Winter 2015-16 Tapler

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THE CHILTERN TAPLER WINTER 2015/16
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THE CHILTERN
TAPLER
NEWSLETTER OF MID CHILTERNS CAMRA
WINTER 2015/16
www.midchilternscamra.org.uk
BRANCH BAGS A DOUBLE BRACE OF BREWERIES
MIDCHILTERNS BRANCH CAMRA
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CONTENTS
p.3
Beer Scores
p.4
Branch visit to Leighton Buzzard and
Phipps Breweries
p.6
Hook Norton and Malt the Brewery
p.7
LocAle pubs list
p.8
Lost Pubs of Buckinghamshire – pt. 2
p.11
Pub News and Brews
p.12
Around the Branch
p.18
Brewery News
p.21
Australia/New Zealand Beer Festivals
p.22
Festivals Calendar
p.22
‘Puboku’ puzzle
p.23
Branch Contacts and Diary Dates
HELP!! WE NEED YOUR BEER SCORES –
WHY?
Because now most Branches use beer scores (as
per CAMRA’s recommendations) in order to decide
their shortlist for the Good Beer Guide pub
selection. We are nearing that point again and
starting to look at the scores in December for the
2017 GBG, for which nominations have to be
submitted by the end of February 2016. Shortlisted
pubs also have to be surveyed by the committee. If
you want your favourite pub to stand a chance of
meeting the criteria, please submit beer scores for
the quality of their beer. Mid Chilterns Branch has
800 members but only about 20-25 of those submit
scores.
The National Beer Scoring System (NBSS) is an
easy-to-use system that has been designed to
assist CAMRA branches in selecting pubs for the
Good Beer Guide and also monitor beer quality by
encouraging CAMRA members from any part of
the world to report beer quality on any pub in the
UK. If you are a CAMRA member, we want you to
tell us about the quality of beer in the pubs you
visit.
You can score your beer online at home or, if
you have a smartphone, in the pub!
To
submit
your
scores
just visit
http://whatpub.com. Log into the site using your
CAMRA membership number and password
(which in most cases is your postcode without a
space). Once you have found a pub on the site,
you can start scoring. You can find out more at
http://whatpub.com/beerscoring.
You need to record the location and name of the
pub (WhatPub mobile can work this out!), the date
you visited the pub, the name of the beer and
brewery, and a score out of 5.
The scores mean the following:
0. No cask ale available
1. Poor. Beer that is anything from barely
drinkable to drinkable with considerable
resentment.
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2. Average. Competently kept, drinkable pint
but doesn’t inspire in any way, not worth
moving to another pub, but you drink the
beer without really noticing.
3. Good. Good beer in good form. You may
cancel plans to move to the next pub. You
want to stay for another pint and may seek
out the beer again.
4. Very Good. Excellent beer in excellent
condition.
5. Perfect. Probably the best you are ever
likely to find. A seasoned drinker will
award this score very rarely. You can also
enter half scores, e.g. 3.5 for good to very
good beer.
Once beer scores have been submitted
online, CAMRA branches can download them and
use them to help in the CAMRA Good Beer
Guide selection process. For more information, go
to http://camra.org.uk/nbss.
It is REALLY important that we get more branch
members scoring as the committee can’t get to
every single pub in the branch (nearly 200) more
than once a year, if that, so we rely on local
members scoring their local pubs. Landlords often
ask us why they aren’t in the Guide, as do
members occasionally, but we need at least five
different people to put in a score per pub each
year and at least 10 different visits to the pub in
order for it to have an average score and a
chance of being on the shortlist. PLEASE help us
and the local pubs by submitting scores on a
regular basis.
We also ask landlords to
encourage their regular CAMRA members to put
their scores in. Thanks very much.
Gillie
BRANCH VISIT TO LEIGHTON BUZZARD AND PHIPPS BREWERIES
A fine September day saw a 22 strong party of
Mid Chilterns members pay a visit to two
breweries in two counties. A well worked out pick
up strategy had been devised by Gill, Mid
Chilterns Social Secretary, and by the time the
last group had boarded the bus in Tring, we were
dead on schedule.
We arrived at the Harmill Industrial estate,
Leighton Buzzard, to a warm welcome from Jon
d’Este-Hoare, brewer of Leighton Buzzard
Brewing Company. Tables and chairs had been
set out in the shade of the brewery and three pins
of beer had been placed at the ready. We soon
got stuck into ‘Narrow Gauge’, a light golden ale
of 3.9% ABV, ‘Borrowers Bitter’ (3.6%), plus a
delicious brown best bitter weighing in at 4.6%
under the name of ‘Restoration Ale’, aptly named
after our early start! We walked around the
brewery, our generous hosts providing the
background and origin of the names of their
beers: one of their most popular is ‘Rebel Yell’, a
smooth black IPA at 5%, so named by Jon who
has a passion for the history of the American Civil
War; it was the battle cry of the Confederate
soldiers who yelled it to intimidate the enemy.
Eventually, just after noon while Gill tried to usher
us onto the bus, we had one more for the road,
thanked our hosts and climbed aboard for the trek
to Northampton.
After some detouring around a road closure near
Woburn Sands we eventually arrived at Phipps
Northampton Brewery Company’s Albion
brewery in Kingswell Street about 30 minutes
late. The Phipps brewery was originally founded
in 1801 in Towcester; the present 15 barrel
brewing plant was installed in 2014 in the old
Phipps premises. We were warmly greeted by
Sarah who issued us with a token each, which we
quickly converted into a pint of beer from one of
the seven hand pumped beers at the bar and
moved, beer in hand, to the brewery situated
behind, to be entertained by Sarah’s introduction
to the working of the plant. More liquid
refreshment was waiting for us on a table in front
of three small vessels comprising a mini brewing
plant installed to try out new recipes. The main
plant of fermentation vessels, mash tun and boiler
surrounded a spacious central area, the boiler
itself resplendent in a one micron-thick layer of
electro-plated copper, shining proudly in a forest
of stainless steel. The first mashing vessel was
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fed via a flexible Archimedian screw to raise and
transfer malt from the mill to the mash tun.
Sarah’s husband Mel Tudno-Jones, Brewery
Manager, took over and guided us down to the
cellars where the King’s Well is situated. It had
recently been dug out (it was last used in 1966 to
make beer), the water tested, and found to be
beautifully pure. Plans are in mind to use its water
for brewing beer once again. Mel spoke at length
about the history of Phipps from 1801 to the
relaunch in 2008 of Phipps IPA and Red Star a
year later, the resurrection of Ratliffe’s Celebrated
Stout, the purchase in 2013 of the Hoggley’s
Brewery business and the move back to the
restored Albion brewery in 2014. A large tunnel in
the basement which had been sealed until the
1980’s was found to contain up to 10,000 glass
lemonade bottles amongst some old wooden jam
barrels! The latest plan is to make use of its cool
atmosphere to blend and store Northampton
whisky.
We ascended a stone spiral stairway to the top
floor to be met with a surreal scene of cultivated
tomato plants growing in trays, stacked furniture
and various odds and ends. The side windows
allowed spectacular views over the city including
the storage towers belonging to the nearby
Carlsberg Brewery. The plan is to convert the
whole floor area into a restaurant.
By this time we had worked up a thirst so we
descended to the brewery bar to get stuck into
the delights of ‘Hung Drawn ‘n Quartered’ and
‘Windrush Ale’ from North Cotswold brewery, and
of course Phipp’s Red Star, IPA and Diamond
Ale. We drank our fill (nearly), said goodbye to
our generous hosts Sarah and Mel, and
proceeded down the road to the Malt Shovel, a
GBG-listed tavern in Bridge Street, where we
topped off the day with a choice of twelve ales,
including five changing guest beers along with a
selection of six craft and Belgian draught and
bottled beers. As we settled in to a good session
in the Malt Shovel, all too soon it was time to
stagger out to the waiting bus for our return
journey to Herts and Bucks.
We had spent a most enjoyable day. My thanks to
Gill for organising the whole outing and to Jamie,
our ever-patient driver who put up with us all!
Wheels
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'HOOK NORTON BREWERY' AND
'MALT THE BREWERY' TRIP, 2ND
MARCH 2015
The morning of Saturday 2nd May arrives
and I'm eager to catch the minibus to take
us on our journey into the wonderful
Cotswolds. Our destination: the pretty
village of Hook Norton where one of the
finest old Victorian tower breweries exists, Hook Norton Brewery
(www.hooky.co.uk).
This amazing brewery, hidden from view if you are just passing through the village, is very
comparable to a working museum. Apart from the fine beer
brewed here, one of the delights on visiting the brewery is that
on the first Saturday of the month, the magnificent shire horses
are on display along with the Victorian steam engine fired up (oil
fired now). The beer is still delivered to
their local pubs by the shires and the
brewery still operates by use of the
steam engine (not many buttons to
press here, mostly levers)!
The first part of the visit took us to meet the shires, Nelson, Major
and Albert. We enjoyed an informative, amusing and enthusiastic
demonstration of how the horses (two are used at any one time to
pull the dray) are harnessed and prepared for work by Roger, the
dray man.
After this preparation the dray was pulled through the brewery
yard and into the village, affording many photo opportunities for
the brewery visitors. We then
proceeded on the guided tour, led
by Malcolm, who said he loved his
job (who wouldn't, working in this
lovely brewery).
Malcolm explained to us that only
British hops and malt are used,
showed us the varieties and gave
us samples to handle and taste.
Needless to say, the hop room
was full of heady aroma.
It is quite amazing that in the 21st century a brewery with Hook Norton’s brewing capacity
can still operate successfully and competitively using very traditional means and methods in
the brewing process. Long may this continue!
And so to the hospitality area, which is comprised of a shop, bar and museum. Malcolm,
with the help of the very friendly bar staff, served us with samples of the ales available. My
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personal favourites were the Mild (2.8%) and Lion (4.0%). The Double Stout (4.8%) was not
available on draught but many bottles of this superb bottle-conditioned ale were purchased
to enjoy at home.
Fresh and ample portions of food prepared on the premises, including ploughman’s,
sandwiches, pork pies, are available at reasonable prices. Thanks to Charles and Julie,
several of us tucked into a rather large pork pie with home-made pickle.
After several beers we loaded ourselves and purchases into
the minibus and made our way back to Bucks and Malt the
Brewery at Prestwood www.maltthebrewery.co.uk.
This microbrewery was set up in 2012 in an old dairy on a
farm and has achieved various SIBA and CAMRA awards.
Nick, Jenny and the staff at Malt always give a warm
welcome to their customers, and during our visit we were
offered samples of their beers, a very generous and much
appreciated gesture.
There is a tasting and seating
area which overlooks the
brewery. Some of the beers on offer that I tried were Malt
Golden Ale (3.9%), Prestwood Best (4.4%) and IPA (5.0%).
Other beers brewed are Missenden Pale Ale (3.6%) and
Dark Ale (3.9%). Seasonal ales include Summer Daze
(4.0%), Harvest Ale (4.1%), Winter Ale (4.4%) and Cloudy,
a wheat beer (3.9%).
If anyone has not had the pleasure of visiting Malt yet, then
try to get there, it's well worth a visit. Malt finished a fine
day out and many thanks to both breweries for their hospitality and making it an enjoyable
day at two contrasting breweries, both old and new.
Last but not least, a special thanks to Jamie our mini bus driver and Gill for organising it all.
Acegooner
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LOST PUBS OF BUCKINGHAMSHIRE – PART 2
Five Bells, Tyler’s Hill, Chesham – a onetime popular pub that suffered from the
major disadvantage of being located at the
end of a country lane that went to the
hamlet of Tyler’s Hill and nowhere else. I
don’t recall it as anything other than a free
house, although I think that it may at one
time have been owned by Allied Breweries.
Popular with bikers in the mid-seventies, it
gained a reputation for selling nothing but
the strongest real beers. Given its location
this was perhaps ill-advised.
In the 1980s it was bought by the golfer
and ex-U.S. Masters Champion, Sandy
Lyle who, I believe, installed his brother-inlaw as manager. At this point it was
seemingly still going reasonably well but
clearly suffering a drop in trade due to the
drink-driving laws. The end came round
about 2002 when it was sold to a local
property developer who immediately put in
a planning application to change the
building into a substantial house. The local
council grumbled for a bit but inevitably
caved in and another nice little country pub
became history.
Boot & Slipper, Buckland Common
closed right at the beginning of the branch’s
existence and all I can remember is seeing
the fairy lights which habitually festooned
the building from the garden of the White
Lion, St. Leonard’s.
The Crown, Chalfont St. Giles – best
known as Mr. Mainwaring’s bank, a role
which it assumed for the filming of Dad’s
Army, this was another unprepossessing
little Allied pub which, oddly, still had a jug
and bottle right up until its final demise as a
pub. A budget makeover in the late
sixties/early seventies was seemingly
expected to last for thirty years as I don’t
recall much else was being done to it.
Since it stuttered to a halt as a pub, it has
had a rather fitful existence as a wine
bar/restaurant.
The Pheasant, Chalfont St. Giles – now a
vet’s surgery, this used to be a popular halt
on the road between London and
Aylesbury. My first recollections are of a
rather narrow bar with a collection of
stuffed creatures in glass cases and of
course the ubiquitous (and thoroughly
dismal) Ind Coope Superdraught Bitter. I
seem to recall that at one point, its name
was changed to something wholly
inappropriate, which occasioned howls of
protest from the villagers and was then
fairly swiftly changed back. In later life the
Pheasant improved substantially and from
selling the revered Burton Ale it went on to
stock any number of excellent real ales, but
for whatever reason its days were
numbered. Quite why the pub company
wanted to disinvest is unclear as it
occupied a prime location and had a
substantial car park. Once having ceased
to be a pub, it traded briefly and one must
assume unsuccessfully as a fish restaurant
before opening its doors to all creatures
great and small in the 2000s.
Rosebery Arms, Cheddington – now split
into two houses. Named after the Victorian
prime minister who occupied the nearby
Mentmore Towers, this was one of Charles
Wells’s rare incursions into the area. My
memories are of a comfortable and far from
run-down establishment decorated with the
kind of wallpaper once beloved of Indian
restaurants but now more often seen in
1970s sitcoms. I believe that it may also
have been a hotel.
The
Red
Lion,
Chestnut
Lane,
Amersham was totally intact on 12th July
2012 but on Friday 13th it was certainly not
their luckiest day because the demolition
team moved in and, despite a quick
response from the police following a 'phone
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call', the demolition was allowed to
continue. The last landlord moved out
within hours the week before and the pub
group who owned the pub were not very
forthcoming
concerning
the
future,
especially for a pile of rubble. Several
houses have been built on its site.
The Cock, Chesham – in a prime position
opposite the war memorial, The Cock
graced many an old photograph of
Chesham, normally with a ‘Salter’s Ales of
Rickmansworth’ sign above the guttering,
although in the 1970s it was in the Allied
Breweries estate. It was a small pub whose
excellent location never seemed to
translate into attracting a large clientele.
Very much a working man’s pub, it
probably suffered more than most when
The Last Post opened not 50 yards away,
offering cut-price and, to be honest, higher
quality beer. Few will
mourn but with the
usual
lack
of
investment
from
various owners over
the years, it never
really stood a chance.
The
Elephant
&
Castle,
Waterside,
Chesham – with its
faded green exterior,
industrial location and
general air of neglect,
I never felt moved to cross its threshold. In the
seventies it was Chesham’s only Courage pub
but it doesn’t appear as if any attempt was ever
made to exploit this advantage, however
marginal. It closed in the early 2000s.
The Golden Ball, Church Street, Chesham –
this was a pretty little pub which got left on the
busier or town side of St. Mary’s Way when the
road was built in the late sixties. The building,
which was probably 18th century and had at one
time been the town’s customs house still exists
today and has passed through several owners
since its demise as a pub in the early eighties.
This was only the second pub in the town (after
the Queen’s Head) to re-install real beer but its
tie to Allied and a lack of any kind of investment
robbed it of the ability to exploit this fact.
King’s Arms, King Street, Chesham was a
small but generally quite neat pub on the corner
of King Street and Amy Lane. From the
seventies to the nineties, it was an
unremarkable Allied pub which for most of this
period didn’t even sell real beer. However, in the
late 1990s the tie was relaxed and it started to
sell three or four beers from the independents
and for a time even gave the Queen’s Head a
run for its money. But it wasn’t to last. The
landlord(s) left and by the time they were
replaced, the customers had drifted away. The
new tenants were never able to make a go of it
and the pub sat empty before being sold as
residential accommodation
in about 2010.
White Horse, Amersham
Road,
Chesham
(pictured) – rather typical
of Allied’s approach to its
pubs at the time, this
otherwise
pleasant
Victorian building sported
the most horrendous late
1960s budget flat-roofed
extension which, to quote
Bob Dylan, fitted ‘just like a
mattress fits on a bottle of wine’ and would have
looked more in keeping as an outbuilding at
nearby Chesham Hospital. On the few
occasions I drank there, I found it nice enough, if
a little too bright to be homely and massively
underfunded. For the last dozen or so years of
its life, it traded under the name of ‘The Wild
Rover’ but now seems to be a kind of impromptu
second-hand car lot.
Del
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PUB NEWS & BREWS
AMERSHAM. A visit to the old town in mid
- September found the following ales and
ciders: Crown Rebellion IPA, Swan
Fuller’s London Pride, Rebellion IPA and
Sharp’s Doom Bar, Eagle Fuller’s London
Pride, Haresfoot Conqueror’s and Sharp’s
Doom Bar, Elephant & Castle Marston’s
New World Pale Ale, St Austell Tribute
and Wychwood Hobgoblin Gold, King’s
Arms Brakspear Bitter, Rebellion IPA,
Titanic Steerage and Westons Old Rosie
and Rosie’s Pig Cider.
AMERSHAM
COMMON. In late September, the
Pomeroy Inn offered Fuller’s London
Pride and Sharp’s Doom Bar. APSLEY.
The Paper Mill celebrated its fifth birthday
in August. ASHERIDGE. When visited in
July, Young’s Bitter, Fuller’s London Pride,
Courage Directors and Westons Rosie’s
Pig Cider were available at the Blue Ball.
ASHLEY GREEN. During a September
visit, the Golden Eagle was selling
Fuller’s London Pride, Greene King IPA
and Young’s Bitter. Down the road at the
Bellcote were three Marston’s beers,
Pedigree, Flyer and King of Swing plus
Wychwood Hobgoblin. BOTLEY. Local
beers have been seen in the Hen &
Chickens recently. Ales from Malt and
Paradigm have appeared alongside
Young’s Bitter, Sharp’s Doom Bar and
Wells Bombardier. BOVINGDON. In the
Bell, the regular beer is Sharp’s Doom Bar
with the two guest beers usually from
Tring Brewery, however Paradigm WinWin was noted recently. Wells Bombardier
had joined Young’s Bitter in the Halfway
House by late September. BOXMOOR.
The Steam Coach was selling Robinsons
Unicorn alongside Greene King IPA,
Abbot Ale and Ale’Oha, the latter sporting
a grass skirt-style pump clip! Down the
road in the Three Blackbirds, Tring Side
Pocket for a Toad and Cottage Golden
Arrow were available. CHARTRIDGE. The
Bell continues to support local breweries
with beers from Haresfoot, Tring, Vale and
Malt noted recently. CHEDDINGTON. The
Three Horseshoes pub offered Greene
King IPA plus Sharp’s Doom Bar and
Atlantic Pale Ale when visited in late July.
In the Old Swan, Timothy Taylor
Boltmaker, Haresfoot Wild Boy, Sharp’s
Doom Bar and Greene King IPA were on
the
bar
during
a
June
visit.
CHIPPERFIELD. One time long-standing
Good Beer Guide entry Royal Oak is now
an Indian restaurant. Two beers were
available in Blackwells recently, Greene
King IPA and Sharp’s Doom Bar.
DAGNALL. It is usual to find beers from
XT, Haresfoot, Tring and Vale breweries in
the Red Lion. HYDE HEATH. In early July
the beers were Fuller’s London Pride and
Haresfoot All Rounder, with Cockeyed
Devon Jasper and Westons Old Rosie the
ciders in the Plough. IVINGHOE. Beers
from Cornwall, Devon and Somerset could
be found one June evening in the Rose &
Crown when Butcombe Bitter, St Austell
Trelawny, Skinner’s Betty Stoggs and
Otter Summer Light could be found. LEY
HILL. A September visit found Fuller’s
London Pride, Wychwood Hobgoblin Gold,
Saltaire Amarillo Gold and Cornish
Orchards Farmhouse cider in the Crown.
Next door at the Swan, Hop Back Citra, St
Austell Tribute, Tring Moongazing, Great
Heck Dave and Westons Family Reserve
cider
could
be
found.
LITTLE
CHALFONT. A good selection of beers
could found in the Sugar Loaf Inn during
a late September visit. They were:
Timothy Taylor Boltmaker, Wells Try Time,
Otter Over the Bar and Caledonian
Autumn Red. Down the road, the White
Lion offered XT8, Red Squirrel Red Tail
Citra and Malt Missenden Pale.
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AROUND THE BRANCH
SUMMER STARS – PENN STREET AND LEY
HILL
The two bigger Beer Fests in our Branch area
have both been well established for nearly 10
years and cover mainly local ales. The Penn
Street BF is split between The Squirrel and Hit
or Miss pubs run by the Macken families with the
Squirrel concentrating on more well-known ales,
whilst Hit or Miss covers a wider brief. Both have
local bands playing outside. A particular star was
the Windsor & Eton Magna Carta, a strong beer
but one that hit the mark, and Skinner’s Heligan
Honey was also very good.
The second, Ley Hill, is also a Beer & Music
festival with a stage set between The Swan and
The Crown and they showcase two local
breweries, Red Squirrel (Crown) and Tring
(Swan) in the tents, with some interesting other
beers available inside both pubs. The music was
superb with the ever popular Robin Bibi Band
(pictured below) followed by a Santana tribute
band (Oye Santana) on the Sunday.
All four pubs served varied and superb food to
give the occasion a great feel; the sun also
helped!
Dave B.
KINGS ARMS, TRING
The new boss has now been in situ for well over a
year and has now made his own great
improvements to this already wonderful and
popular venue. Rob Muirhead and his team are
back in the Good Beer Guide and he has
converted the old outhouses that they used on
the weekend of the beer festival into a large
dining area. In the back patio area there was
some great music on all weekend, including the
very folky and long-standing ‘Devines’ starring
multi-instrumentalist John Devine and an
extremely wonderful girl vocalist who entranced
the appreciative crowd on Saturday afternoon.
The star beers were Calico Jack Coconut Stout,
among other good dark beers, and the new Tring
Pale Four. There were 17 ciders and perries and
36 beers. The food consisted of very generoussized burgers etc. Keep an eye on this pub
because now Rob has really got his feet under
the table he has taken it to the next level.
WINTER ALES
Winter Ales are brewed for a higher alcohol level
with more malt than usual,
which also gives a slightly
sweeter taste.
The extra
alcohol is to warm you up
against the winter chills. Nearly
all our LocAle brewers offer one
or more.
Expect Chiltern
Three Hundreds Old Ale and
Foxtrot, Concrete Cow Old
Bloomer, Fuller’s Old Winter
Ale and Black Cab Stout, Malt
Winter Ale, Oxfordshire Ales Winters Inn,
Rebellion Roasted Nuts, Red Squirrel Winter’s
Tale, Tring Old Chestnut, Vale Black Beauty
Porter and XT 9.
If you want to try these beers then head for your
local pubs in November; most will have one.
Those I know about at the time of writing are: The
Bell (Chartridge), The Black Cat (Lye Green),
The Boat (Berkhamsted), The Brewery Shop
(Berkhamsted and Chesham), The Crabtree
(Leverstock Green), The Craft Beer Shop (Little
Chalfont), The Crown (Berkhamsted and Ley
Hill), The Crown & Sceptre (Bridens Camp), The
Crown Inn (Little Missenden), The Eagle
(Amersham),
The
Full
House
(Hemel
Hempstead),
The
Gamekeepers
Lodge
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(Chesham), The Greyhound (Wigginton), The
Hen & Chickens (Botley), The Jolly Sportsman
(Chesham), The Kings Arms (Tring), The Misty
Moon (Chesham), The Paper Mill (Apsley), The
Pheasant (Chesham), The Plough (Hyde Heath),
The Queens Head (Chesham), The Red Lion
(Chenies and Marsworth), The Rising Sun
(Berkhamsted), The Robin Hood (Tring), The
Rose & Crown (Ivinghoe), The Saracens Head
(Amersham), The Sugar Loaf Inn (Little Chalfont)
The Valiant Trooper (Aldbury), The White Hart
(Whelpley Hill) and The White Lion (Little
Chalfont). You will find an excellent choice at the
Winter Ales & Ciders Festivals at The Queens
Head from 30th October to 2nd November and The
Rising Sun from 26th to 30th November.
Dave B.
METRO LOUNGE BAR
The new Metro Lounge Bar is now open in Hill
Avenue, Amersham, but has no real ale as yet. Is
this the start of a ‘top’ Amersham revival?
Dave B.
THE BLACK HORSE RE-BORN
The Black Horse in Chesham Vale has seen the
best of times and the worst of times.
Since
Sandra Taylor left, having run it with great
success, it’s had a very chequered history. Now
thanks to two local businesswomen, Alison Giles
and Gita Cassidy who have bought the place, and
its extremely enthusiastic landlord Dave
O’Halloran with the help of Sonia (both pictured
below), the four have helped turn it back into a
true food and now real ale oasis in Chesham’s
variable pub scene. Dave has been in situ for the
last 3 months and turned the place around with
dedicated work and past knowledge.
This Luton man, who says he enjoys it at the
Black Horse after his time in a very volatile Luton
pub, and the new owners have plans to take it to
the next level by enlarging the kitchen and food
area and making the most of its large garden.
Dave’s enthusiasm is infectious and his quiz
nights on a Monday with free buffet, etc. are
becoming very popular. One tip is to watch out for
his card skills! We wish all those involved in this
venture great success.
Dave B.
FESTIVE FUN
Christmas is a time for getting together with loved
ones and exchanging gifts. It’s also a brilliant
excuse to have some good old-fashioned fun.
Singing Christmas songs, ancient (carols) and
modern (pop), has been associated with pubs for
centuries and it still goes on. Most are planned
but others just happen. These are the ones I
know the dates of (all December): 18th - concert at
7pm from the Salvation Army on the lock at The
Rising Sun (Berkhamsted) and carols in
Haresfoot Brewery (Berkhamsted); carols on
Christmas Eve at The Red Lion (Chenies and
Chesham) and The Sugar Loaf Inn (Little
Chalfont); DJs with Christmas songs at The
George & Dragon and The Misty Moon (both
Chesham).
I don’t know the dates of the following events so
check with the pubs if you are interested:
Christmas concert and ‘Winter Wonderland’ at
The Bell (Chartridge); carols at The Black Cat
(Lye Green), The Crown (Ley Hill), The Jolly
Sportsman (Chesham) and The Misty Moon
(Chesham); Singing Santas at The Eagle
(Amersham); carols at The Gamekeepers Lodge
(Chesham); carol concert by St. George’s Church
Choir at The Hen & Chickens (Botley); carol
concert by members of the Chess Valley Male
Voice choir at The Queens Head (Chesham);
carols with mulled cider and mince pies at the
Rising Sun, carols with the Tring Silver Band at
The Robin Hood (Tring) and carol singers at The
Swan (Ley Hill). Listen for the charity floats
visiting our towns and villages: carol singers
perform on the commons outside The Plough
(continues on p.15)
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(Hyde Heath) and The Plough and The Potters
Arms (Winchmore Hill). If you can’t/won’t sing
there are quizzes in The Hen & Chickens
(Botley), The Plough (Hyde Heath) and on the
17th at The Queens Head (Chesham). The Craft
Beer Shop (Little Chalfont) is holding a Christmas
Cheer Market from the 11th to Christmas Day.
The 12th has Winter Wonderland at The White
Hart (Whelpley Hill), raising money for Cancer
Research UK and the Peace Hospice: fairground
rides, food, music, games, beer, a winter forest
and plenty more! Book for the Swing party at The
Greyhound (Wigginton) on the 15th. On the 17th
enjoy comedy with Bob Mills at The Potters
Arms (Winchmore Hill). On the 19th there is a
Kids’ Christmas party at The Gamekeepers
Lodge (Chesham), followed with fun for the
adults in the evening and the Christmas Jumper
Party at The Queens Head (Chesham). Don’t
forget the Christmas Panto and Poem, ending
with carols, at The Kings Arms (Tring). And just
about every pub that does food will have a
Christmas Menu for family, friends and works’
parties.
Christmas Ales are unmissable with eye-catching
pump clips and spicy tastes. Look out for LocAle
favourites:
Oxfordshire Ales Uncle Scrooge,
Rebellion Yo Ho Ho, Red Squirrel Winter’s Tale –
“…spicy, blackcurrant notes…”, Tring Old
Chestnut, Vale Good King Senseless and XT 25
Xmas Ale. Cider drinkers are not forgotten: some
pubs will have mulled and/or spiced choices.
Most pubs will have a Christmas ale; I know
about: The Bell (Chartridge), The Black Cat (Lye
Green), The Craft Beer Shop (Little Chalfont),
The Crown (Berkhamsted), The Crown (Ley Hill)
– plus mulled cider, The Crown & Sceptre
(Bridens Camp), The Crown Inn (Little
Missenden), The Eagle (Amersham), The Full
House (Hemel Hempstead), The Gamekeepers
Lodge (Chesham), The George & Dragon
(Chesham), The Greyhound (Wigginton), The
Harte & Magpies – plus home-made mulled
cider, The Hen & Chickens (Botley), The Jolly
Sportsman (Chesham), The Kings Arms
(Amersham), The Kings Arms (Tring), The Misty
Moon (Chesham), The Pheasant (Chesham),
The Plough (Hyde Heath), The Potters Arms
(Winchmore Hill), The Queens Head (Chesham)
– plus mulled cider, The Red Lion (Chenies and
Chesham), The Red Lion (Marsworth), The
Rising Sun (Berkhamsted) – plus home-made
mulled cider, The Robin Hood (Tring), The Rose
& Crown (Ivinghoe), The Saracens Head
(Amersham), The Sugar Loaf Inn (Little
Chalfont), The Swan (Ley Hill), The Valiant
Trooper (Aldbury) The White Hart (Whelpley Hill)
and The White Lion (Little Chalfont).
The Misty Moon will be holding a mini-fest of
Christmas Ales and Ciders from 19th to 27th
December.
We always have a bit of fun as our towns and
villages turn on their Christmas lights, usually in
the High Street or equivalent. The shops stay
open for Christmas purchases, there is
entertainment for the children and local societies
take stalls. The pubs make an effort to tempt in
passers-by and some have ‘pop-up’ bars so you
can stay with your kids.
The earliest I can find are on Friday 27th
November: Chesham goes for it (look out for the
pop-up bar from the The Misty Moon – avoid
those divorce points) and Tring has the Tring
Together Traditional Christmas Festival. Kings
Langley lights up the High Street on Saturday 28th
while Chalfont St. Giles illuminates the village
green. Berkhamsted has its Festival of Lights on
Sunday 29th. Into December and Amersham Old
Town has its fun on Friday 4th (pop-ups at The
Crown and The Kings Arms) as does Chalfont
St Peter with their Christmas Fun Night.
Amersham-on-the-Hill lights its Christmas Tree on
Saturday 5th. Apologies for any I have missed.
Brian
CENTRAL SOUTHERN REGIONAL CLUB OF
THE YEAR – MARLOW ROYAL BRITISH
LEGION
Alan Shepherd, one of Aylesbury Vale &
Wycombe Branch’s long-serving stalwarts, is now
the steward of this truly wonderful club that puts
real ale at its heart and had six beers on from all
over the country when some Branch members
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visited recently. Some of them were actually
picked up by club staff. Alan held various
positions in his branch before becoming the main
man at the Legion Club. It is in the Good Beer
Guide 2016 and rightly so, and they hold various
beer fests throughout the year. You can get in
with your CAMRA membership card and it is well
worth checking out. It’s in Station Approach SL7
1NT, 50 yards from the railway station.
Dave B.
BUCKS STAR, WOLVERTON
Five of our less time-constrained members were
invited up to Milton Keynes’ latest brewing
venture. Bucks Star (possibly the first solarpowered brewery in the UK) is run by Datis and
Daria and is now officially open. Their BLO, Jenny
Ellway (pictured below with Datis), who holds
numerous committee positions in Milton Keynes
Branch, opened it to a very attentive and
appreciative crowd.
The only beer on offer so far is additive-free
organic bitter called ‘No.1’ which is light and
refreshing. Datis and his friends also entertained
us with their vocal talent, giving a rousing
variation of the Sound of Music’s “Do Re Me” with
their own beer-related lyrics. Their family helped
on the day and we hope it’s the first beer of many.
Dave B.
REMEMBRANCE ALES
A century ago, the British Army was recovering
from a spring/summer of catastrophic offensives
on the Western Front. The Russian Army was in
retreat from Austria and Germany on the Eastern
Front. The British were fighting the German navy
on Lake Tanganyika in Central Africa. British and
(mainly) Indian troops were failing to defeat the
Turkish Army in present day Iraq. ANZAC and
British officers were trying to work out how to
retreat from Gallipoli. Bulgaria was booting the
Serbian Army out of Serbia. Italy was fighting
Austria on the Isonzo River. German mines and
submarines were having considerable success in
and around the Atlantic and Mediterranean, but
the British and allied navies’ blockade was
working. All in all, 1915 was a bad year with
massive casualties.
Once again, brewers are supporting The Royal
British Legion’s Poppy
Appeal with special ales
and most pubs have
poppies on the bar for us
to buy. The Royal British
Legion sends out around
40,000,000 poppies every
year and the nation
pauses on Remembrance
Sunday (8th November
this year) to hold a two-minute silence ‘at the
eleventh hour on the eleventh day of the eleventh
month’ - Armistice Day - the end of the First World
War. Amongst our LocAle brewers Red Squirrel
has WW1 Centenary beer and XT is offering Lest
we Forget.
These pubs have told me they will be putting on a
Remembrance Ale so we can honour the
casualties: The Bell (Chartridge), The Black Cat
(Lye Green), The Brewery Shop (Berkhamsted
and Chesham), The Craft Beer Shop (Little
Chalfont), The Crown (Berkhamsted), The Full
House (Hemel Hempstead), The Gamekeepers
Lodge (Chesham), The George & Dragon
(Chesham), The Jolly Sportsman (Chesham),
The Misty Moon (Chesham), The Pheasant
(Chesham), The Plough (Hyde Heath), The Red
Lion (Chenies and Marsworth), The Rising Sun
(Berkhamsted) and The White Lion (Little
Chalfont).
So raise a sombre glass: we will remember them.
Brian
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MILTON KEYNES BRANCH MILK THE BEST
IMPROVED NEWSLETTER AWARD
‘Beer Moos’, the newsletter of Milton Keynes
Branch, is the baby of long-serving stalwart Jim
Scott (pictured below with Jenny Ellway from
Milton Keynes Branch), and he has now taken it
to the height
of
“Most
Improved
Newsletter”
in
the
country at
the CAMRA
AGM
in
Nottingham.
A
very
proud man
and rightly
so, Jim is
known
all
over
the
South Central Region as a CAMRA supporter in
every sense of the word, including working at
many beer festivals. Jim and the Milton Keynes
Branch are rightly very pleased with this
achievement.
Dave B.
CHILTERN BREWERY CELEBRATES A
DOUBLE FIFTY
Three of our members were invited to attend the
launch of new brew “Double Fifty” on 22nd
September and thoroughly enjoyed the well-run
and worthwhile event. See the Brewery News
section on p.18 for more details.
Dave B.
TWO BIG DAYS FOR (HONORARY) SCOTS
Saint Andrew’s Day, on 30th November, is
Scotland’s national day and is marked formally
there by the public, schools, politicians and
artists. It is also a significant day (sometimes
week) for the Scottish Diaspora but it doesn’t
seem to have caught the imagination of the
Scottish brewers. I have tried to find Saint
Andrew beers brewed in Scotland and all I can
find is Belhaven’s St Andrews Ale – but the pump
clip shows the Old Course so I suspect it is meant
for golfers on any day of the year.
We have Scottish expatriates on our patch and a
few of our pubs are putting on Scottish real ales
for them. Try The Craft Beer Shop (Little
Chalfont); The Crown (Berkhamsted); The
George & Dragon, The Jolly Sportsman, The
Misty Moon, The Queens Head, The Red Lion
(all in Chesham) and The Full House (Hemel
Hempstead).
On 25th January Scots celebrate the birthday of
Robert Burns as the last of their three winter
celebrations; the other one is of course
Hogmanay. There are formal events where the
haggis is paraded to the accompaniment of the
bagpipes and eaten with mashed neeps (swede)
and tatties (spuds), toasts are drunk, speeches
are made and Burns’ poetry is read.
If you want to try just the haggis, neeps or tatties
you have a growing choice, and many pubs will
also have Scottish malt whiskies and ale. Visit
The Bedford Arms (Chenies), The Bell
(Chartridge), The Crown (Amersham), The
Crown (Berkhamsted), The Full House (Hemel
Hempstead),
The
Gamekeepers
Lodge
(Chesham), The George & Dragon (Chesham) –
lunch, The Plough (Hyde Heath) – on the 27th,
The Queens Head (Chesham), The Red Lion
(Chenies) – with a veggie option and Cullen skink
soup, The Red Lion (Chesham) and The White
Lion (Little Chalfont).
If you don’t fancy haggis, neeps or tatties try the
Scottish ales laid on in The Black Cat (Lye
Green), The Craft Beer Shop (Little Chalfont),
The Misty Moon (Chesham) and The Pheasant
(Chesham).
Brian
AND THE WINNER IS...
In the Autumn issue we launched a competition,
inviting members’ ideas for social activities and
innovative ways in which we could get CAMRA’s
message out to more people. We can now
announce that the winner, by a country mile, is Mr
A. Pathy, with his suggestion of....absolutely
nothing. Congratulations!
William
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BREWERY NEWS
CHILTERN BREWERY: This year both The
Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and
The Chiltern Society are celebrating 50 glorious
years of helping to protect the
tranquil landscape of the
beautiful Chiltern Hills. We were
delighted to be invited jointly by
both organisations to brew a
special draught ale to
commemorate these landmark
anniversaries. Chiltern Double
Fifty, named in a competition by
member of the public Larry
Griffiths, is an autumn dark
amber ale 4.2% ABV with
complex and rich smooth roast
malt and citrus aromas. It was
launched in style in The
Gatehouse Chamber at The Chiltern Brewery’s
tap, The King’s Head Aylesbury, on 22nd
September to highlight the important roles The
Chilterns AONB and The Chiltern Society have
played in shaping and preserving the landscape
of our region.
Chiltern Double Fifty will be widely available in
pubs across the local region as well as the
Chiltern Brewery Shop at Terrick and 5p from
every pint sold will be donated to the societies.
Long time Chiltern Brewery employee Dave
McGovern has been awarded a highly valued and
well-respected Diploma in Brewing Qualification
from The Institute of Brewing & Distilling, a great
and well deserved achievement which both he
and Head Brewer Tom Jenkinson are absolutely
thrilled about.
But Dave isn’t the only ‘graduate’ at ‘Chiltern
Brew-niversity’. New recruits Lloyd Ellis and Ben
Collard, both from the local area, joined the
brewery as apprentices this summer. Both are
university graduates and have made a big
commitment to a profession that needs a lot of
training and hard work. “It’s wonderful to see
these young lads make the decision that they
want to be brewers and to acquire the age-old
skills of brewing that were, at one time, in danger
of dying out” says Head Brewer Tom Jenkinson.
“We are an active local business investing in local
people for the future and proud of that” says
brother and Director George Jenkinson. “We
would encourage all employers to follow this route
and to see the pleasure and satisfaction that it
brings to everyone involved. Well done Dave.”
HARESFOOT: Well first news on our new beers.
Finding its way into pubs as we write – look out
for
Harefoot’s
latest offering - a
Red Ale weighing
in
at
a
comfortable 4.2%
ABV.
And
to
follow on, our
eighth
beer
coming soon as
the nights draw in – a 4.8% Plum Porter! These
are limited-edition beers and you’ll see them
appearing in pubs under our white label branding.
It has been an exciting summer for Haresfoot as
we entered our second year of producing beer!
August saw our first and longest serving ale, Lock
Keeper’s, at the Great British Beer Festival,
where it went down very well.
We have also been delighted to welcome many
new faces at our brewery tours where the Indian
and Jamaican food, accompanied by a plentiful
range of Haresfoot beers, seems to be enjoyed to
the full!
And last but definitely not least – there has
continued to be an array of events at Haresfoot
brewery. Haresfoot Folkfest raised £785 for
suicide prevention charity Hector’s House. In a
packed brewery the audience enjoyed eight
superb music acts throughout the evening,
headlined by Radio 2 and Radio 6 featured artist
Kelly Oliver. We’ve had a very successful quiz
night, provided the beer at Berkofest helping to
raise money for local charities and on a recent
very sunny Sunday afternoon we were delighted
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to host Superheroes – a charity event in aid of the
Pepper foundation which funds home palliative
care for life-limited children and young people
living in Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire.
Check
out
www.haresfoot.com
and
www.facebook.com/haresfootbrewery
for the
latest news on our beers and what’s on!
MIX BREWERY'S latest continental beer, "Tripel
Nipple", is ready for release. Yes, it is a Belgian
Tripel and one for sipping at 7.1% ABV in 500ml
bottles. You may find it in Dallings, Kings Langley
or The Beer Shop, St Albans. We also have
"Choccy Wocky Stout" back again. This is a big
heavy, double chocolate stout at 6% abv.
Just what you need on a cold winter night!
We also released our first beer in cask for the
recent St Albans Festival. "Hookey Street" has
only been on sale as a bottle-conditioned beer
until now. It is a complex malty special bitter at
4.7% ABV with a deep copper hue.
Apparently it was well received as the two firkins
came back empty.
Should any landlord wish to have some bottleconditioned beer please email Mick Harrison at
[email protected].
The
website
(www.mixbrewery.co.uk) has a list of beers
currently available. Cask is available on brew-toorder.
TRING BREWERY: At the time of writing we've
just stopped celebrating from picking up a total of
5 gold and silver awards at the SIBA East Region
championships, with Moongazing taking silver in
the
overall
champion
cask
beer
category and
our
new
Pale+Four
taking silver in
the
overall
champion
bottled/
canned beer
category. The first of four brews of Moloko, a full
bodied milk stout is about to leave the fermenter
as part of a 380 firkin delivery for the JD
Wetherspoon OctoberFest.
As we've now slipped into the "darker" part of the
year, our seasonal special has switched to the
Mount Hood hopped Squadron Scramble.
October's monthly offering is the rich, dark
Thunderdell, a beer that has won the hearts of all
here at the brewery.
XT BREWERY have been working on a
significant building project, and during in the next
few weeks the structure will be finished and the
internal fit out can begin. The new space will
provide more brewing, storage plus a significantly
improved tasting room and shop area.
The Lest We Forget Amber Ale (4.2%) has been
brewed in collaboration with the British Legion to
raise funds for the Poppy Appeal. This year the
project will be extended across the country – XT
and the Legion have been working with a network
of other micro-breweries to brew the Lest We
Forget jointly to the same recipe and hopefully
raise more for the appeal this year. XT hope to
get some of the collaboration brews in for you to
compare and contrast.
The Animals have been raiding the hop store this
month … with a unique six-hop-red ale:
Animal Swish (4.6%) has a blend of
internationally punchy hops from North America
and
Eastern
Europe.
The Animal K-9
has also made a
welcome return to
the fold – the
brewery
took
delivery of some
more of the limitedavailability Amarillo
hops, and used the
opportunity to rebrew this single hop
beer to showcase its characteristic flavours once
more.
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Fine English Real Ales from our Brewery
Guest Beers and Excellent Wines · Fun Events for the Summer
at The King’s Head, Market Square, Aylesbury, HP20 2RW
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CASK ALE AND REAL CIDER IN A KEG CONTINENT
The continent in question is ‘Australasia’, which
by definition includes New Zealand and other
islands. It is some years since I attended the
Great Australian Beer Spectapular (GABS) in
Melbourne or Beervana in Wellington (NZ) so I
decided it was time to go again before I
became too old for such long-distance travel.
GABS is one of my favourites as the heart of it
is two huge bars where you can taste 118
beers from Australian, New Zealand and a few
other countries’ home and commercial brewers,
“as long as they’ve never brewed it before.”
Other bars around the
hall had regular beers.
The new beers were
classified as “Easier
Drinking”, “Moderately
Challenging” or “More
Challenging” – we had
been warned!
A
typical example was
Kill Patrick from Black
Hops Brewing:
the
festival programme’s
definition was, “…
Brewed with fresh
oysters, smoked barley and spiced with
tamarind, molasses, ginger and clove. It has
subtle characteristics of the sea with a hint of
bacon and Worcestershire sauce.” Amongst
the others an IPA with pineapple and coconut,
Pina Colada from Two Birds Brewing, was
surprisingly good; an IPA with added lemon
peel and juice, Sour Puss from Baird Brewing,
less so; a split green pea and ham Porter, Pie
Cart, from Vale Brewing (not our own Vale
Brewery) was weird – it seems a pie cart used
to be outside South Australian pubs at
chucking-out time so you could attempt to eat
your way to sobriety. The one that convinced
me that it was time to move on to regular beers
was an oak barrel re-fermented Imperial Porter
with Black Doris plums and Brettanomyces
yeast, Pucker Up, from Mike’s Organic Brewery
- undrinkable.
Back in the real world my first visit was to the
Cask Ale Bar (see picture), a bit of a
disappointment as they have not yet got to
grips with fining, but at least the temperatures
didn’t lead to the usual ice-cream headache.
The rest of the festival was keg. Over four
sessions I tried a good few and some were very
tasty, especially Brunswick East Anytime IPA,
Croucher Anzus IPA, Holgate Brewhouse
Temptress
Chocolate
Porter,
Mismatch
Brewing IPA, Moa South Pacific IPA, Nelson
Brewery Hotel Three Sheets APA and Panhead
Brewery Pale Ale.
I
had
saved
the
Sunday session for the
ciders
and
was
pleased to find that
most of the producers
were working in line
with
the
CAMRA
definition; some even
had
contacts
with
CAMRA
and
were
organizing to educate
customers.
My
favourites were Willie
Smiths
(Tasmania)
Organic and Bone Dry ciders.
Beervana has really grown since my last visit and
moved from Wellington Town Hall to the Westpac
Stadium, home to cricket, rugby, football and
concerts. The festival takes place in the covered
crowd circulation area under the stands. It is run
on a 21st century cashless system: everyone got
a wristband with a microchip into which you
downloaded ‘money’ from official people/stands –
cash, credit/charge cards and so on were
accepted in exchange.
Bars, stands and
concessions had scanners and uploaded from
your microchip. Much easier than paper tokens
or ‘poker chips’. My favourite tastes were Fork
Godzone Beat New Zealand Pale and
Townshend’s Bodger My Badger, a bitter served
by hand pump from a cask – I had several tastes
of that.
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Both festivals were ‘book-ended’ by special beer
events in their cities: Melbourne Good Beer
Week and The Road to Beervana – maps and
details were available at the tourist offices and
participating venues. I took full advantage of this
and on two evenings in Wellington I enjoyed pub
crawls where I drank only hand pumped ales
(usually bag-in-box) without visiting the same pub
twice.
I hope I stay fit enough to do this again in another
few years.
Brian
Festivals calendar
NOVEMBER
26TH – 30TH Beer and Cider Festival, Rising Sun,
Berkhamsted
For all the latest info on beer
festivals, Branch socials and
meetings and much more visit our
website:
www.midchilternscamra.org.uk
DECEMBER
1ST – 5TH Pig’s Ear Beer Festival, Round Chapel,
Hackney, London E5 0LY;
19TH - 27TH Christmas Beer and Cider Fest, Misty Moon,
Chesham
We expect more festivals to be announced closer to
the time. For the most up-to-date info, please check
www.midchilternscamra.org.uk.
Not getting a full pint in your local?
Let your Trading Standards Office
know. Call 0808 156 2259 (Bucks)
or 08454 04 05 06 (Herts).
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Branch Contacts
Chairman and Press Officer
Dave Badminton 01494 581797
[email protected]
Vice Chairman
Liz Doughton
[email protected]
Treasurer/Brewery Liaison Officer (MIX)
Charles Teuma
[email protected]
Membership Secretary/Brewery
Liaison Officer (Tring)
Richard Healey 01494 724686
Membership@MidChilternsCAMRA
.org.uk
Locale Officer/Brewery Liaison Officer
(Haresfoot)
Roy Humphrey
[email protected]
Brewery Liaison Officer (Red Squirrel)
Chris Pontin
[email protected]
Tapler Editor/Branch Contact
William Powell 07913 939761
[email protected]
[email protected]
Beer Information Officer
John Lomax 01494 783198
[email protected]
Cider Officer
Ian Williams
[email protected]
Beer Scores Officer
Nigel Harris 0845 644 6700
BeerScores@MidChilternsCAMRA
.org.uk
Webmaster/Social Secretary
Gill Badminton
Webmaster@MidChilternsCAMRA
.org.uk
[email protected]
Branch Secretary/Young Members
Officers
Gareth Hawden (Branch Secretary) &
Rachael Frost
[email protected]
[email protected]
Pubs Preservation Officer
Jack Watford
[email protected]
DIARY DATES. (S) = SOCIAL. (M) = MEETING.
NOVEMBER
th
4 Valiant Trooper, Aldbury (then Greyhound if time), 8 p.m. (M)
14th Regional Meeting, The Olde Reindeer, Banbury, noon
18th Queens Head, Long Marston, 8 p.m. (S)
21st Tring Crawl – start at Anchor, noon, then Kings Arms, Castle,
Akeman, Black Horse, Bell, Robin Hood (S)
28th Branch Darts Match – Black Cat, Lye Green, Chesham, from
noon (S)
DECEMBER
th
5 Amersham Old Town Crawl – The Eagle, noon, then The Swan,
Elephant & Castle, Kings Arms, Saracen’s Head, Chequers (S)
9th The Bell, Chartridge, 8 p.m. (M)
12th Branch Xmas Dinner – venue TBC (check website for details),
noon (S)
16th Greyhound, Wigginton, 8 p.m. (S)
JANUARY
th
6 White Hart, Whelpley Hill, 8 p.m. Committee only. (M)
9th Markyate – Plume of Feathers, noon, then The Swan (S)
16th Bourne End crawl – Anchor, noon, then White Horse, Three
Horseshoes at Winkwell (S)
20th Three Horseshoes and Old Swan, Cheddington, 8 p.m. (S)
30th Chenies crawl - Red Lion, noon, then Bedford Arms (S)
All members are welcome. Please check the Branch website
for the latest details. Contact the Social Secretary for more
information.
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