop Ale were both in fine condition. At this pointa few of the advance Peterborough contingentarrived, John Rice and Kevin & Jackie Fordhamwho understood BYO. We, therefore, had furtherbeers with them, Driftwood Bolsters Blood,Penpont An Howl and Skinners Betty Stogs, all onform.

Food was now our priority, so we returned to thestreet above the harbour where we had seen a pub,the Quayside Inn, doing 2 selected meals for £10. Adecent size, thick gammon steak with the trim-mings was chosen by us both. Most enjoyable!While we were eating a microphone announced thata quiz was about to start, so we decided to have ago. The quiz consisted of a two-part snakes andladders board and room for 25 answers. The ideawas that every correct answer was worth a valuefrom a dice. All teams had the same questions,worth the same dice throw, but each had a differentarrangement on snakes and ladders. The winningteam finished on square 62 of 64. We kept hittingthe snake on square 27. It turned out we had gotmore correct answers than the winners, but wereunluckier on the snakes.

Our final port of call that night was up a sidestreet, the Oddfellows Arms. Sharps Own andSpecial were sampled.

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Thursday 21st OctoberAfter breakfast we headed in yet another downhilldirection towards the Princess Pavilion, where thebeer festival was to be held. On the way we took inthe seafront. The beaches were deserted apart froma few dog walkers. A number of freighters weremoored in Falmouth Bay, just offshore.

Since we were not needed for the judging until2:30pm, we continued around to the harbour.After looking at the RNLI station we moved on tothe National Maritime Museum.

Entry was £9.50, but this included a donation togift aid and allowed re-entry for a whole year. In themain hall the first exhibit we saw was one of theboats used by the cockleshell heroes. Seeing thesize of the boat, we could see why they were calledheroes. Another exhibit was an old Mini with ahand-built dinghy on the roof. This boat had beenmade by the television DIY expert Barry Bucknell.Hanging from the ceiling were a large selection ofboats, including a Maltese gondola-type boat, a SriLankan outrigger and the yacht in which BenAinslie won his 2000 Sydney Olympic gold medal.Also on the ground level were exhibits on survivaland lighthouses. On the next level was a large roomthat explained the significance of Falmouth as aprominent port from the 1700s to the mid 1800s.Falmouth was the westernmost deep-water port inEngland and became the centre for trade and mailto the United States, Caribbean, South Americaand Africa. Initially clipper style vessels, calledpackets, were used before the onset of steam, whenthe company changed its name to the Royal MailSteam Packet. When telegraph was introducedvessels from all over the world stopped in atFalmouth to pick up their sailing orders. Falmouthlost its position as a major port in the late 1800swhen larger steam vessels started to be built whichcould depart from ports all over England. On thenext level there were exhibitions on weather forecasting and navigation. Moving up to the obser-vation deck there were spectacular views of thedocks, marina and the Fal and Penryn estuaries.From here we could see a ferry in for repairs, aminesweeper that had just been sold to theLithuanian navy, a large yacht apparently owned bythe head of Santander and a Dutch tallship.

Behind the repair yard was a private marina devel-opment, which included housing and mooringsestablished by Peter de Savory, the man whocaused controversy by charging people to get toLands End. We could have spent longer here butwe had to get back for the judging.

The tasting started with the judging of the beersto go through to the 2011 GBBF. There were 6 ofus, me, Tony, John Rice, Stuart Symonds, from thePloughman, his brother Chris, from BrixhamBritish Legion, and a local lad. The results wecame to were – 1st Skinners Heligan Honey, 2ndMoor Peated Porter and 3rd O’Hanlons DryStout. After this additional judges arrived and all200 ales were tried across the 7 tables.Unfortunately for Stuart most of the beers we weregiven were dark beers, not his style. It took nearly 3hours to complete the judging. We were asked if wecould lend a bit of time to serve the sponsors whowere due at 8pm. This gave us a couple of hours tograb some food.

We returned to the harbour area and took ourBYO into The Front, where we sampled DartmoorLegend and Skinners Heligan Honey.

Returning to the festival for the sponsor’ssession, we discovered why we were needed. Therewere a couple of hundred guests. Snacks were laidon and each guest was given a 1/3 pint glass whichallowed them free beer until 9:30pm. After thatthey had to purchase a festival glass and tokens.We were again asked if we could help out thefollowing day, when the festival opened to thegeneral public.

Friday 22nd OctoberWe turned up to assist on the near east bar, whichhad local beers to Peterborough, such as Digfield,Oakham and Ufford. Shifts were allocated whichmeant we had a couple of hours to spare.

We walked down to the Seven Stars, a regularGBG pub with all the beers on gravity, especiallynoted for being run by a local priest. It was like ablast from the past. Dark Star Old Chestnut andOakleaf Hole Hearted were sampled. We thenlooked into the Packet Station, but none of the

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beers appealed to us. i.e. they had the usualWetherspoons standard beers plus a Skinners andtwo Exmoor beers. We, therefore, moved on toNancy’s where we sampled St Austell Bucket ofBlood, a special Halloween beer.

We returned to the festival and started working onthe near east bar. We were borrowed a couple oftimes to restock glasses and I was co-opted to thecider bar. From around 4pm the place filled up withcustomers, many of whom were students. It washectic through to close. The ciders were droppinglike flies and it appears that 10 casks ran out on thenear east bar during the session. Once everyonehad gone the organisers supplied a light supper,including crusty bread, cheese, olives and ginger cake.

Saturday 23rd OctoberAlthough our itinerary had us leaving Falmouth at2pm, we thought we would take a look at Trurobefore getting in our reserved seats to London.

Walking down into Truro we found our first portof call, but it wasn’t quite open. We went looking fora newspaper shop but couldn’t find one. We did,however, find the cathedral. We first circumnavi-gated the exterior to discover how big and ornate itwas. Inside we purchased a small guidebook tomake it easier to recognise what we were seeing.There were large numbers of plaques dedicated tothose killed in the world wars, beautiful stainedglass windows, wooden and metal organ pipes,ornate pulpits, stunning hand-carved choir stallsand a tomb of an Elizabethan lord and lady. Themost amazing item, as far as I was concerned, was aterracotta frieze of the road to the cross. The detailwas incredible, down to the curly hair on the peopleand the finger and toenails.

There was just time for a couple of beers beforegetting the train. First we went to Bunter’s Bar, ahuge sports bar that appeared to be a convertedshopping arcade. Dartmoor Best Bitter and StAustell Tribute were tried. After finally finding anewsagent and purchasing the days papers, wemoved on to the Crab & Ale House where we triedCoach House Dick Turpin. On the way back to thestation there was just time for the Wig & Pen,where we sampled St Austell HSD.

On the train it was fairly quiet until we made anextra stop at Newbury Racecourse where a crowdof race goers joined us. An Australian man and hisLithuanian girlfriend joined us and explained howeasy it was to lose a lot on the horses. Heinekenhad apparently invited them to the races, and weassisted them in tasting their free wine and cider.

On arriving in London there were a large numberof engineering works on the tube, so we had to go along-winded route to Kings Cross. We were greetedthere by a large police presence. It appeared ourtrain was going to be full of Newcastle fansreturning from West Ham. Six officers remained onthe train and all was quiet until about halfwayhome when they all headed towards the buffet car.On arrival at Peterborough more police were on thestation and the troublemakers were forciblyremoved from the train.

All in all it had been an interesting, tiring butenjoyable break.

Andy Stone

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Here is a picture of our esteemed editor snapped at the Cask & Welly, Sheffield onSaturday December 18th. The gentlemen to theleft & right are the legendary Gazza Prescott &Dave Unpronounceable, owners & brewers ofSteel City Brewing Company based at the pub.

At the time they were sampling the 8.2%Russian Imperial Stout - 'VladichestvoDominion', and as fantastic as it was, it was thebeer that finished Bram off for the evening in theHoly City of Beer. (Although he did manage avery brief visit to the CAMRA Xmas Party at theRugby Club later that night!)

Steel City were responsible for producing Bram’sbirthday beer ‘Western Bram’ 5.2% that was show-cased at Peterborough Beer Fest in August.

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Branch CommitteeSecretary: Harry Morten49 St Margarets Road,Peterborough PE2 9EA01733 76429607900 05694008707 620848 (fax)[email protected]

Chairman: David Murray01733 [email protected]

Treasurer: Paul Beecham01733 31198107710 [email protected]

Vice Chair: John Hunt07923 [email protected]

Social Sec: John Hunt07923 [email protected]

Pubs Officer: Steve Williams07802 [email protected]

Press Officer: Karl Simpson07737 [email protected]

Young Members: Alix Botton07806 [email protected]

Membership: Steve Saldana07988 [email protected]

Festival Org: Mike Lane07850 [email protected]

LocAle Officer: John Rice07759 [email protected]

Beer Around ’EreEditor: Paul (Bram) Brammer07922 [email protected]

Distribution: David Murray(see Chairman on the left)

Advertising: Chris Shillingand Steve Whadcock01778 421550 / [email protected]

Magazine & AdvertisingProduction: Daniel Speed0845 838 [email protected]

Postal Distr: Daryl Ling01733 235881

Brewery Liaison OfficersBlue Bell: John Hunt01406 330453Castor Ales: Mike Lane07850 334203Digfield: David Waller01733 348760Elgoods: John Rice07759 342702Hopshackle: Noel Ryland07944 869656Melbourn: Lew Clayton01780 765063Oakham Ales: Dave Allett07966 344417Tydd Steam: John Hunt01406 330453Ufford Ales: Matt Mace07809 629241

Trading Standards08545 040506www.consumerdirect.gov.uk

Check out our new website at: www.peterborough-camra.org.uk

The next issue of BAE will beavailable on: 1st AprilWe must have your stories,news and advertisements by: 1st MarchLate copy cannot be guaranteed entry.

Please contact Chris Shilling01778 421550/07736 635916 or Steve Whadcock 01778420888 / 07985 [email protected] all of your advertising needs.

Steve Williams [email protected] or07802 896641 is always lookingfor pub news.

Please send stories and othercopy to Bram (Paul Brammer) [email protected] 07922 604988

Beer Around ‘Ere is published by Peterborough &District Branch of CAMRA Copyright © 2011, TheCampaign for Real Ale Ltd.

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


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

Check out our new lunch time grill menu’s and our everchanging specials boards. Put it all together with three fine cask ales and you have the perfect place toenjoy dinner with friends or a family celebration. We have a self contained function suite which is ideal forparties, weddings and all of life’s celebrations.

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