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Amber Valley NewsNews from the sub-branchRipley Rail Ale Festival ready to rollhursday, 30Tth September to Sunday, 3 rd October willsee the first Amber Valley CAMRA beer festival in Ripleyat Butterley Station, part of the Midland Railway HeritageTrust, and it promises to be an event not to be missed. A marqueeserving beer and traditional cider will reverberate to the sound oflive music on Friday and Saturday evenings, whilst two railwaycarriages will serve additional ales in a quieter environment. Intotal, 50 real ales should be available together with food. CAMRAmembers will enjoy free admission except on Friday and Saturdayevenings when a nominal charge will be levied. It’s hoped that thedual attractions of a beer festival and a gala diesel weekend, withtrains operating to a full timetable, will be a winning formula.Hunter’s heading in the right directionKilburn, six miles north of Derby, was, before the 20 th century,largely owned by the Hunter family of Kilburn Hall. The gabledpub across the road from the hall was named after the family, andthe Hunter’s Arms now seeks a restoration in fortune that saw itfeature in the Good Beer Guide between 1983 and 1986. In July2009, London born Paula Showers and her charismatic Canadianhusband, Mark, sold their Torquay hotel and headed north to buythe Hunters. On the evidence of a recent visit, the Church Streetpub is certainly worth frequenting with hand drawn Blue MonkeyOriginal, Oakham Bishops Farewell and Leatherbritches RoastedStout vying for attention.Meanwhile, on nearby Chapel Street, the Travellers Rest (picturedbelow) celebrated National Cask Ale Week with a Buffy’s bonanza.Watch the Word Cup in comfort atThe Commercial Inn19, Wollaton Road, Beeston NG9 2NGTel. 0115 917 8994Under new management from June 10thFour plasma screens indoorsOne in outdoorcovered smoking areaPre-match vintage England gamesAll the England songsFree half-time chip buttiesNo fewer than five of the Norfolk’s brewery’s beers were serveddirect from the cask, and, more recently, Islay brewery hasfeatured from the eponymous Scottish island.Carry your cardIt’s good to see some Amber Valley licensees emulating theirNottingham counterparts by offering discounted real ale tocard carrying CAMRA members. Declan Nixon, the enterprisinglicensee of the Fishermans Rest, Broadholme Lane, Belper, is thelatest recruit to the growing band of Amber Valley pubs offeringa discount. Declan has also been running a series of “meet thebrewer evenings” on the last Friday of the month. The George andDragon, and Cross Keys in Belper, Talbot Taphouse, Ripley, andthe George, Ripley, all offer reductions.News of the brewsAmber Ales’ second pub, The Woodman, Maple Avenue, Ripley,should be opening at the end of May. The Ripley brewery’sbeers plus guests and food will be available. The Thorn Tree,Chesterfield Road, Belper, had a fine selection of beers whenrecently visited; Ossett Optimum and Jarrow Rivet Catchercomplemented Bass, Pedigree and Abbot. The Spotted Cow,Holbrook is emphasising the provenance of its products bysourcing three beers from within a 15 mile radius, and the beefin their excellent carvery is from a named Derbyshire farm.During the run-up to the General Election the Cow featuredBlue Monkey’s Three Monkeys with mug shots of the three mainparty leaders on the pump clip. Another pub with the Giltbrookbeers has been the New Inn, Derby Road, Heanor, which waspleasingly busy on my visit. Derby Brewing Company has beencommissioned to brew house beers for two of our pubs. The WhiteHart, Duffield is serving White Hart Pale Ale at 4.2% abv, and theBear, Alderwasley has Blue Bear weighing in at 4.8% abv. BlueBear is an amalgam of the names of two pubs owned by JohnStamp, namely, the Bear, and the Blue Bell, Farnah Green, nearBelper.The John Warren, Loscoe and the Butchers Arms, Langley havereopened and I’ve heard on the hopvine that the Coach andHorses, Heanor Road, Loscoe has finally been bought and may berestored to pub usage.www.nottinghamcamra.org June / July 2010
Vale of Belvoir NewsAnother Mild MayWell, here we are again, in the throes of the Mild in Maycampaign, which certainly hasn’t disappointed so far -but more of that later.April saw us at the Plough, Cropwell Butler for our branchmeeting. We were situated in one of the comfortable dining areasand had beers from Copper Dragon Brewery in Yorkshire andAdnams, amongst others. This Pub People pub is ticking the rightboxes under landlord Greg, the beer was in good form and wewere made to feel very welcome. The Plough is also participatingin the Mild Trail, with Tetley Mild being available at the beginningof the month. Chairman Mart and myself also popped out therefor a meal mid April and were very pleased with the beef andale pie (Mart) and calf’s liver and mash (me), accompanied bysome very nice Castle Rock Harvest Pale. If you are looking forsomewhere new to try during the spring or summer, it is certainlywell worth a trip out.Our May meeting had us at the Crown, Old Dalby. There was agood turn out to this southern outpost and again we were madeto feel very welcome. We just caught the end of The Belvoir DarkHorse Mild, which was excellent, and this was followed by BeaverBitter and Harvest Pale. We were then treated to some superbcrispy chilli beef and homemade chips, courtesy of landladyRachel, which was absolutely fantastic and much appreciated byall!The 1 st May saw us getting down to the serious business of themonth, Mild in May, with the launch at the Horse & Plough,Bingham. Last years winner of the Best Mild on Trail were off to aSix Continually Changing Cask Ales from Around the CountryCharles Wells Bombardier & Deuchar’s I.P.A. Always AvailableHot & Cold Food Served Mon – Sat12.00 – 2.30pm & 5 – 7pmTraditional Sunday Lunch Served 12.30 – 3 pmHorse & Plough Wednesdays – Two Meals for £10Private Dining, Meetings and Small Conference Packages AvailableFree Wi-Fi Internet AccessThe Grill Room Restaurant Upstairs serving A La Carte MenuMidweek Steak Special £7.95 in The Grill RoomOpen 11am – 11pm Sun to Thurs 11am to 11.30pm Fri & SatTel: 01949 839313 e. bingham@bartschinns.comLong Acre, Bingham, NG13 8AFBus: TrentBarton Xpress from Friar Lanegood start. An excellent Belvoir Dark Horse had been on since theday before and finished early in the evening, to be replaced byPotbelly Beijing Black. This has since been followed by NottinghamFoundry Mild, Brewsters Cheval Mort and Rudgate Ruby Mild - andit is only May 9 th as I write this, so no shortage of choice there!Still on the Mild Trail, on May 6 th we popped into the Chesterfield,Bingham for an après vote drink and more Belvoir Dark Horse,again in very good form. This is another Bingham pub that isBingham Rugby Club Summer Beer FestivalFri June 25 th - Sun June 27 thThe Main Clubhouse, The Pavilion, Brendon GroveBingham NG13 8TNTrent - Barton Xpress (evenings Radcliffe Line) to Balmoral RoadLate buses back to Radcliffe, Bridgford and NottinghamContact / Details:www.binghamrufc.co.uk20 different beers and ciders. Live Musicconsistently serving very good beer, which is excellent news for usBingham troglodytes in these times of soaring fuel prices (note toself - have letter of apology ready.)Saturday 8 th was the first of our Mild Trips - not a good turn-out,but some very good beer! We started off at the Red Lion, Stathernand some really nice Grainstore Rutland Panther. We will be outagain to the Red Lion for our meeting on June 1 st . We then moveddown to The Plough. Stathern for some Belvoir Dark Horse, againin top condition. Landlord David reported excellent Mild sales,which is always good to hear. It is worth noting that the Plough,Stathern is open all day, every day and serves food every LunchTime and Evening, so if you are taking a trip out to the Valeand are struggling to find a pub open at lunchtime you won’t bedisappointed here.We were then on to the Durham Ox, Orston for some OldershawsGrantham Dark. It is safe to say that we could very happily havestayed at any of the pubs visited that evening and the DurhamOx was no exception. The pub was comfortable and welcomingand the Mild way too drinkable to be happy with having to moveon to another pub, but such is the nature of pubs trips and it wasstraight on to the Royal Oak, Car Colston for some Hansons DarkMild. The bar area was busy as usual, but we just missed a verylarge dining party so there was room to be seated in the maineating area; we timed our visit just right in this popular food pub.We had a very enjoyable drink here before wending our way backhome.We will have two more trips to report on by the end of the monthso will fill you in on those next time.That’s about it for this month but I just want to give a quick wordof thanks to the Horse and Plough, Bingham and to editor SpykeGolding though before signing off. Thanks to the byline on lastmonth’s VoB page, I have now have my name on the wall of themen’s toilet. As far as I know this is the first time, although.....if Iam wrong I’m really not sure that I want to hear about it!Cheers! Bridget.www.nottinghamcamra.org June / July 2010
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