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BAR THOUGHTS... At Last Some Good News
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es it’s finally here! The Calderdale Beer and Cider Festival. After months of planning, round after round of meetings, site visits and discussions on all matter of obvious and obscure items, it is now all here ready to go or it will be by 2pm Thursday 12th November at Hebden Bridge Town Hall. Within the bumper edition of Caldercask is included the Festival Programme with hopefully contains all the essential information you need, the customer to enjoy the three day festival. With sections covering - getting there, getting in, getting a beer and of course a festival glass, getting some nosh, then some more beer and finally getting home (within reason) and if a beer takes your fancy we will have some `take home’ containers so you could take a pint or two home with you. And if all that doesn’t tempt you Hebden Bridge also has a very good selection of pubs and bars to continue in the festival mood with many, (at least 6) only yards away, from the festival venue all serving range of cask ales and
not forgetting West Yorkshires first Community Owned Pub only 5 minutes’ walk away. How can you miss out! The festival is staffed entirely by un-paid volunteers who give up their free time to make sure the event runs smoothly with many of them quite efficient at beer serving but not all are, so please be gentle on those who don’t seem to be on the ball all the time. If you are a CAMRA member, why not pitch in and help out for a couple of hours? It’s a great experience and we are a friendly bunch plus you do get `fed and watered’ so why not give it a go? Send a message to events@hxcalderdalecamra.org.uk saying which session(s) or time(s) you could commit or turn up on the day with your current valid membership card and speak to our helpful staffing desk people. staff especially `stronger ones’ are required for setting up days, so if you feel that building bars and moving beer is more your thing then please contact us. Help us to make the Calderdale Beer and Cider festival an outstanding one. Further in this packed edition you’ll find a small article about prices of your half pint and the practise of some pubs and bars charging a proportionally higher price for drinking halves compared with the overall cost of a full pint (we are talking about 5% to 10% more on top) is it a problem in our area? If you have experienced this phenomena then CAMRA Nationally is compiling data for a report (please see the article for further details).
OUR MAGAZINE COVER... 'Enough Said!'
Finally our Cover Photo shows the Calderdale Beer and Cider festival logo with words of GET `N’ THERE! Enough said I think!
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PUB OF THE SEASON PRESENTATION Victorian Craft Beer Café, Halifax
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he Halifax and Calderdale CAMRA Branch attended the Victorian Craft Beer Café, Halifax recently (27th August 2015), the reason for our visit was to present to the Landlord Simon Stather with our Branch PUB of the SEASON award for Summer 2015. The place was packed on the evening of our visit with a festival of ale well into swing. The Victorian Craft Beer Cafe is located behind the Victoria Theatre on the site of the former Ricci and Capone restaurant, it is spread over 3 levels with open areas and cosy private areas alike. The interior has loads of polished wood and dotted around with interesting knick-knacks and curios. On the beer front, the cask selection was not short of choice with 8 rotating hand pumped beers on offer serving local & regional cask ales and a range of boxed ciders. Added to this is 12 craft beers taps serving a mix of European beers, quality UK keg beers from the likes of Thornbridge, Magic Rock, world craft ales and numerous bottled beers available The beer prices are reasonable for the beers on offer, on par with other pubs of its type in the region. A pint of real ale coming between £3.00 and £3.20, with the specialty keg lines coming between £3.70 and £4.30, a reasonable price for what it on offer in today’s beer market. There was good attendance from Local CAMRA
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members on the evening with the beers, to quote one member `going down fast’ I personally tried a good range of ales but the Vocation beers on offer (3 of them) hit the spot with their `Heart and Soul’ being particularly outstanding. Halifax & Calderdale select and vote for the pubs of the season at various branch meetings throughout the calendar year and we are now looking for nominations for the next pub of the season either send in your nominations to the branch secretary or attend any of the branch meetings held at various pubs throughout the Calderdale branch area. Details on the web site www. hxcalderdalecamra.org.uk On this page are a selection of photographs from the evening, the cafe and the presentation of the official certificate.
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JUDGING MILD... At the Great British Beer Festival 2015
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nce again I was invited to help judge one of the beer types at the Great British Beer Festival at Olympia. I was delighted to be given the task of judging the mild beers. The beer is called mild not because it was weak but because it is less heavily hopped than porter, stout and pale ale. After the Second World War it was Britain’s favourite beer. More recently, however, it has unfortunately been seen as old fashioned and only drunk by old men in cloth caps. I remember visiting Birmingham in the 1990s ordering a pint of Banks at a pub in the canal basin. The barmaid said to me “You do realise it is a mild!” “Yes I Know” I replied. She again said “You do realise it is a mild!” Yes I know. I happen to of chosen the beer because it is a mild” She seemed to ignore me and again said “You do realise it is a mild!” Eventually I did receive a pint and it was delicious. This experience illustrates why the drinking of mild has been in a steep decline. There were five of us judging the mild. Three CAMRA judges, two brewers and a lobbyist working for the brewing industry. The chair gave us a sheet explaining the Style guidelines for mild (see below). It was a blind tasting - each mild being given
a letter. We tasted the beer first and gave each beer a score out of 40 before discussing the beer. There were 9 beers to taste and every judge had their own method of deciding which mild was the winner. Some went on first impression and some preferring to retaste some of the beers. I always ask for a new glass of my top scoring beers and compare one against the other. I and a fellow judge gave Rudgate mild the top score but when the scores of all the judges were added up if came 2nd winning a silver medal. I was not unhappy with the result as all the medal winners were in my judge off. The results were as follows; • GOLD – Williams Bros, Black • SILVER – Rudgate, Ruby Mild • BRONZE – Great Orme, Welsh Black It is difficult to find many pubs that sell mild in Calderdale but we do have three excellent mild’s brewed in our region. Little valley’s Midgley mild, Bridestones mild and more recently Norland mild. By Richard Lee, Tasting Panel Chair
MILD STYLE GUIDELINES MILDS: • Black to dark brown to pale amber • May have malt aroma and taste • May have light hop aroma and taste • May be sweet • May have slight diacetyl (toffee/butterscotch) • Low in alcohol PALE MILDS: • May have light fruit aroma and taste DARK MILDS: • May have light roast malt or caramel aroma and taste • May have liquorice, chocolate or burnt aroma and taste. SCOTTISH 60 SHILLING BEERS: • Dominance of sweetness, light bitterness, smooth body Original gravity: less than 1043 Typical alcohol by volume: less than 4.3% Bitterness 14 - 28 EBU
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THE PRICE OF YOUR PINT Potential Scandal of the Half Pint Mark Up
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AMRA the Campaign for Real Ale are looking into a potential scandel regarding the mark up of the half pint. Basically and simply if you pay £3.00 a pint you would probably expect to pay £1.50 for a half pint, but say the price of a beer is £3.80 perhaps you might be expecting to pay £1.90 for half but you could find the price rounded up to £2.00 for your half – that’s a 5% mark up. Is this marking up of the price for a half pint another way of getting the customer to part with more of their hard earned cash? Or is it a ploy to take advantage of those customers who drink smaller quantity of beers. CAMRA has campaigned against short measures for a number of years and articles have appeared in Caldercask before highlighting this problem before about short measure and the cost to the drinker of not receiving a full pint. To be fair, many pubs would round up by a penny or two but we are talking about bigger mark-up than that.
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Fortunately I think nearly all the pubs and bars in the Calderdale region don’t have such large differential between their prices of pints and half pints. If you have had any experience of this practise CAMRA nationally would like to know and are currently collating data. Please send your experiences to CAMRA HQ at www.camra.org.uk or visit the Halifax and Calderdale website www.hxcalderdalecamra.org.uk and send your information to the branch secretary who is collating information from branch members to send to HQ.
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WELCOME Calderdale Beer & Cider Festival 2015
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elcome to the Calderdale Beer and Cider festival 2015, organised and run by volunteers from the Halifax and Calderdale CAMRA branch. The festival is held this year in the beautiful surroundings of the magnificent Hebden Bridge Town Hall, in their Waterfront room. We hope that the festival, the selection of beers, ciders and perries that we will have available, that you’ll find something to your taste and whet your appetite. Also on offer will be a good wholesome range of hot and cold food brought to you by the in house café team at the town hall. This year’s festival theme is `my choices’ with many the beverages on stillage being chosen by local CAMRA members. So expect to find some firm favourites but with some unexpected surprises from much further afield with ales from off shore isles and some unusual ingredients like lemon, root ginger, hazelnut and even fresh Columbian Coffee beans! The Halifax and Calderdale CAMRA branch recently celebrated its 40th Anniversary (May 2015) with a celebratory party held at one of the pubs that is
FESTIVAL ETTIQUETTE BEER LIST - The beers are listed above the bars by brewery which are in alphabetical order, with the breweries location, the beer and strength with of course the price per measure – pint, half or third. WE SUGGEST - that you start with lower ABV (alcohol by volume) scale say around 3.5% and move more steadily to the higher ABV beers. Remember that at this high end of the ABV scale you may lose your self-respect, use of your legs and you find that your body and brain are disconnected (you start to wobble). WE CAN’T GUARANTEE - that every beer will be available at every session. It is branch policy not to put on beer that is/are not, according to the bar manager `ready to serve’ and of course once a beer has gone – well it gone (it’s been supped). 2 | Calderdale Beer & Cider Festival 2015
still in existence from way back then. Looking around the festival venue you can spot the odd one or two or three volunteers who were around at those first early meetings in 1975, who are still actively involved in the branch even after 40 years. We have special anniversary beer available for you to sample, brewed by one of the 12 micro-breweries that call the Calderdale area their home. This micro is also celebrating a milestone with 10 years of continuous brewing completed, our special festival ale is still being brewed by the master brewer and is a closely guarded secret but will available on draught and will be soon released in a future bottled form for you to purchase. This year’s festival glass is available to hire or buy for £2.00 and is oversized ensuring that you get a full measure of liquid. It is also marked off at half and thirds so you can try as many ales as you like but please drink responsibly after all we want you to remember the Calderdale Beer and Cider Festival for all the right reasons. Don’t forget to fill in the voting slips for your choice of Beer or Cider of the Calderdale Beer & Cider festival, cards are available from the glasses stand and membership stand.
Enjoy!
Edward Lee - Festival Organiser
Some tips to help you enjoy the festival! DON’T FORGET TO EAT – please visit the café (the town hall association) for a range of delicious hot and cold food and a selection of non-alcoholic drinks (teas, coffees, soft drinks) plus the food does help soak up the beer. If simple nibbles are more your thing then the café also stocks a range of crisps, nuts etc. REMEMBER - that bars and stands are staffed entirely by CAMRA volunteers and as such maybe not quite `on the ball all the time’ so your patience is much appreciated. PLEASE DON’T DRINK AND DRIVE - Hebden Bridge is well served by public transport and we will have a range of information available for you to view about buses and train services at the membership stand and local taxi firms numbers. www.hxcalderdalecamra.org.uk
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HEBDEN BRIDGE TOWN CENTRE
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10 minute walk to the venue or only 3 minutes from the major bus stops in Hebden centre (please see the simple map). It is strongly advised that you check with travel companies for your own travel plans. Visit www.wymetro.com or ring 0113 245 7676. Transport for West Yorkshire
THE BARS
ADMISSION PRICES
The festival is a `pay on the door’ with prices fixed at the same rates as last year. General Admission Before 6pm
General Admission After 6pm
CAMRA Member Before 6pm
CAMRA Member After 6pm
THURS
£2.00
£2.00
£1.00
£1.00
FRI
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£3.00
£1.00
£1.00
SAT
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£1.00
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OPENING TIMES
Thursday 12th - Open 2pm to 10pm Friday 13th - Open 12 noon to 11pm Saturday 14th - Open 12 noon to 10pm
A £2 refundable deposit applies to all glasses. You can keep your glass as a souvenir of your visit or return it at the end of your session for a £2 refund. The festival glass is marked at half and third pint allowing
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you to try a good selection of drinks available but remember please drink responsibly.
Essential Information
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t is highly recommended that you use public transport wherever you can, as parking in and around the festival venue is very limited plus in the day’s beforehand Calderdale council are planning major re-surfacing works which could lead to the inevitable traffic problems. Fortunately Hebden Bridge is well served by public transport. Buses stop at Hebden Bridge every 10 minutes day time (Mon- Sat), until 7pm then there are 2 per hour -Service 592 590. First Bus - (Last bus Halifax – 23:16 - Todmorden 23:35) Trains stop at Hebden Bridge Station - there are 4 trains per hour until 7pm then 3 trains per hour. Northern - (Last train Halifax – Midnight – Manchester 23:26). From the train station there it’s only a short
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At the bars you will require a multi-value ticket to purchase your selected beer or cider. Extra beer tickets will be available to purchase from either the admission or membership stand. Beers and ciders will only be served in the appropriate festival glass.
FOOD
A mouth-watering selection of hot and cold food will be available form the in house café run by volunteers from the Hebden Bridge Town Hall Association also available will be teas and coffees and soft drinks. Food will be available up to 9pm each night.
DOGS
Sorry no dogs allowed into the festival hall unless they are guide or assistance dogs.
ALLERGEN INFORMATION - THE BEER (OR CIDER/ PERRY) IN YOUR GLASS Please be assured that all the beers and ciders featured at the Calderdale Beer & Cider Festival comply with the allergens regulations. Please ask any member of staff for information if you have any concerns about any of the beers, ciders or perries served at this festival.
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e have a selection of 50 beers for you to try whilst the festival is open. This range includes - Tasty Mild’s, Hoppy Bitters, Best Bitters, Silky Smooth Stouts and Wholesome Porters and with Speciality Beers, so hopefully there is something to suit all tastes and palates. The range will include a good representation from most of the micro-breweries with in the Calderdale boundary, so local tastes and flavours being well served, combined this with beers from further afield, so hopefully you will find something to your liking We also have a Special Festival Ale brewed for us by one of our outstanding micro-breweries based in the Calder valley who are also celebrating their own milestone of ten years of brewing.
ALLGATES 1
WIGAN JUNCTION
3.9% A chestnut bitter which is rounded with some residual sweetness with tastes of fruit and vanilla balanced with a resinous hop character.
BANK TOP 2
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FLAT CAP
4.0% A Pale bitter with a citrus aroma and hoppy citrus finish.
RHATAS
Whitby
4.6% A dark, rich bitter that is creamy and smooth to the palate with some spicy notes.
BLACK EDGE 6
Wilsden
GOLDY LOCKS 4.0% Blonde made with pale crystal malt giving a delicate toffee after taste. Cascade aroma hop provides a refreshing citrus fragrance.
BLACK DOG 5
Bolton
PORT O`CALL 5.0% A smooth Porter with an added bottle of Port in the brewer’s barrel. Black in colour with a roasted and sweet malt aroma. The taste is roasted, chocolate and coffee.
BINGLEY 4
Wigan
BLACK PORT
Lancashire
4.9% A dark porter that starts dry with chocolate roasted flavours and finishes with sweet port notes.
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Leighton
BUFF
3.6%
Amber coloured smooth session beer.
BRIDESTONES 8
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Hebden Bridge 4.5% MILK CHOCOLATE STOUT
Special Ale.
WINTER WARMER
6.6%
Special Ale.
BUSHEY
10 CASTLETOWN BITTER
Isle of Man
3.5% A light, golden beer full of floral and citrus hints
CASTLE ROCK
11 SHERWOOD RESERVE
Nottingham
4.5% Brewed with fresh Columbian coffee beans, Sherwood Reserve is a smooth, balanced and decadent stout, with notes of chocolate and coffee.
CONWY
Woodlands, Conwy
12 WELSH PRIDE
4.0% Initially malty yet gives way to a zingy spicy finish.
DARK STAR
West Sussex
13 HOPHEAD
3.8% Pale golden ale with a strong floral aroma and elderflower notes from the Cascade hops.
ELLAND
14 1872 WHISKY PORTER
Elland
6.5% Multi-award winning, full flavoured porter matured in whisky casks.
GREAT ORME 15 ORME
Colwyn Bay, North Wales
3.8% A mouth-watering cask conditioned ale based on a traditional Welsh recipe. The taste of this best bitter is due to the subtle addition of crystal and chocolate malts to the base Maris Otter pale ale malt. The initial well balanced taste gives way to a delicate smoked finish.
HADRIAN & BORDER
16 GINGER BEER
Newcastle Upon Tyne
4.0% Amber coloured beer sweetened with real root ginger.
HALIFAX STEAM
17 AUSSIE KISS
Hipperholme
A light beer with a hoppy flavour and finish.
3.8%
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HAWKSHEAD
Cumbria
18 RED
4.2% A bitter-sweet rich and fruity Red Ale. Brewed with English hops and Dark Crystal malt which gives the beer its colour.
HIGHLAND BREWING
19 SNEEK WEE ORKNEY STOUT Dry hopped stout.
Orkeny 4.8%
KELBURN
East Renfrewshire
KELBURN
Glasgow
20 RED SMIDDY
4.1% A smooth ale with a reddish hue and a citrus,fruity aftertaste.
21 GOLDIHOPS
3.8% A golden, hoppy beer. Clean on the palate with a long, lingering aftertaste.
KIRKBY LONSDALE
22 JUBILEE STOUT
Carnforth
5.5% A smooth stout allowing hints of pale malt and liquorice to show through.
LANDLORDS FRIEND 23 MR HOUGH
Dark premium bitter.
LITTLE VALLEY
24 HEBDENS WHEAT
Luddenden Foot 4.4%
Cragg Vale
4.5% Belgian style, naturally hazy wheat beer. Fruity with hints of coriander and lemon.
25 VANILLA PORTER
4.5% Dark and lightly roasted with hints of Vanilla.
26 SPECIAL ALE
?% A very special ale brewed for the Halifax & Calderdale 40th Anniversary.
LYMESTONE
27 STONE CUTTER
Staffordshire
3.7% A fusion of Maris Otter malts and Pilot and Fuggles hops explode on the palate as biscuit and juicy fruit flavours give way to citrus and berry hops, good hop aroma and hoppy after taste.
MALLINSONS
28 SESSION 11 Pale Ale.
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Huddersfield 3.8%
MILLSTONE
Ashton-under-Lyne
29 TIGER RUT
4.0% Aroma of pineapple, barley, citrus and yeast. Similar flavours with a tasty passion fruit hop.
MORDUE
30 WORKIE TICKET
North Shields
4.5% A tasty, complex beer with malt and hops throughout and a long, satisfying bitter finish.
NORLAND BEERS
31 BEST BITTER
Norland
4.3% An amber coloured beer infused with the flavour of malt, hops and fruit. Hoppy bitterness remains assertive in the aftertaste. A classic example of a traditional northern ale.
OATES
Boothtown
32 APA
5.3% Smooth and very highly hopped beer in the style of an American IPA. Hops,malt and fruit combine to make a robust mouthwatering strong ale.
ORKNEY
33 RAVEN ALE
Orkney Islands
3.8% Mid golden ale with a complex aroma mixture of toasted and biscuit like aromas with spicy resinous hops.
PEERLESS
34 KNEE BUCKLER
Birkenhead
5.2% The aftertaste and aroma comes from a blend of American hops, Citra, Cascade and Columbus which gives a distinct fruity finish.
PURPLE MOOSE
35 SNOWDONIA ALE
North Wales
3.6% A golden coloured bitter with a citrusy, spicy and caramel in aroma. Flavour is similar.
36 ELDERFLOWER ALE
4.0% A refreshing pale ale brewed using Cascade hops with the added indulgence of elderflower.
RAMSGATE
37 DOG BOLTER
Kent
5.6% This sturdy traditional Dark Porter hits the spot like no other.
SALTAIRE
38 BLACKBERRY CASCADE
Shipley
4.8% American style pale ale with the floral aromas and strong bitterness of Cascade and Centennial hops, infused with a hint of blackberries. Calderdale Beer & Cider Festival 2015 | 5
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SLIGHTLY FOXED
39 21ST CENTURY FOX
Sowerby Bridge
4.8% Using a number of recently developed New World hops and mashed using the palest malts, double aroma hopped and dry hopped to give a Citrus palate and a refreshing aroma
SOUTH HAMS
Devon
40 HOPNOSIS
4.5% A distinctly hoppy aroma, citrus fruits, lemon, orange and grapefruit, there is an underlying malt aroma. The taste is dry, with plenty of hop flavours, a tiny hint of floral hop, and then citrus fruit; again orange and lemon.
STOD FOLD
Ogden
41 DARK
Smooth porter with lightly roasted malts.
STRATHAVEN ALES
4.8%
Strathaven
42 CLYDESDALE IPA
3.8% A light pale ale with a grapefruit aroma and a sweet malt finish.
TITANIC
come sfrom generous additions of US West Coast hops. A full bodied and fruity beer, with notes of passion fruit, grapefruit, gooseberry, pineapple and mango.
48 PRIDE & JOY
5.3% A classic American style pale ale.is pale,crisp,very hoppy and aromatic. Robust hop flavours are layered over a balanced malty backbone Initially soft to the palate it builds to a generous but clean bitterness. Flavours and aromas of mango, citrus, earth pine, tropical fruit and blueberry.
WILLIAMS BROS
49 MIDNIGHT SUN PORTER
Scotland
5.8% A blend of malted barley, oats, roast barley, chocolate malt then balanced with a generous helping of hops. An after bite of fresh root ginger elevates this ale to another level.
WOLD TOP Driffield, East Yorkshire 50 ANGLER’S REWARD 4.0%
A refreshing golden pale ale with a fruity bitterness & lingering aftertaste.
Stoke-on-Trent
43 CAPPUCCINO STOUT
4.5% The nose is smoke, cherry, charcoal, cola and coffee. The taste is roasted malt, chocolate, coffee and smoke, with a dry, slightly burnt finish.
44 PLUM PORTER
4.9% This beer is dark strong and well rounded; the richness of such a rotund beer is brought to an even keel by the late addition of Goldings hops and natural plum flavouring. Take the opportunity and go for the low hanging fruit, this sumptuous beer really is a plum!
TRYST
45 RAI IPA
Falkirk, Scotland
5.5% A traditional India Pale Ale style recipe that is full bodied with an underlying malt flavour and strong lingering aftertaste of hops. Brewed with three UK hop varieties.
UPHAM
Hampshire
VOCATION
Cragg Vale
46 TIMPSTER
3.6% Golden and light with refreshing citrus notes that complement the smooth bitterness.
47 HEART & SOUL
4.4% A golden ale with intense fruit salad character
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any ciders are mass produced using modern methods are cold, pasteurised, and fizzy but cider and perries served here at the festival are different. Traditional cider and perry simply consists of fermentable apple or pear juice. There is a huge variety in flavour and aroma depending on the varieties of apples and pears used. The proportions in the blend, and where the fruit is grown. Cider in the West of England and Wales is normally made from different varieties of cider apple. In Eastern and Southern England cooking and desert apples are normally used. Nearly all perry is made from perry pears and mainly produced in Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Monmouthshire. Most traditional ciders and perries are blends but single variety cider and perries are made using just one variety of fruit. Typically most ciders and perries have an alcohol content of between 6% - 8% and we will have for you a selection of traditional ciders and perries available at the festival.
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Herefordshire CASK CONDITIONED CIDER Dry 6.5%
Hazy and pale yellow in colour, this cider has a smokey and rich apple fruitiness.
ALPACA PERRY
Medium/Dry 6.5% Named after the alpacas who share the field in which the pears for the perry are grown.
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2012 VINTAGE CIDER
Holmfirth
? 7.2% A blend of traditional cider apples, hand pressed and slowly fermented the natural way.
GWENT Y DRAIG
Pontypridd, Wales
THISTLY CROSS
Dunbar, Scotland
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PERRY VALE
Medium 4.5% A blend of three pear varieties with a refreshing crisp flavour with an abundant pear aroma.
WHISKEY
Medium/Dry 6.9% A flavoursome cider made potent in the oak of a Glen Moray whisky cask.
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Medium/Dry 7.2%
PERRY
Medium/Dry 7.1%
Clean and refreshing.
Superb lingering after taste.
GRUMPY JOHN’S
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Shipley, West Yorkshire
JOHN’S CIDER
Dry 6.0%
A fruity, dry cider.
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Herefordshire
MEDIUM/DRY CIDER
HAPPY DAZE CIDER
Pontypridd, Wales
Medium 4.5% Fruity, apply aroma, well balanced finish. A light and very easy to drink cider.
MAYS CIDER
Herefordshire
PURE NORTH
Holmfirth, West Yorkshire
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SWEET CIDER
Sweet 5.5% Soft and fruity flavours in the style of a traditional sweet cider.
FUSION CIDER
Medium/Dry 6.5% A clean sharp cider made using a blend of four cider apple varieties.
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Halifax & Calderdale Branch of the Campaign for Real Ale
EVER WONDERED HOW THIS EVENT HAPPENS? The Festival is brought to you by the Halifax & Calderdale CAMRA Branch
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ike so many things that the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) does, the success of Calderdale Beer & Cider Festival – is down to volunteers, people who love beer (or cider) just like you! Whether you have time on your hands, looking for a new hobby, want in to learn some new skills or enhance your CV, volunteering for CAMRA could be just what you are looking for. Volunteering for CAMRA gives you the opportunity to gain skills in a lot of different areas, skills you would often not have a chance to acquire within the usual day to day paid work. There are a huge number of opportunities depending on how much spare time you have and your interests. You could work at a beer festival such as this; which is just one of around 200 that the campaign runs each year. It may be learning how to look after or serve the beer – good practise if you want to work in or running a pub or even start your own microbrewery.
d valued, the “I feel involved an appreciated” little I do is greatly social “A very active d so transferre calendar. I al y ar th volunt skills from bo id work. pa al re d work an skills which fe li e ar e Thes thing other no e have cost m than my time” “Physical exercise a major change from normal daily drudge. Making a whole new bunch of friends” 8 | Calderdale Beer & Cider Festival 2015
Perhaps possibly selling is more of your cup of tea; festivals have everything to sell from glasses to tee shirts. You might also end up managing some other volunteers, great experience if your aim is to manage people at work as you have to learn how to motivate people and get things done- a real challenge when all you have is please and thank you in your armoury. CAMRA offers more volunteering opportunities than just beer festivals - you decide depending on the time you have. There are just a few suggestions included in this article, so what are you waiting for? You can find more details on CAMRAs web site at www.camra.org.uk/volunteers-your-story or contact the local branch www.hxcalderdalecamra. org.uk Why do members volunteer in the first place? Below is what a few people told us they got out of volunteering with CAMRA; it not all hard work!
“I enjoy it! I love seeing all volunteers pulling together to make thing work it’s really fantastic!”
“You get out what you put in. I’ve a lot t of friends, visit grea an ve ha d places, an active social life, er (along with non-be met en ev e I’v ). interests h ug ro th fe wi re tu my fu CAMRA!”
“Camaraderie, sense of belonging, satis faction of a good job done enjoyment of being with lik e-minded people. Never have nothing to do so don’t ge t bored of being home al l the timebecause I’m no t!!” “Enjoyin g the co mpany a helping nd the real ale scen progres e s as well as many as sociated the issues such as visiting pub” www.hxcalderdalecamra.org.uk
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THE CALDER VALLEY BREWERIES 12 Micro-Breweries and counting...
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id you know that the Halifax & Calderdale CAMRA Branch has now 12 micro-breweries in its boundary. Between them they produce on a regular basis nearly 60 cask ales and if you add seasonal and specials this figure increases to 80 (including some botted ales). Most of the breweries brew 2-6 regular ales but some are more ambitious and brew up to 12 ales with one brewing up to 20! So why so many breweries in such a relatively concentrated area? Not so long ago you would have to travel 16+ miles between breweries and yet now in the same distance we can boast a dozen. Is it the soft Pennine water which we enjoy around these parts - after all good water equals good beer, is it the availability of ideal sized business units or old mills and farm outbuildings - with a good few of the micros occupying old refurbished mills and farm buildings, is it the good transport links around the area and out to further afield - the M62 runs through the heart of the region.
Could it be the vast amount of quality free houses within Calderdale that allows these micros to get their beers on the bar or is it that the Calderdale region has `pedigree’ with many micros being establish for some years, with two celebrating 10 years of brewing and others winning many local and national awards including one winning CAMRA’s Champion Beer of Britain not once but three times!. So whatever the answer is let’s hope they keep doing what they are doing, brewing up tasty flavoursome quality ales for us to consume. At the festival we have a selection of beers from all the microbreweries within the Halifax & Calderdale branch area - so` get supping’ and enjoy!
WANT TO JOIN THE BRANCH BUT NOT MUCH TIME ON YOUR HANDS? There are lots of ways that you can help Become a Beer Scorer... Fill in an online form on a pubs beer quality. Branches use the data to help chose which pubs are worth considering for CAMRA Good Beer Guide. Join a Tasting Panel... After some training simply fill in tasting card on the beer you have drunk. These description go into the GBG (Good Beer Guide), and the scoring is taking into account for beers going into CAMRAs Champion Beer of Britain. Do some Lobbying... CAMRA often asks people to write to their MP. Or local councillor. The quantity of the letters received is what make an impact and it’s only take a few minutes.
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A LITTLE MORE TIME? WHY NOT… Help with a Local Magazine… Most branches have a local magazine. You could write an occasional article may be on a local pub or pub crawl. Alternatively, what about helping to distribute to local pubs? Get involved with the Local Branch… Many branches need extra help from arranging pub crawls, surveying pubs, or maybe managing their web site. Become a Brewery Liaison Officer... Act as a liaison between a brewery and the local CAMRA Branch. Calderdale Beer & Cider Festival 2015 | 9
GOOD BEER GUIDE 2016...AVAILABLE NOW! The Campaign for Real Ale’s (CAMRA) best-selling beer and pub guide is back for 2016. Fully updated with the input of CAMRA’s 170,000 plus members, the Guide is indispensable for beer and pub lovers young and old. Buying the book directly from CAMRA helps us campaign to support and protect real ale, real cider & real perry, and pubs & pub-goers. HOW TO ORDER Post: Complete the form on this page and send to: CAMRA, 230 Hatfield Road, St Albans AL1 4LW Phone: To order by credit card please phone 01727 867201 during office hours* Online: Please visit www.camra.org.uk/shop* Your details (please complete in BLOCK CAPITALS) I wish to buy the 2016 Good Beer Guide for £11 (CAMRA Members only) plus p&p I wish to buy the 2016 Good Beer Guide for £15.99 plus p&p
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Shoulder of Mutton A traditional pub with a strong community feel and a warm welcome. Overlooking the Cragg Brook River and across the road from the train station in the quaint village of Mytholmroyd.
• SERVING 6 CASK ALES including rotating guests.
• TASTY HOME COOKED FOOD available lunchtimes & evenings.
• Riverside Beer Garden • Live Music • Car Park • Open all day, 7 days a week
New Road, Mytholmroyd, HX7 5DZ. Tel 01422 883165
The Staff of Life Inn at Eagles Crag
Nestled ‘neath the shadow of Eagles Crag we offer good real ale with constantly changing guest beers and great innovative meals from a themed weekend menu, supported by seasonal main menus on which we try to support local producers of quality products.
B&B - Recently renovated double en-suite rooms available
550 Burnley Road, Todmorden, OL14 8JF For Bookings & Accommodation
call 01706 819033
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DAY TRIPS OVER THE BORDER
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Burnley, Lancashire
’ve recently being straying off my usual beaten track to the pubs and bars of Calderdale to go `over the border’ into Lancashire, Burnley to be precise the reason of course beer and the consuming of, in of course moderation. My first foray over the border was to visit the excellent Burnley Beer Festival held at the Burnley Mechanics Hall 10th – 12th September 2015. On the one evening that I managed to get across to visit the festival I tried several ales, mainly dark beers and all were on fine form. Beers I tried ranged from a delicious locally brewed Brewsmith Oat Meal Stout at 5.0% abv. Castle Rock Sherwood Reserve Stout at 4.5% abv. a new beer from Moon stone brewery based in the Ministry of Ale pub just up from the festival venue on Trafalgar Street. A full bodied dark ale called Barden Entire stout at 4.1% abv. Other ales tried were from breweries local and further away with the likes of Hopstar from Darwen, Purple Moose from North Wales and Worsthorne from well Worsthorne. My final beer was an instant favourite from the moment I tasted it when it was first brewed Leeds and their smooth premium dark mild, Midnight Bell at 4.0% abv. My second trip over the border occurred the following week on the Saturday 19th September 2015 my wife was attending a Gin Fest in the Burnley Mechanic Hall (a phenomena which as growing at quite a fast pace, who would have thought the drinking of Gin and Tonic was now the hip thing to do). So leaving her on the door step of the venue I thought I could take the
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opportunity to visit some pubs and bars in Burnley town centre. I didn’t have to stray too far for the first place the Beer Shack on Manchester Street, a bare board venue with the walls partly covered in pump clips of beers they had on since opening in spring 2014. The tally of 633 with mine host Stuart placing another half a dozen on the wall between serving customers. Six hand pulls dispensed a range of top quality ales with three boxes of traditional ciders and perries on the bar, a pint of Ramsbottom, Sunny Day at 4.5% abv took my fancy. The Beer shack also doubles as a real ale off licence with a massive selection of locally and national brewed bottles available on racks as you enter the bar. It was only a short stroll that brought me to The Brew’m, a new micro pub owned by those jolly fellows of Reedley Hallows Brewery, a smart modern feel to the one roomed venue with a good selection of cask ales from the 6 hand pumps with again boxed real cider and a good selection of bottles in the glass fronted fridge for those who like the foreign bottled beers. I suppose I had to try one of the Reedley beers the New Laund Dark at 4.4% abv, which was served by one of the actual Reedley brewery employees who just popped in the drop of some casks, served me then popped off again whilst the regular staff member was re-stocking the fridge from the back store room. It’s not often you get served a beer by the man who actually brews it! The bar is on St James Row just a short walk from the main shopping thoroughfare in Burnley centre. My final designation for the day was the Bridge Bier Huis on Bank Parade. This is Burnley’s premier cask ale venue so the blurb goes and I can see why. As you enter you are greeted by a bright modern feel to the place with areas left and right for seating and some more raised areas which on the day of my visit was full of punters watching sport on two large screens. The bar contained 6 hand pulls with Titanic Plum Porter at 4.9% abv. being my choice. I retired to a small snug www.hxcalderdalecamra.org.uk
room away from the boisterous crowd gathered to see the sport, a quiet place of heaven from the Oohs & Oh No of the footy fans. My Titanic beer went down as quick as that famous ship so another pint was ordered and I returned to my quite corner. I was just contemplating whether to order one more when the familiar sound of a text message from my mobile “I’m nearly ready” was the message from my better half, blimey the afternoon had whizzed past so fast. “I’m on my way” was my reply. Soon we were both on our Bus back to the Calderdale area. Discussion both of our excursions, her about the G & T’s she had tried and me about the new bars I had found with a firm decision from me about re-visiting Burnley again to explore further. Burnley is easy to get to with both trains and buses from the Calder Valley going direct either to the Bus Station or Manchester Road Railway Station. I would recommend the bus (service 592), although slower it’s far cheaper than the train. By APJ
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BREWERY NEWS
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Vocation Brewery, Hebden Bridge
t’s award time at Vocation Brewery, Cragg Vale, Hebden Bridge. with the brewery being awarded their first certificates for their beers. Two out of their core range of beers won top gongs at the SIBA North East Beer Competition. Vocation’s session IPA Heart & Soul won Gold medal with the American Pale Ale, Pride & Joy winning the Silver medal and having sampled those two beers on a regular basis in pubs and bars around Calderdale it’s easy to see why they won, and I can see many more `gongs’ coming their way. Speaking to Tom Chapman, (Sales Manager, at Vocation), whilst visiting the brewery recently in my capacity of the Volunteer Brewery Liaison Officer role. Tom explained what had been going on so far at the brewery, how they were nearly at capacity and what expansion plans have already started. Two extra fermenters have now been added with plans for at least another three in the pipeline plus some internal structural alterations and re-organising thus giving the brewery about an extra third of space. I asked about the onsite brewery shop and future brewery visits, Tom replied that although they are
PUB NEWS Todmorden
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ollowing on from the last editions, (issue 35) article about the Hare and Hounds on Burnley Road in Todmorden. The Hare it is now serving range of `guest ales’ with a couple of dozen featured up to late September, plus the full range of seasonal and specials from the Thwaites portfolio with three of the five hand pulls now reserved for the guest ale beers. Sad news up in the Walsden area, the Halifax and Calderdale CAMRA, Good Beer Guide entry and Pub of the Season award winner the Masons Arms, Gauxholme, has closed and is potentially awaiting a new buyer. Lets hope it soon reopens as this was a beacon of good ale and an excellent community pub which is much missed by all those who frequented the bar.
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keen to get the shop and brewery tours going at the moment they are working flat out to meet the demand for their cask ales. But all of their beers are available to buy on-line, just visit the brewery web page and follow the links. Tom showed me their latest new beer `Life & Death’ - an IPA at a hefty 6.5% - a Ballsy, US style IPA, so expect flavours of Tropical & Citrus Fruits, with a lingering Bitterness set against a smooth Malty backbone. If it is a good as all the others ales they brew then I can see yet more certificates for the brewery wall. By Allan Whitehead, Brewery Liaison Officer (BLO) for Vocation Brewery
The Staff of Life below the local landmark Eagles Crag, on Burnley Road, Lydgate is Todmorden’s only entry in the new Good Beer Guide 2016. The Staff of Life is an outstanding small pub serving 2 regular ales (both Timothy Taylors) and 3 guest pumps serving a good range of beers mainly from Northern independents combine this with an excellent range of lunchtime and evening meals and with proper real fires plus a frequent regular bus service (592) running past the door, it’s well worth the trip out and now has letting rooms for bed and breakfast accommodation.
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CAMRA’S NATIONAL CLUB OF THE YEAR Wortley Mens Club, South Yorkshire
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AMRA, the Campaign for Real Ale, announced the winner of their National Club of the Year Competition as Wortley Men’s Club, South Yorkshire which beat off competition from over 28,000 clubs nationwide. Wortley Men’s Club is described in CAMRA’s Good Beer Guide 2015 as being ‘In the heart of this pretty village, surrounded by open countryside, the outside of the building is impressive, with traditional timber framing and a small beer garden. The opulent interior has ornate ceilings, a small bar area, a plush lounge and a large games room. The guest ale comes from a local brewery and a guest draught cider is always kept.’ Nigel Pickering, the Steward at Wortley Men’s Club had this to say on being named the best Club for real ale anywhere in the UK, “We are overjoyed at receiving this award, it is beyond our expectations. We introduced cask beer in 1997 with 1 pump and we now have 4 pumps and 1 real cider available. This year will be holding our 3rd annual Beer Festival, which will offer 40 beers and 10 ciders. We try to be active in the local community, we are part of a small village and hold events in conjunction with the local businesses and church, most recently a Brass Band Competition and we have also raised money for the Yorkshire Air Ambulance through our Beer Festival.” Club Mirror magazine and CAMRA joined forces three years ago in the quest to find the best real ale clubs – those which offer a fantastic atmosphere, welcoming surroundings, and most importantly, top quality real ale served in great condition. Competition organiser John Holland had this to say, “Wortley Men’s Club is hugely deserving of this prestigious C A M R A award. Not only is it a beautiful p e r i o d building, but the Steward’s
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commitment to quality real ale and the welcome you receive really is second to none. The club itself of course serves men and women, and free to visit for CAMRA members, but I think you would think yourself extremely lucky to have this as your local club, and I can see why it remains as popular as ever with members as well proving a hit with competition judges.” The CAMRA Club of the Year 2015 Award was presented at the Wortley Men’s Club on Tuesday the 17th March, by CAMRA National Director Keith Spencer, with many local CAMRA branch and club members in attendance. OVERALL WINNER: Wortley Men’s Club, Reading Room Lane, Wortley, Sheffield S35 7DB OTHER FINALISTS • Cheltenham Motor Club. • Appleton Thorn Village Hall, Cheshire. • Poole Ex-Serviceman’s (RBL) Club
A BIG THANK YOU...
From the Halifax & Calderdale CAMRA Branch The Halifax and Calderdale CAMRA branch would like to thank the following establishments for allowing us to hold our meetings – Fox & Goose, Hebden Bridge. The Drop Inn, Brighouse. The Works, Sowerby Bridge. Three Pigeons, The Gun Dog, Victorian Craft Café Bar, Halifax. Cross Keys, Siddal.
& From the Editor of CalderCask
The Editor is grateful to the following for their contributions to this edition of Caldercask. APJ. A. Whitehead. Richard Lee. www.hxcalderdalecamra.org.uk
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