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CAMPAIGN FOR REAL ALE

BEER Around 'Ere 149

October / November 2009

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Morphin' in the Sun! Peterborough & District Branch of CAMRA www.peterborough-camra.org.uk

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Ju s Pe On t off ter ly t bo six he A rou m 15 gh iles Cit yc including Abbot, IPA and a en tre constantly changing Guest Beer.

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Ciders available including Westons Organic, Old Rosie and Aspall’s.

Huge Beer garden and Children’s play area in a beautiful rural setting.

Open Daily: Mon – Thurs 12-3pm (Food 12-2pm) and 6-11pm (food 6-9pm) Fri/Sat 12-11pm ( food 122pm and 6-9pm) Sun 12-11pm (food 12-6pm)

Food served daily offering a range of menu’s including Lunchtime Specials, ‘Early Bird’ menu, Bar Snacks and A la Carte.

CHRISTMAS BOOKINGS NOW BEING TAKEN Car Boot Sale on the paddock on the last Sunday of each month

1 Main Road, Etton, Peterborough PE6 7DA Tel 01733 252387 Email kateshinkins@hotmail.com Web www.thegoldenpheasant.net

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CAMPAIGNING

Britain’s BestSelling, Independent Guide to Good Beer and Good Pubs

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ith the Good Beer Guide to hand, you’re never far from a decent pint! Now in its 37th year, the Good Beer Guide is fully revised and updated, with details of more than 4,500 pubs across the country serving the best real ale.

From country inns to urban style bars and backstreet boozers, all selected and reviewed

by CAMRA’s 100,000 members, this is your definitive guide to finding the perfect pint.

Complete entries for over 4,500 urban and rural pubs, giving details of food, opening hours, beer gardens, accommodation, transport links, pub history, disabled access and facilities for families.

Non-members can buy the book online for £14.99* or £15.99* by phone - 01727 867201.

Please remember that purchasing books directly from CAMRA provides us with more money to plough back into campaigning.

NB. Any local branch members without internet purchasing facilities wanting to purchase a copy should contact Chairman Dave Murray who has a few copies to spare at a discounted price. Alternatively, try your luck in our competition and you may win one!

Jolly Brewer, Stamford – Lincolnshire POTY 2009

Informative features section, with articles on pubs, beer and brewing, as well as beer festival listings from around the country.

Fully revised and updated every year by 100,000 CAMRA members across the country.

Unique brewery section listing all the breweries in the UK - micro, regional and national - that brew real ale, with tasting notes for hundreds of their beers written by a trained CAMRA tasting panel.

The Good Beer Guide 2010 is available now to buy from the CAMRA Shop for a special members-only price of £10* online or £11* by phone - 01727 867201.

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As reported in the last edition of BAE, the photograph shows licensees Dean & Gill receiving their coveted and well deserved award from Dave Murray.

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Chairman’s Corner

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ello once again folks. I’m happy to report that our annual PBF went off very well this year and was a great success. Our attendance numbers were up; beer, cider and wine sales were all increased from last year, and of course you the public gave us your support by drinking us dry at closing time on Saturday night. Full details and statistics for those interested appear in this issue of BAE. Again our loyal band of unpaid volunteers worked very hard to make the festival an enjoyable event on the city’s social calendar.

With several new faces assisting us this year we owe them all our very grateful thanks.

The week before the festival saw the much heralded opening of The Ostrich pub in North Street Peterborough. With yours truly alongside well known city councillor Charles Swift performing the pre-official opening ceremony, (he’s the one on our side) and a good evening was had by all. After a few blips on the first days of opening, the pub hopes to become well established in the local real ale scene. We even presented it with a LocAle award prior to the official opening day!

In previous issues I have mentioned the practices adopted by certain Pubcos, with regard to them implementing restrictive covenants on pubs that were up for sale or had been sold, preventing them from being used as licensed premises by the new owners. I’m glad to report that two of the major pub companies have now bowed to pressure and stopped placing such restrictions on their disposals.

Both Enterprise Inns and Punch Taverns have said they have abandoned implementing these practices when pubs are sold. These pubs in the right hands can thrive once again.

Another issue that we can hopefully see soon, is the government possibly scrapping the Land

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Agreements Exclusion Order.

This currently exempts deals such as the tie on pubs, from the ban on anti-competitive practices. This revocation of the order will put pressure on companies to stop using restrictive covenants and, implement fairer beer tie arrangements. Tied tenants could be allowed to invest in the future of their businesses, get improved beer choices as well as address the unfair and excessive beer prices and rents.

Once again many thanks to all of you who supported this years Peterborough Beer Festival, whether as a volunteer or a punter.

See you again next year!

Cheers.

David Murray Branch Chairman

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DIARY DATES

Diary Dates OCTOBER Mon 12th Branch Committee Meeting, Brewery Tap, Westgate, 8:30pm.

Wed 14th Gold Award Presentation, Mama Liz’s, North St, Stamford. Bus departs Brewery Tap 7:30pm, returning by 11pm, cost £5. (Locals meet at pub for 8.15pm) Mon 26th PBF Wash-Up Meeting, Brewery Tap, Westgate, 8:30pm. Everybody welcome.

NOVEMBER Sat 7th Batemans Brewery Presentation, Wainfleet. Bus departs Brewery Tap, 11:30am, price £10.

Mon 16th Gold Award Presentation, Swiss Cottage, Grove St, 8:30pm.

Wed 18th Branch Committee Meeting, Coal Heaver’s Arms, Park St, 8:30pm.

Wed 21st October Gold Award Presentation, Red Lion, West Deeping. Bus departs Brewery Tap 7:30pm, returning by 11pm, cost £5.

Sat 28th Xmas Party, Brewery Tap, Westgate, 7pm til late, Ticket Only.

DECEMBER Tue 1st Branch AGM, Brewery Tap, Westgate, 8:30pm.

Sat 12th Xmas Campaigning Crawl, using Delaine Buses Day Rider. Meet at Queensgate Bus Station near kiosk by 11.15am.

Please contact John Hunt for bookings or further details, except where stated otherwise

Selected Beer Festivals

in marquees in the grounds of Nottingham Castle.More than 600 real ales, plus cider, perry & country wines. See poster in this issue for further details.

Thu 5th – Mon 19th Oktoberfest at Crown, Uppingham. 25 ales plus cider & perry.

NOVEMBER Tue 17th - Sat 21st 30th Rochford Beer Festival, The Freight House, Bradley Way, Rochford. About 200 ales, check www.seecamra.org.uk for further details.

Fri 27th - Sun 29th Fletton Ex-Service and WMC Winter Beer Festival (see advert for further details) DECEMBER Tue 1st – Sun 6th Pig’s Ear Beer & Cider Festival, Ocean, Mare St, Hackney, London. Over 100 ales, plus ciders & bottled beers. Check www.pigsear.org.uk for further details.

Presentation Night of PBF Awards to LocAle Breweries to be held at the Brewery Tap, date tbc around the end of October. Check our website for details.

Would any pub or organisation within our branch area that is planning a beer festival for next year, please contact Chris Shilling or Bram so that it can be added to the branch diary for future reference. ou can also add the details to the new section, “Local Beer Festivals”, on our website, www.real-ale.org.uk. Thanks.

PLEASE BOOK EARLY FOR TRIPS TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT

(CAMRA events are shown in bold) OCTOBER Fri 2nd – Sun 4th Black Horse, Elton. More than 25 beers plus cider & perry.

Thu 8th – Sun 11th 33rd Nottingham (Robin Hood) Beer & Cider Festival. Held 6

Mick Slaughter is on 01733 390598 John Hunt is on 01406 330453 Paul Brammer is on 07922 604988 Full details of all meetings and socials are posted on our website as soon as details are known. It’s the best way to ensure that you do not miss out.

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Great Live Bands ( Co hosted by DJ Lez da Roc) Friday 27th November

The Mighty Quinn Saturday 28th November

The New Amen Corner (Members - Free , Guests £3, CAMRA members £2)

Sunday 29th November Gizz Butts Red Black and Blues Band playing from 4.00 pm

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STARTS FRIDAY 27TH NOVEMBER AT 7.00pm

20+ Real Ales including micro-breweries and some national brands • World Bottled Beers • Hot food throughout the weekend • CAMRA members FREE entry on Friday and Sunday, reduced entry on Saturday Fletton Club, Fletton High Street, Peterborough

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From Dust Till Dawn

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o there you have it.

Peterborough Beer festival has been and gone for another year, and for once the sun shone down on the thousands who flocked to participate in the biggest event on the local social calendar. After such a successful campaigning event and the lack of mud for once, you would think that everyone would be happy? Surprisingly however, many people complained to me at the Membership & Information stand that everything was covered in dust! Now I must admit, that the first job my team faced each morning was to clean up a thin layer of dry dust that had settled overnight, indeed I’m still hoovering some from my laptop as I write this, but surely that couldn’t have put a damper on things, or maybe that’s what we should have done?

It’s amazing that each year, more people choose to nit-pick at the uncontrollable inconveniences we have to deal with, rather than praise the tireless band of volunteers who spend the best part of a month living in a field, building the biggest pub in town in which to hold such a huge event.

Not only that, but countless other unsung heroes spend months attending meetings to work out the logistics of it all, in fact planning for 2010 is already well under way!

Small Beer The Early Birds It has been a tradition of some years standing now that a group of branch members, predominately comprising most of the beer festival cellar team, would go and brew a festival special beer.

The Bass Museum (now White Shield Brewery) had accommodated us for many years, before Elgoods & Leeds breweries in recent years.

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PBF is not only popular with the locals, but also attracts people from all over the world, with noted visitors this year from Argentina; Canada; Poland & Sweden to name a few, and with the exception of the Great British Beer Festival held at Earl’s Court a few weeks earlier, is the largest CAMRA beer festival in the country. Therefore it might just surprise you that the ‘band of volunteers’ I refer to represent a very small fraction of the total branch membership, indeed many of our volunteers give up some of their holiday entitlement to travel from other branches to come and help us.

So I wonder when it will dawn upon some of the thousands who flock to the embankment each year that we might just appreciate a bit of help.

The average age of our committee members and festival stalwarts is now around the free bus pass mark, and we certainly ain’t getting any younger!

There are now more than 102,000 CAMRA members nationwide and almost 3,000 in our branch alone. If just a handful of you would chose to share your passion for real ale and your skills with us, the passage to next year’s event might be smoother. You never know, we might even be able to find a volunteer to spray the dust each morning before we open, or we could just bring back the mud?

Cheers Bram

Riot” at 5am in the morning, and a couple of hours later I was one of thirteen early risers stood in the brewhouse actually trying to avoid any hard work suggested by the head brewer.

Although tea & coffee was available, a cask of Silver Adder had been lovingly prepared for our enjoyment, and if several people thought it a bit odd to be drinking ale at a time when most people hadn’t yet had breakfast, they soon followed my lead and grabbed a pint glass! Delicious bacon & egg rolls were also summoned from Mauldon’s solitary pub just down the road and then as soon as the wort for our 3.8% brew ‘Posh Adder’ was boiling away in the copper, we set about the Black Adder, direct from the conditioning tanks.

To be fair, we let the novices do all the hard

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work, including cleaning out the mash tun on what was a very warm day, and after thanking the brewery team for their hospitality, we went for a quick pint in their pub, The Black Adder Brewery Tap, before setting off for home along the dreaded A45.

I trust that for those of you that sampled our beer at Peterborough Beer Fest, you will appreciate the dedication of all that took part that day?

A Spoonful of Bad Medicine?

Recent amendments to the Scottish Licensing Laws have left some real ale lovers north of the border crying in their beer. The 50p per pint discount vouchers given by Wetherspoons to CAMRA members have seemingly fallen foul of the new legislation relating to irresponsible discounting and have therefore been outlawed in all Spoons’ outlets there. Seems a bit OTT to me but there it is, so anybody t’other side of Hadrian’s Wall with no further need of theirs, I’ll gladly make use of them.

Win a New 2010 Good Beer Guide OK, first competition for ages I know, but there will be several in our next issue to celebrate the 150th edition of BAE. Meanwhile, I’d like you to consider the various pub names in existence.

Many are steeped in history and relate to pastoral themes; landowners; nearby locations or professions. Hence the Fox & Goose; the Noel Arms; The Windmill or the Ironmongers Arms as examples.

But I wonder what names we could give pubs to reflect the modern age and society in general?

The Mugged Granny; The Crack Pipe; The Mad Cow or the Social Workers Arms all spring to mind. Anyway, I’m sure you can do better?

Send your suggestions via email to me or by snail mail to Harry, you can even supply a sketch of your pub sign if you wish? Whether it be the funniest or the most original, the winner will be chosen at our branch committee meeting on 18th November, so you have until the day before to get your entries in. Winner will receive a new GBG to either cherish, or wrap up and give to a loved one for Xmas. In the meantime, I’ll try and rustle up a few consolation prizes for deserved runners-up.

Bram

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PUB NEWS

Pub News

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t’s always good to start the proceedings off on a positive note so I’ll begin by welcoming Jacqui Dean and the new look Ostrich to the local pub scene. Now transformed from the nightmare it was before (that's the pub not Jacqui) the pub has been refurbished to something quite brilliant. I will of course mention the toilets as this was always a sticking point! The gents are now rehoused in a separate annex and are a cathedral to decency. The ladies are no doubt equally as fragrant. I’m sure they’ll take the award from the Draper’s Arms when the Bog of the Year competition comes around. There are three beers on the bar with Digfield spotted a couple of weeks ago and being a member of the CAMRA LocAle scheme more local offerings should be appearing.

Despite a selection of minor difficulties the Ostrich opened on time to a respectable crowd of well wishers. There are no doubt a few bumps to be smoothed out along the way such as the real ale temperature being more than a tad on the chilly side to start with. This has now been sorted out which shows that they do listen, and a good selection of home-cooked food is now on offer. The ambience is that of a proper traditional pub and the juke box does have a fine selection of musical masterpieces.

I look forward to the months ahead as the Ostrich takes its place among the already successful pubs in the city. Good luck.

The Grapevine in Queen Street opened a short time before the Ostrich and has already

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made suitable forward steps in providing an alternative place to drink. The beers are from Chas Wells and Youngs and appear to be well received by local followers. The place has had a bit of a makeover and food is on offer. Being in close proximity to Queensgate passing trade from the ever present legions of shoppers will ensure its success. Make it a part of your itinerary.

News some months back that the Windmill in Orton was to close was met with some disbelief.

The pub had traded successfully for many years and publican Alan Edwards is a man of experience but the overheads were just too high for the business. Mr Edwards laid the blame

squarely at the feet of Enterprise Inns and their high rents and high beer prices. Light is however appearing at the end of the tunnel as a new entrepreneur will be taking on the pub in the next few weeks. Steve Haslam has transformed the Cutter Inn in Ely and plans to do something equally as good on the old Windmill. We wish him well and look forward to seeing this likeable pub open and trading again.

It’s always a nice surprise when you have your views changed for the better. The Red Lion in West Deeping as far as I was concerned was an upmarket dining pub with little in the way of real ale to entice the casual drinker, but when our man on the scene Rob Barnes called in a while ago he was quite taken with the place. Five real ales on the bar with Oakham

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JHB as a permanent fixture, guests such as Potbelly, London Pride and two others and you have the makings of a superb destination pub. Ged and Lisa Dempsey have been behind the bar for about a year and their enthusiasm seems to have made the pub worth a visit. It’s probably a bit short notice for the deadline of this issue but a beer festival should be taking place sometime in September.

Take a look see and tell us what you think to the pub.

It’s a charity thing Tying a big elastic band to your feet and flinging yourself into nothingness may not be everyone’s cup of tea but for regulars at the Harrier in Gunthorpe it was just one way of raising cash for the Special Care Baby Unit at PDH. Landlord Bob Louch is a regular fundraiser for the charity and whenever he takes over a pub they’re the first to benefit from his undoubted cash generating ideas. If bungee jumping wasn’t your thing there were less adventurous activities such as a horizontal bungee run and a bouncy castle or two.

The National Office of Statistics says that 43% of people sleep in the buff. So it was a good job that the participants of the recent pyjama party at the Five Bells at Tydd St Mary came from the remaining 57% of the populace. The idea of turning up at your local in your jimjams isn’t unique to Tydd but if you need an excuse then raising money for Cancer Research is a good a reason as any to generate £400.

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Sue Ryder is a charity known far and wide and it was far and wide that regulars of the Greyhound in Eye Green travelled to raise some money for the cause. The idea of a pub crawl is a worth while activity for any self respecting pub enthusiast especially when you tie it in with a good cause. Our intrepid fundraisers decided on a crawl with an alphabetical theme starting at the Abbey in Crowland before ending up back at the Greyhound which was probably rechristened Ze Greyhound for the event.

Long time fundraisers Graham and Sonja Molden of the Oak in Easton-on-the-Hill are taking a well earned retirement after 10 years behind the bar. In their time at the popular pub they have raised many thousands for good causes and their finest achievement was in August 2007 when they handed over £2000 to the Alzheimer’s Society. They will continue to live in the village and we wish them a happy retirement.

What an honour As a CAMRA branch we like to visit pubs and give them awards for doing good things. One of our recent recipients of a gong (HOP Award actually) was the Plough at Holbeach St Johns which although a bit tricky to find for some of us city types is worth a visit. The pub not only sells local beers but positively excels in keeping them in perfect condition which sets the place apart from the also rans. Ian and Tabitha Irvine have made a superb job at this isolated hostelry and I would urge everyone to make a pilgrimage out this way to congratulate them on a job well done

Always a hit If a pub could be awarded the most professionally marketed pub in the area the Hit or Miss in Stamford would win by a mile (or possibly two). Darren and Becky have been running the pub for a couple of years now and are running the pub with flair, style and sheer dogged inventiveness. The pub was on a losing streak with a reputation for being a place not to be

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seen in when they took over, and in the short time they’ve been behind the bar they have tried a variety of ideas to bring the pub back from the brink of death. They are now succeeding. Apart from the ridiculous amount of events that take place at the pub from fundraising to beer festivals they are very clued up in the dark art of marketing.

Darren has built a website that is constantly updated and shows regulars and visitors what’s going on. Couple this simple but effective approach with a regular emailing of everyone on their hit list and they are assured of a constant stream of customers.

They are even on the itinerary for some visiting football teams who make a detour to sample the Bateman’s ales. There are about 250 people on the list and when a technical glitch crashed the email system for a couple of weeks Darren was inundated with phone calls to see what was planned for the weeks ahead! If more pubs could follow Darren & Becky's lead then I’m sure there would be far less pubs struggling to make ends meet. If Darren should ever consider a change of career then pub marketing could be a viable alternative! Visit the site at www.hit-ormiss.co.uk A Birthday Girl Birthdays are always fun and one that had more than it's fair share was Mama Liz’s 1st birthday in August. Not content with offering local ales in abundance the place had to have live music and its first annual chilli cook-off and chilli eating contest. Happy birthday and good luck for the future. www.mamaliz.co.uk

And finally: Trading Standards visit pubs to test ale quality (Evening Terrible August 2009) The Food and Beer police have been swooping upon landlords throughout the city in a bid to catch out unscrupulous publicans who water down their beer, but thankfully without success. Its quite reassuring that local

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landlords only sell the real thing and refrain from thinning out our ale and making our 'suggested daily limit' go further. Are we to assume that our Trading Standards Officers arrive through the portals of our inns and taverns suited and booted in white lab coats, thick rimmed spectacles and a clutch of test tubes by their side with which to test our fine local ales? A sign of the times methinks but can I propose a more traditional approach? In times gone by every town and city would appoint an ‘Ale Connor’ or beer taster who would lurk the streets requesting a sample of fresh brewed ale from any pub he chose. The standard test apparently was to pour a sample of the beer onto a wooden stool and sit upon it for a predetermined time in a special pair of leather trousers and then attempt to stand up. If he stuck to the seat then it would prove that the beer had ‘body’ and would be passed as fit for imbibing (I’m sure a few complimentary beers would be offered in thanks of getting the thumbs up). I can’t really see our masters approving of this method for our friends at Trading Standards (think of the cleaning bills for beer soaked lab coats for one thing) so I would like to propose that the City of Peterborough appoint an Ale Connor on an independent basis. As CAMRA is the most prominent promoter of good ale we should perhaps add a post to the Committee? Or better still get you, the readers of BAE to propose your own candidate. The Ale Connor would have to provide his (or her) own ceremonial robes, leather trousers and other accoutrements for testing ales. I suppose if no one comes forward I might be able to fit it into my busy schedule! All those who wish to vote for me and all other prospective candidates please contact our esteemed Editor who will put wheels in motion to stage an election.

Cheers and looking forward to beer soaked leather shorts in the near future.

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PUBS WITH A PAST

Wot no mud!

Many thanks to all of the people who volunteered their time to help at the festival and to all those who joined CAMRA and to everyone who attended and helped to make this event one of the most significant social events in the Peterborough calendar.

For those of you who enjoy numbers, we sold 109,440 pints of real ale, 13,000 pints of cider, 4,490 glasses of wine and 12,216 bottles of European beer. Our kitchen staff produced 2,561 meals for our volunteers who were more than 300 in number at peak times.

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he 32nd Peterborough CAMRA Beer Festival has been and gone. Long live the 33rd – Well at least from Tuesday 24th to Saturday 28th August 2010.

Just as we were getting ready to open for the trade session on Tuesday 25th at about ten past three when there was a queue stretching back almost to the Key Theatre, the sky blackened and the rain started with a fury known only to the Peterborough Beer Festival. But we managed to open the gates a little early and get everyone inside just in time for the rain to stop – and that was the end of the rain for the festival – a festival with no mud whatsoever. I know that we go on a bit in Peterborough Branch about mud but the difference for our volunteers and customers alike is so great that it changes the whole face of the fest.

As expected, with the better weather, numbers were up with 35,461 visitors, not counting staff, enjoying the real ales and music over the week. We were pretty close to running out of beer by the time we closed with only 1,200 pints left on site and with cider and wine having already been wiped out.

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Although the Beer Festival was a success, we are sure that it wasn't perfect. If you have any comments - good or bad - about the festival, the way it was run, the choice of music, beers, food stands or anything else then please do come along to the Wash-up Meeting at the Brewery Tap on Monday 26th October at 8.30pm.

If you cannot get along to the meeting then please feel free to drop any comments into our secretary by post or email.

We will be having our Christmas Party again.

This will be at the Brewery Tap on Saturday 28th November starting at 7.30pm. As we have more than 2,500 members and the Tap simply cannot cope with that many people we will initially be offering tickets to members who helped at the Beer Fest, deliver newsletters, write articles or help CAMRA in some other way.

Finally, a future date for your diaries. The Branch AGM will be held, also in the Tap, at 8.30pm on Tuesday 1st December. If you fancy standing for a committee position or wish to put a motion to the AGM then please contact me.

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PETERBOROUGH BEER FESTIVAL PHOTO DIARY

Pictures by Sue Dye and Marcus Sims

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OLDEST & YOUNGEST

Oldest and Youngest CAMRA Members

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Cherolyn Payne also lives in Peterborough and is one of the branch’s youngest members at the age of nineteen. She also lives in Peterborough.

Here are a few questions that I put to him about his CAMRA membership and his love of real ale during the beer festival:

I asked Cherolyn the same questions:

ack Colclough lives in Peterborough and at ninety-six years of age, is the Peterborough and District branch of CAMRA’s oldest member.

When did you have your first drink of real ale?

I was twelve years old when I tried my first drink of real ale.

Can you remember what it was?

It was Robinson’s (of Stockport) Bitter.

Can you remember where it was?

Yes, it was in the Glossop Labour Club in Derbyshire; my father was the club steward.

What’s your favourite real ale?

I’m not a fussy man, I’ll drink whatever’s available as long as it’s in good condition – Robinson’s bitter if I could get it.

Have you ever had a bad pint of real ale?

No, not really, they’re all pretty good in my opinion as long as they are looked after properly.

What’s your favourite pub?

I don’t have a particular favourite; I used to go where I fancied or where my friends took me.

Do you still drink real ale, now?

Oh yes, about a pint or half a pint a day.

What do you think of the beer festival?

I used to go to the beer festival about half a dozen times each year up until a couple of years ago. It was quite an occasion.

What made you join CAMRA? I’m a great believer in real ale’ it’s a great organisation.

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When did you have your first drink of real ale? I was about seventeen years old; it was just a sip really, but it got me hooked!

Can you remember what it was?

It was Oakham’s Bishops Farewell.

Can you remember where it was?

This was in Charters; a marvellous pub, the only pub in the city centre where you can sit outside (in the summer!).

What’s your favourite real ale?

I like light coloured real ales, usually sweet ones.

Have you ever had a bad point of real ale?

I tried a porter/stout at the Beer Festival tasting panel and I didn’t like it - it’s not quite to my taste, yet!

What’s your favourite pub?

My favourite pub is the Coalheavers – it has a very relaxed atmosphere.

Do you still drink real ale, now?

Not a lot, a couple of halves once a week.

What do you think of the beer festival?

It’s great, it’s something completely different to what Peterborough normally has; there’s never any trouble and everyone is out to have a good time.

What made you join CAMRA? I joined CAMRA because I like the idea of pubs that serve the community; if we don’t support them, they’ll close down and we don’t want that to happen!

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The Cherry Tree 9 - 11 Oundle Road, Peterborough PE2 9PB

Tel: 01733 703495 4 Real Ales including

Landlord, Pedigree and Two Guest Beers

Live Music

every Friday and Saturday

Now Stocking Local Ales Changing Weekly (from breweries such as Oakham, Digfield, Potbelly, Tydd Steam, Elgoods, Grainstore and others)

Traditional Meals served daily Monday - Friday: 12noon - 2pm, 6pm - 9pm Sunday: 12noon - 5.30pm

www.cherrytree-inn.co.uk

The Prince of Wales Feathers

Š Mick Slaughter 2009

Castor, Peterborough Tel: 01733 380222

Award winning village local in historic Castor.

Close to the Nene Valley Railway & Ferry Meadows.

Serves 5 guest ales & real cider. Walker & dog friendy.

Homecooked food served every lunchtime.

NEW HOME OF CASTOR ALES details at: www.princeofwalesfeathers.co.uk www.real-ale.org.uk

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HOP AWARD

HOP Award Presentation Plough, Holbeach St Johns

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he Plough Inn was presented with a HOP Award, by the Peterborough and District branch of CAMRA, on July 1st for ‘serving real ales in top condition and supporting the local economy with both beer and food’. The award was well attended by branch members.

Ian and Tabitha took over the pub, just over eighteen months ago, on the 22nd November 2007. The pub was very close to closing its doors permanently but with determination and shear hard work, the couple have turned things around, and the pub is now a thriving community pub. The pub has been refurbished with a new kitchen and a new cellar, which allows the real ale to be kept in tip-top condition. A regular menu is served from Thursdays to Saturdays with a ‘specials’ food night on Wednesdays.

The pub was built in 1827 and was extended some forty years ago; it has an L-shaped layout with a restaurant on the right-hand side and a lounge and games room to the left-hand side.

Ian said, “I’m really pleased that CAMRA has chosen to recognise us; we’ve put a lot of hard work in to this pub and this is a terrific award”.

the Plough with our beer; the pub, basically acts as our brewer tap. Ian and Tabitha have transformed the pub into a fantastic local”.

The photograph shows Ian & Tabitha receiving their HOP Award from Vice Chairman, John Hunt who nominated the pub and is also BLO for Tydd Steam.

Rob Barnes, Press Officer

The pub was also presented with one of the branch’s LocAle Certificates for ‘selling one or more real ales brewed no more than thirty miles away’. CAMRA LocAle is a new initiative that promotes pubs stocking locally brewed real ale. The scheme builds on a growing consumer demand for quality local produce and an increased awareness of 'green' issues.

Also at the presentation was Will Neaverson, owner of the Tydd Steam brewery, which is situated about four miles away from the pub.

Tydd Steam, a local brewery supplies the pub with its beers.

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Overall Champion Beers of the PBF09 132 Great Whyte Ramsey PE26 1HS Keith and Jenny offer a warm welcome to all old and new customers.

Serving a selection of Real Ales: Abbot Ale, Wells Bombardier, Woodfordes Wherry and one ever-changing guest ale.

Live Music

Now With Free WiFi Large Beer Garden

01487 812597

Overall Champion Grafters Moonlight Green Jack Ripper Batemans Dark Mild

GOLD SILVER BRONZE

Bitter (< 4%abv) Grafters Moonlight Tydd Steam Barn Ale Hophead Dark Star

GOLD SILVER BRONZE

Best Bitter (4%abv to 4.5%abv) Tydd Steam Roadhouse Bitter GOLD Skinners Cornish Knocker SILVER Digfield Shacklebush BRONZE Strong Bitter/Ale (4.6%abv to 6.4%abv) Oakham Ales Akhenaten GOLD Digfield IPA SILVER Adnams Broadside BRONZE Light and Dark Mild (< 4.3%abv) Bateman Dark Mild GOLD Brown Cow Captain Oates Dark Mild SILVER Grainstore Rutland Panther BRONZE

Speciality Beer Whim Snow White GOLD Durham Vice SILVER Green JackOrange Wheat Beer BRONZE

Stout & Porter Box Steam Vanilla Porter Cliff Quay Black Jack

GOLD

Aniseed Porter Elland 1872 Porter

SILVER BRONZE

Barley Wine and Strong Old Ales Green Jack Ripper GOLD Otley O8 SILVER Hopshackle Double Momentum BRONZE

Best Beer From a New Brewery Blue Monkey B G Sips Cliff Quay Black Jack

GOLD

Aniseed Porter Bewdley Old School Bitter

SILVER BRONZE Harry

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PETERBOROUGH CAMRA ON TOUR

An East Northants

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unday 9th August saw 11 intrepid CAMRA Members (no not the Cricket Team as we had Joan and Gilbert with us!) meet at the Brewery Tap to venture into East Northants for a Campaign Crawl of LocAle Pubs.

Leaving the Brewery Tap at 12.05 the driver turned left and gave us a tour of the City Centre before finally joining the Parkway and headed towards Oundle. After passing by Ashton we arrived at our first port of call The Kings Arms in Polebrook.

As we ordered our pints of Fools Nook we were welcomed by Mike Cohrs from Digfield Brewery who said â&#x20AC;&#x153;the first round is on me.â&#x20AC;?

Cheers Mike.

Pigs Do Fly although some of the others stuck to the Digfield beers. Again another certificate was presented and thanks to all for making us The Montagu Arms, Barnwell

all feel welcome including Fred, the owner of the brewery who was drinking with friends in the garden.

Kings Arms, Polebrook

As we ordered our second drink, out from the kitchen came complementary plates of Pork Pie with Onion and dishes of Grasmere Sausages. After thanking mine hosts and presenting them with their LocAle accreditation certificate our time there was running out, so on to our next stop, The Montagu Arms Barnwell.

Yet again we were provided with delicious bar snacks in the form of lovely hot roast potatoes and sausage rolls. This time I tried the Potbelly 22

Back on board the bus to our next port of call, the Kings Head Wadenhoe. Here we supped some Digfield IPA, and as it was nearly 2.30, the chef had kindly stayed on in case anyone wanted food. They sure know how to look after you around here! Another presentation and we were back on the road again.

Next stop was The Shuckburgh Arms at Stoke Doyle. The only pub on our itinerary where the bar and cellar are run by two ladies. Beer was great; another certificate and off we go again.

Up through Oundle and then on to The Wheatsheaf at Upper Benefield. I can`t exactly

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PETERBOROUGH CAMRA ON TOUR

Crawl Kings Head Wadenhoe Queens Head, Nassington

the Queens, and it was a change of brewery with Oakham Ales on offer. Being a member of the Oakademy of excellence the beer was in tip-top condition as you would expect. Alas our tour was coming to its end, time was 6.30 and we had to be back at the Tap for 7.00. So thanks to everyone we met and for the kind and generous hospitality we experienced throughout the day.

John Rice, LocAle Officer.

The Shuckburgh Arms, Stoke Doyle

remember whether it was March Hare or Fools Nook I was drinking here, but who cares as the beer was good whatever it was! And what a lovely location for a pub or hotel, we would have liked to have stayed longer but by now it’s 4.45 and we have two more pubs to visit, so certificate done we make our way to see Dee at The Falcon Fotheringhay.

This our 6th Digfield Pub today but each one has had good beer and great people running them. Once again, time was pressing so on to our last stop, The Queens Head in Nassington.

Here we met the owner and her son Tony, who takes care of the day-to-day running of

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The Black Swan

Tel: 01733 2 Farcet 40387 in Street, 77 Ma 3 Ever Changing Real Ales 24 Seater Restaurant

Sunday Lunch from £5.95 - 12noon to 3pm

Thursday Nights, Steak Night from £6.00 served from 5pm - 9pm Parties and meetings catered for

MEAL DEAL

Main and dessert for

£ 4.99 served Tuesday to Thursday 5 - 9pm and Friday and Saturday 12-3pm and 5 - 9pm.

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Pig n Falcon - St Neots ALES TO DATE

LIVE MUSIC

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WED FRI + SAT

FROM 9/4/09

Rock and Ale Weekends with up to 16 Ales & ciders From £2 per pint Open 10am (11am Sunday) til’ late Mon/Sun

www.PignFalcon.co.uk Tel 07951785678 – New St, St Neots – PE191AE

Live Entertainment every Friday Evening Open Mondays for lunch and Evening meals Coming soon - Weekly Bingo Meat Raffle Every Friday

Opening Times Mon - Fri 12noon - 3pm & 5pm onwards Food Served 12noon - 2pm & 5pm - 8.45pm

Sat & Sun NOW OPEN ALL DAY

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Real Ales regularly on sale Hancocks 3.6% Everards Tiger 4.2%, Oakham JHB 3.8% Regular guest beers are: Absolution - Abbeydale Crazy Daze - Pot Belly No 1 Bitter - Hopshackle Bitter and Broadside - Adnams 1050 - Grainstore Bishops Farewell - Oakham HMS Warrior & Marie Celeste - Newby Wyke Abbot & IPA - Green King

Food Served Until 7.45pm

01778 347190

Function room available for hire

48 King Street, West Deeping info@real-ale.org.uk

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BAE GONES

BAE Gones 20 years ago The front cover of BAE complained that the Still was to reopen but that Norwich Union, owners of Queensgate, wanted to shut the arcade and the pub at 9.30pm making it a pub for shoppers but not for locals.

Britain. Elgood’s Black Dog was champion beer of the Peterborough Beer Festival.

Deeping Ales ceased trading. Greene King announced that they would close Morland’s Abingdon Brewery.

5 years ago The “Glorious Twelfth” beer festival served 112 real ales from 61 breweries. 7,000 people visited over the week. That compares with more than 8,000 on Friday alone nowadays.

We carried adverts for the Ferry House, Wisbech, the Gladstone Arms, Peterborough and the Huntsman, Connington – all offering real ales – alas no more.

1,500 people signed a petition to prevent the Wirrina, home of the Beer Festival, from being knocked down to make way for a hotel. Aren’t we still waiting for that to happen?

Finally, Derek Gibson, decided that five years of editing BAE was enough and offered his resignation.

15 years ago The seventeenth Peterborough beer festival saw 22,465 people through the gates and they saw their way through 67,824 pints. John Wood’s JHB was voted Champion Beer.

We produced “Pubs Around ’Ere”, our last guide to the pubs around the Peterborough area. Possibly the last one ever now that websites and CDs have overtaken the printed word.

BAE carried an article concerning the poor quality of beer from certain brewers including Ruddles, Greene King, Theakstons and Bass.

“Mud, sweat and beers” was the Beer Festival article headline, for this was the year that the rain came and came and didn’t stop; the year when we had sand, sawdust, wood shavings and straw to soak up the wet. You must remember the straw – it worked fine to start with but a week later it was smelling like a farm yard and cost us a fortune to dispose of it.

BAE also carried a 30-pub ale trail – Must be time to do another of those.

Pub Merit Awards & Gold Awards The committee feel that pubs outside of Peterborough are missing out on Gold Awards and so they have introduced a new Merit Award for pubs that are continuously outstanding. If you know of a pub in our area that deserves a Merit Award or Gold Award then please complete the following form and send it to our Secretary.

Pub name: Pub address/town/village: Reason for award:

Your name: Your phone number or e-mail address:

10 years ago Oakham Ales took the Gold Medal for JHB in the bitters section at the GBBF and won the Silver Medal as Overall Champion Beer of

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Your membership number:

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RHYTHM & BOOZE

Brenda Boykin from California is booked for Saturday October 24, while The Rev John Wilkins, a gospel singer and “holy blues guitarist” from Memphis, performs on Saturday November 21. The bar stocks plenty of LocAle and further information can be found at www.shakedownblues.co.uk

W

hile Pubcos continue to slash their budgets while driving up prices, it’s reassuring to know that there are independent groups putting two fingers up to the recession.

Following a serious cash injection and a much needed refit, The Ostrich Inn has finally opened. Run by Jacqui Dean, a former landlady of the Comet, the venue hosts live music at the weekend.

Highlights over the next two months include Retrolux, The Nuggets, Aladdinsane and Children of the Revolution. The full programme is:-

OCTOBER

Over in Lincolnshire, The Crowland Blues Club is a monthly event held at The Crown Inn, West Street.

Rag Mama Rag play on Sunday October 10, followed by The Guy Tortora Band on Sunday November 15.

Ticket information is available from Graham on 01733 210085.

Venues, promoters and bands, especially the Surf band from Castor whose email I’ve accidentally misplaced, wanting a mention in this column can drop an email to simonstabler@aol.com Simon Stabler

Friday 2nd –Retrolux Saturday 3rd – Citizen Smith Friday 9th – Les Woods Band Saturday 10th – The Nuggets Friday 16th – The Malingerers (TBC) Saturday 17th – Storm Friday 23rd – Lloyd Watson Band Saturday 24th – Riff Raff Friday 30th – The Back Street Boys Saturday 31st – The Richard Hall Band

NOVEMBER Friday 6th – Brotherhood Roundabout Saturday 7th – Porky Pig Friday 13th – Jet Saturday 14th – The Mighty Quinn Friday 20th – Retrolux Saturday 21st – Riff Raff Friday 27th – Children of the Revolution Saturday 28th - Aladdinsane Having put on gigs since the 60s, Gerard Homan prides himself on the quality of talent at his Shakedown Blues nights, held once a month, at The Village Hall, Castor.

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The Jolly Brewer Peterborough & District

“CAMRA Pub of the year 2009”

‘FOUNDRY FEST’ Beer Festival Wednesday October 28th-Sunday November 1st.

There will be 25+ real ales & traditional ciders, live music, food.

(In conjunction with the ‘Hit or Miss’, 7 Foundry Rd)

• 5 real ales • Food served daily - 12-3pm Monday - Sunday - 6-9pm Friday & Saturday t. 01780 755141 e. thejollybrewer@aol.com Foundry Road, Stamford, Lincolnshire PE9 2PP

THE GREEN MAN 29 Scotgate, Stamford 01780 753598

Established in 1796 as one of the ORIGINAL Stamford Ale Houses - Providing Accommodation, Lunch Time Meals,

Seven Real Ales and Seven Real Ciders

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

Lunchtime food 12.00 - 2.30pm Monday, Friday, Saturday sandwiches available Tuesday to Thursday

FOURTEEN YEARS IN THE GOOD

BEER GUIDE! www.real-ale.org.uk

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LOCALE

UPDATE

F

ollowing the recent presentation of awards to several East Northants pubs, and then the Ostrich on their opening night, there are now 80 outlets signed up to the scheme. We have been advised of a few others and these will be checked out over the next few weeks. Please contact John Rice if you are aware of any outlet regularly selling a LocAle beer that is not featured on the full list shown.

Peterborough & District CAMRA Locale Outlets Admiral Wells, Holme Angel, Oundle Angel, Wisbech Baskervilles Hotel, Baston Bell, Murrow Black Hart, Thorney Toll Black Horse, Elton Black Swan, Farcet Blue Bell, Helpston Blue Bell, Maxey Blue Bell, Dogsthorpe, Peterborough Blue Bell, Werrington Boat, Whittlesey Brewery Tap, Peterborough Bricklayers Arms, Whittlesey Charters, Peterborough Chequers, Friday Bridge Chequers, Tholomas Drove Cherry Tree, Peterborough Childers Sports & Social Club, Whittlesey Cock Inn, March College Arms, Peterborough Conservative Club, Peterborough Crown Hotel, Stamford Decoy, Milking Nook Deeping Stage, Market Deeping Draper’s Arms, Peterborough Dun Cow, Christchurch Ex-Servicemen’s Club, Kings Cliffe 28

Falcon, Fotheringhay Firkin Ale, Bourne Five Horseshoes, Barholm Fox, Folksworth George, Doddington George, Oundle Goat, Frognall Green Man, Stamford Hand & Heart, Peterborough Hare & Hounds, Wisbech Hit or Miss, Stamford Ivy Leaf Club, Whittlesey Jolly Brewer, Stamford Jubilee, Bourne Kings Arms, Polebrook Kings Head, Wadenhoe Letter B, Whittlesey Mama Liz’s, Stamford Montagu Arms, Barnwell Old Coach House, Market Deeping Oliver Cromwell Hotel, March Ostrich, Peterborough Otter’s Pocket, Stamford Palmerston Arms, Peterborough Pear Tree, Stamford Periwig, Stamford Plough, Farcet Fen Plough, Holbeach St Johns Prince of Wales Feathers, Castor Queen’s Head, Nassington Quinn’s Club, Whittlesey Red Lion, Gedney Hill Red Lion, West Deeping Red Lion, Wisbech Rigbys, Market Deeping Rising Sun, Leverington Rose & Crown, March Rose Inn, Frognall Royal Arms, Peterborough Royal Oak, Walton, Peterborough Ship, Oundle Shuckborough Arms, Stoke Doyle Smith’s, Bourne Swan, Parson Drove Swiss Cottage, Peterborough Three Tuns, Wisbech Tobie Norris, Stamford Wheatsheaf, Upper Benefield Wheel, Wisbech St Marys White Hart, Ufford

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Hand & Heart

12 Highbury Street, Peterborough PE1 3BE

01733 564653

A REAL ALE PUB WITH SIX TO EIGHT REAL ALES WEEKLY nspoilt 1930’s community local with original Warwick brewery windows and rare intact “Jug and Bottle”. Both rooms accessed by a black and white tiled "drinking" corridor with its own servery.

The public bar features a war memorial and real fire. Large beer garden.

Crib, darts and dominoes played. Cheese club meets last Thursday of the month. Ample Free Parking in the old Eight bells car park, end of the street.

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Listed in the CAMRA inventory and a consistent Good Beer Guide Entry.

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BRANCH CONTACTS

Branch Committee Secretary: Harry Morten 49 St Margarets Road, Peterborough PE2 9EA 01733 764296 07900 056940 08707 620848 (fax) info@real-ale.org.uk Chairman: David Murray 01733 560453 chairman@real-ale.org.uk Treasurer: Paul Beecham 01733 311981 07710 008693 treasurer@real-ale.org.uk Vice Chair: John Hunt 01406 330453 vice-chair@real-ale.org.uk

Beer Around ’Ere Editor: Paul (Bram) Brammer 07922 604988 bae-editor@real-ale.org.uk Distribution: David Murray (see Chairman on the left) Advertising: Chris Shilling 01778 421550 chris@shillingmedia.co.uk Magazine & Advertising Production: Dan Speed 0845 838 7581 dan@tamoko-design.co.uk Postal Distr: Daryl Ling 01733 235881

Brewery Liaison Officers Blue Bell: John Hunt 01406 330453 Social Sec: John Hunt Castor Ales: Mike Lane 07923 489917 07850 334203 social-sec@real-ale.org.uk Digfield: Paul Brammer Pubs Officer: Steve Williams 07922 604988 07802 896641 Elgoods: Dawn Mason pubs-officer@real-ale.org.uk 01733 243557 Press Officer: Robert Barnes Hopshackle: Noel Ryland 07944 869656 07811 585699 Melbourn: Lew Clayton press-officer@real-ale.org.uk 01780 765063 Young Members: Alix Botton Oakham Ales: Dave Allett 07806 625574 07966 344417 young-members@realale.

Tydd Steam: John Hunt org.uk 01706 330453 Ufford Ales: Matt Mace Membership: Daryl Ling 07809 629241 01733 235881 membership@real-ale.org.uk Trading Standards Festival Org: Mike Lane 07850 334203 festival-organiser@realale. org.uk LocAle Officer: John Rice 07759 342702 locale@real-ale.org.uk

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The next issue of BAE will be available on: 20th November We must have your stories, news and advertisements by: 2nd November Late copy cannot be guaranteed entry.

Please contact Chris Shilling 01778 421550/07736 635 916/chris@shillingmedia.co.uk for all of your advertising needs.

Steve Williams pubsofficer@real-ale.org.uk or 07802 896641 is always looking for pub news.

Please send stories and other copy to Bram (Paul Brammer) bae-editor@real-ale.org.uk 07922 604988 Beer Around ‘Ere is published by Peterborough & District Branch of CAMRA Copyright © 2009, The Campaign for Real Ale Ltd. Views or comments expressed in this publication may not necessarily be those of the Editor or of CAMRA.

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