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KINGS ARMS (NR1 3HQ) A peaceful, friendly pub to the south of the city, a smallish bar area giving way to an elongated lounge that leads to a conservatory and beer garden at the rear. Despite the fact that the pub’s sign proclaims it to be a free house, it has been owned by Batemans for the past few years; however, there is an extensive range of real ales and ciders alongside their own brews. A slight caveat is that the term “peaceful” does not apply when Norwich City are playing at home, as the stadium is very close by! KINGS HEAD (NR3 1JE) A frequent winner of the local Pub of the Year award, this keg-free alehouse was re-opened in 2005 by two enthusiastic CAMRA members and now specialises in a range of mainly East Anglian ales that can literally change before your very eyes. A small front bar leads to a larger back area and wooden seating can be found throughout. A small piece of ale house Heaven. ROSE (NR1 3AE) Having been sold by Adnams some years back; this pub is now a genuine Free House and stocks a good range of LocAles, including Norwich Bear ales from the planned onsite brewery, along with a few guests from microbreweries in the hinterlands beyond Norfolk. Internally, it is has a table and chair layout, with different levels providing the scope for more private occupations. Be warned that the pub is just around the corner from The Kings Arms, so The Rose, too, is heaving on home match days. TRAFFORD ARMS (NR1 3RL) Rebuilt after being destroyed by enemy action in 1942, transformed from a keg-only Watneys hell-hole in 1993, this large community local has one open plan room that snakes around the central bar and is usually bustling with a local clientele of all ages. The bar sports ten hand-pumps and specialises in beers from Adnams, stocking a lot of their rarer offerings; but the other guest ales can come from any number of breweries. WHITE LION (NR3 3AQ) In Days of Yore (the 1980’s, to be precise), this pub was one of the best real ale pubs in Norwich; but the landlord left in 1989, and things went slowly downhill. Then an unlikely saviour came along in the shape of Milton brewery, which re-opened the pub around four years ago and now stocks their own ales plus guests from other breweries (that obscure brewery called Titanic on my last visit). WIG AND PEN (NR3 1RN) One of the oldest pubs in Norwich, this alehouse dates from the 16 th century and takes its name from when the Magistrates Court and the Crown Court were nearby; once owned by Courage, it became free of tie in 1985. Friendly and comfortable inside, with a spacious restaurant to the rear, it is again a good showcase for local ales. This list of pubs is entirely subjective and personal; a dip into the current Good Beer Guide will reveal a fair few more and the more adventurous ale drinker can find gems beyond even this, including city centre pubs celebrating local murders and lunatic asylums. Finally, Norwich CAMRA has produced a superb guide to the best real ale pubs in the area, and I am indebted to it for providing some of the historical detail for this article: Real Ale Walks in Norwich can be bought by going onto their website at http://www.norwichcamra.org.uk/misc/pubs.htm. Martin Perry SUMMER 2012 POTTERS BAR 29
32 nd Stoke Beer Festival Glass Logo Competition CAMRA Potteries are delighted to announce the return of Glass Logo Competition. This is your chance to have hundreds of people drink from your creation at one of the most popular drinking festivals in the UK and to be part of Stoke Beer Festival history, so it’s time to get your creative juices flowing. We are offering the following package to our First Prize Winner:- • A Weekend to the Festival (travel to Stoke at the winner's own expense) • A box of the Festival Glasses to share with your family and friends. • A goodie-bag of Stoke Beer Festival merchandise The competition is open to absolutely anyone, of any age, anywhere in the world and the rules are very simple:- • • • • • • THE 32 nd STOKE BEER AND CIDER FESTIVAL WILL RUN FROM THURSDAY 18 th OCTOBER TO SATURDAY 20 th OCTOBER!! The design must fit on a piece of A4 paper. You may use up to FOUR colours in your design. The design must include at least the outline of a bottle-kiln (as featured on the CAMRA Potteries Branch logo). The design must be suitable to be scaled up for use on t-shirts, posters and other publicity items, as well as on our Collector’s Item Festival Glasses. Designs may be submitted by e-mail in jpeg or PDF format to publicity.camrapotteries@gmail.com Hard copy designs may also be submitted but these must be suitable to be scanned and converted into digital images. Deadline for the submission is Midnight on Friday, 15 th June 2012– any designs received after this time will not be put forward to the Festival Committee for adjudication. The winner will be notified by e-mail and phone – any further queries regarding the competition can be addressed to Hayley Armstrong Branch Publicity Officer, via publicity.camrapotteries@gmail.com HEART OF STAFFORDSHIRE BRANCH IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THE 5 th STAFFORD BEER FESTIVAL THURSDAY 2nd AUGUST – SATURDAY 4th AUGUST BLESSED WILLIAM HOWARD SCHOOL, ROWLEY AVENUE, STAFFORD, ST17 9AB. 75 REAL ALES, CIDERS, PERRIES & COUNTRY WINES Opening Times: Thurs 6-11pm; Fri 11.30am-3pm & 4-11pm; Sat 12noon- 6.30pm & 7-11pm. www.heartofstaffordshirecamra.org.uk/beerfestival/index.html SUMMER 2012 POTTERS BAR 31
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