Pints West 92, Winter 2011 - Bristol & District CAMRA
Pints West 92, Winter 2011 - Bristol & District CAMRA
Pints West 92, Winter 2011 - Bristol & District CAMRA
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PINTS WEST<br />
Good Beer Guide 2012 launched<br />
Friday September 16 th saw the annual local launch of the <strong>CAMRA</strong> Good Beer Guide. In keeping<br />
with recent tradition the venue for the event was a new entry in the Guide – this year was the<br />
turn of the Cornubia in Temple Street. The weather was kind which was just as well as the outside<br />
tables were needed to accommodate the large crowd which appeared shortly after opening time.<br />
Phil and Jacquie did us proud with an excellent range of guest beers, a barbecue and an all round great<br />
atmosphere. We sold 90 copies of the Guide on the day, only just short of last year’s record 96.<br />
The Cornubia was making a welcome return after a short period out of the book following several<br />
changes of management. Also returning were Zero Degrees on Park Row and the Eldon House in<br />
Lower Clifton Hill. The Shakespeare<br />
in Prince Street, the Three<br />
Tuns in Hotwells and the Robin<br />
Hood on St Michael’s Hill were<br />
voted in for the first time in recent<br />
memory too. A bit further out the<br />
RAFA Club in <strong>West</strong>bury-on-Trym<br />
has become the first club to make<br />
it into the Guide locally in years,<br />
and the Bowl at Almondsbury is<br />
in too.<br />
Down in Somerset there are<br />
quite a number of changes to our<br />
24 entries. In <strong>West</strong>on-super-Mare<br />
it’s welcome back to the Regency<br />
and the Dragon, plus a debut for<br />
the Ship Inn at nearby Uphill. The<br />
Lamb in Axbridge also makes its<br />
first appearance for years. Over on<br />
the Mendips are two excellent new entries in the Waldegrave in East Harptree<br />
and the Plume of Feathers in Rickford. Clevedon has its first entry for a few<br />
years with the deserving Royal Oak. Further north the Kings Arms in Easton in<br />
Gordano gains recognition for the first time.<br />
All of the above pubs have good reason to be proud as they have achieved a<br />
place in one of the most competitive parts of the country to get in the Guide. To<br />
make room, some very good pubs have missed out this time and will be doubly<br />
The Shakespeare in Prince Street, <strong>Bristol</strong><br />
determined to get back in next year.<br />
The Good Beer Guide remains the only guide that is compiled entirely<br />
by unpaid volunteers who check that every entry has been visited<br />
and all details checked annually. Why leave home without it?<br />
Vince Murray<br />
The REAL PUB on Whiteladies Road<br />
Local & National Cask Ales and Good Food<br />
T: 0117 329 1282 E: thevittoria@yahoo.com<br />
The Victoria<br />
Real Ale<br />
Real Food<br />
Real Pub<br />
Chock Lane, <strong>West</strong>bury-on-Trym, <strong>Bristol</strong><br />
www.thevictoriapub.co.uk<br />
0117 9500 441<br />
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The Plume of Feathers in Rickford
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