CAMRA's 40th Anniversary - Bristol & District CAMRA

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News from Butcombe
New Beer Partnership for Butcombe
Butcombe have formed a partnership with Adam Henson, a Cotswold
farmer and TV rural affairs presenter, to create a new beer to be
called Adam Henson’s Rare Breed. This relates to the farm’s collection
of rare breed animals, a crusade started by Adam’s father, which
form part of the Cotswold Farm Park tourist attraction – and it’s also a
great bar call!
Maris Otter barley has been grown on the farm for some years and
this premium malt, combined with Herefordshire hops and Mendip
Spring water, not forgetting the expertise of the Butcombe brewers, has
produced an eco-friendly ‘grain to glass product’– a distinctive refreshing
golden ale with an ABV of 4.2%. This will be launched in October,
in cask, at Wetherspoon’s beer festival and in bottles from 150 Booker
Cash & Carry outlets.
Other Butcombe news
The brewery will be having an open day on Saturday 1st October
from 11am to 3pm as part of the ‘Made in North Somerset Showcase’,
which runs from 17th September to 2nd October, and to mark the start
of National Cask Ale Week. Last year’s event was very popular with
Butcombe Brewery Open Day
Saturday October 1st, 11 am - 3 pm
to mark the start of Cask Ale Week (1st - 9th)
and as part of the
Made in North Somerset Showcase
(17th September - 2nd October)
celebrating the best of the region’s food, drink, arts and crafts.
Free beer and the Mendip Morris Men!
beer sampling, brewery tours and the Butcombe-sponsored Mendip
Morris men, who will be performing again.
Mark Walton is happy to return to the Mendip area as the manager
of the Queen Vic in Priddy, having latterly had a spell at Butcombe’s
Fox & Hounds, Charlton Adam and previously as manager of the Swan
in Rowberrow.
Mendip Spring, one of the brewery’s new seasonal ales this year,
has had an extended brewing time with its original April to June slot
being extended into August to satisfy demand.
North Somerset Brass Band are playing at all Butcombe’s Mendip
pubs on Saturday 3rd September, starting at noon at the Ring O’Bells,
Hinton Blewitt; followed by the Queen Vic, Priddy at 1.30pm; the Ring
O’Bells, Compton Martin at 2.45pm; the Swan, Rowberrow at 5pm; the
Lamb, Axbridge at 6.30pm; and finally at the Queens Arms, Bleadon at
8pm. They will certainly be in need of a few drinks after those exertions!
Butcombe’s ‘Brewer of the Month’ will feature beers from Titanic
Brewery, Stoke in September; Oakham, Peterborough in October; and
Moorhouses, Burnley in November.
The Colston Yard in Bristol held an
American Beer Festival on the weekend of
August 18 to 21st, comprising draught and
bottled beer with the accompaniment of
themed food.
Butcombe’s name is spreading eastward
with the famous Harp Bar in Covent Garden,
CAMRA’s national pub of the year, deciding
to stock its beers. The Soho House in London
is now selling Butcombe Bitter as its only
cask beer.
The Dorset & Somerset Air Ambulance
has been adopted by Butcombe as its charity
of the year, benefiting from a generous 50p
per brewer’s barrel of beer produced. One of
the brewery staff, Kirsty, had cause to be very
grateful to it last year, after being involved
in a very serious car accident from which,
thankfully, she has fully recovered.
The brewery products can now be purchased
on-line and the brewery now has a
Facebook fan page and has launched Butcombe
on Twitter.
Margaret Evett
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