East Anglian retrospective Hull Central Chorlton-cum-beers Dukeries lore and more
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East Anglian retrospective Hull Central Chorlton-cum-beers Dukeries lore and more
£1.50 Issue 61 · Jun | July 2014 Hull Central East Anglian retrospective Dukeries lore and more Chorlton-cum-beers Issue 61 Jun | July 2014 in this issue Newsline Page 2 Hull for a day Page 4 Retrospective East Anglia Page 8 Cartoon/Crossword Page 11 Brewery Update Page 12 New Beers Update Page 15 Chorlton & Manchester Page 23 Kings Head Inn, Acle Page 26 Book review Page 28 Newsline Extra Page 29 Front cover: The Whalebone, Hull (David Hughes). Follow us on Facebook The New Imbiber now has its very own Facebook page, administered by Steve Baxter. What it means is that, if you are registered for Facebook, you can visit our page, ‘like’ us and then receive news feeds about the latest issue, including content, regular stockists and information on how to subscribe. 2 Newsline Following on Building on their earlier experiences in the brewing industry, Iain McIntosh and Andy Mansell have launched the ten-barrel Red Cat Brewing in an industrial unit not far from the centre of Winchester. Their plant comes from Malrex of Burton-on-Trent, with other parts designed by them and commissioned locally. Landlord of the Fulflood Arms for five years, Andy was involved with setting up both the Fulflood’s microbrewery and that of its sister pub The Queen, also in Winchester, while Iain spent five years running the Flowerpots brewery. Their core beers to date are Prowler Pale (3.6%), Bitter (3.7%) and Tomcat (4.7%), with a best bitter lined up next. Both the Winchester pubs take the beers and at present they can also be found in the Guide Dog (Southampton) and the Phoenix (Twyford). Disclaimer This magazine is entirely independent. It is not associated with any organisation, brewery nor public house. Information received comes from a variety of contributors. Although we do try to verify its accuracy where possible, no responsibility can be taken by the New Imbiber for false, inaccurate or misleading information which may appear. 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Acknowledgements For information on breweries and beers, reference was made to the following websites, “www.quaffale.org.uk”, “www.beermad. org.uk” and to the web group “groups.yahoo.com/group/ scoopgen”. The beer list was compiled by David Hughes (email: [email protected]), who acknowledges help from the Beermad and Scoopgen sites, as well as from caskuk@ yahoogroups.com, from contributor Nicky Wightman and from contributors to Twitter and Facebook. Thanks also to Derek Blow, Chris Gillette, Michael A. Jorak, Stan Parsons, Bob Tomlinson, Peter C.Wells and to everyone who supplied information., either directly or indirectly through the internet. The New Imbiber Editor Ron Atkins Contributing Editors Steve Hobman; The Quaffer Subscriptions Advertising Paul Travis: [email protected] Subscriptions are available from The New Imbiber, Long High Top, Mail Co-ordinator/Distribution Paul Travis, Tel: 01422 844437; Colden, Heptonstall, Hebden Bridge,West Yorkshire HX7 7PF. 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You may also Tuesday 1st July 2014 subscribe on-line to the Imbiber — either as a new subscriber or All contents © The New Imbiber 2014 The New Imbiber · Jun | July 2014 Turned on A micro-brewery started this year in Westbury, near the Wiltshire border with Somerset, the Twisted Brewery consists of a six-barrrel stainless steel plant capable of fermenting 6,500 pints at any one time. The publicity material points out the equipment is entirely modern but uses artisan processes to produce hand-crafted ales, which are cask-conditioned in a temperature-controlled chill-room. Both partners have long but complementary experience in the trade. Andrew Murray, steeped in the licensed, retail and manufacturing sectors, looks after sales, marketing and the overall operation, while Jon Pilling, who has worked for Grainstore, Exe Valley and North Cotswold Breweries, takes care of the recipes, brewing and conditioning of the ales. Beers to date include Conscript (4.2%), Gaucho (3.6%); Rider (4.2%) and Pirate (4.2%). Several pubs around the area have taken them, mainly as guests. Among these are the Hollies Inn and three others in Westbury itself, the Fox & Hounds in Warminster, the Rose & Crown in Trowbridge, the Castle Inn in Bradford upon Avon, the Old Bath Arms and two others in Frome and the Raven in Bath. Newsline Clocking In Lancashire businessman Justin Grant reckoned the time was right for brewing after seeing the success of cask ales at his Grant’s Bar in Accrington, where in five years the handpumps on the bar have mushroomed from one to eight. He invested heavily in 6.5 bbl plant, which wound into action on April 1 as the Big Clock Brewery. An engineer by trade and in business for many years, Justin was able to use his training and experience, using vessels sourced from China for cost reasons, to build the brewery — together with assistant Craig Devonport — which can be viewed as a centre piece for the modern style bar. Richard Piggle, formerly of Bowland Brewery, is brewing at present while for the longer term the intention is to train Craig to take on the job. The GBG-listed pub was formerly the Punchowned Hargreaves Arms, named after local industrialist James Hargreaves, the man who invented the spinning jenny in the industrial revolution. It had struggled for years before finally closing. Originally, Justin had planned to convert the property to residential accommodation, but then decided to revive it as a popular community pub. A major investment brought the historic building back to life. Next year, a bar refurbishment and a restaurant opening for the upstairs is planned. Beers brewed to date include Pals (4.0%), a light-coloured session beer to commemorate the Accrington Pals of WWI, probably the best remembered of the local battalions raised in the early months of the War. There’s also Dirty Blonde (4.2%), a darker version of Pals, Dark Knight (4.5%), a stout, and 100 (5.3%), a complex dark ruby brew named to mark the Pals’ centenary. As we went to press, Sunny Boy (3.6%) was in the pipeline to be brewed as tasty, well-hopped ale. With five fermenting vessels in place, the intention is to eventually supply other outlets and go into bottling. As for the name, Justin intends to put a distinctive illuminated clock, three metres in diameter, on the side of the pub as a tribute to James Hargreaves, a quirky attraction for people travelling along the Manchester Road southern gateway for Accrington. F/O F/O 3 4 Hull for a day The New Imbiber · Jun | July 2014 Running head A halt on Humberside for David Hughes O n the last Thursday of April, our merry band made our way eastwards along the m56 to the end of the m62 and the city of Hull, in which I had never spent an evening. Our first call of the day was at the Whalebone brewpub (see front cover), which I had visited just a short time after it started brewing. We arrived just as it was opening its doors for the day and a quick look along the bar revealed a new beer, one brewed to celebrate the local Premier League side getting to Wembley: this was a 4.0% beer and very drinkable. It was then time to book into our hotel for the evening, quite conviently situated just a hundred metres or so from the railway station. After a quick wash and brush up, we walked into the city centre and quickly found our target, which so happened to be the Holy Trinity Church, venue for the local Star of the West, Hull 4 CAMRA branches’ beer festival. This one is held within the main body, unlike Liverpool, and featured some 110 beers plus cider and foreign beer. One side was dedicated to handpump dispense, the other to gravity and 10p a pint dearer for some reason. Not surprisingly, there were the odd scooper or two in attendance. Beers sampled at the beer festival included Fulstow Sledgehammer Stout (8.0%), Middle Earth IPA (5.9%), Wellington Stanley (4.8%), described as a mild but more of a stout to my taste, Bumpmill Thunder Road (4.4%), Crystal Brew Jade (4.0%) alf Moon F’Hops Sake (3.9%) and Old Mill Red Goose (4.2%) all served in good condition. It’s a festival I would go back to, and the staff seemed to be extremely helpful. The New Imbiber · Jun | July 2014 Hull for a day William Wilberforce, Hull Slow start We decided it was time to move on after around ninety minutes — well, we did want to see what the pub scene was like in the city centre. First pub visited was Kings, opposite the church entrance, with banners indicating a beer festival was now on. Walking in, we found just two cask beers available, both from the Marston’s stable, so we left just as quickly. Then adjacent almost we found the Star of the West also with just two cask beers, a well-known regional and Jade, which I found to be OK but underwhelming to the taste buds. A quick look in at one of the four Wetherspoons found no real variety, so a quick exit was made. We then walked past a couple of other pubs, again with no micro beers available, until we came across Wm Hawkes: although looking a pub with history, we were told it had only been operating for two years. Here we found a selection of six cask beers, of which only one was from a large brewery and many were in fact from Yorkshire micros, Brass Castle Cliffhanger (3.8%) being my personal choice — top class quality in taste. Staff and venue make this a place well worthy of a visit. We had a quick look in the bar across the road which called itself a Craft Bar; some might agree but it was disappointing, in choice, atmosphere and service. I did try a half of one of the two cask beers on offer but, quality wise, it was not good so will not name it. Then on the next corner we found the Lion and Key. owned by the same people as Hawkes. This was another pub that did hit the spot, with again six handpumps serving beer plus a couple of ciders. Orkney Dark Island (4.6%) was my choice here and a Wm Hawkes, Hull 5 6 The New Imbiber · Jun | July 2014 Hull for a day Good choice good one at that. We did have a look in at the Manchester Arms, an old Mansfield pub that had the usual Marston’s range, but did not linger. Still struggling Our next port of call was at a pub one of my travelling companions used to visit over twenty years ago, this being the Old Black Boy where we found a pub with four Theakstons beers on plus two guests from regionals. My beer of choice was Taylors Landlord (4.5%), which was disappointing and not a patch on the beer it once was. The pub itself had plenty of character, however. Another short walk to another pub with character, the Sailmakers Arms, somewhat hidden in a cobbled street with a small courtyard. Again we found a slightly disappointing beer choice, with mainly national brands; in fact I had a Wychwood beer, not a brand that normally meets my taste but beggars cannot be choosers. It was time to find somewhere to eat, which was a bit problematic: looking in several promising venues, we found either a disappointing choice of beer or over-hyped city prices for basic bar food. So we decided it would be a Wetherspoons Curry Night meal at the William Wilberforce, where we had a curry and a pint for a reasonable price. My beer choice was one of the latest American beers produced in this country. After our meal, we made the decision to visit Hull’s other brewpub, the Wellington Inn, which turned out to be a good choice, A fifteen-minute walk from our location, the pub stands alone in an old social housing area just of the inner ring road. Here, we found some eight handpumps available for cask beer plus another with Yorkshire cider, also a decent, in fact a very good, selection of continental bottled beers. Four of the beers available were brewed at the pub, and it was these we concentrated on. The first was 1st Duke (3.7%) a good session bitter with malt flavour throughout; second was Eagle a premier beer at (5.0%) which did not taste its strength, and my final beer was Peninsular Porter (4.8%), a complicated malty beer with slight beery fruit notes. We had a good conversation with the owner and licensee, discovering that the pub was in fact up for sale to the right person. They have produced over a dozen one-off beers and plan a series’ of single hop beers throughout the summer. Oh, and there was a very good jazz combo playing, so another reason as if you needed one to visit. There was no problem with the beer quality and it is only a ten-minute walk to the Whalebone. We had time only for to visit one other bar before returning to our hotel, this being the Hop & Vine in Albion Street just a five minute walk towards the city centre back across the ring road. This is a smallish cellar bar with just two cask beers available, plus a The New Imbiber · Jun | July 2014 Hull for a day Wellington Inn, Hull couple of ciders and a good but small selection of continental beers. My choice here was Ossett Excelsior (5.2%) a beer not sampled in many a year and I was not disappointed. That was our final pub on this visit to Hull. It has some pubs of historical and architectural interest, but the pity is most are owned by national pubcompanies and brewers. If I have sounded negative about some, don’t let that put you off. There were a good many decent pubs not visited, because we had time constraints and had been possibly spoilt by the excellent beer festival. Hops & Pops 18–22 September 2014 t 23 –28 October 2014 u014 o22014 Beer & Battlefields Centenary 14 s o l d 20 Christmas in Bruges 22–26 December 2014 www.podgebeer.co.uk ring 01245 354677 for details 7 Retrospective 8 Howard Gladwin recalls his East Anglian highlights I t is almost nine years since my wife and I upped sticks from Essex and moved to north Norfolk. During that time I have visited many pubs in the area, a few independent breweries and contributed numerous articles to this journal. As we are now considering a move to north Devon (to be closer to family) I thought it would be a good time to look back at some of the highlights of my wanderings around this part of the world. But, first, word about north Devon. We were house hunting there recently and stayed in an hotel in Barnstaple, the Cedars Inn, which I had booked on-line. Imagine my surprise when I first visited the bar to find that the three real ales available were all Greene King’s — IPA, Abbot and Speckled Hen. It turned out that the hotel was one of many owned by these brewers (English Country Inns). Not that I am complaining as the ales were in good condition, but I found it ironic, having travelled more than three hundred miles, to find myself drinking beer brewed not too many miles from my current home. Not finding any locally brewed ales available I expressed my surprise to a member of the staff and was told that they had tried a few but that they had not gone down well — a statement that I found, in retrospect, difficult to believe. Whatever, I did manage to find some St Austell beers at a pub named Hunters Inn in Newton Tracey, just a few miles south of Barnstaple where we went for a family meal one evening. These were Tribute at 4.2% abv and Dartmoor Best Bitter (3.5%). I had a pint of each (I wasn’t driving!) and they went down well — the Dartmoor malty and not too bitter (a good session beer) and the Tribute, a prize winning ale just bursting with complex flavours. Oh, and the food was pretty good too so I shall be visiting this pub again once settled in Devon. New brewery Now to my retrospective, in which I shall select just a few highlights. One of my early visits was in 2007 8 to the Beeston Brewery, which had commenced brewing only a few months earlier. Just two ales were being brewed then, Worth The Wait (4.2%) and On the Huh (5.0%). I have sampled these beers many times since, both in the bottle and on draught, and enjoyed them every time. The brewery is clearly doing well as its nicely designed website now lists no fewer than nine beers, including the intriguingly named The Dry Road (4.8%). This is an India Pale and well worth seeking out, as are all this brewery’s products. The Dry Road is actually the B1105 which runs from Fakenham to Wells-next-the-Sea and doesn’t pass a single pub on its route. Astute readers with good memories will quickly spot that The Dry Road is something of a misnomer these days as The Real Ale Shop is situated just a few yards off this road shortly before you reach Wells. So to my next highlight. I first visited this shop back in September 2006 and have been a regular customer ever since. It stocks some sixty bottled conditioned beers from a dozen or more Norfolk breweries. In addition, next to the shop is a ‘Barley to Beer Micro Maltings’ where the malting process is demonstrated. Solar panels on the roof of the building produce heat to finish the malt and a short video goes through the process. So, if you are in north Norfolk and are a bottled-conditioned ale fan then a visit to this shop is a must. But if you are unlikely to visit why not purchase on line? The New Imbiber · Jun | July 2014 East Anglian Retrospective Fog and mystery Now to pubs which I remember with affection. There is no order of merit here and it is a somewhat random selection. First though, I have fond memories of my visit to Ely in Cambridgeshire. This is a beautiful city and worth a visit even if you are a teetotaller (but I don’t suppose you would be reading this journal if you are!). The city is dominated by its cathedral which, in my view, is one of the most beautiful buildings in the country and knocks the present day London skyline into a cocked hat. Two pubs stand out and are easy to find in this compact city centre — The Town House and The Kings Arms. Both were in interesting buildings and both had a nice selection of real ales in good condition. The two owners each demonstrated an enthusiasm for decent beer and I see that the Town House is running a beer festival on 10—13 July this year. So on to Blakeney which I visited in thick fog. The pub which stands out is another Kings Arms and was one of the most friendly locals I have visited. Notable for the letters FH in the roof tiles, which apparently are the initials of a previous owner of the pub and do not stand for Free House! Sadly, the pub was hit by tidal surge last December and had to close for two weeks. Newspaper reports state that 38 barrels of beer were destroyed. Happily, the pub has reopened and is back to full business. Another pub I remember with affection is The Hunny Bell in the small village of Hunworth which is about 12 miles from Fakenham. It is not particularly easy to reach by public transport although there is an hourly bus service during the day which passes right by the pub. Once in the village, the pub can’t be missed as it stands right by the large village green. Food seemed to be a mainstay of its business but it had a good selection of real ales in excellent condition. I well remember the two stuffed owls in small recesses which were illuminated when the glass doors in front were opened. I well remember also my visit to Swaffham, not least because W E Johns, the author of the Biggles books, once lived there (he was a favourite of mine and his books regularly featured in my Sunday School prizes). But the pub I remember best is yet another Kings Arms, situated close to the centre of town in a beautiful old building dating back to the early 1600s. It is one of the cosiest and warmest pubs I have ever visited. Just three real ales were on offer (including one from a mystery brewer), all in excellent condition. But a special feature of the pub was the display of stunning wildlife photographs by Norfolk’s Ray Mears. 9 10 East Anglian Retrospective Seaside specials It is a couple of years since I visited the Red Lion in Cromer when I remember that the owner told me the bar was being extended so that more hand pumps could be fitted in and he hoped to be able to offer up to twelve real ales. This seems to have been achieved, as a recent visit to the hotel’s website displays at least eleven hand pumps, all badged with different and mainly Norfolk and Suffolk brewed ales. The site also lists eight local breweries which regularly supply the hotel. So, when (and if) the weather warms up a bus trip to Cromer (one of the coldest seaside resorts I have ever visited) is on the cards. Having mentioned Cromer, I must not leave out nearby Sheringham (there is much friendly rivalry between these two resorts). My visit here included five pubs of which quite the best was the awardwinning Windham Arms. This was another warm and welcoming pub which specialised in locally brewed beers. Indeed, when I was there no fewer than five were available, all from Norfolk brewers. So this is another pub well worth seeking out if you are holidaying or just visiting the area for any other reason. The New Imbiber · Jun | July 2014 Finally I must give special mention to a pub my wife and I visit regularly — the Queen’s Head in Foulsham, just about ten miles from Fakenham. I remember saying that my first trip to this pub was a sheer delight and that the pint of Woodforde’s Wherry I had one was of the best I had ever tasted. I also enjoyed greatly a sausage and onion baguette, made with their own sausages (the pub has its own Saddleback pigs from which the sausages are made). Since then we have been regular visitors for lunchtime baguettes and Tuesday evenings for fresh fish and chips (booking is advisable in the evenings). Three real ales are always available — usually Adnams Southwold Bitter (3.7%), always Woodforde’s Wherry (3.8%) and a changing guest ale which on my last visit was Brain’s Milkwood (4.3%). This last is a seasonal beer which I found deliciously nutty and bitter. I find the Queen’s Head my kind of local. It has a good regular trade and a good passing trade, attracted by the menu of excellent food. The owners Jenny and Alan always give a friendly welcome whether you are a regular or just passing through. I think George Orwell would have approved. The New Imbiber · Jun | July 2014 Cartoon and Crossword 11 “If you taste more than you drink, the B&B goes up to 25 quid” The New Imbiber Crossword Three of the Across answers and three of the Down answers are names of breweries in the 2014 Good Beer Guide and clues may be incomplete. The other clues are normal. Answers on page 31. Across 1 Get stuck into the raw treacle. (10) 1 2 3 4 5 7 Boiling when current takes river. (8) 6 8 Fibre for the court. (4) 9 Mess about on the wing. (4) 7 8 10 Puff to cheer the bishop. (7) 12 Deserved — a record. (4,1,6) 14 Let’s cut and move about. (7) 16 First and second (ditto) wader? (4) 9 10 19 Order holds nothing in the wind. (4) 20 Walk on, with fancy footwork! (4—4) 11 21 Life, so complicated before turning keys. (4,2,4) 12 13 14 15 16 18 19 20 21 17 1 2 3 4 5 6 11 12 13 15 17 18 Down Run into, fuel the reef? (5) Sends abroad the old wines. (7) Bunch in the scrum. (4) Averse to all-energy short-circuit? (8) Creaseless cover for frame? (5) Incontestably the top solution. (6) About the beaten rallies. (8) John the First astride a horse. (6) Take lid of sunscreen and free up? (8) Layers — creating knots. (5) A fracas in play? (5) Slave to the sound of foam. (4) Brewery Update Breweries, brewpubs and brew-restaurants, mostly launched after CAMRA’s 2014 Good Beer Guide went to press and not listed therein. Highlighted breweries are those reported to have started or to be about to start brewing since our previous issue. 2&Nine Brewery Tavern Music Bar, 29 Church Street, Warrington, Cheshire WA1 2SS T 07917 730184 360 Degree Brewing Company Unit 22, Bluebell Business Estate, Sheffield Park, Uckfield, East Sussex TN22 3RB T 01825 722375 E [email protected] www.360degreebrewing.com Abbey Ford Brewery c/o 6 Ford Road, Chertsey, Surrey KT16 8HD www.abbeyfordbrewery.co.uk Abbot Brew House Maygate, Dunfermline, Fife KY12 7NE T 01383 733266 Anspach & Hobday Sharing with Bullfinch, as below 118 Druid Street,Southwark, Greater London SE1 2HH www.anspachandhobday.com Atom Brewing Co Ltd Unit 4 Malmo Food Innovation & Technology Park, Malmo Road, Hull, East Yorkshire HU7 0YF T 07908 737769 E [email protected] www.atombeers.com Bad Seed Brewery Ltd 6 Rye Close, York Road Business Park, Malton, North Yorkshire YO17 6YD E [email protected] www.badseedbrewery.com Barge and Barrel Brewing Company Park Road, Elland,West Yorkshire HX5 9HP T 01422 371770 E [email protected] Brewing again after several years The Big Clock Brewery See Newsline Grant’s Bar, 1 Manchester Road, Accrington, Lancashire BB5 2BQ T 01254 393938 E [email protected] www.grantsbar.co.uk Billericay Brewing Company 54c Chapel Street, Billericay, Essex CM12 9LS T 01277 500121/07788 373129 E [email protected] www.billericaybrewing.co.uk Previously brewed at Pitfield Bishop’s Crook Brewery Woodford Close, Penwortham, Preston, Lancashire PR1 9BX T 07516 478003 E [email protected] www.bishopscrookbrewery.com Black Flag Brewery Ltd Goonhavern, Truro, Cornwall TR4 9QL T 01872 858004 E [email protected] www.blackflagbrewery.com Black Rock Brewing Unit 6C Empire Way, Tregonnigie Industrial Estate, Falmouth, Cornwall TR11 4SN T 01326 379477 E [email protected] www.blackrockbrewing.com 12 Black Tap Brewing Company Storage Boost, Tollgate Business Park, Tollgate Drive, Stafford, Staffordshire ST16 3HS T 07545 060648 E [email protected] www.blacktap.co.uk Black Tor Brewery Ltd Britman Craft Beers Mitchell Ward Ltd, The Stables Burton Manor, The Village, Burton, Neston, Cheshire CH64 5SJ T 07925 875836 E [email protected] Brown Ales Unit 5 Gidleys Meadow, Christow, Exeter, Devon EX6 7QB T 01647 252120 E [email protected] Unit 1 Derby Road, Clay Cross, Chesterfield, Derbyshire S45 9AG T 01246 251859 E [email protected] www.brownales.co.uk Bluestone Brewing Co Bullfinch Brewery Limited Bobage Brewing Company Burning Sky Tyriet, Cligwyn, Newport, Dyfed SA42 0QW T 01239 820833 E [email protected] www.bluestonebrewing.co.uk P.O. Box 96, Leeds, West Yorkshire LS12 4XS E [email protected] www.bobagebrewing.co.uk The Borough Brewery Ltd The Borough Lancaster, 3 Dalton Square, Lancaster, Lancashire LA1 1PP T 07912 679761 E [email protected] www.theboroughbrewery.co.uk The Bosun’s Brewing Co Ltd Unit 20 Wakefield Commercial Park, Bridge Road, Horbury, Wakefield, West Yorkshire WF4 5NW T 07703 535735 E [email protected] www.bosunsbrewery.co.uk Bournemouth Brewing Co Unit 12 4/6 Abingdon Road, Nuffield Industrial Estate, Poole, Dorset BH17 0UG T 01202 280405 E [email protected] www.bournemouthbrewery.co.uk Brakspear Pub Company The Bell Street Brewery, Bull on Bell Street, 57–59 Bell Street, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire RG9 2BA T 01491 576554 www.brakspear.co.uk Brewhouse & Kitchen 26 Guildhall Walk, Portsmouth, Hampshire PO1 2DD T 07585 110850 E [email protected] www.brewhouseandkitchen.com The Briarbank Brewing Company 70 Fore Street, Ipswich, Suffolk IP4 1LB E [email protected] www.briarbank.org Brick Brewery Arch 209, Blenheim Grove, Greater London SE15 4QL T 07747 787636 118 Druid Street,Southwark, Greater London SE1 2HH E [email protected] www.thebullfinchbrewery.co.uk Shares plant with Anspach & Hobday Place Barn, The Street, Firle, Lewes, East Sussex BN8 6LP T 01273 858080 E [email protected] www.burningskybeer.com Brixton Brewery Ltd 547 Brixton Station Road, Greater London SW9 8PF E [email protected] www.brixtonbrewery.com Caffle Brewery The Old School, Llawhaden, Narberth, Dyfed SA67 8DS T 01437 541502 www.cafflebrewery.co.uk Calverley’s Brewery Limited 23A Hooper Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire CB1 2NZ T 01223 312370/07769 537342 E [email protected] www.calverleys.com The Cambridge Brewhouse 1 King Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire CB1 1LH T 01223 855185 E [email protected] www.thecambridgebrewhouse.com Cat I’ Th’ Well Brewery Cat I’ Th’ Well Inn, Wainstalls, Halifax, West Yorkshire HX2 7TR T 01422 244841 Cats Brewing Co. Unit 22, Sugarswell Business Park, Shenington, Oxfordshire OX15 6HW T 07557 527789 E [email protected] www.catsbrewingco.com Caveman Brewery E [email protected] www.brickbrewery.co.uk The George and Dragon 1 London Road, Swanscombe, Kent DA10 0LQ T 07769 710665 E [email protected] www.cavemanbrewery.co.uk The Bridge Brewery Chapel Brewery Woodhead Road, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire HD9 2NQ T 07870 827360 Briggs Signature Ales Brewing elsewhere at present Lockwood, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire T 07427 668004 E [email protected] www.briggsales.co.uk Dinesfield, Chapel Lane, Criftins, Ellesmere, Shropshire SY12 9LZ T 01691 690412/07928 682174 Cheshire Brew Brothers Little Stanney, Cheshire T 07890 567582 www.cheshirebrewbrothers.co.uk The New Imbiber · Jun | July 2014 Clarkshaws Brewing Unit 8 Tyrrell Trading Estate, Tyrrell Road, London SE22 9NA T 07989 402 687 E [email protected] www.clarkshaws.co.uk Cossack Brewery The Phoenix, 67 Old Dover Road, Canterbury, Kent CT1 3DB T 01227 464220/07973 401404 E [email protected] www.thephoenix-canterbury.co.uk Craftsman Brewery The Old Abbey Inn, 20 Pencroft Way, Greater Manchester M15 6AY T 07908 108860 E [email protected] Crafty Pint Brewery The Half Moon, 130 Northgate, Darlington, County Durham DL1 1QS T 07804 305175 De Brus Brewery The Bruery, 25 Canmore Street, Dunfermline, Fife KY12 7NU T 01383 747757 www.debrusbrewery.com Dragonfly Brewery George & Dragon, 183–5 Acton Lane, Greater London W3 9DJ T 0208 992 3712 The Dropping Well Brewery Three Horseshoes, Water Lane, Helions Bumpstead, Haverhill, Essex CB9 7AL T 01440 730006/07970 803383 E [email protected] www.droppingwellbrewery.co.uk Drygate Brewing Co. See Newsline 85 Drygate, Glasgow, G4 0UT T 0141 212 8810 E [email protected] www.drygate.com Farmageddon Brewing Co-op See Newsline 25 Ballykeigle Road, Comber, Newtonards, County Down BT23 5SD E [email protected] www.farmageddonbrewery.com The Fat Pig 2 John Street, Exeter, Devon EX1 1BL T 01392 437217 E [email protected] www.fatpig-exeter.co.uk Firebird Brewing Company Ltd Old Rudgwick Brickworks, Lynwick Street, Rudgwick, Horsham, West Sussex RH12 3DH T 01403 823180 E [email protected] www.firebirdbrewing.co.uk Flat Cap Beers Ltd Launceston, Cornwall T 07973 418549 E [email protected] www.flatcapbeers.com The Flying Monk Brewery Ltd Bradfield Manor Farm, Hullavington, Chippenham, Wiltshire SN14 6EU T 01666 838415 Force Brewery Ltd Unit 2 Global Business Park, 14 Wilkinson Road, Cirencester, Gloucestershire GL7 1YZ T 07532 097050 E [email protected] www.forcebrewery.com Breweries Update Fourpure Brewing Co 22 Bermondsey Trading Estate, Rotherhithe New Road, London SE16 3LL E [email protected] www.fourpure.com Froth Blowers Brewing Company Ltd Unit W34 Hastingwood Industrial Park, Wood Lane, Erdington, West Midlands B24 9QR T 07599 084605 Fuggle Bunny Brew House 1 Meadowbrook Park Industrial Park, Halfway, Sheffield, South Yorkshire S20 3PJ T 07813 763347 E [email protected] www.fugglebunnybrewhouse.co.uk Geipel Brewing Ltd Pant Glas, Llangwm, Corwen, Denbighshire LL21 0RN T 01490 420838 E [email protected] www.geipel.co.uk George Samuel Brewing Company The Duke Of Wellington, Welbury, Northallerton, North Yorkshire DL6 2SG T 01609 882464/07840 892751 E [email protected] www.georgesamuelbrewingcompany.co.uk Goldstone Brewery Ltd The Forge, Ditchling Common, Ditchling, Hassocks, West Sussex BN6 8SG T 01444 257053 Granite Rock Brewery Unit 19 Kernick Industrial Estate, Parkengue, Kernick, Penryn, Cornwall TR10 9EP T 01326 379251 E [email protected] www.graniterockbrewery.co.uk Gyle 59 Sadborow Estate, Thorncombe, Devon TA20 4PW T 01297 678990/07833 204543 E [email protected] www.gyle59.co.uk Half Moon Brewery Main Street, Ellerton,York, East Yorkshire YO42 4PB T 01757 388977/07736 112399 E [email protected] www.halfmoonbrewery.co.uk Hammerton Brewery Limited Unit 9 Roman Way Industrial Estate, 149 Roman Way, Greater London N7 8XH T 07714 752020 The Handmade Beer Co Ffos y Ffin Fawr, Capel Dewi, Carmathen, Dyfed SA32 8AG T 07896 690020 E [email protected] www.handmadebeer.co.uk Hanlons Brewery New version of O’Hanlons The Brewery, Hill Farm, Half Moon Village, Newton St Cyres, Exeter, Devon EX5 5AE T 01392 851160/07725 715155 E [email protected] www.hanlonsbrewery.co.uk Harrogate Brewing Co The Coach House, 31—35 West Lea Avenue, Harrogate, North Yorkshire HG2 0AT T 07774 891664 E [email protected] http://harrogatebrewery.co.uk Hooded Ram Brewing Company Unit 3 Hills Meadow Industrial Estate, Douglas, Isle of Man IM1 5EB T 01624 612464 E [email protected] www.hoodedram.com 13 Hope Brewery Corringham Road, Stanford-le-Hope, Essex SS17 0AE T 07956 764663 Hops & Glory 382 Essex Road, Islington, Greater London N1 3PF T 0207 226 2277 E [email protected] www.hopsandglory.co.uk Hop Stuff Brewery Limited Unit 7 Gunnery Terrace, Cornwallis Road, Greater London SE18 6SW (?SE18 6SS) E [email protected] www.hopstuffbrewery.wordpress.com Hoptimists Brewery Ltd Unit 6 Ground Floor, Coopers Place, Combe Lane, Wormley, Godalming, Surrey GU8 5SZ T 01428 684121 Hoxne Brewery Ltd Larch Barn, Heckfield Green, Hoxne, Eye, Suffolk IP21 5AA T 07563 558889 E [email protected] www.hoxnebrewery.co.uk The Instant Karma Brewing Co Ltd The Rykneld Turnpyke, 4 John Street, Clay Cross, Chesterfield, Derbyshire S45 9NQ T 01246 250366 E [email protected] www.instantkarmabrewery.co.uk James Street Brewery The Bath Brew House, 14 James Street West, Bath, Somerset BA1 2BX T 01225 805609 www.thebathbrewhouse.com Jones The Brewer Ltd Unit 2 The Old Garage, Whitney-On-Wye, Hereford, Herefordshire HR3 6ER T 01497 831037/07010 717232 E [email protected] www.jonesthebrewer.co.uk The Kennet & Avon Brewing Company Ltd The Old Sawmills, Sells Green, Devizes, Wiltshire SN12 6RW T 07917 272482 E [email protected] www.kennetandavonbrewery.co.uk Brewing elsewhere at present Laine Brewery (Acton) The Aeronaut, 264 High Street, Acton, Greater London W3 9BH T 0208 993 4242 E [email protected] www.drinkinlondon.co.uk/aeronaut Laines Brewery (Hackney) The People’s Park Tavern, 360 Victoria Park Road, Greater London E9 7BT T 0208 533 0040 E [email protected] www.drinkinlondon.co.uk/peoplestavern Leazes Lane Brewery The Trent House, 1—2 Leazes Lane, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear NE1 4QT T 0191 261 2154 Liquid Brewery 64 Jane Street, Leith, Edinburgh EH6 5HG E [email protected] www.liquidbrewery.co.uk Lister’s Brewery The Little Coffee House & Bistro, 44 High Street, Littlehampton, West Sussex BN17 5ED T 07775853412 E [email protected] The New Imbiber · Jun | July 2014 14 Breweries Update The Longden Brewing Co Ltd The Red Lion, Longden Common, Shrewsbury, Shropshire SY5 8AE T 01743 718889 E [email protected] www.theredlionlongden.co.uk The Lymm Brewing Company 18 Bridgewater Street, Lymm, Warrington, Cheshire WA13 0AA www.lymmbrewing.co.uk Malmesbury Brewery Limited Whitehill Industrial Estate, Royal Wootton Bassett, Swindon, Wiltshire SN4 7DB T 07920 776274 E [email protected] www.malmesburybrewery.co.uk Mantle Brewery Unit 16 Pentood Industrial Estate, Cardigan, Ceredigion SA43 3AG T 01239 623898 E [email protected] www.mantlebrewery.com Mash Brewery Middle Barn, Burcot Farm, East Stratton, Winchester, Hampshire SO21 3DZ T 01962 795023 E [email protected] www.mashbrewery.com MerriMen Brewing Unit 12 Northampton Road, Litchborough, Towcester, Northamptonshire NN12 8JB T 01327 831308/07414 007999 E [email protected] www.merrimen.co.uk Mix Brewery Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire E [email protected] www.mixbrewery.co.uk Moorish Ales Brewing elsewhere at present Moorish Farm Shop & Café, Waytown Farm, Kentisbury, Barnstaple, Devon EX31 4NS T 01271 883309 www.moorish.co.uk Mountain Hare Brewery The Mountain Hare Inn, Brynna Road, Pencoed, Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan CF35 6PG T 01656 860453 E [email protected] www.mountainhare.co.uk Musket Brewery Limited Unit 7 Loddington Farm, Loddington Lane, Maidstone, Kent ME17 4AG T 079671 27278 E [email protected] www.musketbrewery.co.uk Naked Beer Co Unit F Modern Mould Business Centre, 2–3 Commerce Way, Lancing Business Park, Lancing, West Sussex BN15 8TA T 01903 791230 E [email protected] New Bristol Brewery 20a Wilson Street, Bristol, Gloucestershire BS2 9HH T 07837 976871 E [email protected] www.newbristolbrewery.co.uk New Lion Brewery Station Road, Totnes, Devon TQ9 5JG E [email protected] www.newlionbrewery.co.uk Northern Monk Brew Co. Albion Mills, Albion Road, Bradford BD10 9TQ E [email protected] http://northernmonkbrew.co Currently brewing at Hambleton Odley Ales Ltd Bell & Talbot, 2 Salop Street, Bridgnorth, Shropshire WV16 4QU T 01746 763233 Phipps Northampton Brewery Company 54 Kingwell Road, Northampton, Northamptonshire NN1 2PR T 07510 290983 E [email protected] www.phipps-nbc.co.uk Pig & Porter 18H Chapman Way, Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN2 3EF T 01424 893519 E [email protected] www.pigandporter.co.uk The Pigeon Fishers Craft Brewery Unit B1 Devonshire Buildings, Works Road, Hollingwood, Chesterfield, Derbyshire S43 2PE T 07717 424767 E [email protected] www.pigeonfishers.com Pilot Beer 22 Jane Street, Edinburgh EH6 5HD E [email protected] www.pilotbeer.co.uk Potting Shed Brewery The Plough Inn, 8 The Street, Wissett, Halesworth, Suffolk IP19 0JE T 01986 872201 E [email protected] www.thewissettplough.com Problem Child Brewery 7 Alder Lane, Parbold, Wigan, Lancashire WN8 7NL T 01257 464600 E [email protected] www.wayfarerparbold.co.uk The Queen Inn Brewery The Queen Inn, 28 Kingsgate Road, Winchester, Hampshire SO23 9PG T 01962 853898 E [email protected] www.thequeeninnwinchester.com Redball Brewery Kash Bar, 121 Brook Street, Chester, Cheshire CH1 3DU T 01244 401777 Red Cat Brewing See Newsline Unit 10 Sun Valley Business Park, Winnall Close, Winchester, Hampshire SO23 0LB T 01962 863423/07824 876489 E [email protected] www.redcatbrewing.co.uk Red Even Brewery Red Even Ltd, Unit 53 Coleshill Industrial Estate, Station Road, Coleshill, Birmingham, West Midlands B46 1JT T 01675 464762 E [email protected] www.redeven.co.uk Redwell Brewing 7 The Arches, Bracondale, Norwich, Norfolk NR12EF T 01603 624072 www.redwellbrewing.co.uk Rtwo Dtoo Brewery The Steamhouse, Station Road, Urmston, Greater Manchester M41 9SB T 0161 748 6487 E [email protected] www.thesteamhouse.co.uk S&P Brewery The Homestead, Drayton Lane, Horsford, Norwich, Norfolk NR10 3AN T 07552 300768 E [email protected] www.spbrewery.co.uk Salisbury Brewery (Bournemouth) Inferno, 38 Holdenhurst Road, Bournemouth, Dorset BH8 8AD T 01202 589167 E [email protected] Scribblers Ales Ltd St. Apleford Brewery, 7 Lime Grove, Stapleford, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire NG9 7GF T 0115 9751759/07970 272383 E [email protected] www.scribblers-ales.com Seren Brewing Company Rosebush, Clynderwen, Dyfed SA66 7QY T 01437 532098 E [email protected] www.serenbrewing.co.uk Shindigger Brewing Co Brewing at Outstanding c/o Innospace, Minshull House, 47 Chorlton Street, Manchester M1 3FY E [email protected] www.shindiggerbrewing.co Silver Street Brewing Co The Clarence Hotel, 2 Silver Street, Bury, Greater Manchester BL9 0EX T 0161 763 9399 Previously brewed at Outstanding Six O’Clock Beer Company Greater Manchester E [email protected] www.sixoclockbeer.co.uk Small World Beers Ltd Unit 10, Barncliffe Business Park, Near Bank, Shelley, West Yorkshire HD8 8LU T 01484 602805/07540 319326 E [email protected] www.smallworldbeers.com Songbird Brewery The Stumble Inn, 37 Tamworth Road, Long Eaton, Derbyshire NG10 1JF T 0115 972 4529 E [email protected] www.songbirdbrewery.co.uk Southbourne Ales Bournemouth. Brewing elsewhere at present T 07845 795464 E [email protected] www.southbourneales.co.uk Stancill Brewery Parkwood Industrial Estate, Oakham Drive, Sheffield, South Yorkshire S3 9QX T 07809 427716 Star Brewing Company Ltd Unit D Bentley Business Park, Northfields Industrial Estate, Market Deeping, Peterborough, Lincolnshire PE6 8LD T 01778 380480 E [email protected] Now brewing on own plant Stod Fold Brewing Company Stod Fold Farm, Hays Lane, Halifax, West Yorkshire HX2 8UL T 01422 245951/07870 498324 E [email protected] www.stodfoldbrewing.com The New Imbiber · Jun | July 2014 Strawman Brewery 6 Émigré Studios, 274 Richmond Road, Greater London E8 3QW T 020 7112 9102 E [email protected] www.strawmanbrewery.com Tapped Brewery (Leeds) 51 Boar Lane, Leeds, West Yorkshire LS1 5EL T 0113 2441953 www.tappedleeds.co.uk Tavernale Brewery The Bridge Tavern, 7 Akenside Hill, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 3UF T 0191 261 9966 www.thebridgetavern.com Thirstin Brewhouse Ltd Thirstin Road, Honley, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire HD9 6JG T 07908 986562 E [email protected] www.thirstinbrewhouse.co.uk Thorn Dhu Brewery Lochgair, Lochgilphead, Argyllshire PA31 8SB E [email protected] Three Blind Mice Brewery Unit W10 Black Bank Business Park, Black Bank Road, Little Downham, Ely, Cambridgeshire CB6 2UA T 07912 875825 The Ticketybrew Company Unit 25 Waterloo Court, Waterloo Road, Stalybridge, Greater Manchester SK15 2AU T 07970 093665 E [email protected] www.ticketybrew.co.uk Titan Brewery Ltd Golden Eagle, 55 Agard Street, Derby, Derbyshire DE1 1DZ T 01332 298465/07749 556837 E [email protected] www.titanbrewery.co.uk Temporarily brewing at Mr Grundys Tombstone Brewery 20 Estcourt Road, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk NR30 4JQ T 07584 504444 E [email protected] www.tombstonebrewery.co.uk/index.html The Top-Notch Brewing Company Breweries Running Update head Two Beach Brewing Co Ltd Cafe-ODE, Ness Cove, Shaldon, Devon TQ14 0HP T 01626 873427 Wellcross Brewing Company Wellcross Farm, 123 Tower Hill Road, Upholland, Skelmersdale, Lancashire WN8 0DS E [email protected] Whaley Bridge Brewery Elnor Lane, Whaley Bridge, High Peak, Derbyshire SK23 7JR T 07890 455279 E [email protected] www.whaleybridgebrewery.co.uk The White Hart Formerly known as Mulligans 1 Mile End Road, London E1 4TP T 0207 790 2894 The Wild Beer Company Ltd Lower Westcombe Farm, Westcombe, Shepton Mallet, Somerset BA4 6ER T 01749 838742 E [email protected] www.wildbeerco.com Wild Boar Brewery The Wild Boar, Crook Road, Windermere, Cumbria LA23 3NF T 01539 445225 Winning Post Brewery Ltd Witham Brewery The Woolpack, 7 Church Street, Witham, Essex CM8 2JP T 01376 511195 Xtreme Ales 67 Red Barn, Turves, Whittlesey, Peterborough Cambridgeshire PE7 2DZ T 07427 661839 E [email protected] MORE INFORMATION NEEDED Didlington, Norfolk The Olde Potting Shed Brewery Rowland’s Gill, Tyne & Wear Otherton Ales Birmingham Quaffing Gravy Shipley, West Yorkshire Robin Hood Brewery Nottingham Seismic Derby Brewing elsewhere at present The Smart Brewing Company Preston, Lancashire Brewed under contract at present Squawk Greater Manchester Time & Tide Brewing Deal, Kent Currently brewing at Ripple Steam Sowerby Bridge, West Yorkshire Yubberton Brewery Zoo-Brew Newcastle-upon-Tyne QUOTED FORTHCOMING BRE WERIES Against the Grain Kings Cross, Greater London Dog Inn Nether Whitacre, West Midlands East Wickham Greenwich, Greater London Greg’s Brewery Scampton, Lincolnshire Kettledrum Brewery Addled Brewery Rochester, Kent Alpha State York, North Yorkshire Axiom Salisbury, Wiltshire Ben Rhydding Brewery Stockport, Greater Manchester Tonbridge, Kent West Yorkshire Bottled beers Big Shed Shropshire Black Tap Staffordshire Brewshine Kendal, Cumbria Turpins Lodge, Lodge Farm, Tadmarton Heath Road, Hook Norton, Banbury, Oxfordshire OX15 5DQ T 07779 447769 Clouded Minds The Twisted Brewing Company Ltd See Newsline Leicester Unit 8 Commerce Business Centre, Commerce Close, West Wilts Trading Estate, Westbury, Wiltshire BA13 4LS T 01373 864441 E [email protected] www.twisted-brewing.com Norfocopia Ebrington, Gloucestershire E [email protected] www.wiperandtrue.com Wrexham Turpins Brewery Ltd South Yorkshire Wiper & True Brewing Co T 07739 017636 Top Out Brewery llp Unit 10 Wholesale Fruit And Flower Market, Clarke Road, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire NG2 3JJ T 07702 800639 E [email protected] www.totally-brewed.com Latitude Brewery Two Crowns Weston, Hertfordshire Totally Brewed Limited See Newsline Ripley, Derbyshire The Winning Post, 6 Pope Iron Road, Worcester, Worcestershire WR1 3HB T 01905 21178 Haywards Heath, West Sussex RH16 1UQ T 07963 829368 E [email protected] www.topnotchbrewing.co.uk Unit 3 6b Dryden Road, Loanhead, Midlothian EH20 9TY T 0131 440 0270 Landlocked (Hornsey), Greater London Little Brew Sarum Shield Brewery Stockport Brewing Co Telegraph Inn Bridlington, East Yorkshire BRE WERY CHANGES, RELOC ATIONS AND CLOSURES Bishop’s Stortford Moved to: Green Tye, Much Hadham, Hertfordshire SG10 6JP Green Tye Reported closed Halfway Brewhouse Dem Bones Brewery Reported closed Firebrand Reported closed Cornwall Fleetwood Brewing Company Fleetwood, Lancashire Currently brewing at Reedley Hallows White Dog 15 New Beers Update New beers which have recently been noted. These do not include beers already listed in previous issues or in the 2014 Good Beer Guide. 2 & Nine Brewery First of Many No1 5.5% American Stout 4.0% Black IPA No 3 5.6% No 4 Morning Glory 4.7% 4Ts (2 & Nine) Citra 5.0% (2 & Nine) Stout 4.1% Hoppy Bunny 4.2% Magnc 4.8% Nelson 3.8% Premium Pale Ale PPA 6.8% Super League 4.5% Untouchable 5.0% 6 Degrees North Auld Toon Belgian Tripel 9.0% 8 Sail Old Colony 5.3% Abbeydale Doctor Morton’s Pylon Climber 4.1% COR Contraption 4.1% Doctor Morton’s Cattle Prod 4.1% Doctor Morton’s Aftersave 4.1% Doctor Morton’s Undetectable Poisson 3.9% Abbey Ford Knight on the Tiles 4.0% Abbot Brew House Pot Strirrer 4.2% Dunfermline Pilsner 5.2% Acorn Black Oak 4.8% Bourbon Age Gorlovka Stout 6.0% Dead Good 4.5% Dr. Rudi IPA 5.0% Acton 40 IPA 4.2% Adnams (Six Point) Make It Rain 5.0% FS (Wetherspoons) (Yeastie Boys) Gunnamatta Tea Leaf IPA 6.5% FS (Wetherspoons) Mosaic 4.1% English Red Ale 4.5% Two Brewers Irish Stout 4.4% Adventure East 5.6% RB (New ABV) Alchemy Onyx – Black IPA 6.5% Ritual – Pale Ale 4.1% RB (New ABV) Five Sisters Red IPA 4.3% St. Ella. IPA 5.3% AleCraft Night On The Tiles 4.7% Alfred’s Saxon Breeze 3.8% Allendale Rye Pilsner 4.5% Allgates Quaker House 4.9% St Georges – Challenger 4.0% All Hallows Vicar’s Gingerbread 4.0% 16 Alpha State Neopolitan Dunkel Weizen 4.8% Ambridge WPA 4.2% Anspach & Hobday The Smoked Brown 6.0% The Porter 6.7% Anarchy Crime Scene American Amber 5.5% Angel Bob 63 6.3% Tainted Love 4.6% Arbor Banks’s Czech Mate 4.4% Young Henrys Real Ale 4.0% FS (Wetherspoons) (Saint Archer) Pale Ale 5.5% FS (Wetherspoons) Barrowden Black Adder 4.6% Storm 3.6% Bartrams John Peel Special 3.7% Folk East 3.8% Thy Last Drop 4.0% Makeshift 4.0% Goo Goo J’Goob 12.0% RB (New ABV) Baseline Halcyon Hop Haze 4.0% Art Brew Earth Roots Resin 6.0% Batemans (Norge Ø) Brown Ale 4.5% FS Artisan (Wetherspoons) Spiced ‘N’ Ale 4.9% Springtime Oatmeal Biscuit 3.6% Hop Blast 4.4% Ascot Beavertown Alligator 1000 4.6% AJ 18 Smoked Stout 8.0% FS Blood Orange IPA 7.2% Ashley Down Hefe Weizen 5.5% Beeches Red Stoat 5.6% Stokes Croft IPA 7.0% York Street 3.5% Beerd Ashover Afternoon Delight 3.7% Golden Valley 3.5% Pudding Bag 7.4% Atlantic Red Celtic 5.0% Atom Anglo Wheat 4.2% Bunsen Brown Ale 5.0% Blending Room Series – Blend 1 – Camomile 4.2% Camomile 4.2% Dark Alchemy 4.9% Vigilante – Pale Ale 4.5% Beeston Belleville Tye Dye Rye 5.8% Belvoir Blue Brew 4.2% VC Veterans Choice 4.2% FS (Leicester) Oatmeal Stout Stout 4.3% Beowulf Pilgrim 6.5% Bexar County Parallax 3.9% The Right Stuff 4.7% Robusto Pequeño 2.8% An Experiment In Yeast T58 6.0% Root Beer 7.0% Cherry Mysterious (Kara’s 21st Birthday Beer) 5.3% Does A Bexar Shit In The Woods? 7.3% FS COLL (B/Hand Drawn Monkey) Ayr Big Clock Axholme Goze 4.5% Stockwith Stinger 3.9% Aylesbury Dr Hornbrook Blonde Stout 7.2% Backyard Autumn 4.4% Big Daddy 4.1% Bostin 4.2% Chinook X2 7.4% Double Stout 9.6% Dragon 4.4% East Kent Goldings IPA 5.0% Fiesta 4.1% Joker 3.8% Love Birds 4.1% March Hare 4.3% Marynka IPA 5.0% May the 4th Be With You 4.0% Nelson Sauvin IPA 5.0% Snake Shifter 4.4% Spring 4% SRD 4.8% Treason 4.2% (Walsall Brewing Company) Jigger Pale 4.0% Winter 5.3% Dirty Blonde 5.0% Pals 4.0% Dark Knight 4.5% 100 5.3% Big Hand Kings Bane Bitter 3.9% Havok 5.0% Big Lamp Reedham 5.7% Big Shed Ruby Red 4.7% Best Pale Ale 4.3% Binghams Bricks and Mortar 5.0% Vanilla Hoppy IPA... 5.0% Bird Brain Silly Old Coote 4.2% Orange-Fronted Barbet 4.0% Bird’s Afterglow 4.6% Night Jar 4.0% Bishop Nick Hop Cross 3.8% Black Bar Backlight 4.0% Blackhill Tilly 3.9% Black Horse Mild Midlander 3.4% Where’s My Fiorucci? 3.8% Black Edge One-Citra 4.3% Dark Rum... 4.6% Black Port 4.9% Black Flag White Cross IPA 5.7% White Export 5.5% QUE Black Iris Citra Pale 4.0% Juniper 4.2% Pale No.1 3.8% Black Jack Exp 366 5.2% Jack Schlafkopf 5.0% Black Sheep Bighorn 4.5% Black Tor Templar IPA 5.8% Pride of Dartmoor 4.0% Blindmans Russian Roulette 4.5% Blue Bee The Pub Pint 4.8% Section 4.7% Blue Bell Ariel Bitter 4.0% Ingle Dingle Ale 5.1% Raspberry Zeppelin 5.5% Blue Monkey Fat Portly Ape 7.2% Bonobo Black IPA 5.3% Bluestone (Dyfed) Pasg Hapus 4.5% Borough Summertime Dark 4.0% Botley Cobbett’s 4.5% Bournemouth Dolphin 4.6% Battleaxe 6.3% Bowmans Pukka Porter 5.0% Yumi 3.9% Bowness Waterbird Wheat 4.5% Bradfield Ye Old English Ale 4.6% Sixer 6.0% Brains Simply Red 4.0% Rye Catcher 5.0% The Solution 6.0% Three-C’Son 5.0% Dragon 3.9% Little Sipper 3.5% The New Imbiber · Jun | July 2014 New Beers Update Cannon Royall Guidelines used by the New Imbiber Identities One recipe from a particular brewery equates to one beer, regardless of whether it has been known by more than one name. ‘Re-brews’ and addition of adjuncts Distinct variations in recipe are countable as ‘re-brews’. The definition of a ‘distinct variation’ is basically left to common sense. A one-off ‘mis-brew’ can count as such. A brew with an added adjunct (e.g. coriander, food colouring or dry hopping where not normally done) can be legitimately referred to as a ‘new beer’ provided this was done at the brewery by their personnel. Brewery mixes A brewery mix can be counted as an individual beer as long as it is exactly that, i.e. two (or more) brews mixed in the brewery (either directly racked into the cask or blended in the fermenting vessel) by brewery personnel. Mixing beers or adding adjuncts to casks which have left the brewery cannot count as the legitimate creation of a ‘new’ beer. Different ratios of the same two brews to make different variants of mix can be recognised in multiples of 25% and normally nothing less, therefore giving a maximum possible three variants. Where known, brewery mixes state which brews they are made up of, if no ratio is shown it is generally 50% each. Beers thought to infringe these principals (unless confirmed otherwise) are not shown in the list, or are noted as ‘not recognisable’. Note: many ales on the market are in fact brewery mixes without being made common knowledge. Dates of one-off ales These are approximate, generally they denote the month when the beer was first noted on sale. aka Also known as BC Bottle Conditioned BM Brewery Mix COLL Brewed in collaboration COR Amends earlier entry D&B Draught and Bottle Conditioned ERR Incorrect entry in an earlier issue FS One-off Festival Special HB House Beer Brairbank Briar Cobnut 4.2% Samuel Harvey VC 3.7% Brampton Bock Daniel’s 7.3% Ascalon 3.8% Brentwood HOBR Hobby Brewer MB One-off miss-brew NRC Not recognised as a real ale by CAMRA OOB One-off House Beer QUE Are details correct (where, e.g., another beer has similar name)? REG Intended to be brewed regularly RB Confirmed distinct alteration of recipe/strength or change of name SEA A seasonal beer, or one brewed at irregular intervals TB Test Brew Briggs Brass 4.2% Signature Ales – Symphony No 1 4.2% Folk 3.7% Brighton Bier No Name Stout 6.0% Underdog Bitter 4.2% Golden Galaxy 4.0% COLL (B/Greene King) Alastair Cook Benefit Beer 3.8% Brightside Brew by Numbers Wild Orchid Oatmeal Stout 4.0% 02.01 Golden 5.4% Brew Company Ice Ice Baby 4.3% Spring Has Sprung 4.5% Brew Lab Power Strick 4.2% Seaside Special 4.2% Brewmeister Supersonic IPA 5.0% Black Hawk 5.0% Kaiser 4.5% Neon Blonde 4.0% Brewshed Tellow 3.9% Brewshine Silly Billy 4.0% Billonde 4.0% Brewsters EtCitra EtCitra EtCitra 4.0% Ice Queen 4.8% Brew Wharf In the Meantime IPA 6.8% RB (dryhopped) Brick Blenheim Black 5.1% Sir Thomas Gardyner 3.8% Kinsale 4.0% RB (New ABV) Bridgehouse Stokers 3.9% Bridestones Hebden Bridge Girl Crush 5.0% Brunswick Gold Course New E.R.A. 5.5% Synergy 5.6% Tighthead 3.9% Buffys Vicenniale 3.8% Bumpmill Amarillo American Style IPA 5.0% Thunder Road 4.4% Lightning Bolt 4.6% Brightwater Burscough Brixton Sorrel Effra Amber Ale 4.5% Brodie’s Baby Mild Coffee & Cinnamon 2.7% Baby Mild Vanilla & Coconut 2.7% Chinook Coffee IPA 6.0% Dry Hoppin Mad Bramling Cross 5.5% Dry Hoppin Mad Columbus 5.5% Dry Hoppin Mad Kohatu 5.5% Dry Hoppin Mad Motueka 5.5% Dry Hoppin Mad Sorachi Ace 5.5% Dry Hoppin Mad Walmea 5.5% Dry Hoppin Mad Williamette 5.5% Elderflower Lager 4.5% Hackney Red IPA 6.1% Hackney Red IPA Rosemary 6.1% Hackney Red IPA Seville Orange 6.1% Jamaican Stout Chilli 5.4% Jamaican Stout Chocolate 5.4% Jamaican Stout Coffee 5.4% Jamaican Stout Ginger 5.4% Jamaican Stout Jerk 5.4% Jamaican Stout Rum & Raisin 5.4% Jamaican Stout Sarsaparilla 5.4% Kentish Town Maple Brown IPA 6.2% Kentish Town Nut Brown IPA 6.2% Mocha Milk Stout Chilli 9.0% Mocha Milk Stout Vanilla 9.0% Peppermint Pale Ale 5.5% Broughton IPA No.5 5.0% Brown Ales Inception 3.8% The Shining 4.0% 17 Hop 500 Gyles 3.9% Spartan 3.9% Black Bear 4.0% Canterbury Brewers Kentish Pale Ale 5.0% Street Light Porter 5.8% Cap House Hey Blondie 4.2% Castle Rock Hare 4.2% Dingy Skipper 4.5% Castor 12th Man 4.5% I’ve Got An App For That Beer 4.2% FS Posh at Wem-BEER-ley 4.5% Cats Clouder 5.0% Mog 3.8% Catherdral Heights Castle Dungeon 5.4% Devil’s Nightmare 4.3% Steep Hill 4.3% Caveman Clovis Point Brown 5.2% QUE/COR Celt Experience Ogham Willow 8.8% Cerddin Winter Warmer 4.3% Chapel Epiphany 4.7% Angel’s Ale 4.0% Cheshire Brew Brothers Brothers Gold 3.6% Cheshire Brewhouse Buckleys Chance 4.0% Lupy As A Toucan 5.8% Julian Church Buzzard Cwrw Dyffryn 4.5% Gold Testament 3.9% Dark Desciple 4.3% Byatts Church End 3 C’S 4.1% Alisons Hanky Panky 4.3% Amandas Alluring Ale 4.1% By the Horns Anchor Gold 4.5% Stiff Upper Lip Extra Dry hopped 3.8% Babs’ Brum-A-Licious Brew 6.0% FS Brewsters Pocket 3.5% Lambeth Walk (Whisky Vanilla Brewt 8.0% Festival Version) 5.3% Cascade 4.1% Ol’ Blue Eyes 4.2% Centenial 4.1% Gift Of The Gab BA Stout 5.9% Chindit’s Jungle Juice 7.0% FS (Leicester) Cader Chinook 4.1% Glasdir Copper 4.5% Cutting Ale 4.8% TPA 4.4% Damson in Distress 6.0% Caffe Drunken Tommy 4.6% FS (Leicester) Drop Squint 5.2% Emerald Aisle 4.4% Cairngorm Fennel 5.0% Red Rye IPA 4.5% Gaelic Coffee 4.6% Mountain Blue 4.3% Harry’s Heifer 4.2% Honey & Almond 4.4% Caledonian Irish Coffee 4.6% (Standeven) African Pale Ale 4.2 % Juniper & Lime 3.8% FS (Wetherspoon) Lemon Fallen Angel 5.0% Port of Leith IPA 5.0% Madamoiselle 4.4% FS (Leicester) Calvors Mammy P’s Perfect Poison 3.6% Four Runner 3.8% Mango 3.5% Olivias Titivating Tipple 4.5% Cambridge Moonshine Piarais Perfect Pint 5.9% Reach For The Moon 4.1% Pineapple 3.8% Camerons Poachers Wolf 4.1% Galactico 4.2% Rascals Stand Up Ale 4.4% Columbo Extra 4.8% XK Strong 4.9% The New Imbiber · Jun | July 2014 18 New Beers Update Reggy Ments Revenge 4.8% FS (Leicester) Subvert Ale 3.8% Team Badger 3.5% Wolf’s Coffin 4.6% Cliff Quay Milk Float 4.0% Leicester’s Finest 4.5% FS (Leicester) Ellington Black IPA 5.0% Oporto Porter 4.6% Somme Or Nothing 5.6% FS (Leicester) Denbigh Clouded Minds Goblin Tower 3.5% RB (New ABV) Coastal Imperial Red 4.9% Indian Ink 5.2% Westminster Cornish Gold 4.5% Buzzin 4.4% Junipale 4.0% Ten 4.2% Earl Grey IPA 5.1% Double Clout Coffee Stout 5.6% Gold 3.8% Magnum 4.2% Junga 4.2% Rampant Ruby 6.5% Colchester Trinovantes Gold 4.3% Compass Pilot 79 4.0% Conwy Scrum Down 4.0% Surfin IPA 4.8% Copper Dragon Cobblers Cask 4.0% Vienna Ale 4.1% Copper Dragon Nation’s Pride 4.0% Coquetdale Snitter Bitter 3.8% Thrum... 4.3% Corinium Derby Derventio Ostara 4.0% Devon Devon IPA 4.0% Devon Earth Grounded 4.7% Lost In The Woods 5.2% Doghouse Mild 3.5% Doncaster Sandhouse 3.8% Dorset 15 Years 4.0% Mutiny Dark Lager 4.4% Eden (St Andrews) The 19th Brew 3.9% Seggie Porter 5.5% QUE/COR Shipwreck 6.2% Elgood’s Elixer Peas Pipe 6.6% Sugar Lumps 7.7% Elland Red River IPA – Head Brewers Reserve 2014 4.6% Lambo’s First Pint 4.0% Rudimentary 4.6% Elliswood Best Of British 4.5% FS (Leicester) Hands To Bathe 4.7% Pubtastic 4.5% (Black Galleon) Drown Your Sorrows Ginger 5.2% Elveden Rich IPA 5.0% Empire Shadows 4.1% Evan Evans Artisan Hop Blast 4.4% Everards Regimental 5.0% Farmer’s Ales Over the Sticks 3.8% Can I Try Real Ale 3.8% Old Ipswich Liquor 5.5% Cottage Dowbridge Fat Cat Cotleigh Old Steamer 4.2% Cotswold Lion Battle Of The Blues 4.7% St Patrick’s Stout 4.6% On The Nose 4.2% Chocolate Stout 4.5% Double Top Adonis 4.3% Bad Boy 4.7% Dove Street Kings Shilling 4.9% FS (Leicester) Onslaught 5.2% Downlands Mad-Ass Chilli Porter 5.2% Single Hop Series 6.0% Ltd Edition Pale 1 Amarillo & Cascade Hops 4.1% Ltd Edition Pale 2 Simco & Marynka 4.1% Devils Dyke Honey Porter 5.0% Cloud Physics 4.1% Up Periscope! 4.1% FS Crystal Brew Downton Cromarty Hop Your Cherry 4.5% AKA IPA 6.7% Cronx Jade 4.0% Cych Valley 410 4.1% Daleside Sea Fever 4.5% Pedal Power 3.4% Dancing Man Hope Stout’ 6.0% Endeavour 10.0% Dragonfly Brewery 2 O’clock Ordinary 4.0% Dark Matter 4.3% Driftwood Blue Hills 4.1% 16 Tonne Chilli Chocolate Stout 5.5% Dukeries Bolt out of the Blue 5.0% Dark Star Bowled Out 3.9% Craft Star Pale Ale 3.5% Gunsmoke 5.5% Hoods Hideaway 4.3% Dark Tribe Ray of Sunshine 4.2% Captain Floyd 3.9% Lime Tree 4.4% Dartmoor Three Stout Hares 4.5% Dawkins Foresters Dark 4.8% Deeply Vale Citra Storm 4.0% Dem Bones Leicester’s Own 4.0% FS (Leicester) Earls Pussy Porter 4.9% Fell Tinderbox IPA 6.3% Fellows Voliaire 4.5% Felstar Light Burst 4.0% Fernandes Lime Lite 3.8% Trinity Ale 4.5% Bramling Stoker 3.8% Firebrand 4.2% Night Jar 4.3% Firebird Heritage XX 4.0% No.79 4.3% West 4.7% Firebrand (brewed at Penpont) Toasted Porter 5.2% Graffiti IPA 5.0% Firebrick Root ‘N’ Branch 5.2% Firestorm Furious American Pale Ale 6.0% Five Points Broken Biscuits Brown 4.5% Simcoe/Zeus Pale Ale 5.2% 3 Hop Pale Ale 5.0% Railway Porter 4.8% Hook Island Red 6.0% East London Roobarb 5.0% Three Ton 8.0% Day At The Races 3.9% Three Hop Hare 4.5% Cowcatcher – American Pale Ale 4.8% Wheat Porter 4.8% Financial Groat 4.8% Flying Monk Elmer’s 3.9% Fool Hardy Plum Porter 4.5% Rendezvous 4.4% Spring Challenge 3.7% RB (New ABV) Aces High 3.8% Black Maria 3.3% Captain Ridley 4.0% Dawn Patrol 4.0% Dog Fight 4.0% Mascot 4.2% Bunnies 4.0% Centurion Stout 4.7% Flipside Five Towns Fourpure Session IPA 4.3% Pale Ale 5.0% Amber Ale 5.1% Stout 5.1% Four Thorns Misunderstood Starfish 3.8% Outrangeous Toad 4.3% Fiddling Beaver 4.3% Dancing Zebra 4.7% Fownes Korvak’s Rise 4.5% King Korvak’s Saga 5.4% Maiden Mellow Mild 3.7% Fox Cassarado 4.0% Foxfield Boss IPA 5.0% Sand Cascade 3.7% Malty Madness 5.1% Frodsham Blush 5.0% Fuggle Bunny Chapter 1 – New Beginnings 4.9% Chapter 2 – Cotton Tail 4.0% Chapter 3 – Orchard Gold 5.0% Chapter 4 – 24 Carrot IPA 6.0% Fullers Spring Sprinter 4.0% Brit Hop 4.1% 1845 (150th Commemorative) 6.3% Fulstow Sledgehammer Stout 8.0% Funfair The Freak Show 5.2% Tom Thumb 3.8% Fuzzy Duck Au 3.9% Fyne Ales Nebbula Bitter 4.2% Brewers Fuel 5.0% Gas Dog Geordan 15 3.8% RB (New ABV) Mustard Gas 4.0% FS (Leicester) Geeves Clear Cut 4.4% Navvy’s Nightlight 8.5% George & Porter The Twitcher 3.8% George Samuel Brew It Again Sam 4.2% By George She’s Got It 3.6% Golden Wellingtons 5.0% Glastonbury Equinox Black IPA 5.9% Glentworth Crackerjack 4.1% Gloucester Galaxy 5.2% Golden Duck Tinners Tipple 4.1% LFB 4.3% Wristy Fitzy 4.6% The New Imbiber · Jun | July 2014 Golden Triangle Hardknott Goody’s Harrogate Goosnargh Harthill Village Red Square 4.6% RB (New ABV) Genesis 3.5% Pale 3.6% Grafters Yerba 6.2% Collab with Metalman No.5 Porter 5.4% Dark Hart Festival Reserve 6.5% Hart Of Steel 5.5% Brewer’s Troop 4.4% Moonlight 3.6% Harviestoun Grafton Harwich Ironman 4.2% Marmalady 4.8% Grain Cascade 4.4% Grainstore Bootleggers Steelback IPA 4.2% Great Heck Simcoe 6.5% Great Newsome Ploughmans Pride 4.2% Marvellously Poetic Porter 4.9% Great Western Moose River 5.0% Green Duck Anniversary Ale 4.0% Dandelion & Burduck 4.5% Duck Turpin 4.5% Duck Vader 5.9% (Fixed Wheel) No Brakes IPA 5.5% Portland Pale Ale 6.0% Spiced Orange Saison 5.5% Greenfield Dunkel Bierre 4.2% 1000th Brew Super Silver Owl 5.2% Greytrees Drummer Boy 4.2% JRP Pale 4.7% Growler Night Boat Stout 4.2% Gyle 59 Pale & Bitter 5.0% Dorset GIPA 5.4% Double IPA 7.2% IPA 5.3% Hackney Broken Dial 4.5% Pilgrim 4.0% Hastings Handmade No. 6 Hop Forward Pale Ale – Columbus 4.8% Handmade No 12 Green Bullet 4.8% HandmadeNo 13 Slovenian Brown Ale 6.5% Handmade No 14 3 C’s American Pale Ale 5.5% Hayrake Autumn Gold 4.5% Head in a Hat Honey Brown Ale 6.1% Healeys Golden 3.6% Hearsall Dark Masquerade 3.6% Kismet 4.3% Old Forge Bitter 3.8% Hambleton Resolution Mild Ale 4.0% Half Moon 4.0% Harbour Mango and Chillie IPA 7.0% Farmhouse IPA: Cedar Edition 7.2% Saaz Blonde 4.0% Tower Tipple 3.9% Hop Studio Dark Rose 3.5% Hoptimists Glass Half Full 4.0% Hop Studio York Ale Pale Ale 3.8% Dark Rose 3.5% Hornbeam Chocolate Domination 5.5% Winterlong – Amber Ale 4.7% Hoxne Torchlight 5.2% Valiant 5.4% Plum Porter 5.4% Iceni Hesket Newmarket Ilkley Dirty Blonde 3.9% Brim Fell IPA 4.5% Loughrigg 4.2% Highland Jack Flag 3.9% Duke IPA 5.2% High Weald Green Stede Gold 4.0% QUE/COR Nut Brown 4.8% Amber – UK Special 4.6% Swallowtail 4.0% Good Egg 4.1% (Beer Studio) Vermillion Hue 4.5% (Beer Studio) Dark Odyssey 4.4% Hopstring 4.5% Olicana Pale 4.4% Pata Negra BIPA 6.2% American Cream Smooth 4.3% Rye N’ Dry 5.0% Imperial Mad Micks Hop Dance 5.5% Mad Mick’s Hop Dance 6.0% RB Rubus 4.0% Instant Karma Albion Bitter 3.6% NBC IPA 4.2% Test Brew No 1 3.9% Test Brew No 2 4.3% Extra Special Bitter 5.0% Sutra IPA 5.5% Holdens Inveralmond Some Like It Blonde 4.5% Movie Classic’s Aging Bull 4.8% Gone with the Wind 4.2% Holsworthy Bizzy Buzzy 4.1% Hope Hanlons Hopstar Hellhound Hammerpot Hop Water Music Baby 3.4% Lionheart 4.6% Hydes Trousertown IPA 6.2% Girl Crush 5.0% Hopdaemon Hand Drawn Monkey Hop & Stagger Hebden Bridge 77 4.9% Big Nuts 5.5% Bucking Brilliant Beer 4.0% Easter Beer Hunt 4.0% Mocha Mild 4.6% Wild Hop 3.7% Deeping Jack 3.8% Kinesis 3.8% Black Mule 7.0% Humpty Dumpty Hoggleys Half Moon Hopshackle Heavy Industry Hadrian Border Billy Stinger 4.5% Budgie’s Migration 4.4% Black Adder 6.7% Howling Hops Hilden Hall & Woodhouse Hop Kettle Brown 5.3% 40 Not Out 5.2% Craft Line Falconers Flight 5.0% Craft Line Citra Amarillo 5.0% Deus 3.9% New Beers Update Green Daemon Helles 5.0% Citra 4.2% Dark Demon 4.4% IPA 3.6% Strangely Brown 4.0% SX Dark 4.2% SX Gold 4.2% Hops and Glory Early Spring Quaffing Ale 3.6% 19 Kelburn Kracker 6.0% Kelham Island Dunkel Devastator 5.6% Kendal Tenter Hooks 3.7% Eleven Bells 3.9% Ebster’s Amber Ale 3.7% Kennet & Avon Caen Hill Hop 5.0% Rusty Lane 4.4% Kent Simcoe Cascade Pale Ale 4.5% Keswick Thirst Blossom 4.4% Keystone Cheer Up 4.6% King Lost Kingdom 5.2% Kinneil Katies Wearie’s 3.8% Pennvael Clootie 5.3% Golden Holden 4.4% Caer Edin Dark 4.2% Kingstone Humpty Fuddle IPA 5.8% Kinver Cut Above 6.0% Golden Holden 4.5% Maybug 4.8% Vintage 57 5.7% Regimentale 6.5% FS (Leicester) The Only One 4.5% Life Begins 4.0% Kirkby Lonsdale Radical Red 4.2% Kirkstall Cafe Au Lait 5.6% Oaked Drophammer Imperial Stout 10.0% Half and Half 5.2% Kissingate Toffee Cog 5.0% Buffalo Black 5.0% Gardenia Amber Mild 4.5% Kite Try Time 4.0% Billy Gwynt VPA 4.0% Laine Brewery (Acton) RPA – Random Pale Ale 4.7% Laine Brewery (Brighton) Crazy 8 5.3% Homecoming Scotland Beer 2014 4.2% Laine Brewery (Hackney) Marzen Fest 4.5% Black Ol’ Song 4.5% Ironbridge JD Stout 5.5% Isca No.105 5.4% Isle of Skye Tarasgeir 4.0% Jennings Lakeland Stunner 4.8% QUE/RB (New ABV) Jones the Brewer Dennis Hopper 4.7% Malty Python 4.2% Wheat Stone Bridge 5.4% Joules X1 4.8% Cwrw Lal Limestone Cowboy 4.5% Lancaster Raspberry Rose 4.2% Tales From The Brewhouse American Hop 4.4% Landlocked A & E 7.2% Langham Co-ALE-ition Gold Ale 4.9% Arapaho 4.9% Langton Bugler 4.2% FS (Leicester) Angler 3.6% Grand Bru 7.3% Welland Poacher 5.0% RB (New ABV) The New Imbiber · Jun | July 2014 20 New Beers Update Late Knights Lymestone Millstone Noss Leamside Lytham Mill Town Nottingham Mad Cat Moles Nutbrook Frosty Morning 5.7% Alexandrina 4.1% Five Quarter 4.5% Lemon & Ginger 4.1% Vanilla Porter 4.5% Leazes Lane Park Lite 3.7% RVI IPA 4.7% Lees Storm Chaser 4.1% Leila Cottage Leila’s One Off 5.1% Leyden Florence Nightingale 4.0% Pounamu 4.2% RB (New ABV) Fetler’s Ale 4.1% Meaney’s Golden IPA 4.2% Auburn Copper Ale 4.2% Mad Hatter Magic Rock Mouselow Farm Magpie Moor Stooge American Brown Ale 4.0% Magpie IPA 4.6% 500 Tidings 5.0% Mallard Lincoln Green Allias 3.9% Booom! 4.3% Highly Sprung 4.4% Hudderswood 4.6% Jack The Lass 3.9% Mercury 4.4% Mercury Pale Ale 4.4% Mild Thing 3.6% Silk Tail 3.9% Simcoe 3.9% Small Straw 4.1% Spring Steen – A Brucy Bonus 3.8% Little Ale Cart Archer 4.0% Borderer 4.3% Cicero MkII 4.3% Harley’s Dog’s Dinner 102 Bone Dry 4.0% Harley’s Dog’s Dinner 101 Dopey Lamb 4.7% Harley’s Hop Special #55 Pacific Bullet 4.0% Harley’s Hop Special 52 Nelson’s Bullet 4.0% Harley’s Hop Special 56(?) Golden Breeze 4.0% Harley’s First Brew 4.0% Requiem For A Brick Shed 6.0% Viscount Ridley 4.3% Little Beer Little Boileroom 5.4% Little Haka 4.5% 1917 Imperial Pilsner 7.4% Little Slow Vienna Pilsner 5.0% Liverpool Craft Session 3 3.9% Lark Lane 4.5% Loch Lomond Southern Summit 4.0% Brave Hop Amber IPA 6.0% Southern Summit 4.0% Unite Ale 4.0% Loch Ness Nesstrovia 8.5% MadNess 4.0% SazzinNess 4.0% NESStonia 6.4% London Brewing Everafter Belgian Blonde 5.0% Longdog Brindle Bitter 4.2% Longdon First Gold 4.4% Northdown 4.3% Long Itch Seven Year Itch 4.0% Long Lane Copper 4.2% RB (New ABV) Colonel Ellis 6.5% Luckie Yellae Lintae 6.3% Paddy’s Tarmac Tipple 4.5% Dayffd Ale 4.4% Bloomin Moles 5.0% Moncada Dabblin Duck 4.3% Torkard Tipple 4.3% Quarterstaff 5.0% Jugs Of Joy 3.8% Fatter Stout 9.0% QUE/COR Mad Hat Pale 4.2% Liberation Crowd Pleaser 4.2% Rising Sunsation 4.7% Mallinsons Malmesbury Burnivale Hop 5.4% Kings Wall 5.6% Daystar 4.0.% Malvern Hills Beacon Gold 3.7% Marble IMBC Saison 7.0% Inter Regnum 3.4% Craft Pale Ale 4.0% Spring APA 4.6% Marpool Brennan’s Best 4.0% Marston’s Notting Hill Blizzard 7.0% Udder the Influence 4.0% Lemon Adder 4.0% Maxim Simcoe Kid 4.2% Black Maxim – Naked Oat Stout 4.0% Medieval Anne Boleyn 3.5% Merrimen Be Merri 4.5% Merryweather 4.0% Mighty Hop Vallances Nut Brown Ale 5.0% Spoon & Arrow 4.8% Ruby Saint 6.0% Oakham Gangster 4.9% Oates Equinox Lager 4.2% Thirsty Marmot 4.8% Old Chimneys Confidence 4.6% Scarlet Tiger 4.7% Arrowhead 4.8% Moorish Ales Old Dairy A Tarr Step Too Far 4.4% Sitting Bull Dry Hopped 5.6% Lynmouth Cliff Aleway 3.8% Porlock Stock &Two Empty Barrels 4.4% Old Slewfoot Devils Dream 5.0% Mòr Brewing MoR Please 4.5% Morton Gregorys Gold 4.4% Moscee Valley IPA 5.5% Mouselow Udder The Influence 4.0% Muirhouse Mango Man 4.2% Redan Red 4.0% FS (Leicester) Mumbles IPA 5.8% Musket Fire And Drum 3.8% Flintlock 4.2% Old Spot By George 4.9% Tongue Tangler 4.5% QUE/COR Shady Spot 3.7% Old Mill March Mist 4.0% Olde Potting Shed Dark Wing 4.3% Oldershaw Epic Action 4.0% FS (Leicester) American Quadhop 5.5% Grantham Porter 4.5% Ordnance City Ice Breaker 4.0% Storm Shadow 4.7% Aunt Sally 4.8% Barbers Bridge Black IPA 5.0% Knowing Me, Knowing You 4.5% Naylors Orkney Navigation Kour 4.5% Cranachan 4.0% Aramis 4.5% Merrie England 5.9% Nene Valley Big Bang Theory 5.3% Fenland Farmhouse Saison 5.0% Revisionist Dark IPA 4.8% New Bristol S*M*A*S*H 3.9% 365 4.0% (Zeunurts) Swedish IPA 5.5 % FS (Wetherspoons) Who Hit Clive? 4.5% Mash Super Natural IPA 7.0% Chocolate Stout 5.0% Mauldons Mew Stone 4.3% Newby Wyke (Atlas) Meridian 3.9% Ouseburn Newcastle XXXX 5.2% Ossett Golden Hopportunity 3.8% Amethyst 4.0% Otley Hop Angeles 4.8% Otter Admiral Otter 4.8% Outstanding (New-K-Ham) The Black Pig – Oat Malt Imperial IPA 7.4% Stout 4.3% Out There Scharnhorst 5.2% Valentina 5.8% New Lion Mane Event 3.8% Nobbys Guilsborough Guzzler 3.6% Worts n’ All 4.2% Claridges Crystal 3.6% Owenshaw Mill Gollom’s Revenge 4.0% Padstow Summer Ale 5.0% Padstow Mayday 5.0% Nook Panther Northern Parish Sprocket Fuel 3.8% Honey Panther 4.0% Hoppily Ever After 4.3% Flying Inn 4.1% Blakemere Fruit Stout 5.0% Blakemere Scarf My Father Wore 3.9% Blakemere Man from Uruguay 4.4% Worn Down Boots 4.4% FS (Leicester) Mile Tree North Riding Metric Porter 11.3% From Dallas With Love 3.8% 1850 Porter 5.3% Deathwish Coffee Porter 5.8% North Riding IPA 6.5% Peakstones Rock Mill Green Northumberland Peerless Mighty Oak Farmhouse Citra 4.2% Golden Fleece 4.0% Crash Test Dummies 3.9% Fanny Chmelar 3.9% Partizan Pugin’s Gold 4.0% Down Under 3.6% The New Imbiber · Jun | July 2014 Pennine Hair of the Dog 3.9% Ramsbottom Rammy Mazen 5.0% Crazy Mare 3.7% Penpont Ice Cap Pilsner 4.9% Chateaux Civrac Old Ale 7.5% Firebrand Brewing Toasted Porter 5.2% Fat Lady Stout 4.3% Bumble’s Honeyed Ale 4.0% Pheasantry Lincoln Tank Ale 4.2% Pictish Ramsbury Rum Truffle 5.6% Slabek 4.4% Entrophy 4.3% Mosaic 4.3% Ramsgate Piddle Black Forest Ratteaux 4.5% Anth-Rats 4.5% Rat Bag 3.8% Rata Nui 5.0% Fancy Rat 3.9% Rat Mother 5.5% Monkey Rat 6.0% Black Hole IPA 5.5% Pig & Porter Red Spider 3.0% Pilot Mochaccino 5.5% Iced Tea 5.0% Pitfield Dr Sunshine’s 4.2% Rat Raw Artisan Organic Red Ale 4.8% Educatables 3.8% Euro IPA 5.6% Pixie Spring Rebel (Hopcraft) Barrel Aged Long Nine Imp.Stout 6.0% (Hopcraft) Chorister’s Gold 4.3% (Hopcraft) Citraic 5.2% (Hopcraft) Fault Line 5.9% COLL (PS/Axiom/Art Brew) (Hopcraft) Going To Australia 4.9% (Hopcraft) Hop Secret 3 4.1% (Hopcraft) Monkey Business Whisky BA Dubbel 5.6% (Hopcraft) Naughty Boy 4.2% (Hopcraft) No Love Lost 4.3% (Hopcraft) Steady as She Goe’s 4.5% (Hopcraft) Sucker Punch 4.3% (Hopcraft) Whisky Barrel Long Nines Stout 6.0% Plain Ales IPA 5.2% Poachers Bog Trotter 4.2% Monkey hanger 4.5% Poppyland Smokehouse Porter 5.7% Portobello Very Pale 4.0% Gold 4.3% Potbelly Hogzilla 5.9% Craic-ling 4.6% Potting Shed Sunny Daze 4.4% Privateer Mexi-Cocoa 8.5% Penryn Pale 4.3% Spelt Blonde 4.2% Salamander Lights, Camra, Action 4.0% Bright Black 4.8% Gaffer 4.0% Snowflake 4.0% Resistance Is Futile 3.8% I’ll be Back 4.2% New Romantic 4.2% Queens Ransom 3.8% Putin’s Pardon Porter 6.0% Salopian Archer Mild Ale 3.6% Sambrooks Scarborough Red Fox Java 4.3% Citra 4.2% Sea Lord 4.3% RB (New ABV) Red Kite Scribblers Red Rock Breakwater 4.6% Cock Hop 4.5% Redscar Beacon 4.0% Redstone Oliver’s Twist 4.0% Redemption Mango Pale Ale 3.5% Revolutions Go Go 4.5% Kurt and Courtney 6.9% Dare Black Lager 4.5% Pretender Blonde 4.5% Richmond Wor Stout 4.3% Riverhead Spring Moose 4.0% Stratus 3.8% Andromeda 4.0% Storm Cloud 5.0% Quantum Rock & Roll 1987 Manchester Mild 3.0% Dr Feelgood 6.5% Quercus Rooster’s Harry’s 4.6% 41 Degrees South 4.1% (Special) RCH Round Tower Wild Mild 4.2% Halcyon 4.0% Sadler’s Red Even Purple Moose Rainbow Signature Cherry Pale 3.9% Hop & Glory 3.8% Dave Sanders Porter 5.0% Juniper Rye 4.2% Ringway Chocolate Slugh Porter 5.0% St Peter’s Rudgate Saltaire Bull Ring Porter 4.6% Aylett 3.5% Stout 4.3% Longshots 4.9% Slipstream 6.0% Shiny Boris Citrov 4.7% Peaky Blinder 4.6% Vanilla Stout 4.6% Choc Vanilla 4.6% Red Cat Bitter 3.7% Prowler Pale 3.6% Tomcat 4.7% Shooting Dice 4.2% 21 Award 6.0% Bank Vault 4.3% Blue Oyster 3.9% COLL (S/Nutbrook) Crown Of Bhutan 6.0% Dealer Button 4.2% Doubloon Cask Lager 5.0% Furnace 666 6.0% Keyworth 4.2% Pail USA 4.0% Rat Trap 4.6% Tomahawk 6.0% Rowton Red Cat Problem Child Pickaxe Porter 5.0% Mount Doom 5.3% Sentinel 8.4% COLL (S/Celt Experiance) Station Ale 4.0% Stump Cross Ale 4.7% Prospect Rowditch Zeppelin 5.5% Redball Roebuck 3.8% Scandalous 4.6% New Beers Update Brew Remedy 4.5% Red Wedge 4.4% Black Tongue 8.3% Silhill Stars & Stripes APA 3.9% Silver Street Ruby Ruby Ruby Ruby 4.7% (brewed at Outstanding) Fire Island Pale 4.2% (brewed at Outstanding) Porter 5.5% North 4.5% Cascade 4.0% Silverstone Skid Mark 4.2% High Octane 5.5% Siren Craft Seven Seas Wheat/BIPA 6.0% Aramid American Amber 3.8% Neither Imperial IPA 8.3% Carribean Chocolate Cake (Jerk Spice) 7.4% Gordon’s Strong (Remy Martin) IPA 9.2% Flying Dutchman Pale Ale 5.7% COLL (S/ Evil Twin) Das Soundwave 5.6% Beerfest At Tiffanies 3.8% Masher in the Rye 4.8% One Brew Over The Cuckoos Nest 5.2% Six° North Sweet Action 5.2% Beyond Reasonable Stout 6.0% Hoppy Potter & The Goblet of Ale 4.2% Skinners River Cottage EPA 4.0% Seven Vale Nibley Ale 3.8% Dance of the Severn Vales 4.5% Shalford Winter Ale 3.2% Braintree Market 4.0% Barnfield Pale Ale 3.8% Rotten End 6.5% Slater’s Goalden Glory 3.8% Western American Pale Ale 5.0% Slaughterhouse Dark Swine 4.0% Sleaford Shamblemoose No 5 Amber Rye 4.3% Old Albert ESB 5.0% Screaming Eagle Stout 4.8% Tropico 3.5% Shardlow Slightly Foxed Hogshead 5.4% Sharp’s Cornwall Brewers Alliance: Surf Action 3.8% Shed Ales Star Special 4.3% FS (Star, Huddersfield) Small Paul’s Gylla’s Gold 3.8% Sonnet 43 Spring Passion 3.9% Better After Death 5.5% Steam Beer 3.8% Sheffield Son of Sid (Ales without Limits) Vanilla Breakfast Stout 4.1% (Ales without Limits) Breakfast Stout 4.1% (Ales Without Limits) Australian Lager 5.2% Shepherd Neame English Ale 3.7% Rides Again 4.4% Sperrin Pinch an Inch 4.4% Golden Bounty 4.8% Spey Valley Muddy Waters 4.5% India Pale Ale 4.5% RB (New ABV) Mateo & Bernabe Fermin Red Ale 5.8% Spey Stout 5.4% Shindigger Spitting Feathers Pacific Pale Ale 4.5% Spire Sheffield RUFC 3000 Ale 5.2% Red Tape 3.8% The New Imbiber · Jun | July 2014 22 New Beers Update Stables Beamish Burn Brown Ale 4.5% Stancill Porter 4.7% Star Meteor (dry hopped) 4.0% FS Three Kings Northdown X 4.4% Musketeer 4.5% Thurstons Strathbaan Due South 3.8% Strathaven Duchess Anne 3.9% Stonehouse Polar Express 4.6% Stroud Last Duel 3.8% Shadow 4.5% Sulwath Tunnel Tickety Brew Tickety Few Munich 4.3% Rose Wheat Beer 4.5% Tigertops Hop Rain 4.1% Black Ball 5.9% Duel 4.6% Angram IPA 4.6% Tillingbourne Evolution No.4 — Extreme Amarillo with Citra & Cascade 4.3% Tin Pot Gold Po 4.0% Tintagel Summerskills Tiny Rebel Special 4.8% Piha Pale Ale 3.9% Cherokee 4.2% Hadouken Amplified IPA 7.4% New Pale Ale 3.9% Double Dry Hop Billabong 4.6% One Inch Punch 3.9% Surrey Hills Tipsy Angel Summer Wine Gilt Complex (dry-hopped) 4.6% FS Tap East JWB – Jim Wilson Bitter 3.8% Grind Coffee Bar – Coffee in the Morning 5.5% Tapped Weighbridge Thwaites Double D 4.4% Saltire Crose 4.1% Meavy Oak Ale 4.2% Truman’s Horsell Best 3.8% (Driftwood) Pale Ale 5.0% FS (Wetherspoons) A Slight Case of Overhopping 26 4.9% Coiled Spring 3.8% Grim Overlords 4.9% COLL Crow Black 4.6% (SC/Great Heck) Cascadian East 5.0% Unleash the Beast 5.0% Weatheroak Hill Goldfinger 5.5% Blindside 4.4% Tom Ditto IPA 5.0% Steel City Stewart Triple fff Battlefield Henry Tudor 5.0% Ginger Beered 5.4% Twickenham Wellington Conscript 4.2% Gaucho 3.6% Rider 4.2% Pirate 4.2% Wensleydale Two Roses T’ Yellow Jersey 4.2% Two Towers Bhacker Ackhams 5.6% Tydd Steam Titanic Unsworth Yard Grandma’s Milk Stout 4.2% Tavernale Lone Rider 4.8% Stagecoach 4.4% Urban Tom Wood Vale Tonbridge Vale of Glamorgan Ideal Pale Ale 4.8% Teignworthy Cor Bugga! 6.2% Tempest The Pub Beer 300 4.8% Alsace Gold 4.0% Toolmakers Black Edge Stout 5.2% Extra IPA (dry-hopped with 366) 5.2% Fine Finish 4.3% Ball Park Pale Ale 3.8% Top Out Infidale Pale Ale 4.3% Smoked Porter 5.6% Double Cresta 8.2% Staple Pale Ale 4.0% Thirstin Fruity Mick 4.2% Thornbridge Lileth Stout 5.0% Three Blind Mice Pale Ale No2 3.8% Chocolate IPA 5.0% Lazy Snake 6.2% Spring Thin 4.0% Three Castles Tornado 4.3% Three Friends Pale Motueka 3.9% Dry Hopped Motueka Pale Ale 3.9% Totally Brewed Land of Cartmel 3.7% Crusader Gold 4.1% Upham 1st Drop 4.2% Keep Calm & Sup Up 5.5% Metamophosis Golden 3.9% Cwrw Dewi 5.0% Dakota Red – American Style Ale 4.5% Valhalla Island Bere 4.2% Old Scatness 4.0% Vibrant Forest Black Forest Porte 4.9% Pale Ale Citra 5.0% Radicale – Lemon and Elderflower Wit 5.0% Captain Hop Beard 5.5% Slap In The Face 3.9% Wadworth Papa Jangle’s Voodoo Stout 4.2% Four Hop Men of The Apocalypse 5.2% (Klosterbrauerei) Scheyern Klosterbock 6.5% FS (Wetherspoons) Towles Crimson Dawn 4.5% Philomont IPA 6.5% (The Beer Kitchen) Orange Peel 6.0% Ma Beese’s Chocolate Stout 6.9% Treboom Two Man Bob 4.1% Tring Great Bustard 4.0% Blue Jay – Brown Ale 4.3% By George 4.0% Weltons Tyne Bank Goldings IPA 4.5% Sheriff Fatman 5.0% Ship of Dreams 4.5% Tavy B100 Stout 4.6% Golden Kiwi 4.1% Post Horn Gallop 4.2% FS Twisted Oak Stogie Stout 4.0% Noisette Noir Hazelnut Porter 4.5% COLL (T/Hand Drawn Monkey) Rodeo APA 4.0% Anamchara Stout 4.0% Bear Heed 4.1% Nightingale IPA 5.5% Hentietta Grande 4.0% Azuri Gold 5.0% Crusader Longsword 4.2% English Pride 3.8% Equinox Gold 4.3% Flower of Scotland 4.4% RB (New ABV) Golden Springtide 4.7% Golden Springtide 4.7% Golden Taff 4.6% Lo Coq 5.1% Molly Malone 4.1% Our England 3.5% Ozzie’s Folly 3.9% Spring Burst 5.0% Uncle Stuart’s Tombstone Boring Brown Beer 7.4% Little Things That Kill: Batch 6 IPA 3.3% Twisted Tirril California Steam 4.2% Weird Beard Wellbeck Abbey Winnie 5.7% Hoppy Angel 4.4% Easter Angel 4.5% Tollgate Crystal Galaxy 3.9% Hopzinger 4.9% Chinook 4.6% Nooksack 5.0% COLL (T/Kissingate) Black Eel — Dry Hopped IPA 5.0% Wolf of the Woods 4.7% Dark Brown Ale 4.2% Sarachi Ace 5.2% Communique Stout 6.0% Heavenly Porter 5.4% Dark Mild 3.3% Quarenta 4.2% Graduate 4.6% Old Legend 7.4% Wall’s Brewers Gold 4.0% Wantsum Dynamo 4.6% Watermill Shih Tzu Faced 7.0% Number Train 3.7% Wentworth Caught Nowt! 4.1% At The Hop 4.5% West Berkshire Gamer Stang 4.2% Westerham Double Stout 5.5% Whale Pale Whale 3.6% Wharfebank Golden Ticket4.5% Wharfedale Sir Geoff 4.2% Whim Northern Brewer 3.7% Whistling Kite Starry Kite 3.6% Honeymoon 4.0% Trench Dog 4.2% Eleanor’s Ise 4.2% White Horse Nelson IPA 4.5% White Rose Twelve Ponies 4.4% Whitstable Citra 4.4% Whittlebury Ammarillo 5.0% Whitworth Chocoholic Porter 5.6% Wild Beer Scarlet Fever 4.8% English Roots 4.8% Wild Weather Black Night 3.9% Shepherds Warning 5.6% Storm Bringer 4.5% Big Muddy 3.8% Chorlton and Manchester The New Imbiber · Jun | July 2014 Running head 23 An excuse to visit taken up by David Hughes Easter Saturday and having no fixed plans, I spotted a message on that famous group Scoopgen about a pub’s beer festival in Chorlton-cum-Hardy that gave me an excuse, as if I needed one, for another Manchester visit. So, an hour and a half later via Arriva trains, I arrived at Piccadilly station with an hour or so to waste before midday. A coffee and a quick look in a couple of shops for the purchasing of a few items later, I was ready for a drink — alcoholic, this time. As I was in the Arndale shopping centre, I had a look in at the micro-bar but it was not fully open, which was a little surprising as they are usually open at 11 am on a Saturday, but to be honest there were no cask beers on that tickled my fancy. Discovering there were no trams running to Chorlton because of engineering works, I found myself on a 96 bus from Piccadilly Gardens, a journey that took twenty-five minutes through Moss Side and past the old Hyde’s Brewery before dropping me off just a matter of yards from my first target, the Disclaimer Bar on Wilbraham Road, five minutes before it was due to open. Time flies when you are having fun and the doors soon opened and a solitary person entered — me. The beer selection was a mix of cask beers and key-cask/keg so-called craft beer (don’t get me going on this argument). Two beers sampled at the downstairs bar, Pixie Spring (Hopcraft) Williams Paradigm Shift 6.3% Wilson Potter Venus Unite 4.0% In Shreds 4.7% Windy Foggy Dew 4.5% Windsor & Eton Windsor Knot ‘Lychee Special’ 4.0% Winster Valley Lakes Blonde 3.7% Wiper & True Winter Rye 5.4% Fire Plough 5.5% Naughty Boy 4.2% and a key-keg, or possibly keg, Italian beer Birrificio Italiano Tipopils, 5.2% and not that clever taste-wise, a bit to much on the dry side. Strong beers By the time of serving, a couple of well-known Greater Manchester scoopers also entered, including the Beige one, so it was a general chit-chat on where one should also visit during the afternoon. There is an upstairs room in this bar, which featured the majority of the beers, some on a tempory stillage and we ascended to the rooms to find a rather good selection. A few of these were sampled — Hardknot/Metalman Yerba (6.2%), Brodies Prime Export (8.5%), Steel City Protz’s Pleasure (5.3%), Tickety Brew Tickety Few Munich (4.3%) — plus a couple of key-keg Italian beers, one from Brewfist — the name escapes me at the time of writing this article and the photo I took of the pump-clip is rather blurred. By this time, a couple more well-known scoopers arrived, these being from Merseyside, so again a general conversation on bars to visit and bars to avoid was undertaken. With a number of beers consumed at the Disclaimer being on the high-gravity side, I decided to call it a day, at this bar at least, so that I could continue my explorations. It was just a few yards over the road turning right back towards Manchester to Wobbly Worcester Wolf Wychwood Wabbit 4.0% Wobbly Bob’s Chocolate Porter 6.0% Silver Fox 4.6% Wolf Whiskers 4.5% Wood Farm Scrum 4.0% Winter Warmer 6.2% Woodforde’s Norfolk Craft Lager 4.1% Flagon Dry 3.6% Wood Street Red Buck Eye 5.0% Chokecherry 4.5% Scarlet Oak 4.2% Tuliptree 4.8% Sabrina Bramble On 3.9% Sabrina Porter 4.5% Piledriver 4.3% (Cigar City) Siren’s Song Session IPA 5.0% FS (Wetherspoons) Wylam Jakehead IPA 6.3% Silver Ghost Re-dux 5.0% Xtreme Ligore 4.3% Co Co Cuckoo 6.8% COLL (X/Bexar) Floyd’s Revenge 4.3% FS Fantastic Foxes 4.4% FS Chocolate Stout 5.0% Yard of Ale Cuthbert’s Cross 4.0% Yates O Hoppy Day 4.5% Yeovil Sun Grazer 3.6% York Off the Wall Tomahawk 6.0% Chocolate Stout 5.0% Yorkshire Brewing Holy Trinity 4.1% Passion 4.5% Rasberry Tipple 4.8% Yorkshire Dales Low Row 4.3% Feetham 4.0% High Hangers 3.7% 23 The New Imbiber · Jun | July 2014 24 Chorlton and Manchester Beagle, Manchester my next port of call, the Beagle. Another bar I have never visited, modern in appearance with a veranda for drinking outside, there were four handpumps and ten keg taps, plus four cider taps for those interested. Only one beer consumed here, Siren Undercurrent (4.5%), a good stout, well-balanced with underlying chocolate malt flavours. Just a few yards down is the Proof bar; just a quick look found no cask beer which was disappointing, but a couple of micro-keg beers from Manchester breweries plus a decent selection of Belgium bottled beers. Collaboration ale Crossing the road, I ventured into an interesting looking Wetherspoons where I sampled Banks’s Saint Archer Pale Ale (5.5%), the latest of the American craft series to be brewed at the Banks brewery in Wolverhampton. Although OK-ish, it was not as good as the ones brewed at Adnam’s. This bar was rather full with people watching some football match involving a local team in blue. I then walked just a few yards towards Manchester to Marble’s Beerhouse, another bar not visited before, where I just had another quick half of a beer sampled before, Earl Grey, because it was brewed originally as a collaboration with my favourite Dutch brewery, Emelisse. Just fifty yards or so in the City Centre direction to my final Chorlton bar of the afternoon and yet another never visited (I must be getting old or something), this time the Font. Another modern bar but this one seemed to have more diners that those visited already. Little Valley Vanilla Porter (4.5%) and Mad Hat Copper (5.1%) sampled here, both served in excellent condition. With the 96 bus stop directly outside, it was time to leave this suburb of Manchester to return to the centre. Twenty or so minutes later, I got off the bus with a few hunger pains so headed for the curry cafes in the northern quarter and in particular one of my favourites, the Yagmar, where a very nice rice and three plus a couple of shami kebabs were purchased and consumed. My taste buds having been revitalised, it was only fitting that one should visit a couple of pubs, the first of these being the Crown and Kettle, who by chance were also having a beer festival. A Rat beer was consumed here, OK but the quality could have been better. High gravities again It was a short walk to the Soup Kitchen, which was totally packed and one struggled to the bar to find nothing that tickled ones fancy, so another struggle to depart. Crossing the road, I visited the Pie and Ale bar and here I did find a beer to sample that hit the The Font, Chorlton, Manchester The New Imbiber · Jun | July 2014 taste buds, Abbeydale Doctor Morton’s Reality Filter (4.0%), complicated malt and hop flavours throughout the taste and finish. Another short walk found me entering the Port Street Beer House: one of my favourite bars in Manchester, also the local CAMRA Branch’s Pub of the Year and always worth a visit. My final two on a day of drinking mainly highgravity beers, both were keg but with breweries like Kernel and Mikkeller one cannot go wrong and they did not disappoint. Again, both had an abv of over six percent. It was then a short walk back to Piccadilly station for my journey home, only to find my train already on an unfamiliar platform because it was being diverted due to engineering works. Quickly boarding, I settled Chorlton and Manchester 25 in my seat and cannot remember any part of my journey home until the train arrived at Shotton, just one stop before I had to get off. Dates for my next visit have been entered into my forward schedule. Advertise in the New Imbiber Rates start at £30 for an eighth of a page and we can design your advert if you wish. For full details of advertising in the New Imbiber email: [email protected] Kings Head Inn, Acle 26 Running head The New Imbiber · Jun | July 2014 Time off in a Norfolk pub for Richard Plumb A family event (brother’s sixtieth birthday), brings my wife and I to Acle on the edge of the Norfolk Broads and what a quaint little town it turns out to be, with a selection of independent shops, a small supermarket, a hotel and a pub — The Kings Head Inn. I intended to make it a point to spend some time here over the two-day period of our stay. After all, there’s just so much family interaction a body can stand. During the first gathering, after a splendid dinner washed down with copious bottles of Woodforde’s beer, I saw the opportunity to “feel it was time to leave,” so my wife and I returned to the Travelodge, dressed down a bit, and set out for the pub. The Kings Head is a decent detached building boasting a comfortable lounge, a vibrant bar with a range of games, and a restaurant. There are also six letting rooms which, had this been known to me, would be my preferred choice over the Travelodge on the edge of town. We quickly decided which was the better table for people watching and staked our claim. Then, to the bar so see what was on offer. The pub stocks local and national brands but, of the three hand pumps, only two were in use that day, with Adnams Best Bitter (3.7%) on one and the formidable Broadside (4.7%) on the other. No Woodeforde’s, on this occasion, nor ale from Acle’s own brewery, Tipples. As I had consciously uncoupled from the car, it was fairly late and I was already warmed up from the pints at my brother’s house, I opted for the Broadside which was dark, smooth, malty and gone very quickly. Fortunately the pub had plenty more. Controlling hand To the right of the bar, sat at a table reading a paper, was whom I took to be the landlord. He certainly seemed to be in charge and would venture behind the bar on occasion to have a word here or point some failing out to a member of staff there. Certainly he appeared to have the best of all worlds with high quality, attentive staff, no competition and, apparently, sufficient turnover to not require him physi- cally pull pints except in extremis. He was, in short, the type of pub landlord I always felt I ought to be. After as many pints as could be consumed in the available time, we braced ourselves for the walk to the Travelodge and bed. Day Two was to be largely given over to a barbecue. Arrival during the early afternoon would, I felt, ensure an opportunity to leave at a reasonable time to return to the pub and continue research. An overcast and chilly Day Two arrived and we walked towards our BBQ destination. But this entailed walking past the pub so, surely, it wouldn’t do any harm to pop in for a couple en-route? After all, it wasn’t as if we had to be there for a given time. BBQ’s by their very nature are movable feasts anyway. Price puzzle This time, I opted for the Best Bitter and was surprised to be charged the same as I had been for Broadside the previous day. I queried this and was advised both real ales were the same price. Note to self, get back on to the Broadside soon. The hands-off landlord was again at his table reading papers and his lunchtime staff were carrying on in an industrious way, serving meals to the several enthusiastic diners. The menu was standard pub-fare but everything was well presented and equally well received. A customer entered, clearly having completed some walking event as he had all the kit including a map in a plastic holder around his neck. Unbidden, he approached us and showed us exactly where he had walked (six miles) and, more specifically, where he hadn’t walked “because I didn’t need to go there today.” He then told us about the buses and how there were three an hour even on a bank holiday. Having shared with us the highpoints of his day, he settled himself and ordered lunch. As an advert for the catering, he was ideal as he waded through a roast turkey dinner, bread and butter pudding and a coffee, all the while talking to himself. He may have been somewhat eccentric, but in a harmless sort of way. Kings Head Inn, Acle 27 p h o t o : s t e v e n g o s li n g ( www.bluefusion.co.uk ) The New Imbiber · Jun | July 2014 It struck me several times during our short break in Norfolk how friendly everyone was. I even received a cheery “good morning” at a petrol station from someone I had never seen before, and this was another customer, not a member of staff. It resonated with my memories of Ireland many years before, where everyone seems to be your best friend. We had to leave for the barbeque. No need to discuss this in too much depth, save to say I did a deal with my wife — if I fetched the car, to reduce walking, we would escape the family event at an early opportunity and return to the pub. Stick and carrot works for me, so I returned to the hotel and fetched the car. This meant no drinking at the BBQ but a pleasant trade-off later. As it happened, the event was well attended and the food was fine, but it was freezing and folk started to drift away during the early evening. Reunion in pub I saw my chance at about 7pm, to make our excuses and leave. “Why go to the pub when I have so much beer here?” asked my brother. “Because I love pubs,” I informed him, “and surely you have seen enough of us by now?” He seemed content so we drove off, promising to look in on the Saturday morning before departing homewards. Whilst at the hotel getting changed and freshening up, I received a call. “Where are you?” It was my brother, in the pub. Evidently, his partner plus our two female cousins had packed him off so they could clear up without him getting in the way. We were back in the pub within fifteen minutes, and were quickly joined by other relatives also staying in the hotel. A lively evening followed and much more Broadside was consumed. The same group of smokers passed our table several times on their way to the gardens, demonstrating great dedication to their habit. By closing time we were almost on first name terms. Then an expensive-sounding crash produced a roar from the clientele. The barmaid had dropped an entire tray of glasses as she took them out of the washer. Would the landlord now spring into action? Well, not quite. Calling from his table he enjoined her to “clear all that up before you serve anyone else.” I felt sure he was a lot busier when we weren’t around. Single malts followed pints and the evening gradually deteriorated. At closing time, we left in good spirits with that cosy feeling that only comes from a great night in a pub with real atmosphere. Next morning, we set off towards home but made a short detour near Kings Lynn to find Setchey and Britain’s biggest beer shop. As I entered, I realised this was Beer Heaven. It was a great wrench to stop at one full trolley. All my favourite German and Belgian bottled beers were here and all quite reasonably priced. Now, I have enough beer at home to not go near a pub for months. But that would never do. Not while there are great pubs still surviving in this country, and I have confidence the Kings Head Inn at Acle will remain one of them. 28 The New Imbiber · Jun | July 2014 Book review The Worksop and Retford Brewery Company by Dave Pickersgill (46 pages*) History of a sort made herein, the New Imbiber’s first review of a book not available in the traditional manner. One of our valued contributors, Dave Pickersgill put it together after doing considerable research on behalf of a couple of friends who were writing a beer-related novel. The Worksop & Retford Brewery was quite substantial, if not among the biggest of the old brigade. The towns involved, Worksop, described as the “Gateway to the Dukeries,” and Retford just up the road benefitted commercially from the building of the Chesterfield Canal and, later, from the birth of rail travel. The new company formed in 1881 consisted of three existing breweries, two of them in Worksop, and brewing was eventually concentrated on one of these. Pubs among their tied houses that until then had been brewing on the premises were also made to fall into line. The locality was rated among the best for maltings, no doubt contributing to the brewery’s success and helping it to take a prominent role as sponsors of sporting and other activities, among them the installation of Worksop’s electric lights. Expansion included snapping up Sheffield’s Old Albion brewery in 1939 along with its 52 pubs: apparently, Sheffield was then too far for direct deliveries, so the Old Albion carried on brewing for another ten years. Eventually, you will not be surprised to learn, they were themselves taken over. According to Dave, the Tennant Brothers brewery in Sheffield might have been upset because WRB’s Donovan Ale was affecting sales of their own Gold Label barley wine — a familiarsounding scenario. They took WRB over in 1959 and the Worksop brewery was demolished in 1962, coincidentally or not the very year in which Tennant Brothers themselves were taken over by Whitbread, as a result of which their much-admired Gold Label became marketed under the Whitbread banner. This is a scholarly work, with copious footnotes to prove it. Crucial to any historical brewery narrative is the profusion and quality of the illustrations, and here the WRB story certainly does hit the spot. Newspaper photographs add to the breweriana, including an eye-catching shot of the Worksop brewery’s tall chimney caught half-way down during demolition. Joined by one of the authors of the aforementioned novel, entitled Beer, Balls and the Belgian Mafia, Dave has already given one very successful talk at the Bassetlaw Museum in Retford and they will be back there on the morning of 19 July from 10.30 to 12.30, admission free. RA *The Worksop & Retford Brewery Company is available from the Amazon Kindle shop for £1.53 — details on http://tinyurl.com/ptakjfm. The New Imbiber · Jun | July 2014 Newsline Extra 29 Newsline Extra All the way Another home brewer to take the plunge, Rob Witt has a degree in microbiology from the University of Nottingham. He decided recently to switch from landscape gardening to setting up a commercial microbrewery, Totally Brewed, based in Nottingham and not far from his home in Beeston. He has also been renovating houses, and the money made from that helped to pay for his new venture in premises forming part of a wholesale fruit and flower market, brewing on a 7bbl plant once used by the closed White Dog brewery. Among the beers are Papa Jangles Voodoo Stout (4.2%), Captain Hop Beard (5.5%) and 4 Hop Men of the Apocalypse (5.2%). They should be available at the Crafty Crow, newly opened In Nottingham by Magpie Brewery, and in selected Castle Rock pubs in the city. — which the brewer Eoin Wilson runs with his wife: five acres of land with apple trees, food plots and assorted animals. Self-sufficiency is crucial and Eoin underlines that spent grain from brewing is all gobbled down by the pigs. The brew-length is only 100 gallons though that should be trebled soon and the current range of Gold Pale Ale (4.2%), India Export Porter (5.2%) and India Pale Ale (5.5%) should be joined by, among others, a Double IPA at around 8.0%. Only bottles so far; plans to introduce kegs have been delayed because, according to Eoin, it is hard to find suitable outlets when most are controlled by the ‘big boys’. The website nevertheless lists a substantial number, including the Aether & Echo bar in Belfast where the beers were launched, while off-licences include the Vineyard. Crafty collaboration An unusual and imaginative coming together of a different type has led to a new project in Glasgow, intended to be properly under way by the time the Commonwealth Games hit the city in July. We have noted how some of the biggest companies in the USA devised strategies to benefit from the craft-beer craze. Now, the owners of Scotland’s very own Tennents Lager — the C&C Group, otherwise mainly linked to cider — have joined forces with Williams Brothers, one of the best-regarded of the newer Coming together Our national example may have taken plenty of flak, but the principle of companies run on a co-operative basis has never seemed more attractive. Newly started brewing in Northern Ireland, Farmageddon is described as a Co-op comprising seven friends who know each other from either the martial arts or the punk rock scene in Belfast. The name tells you it is based on a farm — at Comber, to the east of Belfast The New Imbiber · Jun | July 2014 30 Newsline Extra breed of Scottish breweries. As described by Scott Williams, C&C have given them the run of a substantial site, once a box factory, near Tennents Wellpark brewery. This has become the Drygate Brewing Company, part of the Drygate complex that is very much more than the average brewpub. The fashion for doubling-up on equipment has led to a 24-hectolitre brew-kit in full view of the punters, capable of producing a million litres annually, joined by the so-called Drygate Studio Kit with a capacity of 2.5-hectolitres. While the former is obviously the major operation, the smaller kit will be given over to outsiders, novices included, to brew whatever they want. The result is a mix of beer, food and plenty more. Brewing the main beers are Jake Griffin, Alessandra Confessore and Edward Furmston-Evans, with experience respectively at Fyne Ales, Harviestoun and Traditional Scottish Ales. Available in kegs and bottles are Bearface Lager (4.4%), Gladeye IPA (5.5%) and Outaspace Apple Ale (4.7%), all with clips and labels designed by members of the Glasgow School of Art. At present, beers are available only in-house but the plan is for them to be distributed very widely. Crafty confab As noted in these pages a few issues ago, the global spread of craft brewing has kept Germany, or at least Berlin, strongly in its sights. No surprise, then, at the formation in Berlin of The Global Association of Craft Beer Brewers nor at the news the association’s founding president is Sebastian Mergel of the Berliner Bierfabrik brewery. Under him, there is a board of sixteen who include representatives from self-styled craft breweries covering the globe, with Peru, South Korea, Israel and Kenya among countries involved, while John Kyme from Stringer’s looks after Britain’s interests. As with the originating American movement, qualifications for membership are relatively loose: breweries must be local, creative and independent, the latter ruling out anything connected to a big brewery, but no criteria over brewing methods nor dispense. Our other member to date is the Ramsgate The New Imbiber · Jun | July 2014 Newsline Extra 31 The Buck Inn Thornton Watlass, Between Bedale and Masham, North Yorkshire hg4 4ah ∙ t 01677 422461 www.buckwatlass.co.uk Brewery but plenty have joined in total, notably from Germany and Spain. Founded in Berlin, it is fitting that the first big event organised by GACBB should be held there. The Global Craft Beer Festival of 2014 will take place over two days, July 25th and 26th. 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