Cheers North East magazine #63 - September 2016

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But don’t despair, just think of all of those lovely new oneoff ales being brewed right now using new-season hops and ripe berries for maximum flavour and effect.

This month’s magazine has a bit of a thread running through it – or several threads, to be precise. We’ve got three musicthemed stories for you to enjoy, linked to beer and pubs – two of them right up to date and one of a historic nature. Then we pick up a bit of a sporty link to rowing and history with beery connotations coming right up to date.

We’ve got new breweries, new pubs, new beers, fresh refurbishments and new owners to present, plus some televised football, the world’s most famous steam engine whoosing past, gigs and festivals, and a lot of fun. But the common theme is pubs; it’s what Cheers North East was invented for.

We love pubs and all they stand for; the social interaction, the friendships made, and the wondrous products that come sweeping over the counter with a smile and a flourish.

The nights might be drawing in, but the pub is still a huge attraction – see you there.

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One of the North East’s most enduring bands has commissioned a beer to accompany them on its upcoming UK tour – and around the world. Tygers of Pan Tang have been rocking European festivals this summer and also with gigs in North and South America so, with a new album being released next month, they thought it was time to celebrate with an appropriate beery concoction from Box Social Brewing in Newcastle. The band members are all beer fans, seeking out home-grown samples wherever they are in the world. The idea is that if Iron Maiden and Queen can do it, so can we.

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BREW IT, BOTTLE IT, BRING IT, WIN WITH IT The Battle of The Homebrewer is set to be a highlight of Cask Ale Week (September 22 – October 3) in Newcastle. The Hop & Cleaver on Sandhill, Quayside, above, is on a quest to find the best homebrewer in the region with the winning beer served at the pub and the champion brewer spending a day at the Hop & Cleaver’s in-house microbrewery making it.

Three categories (between 3.0% abv and 6.0% abv) are: Light beers, IPAs and Pale Ales; Dark beers – Porters, Stouts and Red Ales – and a speciality section which covers Wheat Beers, Sours, etc. The winners from each category will go into a final round of judging.

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CRAFTERS GATHER FOR UNIQUE SESSION Brewers from 13 top craft breweries breweries got together to brew a special beer at Hawkshead Brewery to mark Northern Craft, Hawkshead’s tenth summer beer festival.

Head brewer Matt Clarke (pictutred centre in blue) called in his generation of craft brewers to gather and pool ideas, so representatives from Magic Rock, Thornbridge, Pivovar, Ashover, Cloudwater, Marble, Quantum, Siren, Buxton, Fyne, Runaway and Roosters all collected in the brewhouse where beer lovers attending the festival

were able to watch the beer – a highly-hopped session IPA – being brewed. Throughout the three days of Northern Craft, eight-and-a-half pints of beer were sold every minute (or a pint every seven seconds). During 33 hours of opening over one weekend, 243 casks and kegs – 106 different beers from 29 breweries – were drunk dry. Collaboration brews, where brewers share skills and knowledge, are a characteristic of new-wave craft brewing, but a mass collaboration like Hawkshead’s celebrating the British brewing revolution is unprecedented.

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REWARD AFTER THIRTEEN-AND-A-BIT MILES THIRSTY Wylam Brewery has set up a partnership with the Great North Run to produce a bespoke beer for this month’s event – and North East drinkers had the chance to name it in a Twitter competition.

The beer is a highly quaffable 4.2% abv Pale Ale, the perfect thirst quencher for beer aficionados participating in the world’s most famous half-marathon.

On the day – September 11 – it will be available in the Wylam Brewery Craft Beer & Street Food Village located near the finish line at Gypsies Green, South Shields, for those looking to enjoy a post-run tipple.

Wylam Brewery sales and communications director, Dave Stone, said: “It’s a real honour to have been asked to brew an official beer for this year’s Great North Run. Being a

Newcastle brewery we understand the huge significance of the event which is a major highlight in the region’s calendar.

“We wanted to give runners and beer lovers the opportunity to name the beer so invited them to tweet their ideas.

“We then ran a poll on social media to decide the winner. And the winner is… Runner’s Reward.”

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This year’s Great North Run will feature the legendary beer stop set up by running club Newcastle Hash House Harriers (“the drinking club with a running problem”).

Volunteers dole out beer generously donated by the likes of Tyne Bank and Hadrian Border breweries to thirsty runners “Last year we managed to serve about 2,000 runners, says club organiser Keith Hudson.

“We hope to do even more this year. Watch out for us at 10.5 miles on John Reid Road in South Shields opposite the Leisure Centre.”

Hash House Harriers will also take part in a post-run from the Sundial on South Shields seafront at about 2pm, taking in a selection of local bars.

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KEEN TO MAKE YOUR MARK? Cheers readers have been invited to unbottle their craft beer potential in a bid to involve passionate people in brewing great products.

Ross O’Hara, new product development and project brewer at Greene King in Bury St Edmonds tells us they have an exciting opportunity to bring apprentices into the business developing new beers through to branding, marketing and sales.

Ross, originally from Rowlands Gill on Tyneside, and late of Caledonian Brewery in Edinburgh, says: “We’re looking to attract people with a real interest in brewing and in sales or marketing and giving them a real opportunity to kick on into a fun career. We aren’t necessarily looking for people with relevant qualifications, it’s all about personality and passion. And there aren’t enough Geordies down here anyway.”

Why should Greene King should hire you? Personal details to craftcareers@greeneking.co.uk

Not many pubs have a boat named after them, but when it’s situated in a Northumberland coastal village, it comes as no real surprise. Craster Coastal Rowing Club has built a sea-going rowing boat – known as a St Ayles skiff – and named it The Jolly Fisherman after the renowned pub that sits above the harbour.

The Jolly Fisherman, which seats four rowers plus a cox, was launched in August by pub owner Jan Carty, pictured, after being built in the local Methodist Chapel – currently empty – and hauled out of one of its windows.

It was built by residents of Craster and surrounding villages from funding and donations given by Craster Parish Council, Northumberland Community Chest, Craster Community Trust, Coastal Cottages, Sykes Cottages, MKM Ltd, Washington Components Ltd, Washington Metal Works Ltd, and

The Jolly Fisherman pub itself. It will be used for regular mid-week and weekend rowing sessions.

Michael Doherty of Craster Coastal Rowing Club said: “About a year ago, local fisherman Andrew Hogg suggested that we build a skiff and join nearby villages in rowing on the sea. A group from the Craster

community got together to raise the funds and The Jolly Fisherman pub offered to help us purchase the materials needed to start building.

“Our aim is for the skiff and the village rowing club to become assets to our community and help to promote health, wellbeing and good community values.”

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VANILLA STOUT LIFTS CHAMPION BEER ACCOLADE A speciality beer has won the Campaign For Real Ale (Camra) Supreme Champion Beer of Britain. Bingham’s Vanilla Stout, brewed in Berkshire, was named the best beer of 2016.

Placing third in the competition was Tring Brewery’s Death or Glory, a 7.2% abv barley wine. Beers from the north of the country were conspicuous by their absence in the final shortlist but Hawkshead Brewery from Cumbria had the distinction of two of its beers featuring. NZPA (New Zealand Pale Ale) took a silver award and Hawkshead Bitter won a bronze in

their respective categories.

Brewery owner Alex Brodie said: “To get a medal at the Champion Beer of Britain is the icing on the cake. To get two is a triumph for our brilliant brewing team who are at the top of their game.”

Hawkshead has had beers placed in the finals for the past six years. Hawkshead Bitter (3.7% abv) was first brewed in 2002 and is described as “the beer that built the brewery”. NZPA (6.0% abv), created by head brewer Matt Clarke (himself a Kiwi), is a highly hopped pale ale using four New Zealand hop varieties.

French leave: Welsh football fans congregate at the Charles Dickens pub in Paris – owned by the Charles Wells company – during the Euro 2016 Championships

JOBS FOR THE BOYS AND LES FILLES Bedford-based brewer Charles Wells – best known for its classy Bombardier – saw a massive increase in sales in its French operations, thanks to the European Championships held in the country over June and July.

For the four-week period of Euro 2016, its 13 pubs across France took a total of €1,545,574 – a 175% increase from the same period in 2015. Managers at Charles Wells pubs across France reported 225,595 pints sold and 136,800 plastic cups used.

Charles Wells is currently recruiting for a French-speaking promotion and communications manager to be based France.

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RE-PUBLICANS TO TAKE DEMOCRATIC DECISION THERE’S NOTHING LIKE A GOOD OLD GROUSE Our near-namesake in Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, has won yet another accolade for the quality of its spirits offer. Cheers Café Bar owner Dennis Forsyth has been presented with an award from Famous Grouse – and not only did he walk away with the framed certificate and personalised bottle of whisky from the sponsors (pictured), but also a £3,000 cash prize.

That can only mean one thing – more whiskies all round at Cheers.

There has never been as much media coverage of the American Presidential Election in this country than the current Democrat and Republican tussle. Black Sheep Brewery is tapping into this election fever with the return of Bighorn (4.5% abv) its bold, AngloAmerican IPA this month.

As Democrats and Republicans line up their candidates over there, pub customers are being encouraged to make Bighorn their choice for the first time since 2014. Bighorn was one of Black Sheep’s first seasonal brews to be developed in its microbrewery two years ago and its success led to it being scaled up and transferred to the brewery’s main brewhouse for full UK distribution.

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Vote winner: Black Sheep managing director Rob Theakston, left, and sales and marketing director Jo Theakston in the Rocky Mountains, is a full-flavoured Anglo-American IPA, brewed with a heady mix of English Challenger and American Summit hops.

Jo Theakston, sales and marketing director at Black Sheep, said: “We are delighted

to be offering Bighorn to the pub trade once again. Election fever is heating up in the States and the eyes of the world are on the presidential race, so it is a timely release to enjoyed by all – whether you’re a Trump or Clinton supporter.”

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THE MONEY’S IN THE BANK Building and installation work is steaming ahead at Tyne Bank Brewery’s new premises in Walker, Newcastle. The company took the crowd-funding route to financing the project and was very pleasantly surprised to find the project was oversubscribed. The original target was £250,000 but that was passed well before the deadline. That’s friends for you.

Brewery owner Julia Austin says: “The crowd-funding raise finally hit our account at the end of June and since then we have been spending it wisely. Several large pieces of equipment are now in place and the toilets and offices are under construction.

“The new premises is about 80% bigger than our present place and we’ll have the brewhouse, loading bay, offices, bar, packaging department – including canning – and an events space for regular open days, music and food vendors.

“We will be moving the brewery over by mid-September and hope to have the tap room open at the start of October.

Our bar/events manager joins us on September 5 and a launch event is planned for shareholders – hopefully on October 8 or 9.”

Tyne Bank took over the former Hadrian Border Brewery unit in Walker in 2011 and, like its predecessor, soon found great success and the need to expand elsewhere.

SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GRAVY Wylam Brewery has been successful in its application to Newcastle City Council for a Sunday license between 10am and midnight at its premises in Exhibition Park, Newcastle, which will open the restaurant area to Sunday lunches. Neither Northumbria Police or Environmental Health objected to the proposal and despite some objections from local Jesmond residents, the submission was approved. See the full story on page 25.

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GREAT. NORTH EASTERN. BREWING The sight of a new brewery under construction never fails to excite, as Alastair Gilmour discovers

Brewing has returned to a corner of Tyneside that was, for an all-too brief period, the home of one of the world’s most iconic beers. The doors have opened and the boilers fired up at the Great North Eastern Brewing Company (GNEBC) based at Dunston, Gateshead, where Newcastle Brown Ale was produced between 2005 and 2010.

Brewing left Dunston when Scottish & Newcastle Breweries decamped to the John Smith’s site at Tadcaster in North Yorkshire, taking the production of Newcastle Brown Ale with them. The Federation Brewery had previously occupied the Lancaster Road site, having themselves moved from Hedley Street, Newcastle, in 1980.

Today, however, it’s Rivet Catcher, Red Ellen and Victory IPA that will pour from the 10-barrel capacity brewhouse sitting close to the former Brown Ale site, brewed on equipment originally used at Jarrow Brewery which sadly ceased trading in 2015. Recipes, yeast strain, kit and casks were also purchased and GNEBC has spent most of this year – and some £200,000 – putting it all back together again.

Some essential building work has been delayed to allow a family of swallows – or swifts or house martins – to get their house in order and fly south in the autumn and GNEBC managing director Paul Minnikin has enlisted the skills of Sam Sampson at Borders-based Scotia Welding & Fabricating to

fit boilers, fermentation vessels and conditioning tanks into the hygienically plastic-clad brewhouse.

It is a particularly impressive sight.

Paul Minnikin says: “I’ve always been interested in beer and brewing and this opportunity was an ideal way of getting into it. We’re doing things right, such as going for a Safe And Local Supplier Approval (SALSA) accreditation (the food safety certification scheme for the UK’s small producers) and a Hazard and Operational Ability Study (HAZOP) inspection. A SIBA (the Society of Independent Brewers) audit has also found everything to its satisfaction.

“We’ve even got a recent yeast culture condition report from Brewlab in Sunderland who look after it for us.”

Rivet Catcher was one of the North East’s most popular and award-winning beers when it was produced by Jarrow Brewery and Paul Minnikin says the new version has been “flying out” in the pubs that have taken it. To add a further twist to a fairly complex story, Rivet Catcher has been produced under contract by Hadrian Border Brewery until GNEBC gets fully up to speed.

“Some casks have just lasted two hours and we’re getting lots of good reports,” says Paul. “We’ve also got ideas for new beers with new recipes and to introduce seasonals.

“We’re at phase one of the brewery at the moment, but the plan – phase two – is to eventually install a 30-barrel plant in adjacent

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New brew: The Great North Eastern Brewing Company’s brewhouse. Inset: Sam Sampson buildings with bottling, kegging and canning facilities.”

The project has been selffinanced up till now but Paul Minnikin and his team – which includes brewer John Stubbs and Brian Cameron – are currently looking at what business grants are available, such is their belief in the products. John Stubbs spent nearly 20 years looking after Vaux Brewery’s managed houses and latterly worked at Jarrow Brewery for more than five years while

helping run The Isis in Sunderland with his partner Carol Graham. Now called The Ship Isis and operated

by Camerons Brewery, it won two consecutive Pub of the Year awards from its local Camra branch.

John says: “I pride myself at looking after beer from beginning to end, so we’re building on that.”

Brian Cameron was also employed at Jarrow in a distribution and maintenance capacity and is a key element in driving the GNBC business forward.

Sam Sampson has “stretched” old Grundy tanks to accommodate double their capacity. Grundy tanks – those vessels that look like R2-D2 – were used in big pubs and club cellars to hold large volumes of beer, delivered by tanker from the likes of Scottish and Newcastle and Vaux. When they became redundant, most of them were shipped to the US where home-brewers eagerly snapped them up.

Those homebrewers were the leaders of the craft beer movement

that has been exported back to Britain and these days, Grundy tanks are like hen’s teeth.

Sam Sampson has been constructing brewery equipment for the past six years at Scotia Welding – mash tuns, fermenters, conditioning tanks, cask washers, you name it. Breweries he has been involved with – either full kit installations, part-works, or remedial – include Allendale in Northumberland, Tempest in Kelso, Fyne Ales, Argyll; Ushers, Edinburgh; Stonehouse, Shropshire, and The Old Potting Shed in High Spen, Tyne & Wear. His order book bulges to the extent that he’s had to take on extra pairs of metalworking hands. And he can now add Dunston to his brewkit passport.

The sight of him driving yet another rivet into a gleaming tank seems to be a good omen for the future of the Great North Eastern Brewing Company, Rivet Catcher, Red Ellen and all. www. greatnorthereasternbrewingco. com *To assist in the production of this article, Cheers North East has been given access to paperwork relating to the purchase of recipes, names and equipment from Jarrow Brewing Company which includes notification from HMRC, the Intellectual Property Office (trade marks), Deeds of Assignment and Asset Sale documents.

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GETTING NICELY INTO TUNE Are you sitting comfortably?

Chapter Three of The Lindisfarne Story is about to begin. It’s the one where North East star musicians Ray Laidlaw and Billy Mitchell tell the tale of Tyneside’s favourite band through music, words and pictures.

The 26 dates across the UK during September and October include five around the region – Hexham, Gateshead, Blyth, Alnwick and Durham. One of the gigs – two actually – is on the DFDS ferry from North Shields to Amsterdam.

The first half of the show will be performed free on the outward leg

and the second half on the return trip, with the highly regarded Martin Stephenson in support.

Drummer Ray was a founder member of the band which formed in 1968 ( following spells as Downtown Faction and Bretheren) while front-man Billy did his shift between 1995 and 2004.

“We’ve changed the show quite a bit since the last tour,” says Ray. “We want to keep it fresh, not only for the audiences – some of whom have seen it seven times – but for ourselves.

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Glass act: Ray Laidlaw, left, and Billy Mitchell get into tour mood

new film clips, changed some of the songs, and we’ll be dropping in a few surprises. We’ve got two hours to tell 35 years of a story, but if you keep on doing the same thing it becomes cabaret.

“It’s a fun show to do and no two are the same – the idea is that you’re responding to stimulus on the night and sometimes things will come up that you didn’t expect. We revisit the times and the music in a very simple way.”

Ray reckons one of the best things about being on tour is finding new pubs in different towns, like the micropubs that keep on springing up where a butcher’s shop or a station buffet once sat.

“We like seeing how a place has changed since the last time we’ were there,” he says. “It’s good to experience that through pubs and microbreweries – a reminder of why we went to pubs in the first place.

“Without pubs there would have been no Lindisfarne. We used to meet in pubs, write songs in pubs, rehearse in pubs, perform in pubs, and relax in pubs. Most of our best ideas came in pubs – and some of the worst,

depending on how long we’d been there.

“In The Lindisfarne Story, we tell the story of the band from the beginning. We started off in 1965 but it was 1970 before anyone took notice, so we’d already served a five-year apprenticeship.”

Ray and Billy perform acoustic versions of Lindisfarne’s classic songs illustrating the band’s rise to fame from Whitley Bay to San Francisco Bay, from Rothbury to Glastonbury.

The show is illustrated with personal archive photographs and describes their worldwide tours, festival successes and television appearances, their triumphant returns home, and their unique relationship with Newcastle City Hall, venue for more than 130 Lindisfarne performances.

Ray says: “Lady Eleanor, Meet Me On The Corner, Fog On The Tyne, Run for Home, all of these songs have a story behind them.”

The Lindisfarne Story isn’t just for fans of Lindisfarne… if you love UK rock bands and the music of the Sixties and Seventies it’s the show for you.

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TEMPTATION CONSUMED THE BARD OF TYNESIDE A night of top-class Geordie variety has been organised in honour of one of Tyneside’s greatest entertainers. A fitting celebration and tribute to prolific song writer, poet and performer Joe Wilson – born in Stowell Street, Newcastle, 175 years ago (November 29 1841) – will be held in The Irish Centre in Gallowgate, only 20 yards from where he was born.

The evening of music and comedy is compered by Lindisfarne member and Sunday For Sammy star, Billy Mitchell, and curated by playwright Ed Waugh, who hopes it will become an annual event.

Joe Wilson was only 33 when he died of tuberculosis in 1875 but during his short lifetime he wrote 360 songs – including the classic Keep Your Feet Still Geordie Hinny – earning him the moniker Bard of Tyneside.

He rose to fame via the then 2,000-seat Balmbra’s in Newcastle. He was also a massive favourite in Sunderland, where he regularly played the 4,000-seat Wear Music Hall, and lauded in Teesside, Darlington and throughout County Durham and Carlisle.

He wrote about the day-to-day life of working class people with his repertoire

ranging from beautiful sentimental songs to hard-hitting condemnations of domestic violence, unemployment and the indignities of charity as well as performing benefit concerts for striking Tyneside and Wearside engineering workers.

Joe Wilson even found the time to run a pub, taking over The Adelaide on New Bridge Street, Newcastle, in 1871 (there was another Adelaide on Newgate Street) until “the temptations of a publican’s life told upon him”, as a 19th Century newspaper put it.

He told a friend that he wasn’t enjoying the experience: “If Aa drink wiv iv’rybody that asks us, Aa’s a drunken beast; if Aa dinnet, Aa’s a surly beast. Aa’ll heh to be oot.” He later joined the Good Templars, becoming a teetotaler.

The Adelaide was renamed Joe Wilson’s in 1983 and along the way has been known as The Stout Fiddler, Moot, and King’s Manor.

The building, next door to The New Bridge pub, is now a cafe.

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SCULL DAYS THE BEST OF A SUPERSTAR’S LIFE A new beer has been produced to wet the whistle in anticipation of the oneman play Hadaway Harry opening at the Theatre Royal in Newcastle in February 2017.

Newcastle-based Brinkburn Street Brewery has produced Canny Sculler (3.6% abv) in honour of Harry Clasper, the Dunston-born and Jarrow-raised rower who led a team from Tyneside to win the World Championship in 1845 and whose training methods and boat innovations put the North East at the centre of the aquatics world for the next 25 years.

Hadaway Harry, which charts the sporting superstar’s life, was written by Ed Waugh and toured the region in 2015.

Harry Clasper eventually owned several pubs and it was from one of them, The Tunnel in Newcastle’s Ouseburn Valley, that his funeral cortege left in 1870, attended

along the way by 130,000 spectators.

Before football, rowing (aquatics) was the sport of the working-class. Local heroes were created on the major rivers and the top rowers were feted in the manner that football stars are today. Taking the World Championship title from the “unbeatable” London rowers on the Thames caused a sensation locally, nationally and internationally. Tyneside “anthem”, The Blaydon Races, was written in Harry Clasper’s honour.

And rather neatly, Lee Renforth, owner of Brinkburn Street Brewery, is a direct descendant of another great Tyneside rower, James Renforth, who became world sculling

champion in 1868 following a match from Putney to Mortlake on the River Thames.

Like Harry Clasper – whose funeral he attended as a pallbearer – James Renforth owned pubs in Newcastle; The Belted Well Inn in Scotswood and the Sir Charles Napier in the city’s Queen Street. www.harryclasper.co.uk

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THE MARCH OF THE MATCH ON TELLY Televised football in pubs is taken as a given and often the only conundrum to solve is which pub to watch it in with your mates.

Premier League, FA Cup, Football League, European Championship, Europa Cup, World Cup qualifiers, playoffs, penalty shoot-outs and players’ theatricals – we’re ready and waiting with pint in hand.

Premier League football on TV is shown on both Sky Sports and BT Sport with 168 games to be shown live this season. Sky Sports will broadcast 126 games exclusively live while BT Sport is to show 42 matches.

It’s perhaps too early in the season to gauge how popular the new Friday night Premier League football slot is going to be. After all, at the time of writing, there has been only one – Manchester United v Southampton.

But there are going to be ten of them before the season ends next May and the hope at Sky Sports is that having paid billions for the right to show topflight football in a new primetime slot, millions tune in to see what is on offer – with signed-up pubs rightly expecting a bonanza.

Live Friday night football is not a new concept; Sky has been showing Football League fixtures on a Friday for some time while in August last year it broadcast Manchester United’s 0-1 victory at Aston Villa. However, that scheduling was because of “unique circumstances” while what we have now is long-term – a product of the record £5.14bn television deal Sky and BT Sport signed with the Premier League for the next three seasons.

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TELEVISED FOOTBALL Sky’s contribution stands at £4.2bn, an 83% increase on what it paid in the previous round of rights sales and which entitles it to show ten more fixtures, up from 116 to 126. Those ten are essentially the Friday games.

But the temptation to avoid hefty subscription fees is difficult for publicans to ignore. Nine North East pubs were ordered by the High Court recently to pay £44,008 to the Premier League for failing to follow guidelines and broadcasting games they hadn’t paid for.

Using illegal foreign broadcast systems to show Premier League football is extremely risky.

The Premier League claimed several of the pubs in the region were using sophisticated logo masking technology in an attempt to prevent the league from taking legal action against them. The organisation is now warning other venues against using this type of technology if they are approached by suppliers.

Peter Scudamore, executive chairman of the Premier League, said: “We don’t want to take publicans to court or see them out of business, but we must protect the investment Sky and BT make in Premier League football.

“It means our clubs can play the sort

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Tyne cruisers: Bike riders at Hadrian Border Brewery, top; The Boathouse, Wylam, above left; The Black Bull, Blaydon, and The Boathouse, Newburn (note the emergency supplies)

CROSS-BAR RIDE IS A BIG SUCCESS

It’s hoped the latest Rock’n’Roll Tyne Cruise charity bike ride organised by The Schooner, Gateshead, will raise record-breaking donations for two charities. Last year, a similar event raised an astonishing £7,500 in aid of Northumberland cancer charity Daft As A Brush, the Alzheimer’s Society and the Stroke Association.

With pledges still coming in, Schooner owners Dave and Julie Campbell fully expect the total to come close to 2016’s amount to be distributed this time to Daft As A Brush and the MS Society.

Some 123 riders pedalling all manner of two-wheelers set off on a 25-mile round-trip along the Tyne Valley’s pathways and bridleways, taking in Hadrian Border Brewery at Newburn, Newcastle; The Boathouse, Newburn; The 18 / CHEERS / www.cheersnortheast.co.uk

Boathouse, Wylam; The Black Bull, Blaydon, and The Staiths Café Bar at Dunston, Gateshead, before winding up back at The Schooner for a welcome pint slurped to the sounds of Dust Town Dogs.

The big highlight surprise was the sight of The Flying Scotsman steaming past The Boathouse at Wylam Station. The route impressed Daft As A Brush chief executive Brian Burnie so much, he has decided to put it in the charity’s calendar for 2017 as a walking challenge.

Huge thanks from all 123 bikers – yes, they all got back safely – to Daft As A Brush for their back-up and support, The Schooner for their good humour, plus the pubs and brewery for their hospitality and for putting up with a sudden influx of sweaty Lycra.

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Durham Brewery has two new cask beers to release from mid- to late-September, both inspired by the English autumn countryside.

Elder Blow (4.2% abv), is a pale ale with elderflowers and Amarillo hops (a long-time favourite of Durham’s). The brew crew is going off on a hop walk and collecting fresh, green Goldings hops from Charles Faram’s hop gardens near Malvern in Worcestershire, then whizzing back to the North East to brew Green Goldings EPA (4.5% abv) the following day.

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The York-based Whisky Lounge is bringing its ever-popular roadshows to Newcastle this month’ It’s one with a wee bit of a difference – because it’s not just about whisky.

“We have been shown things that have opened our eyes, minds and palates to spirits from warmer climes made using things other than malted barley,” says Whisky Lounge supremo Eddie Ludlow (formerly of Oddbins in Newcastle). “We’re talking about rums produced and cared for in the same way that our favourite single malts have been.

“In this series at Blackfriars in Newcastle,

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The tasting – on September 23 (£25) – will include three rums and three whiskies in the company of fellow spirits-lovers of all levels. Another whisky tasting – a Speyside Special (£20) including some lesser-known gems – is scheduled for October 28, also at Blackfriars. www.thewhiskylounge.com

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TYGER BLOOD

GRAB A TYGER BY ITS RINGPULL They’ve tasted beer from all over the world, but a heavy metal band from the North East insisted on a beer brewed at home for fans to enjoy. Alastair Gilmour meets Tygers of Pan Tang A German proverb goes something like: “There’s no off-switch on a tiger”. It’s a phrase that could have been invented for one of the North East’s most enduring heavy metal bands. They hardly ever stop.

Tygers of Pan Tang originally formed in Whitley Bay, Tyne & Wear, in 1978 and despite various changes in personnel and a hiatus of several years, the five-strong group is probably now more popular than ever, regularly touring the UK, Europe and the Americas.

To celebrate a new British tour and the release of their latest album, Tygers have commissioned a beer brewed in Newcastle for fans worldwide which will also appeal ale aficionados and those who might prefer something less strident through their headphones.

Tygers of Pan Tang and Tyger Blood (5.0% abv) join the ranks of a growing number of bands who have had beers brewed in their name – such as Queen: Bohemian Lager (4.7% abv); Iron Maiden: Trooper (4.8% abv); Elbow: Build A Rocket Boys! (4.0% abv); Madness: Gladness Craft Lager (4.0% abv); Super Furry Animals: Fuzzy (8.5% abv), and Frank Turner: Believe (4.8% abv).

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produced for the new UK tour. I actually contacted another brewery who couldn’t do it, but they said ‘I know someone who can’, so they put us on to Ross Holland at Box Social Brewing in Newcastle. Ross is a bit of a rocker himself (he had a band called Rossi Noise) so it was a match made in heaven.

“We’ll promote the new album which comes out in October, plus the beer and the tour at the official launch at The Cluny in Newcastle on November 21.”

Tyger Blood is an easy-drinking red ale brimming with caramel and toasted flavours. It’s also being canned.

“We’re over the moon with how Tyger Blood has turned out,” says Ross Holland. “Our can sales have taken us by surprise. They’re massively outselling our bottles – and we thought they were doing well.”

Tygers of Pan Tang founder-member, guitarist Robb Weir, admits that he’s “a bit of a pussy” in that he is something of a wine connoisseur, but he and fellow band members hunt for local beers wherever they are in the world.

He says: “Craig our drummer and Jack our vocalist are big dark beer drinkers. They always seek out local delicacies.

“We’ve played from Skegness to Rio this year and did four shows in Brazil, Paraguay and Columbia, then three dates in Holland

TYGER BLOOD

“IN SOME COUNTRIES THEY LOOK AT YOU ODDLY WHEN YOU ASK FOR A DARK BEER” Robb Weir, Tygers of Pan Tang

and Belgium – plus we did Chicago and Ibiza in the same week in May. When you’re in some of those countries where they drink lager-type beers they look at you oddly when you ask for a dark beer, but Craig is great for tracking them down.

“Jack ( Jacomo Mielle from Florence) is probably more British than we are – he speaks faultless English and has really adopted our culture as a fine beer drinker.

“When we were discussing Tyger Blood, we put as much into it as we could, but took advice from Ross who came up with an absolutely magical idea for a dark red IPA. It’s filtered, unlike his other beers. It looks clear and dark and red and looks like what it says on the can. And no tigers have been harmed in the process.”

Ross Holland is obviously happy with his creation and the fact that he’s involved with a band that has a huge worldwide following.

“We thought we’d do something different with the red IPA and we’re really, really, pleased with it,” he says. “We did a few trial brews before we got it where we wanted it.

The artwork on the cans looks fantastic, too.”

Tygers of Pan Tang’s manager Tom Noble started his career in music supplying rock concert reviews for NME more years ago than he cares to remember – White Snake and Black Sabbath among them.

“Once it’s in your blood it’s in your blood,” he says. “We’ve just come back from a festival in Alicante in Spain where the band played in front of 15,000 people. They’re very well known across the continent in the likes of Germany, Belgium and Italy. The guy in Chicago was absolutely desperate to get them to go there, but there hasn’t been a proper tour of the UK for quite some time.”

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TYGER BLOOD beautifully illustrated striped big cats, but Pan Tang? Robb has the details.

He says: “Rocky Laws, our original bass player, was a big science fantasy fan. He was reading Stormbringer by Michael Moorcock which has a storyline describing the cliffs of Pan Tang guarded by attack tigers instead of attack dogs. We loved the idea but changed the spelling of tiger.”

The name Michael Moorcock rings a bell – wasn’t he very much involved with 1970s rockers Hawkwind which featured a frontman

called Lemmie? Mention of the late Lemmie Kilmister – better known for his days in MotÖrhead – starts Robb reminiscing. They were good pals.

“Lemmie was a great loss, says Robb. “He was a very, very clever and talented man and a pleasure to know.”

Tygers have a rider that requests 24 bottles of premium lager backstage, but promoters get excited when they ask for local beer.

“You can see them light up,” says Robb.

“Ross says he’ll get the beers shipped out to

where we’re playing – we hope Tyger Blood will be sold all over the world.”

But are Tygers are as fierce as their name and their decibel-challenging sound suggests?

“This job is a second childhood,” says Robb. “We do as many shows as our lives permit us to and try and fit family life into all that. Then I always bring my grandkids something back from different places.”

It just shows there is no off-switch on a Tyger.

Tygers of Pan Tang are (left to right) Micky Crystal, Robb Weir, Jack Meille, Gav Gray and Craig Ellis

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WE NEVER CLOSE

BIG PUBS, LITTLE PUBS AND A BREWERY TAP We take a look at how imagination, bravery and new pairs of eyes can transform our pubs

THE DOG & RABBIT, WHITLEY BAY A former ladies dress shop now has so many customers that they’ve started queuing outside to get served. It’s not that Gabrielle in Whitley Bay has suddenly morphed into a centre of must-have fashion and haute-couture; the premises is now a micropub – and a micropub that’s shortly to have a microbrewery installed.

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world. Small high-street businesses are failing – and small high-street businesses are flying. It’s a paradox that’s not about location; it’s about the excitement that’s on offer.

Gabrielle is now The Dog & Rabbit, a tiny pub that promotes head-scratching at the Campaign For Real Ale’s assertion that 21 pubs in the UK are closing every week. The Dog & Rabbit is – to use common parlance – “jumping”.

“Things are going really well,”

Wylam Brewery, Newcastle says former homebrewer Tony Patton who has run the business alongside his wife Julie for little more than six weeks. “Daytimes are good and Fridays and Saturdays are incredibly busy.

“It’s been very well received locally and we’ve actually got a lot of regulars now – even after such a short time. People are saying it’s what Whitley Bay needs.”

The Dog & Rabbit’s surroundings are rich, deep red; pew-style seating was built to order by a local charity; the mahogany counter was rescued from a hotel in Cumbria with the back bar specially constructed to

blend in. It all works perfectly.

Four ale handpulls stand to attention – all featuring local brews from the likes of Box Social, Cullercoats, Acton Ales, Tyne Bank, Anarchy, Three Kings and the new Flash House Brewery. It’s a dog-friendly bar with doggy beer and doggy treats served with a presentation poop bag to take them home in.

“It’s got a proper community feel to it already,” says Tony. “One lady painted a small picture of a dog and rabbit specially for the pub. How lovely is that?”

The microbrewery could be up

WE NEVER CLOSE and running during September – the emphasis has been getting the pub operating first, so it’s anyone’s guess what the weekend queues will be like then.

Tony gave up his job with North Tyneside Council to follow his dream. Following dreams is always a risk, so the question about making the right decision might not be appropriate after only a handful of weeks into a new career.

The answer comes quick as a flash: “Totally, definitely, no regrets.”

WYLAM BREWERY, PALACE OF ARTS, EXHIBITION PARK, NEWCASTLE Wylam Brewery has been successful in its application to Newcastle City Council to open its brewery tap on Sundays between 10am and midnight.

Neither Northumbria Police or Environmental Health objected to the proposal.

Wylam Brewery opened at the former Palace of Arts in Exhibition Park in May of this year. It was a bold and imaginative move, but one that was initially met with a barrage

Dog and Rabbit, Whitley Bay of criticism from local groups.

Some residents in nearby Jesmond submitted objections to the Sunday proposal, the thrust of them being concerns over the safety of customers walking home at nights and increased traffic build-up.

On the other hand, the Council received letters of support from the city’s Lord Mayor, the Tyneside Society of Model and Experimental Engineers – who operate close by – and the people who live nearby in the house in the park.

“The most-often asked question we get here is ‘are you open on a Sunday?’”, said Wylam Brewery communications and sales director Dave Stone. “For a lot of people it’s their only chance to have a day out with the family and a leisurely stroll through the park – and we’re offering a mighty Sunday roast. It’s the quintessentially British thing to do on a Sunday. We’re familyfriendly and dog-friendly.

“Since opening (in May) we have had zero complaints regarding noise

or anti-social behaviour. The reason we didn’t apply for Sunday trading in the first place was solely the fact that during our original consultation, the Model and Experimental Engineers expressed concerns that it might affect them adversely.

“However, since witnessing the clientele we attract to the brewery, our strict operating policy regarding vehicular access, and our opening on the May Bank Holiday Sunday – which they said was the best event they’ve ever held – they wouldn’t

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have objected to the original application had they known how beneficial it would be to themselves and to the park as a whole.”

Dave Stone also confirmed the success of the business since its move from Heddon-on-the-Wall in Northumberland. He said the brewery tap is “going great” and the brewery itself is working fullout, with its extended brew-length allowing brewers more opportunities to produce new beers. And, as expected, it’s becoming something

of a tourist attraction with visitors from Chicago, Copenhagen and Japan in the last three months.

“We’re on their beer to-do list, which is great.”

HEAD OF STEAM, NEWCASTLE The latest Head of Steam pub has opened on Newcastle’s vibrant Quayside, bringing the group’s total to ten – and counting. The venue, located on the former site of The Eye On The Tyne on Broad Chare, has been developed by Hartlepool-

based Camerons and represents a significant acquisition in the brewer’s rapidly-expanding pub estate.

The Head of Steam, which is renowned for its promotion of great beers in a relaxed atmosphere, has 16 keg lines with a selection of rotating craft beers from UK and world brewers, plus eight cask ale lines that feature beers and cider from around the region and beyond, and a selection of premium cocktails, spirits and soft drinks. The

WE NEVER CLOSE pub’s offer seems to go on forever with several serving stations and varying floor levels which add to the feeling of being in different parts of the same place. A dedicated beer tasting room can be used for meetings, events and parties.

Camerons’ food development chef Kieran Burke has created a new food concept which includes a brunch menu as well as a great range of British pub classics with a focus on fresh, local ingredients with vegetarian, vegan and glutenfree options.

Chris Soley, Camerons’ chief executive, said: “The location is perfect and we are really excited to have a venue in an area that is now associated with craft and cask beers.”

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Today, the pub’s heritage is celebrated through a contemporary gastro pub environment headed by new manager Michael Downey who has taken a good long look at the food and drink offer. It’s open seven days a week – not only race-days – presenting locally-sourced produce and a range of traditional ales, craft beer and specially selected wines and spirits.

Design-wise, it’s particularly stylish, but manages to hang on to tradition (there’s even a pool table at the rear). The pub leans heavily on food, but nobody could argue with a bar-top proudly displaying Wylam 001 Simcoe, Wylam Galatia, Three Kings Billy Mill and Errant Dillon – all of them produced in the region.

The Border Minstrel is open from 10am for breakfast while a couple of the “big plates” on the main menu caught our eye – brisket beef hash with crispy hen’s egg, and Northumbrian sausages, mash and rosemary gravy. It’s a bit of a winner.

THE VICTORY, SOUTH GOSFORTH There must be something about family bonding that saw two sisters both getting jobs in a Newcastle Quayside restaurant while still at school, then travelling together

through Australia and Canada for a couple of years, and eventually taking over The Victory in South Gosforth, Newcastle. Together.

Successfully.

Vicky and Rachel Blenkinsop have been running the celebrated

pub for just over two months and couldn’t be happier with the way things are going.

“We’ve brought a lot of ideas with us from our travels,” says Vicky. “We’ve also got chef Sean Creighton here who we worked

The Victory, South Gosforth

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13th to 23rd October

Thursday 13th October

International opening night Friday 14th October

Seán Keane Band

Saturday 15th October

Pipers Meeting Niamh Ni Charra and Kevin Corbett Sunday 16th October

Family fun day Fiddle and guitar workshops Dermot Hegarty

Monday 17th October

Bernard Shaw Invites You (Drama) Tuesday 18th October Comedy with Mary

Beoga

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Bourke The Galway Girl (Drama) Wednesday 19th October

Jimmy Crowley

Thursday 20th October

Beoga

Friday 21st October

Jack O’Rourke

Saturday 22nd October

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Sunday 23rd October Ceili with Seamus

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WE NEVER CLOSE with on the Quayside and who has brought some totally new ideas with him from his days there and in Tynemouth.”

The menu is mesmerising – kale chicken Caesar, confit of belly pork, fluffy American pancakes, and a magnificent meat board for sharing.

A fine selection of ales on the bar shows that the pair have picked up a bit of beer knowledge along the way – Jennings Cumberland Ale, Deuchars IPA, Theakston Old Peculier (“we’ve just got that one in”), and Thwaites Wainwright. The Deuchars sparkles enough for Vicky to comment proudly on her and Rachel’s insistence on quality and perfection.

“We’re fanatical about cleanliness,” she says.

And it shows from bar-top to Gents. A victory for all of us, it seems.

and simply invites passers-by to come on in. The huge fireplaces are still in situ – nobody could get rid of them – and there’s the addition of some white tiling around the kitchen serving area and a fair coating of Farrow & Ball colouring.

And it’s good to see the wallpaper printed with book spines (which actually looked very convincing) has been stripped off to

be replaced by – the real thing.

On the bar it’s BrewDog Punk IPA, Mordue Five Bridges, Dark Horse Born In The Borders, Tyne Bank Dark Brown Ale and Wychwood Hobgoblin which is as impressive a line-up as you’d want to accompany a menu that includes roast lamb shank, chicken primavera, or British beef, Rioja and chorizo slow-cooked pie.

The pub has a quiet confidence to it; it’s well laid-out for diners and drinkers with a small public bar area tucked away for televised sport and – no doubt – animated banter.

And on a sunny lunchtime, a row of hefty benches on the pavement is perfect for sitting watching East Boldon go by.

Put your money on The Grey Horse.

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Gigs ’N’ Festivals

GIGS & FESTIVALS

THROUGHOUT SEPTEMBER

The Cluny, 36 Lime Street, Ouseburn, Newcastle NE1 2PQ. Tel 0191 230 4474. www.thecluny.com

SEPTEMBER 10 GRAHAM PARKER AND BRINSLEY SCHWARZ Graham Parker has worked with guitarist Brinsley Schwarz since 1975 in a band that became known as Graham Parker and The Rumour. Since then, Schwarz has often accompanied Parker on post-Rumour records and tours and recently joined him onstage as a duo playing songs from all areas of Parker’s career. Creative and exciting in equal measure, along with a relaxed atmosphere and plenty of humour.

SEPTEMBER 12 LUKE-SITAL-SING PLUS BOY JUMPS SHIP Luke’s music is compared to everyone from Bon Iver to Neil Young. A sensational debut album The Fire Inside displays extraordinary power and brutal candour, its songs riding a rollercoaster of emotions. North Eastbased Boy Jumps Ship have gained a reputation for being one of the most energetic, passionate and exuberant live bands around, captivating crowds with their melodic choruses and their heavy-hitting riffs.

SEPTEMBER 23 THE AMORETTES/LOVE ZOMBIES

Cluny 2 Hot off the release of the brand new album, White Hot Heat, and with the single, Let The Neighbours Call The Cops, still on the playlist of radio stations across the UK and Europe, The Amorettes are on a co-headline tour with the excellent LoveZombies. This is going to rock.

SEPTEMBER 10 NORTHUMBRIA FOOD & DRINK FESTIVAL

Vallum, Military Road, East Wallhouses, Newcastle NE18 0LL A major festival to showcase the tastes of Northumbria. The first Northumbrian Food and Drink Festival, presented by Appetite, Cheers, and The Northumbrian magazines, will bring the best in local food and drink, tastings and demos, music and family entertainment to Vallum foodie destination on Hadrian’s Wall. See the announcement on pages 32-33.

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place in pubs and breweries up and down the country. It’s probably best to check with your local pub for special events. As if an excuse were needed, Cask Ale Week has prompted The Central, Gateshead, to feature beers and breweries rarely, if ever, seen on its counter. Look out for Blue Monkey Chimp Chim In Nee (3.8% abv), Camerons Long Leg (4.1% abv), Charnwood Salvation (3.8% abv), Dancing Duck Waddle It Be (4.5% abv) Fixed Wheel Chain Reaction (4.2% abv), Grey Tree Black Road Stout (4.0% abv), North Riding Citra Pale (4.5% abv), Pheasantry Best Bitter (3.8% abv), Seven Bro7hers EPS (4.8% abv) and Thornbridge Jaipur (5.9% abv, which is no stranger to the pub). Local breweries have also promised some specials, and with a new cocktail menu on the cards, The Central is clearly taking the initiative.

CHEERS ON TOUR

Cheers reader Ronnie Russell – who describes himself as “The Rock ‘N’ Roll Cleaner at The Central in Gateshead” – sent us this photo from a recent trip to Cuba. Ronnie was in Havana in August during the three-day celebrations that marked Fidel Castro’s 90th birthday and posed with a copy of Cheers in front of the iconic Hotel Naçional Cuba. It was his fourth trip to the island – often enough for his friends to now refer to him as Ronaldo. He also texted: “Viva Che, Viva Revolucion!!!”.

COMMON SENSE PREVAILS OVER ALCOHOL INTAKE In a significant U-turn, a top government doctor has said that adults in the UK can feel free to drink what they like in moderation following new guidelines on alcohol intake. Advice introduced by the Government earlier this year set the weekly unit intake at 14 units for both men and women with health secretary Jeremy Hunt set to announce that the risks of consuming alcohol are no different to that of driving a car.

And according to The Daily Express, the Government is annoyed that earlier in the year Dame Sally Davies, the chief medical officer, said every time she reaches for a glass of wine she thinks about the raised risk of breast cancer.

However, the new guidelines reiterate the importance of women not drinking while either pregnant or trying to conceive, though the government’s attitude towards drinking is still being slammed by the likes of the Campaign For Real Ale (Camra).

A Government source told The Sunday Times: “We think the new guidelines are based on good science. But we had always wanted to present the idea of drinking alcohol at relatively sensible levels as about people’s tolerance of risk.”

The Portman Group, the body that promotes responsible drinking, said: “Responsible drinking carries a level of risk no greater than numerous other day-to day activities and can be part of a balanced and healthy lifestyle.”

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FESTIVALS

Celebrating the best of local food and drink The first Northumbrian Food and Drink Festival presented by Cheers, appetite, and The Northumbrian magazines takes over the food gateway to Hadrian’s Wall, Vallum Farm, on September 10.

The festival will serve up fantastic food, local ales and spirits, live music, demos from leading chefs and producers, and lots more, from clay pigeon shooting to bouncy castles.

In aid of Newcastle-based international aid organisation No Strings, which uses puppetry to spread life-saving messages throughout the developing world, we’ve picked out the best bits of the day here. Follow @cheers_ne on Twitter or give appetitemaguk a like on Facebook for the latest info.

Saturday September 10, 11am-5pm entry £5 per car or £2.50 per person on foot Vallum Military Road, East Wallhouses, Newcastle, NE18 0LL www.appetitemag.co.uk/northumbria-fooddrink-festival FOOD & DRINK

Bringing together the best street food, artisan producers, chefs and industry experts from across the North East Box Social Brewing’s Craft Beer Fire Engine will be well stocked with fantastic local ales and beer will also be on tap from Errant Brewery, while the Vallum team will be showcasing the best local gins and seasonal cocktails.

Get to grips with the best food from across the North East with burger experts Fat Hippo and Newcastle-based burrito bar Zapatista. The boys from La Petite Creperie will be creating sweet and savoury crepes, while there’s a hog roast courtesy of WMH Meats to keep you feasting throughout the day.

The packed market marquee will host more than 30 producers, from jams and chutneys courtesy of the lovely folk at Yummy Things and handmade cheese from Northumberland Cheese, to brews from Ouseburn Coffee Co and 32 / CHEERS / www.cheersnortheast.co.uk

gourmet brownies from The Brownie Bar. You can also sample the best local beers with Cheers North East magazine editor Alastair Gilmour, hear how to match wine and food with the team from Carruthers & Kent, see talented gun dogs in action, and learn the tricks of preparing game with Close House chef and game expert Craig Harvey, and get your hands on some kitchen kit at CCS’s Al Fresco Kitchen.

We’ve also got four of leading chefs showcasing their skills, with Peace & Loaf ’s Dave Coulson, Rhian & Helen Cradock from The Feathers Inn at Hedley on the Hill, Martin Charlton of The Old Boathouse and the Fish Shack at Amble, and Close House head chef Craig Harvey sharing their knowledge and love of local produce.

ENTERTAINMENT

Live music, puppet making, pony rides and bouncy castles.

The lovely folk at NARC. magazine have had their ears to the ground for months now choosing the perfect festival line-up for us. Funk behemoths King Bee will headline the event, alongside top blues act Lomax, country and roots from Chloe Chadwick and folky sounds from Shipcote & Friends.

There are also activities for kids of all ages from bouncy castles and face painting to pony and tractor rides around the farm.

The grown ups will enjoy trying their hands at clay pigeon shooting or their feet at foot golf.

MUST SEE

The team from No Strings International will be showcasing their puppet making skills and offering the chance to give it a go. They’ll also be screening their life-saving films, which have been seen in countries around the world. Find out more about them at www.nostrings.org.uk

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NEWS

Steaming: The Flying Scotsman passing The Black Bull in Blaydon.

Photo: Shawn Wallwork

BREWER MOVING AT FULL STEAM Word from Maxim Brewery in Houghton-leSpring is that flagship beer Double Maxim took a silver medal in the recent prestigious British Bottled Beer awards. The classic brown ale has been selected for Morrison’s national Great British Beer Festival promotion which runs throughout September. Maxim director Mark Anderson also reports that the brewery’s Olympic beer was well received.

“Being an ex-international hockey player I was pleased the GB ladies won gold,” he says. “Our new beer for September is Centennial Steam Beer (4.0% abv) which highlights the extensive use of steam in all our brewing and cleaning processes.”

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A-Z PUB GUIDE Cheers is all about pubs in the North East and this should be a good place to start...

COUNTY DURHAM BUTCHER’S ARMS

Middle Chare, Chester le Street, DH3 3QB t: 0191 388 3605

DUN COW

37 Old Elvet, Durham, DH1 3HN. t: 0191 386 9219

HALF MOON INN

130 North Gate, Darlington, DL1 1QS t: 01325 465765

HAT AND FEATHERS

Church Street, Seaham, SR7 7HF. t: 01915 133040

HEAD OF STEAM

THE CROWN

Mickleton, Barnard Castle, DL12 0JZ t: 01833 640 381

12 Crossgate, Durham City, DH1 4PS t: 0191 386 4621

THE AVENUE INN

Avenue Street, High Shincliffe, DH1 2PT t: 0191 386 5954

THE BAY HORSE

28 West Green, Heighington, DL5 6PE t: 01325 312312

THE BEAMISH MARY INN No Place, Nr Beamish, DH9 0QH t: 0191 370 0237

THE BLACK HORSE

Red Row,Beamish, DH9 0RW t: 01207 232569

THE BRITTANIA INN

THE FLOATER’S MILL

North Road, Durham, DH1 4NQ t: 0191 3863395

THE GEORGE & DRAGON 4 East Green, Heighington Village, DL5 6PP t: 01325 313152

115 Sherburn Terrace, Consett, DH8 6NE t: 01207 502585

THE HALF MOON INN

THE HONEST LAWYER

THE QUAKERHOUSE

2 Mechanics Yard, Darlington, DL3 7QF t: 07783 960105

THE QUAYS

5 Tubwell Row, Darlington, DL1 1NU t: 01325 461448

THE ROYAL OAK

7 Manor Rd, Medomsley Village, DH8 6QN t: 01207 560336

THE SCOTCH ARMS

Blackhill, Consett, DH8 8LZ t: 01207 593709

THE SHIP

Low Road, Middlestone Village, Middlestone, DL14 8AB t: 01388 810904

THE SMITHS ARMS

Brecon Hill, Castle Dene, Chester le Street, DH3 4HE t: 0191 3857559

Croxdale Bridge, Croxdale, DH1 3HP t: 0191 3783782

THE SPORTSMANS ARMS

THE JOHN DUCK

THE STABLES

91A Claypath, Durham City, DH1 1 RG

THE LAMBTON WORM

North Road, Chester le Street, DH3 4AJ t: 0191 3871162

THE MANOR HOUSE HOTEL

The Green, West Auckland, DL14 9HW t: 01388 834834

THE MANOR HOUSE INN

Carterway Heads, Shotley Bridge, DH8 9LX t: 01207 255268

THE MARKET TAVERN 27 Market Place, Durham, DH1 3NJ t: 0191 3862069

THE MILL

Moor End Terrace, Belmont, DH1 1BJ t: 0191 3842667 Beamish Hall Hotel, Beamish, DH9 0BY. t: 01207 288 750

THE STABLES

THE CROSS KEYS

Front Street, Esh, DH7 9QR t: 0191 3731279

THE OAK TREE

Front Street, Tantobie, Stanley, DH9 9RF t: 01207 235 445

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Wark, Hexham, NE48 3LS t: 01434 230209 www.battlesteads.com

BEADNELL TOWERS HOTEL

Beadnell, NE67 5AY t: 01665 721211

Thropton nr Rothbury, NE65 7LR t: 01669 620262

TWICE BREWED INN

DUKE OF WELLINGTON Newton, NE43 7UL t: 01661 844446

DYKE NEUK

Meldon, Nr Morpeth, NE61 3SL t: 01670 772662

ELECTRIC WIZARD

New Market, Morpeth, NE61 1PS. t: 01670 500640

Hill Street, Corbridge, NE45 5AA t: 01434 632216

THE GOLDEN LION

Market Place, Allendale, NE47 9BD t: 01434 683 225

THE GRANBY INN & RESTAURANT Front Street, Long Framlignton, Morpeth, NE65 8DP t: 0191 488 0954

THE HEART OF NORTHUMBERLAND

Market Place, Allendale, Hexham, NE47 9BJ, t: 01434 683246

THE ANCHOR INN

New Ridley Road, Stocksfield, NE43 7RG, t: 01661 842383

THE GOLDEN LION

THE ALLENDALE INN

DIPTON MILL INN

DOCTOR SYNTAX

West Sleekburn NE62 5XE 01670 813345

THE HADRIAN HOTEL

THE ANCHOR HOTEL

Dipton Mill Road, Hexham, NE46 1YA t: 01434 606577 e: ghb@hexhamshire.co.uk www.diptonmill.co.uk

THE FORESTERS ARMS

Military Road, Bardon Mill, NE47 7AN t: 01434 344534

CROSS KEYS

Thropton, Rothbury, NE65 7HX t: 01669 620362

Hedley on the Hill, Stocksfield, NE43 7SW t: 01661 843 607

Haydon Bridge, NE47 6AB t: 01434 688121 Whittonstall, Nr Consett, DH8 9JN. t: 01207 561110

THE ANGEL INN

Main Street, Corbridge, NE45 5LA. t: 01434 632119

THE BADGER

Wall, Hexham, NE44 4EE t: 01434 681232

5 Market Street, Hexham, NE46 3NS t: 01434 608013

THE HORSESHOES INN

Rennington, Alnwick, NE66 3RS. t: 01665 577665

THE JOINERS ARMS

Newton-by-the-Sea, NE66 3EA t: 01665 576 112

THE MANOR HOUSE

Caterway Heads, Shotley Bridge, DH8 9LX. t: 01207 255268

Street Houses, Ponteland Newcastle upon Tyne NE20 9BT t: 01661 871037

THE MANOR INN

THE BLACKBIRD

Ponteland, NE20 9UH t: 01661 822 684

The Peth, West Thirston, Felton, Morpeth, NE65 9EE. t: 01670 787370

THE BLACK BULL

THE OFFICE

Matfen, NE20 0RP t: 01661 855395

THE BLUE BELL

Main Street, Haltwhistle, NE49 0BS. t: 01434 322588

THE NORTHUMBERLAND ARMS

The Old Toll House, Castle Sqaure, Morpeth

THE OLDE SHIP INN

Mount Pleasant, West Mickley, Stocksfield NE43 7LP t: 01661 843146

9 Main Street, Seahouses, NE68 7RD t: 01665 720 200

THE THREE HORSESHOES

GENERAL HAVELOCK INN

THE BLUE BELL

Ellingham, Chathill, NE67 5HA t: 01665 589292

Pit House Lane, Leamside, Houghton le Spring, DH4 6QQ t: 0191 584 2394

THE WHITE LION

Newbottle Street, Houghton le Spring, DH4 4AN t: 0191 5120735

THE WHITEHILLS

Waldridge Road, Chester le Street, DH2 3AB t: 0191 3882786

THE WILD BOAR

Newfield, Chester le Street, DH2 2SP t: 0191 3700565

BATTLESTEADS HOTEL

THREE WHEATHEADS

THE FEATHERS INN

Main Road, Wylam, NE41 8DL t: 01661 598060

THE MINERS ARMS

THE NEWFIELD INN

59-61 Bridge Street, Berwick, TD15 1ES t:01289 308013

Hathery Lane, Horton, Cramlington, NE24 4HF t: 01670 822410

Station Road, Corbridge, NE45 5AY. t: 01434 633 633

FOX AND HOUNDS

THE CLARENCE VILLA

41 Manor Road, Medomsley, DH8 6QN t: 01207 560428

Barrasford Hexham, NE48 4AA t: 01434 681237

THREE HORSESHOES

Main Street, Ponteland, NE20 9BB. t: 01661 872898

West Herrington, Houghton le Spring, DH4 4ND t: 0191 584 9226

WICKET GATE

13 The Green, Aycliffe Vilage, County Durham, DL5 6LX t: 01325 312273

High Stanners, Morpeth NE61 1QL. t: 01670 512771

BARRELS

Edmundbyers, DH8 9NL t: 01207 255545

Durham Road, Rainton Bridge, DH5 8NG t: 0191 5843211

THE COUNTY

RIVERSIDE LODGE

THE PUNCH BOWL INN

Front Street, Sedgefield, TS21 3AT t: 01740 385 6695

Mountsett, Burnopfield, NE16 6BA t: 01207 570346

1 Archer Street, Darlington County Durham, DL3 6LR t: 01325 463787 Durham Road, Coxhoe, County Durham, DH4HX t: 0191 377 3773

Bellingham, NE48 2JT t: 01434 220254

THE DUN COW

Darlington Road, Durham DH1 3QN t: 0191 375 7651

86 New Elvet, Durham, DH1 3AQ t: 0191 3741918

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ADAM & EVE

RIVERDALE HALL HOTEL

BARRASFORD ARMS

SURTEES ARMS

Maiden Law, Durham, DH7 0QT t. 01207 520900

NORTHUMBERLAND

Stanegate Road, Newbrough, Hexham, NE47 5AR t: 01434 674226

THE PLOUGH

THE GREY HORSE

THREE HORSESHOES

Hawkshead Brewery, Mill Yard, Staveley, LA8 9LR t: 01539 825260

RED LION INN

THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON

22 Coniscliffe Road, Darlington, DL3 7RG t: 01325 354590 e: rew@villagebrewer.co.uk www.twenty2.villagebrewer.co.uk Chilton Lane, Ferryhill, DL17 0DH t: 01740 655724

THE BEER HALL

THE DYVELS INN

Front Street West, Bedlington, NE22 5TZ t: 01670 536160

The Bank, Barnard Castle DL12 8PH t: 01833 690 130

Station Road, Low Pittington Durham, DH6 1BJ 0191 3720287

THE GARDEN HOUSE INN

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CUMBRIA

RED LION

Prudhoe Station, Low Prudhoe, NE42 6NP t: 01661 832323 ROBIN HOOD INN Military Road, East Wallhouses, Corbridge, NE18 0LL BAMBURGH CASTLE INN t: 01434 672549 Seahouses, NE68 7SQ t: 01665 720283

HOLE IN THE WALL

South Street, West Rainton Houghton - le - Spring DH4 6PA. t: 0191 5841022

Vicars Lane, Manfield, DL2 2RF t: 01325 374243

THE DIAMOND INN

60 Bridge Street, Blyth, NE24 2AP t: 01670 368346

THE OLD WELL INN

3 Reform Place, Durham, DH1 4RZ. t: 0191 3832173

ITALIAN FARMHOUSE

Durham Road, East Rainton, DH5 9QT t: 0191 5840944

THE CROWN INN

OLIVERS

THE BLACKSMITHS

Woodstone Village, Fence Houses, DH4 6BQ t: 0191 385 6695

14 Horsemarket, Darlington, County Durham DL1 5PT t: 01325 466720

THE OLDE SHIPS INN

NORTH YORKSHIRE

Front Street, Chester-le-Street, DH3 3AX t: 0191 3872960 Frederick Place, Houghton le Spring, DH4 4BN t: 0191 5128050

THE VICTORIA INN

Haydon Bridge, NE47 6ER t: 01434 684376

JOHN THE CLERK OF CRAMLINGTON

Hillstreet, Corbridge, NE45 5AA. t: 01434 431143

Front Street, Cramlington, NE23 1DN t: 01670 707060

THE BOATHOUSE

JOINERS ARMS

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Wansbeck Street, Morpeth, NE61 1XZ. t: 01670 513540

JOLLY FISHERMAN

Craster, Alnwick, NE66 3TR t: 01665 576461

KITTIWAKE

Clairemont Crescent, Whitley Bay NE26 3HL. t: 0191 251 3977

MINERS ARMS

Main Street, Acomb, NE46 4PW t: 01434 603909

Wylam, NE41 8HR t: 01661 853431

THE BOATSIDE INN

Warden, Hexham, NE46 4SQ. t: 01434 602233

THE CARTS BOG INN

Langley on Tyne, Hexham, NE47 5NW. t: 01434 684338

THE CRASTER ARMS

86 Hallgarth Street, Durham, DH1 3AS, t: 0191 3860465

LION & LAMB

Horsley, NE15 0NS t: 01661 852952

The Wynding, Beadnell, NE675AX. t: 01665 720 272

WOODMAN INN

NEWCASTLE HOTEL

THE CROWN INN

23 Gilesgate, Durham, DH11 1QW t: 0191 680 8317

Front Street, Rothbury, NE65 7UT t: 01669 620334

Humshaugh, Hexham, NE46 4AG t: 01434 681 231

THE PACKHORSE INN

THE PERCY ARMS

Main Road, Chatton, NE66 5PS. t: 01670 215244

THE PILOT INN

31 Low Greens, Berwick upon Tweed, TD15 1LZ. t: 01289 304214

THE PLOUGH

Village Square, Cramlington, NE23 1DN t: 01670 737633

THE PLOUGH INN

Front Street, Ellington, NE61 5JB. t: 01670 860340

THE RAILWAY HOTEL

Church Street, Haydon Bridge, NE47 6JG t: 01434 684254

THE RAILWAY INN

Acklington, Morpeth, NE65 9BP t: 01670 760 320

THE RAT INN

Anick, Hexham, NE46 4LN t: 01434 602 814

THE RIDLEY ARMS

Stannington, Morpeth, NE61 6EL t: 01670 789216

THE SHIP INN

Monkseaton, Whitley Bay NE25 8DP. t: 0191 251 3677

THE SUN INN

Acomb, NE46 4PW. t: 01434 602934

THE SUN INN

High Church, Morpeth, NE61 2QT, t: 01670 514153

THE SWINBURNE ARMS

31 North Side, Stamfordham, NE18 0QG t: 01661 886015

THE TANNERY

Gilesgate, Hexham, NE46 3QD t: 01434 605537 • Beer & Whisky room • Live music • Dog friendly

THE TAP & SPILE

Eastgate, Hexham, NE46 1BH, t: 01434 602039

THE TRAVELLERS REST

Slaley, Hexham, NE46 1TT t: 01434 673231 www.travellersrestslaley.com

THE WELLINGTON

Main Road, Riding Mill, NE44 6DQ t: 01434 682531

THE WHITE SWAN

Main Road, Ovingham, Prudhoe Northumberland NE42 6AG t: 01661 833188

THE WHEATSHEAF

St Helens Street, Corbridge, NE45 5HE t: 01434 632020

THE VICTORIA HOTEL

1 Front Street, Bamburgh, NE69 7BP, t: 01668 214431

THE VILLAGE INN

Longframlington, Morpeth, NE65 8AD t: 01665 570268 www.thevillageinnpub.co.uk

TEESSIDE BEST WESTERN GRAND HOTEL

Swainston Street, Hartlepool, TS24 8AA t: 01429 266345 e: grandhotel@tavistockleisure.com

BRITANNIA INN

65 High Street, Loftus, TS13 4HG t: 01287 640612

CLEVELAND BAY

Yarm Road, Eaglescliffe, TS16 0JE t: 01642 780275

THE CLEVELAND HOTEL

9-11 High Street West Redcar, Cleveland, TS10 1SQ t: 01642 484035

TYNE & WEAR

BRIDGE HOTEL

Castle Square, Newcastle, NE1 1RQ t: 0191 232 6400 e: info@sjf.co.uk

BRIDGE TAVERN

7 Akenside Hill Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 3UF t: 0191 232 1122 • Selection of real ales • Food served daily • Roof terrace

BRIDLE PATH

101 Front Street, Whickham, NE16 4JJ t: 0191 4217676

CHESTERS

Chester Road, Sunderland, SR4 7DR t: 0191 5659952

COPPERFIELDS

Grand Hotel, Grand Parade Tyne And Wear, NE30 4ER t: 0191 293 6666

North Shields, NE30 1NH t: 0191 257 4831

MARKET LANE

72-74 Pilgrim Street, Newcastle, NE1 6SG t: 0191 232 0251

MARQUIS OF GRANBY

Streetgate, Sunniside, Newcastle, Tyne & Wear NE16 5ES t: 0191 257 4831

NEWCASTLE ARMS

THE BRANDLING VILLA

Haddricks Mill Road, South Gosforth, NE3 1QL t: 0191 2840490

Sunderland, SR6 0NU t: 0191 5671402

NE27 0BJ t: 0191 2680711

THE HASTINGS

THE POTTERS WHEEL

• Large selection of real ales • Regular food & drink festivals • Food served

THE HEAD OF STEAM

THE BROAD CHARE

57 St Andrews Street, Newcastle, NE1 5SE t: 0191 260 2490

25 Broad Chare, Trinity Gardens, Quayside, Newcastle, NE1 3DQ t: 0191 211 2144

ODDFELLOWS

THE CAUSEY ARCH INN

7 Albion Road, North Shields, NE30 2RJ. t: 0191 4358450

OSBORNES BAR

61 Osborne Road, Jesmond, Newcastle, NE2 2AN t: 0191 240 2811

PUB & KITCHEN

13/14 Albion Road, North Shields NE30 2RJ t: 0191 2573199

Beamish Burn Road, Marley Hill, Newcastle, NE16 5EG t: 01207 233925

THE CENTRAL

Half Moon Lane, Gateshead, NE8 2AN t: 0191 4782543 e: central@theheadofsteam.co.uk

THE CENTURION

12 Front Street, Tynemouth, NE30 4DZ t: 0191 2571820 www.cumberlandarms.co.uk

RED LION

Neville Street, Newcastle, NE1 5DG, t: 0191 261 6611

DELAVAL ARMS

ROCKLIFFE ARMS

Algernon Place, Whitley Bay, NE26 2DT t: 0191 2531299

• Real ales • Food available • Live sports shown

CUMBERLAND ARMS

Old Hartley, NE26 4RL t: 0191 237 0489

CROWN POSADA

31 Side, Newcastle, NE1 3JE t: 0191 2321269

FIRE STATION

Redcar Terrace, West Boldon, NE36 0PZ. t: 0191 536 4197

ROSIES BAR

2 Stowell Street, NE1 4XQ t: 0191 2328477

SHIREMOOR HOUSE FARM

York Road, Whitley Bay, NE26 1AB t: 0191 293 9030

Middle Engine Lane, North Shields, NE29 8DZ t: 0191 2576302

FITZGERALDS

SUN INN

60 Grey Street, Newcastle, NE1 6AF t: 0191 2301350

FITZGERALDS

10-12 Green Terrace, Sunderland, SR1 3PZ t: 0191 5670852

FITZGERALDS

2 South Parade, Whitley Bay, NE26 2RG t: 0191 2511255

FOX & HOUNDS

Coalburns, Greenside, NE40 4JN t: 0191 4132549

FREE TRADE INN

St Lawrence Road, Byker, Newcastle, NE6 1AP t: 0191 265 5764

GOSFORTH HOTEL

High Street, Gosforth, NE3 1HQ t: 0191 2856617

HOTEL DU VIN & BISTRO

Market Lane, Swalwell, Gateshead, NE16 3AL t: 0191 442 9393

THREE MILE INN,

Great North Road, Gosforth, Newcastle, NE3 2DS t: 0191 255 2100

TILLEYS BAR

105 Westgate Road, Newcastle, NE1 4AG t: 0191 232 0692

TOBY BARNES

Durham Road, Sunderland SR2 7RB, t: 0191 5285644 www.tobycarvery.co.uk

TRAVELLERS REST

North Road, Wide Open NE13 6LN t: 0191 2366300

TWIN FARMS

22 Main Road, Kenton Bk Ft, NE13 8AB t: 0191 2861263

THE CHILLINGHAM

Chillingham Road, Newcastle, NE1 1RQ t: 0191 265 3992

THE CLUNY

36 Lime Street, Ouseburn, Newcastle, NE1 2PQ t: 0191 230 4474

THE COPT HILL

Seaham Road, Houghton le Spring, DH35 8LU t: 0191 5844485

THE COTTAGE TAVERN

North Street, Cleadon, SR6 7PL t: 0191 519 0547

THE COUNTY

High Street, Gosforth, NE3 1HB. t: 0191 285 6919

THE COURTYARD

Front Street, Longbenton NE7 7XE t: 0191 2661512

BEST WESTERN ROKER HOTEL Roker Terrace, Sunderland, SR6 9ND t: 0191 5671786 e: info@rokerhotel.co.uk

BIERREX

82 Pilgrim Street, NE1 6SG

IVY HOUSE

Worcester Terrace, Sunderland SR2 7AW

LADY GREY’S

20 Shakespeare Street, Newcastle, NE1 6AQ t: 0191 2323606

MAGNESIA BANK

1 Camden Street,

125 Westgate Road, Newcastle, NE1 4AG. t: 0191 221 1552

THE BRIAR DENE

71 The Links, Whitley Bay, NE26 1UE. t: 0191 2520926

THE BRANDLING ARMS

176 High Street, Gosforth, NE3 1HD t: 0191 28540

Grange Road, Newburn, Newcastle , NE15 8NL t: 0191 267 1689

THE KEEL ROW

The Gate, Newcastle, NE1 5RF t: 01912299430

THE KINGS ARMS

Beech Street, Deptford, SR4 6BU t: 0191 567 9804

THE KINGS ARMS

West Terrace, Seaton Sluice, NE26 4RD t: 0191 2370275

Bank Top, Crawcrook, NE40 4EE. t: 0191 4133316

THE ROSE & CROWN

North Street, Winlaton NE21 6BT. t: 0191 4145887

THE RUNHEAD

Holburn Lane, Ryton, Tyne & Wear, NE40 3HJ t: 0191 413 9517

THE SANDPIPER

Farringdon Road, Cullercoats, Tyne & Wear, NE30 3ER t: 0191 253 5050

THE SCHOONER

South Shore Road, Gateshead, NE8 3AF t: 0191 477 7404

THE KING GEORGE

• Cask & craft beers & ciders • Fab food to feast on • Old school, not retro

THE LOW LIGHTS TAVERN

THE SIR WILLIAM DE WESSYNGTON

North Parade, Whitley Bay t: 0191 251 3877 Brewhouse Bank, North Shields, NE30 1LL t: 0191 2576038

2-3 Victoria Road, Concord, Washington, NE37 2JY t: 0191 418 0100

THE STAITH HOUSE

THE THREE TUNS

THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON High Bridge, Newcastle NE1 1EN t: 0191 261 8852

THE DUN COW

THE GREEN

THE BODEGA

THE KEELMAN

THE RISING SUN

THE MILL HOUSE

11 Market St, Newcastle, NE1 6JN t: 0191 244 2513

THE BEEHIVE

BENTON ALE HOUSE

Fulwell Ave, South Shields, NE34 7DF t: 0191 427 2951

Spa Well Road, Winlaton Mill, NE21 6RU. t: 0191 414 5840

THE TANNERS

THE FIVE SWANS

Hartley Lane, Earsdon, NE25 05Z. t: 0191 2529352

THE JOLLY STEWARD

THE RED KITE

THE MILE CASTLE

DAT BAR

TYNEMOUTH LODGE

26 Silksworth Row, Sunderland, SR1 3QJ t: 0191 5147684

St Nicholas Avenue, Gosforth, NE3 1AA t: 0191 2236320

Lamesley, Gateshead, NE11 0ER. t: 0191 487 6023

THE STEAMBOAT

HUGOS

ISIS

THE JOB BULMAN

THE RAVENSWORTH ARMS

THE MID BOLDON CLUB

James Place Street, Ouseburn, Newcastle, NE6 1LD t: 0191 265 6151

ASHBROOKE SPORTS CLUB

42-48 High Bridge, Newcastle, NE1 6BX. t: 0191 2611008

103 Percy Street, Newcastle, NE1 7RY t: 0191 2324352

206 High Street, Gosforth, NE3 1HD. t: 0191 2858060

THE CUMBERLAND ARMS

Maling Street, Newcastle, NE6 1LP

BACCHUS

THE HOTSPUR

THE QUEEN VICTORIA

57 Low Lights, North Shields, NE30 1JA t: 0191 2708441

Ferry Street, South Shields, NE33 1JR

Tynemouth Road, North Shields, NE30 4AA t: 0191 257 7565

3 The Arcade, Front Street, Tynemouth, NE30 4BS t: 0191 272 8105

Front Street, Tynemouth NE30 4DX. t. 0191 257 8302

1 St Peters Wharf, Newcastle NE6 1TZ. 0191 5971212

9 High Street West, Sunderland SR1 3HA t: 0191 5672262

29 Front Street, Tynemouth, NE30 4DZ t: 0191 2578956

THE HEAD OF STEAM

THE PRIORY

THE MERCHANTS TAVERN

TYNE BAR

Ashbrooke Road, Sunderland, SR2 7HH. t: 0191 528 4536

2 Neville Street, Newcastle NE1 5EN t: 0191 230 4236

Sunniside, Newcastle, NE16 5EE. t: 0191 488 8068

Arts Centre, Biddick Lane, Washington, NE38 8AB t: 0191 219 3463

Allan House, City Road Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 2BE

ALUM ALE HOUSE

Wheatridge Row, Seaton Delaval, NE25 0QH t: 0191 237 6868

St Marys Place, Newcastle, NE1 7PG t: 0191 2111140 White Mare Pool, Wardley, Gateshead, NE10 8YB t: 0191 4950171

THE GREY HORSE

60 Front Street. East Boldon, NE36 0SH 52 Westgate Rd, NE1 5XU t: 0191 2111160 Blackfell, Birtley, DH3 1RE t: 0191 415 1313

THE MILLSTONE HOTEL

Hadricks Mill Road, South Gosforth, NE3 1QL t: 0191 285 3429

THE NEW BRIDGE

2 -4 Argyle Street, Newcastle, NE1 6PF t: 0191 2321020

THE NORTHUMBRIAN PIPER

Sheriffs Highway, Gateshead, NE9 5SD. t: 0191 4870666

THE TOWN WALL

Pink Lane, Newcastle, NE1 5HX www.thetownwall.com

• Selection of real ales • Food served daily • Cinema room available

THE TURKS HEAD

THE OLD GEORGE

Killingworth Road, South Gosforth, NE3 1SY t: 0191 285 1254

Old George Yd, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 1EE t: 0191 260 3035

THE GREY HORSE

THE PACKHORSE

THE HARBOUR VIEW

THE PAVILION

Benedict Street, Roker,

1 Byker Bridge, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 2NS

Fawdon House, Red House Farm Estate, Gosforth, NE3 2AH t: 0191 2856793

Front Street, East Boldon, NE36 0SJ t: 0191 519 1796 Old Penshaw Village, Houghton-le-Spring, DH4 7ER. t: 0191 512 6080

27 Mill Dam, South Shields NE33 1EQ t: 0191 454 0134

Crookgate, Burnopfield, NE16 6NS t: 01207 270283 Hotspur North, Backworth,

41 Front Street, Tynemouth, NE30 4DZ t: 0191 2576547

THE VICTORY

THREE HORSESHOES HOTEL

Washington Road, Sunderland Tyne & Wear, SR5 3HZ 0191 519 2006

YE OLD CROSS INN

Ryton Village, NE40 3QP t: 0191 4134689

www.cheersnortheast.co.uk / CHEERS / 37

FUN STUFF

SIGN OF THE TIMES Spotted in Newburn, Newcastle, near Asda. There’s no mistaking what this trailer is for – it satisfies the “munchies” and raises a smile at the same time.

A BLONDE WALKS INTO A BAR… …AND ORDERS A VODKA AND ORANGE. THE BARMAN PLACES THE VODKA IN FRONT OF HER AND SAYS: ‘CAN I LEAVE A CARTON OF ORANGE FOR YOU TO PUT YOUR OWN IN, I’VE GOT SOMETHING URGENT TO DO IN THE CELLAR?’ ‘OF COURSE,’ SAYS THE BLONDE. THE BARMAN COMES BACK TEN MINUTES LATER TO FIND THE BLONDE HASN’T TOUCHED HER VODKA AND IS STARING AT THE ORANGE JUICE. ‘EVERYTHING ALL RIGHT?’ HE ASKS. ‘OH YES,’ SHE SAYS, ‘IT’S JUST THAT THE CARTON SAYS ‘CONCENTRATE’.’

154.1

EEH! NUMBERS

The amount of litres of beer per head of population drunk annually in the Czech Republic – the world’s number one beer-drinking nation. Ireland comes second with 117.4 litres, with Germany in third place, shifting 111.1 litres.

The UK is way down the charts at number 13 (83.5 litres per head of population).

THE DIRTY DOZEN TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE WITH THESE STINKERS 1 Which country produces 70% of the world’s olive oil?

2 Alaska borders how many other American states?

3 A cowboy arrived in Dodge City on Friday, stayed for three days and left on Friday. How come?

4 What is the most common first name in the world?

5 Which sport uses the lightest ball?

6 What was Dorothy’s surname in The Wizard of Oz? 7 The two lawbreakers Robert LeRoy Parker and Harry Longabaugh were better known as what?

8 An agal is worn on which part of the body?

9 Coulrophobia is the fear of what type of people?

10 The letter Z is worth 10 points in the UK version of Scrabble. How many in the Polish version?

11 How high is the centre of a dart board bullseye from the floor (in feet and inches)?

12 How much does the dog named Best in Show at Cruft’s win?

QUOTE

“THE HITCH-HIKER’S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY ALSO MENTIONS ALCOHOL. IT SAYS THAT THE BEST DRINK IN EXISTENCE IS THE PAN GALACTIC GARGLE BLASTER, THE EFFECT OF WHICH IS LIKE HAVING YOUR BRAINS SMASHED OUT WITH A SLICE OF LEMON WRAPPED ROUND A LARGE GOLD BRICK.” DOUGLAS ADAMS

QUIZ ANSWERS: 1 Greece. 2 None. 3 His horse is called Friday. 4 Mohammed. 5 Table tennis. 6 Gale. 7 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. 8 The head (it’s the black cord that helps keep Arab men’s headgear in place). 9 Clowns. 10 One point. 11 Five feet eight inches. 12 £100.

38 / CHEERS / www.cheersnortheast.co.uk

Tasting Notes...

Catch a ride in Yellow Cab for an easy-going, crisp and refreshing taste.

You’ll take a slight turn towards sweetness before feeling a minor bump of bitterness in the road. Overall, it’s a carefree route to savour.

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