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This year’s winter pub of the season is the Huntsman at Thurlstone. The Huntsman has been a firm favourite with CAMRA members for as long as I can remember and a winner of numerous awards and a Good Beer Guide regular entry. Situated in the west of our area in the pretty village of Thurlstone this lovely roadside inn oozes character and characters. The heart of the local community this thriving pub is a fantastic asset to the village and a popular meeting place to socialise and enjoy great real ale, music and food. The job of running the pub has recently been taken on by new landlady Sam who had previously worked at the pub for a number of years. Sam has already made some changes such as increasing the opening hours, refurbishing the internal decor and adding locally sourced Pork Pies and homemade Scotch Eggs to the list of bar snacks. The bar dispenses up to six cask ales from local and national breweries and also offers a draught cider. On hearing the news Sam was overjoyed and paid great thanks to her loyal army of regular customers who make all the hard work worthwhile The pub runs events throughout the week. Monday night is darts and dominoes. Tuesday night is quiz night & an Acoustic jam session on Wednesdays. On the second Thursday in every month there is an Irish folk night, and on the fourth Thursday a Bluegrass night with live musicians. The pub also serves a popular Sunday lunch as well as regular theme nights. Barnsley CAMRA will be holding a presentation evening on Friday January 20th at around 9pm. So please come along and help celebrate this fantastic community pub. Due to sparse public transport to the pub, Barnsley CAMRA will provide a minibus to and from the Huntsman. You must book your place on this bus with Margaret Croft (page 24) the return price being £4 per person. This Minibus will depart the Old No 7 at 7.30pm and return from the Huntsman at 10pm. Stagecoach bus service 92 runs every two hours to Thurlstone if you wish to use it WKH EHVW WLPHV IRU WKH SUHVHQWDWLRQ DUH 2XW DW SP DUU SP 5HW SP DUU 10.24pm) Current opening hours: Mon - Thurs 5- SP )UL - 0LGQLJKW 6DW - 0LGQLJKW 6XQ -11pm
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The new pub the Dearne Valley Farm at Birdwell has now opened and offers 3 cask ales, one from local brewery Acorn and two others from Greene King. The Britannia at Springvale has been refurbished and is offering cask beers. The Travellers Inn, Dodworth Now with new owners it offers two guest beers plus Greene King IPA and open longer. Full House Monk Bretton closed for a refurbishment in September. It is due to open as we go to print. The Spread Eagle, Penistone is currently closed. The landlord left the pub in October after two years. Andy Plummer has left the Huntsman at Thurlstone, but long established staff member Samantha Ireland is now the new landlady. Sam took the reins in late September and has made a few changes to the pub, one change is increasing the opening times. The Huntsman has also been awarded Winter Pub of the Season. (See page 3) The Keys at Hoyland Common, has reduced its cask beer range from five to three and added four craft beers. CAMRA discount of 50p a pint Thurs to Sun, you must show your membership card. The Longcar Inn now has a new licensee, as Cheryl Parker retired from the pub after 15½ years. The new licensee has moved from the George & Dragon. Ring O'Bells at Royston. The hand pumps are still on the bar at the pub but there has been no real ale for months. The team at Maison Du Biere, Elsecar Heritage Centre, are opening a new micro pub in the unit next door and hopes to be
open very soon. It won’t be serving cask ale unless requested for at functions. Watch out for their brewery... The Beggar and Gentleman at Hoyland is boarded up. Good news for Hoyland, plans have been submitted for a new micro pub, possibly called the Knave & Kestrel. Also planning has been submitted for a micro pub in Bolton on Dearne, on the corner of Ringway and St Andrew’s Sq. There is no real ale on at the Darfield Cricket Club and reports are this is for the foreseeable future. A new craft ale bar (no real ale) has opened in Barnsley town centre on Shamble Street, Jocks Cavern. The Three Horseshoes at Brierley has had planning submitted to convert it to flats plus two houses on the car park. Residents are setting up a petition to stop the plans. The Barley Sheaf at Wombwell has had a recent redecoration, there is a guest beer, on a recent visit this was Sharp’s Doom Bar. The local ale seems to have been dropped from the list. There is no real ale available at the George, Wombwell The Junction at Brampton has re opened after owner change. And the former Redfearn’s Social Club at Monk Bretton has been demolished. Geeves Brewery
Smokey Joe Classic Stout 5% is available as we go to print, as is the award winning Captain Gingerbread Wheat Beer 4.3% Naughty Elf Christmas Ale
6.8% should be around by the time you are reading this magazine. Two Roses Brewery As we go to print the brewery is up for sale. The odd beer is being brewed for the Arcade Alehouse and Talbot Inn. Acorn Brewery Teenage Kicks 4.5% is a new beer and brewed to celebrate the 13th birthday of the brewery back in July. The next two single Hopped IPAs will be brewed using Olicana and Mt Rainier hops.
It won’t be a surprise that Cracker 4.1% and Noel (now at 6.1%) will make a return to the seasonal cask ales. There is a new member of the team, in October they employed one of their own customers - Steph Woods who ran the New Barrack Tavern, Sheffield for 13 years now brings a wealth of knowledge from the pub industry to the sales team. Recently the brewers created a new, heavily hopped and stronger version of Freebird, which had previously been brewed at 4.5%. The new 5.7% Freebird APA was listed with Mitchell's and Butlers appearing on the bars at Nicholson's Pubs across the country, along with Barnsley Bitter and Gold. Their Italian customers have started to order beer now it’s getting cold. Barnsley Bitter, Old Moor Porter plus a few seasonals are on their way.
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Barnsley Conservative Club Located just a short walking distance from the centre of Barnsley, lies the Barnsley Conservative Club. This traditional members club has been offering two quality cask ales for a number of years. The cask ale is often locally sourced and is always in superb condition. Once inside, the club has a plush lounge style seating area to relax and enjoy a quiet pint. Further relaxing seating is available alongside the bar. To the rear is a large games room with full size snooker tables. The club is an ideal place to enjoy a nice pint of quality cask ale in a comfy, quiet and friendly environment. The bar is well stocked with a variety of drinks. Wobbly Bob from Phoenix brewery is a permanent cask ale at the club with the second handpump having a guest beer often from local breweries such as Bradfield, Acorn. The club is a previous branch Club of the Year winner. It is also a popular venue for branch socials and meetings. (Our branch AGM is often held here and we often use the club as a starting place for social trips.) So if you fancy a quiet pint of quality cask ale whilst in the town centre area the Conservative Club is well worth a visit. As with most clubs, this is a members club and CAMRA members should ask about being signed in before ordering at the bar. Opening Times:6.30 - 12 Mon-7KX - 3.30, 6.30 - )UL 6DW &ORVHG 6XQ
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Wednesday 14th December Barnsley CAMRA, in Aid of Barnsley Animal Rescue Charity are holding a Charity Quiz Night. Arcade Alehouse, Victoria Arcade, Barnsley Admission is ÂŁ5 per person and includes your quiz paper and a raffle ticket. Tickets are limited and available from the now from the venue. Open 7pm till 9.30pm (Quiz starts at 7.45pm). All money raised goes to Barnsley Animal Rescue Charity. If you would like to donate a prize for the winning quiz paper or the raffle please contact Margaret Croft (page 24)
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On Saturday 15th October the Wortley Men’s Club, Wortley was awarded Yorkshire CAMRA Club of the Year. The presentation was made by deputy regional director Peter Goddard. Also present was local MP Angela Smith (right) who, after the presentation to Teresa and Nigel Pickering (Club Steward) also thanked members, the committee and the couple for their hard work and commitment. The Wortley Men’s Club will now go forward to the next stage of the competition for National Club of the Year, a trophy that has been won here before. Good Luck! Ż Brewery News Continued from page 5 Jolly Boys Brewery The last update in the BAR finished with the Jolly Boys telling us that they were ready to brew at last following quite challenging beginnings! Here is their update. Like sunshine breaking through clouds, our first brews are steadily making their way into pubs around tarn and beyond. Our first brew, The Jolly Boys’ Golden Best 4.5% has proved popular with drinkers. Brewed with Pennine water, a fine Maris Otter malt and flavoured with a rich cocktail of hops. Our second brew has been our Jolly Blonde 4%. Blondes seem to be the entrance level ale for lager drinkers into our wonderful world and this has been the feedback from a few drinkers. It’s proved to be an excellent session beer with a compelling mix of hops and a lovely aftertaste. As we write, our Jolly Collier Porter (a tip of the cap to our town’s heritage) is getting distributed. If you think you can help us out with the distribution of our ales, please get in touch. We’re in the middle of formalising our distribution network and appreciate greatly the impact of the drinker sitting in the pub
offering us feedback via email, Twitter and )DFHFORWK -) Our website is a bit sparse at the moment but Computer Genius Richard is on with it. Hopefully by the time you are reading this, you’ll have access to all our brewing notes and information on brewery tours and so on. Through listening to people we’ve understood clearly what you want. News about: the brewery and the beer. We’ve also noticed a huge amount of interest in apparel and sundries such as beer mats! Every day we have requests for them!! So, we are going to set up a shop… We’ve just brewed a stout at 3.5% to be bottled for Christmas with some available in cask. Keep an eye on social media for updates. Also, our Head Brewer has joined Twitter, you can follow him @jollybrewer. He posts updates of decisions, tips and the brewing process itself. We’re so pleased to be brewing! We’d like to wish all of you a very quaffable Christmas and jolly 2017! Follow us on Facebook: Jolly Boys’ Brewery & Twitter: @jollybrewery Email: brewers@jollyboys-brewery.co.uk
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Barnsley CAMRA recently donated a set of 272 pub photos taken in 1995 to the Tasker Trust who have a huge archive of old Barnsley photos available on their website. The Tasker collection already contained hundreds of pictures of pubs going back many years. There truly used to be a pub on every corner in Barnsley town centre! You can find a gallery of the pub pictures here: www.taskertrust.co.uk/GalleryImagesofInterest.asp Ted Tasker opened a photographic shop in New Street, Barnsley in 1948. He was interested in natural history and medieval church art, but when in the 1960s major redevelopment of the town centre of Barnsley and surrounding housing areas was proposed he set himself the task of recording the buildings which were about to be lost. In order to understand the way use of the buildings had changed over time Mr Tasker researched the previous occupants of the shops and other town centre buildings using directories and census records. This, of course, included all the pubs and provides a unique overview of the turnover of landlords from the 18th century onwards. Here is an example of a pub which has been lost, the Friendship Inn which used to stand on the corner of Albert Street and New Street. The first series of ‘Barnsley Streets’ books were printed from 1974 with a cover price of ÂŁ1.30. They now sell on Amazon and Ebay at around ÂŁ15 a copy! The Tasker Trust was established in 1992 to preserve Mr Tasker’s work and to build upon it by collecting and adding more photographs to this unique record of Barnsley. The Trust updated and reprinted the books in four volumes in 2002 and they are still available from the Barnsley Chronicle shop and online for ÂŁ9.99 or ÂŁ12.99 a copy or for considerably less as Kindle ebooks. You can also borrow them from most Barnsley library branches. The Trust also give illustrated talks based on their ever growing collection of 6000+ local photographs. Linda Hutton Local Barnsley Historian :HOFRPH ,QVLGH %DUQVOH\ &$05$¡V %$5 3DJH
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Barnsley Animal Rescue Charity is one of Yorkshire’s Largest Animal Rescue Charities! They provide care and shelter for 100s of abandoned animals in Barnsley. Their vision is for all animals to live in caring, loving homes. As for all their animals, they won’t just help find you your new best friend, but they’ll give all the support and guidance you’ll need along the journey of a lifetime. BARC looks after dogs, cats, rabbits and other small animals. Barnsley CAMRA’s charity fundraising this year has raised over £1000 so far, to boost this we are having a Quiz Night on Wednesday 14th December at the Arcade Alehouse. 7pm - 9.30pm Quiz starting at 7.45pm. Tickets are £5 per person and include a raffle ticket and a quiz paper. (Max 50 people on the night) Tickets on sale at the Arcade Alehouse, Barnsley. But here is another chance to enter a second fundraising quiz for BARC. For just £2, answer the 20 questions below plus the two tiebreaker questions and send your answers, name, address, phone number or email address, (you will need to state that you are 18 or over) along with your £2 entry fee (Cheques payable to Barnsley CAMRA) to BARC c/o 188 Barnsley Road, Cudworth, Barnsley S72 8UJ or email your answers to camra@barnsleycamra.org.uk (A payment request via PayPal will be emailed back to you manually). The quiz can also be found on our website www.barnsleycamra.org.uk/charityquiz By entering we assume you will have read the Terms & Conditions on our website: www.barnsleycamra.org.uk/ TsandCs Closing date and time for this quiz is 11pm on Thursday 19th January 2017. Good Luck!
Q1 - Which team beat Barnsley 2-4 this season at Oakwell? Q2 - Who invented a beer engine in 1797, but is better known for a 1778 invention which was very handy once the beer engine had been used for a bit? Q3 - In which year was the UK’s first bottle bank opened in Barnsley? Q4 - Which Yorkshire and Leicestershire batsman had a highest first class score of 181 not out and an average of 20.71? He appeared in 66 test matches. Q5 - Who is the bard of Barnsley? Q6 - Who sculpted the statue outside the NUM offices in Barnsley, and the statue of Eric Morecambe in Morecambe? Q7 - Who was the first male winner of Strictly Come Dancing in 2005? Q8 - Which 1969 Ken Loach film was set in the Barnsley area? Q9 - And which actor in that film was once a professional wrestler under the name of Leon Arrras the man from Paris? Q10 - Which former Egghead was born in Barnsley? Q11 - Who is the current presenter of Woman’s Hour on radio 4? Q12 - Which chat show host was attacked and knocked off his chair by Rod Hull’s emu in 1976? He later complained that he would always be remembered for “that bloody bird”. Q13 - Which heavy metal band, founded in 1977, had 8 top 40 albums in the 1980s? Q14 - Who is the current leader of the Socialist Labour Party?
Q15 - Which comedian’s sketch shows were introduced by him performing an optical illusion with a plate glass window? Q16 - Which professional footballer, with 171 appearances for Doncaster Rovers, became well known in the 1970s as a stand up comedian and game show host? Q17 - Which pantomime is on at the Lamproom theatre this year? Q18 - Who is the MP for Barnsley Central? Q19 - Barnsley's current population is nearly a quarter of a million. To the nearest 100, what was it at the time of the Domesday Book? Q20 - What was the Arcade Alehouse before it became a pub? Tiebreaker 1 - What will be the FIRST ball drawn on the UK Lotto Draw on Sat 21st Jan 2017? Tiebreaker 2 - And what will be the BONUS Ball number on the same draw? Thanks go to The Talbot Inn at Mapplewell who have donated the prize of a gallon of real ale to be enjoyed at the Talbot Inn. Also, thanks go to John Bratley, a member of Sheffield CAMRA for setting these questions.
Both the quizzes are being organised by Barnsley CAMRA with all proceeds to BARC Answers and winner will be in the Spring Edition
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CAMRA LocAle - the accreditation scheme to promote pubs and clubs that sell locally-brewed real ale, reducing the number of ‘beer miles’ and supporting your local breweries. Listed below are pubs and clubs in the Barnsley area. These outlets should regularly serve at least one real ale that is 20 miles or less from the brewery to the bar. Anglers Rest - Wombwell Arcade Alehouse - Barnsley Barnbrook - Mapplewell Bridge Inn - Thurgoland Cherry Tree - High Hoyland Commercial - Barnsley Conservative Club - Barnsley Crown & Anchor - Barugh Green Crown Inn - Elsecar Dog and Partridge - Hazlehead Fitzwilliam Arms - Elsecar Furnace Inn - Hoyland Fox and Hounds - Shafton Fox House Inn - Carlecotes Horseshoe - Wombwell Houghton Arms-Great Houghton Huntsman - Thurlstone Joseph Bramah - Barnsley Keel Inn - Barnsley
Longcar - Barnsley Market - Elsecar Miners Rest - Old Town Old Number 7 - Barnsley Penistone Church FC-Penistone Royal - Barugh Green Rose & Crown - Hoylandswaine Saville Square-Hoyland Common Shaw Lane Club - Barnsley Shakespeare - Barnsley Silkstone Golf Club - Silkstone Spencer Arms - Cawthorne Sports & Social Club Hoylandswaine Staincross Club - Staincross Talbot Inn - Mapplewell The Keys - Hoyland Common Waggon & Horses - Langsett White Heart - Penistone
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Watch out for pubs displaying the up-to-date LocAle sign Order a LocAle beer. This may be highlighted with the LocAle Crown on the pump Enjoy the quality local real ale Ask your local if they can stock a LocAle real ale or contact Barnsley CAMRA if you would like us to speak to a licensee about LocAle on your behalf
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Getting people out and about into their local, or not so local pubs and clubs is what this new article is all about. In the last edition we enjoyed a trip to Mapplewell, today were off up Summer lane and Pogmoor. We catch the number 43 Stagecoach Bus from Barnsley Interchange. I have made this a Saturday Trip so the pubs are open during the afternoon. Buses leave the Interchange at 25 and 55 mins past the hour until 6.55pm then things change. A £3.30 day ticket covers the whole route given, but a £4 day ticket could get you from home (Ask a Stagecoach Driver). Our first call(s) are from the same stop on Summer Lane, just 4 mins into the journey. Alight at Newton Street for the Commercial and the Moulders Arms. The Commercial on Summer Lane is a popular lively family owned pub offering three real ales. One is Tetley Bitter and the other 2 can vary from being local beers from Bradfield, Abbeydale etc to being Durham beers. The pub is popular with Pool and Darts players. The pub is just one room but offers separate drinking areas. After your visit cross the road onto Summer Street and into the Moulders Arms. The Moulders Arms is again a one roomed local which offers (currently) one real ale, and what an ale … Theakston's Old Peculiar is the choice here. The pub is openplan but has three distinct drinking areas served by the small bar. A garden provides a secure drinking area for the family. The name of the pub is derived from its proximity to the Old Foundry. When you’re ready walk back to the bus
stop and the next bus will take you up the road for two stops where you alight at Welbeck Street and the Polish Club. The Polish Club was planning a few alterations on my recent visit so it will be interesting to see what’s changed in six weeks, talks of walls being removed and opening up redundant rooms etc. The club is a club in name, it hosts rock nights over the weekends and has hosted many charity rock gigs. The club offers one cask ale and this tends to go on on a Friday, and when it’s gone it’s gone. A popular beer here is Robinsons Trooper but Stancill Brewery beers are seen here often. The one room used by drinkers has a pool table, dartboard and TV screen as well as the bar, but as we go to print, things may, or may not have changed. So back to the bus stop and another shortish journey round to Pogmoor. Alight after three stops at Glendale Close, just past the petrol station on the right. Here across the road you will see the pub, Tom Treddlehoyle. The small bar here serves this busy community local. Though the pub is open plan it has a separate room atmosphere. A conservatory area at the rear acts as a function room for small partys and meetings. This leads to quite a large kid friendly garden which is popular in the summer months. Heading back, you have a choice of catching the 43 bus round to Kingstone, about 15 mins to town (there are no more real ale pubs on the route) or catch a 44 bus back down Summer Lane and into town, about 6 mins.
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provided), this community pub reopened as a free house in 2010 after seven years of closure. Extensively restored, it has retained many traditional Victorian features, original etched windows and mirrors. A large decked garden has been developed to the rear. The brand new CAMRA Good Beer Guide 2017 is The five guest beers usually include a stout now available (See page 12) for a new selection of or porter, the majority from small independent Away Ales for our next breweries. Acorn seven away games: Blonde is a permanent Sat 3rd Dec: Birmingham ale. The pub also has The Anchor, 308 Bradford an extensive range of whiskies, with over 200 Street, B5 6ET Grade II-listed and with a stocked. Open Tue noon - midnight nationally important historic pub interior, a four- Tel (0114) 233 9336 times winner of the local CAMRA branch Pub of the Sat 17th Dec: Cardiff The Hopbunker, Year and a 2013 finalist, the Anchor is a must visit Kingsway, CF10 5AF for the real ale enthusiast. As the name suggests, this is a basement bar - it Run by the Keane family for over 40 years, it brings is the brewery tap for the local-pub feel to a city- Hopcraft Brewery, so centre location. There is a expect to find some of its ales on sale. Up to 15 varied beer range, with handpumps serve a new breweries often variety of cask beers featuring, along with regular beer festivals. The sourced from throughout the UK, plus 20 craft keg pub is busy when beers and at least six real Birmingham City play at ciders, providing home. unparalled choice in the Open Sat 11am to 2am city. The range invariably Tel (0121) 622 4516 W: anchorinndigbeth.co.uk includes a dark ale. Prices are reasonable for a specialist outlet. Local Tue 13th Dec: Sheffield CAMRA Pub of the Year Wednesday The Blake Hotel, 53 Blake 2016. Open Sat 11am - midnight Street, Walkley, S6 3JQ Tel (029) 2039 8889 At the top of a steep hill (pedestrian handrails
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Ż Away Ales Continued from Page 17 Sat 14th Jan: Fulham The Durell Arms, 704 Fulham Road, SW6 5SB Making a second consecutive appearance in the Good Beer Guide is this spacious Greene King Metropolitan corner pub with an L-shaped drinking area. A large rear room, with mouldings and mirrors giving an air of Victorian decadence. There is a big screen for sporting events. Attractive local ales complement Greene King IPA and national guests, and it is busy on Sundays for the excellent roast. Open Sat noon to 1am Tel (020) 7736 3014 W: durellarmsfulham.com
Sat 28th Jan: Rotherham The New York Tavern, 84 Westgate, S60 1BD A pub since 1856 and reopened by a team from Chantry Brewery in 2013, it has been fully refurbished as a real ale led pub. Five Chantry beers and three guest beers and real cider on handpump. There is a large selection of foreign bottled beers. Snuff and bar snacks are available. The pub is called after the old name for the area and a long-demolished inn. The pub is near New York football stadium. Local CAMRA Town Pub of the Year 2014-2016. Open Sat noon - midnight Tel (01709) 375596 W: newyorktavern.co.uk
Sat 11th Feb: Reading The Nag's Head, 5 Russell Street, RG1 7XD In under a decade the Nag's has established itself as a premier ale and cider venue, winning the local CAMRA branch Pub of the Year award multiple times. Pies and baguettes are available during the week, with a roast on Sundays. An eclectic mix of bottled beers is stocked to supplement the 12 changing handpulled ales. Numerous board games are available above the (tuned and working) upright piano which is next to the popular dartboard. Gets busy on Reading FC match days. Open Sat 11am - midnight W: nagsheadreading.com Laurence Mace
Many people from Barnsley get across to Blackpool, next time you’re there look out for this free attraction. Just across the road Blackpool Tower on the promenade is a “Comedy Carpet”. Everything you see will bring a smile to your face and you'll find yourself laughing out loud as well. It's great to go round and see all the comedians / writers / shows that are commemorated, and guess what comedian or show they are from. Great mix of old and new quotes, ones you remember and half remember and have never heard before. Pictured left is a photograph of the pavement which mentions a well known brewery. Picture sent in by Wayne Barker :HOFRPH ,QVLGH %DUQVOH\ &$05$·V %$5 3DJH
Ubiquitous citrus - lemon peel Citrus flavours continue to be popular especially in craft beer, perhaps a development from the slice of lime that used to be stuffed into a beer bottle. Interestingly zest also means energy & passion. I impulse bought a bottle of Yuzu juice, a Japanese citrus fruit derived from bitter mandarins. It is used as a flavouring in Doritos, some American artisan ciders as well as the Czech cider produced by Zubr brewery. This appears to be a mix of beer, cider & apple juice. Phew! Since the C18 the Japanese have bathed with Yuzu juice on the winter solstice to guard against colds. (21 Dec 16) This summer, I visited the Noilly Prat (vermouth) distillery in southern France and I picked up some tips. A strip of peel modifies the taste of a drink without the acidity of a slice. They used lemon, lime or grapefruit which was unexpectedly good. They also twisted a spiral of peel which was rubbed on the outer & inner rim of the glass, oil pores next to the glass. The flavour being passed to my mouth & to the drink simultaneously. Squeezed & empty half lemons freeze well and are easy to zest. I love the combination of lemon, fresh herbs and pulses. 2016 is the UN year of the pulse (seeds within pods -beans, peas & lentils) In the UK, they are associated with hippies, poor food and wind but they are the oldest global food being tasty, healthy and very good for soil quality. Without pulses there would be no soy sauce, chilli con carne, hummus, Indian dahl, cassoulet, pea & ham soup etc.
become pink. Decent quality leaves can be used in soups & salads in the same way as spinach. I cook beetroot in my slow cooker for a couple of hours until it is just soft to touch. Alternatively microwave each beetroot with 1 tbs of water in a covered dish for 5 minutes. The halloumi can be replaced with another cheese such as brie or Wensleydale but do not grill it. 2 cooked beetroot – cubed (Warm) 130g puy or brown lentils – cooked with 1 finely chopped onion. (Drained & warm) 2 preserved lemons cut into wedges 150g grilled halloumi cheese – roasted /dry fried & cubed Salad dressing of chopped herbs e.g. mint, chives, parsley plus olive oil, wine vinegar & lemon zest. Use plenty of herbs and season to taste. (Optional 1 tsp Sumac - North African lemon tasting spice)
Lemon, beetroot and lentil salad with cheese. This salad is better than it sounds and is lovely warm as a main course with or without meat. It is more of a vegetable dish than a salad. I took Mix the salad ingredients scattering the cheese the cold leftovers to work instead of a on the top then dress with the salad dressing. sandwich. I love warm, freshly cooked beetroot and it is easy to cook so long as you never pierce the skin to check if it is cooked and always twist off the leaves rather than pulling or cutting which causes the flesh to bleed and
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Back in October Barnsley CAMRA made its Autumn Pub of the Season to the Silkstone Inn, Market Street, Barnsley. The turnout for the presentation by regulars and CAMRA members was fantastic. The team here at the Silkstone Inn were all thanked by both Phil Gregg (left) the branch pubs officer and by Paul Fearn (right) the pub’s shift manager. The team at the pub have raised thousands of pounds for CLIC Sargent, this organisation supports children and their families who suffer with cancer. And on the night people helped raise a little more for both the pub’s charity and for the Barnsley CAMRA Charity for 2016/17 Barnsley Animal Rescue Charity (BARC). Again, we would like to congratulate everyone at the Silkstone Inn for their well deserved award.
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Congratulations go to John Peet of Elsecar who correctly identified the pub in the Autumn edition as the Periwinkle at Wombwell. John will be enjoying a tenner’s worth of beer at the Crown Inn, Elsecar. So it’s your turn to try and win some beer money. Simply name the pub in the picture, which is trading today under a new name. To enter, send your answer, name and address, and the name of a pub/club where you will drink your tenner’s worth of beer. You MUST be and state that you are 18 or over (people do still miss this out and we simply cannot accept their entry). Please submit your answers by text, email or post to the Editor Nigel Croft. Details are on the branch officers’ page 24. Closing date is the same as “Deadlineâ€? date also on page 24, and you will be entered into a draw to take place within a week of the closing date. Good Luck‌ By entering this competition we will assume that you have agreed to our T’s & C’s at www.barnsleycamra.org.uk/TsandCs
The Crown Inn Elsecar Pub of the Year 2016
Wortley Men’s Club Wortley Club of the Year 2016
The Huntsman The White Heart The Talbot Inn Penistone Summer Pub of the Season 2016
Mapplewell Winter Pub of the Season 2015/16
Silkstone Inn
Hoylandswaine
Barnsley Autumn Pub of the Season 2016
Sports & Social Club Spring Pub of the Season 2016
The Rose & Crown
Thurlstone Winter Pub of the Season 2016
Hoylandswaine Autumn Pub of the Season 2015
Thanks go to the Silkstone Inn and the Joseph Bramah %DUQVOH\ The Cherry Tree +LJK +R\ODQG The Talbot Inn, Mapplewell and the Anglers Rest, Wombwell for hosting recent CAMRA Meetings. :HOFRPH ,QVLGH %DUQVOH\ &$05$¡V %$5 3DJH
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Young Persons Coordinator: Elizabeth Askam theyoungones@barnsleycamra.org.uk Pubs & Clubs Officer, Acorn Brewery Liaison Officer: Phil Gregg - 07983 010843 pubsofficer@barnsleycamra.org.uk & acornBLO@barnsleycamra.org.uk Editor (Magazine & Website) Branch Secretary & Jolly Boys Brewery BLO: Nigel Croft - 01226 719450 or 07736288072 camra@barnsleycamra.org.uk 188 Barnsley Road, Cudworth S72 8UJ Branch Festivals Organiser & Two Roses Brewery Liaison Officer: andrewtaylor@barnsleycamra.org.uk tworosesBLO@barnsleycamra.org.uk Geeves Brewery Liaison Officer: Les Key - geevesBLO@barnsleycamra.org.uk Proof Reader: Linda Hutton - Thank you!
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Thursday 8th Dec: Meet the Brewer Sheffield Brewery will be at the Horseshoe in Wombwell from 7.30pm with samples of their wares and someone on hand to answer questions about the brewery and their beers. Catch the 222 at 7.20pm Wednesday 14th Dec: Quiz Night A Charity Quiz Night at the Arcade Alehouse, Victoria Arcade, Barnsley. £5 per person admission includes your quiz paper and a raffle ticket. Tickets are limited and available from the venue. Open 7pm till 9.30pm (quiz starts at 7.45pm). All money raised goes to Barnsley Animal Rescue Charity. If you can donate a prize for the winner of the quiz or raffle please contact Margaret Croft (p24)
Sunday 12th Feb: Sunday lunch Something New. An outing to a local pub selling real ales and food. Meet from 12.30pm with food being served around 2pm. Everyone pays for their own food and drinks and make their own choice from menu available on day. A chance for members to get together for a afternoon out. A pub still has to be chosen so watch out on Facebook and Twitter as well as our website. People interested please call Margaret to book so we can have tables reserved. Please book by 31st January. Monday 13th Jan: Beer Festival Meeting Festival meeting at the Silkstone Inn, Market St, Barnsley. Starts at 8pm, everyone welcome.
Tuesday 20th Dec: Branch Meeting A shortened branch meeting at the Commercial, Summer Lane starting at 7.15pm. It will be followed by an Xmas social pub crawl in town. If you don’t want to be at the meeting but want to join the crawl, meet up with us at the pub at about 8pm.
Saturday 18th Feb: AGM The annual AGM will be held at the Conservative Club, Pitt St, Barnsley. Meet from 12noon to start at 12.30pm. After the meeting we will visit some town centre pubs.
Tuesday 17th Jan: Beer Tasting Tasting panel, and anyone interested in tasting beer, we meet at the Old No7, Market Hill, Barnsley to sample/taste/drink beers from Acorn Brewery. Starts at 8pm
Tuesday 21st Feb: Beer Tasting Tasting panel, and anyone else interested in tasting beer, we meet at the Talbot Inn, Mapplewell to try beers from Two Roses. Note may change as the Brewery is currently up for sale. Catch the 1 bus at 7.30pm
Friday 20th Jan: Pub of the Season Presentation evening to the Huntsman, Thurlstone. See page 3 for Full Details. Monday 23rd Jan: Beer Festival Meeting Festival meeting at the Silkstone Inn, Market St, Barnsley. Starts at 8pm, everyone welcome. Tuesday 31st Jan: Branch Meeting Branch meeting and social at the Arcade Alehouse. The pub will be opening for the home game with Wolverhampton Wanderers so we will occupy the pub after the fans have gone. Meeting starts at 7.45pm and will need to finish by 9.30pm Wednesday 4th Feb: Survey Social Survey of Shafton and Brierley. We meet up at the Fox and Hounds at Shafton Two Gates. From here we visit pubs and clubs in the area. Catch the 28a bus at 7.23 for a 7.45pm start.
Tuesday 28th Feb: Branch Meeting Branch meeting and social at the Market Hotel. Elsecar. Catch the 66 bus at 7.35pm and the meeting will start at 8.15pm Join the Free Text Update Just send a text with your CAMRA number and name to the secretary's mobile (07736288072) requesting “CAMRA Text” Updates. These can be stopped by texting “STOP” at anytime.
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A warm welcome awaits at the Dog and Partridge, an ancient Inn with a history that can be traced back to the Elizabethan period. Relax in front of the roaring open fire on those cold winter months or enjoy the stunning Moorland views from the beer garden during the long summer days, whilst sampling the selection of beers, lagers and wines which are available. A CAMRA multiple awarded winner, the Dog & Partridge is proud to include a good choice of cask conditioned beers, some locally sourced and others from around the country. Traditional country cooking the way it used to be, featuring many old favourites is complimented by modern cuisine. x Four Real Ales x Fresh Home Cooked Food x Families Welcome x 10 En-Suite Bedrooms x Open Log Fire
Open 12-11 Daily BORD HILL - FLOUCH - BARNSLEY - S36 4HH Tel. 01226 763173 email info@dogandpartridgeinn.co.uk :HOFRPH ,QVLGH %DUQVOH\ &$05$¡V %$5 3DJH
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