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Tyneside & Northumberland Branch 

Issue 243 • Spring 2018 

PUB OF THE YEAR RESULTS

42 nd NEWCASTLE BEER 

& CIDER FESTIVAL 

Northumbria University Students Union 

April 2018 

Wed. 11 th 6.00 - 10.30 pm 

Battle of the Beers 

Thu. 12th noon - 10.30 pm 

Hat Day 

Fri. 13th noon - 10.30 pm 

music after 8.30 pm 

Sat. 14th noon - 5.00 pm 

music after 1.30 pm 

Tyneside & Northumberland 

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BRANCH CONTACTS 

Chairman: Hubert Gieschen 

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Vice Chairman, Editor, Advertising 

& Distribution: Adrian Gray 

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Secretary & Diversity Officer: Maria Wilson 

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Treasurer: Jan Anderson 

treasurer@cannybevvy.co.uk 

Membership Secretary: Alan Chaplain 

membership@cannybevvy.co.uk 

Social Secretary: Murray Owen 

socialsecretary@cannybevvy.co.uk 

Pubs Officer & LocAle Officer: Colin Anderson 

pubsofficer@cannybevvy.co.uk 

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Cider/Perry Officer: Vacant 

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Press & Publicity: Martin Ellis 

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Public Affairs Officer 

& Social Media Officer: Paul Hillhouse 

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TALKING ED 

CAMRA’s Revitalisation Project has undertaken the most 

fundamental appraisal of its purpose and campaigning since 

it was formed. The proposals and Special Resolutions will be 

voted on either in person at CAMRA’s AGM in Coventry in April 

or via proxy. What will not change is the name and spirit of the 

campaign. It will continue to be an independent, non-party 

political, volunteer-led organisation. (For the full list of proposals 

see page 20). 

Community Pubs Month, which launches on 1st April, will 

showcase thousands of community events across Britain. Pubs 

are encouraged to put on charity fundays, barbecues, quizzes, 

live music and more. 

Beer Day Britain is held annually on 15th June, because that is 

the date Magna Carta was sealed in 1215. Article 35 of the great 

charter stated: ‘Let there be throughout our kingdom a single 

measure for wine and a single measure for ale and a single 

measure for corn, namely the London quarter’. Today beer 

and pubs are still central to British life. At 7.00pm on 15th June 

people will be raising a glass of beer and saying “Cheers to 

Beer” (see branch website for details). 

Finally, the 42nd Newcastle Beer & Cider Festival is on from 

11th to 14th April at Northumbria University Students Union 

in Newcastle (see page 11). I’ll see you all there. 

Cheers 

Adrian Gray 

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BRANCH DIARY 

Monday 5th March 7.30pm 

Beer Festival Meeting 

Old George, Newcastle 

Thursday 8th March 7.00pm 

Bedlington Wander 

Starts at Box Wood Tap 

X22 bus at 6.15pm Haymarket, Newcastle 

Monday 12th March 7.30pm 

Branch Meeting/Social 

Schooner, Gateshead 

Metro to Gateshead Stadium/93 bus 

at 7.03pm Gateshead Interchange 

Wednesday 21st March 7.30pm 

Seaton Sluice Wander 

Starts at Delaval Arms, Old Hartley 

309 bus at 6.37pm Haymarket, Newcastle 

Wednesday 11th to Saturday 14th April 

42nd Newcastle Beer & Cider Festival 

Northumbria University, Students Union 

Newcastle 

Thursday 19th April 7.00pm 

Branch Social 

Tyne Bank Brewery, Ouseburn 

Q3 bus at 6.50pm Eldon Square, Newcastle 

Friday 20th to Sunday 22nd April 

CAMRA Members’ Weekend & AGM 2018 

University of Warwick 

Tuesday 1st May 7.30pm 

Branch Annual General Meeting 

Bridge Hotel, Newcastle 

Wednesday 9th May 7.30pm 

Beer Festival Feedback Meeting 

Bridge Hotel, Newcastle 

Tuesday 15th May 7.30pm 

Branch Meeting 

Millstone, South Gosforth 

Metro to South Gosforth 

Wednesday 23rd May 7.00pm 

Morpeth Wander 

Starts at The Offi ce 

X18 bus at 6.13pm Haymarket, Newcastle 

Saturday 26th May 1.00pm 

Regional Meeting 

The Ship Isis, Sunderland 

Metro to Sunderland 

All events are subject to change. 

Please check Canny Bevvy website 

www.cannybevvy.co.uk for up to date details. 

All the above events are for CAMRA members 

and non members. Everyone is welcome. 

Carl Richie 

Vocalist & 

Guitarist 

Available for all occasions 

Recently returned from a 

number of London events. 

Now available to perform again in the area. 

@ 

Some December and January 

dates still available. 

Typical Pub gig: 50 mins / 10 mins break / 50 mins 

Contact Carl now on: 07950463145 

e-mail: carlrichiegatesheaduk@hotmail.com 

www.facebook.com/carlrichie.gateshead.uk 

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BREWERY VISIT 

HEXHAMSHIRE BREWERY 

Northumberland’s oldest brewery started brewing 25 years ago, the 

company originally started as a partnership between a brewer and 

a pub landlord who wanted to source locally produced beer. The 

original brewery was up the hill from the landlord’s pub, the Dipton 

Mill Inn and housed in a farm building that had previously been used 

for dairy farming. After a few years the partnership split-up and the 

brewery was run by Dipton Mill’s landlord, Geoff Brooker. Sadly in 

2015, Geoff died, he is fondly remembered and missed. 

The brewery is now run by Geoff’s son Mark and it has relocated 

into the grounds of the Dipton Mill Inn, a move that had been 

discussed for many years. Geoff very much took the view that he 

wanted to concentrate on his core range of beers, ensure that the 

recipes were perfected and then brewed to consistent standards. 

Mark is continuing with the core range but is also interested in 

developing new one-off and seasonal beers. The move took some 

time to progress as it required infrastructure work with utilities, their 

rural location needed upgraded electricity supplies. 

The 5 barrel plant is based in an old outbuilding/garage in the back 

of the Dipton Mill’s beer garden. There are glass doors so it is possible 

to see the brewery from the outside. Mark generally brews twice a 

week, part-time staff help with sales and deliveries. Mark also does 

the supporting lab work to monitor the yeast, which is done with a 

microscope on the kitchen table. He continues with his father’s policy 

of using British hops. Currently, he is working on the creation of a new 

rye beer, which may well be available at the time of the Newcastle 

Beer & Cider Festival in April. 

Mark enjoys his work 

Hexhamshire supplies beer to a number of pubs throughout 

Northumberland and Tyneside. Some pubs order through the SIBA 

direct delivery scheme. Hexhamshire was one of the first breweries 

to join the scheme when it was first launched. However, the best place 

to drink Hexhamshire beer is in the Dipton Mill Inn. 

Generally, Hexhamshire beers are named after local places. The logo, 

which is of 2 people carrying a barrel is from a Bewick print, most 

people assume that they are carrying is beer, in fact, the image relates 

to Hexham’s tanning industry and the content is probably urine. 

What’s brewing? 

As Hexhamshire Brewery celebrates its first 25 years, I have a couple 

of thoughts, I remember when it first started (I got a job in Hexham 

in 1993) – doesn’t time fly and I look forward to the next 25 years. 

Martin Ellis 

Press & Publicity Officer 


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TOWN MOUSE, St Mary’s Place, Newcastle 

Has won the prestigious CAMRA Tyneside Pub of the Year 2018 

award. A fantastic achievement considering it only opened in 

February 2017. This is the first time in the branch that a new 

venue has scooped the coveted title. It is also the first time a 

micropub has won this award. Out of the four winners in the 

branch area, three are micropubs, the other two being The 

Curfew in Berwick and The Office in Morpeth (for full details of 

all the winners see pages 16 & 17). The owners, Jon Sibley and 

his partner Sophie Lumley met in 2015, when they both worked 

for Northumbria University. Jon left to devote his time to his new 

venture. He is a keen home brewer and beer enthusiast who 

always dreamt of one day having his own traditional ale house. 

Sophie thought of the name for the micropub after reading 

the Beatrix Potter story Johnny Townmouse. The basement 

premises was a former coffee shop. The micropub is extremely 

dog friendly. As well as selling ‘Doggy Beer’ it offers free ‘Doggy 

Snacks’. There are 4 handpumps serving cask ales from local and 

national micro-breweries and 3 craft keg dispensers. Jon intends 

to increase the number of handpumps to 6 and install 2 more 

craft keg dispensers. The micropub celebrated one year in 

business by holding an extended birthday party, starting on 22nd 

February. Jon had 4 beers especially brewed for the occasion 

by local micro-breweries. Stu Brew ‘9:00 AM Lecture’ @ 4.2% 

ABV, a coffee and vanilla milk stout. Flash House ‘Buggin’ Out’ 

@ 5.5% ABV, a New England pale ale. Errant ‘Fight Milk Chilli 

Milkshake’ @ 4.2% ABV and Almasty ‘Fruit Salad Sour’ @ 5.0% 

ABV, a raspberry and pineapple keg beer. Congratulations Jon 

and Sophie, this award is well deserved. 

THE DYVELS INN, Station Road, Corbridge 

Has reopened following the floods caused by Storm Desmond. 

The new owner, Leanne Muirhead, former area manager for 

local pubco Proud Inns Ltd., took over the pub in October 2017. 

She has had great local support from the neighbouring Tynedale 

Rugby Club and The Valley, Indian restaurant. Leanne plans to 

upgrade the beer garden and use the terrace area for outdoor 

entertainment. This popular pub is ideally situated for rail 

travellers living in or visiting the town. 

YARD HOUSE, 27 - 31 Percy Park Road, Tynemouth 

This new off licence specialising in craft beer has opened in 

the rear office of a Post Office. The owner Andrew Philips has 

run Priory News in Tynemouth since 2004. The postmaster 

from the Post Office across the road from his shop retired 

and Andrew took it over. So he now runs a newsagents 

incorporating a post office and an off licence, all on the same 

premises. Peter Carr is Andrew’s business partner, shop 

manager and co-creator of the Yard House. Together they 

have created an off licence selling national and international 

beers in bottles and cans, as well as craft keg beers dispensed 

on tap in the tap room. The Yard House is open Monday to 

Friday 11.00am - 7.00pm and Sunday 9.00am - 1.00pm. 

ALPHABETTI THEATRE BAR, St James’ Boulevard, Newcastle 

Founded by Ali Pritchard in 2012. The theatre was previously 

situated in The Basement, Newbridge Street West, Newcastle, 

next to the entrance for the NCP car park. More importantly, it 

was at the rear of the now demolished Odeon Cinema. It was 

due to this fact that the theatre needed to move to a new venue. 

The new premises was formally a motorbike accessories shop. 

The theatre bar interior is in an ‘Industrial Shabby Chic’ style, with 

non-matching furniture including odd tables and chairs. The bar 

is made from chipboard, with scaffolding planks for the bar top. 

The bookshelves from scaffolding poles and planks. There are 

painted brick walls, exposed pipe-work and the backs of the 

front doors double as a blackboard. In the corner of the room 

is a life-size cardboard horse, recently donated to the theatre by 

a man named Pete. The toilets have swinging saloon doors (as 

seen in Westerns). The male toilets have cut-down metal casks 

used as urinal stalls and hand basins. Behind the bar is a `Ship’s 

Bell`, which is rung every night at closing time. The bell was a 

gift from Ali’s family when he opened his new venue. There are 

2 handpumps serving real ale from local micro-breweries and 

a craft keg dispenser. The bar is dog friendly, ask Rex, Ali’s dog. 

There is a large selection of previously owned books, which can 

be bought or you can read them. You can also swop them. There 

are various board games and a dartboard. Opening hours are 

Tuesday to Thursday 11.00am - 11.00pm, Friday and Saturday 

11.00am - Midnight. Closed Sunday and Monday. 

The branch would like to thank the following pubs who have hosted CAMRA meetings free of charge since the last issue. The 

Bridge Hotel (Newcastle), Town Mouse (Newcastle), Gosforth Hotel (Gosforth) and Old George (Newcastle). If your pub or club 

would like to host a meeting free of charge, please contact Murray Owen, Social Secretary at socialsecretary@cannybevvy.co.uk. 

BLACK STORM BREWERY, a new brewery that was only inspired by the local landscape, The Cheviot, Black Hag and 

founded in December 2017 by Paul Hughes. At present his Panorama. Lord Joicey, of Ford and Etal Estates is delighted 

beers are being contract brewed by Hadrian Border Brewery that the enthusiastic trio are doing this and wishes them 

in Newburn. He has a core range of four traditional beers. A every success in their new venture. 

blonde ale @ 4.0% ABV, a golden ale @ 4.3% ABV, a porter @ HEXHAMSHIRE BREWERY, Northumberland’s oldest 

5.2% ABV and an IPA @ 5.5% ABV. The brewery recently had brewery celebrates its 25th anniversary this year. The 5 barrel 

it’s first pop-up bar in a former cafe in Whitley Bay. Due to its plant brewery is run by Mark Booker, who took over when his 

success there were two more in February and another one is father Geoff died in 2015. The brewery has recently relocated 

planned for Easter. Paul intends to make it permanent in the to the rear of the family owned Dipton Mill Inn. The brewery’s 

future. His long-term plan is to have his own brewery, but at former home was in a farm building. All the brewery’s beers 

the moment he is happy the way things are going. 

are sold at the Dipton Mill Inn (see pages 5 and 9). 

CHEVIOT BREWERY, a new real ale micro-brewery is due to MONTAGU ESTATE CRAFT BREWERY, is another new 

open in Slainsfield, near Etal, Northumberland in Spring. The brewery, started by Ken Oliver in the garage of his home 

new brewery will be in former North Northumberland Hunt in Montagu Estate, Newcastle. The brewery was officially 

kennels on the Ford and Etal Estates, which had been empty launched in February, with a tap takeover at the Free Trade 

for a while. Brewery founders, Peter Nash, Jonathan Hodgson Inn, Byker. Ken brews his beers on a kit he designed and built 

and Neil Baker have chosen names for their beers that were himself. He currently brews 6 core range cask ales. 


CAMRA Festivals 

Darlington: 

8th - 10th March 

Newcastle: 

11th - 14th April 

Leeds: 

7th - 9th June 

Glasgow: 

21st - 23rd June 

Edinburgh: 

5th - 7th July 

Great British Beer 

Festival (GBBF): 

7th - 11th August 

BEER FESTIVALS 

We recommend you confirm 

all dates before you travel. 

Non CAMRA Festivals 

Morpeth RFC: 

20th - 21st April 

Gateshead RFC: 

4th - 6th May 

The Curfew, Berwick upon Tweed: 

4th - 6th May 

Earsdon& Wellfield 

Community Association: 

27th May 

Keswick: 

1st - 2nd June 

Tynedale: 

14th - 16th June 

2nd National Woodfest (SPBW) 

The Exchange, North Shields: 

5th - 7th July 


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Dipton Mill Inn 

Dipton Mill, Hexham 

The ceilings are low, the furniture obviously 

dates from a time when people were much 

shorter than today. There are 2 open fires, built 

at different times and if you look carefully at 

the inside of the pub, you may notice that walls 

aren’t always square and measurements don’t 

always match. 

Mark working behind the bar 

How old is the Dipton Mill Inn? Well, it 

depends which bit of the pub you are looking 

at. Some bits are comparatively recent, as 

they were rebuilt after a fire in the 1950s 

or 1960s, other bits are Victorian, however, 

the original building is more than 400 years 

old. Over the centuries the building was 

dual purpose, with the occupant recorded 

as miller/publican. It has also been a family 

home, the Brooker family moved in nearly 

30 years ago and the Dipton Mill Inn is still 

dual purpose, a pub and a brewery. For 

many years it has been the brewery tap for 

Hexhamshire Brewery, it is now also the 

location of the Hexhamshire Brewery. 

The Dipton Mill Inn, as you would expect as it is 

the home of Hexhamshire Brewery – it is close 

to Hexham, about 5 minutes away by car. Take 

the road by the Tap & Spile, signposted to the 

racecourse and lookout for the street marked 

Dipton Mill Road, follow the road up the hill and 

back down the next valley. The pub is next to the 

river and the only building – so you can’t miss it. 

The small bar stocks the range of Hexhamshire 

beers and a real cider. The pub also takes pride in 

stocking high-quality wines, over 20 malt whiskeys 

and soft drinks from local firm, Fentiman’s. 


Whilst Canny Bevvy readers are primarily 

interested in beer, the food is the main 

attraction for many visitors. The food is homecooked, 

with the menu changing daily. There 

are traditional dishes such as steak and kidney 

pie, mince and dumplings, when I visited 

recently with Canny Bevvy editor Adrian, I had 

baked haddock with tomato and basil, Adrian 

chose lamb steak in wine and mustard. We 

were both very impressed. The Dipton Mill 

doesn’t have gastro-pub pretensions, the food is 

of high standard at a reasonable price. The beer 

garden is a great place to enjoy a few beers in 

the summer. There are plans to develop a few 

attractions for children. 

If you like traditional pubs with great beer, 

a good food menu with a calm, relaxing 

ambience – I suggest you head out to the 

Dipton Mill Inn. 

Martin Ellis 

Press & Publicity Officer 

The Beer Garden 

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42ND NEWCASTLE BEER & CIDER FESTIVAL 

The Newcastle Beer & Cider Festival is one of the oldest in the country. 

When it started, it was difficult to buy real ale in Newcastle, there were no 

micro-breweries and the range of beer styles was somewhat limited. The 

Tyneside & Northumberland CAMRA branch now has over 40 breweries, 

neighbouring branches also have many great breweries. 

There are many reasons to make sure that you plan a visit to the festival. 

On the opening day, the results of the Battle of the Beers competition are 

announced. The competition is open to breweries based in our branch 

area, this year as we have so many breweries we have 2 categories 

(so we don’t have too many beers brewed to the same brief/spec.), 

the categories are a wheat beer or an American IPA. So we will have 2 

category winners and an overall winner. The winning beers will probably 

sell out early on Wednesday evening. Wednesday is the key day for many 

beer enthusiasts, as obviously beer sells out as the festival progresses. 

Thursday is ‘Hat Day’, nothing like Ascot – people turn-up with 

homemade hats (which are often somewhat eccentric), any old hats 

that they own, or alternatively festival-goers buy a hat from the 

St Oswald’s Hospice charity hat stall. 

Friday is always busy, many people take the day off work and come along 

early afternoon. To pick-up the atmosphere we have music after 8.30 pm, 

Shipcote and Friends will help create a party atmosphere. 

The festival opens at noon on Saturday and closes at 5.00 pm. As is 

now the tradition, we will have music on Saturday afternoon. 

It is one of the biggest cider festivals in the country, only a few festivals 

apparently have more ciders than our festival. The cider bar staff are 

always helpful, able to advise on taste and ensure that you will find a 

cider or perry to your taste. 

The festival is run by volunteers, over a hundred every year, some from 

the local branch, some from neighbouring branches and we also have 

volunteers from across the country. It is hard work, but obviously fun, as 

people return every year. 

CAMRA members get in free (entrance is £3.00), there is a deposit 

on a glass or you can take your glass home as a souvenir. The venue 

(Northumbria University Students Union) is handy for public transport 

connections at the Haymarket. 

Put the date in your diary, tell your friends, come along and have a great time. 

Martin Ellis 

Newcastle Beer & Cider Festival Committee Chair 


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Hadrian Border Brewery 

Deliveries every week to Edinburgh 

in the north, Darlington and 

Middlesbrough in the south 

and across the Scottish Borders, 

County Durham – plus of course 

daily around Tyne & Wear and 

Northumberland. 

Tel: 0191 264 9000 

for a list of our products 

www.hadrian-border-brewery.co.uk 

They don’t make pubs like 

this anymore. 

Copperfields 

quality time with quality ale 

Members get 20p off each real ale pint. 

Tynemouth - Behind the Grand Hotel - 0191 293 6666 


LOOKING AHEAD TO THE 42ND 

How would you like to meet Betty Stogs, the 

Reverend James Rye or the Beast of Bodmin; 

perhaps “hear” the Hampden Roar and drink 

some Cadgwith Crabber. These are names of 

some of the 120 beers that should be available 

at the forthcoming 42nd Newcastle Beer & Cider 

Festival, to be held at Northumbria University’s 

Student Union from Wednesday 11th April to 

Saturday 14th April. 

If you know any these beers then you will have 

guessed that we are showcasing selected Celtic 

beers sourced from Cornwall, Wales and Scotland. 

This year a team of 6 have been hard at work making 

selections that cover a range of strengths, styles and 

award winners, so something for everybody. The 

beers from Wales have been chosen by some of our 

younger members so it will be interesting to taste 

what they have come up with; especially for those of 

us who are not quite so young! 

The beers will have been ordered by the end of 

February and that is when we find out exactly what we 

will be getting. After deciding what to showcase, the 

beer selection starts with “what is available in April”, 

both core beers and specials, which our suppliers 

research for us. Usually we get what we are expecting. 

However it is worth mentioning that things do change 

so hopefully the Beast of Bodmin will be there. 

Another change this year is with the Battle of the Beers 

(BOB) which is being split into 2 categories for the first 

time. All local breweries have been invited to enter one 

or other of the 2 categories. An interesting selection of 

new beers should result which will produce 2 category 

winners and then an overall winner. 

The festival will also be hosting a round of the 

Champion Beer of Britain (CBOB) featuring 8 

regional beers, not necessarily local! 

Food will be available downstairs in the Student’s 

Union Building as usual. I do hope you will be able 

to attend and help us drink some of the 34560 half 

pints that will be available. Remember, the beer 

dispensed at the festival has to be into a festival 

glass which is lined at 1/2 and 1/3 pint. 

Note: Beers mentioned and figures quoted are 

subject to change. 

Murray Owen 

Social Secretary 


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Sat 7 Russ Tippins 

Tue 6 Henry’s Swing Club 

8.00pm Sun 8 Teresa Watson Band 

Sat 10 The Good, The Bad & The Chumsy 9.00pm Sat 14 Bad Dog 

Sun 11 The Lounge Lizards 

5.00pm Sun 15 Stax Brothers 

Mon 12 The Old Pubs Of Gateshead 7.30pm Thu 19 The Acoustic Gathering 

Thu 15 The Acoustic Gathering 8.00pm Sun 22 The Skywalkers 

Fri 16 Ian McDonald 

9.00pm Sun 29 George Shovelin 

Sat 17 Taylor O’Payne 

9.00pm 

May 

Sun 18 The Gaslighters 

5.00pm Sun 6 AKQ Stottin 

Sat 24 Fargo Railroad Company 9.00pm Mon 7 Schooner Super Sunday 2 

Sun 25 The Hipthrusters Palm Sunday Pop Up with The Sour Mash Trio 

Fri 30 Strange Blue Dreams 

5.00pm Barbara Nesbitt (Austin Texas) 

Sun The Lift Boys Feat Suitcase Roy 5.00pm 

April 

Tuesday night Buskers 

Tue 3 Henry’s Swing Club 

8.00pm Wednesday Quiz night from 8.00ish 

Thu 5 The Old Man’s Music Quiz 8.30pm 

9.00pm 

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GREAT BRITISH BEER FESTIVAL WINTER 2018 

The Halls, 

St Andrews Plain, 

Norwich, NR3 1AU 

Wednesday 21st - Saturday 

24th February 2018 

CAMRA’s flagship Great British Beer Festival Winter 2018 was held 

in Norwich for a second year and will be held there again next year. 

Ripper from Green Jack Brewery won CAMRA’s prestigious 

Champion Winter Beer of Britain 2018 award at this year’s Great 

British Beer Festival Winter in Norwich. Green Jack Brewery, which 

is local to the festival and based in Lowestoft, Suffolk, is now one of 

the largest breweries in East Anglia and winner of multiple real ale 

awards. Its Ripper is a well-known winter favourite, having taken 

home the Champion Beer of Britain award in 2007 and securing 

silver last year. Tim Dunford from Green Jack Brewery said “It’s 

absolutely brilliant that we have won this award for the second time, 

I’m overwhelmed! We really love our strong beers and used 

to travel to Belgium all the time when we first got into the industry 

- I fell in love with the style and we have gone on from there.” 

This year’s Silver went to Broken Dream Breakfast Stout from Siren 

Craft Brewery, while Cairngorm Brewery took home the Bronze 

award with Black Gold. All three beers were available to sample at 

the Great British Beer Festival Winter, along with a huge range of 

light, ruby and dark ales, as well as a variety of foreign beers, ciders 

and perries. 

National Champion 

Winter Beer of Britain Winners 

Overall Champion: Green Jack, Ripper 

Silver: Siren Craft, Broken Dream Breakfast Stout 

Bronze: Cairngorm, Black Gold 

Barley Wine/Strong Old Ales 

Gold: Green Jack, Ripper 

Silver: Boot, Beast 

Bronze: Exmoor, Exmoor Beast 

Old Ales/Strong Milds 

Gold: Tintagel, Excalibur 

Silver: Untapped, Ember 

Bronze: Jennings, Sneck Lifter 

Porters 

Gold: Red Cat, Mr M’s Porter 

Silver: Dunham Massey, Dunham Porter 

Bronze: Grain, Slate 

Stouts 

Gold: Siren Craft, Broken Dream Breakfast Stout 

Silver: Cairngorm, Black Gold 

Bronze: Fixed Wheel, Blackheath Stout 


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Tyneside Pub 

of the Year 

The Town Mouse, 

Newcastle 

Tyneside Cider 

Pub of the Year 

Free Trade Inn, 

Byker 

South East 

Northumberland 

Pub of 

the Year 

The Office, 

Morpeth 

South East 


and overall 


Cider Pub of the 

Year 

The Office, 

Morpeth 

South West 


Pub of the Year 

The Tannery, 

Hexham 

South West 


Cider Pub of the Year 

The Tannery, 

Hexham 


North 


and overall 

Northumberland Pub 

of the Year 

The Curfew, 

Berwick upon Tweed 

North 


Cider Pub 

of the Year 

The Curfew, 


Tyneside Club 

of the Year 

Heaton Stannington 

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MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIRMAN 

With the Tyneside and Northumberland branch AGM 

approaching on 1st May, 2018 this annual term as 

chairman of the branch is also coming to an end. 

CAMRA nationally and locally continues to grow, nationally 

we are going towards 190,000 members. As a branch we 

saw the 2,000th member barrier overcome during last year’s 

Newcastle Beer and Cider festival. Although most members 

are based in or near Newcastle, the branch covers a diversity 

of areas with different degrees of population density. We 

cover four local authorities: Northumberland, North Tyneside, 

Newcastle upon Tyne and south of the water Gateshead. We 

also cover more parliamentary constituencies than most other 

branches: Newcastle North, Newcastle Central, Newcastle 

East, Gateshead, Blaydon, North Tyneside, Tynemouth, 

Wansbeck, Blyth Valley, Hexham and Berwick. We actively 

engage with MPs. 

As a branch we have to do justice to the over 500 real 

ale pubs in our area. Some of the best ones are in 

Northumberland. The Office in Morpeth was crowned 

North East Regional Pub of the Year in 2017 and The 

Curfew in Berwick was overall Northumberland Pub of the 

Year in 2018. With only 20% of the membership based in 

Northumberland our social secretary has been arranging five 

survey coach trips into all parts of Northumberland to survey 

the pubs. We even had a very popular trip to Holy Island, 

which we would like to repeat in 2018. 

In Tyneside the pub scene is evolving almost on a daily basis. 

The Town Mouse Ale House was crowned Tyneside Pub of the 

Year, less than 12 months since it opened in February 2017. 

Indeed the spread of the micropubs is quite amazing. We 

now have micropubs in places as remote as Rowlands Gill 

and High Spen as well Bedlington, Felton and Rothbury. And I 

have not even mentioned the 50 or so breweries in the branch 

area. Some are well-established such as Mordue, Wylam 

and Allendale. Others are very new such as Montagu and 

unfortunately some have already folded. The real ale scene is 

fluid and lively to say the least. 

While real ale is at the heart of what CAMRA is doing we cannot 

ignore the world around us. Constantly we hear news about the 

negative impact that drinking beer has on our health. And just 

to get things straight, CAMRA is advocating socially responsible 

drinking. We believe that the pleasure of a community pub - 

where people look out for each other - impacts beneficially 

on people’s health. That is why CAMRA is campaigning to 

tax supermarkets and pubs equally when it comes to food. 

Supermarkets do not pay the full VAT as pubs do. Pubs cannot 

afford to reduce the price of beer in the same way that a 

supermarket chain can. That said, we are not the campaign for 

cheap drinks. We give awards for Champion Beers of Britain in 

a variety of styles. We give out awards to great pubs and clubs. 

Quality is what CAMRA is about. What is the point of drinking a 

cheap beer that tastes like vinegar? 

If you want to learn more about ales come to our meetings, 

come to our socials, come on our coach trips. Most of all come 

to the Newcastle Beer and Cider Festival (of which you will 

be able to read more in this issue of Canny Bevvy). But I also 

wanted to write about the things I believe have happened in our 

branch since I ended up at the helm as they say. 

We are now the second branch in the country (after Nottingham) 

to have a Diversity Officer (see details under branch contacts). No, 

this is no laughing matter. It is not about the diversity of beers. It is 

about making CAMRA accessible to everyone. We care about pubs 

being accessible to people with mobility issues. We are concerned 

at the pyramid-style age structure. By that I mean a narrow stretch 

of young members at the bottom and a wide stretch at the top of 

older members. Older volunteers though have been invaluable in 

running the branch and CAMRA as a whole. But I see it as the duty 

of everyone with a skill or a position in CAMRA to ensure that this is 

passed on to a new generation who will continue to carry the torch 

(or as prefer the pint glass). The North East may not be as ethnically 

diverse as places like London, but I see it as a concern that we 

still - with few exceptions - fail to attract non-white members. We 

must do better, and there is the issue of ale being associated with 

men. Women and men have equally good tastes but we need to be 

more welcoming to women. 

As I said at the last AGM, I cannot run this branch without the 

support of others, often more skilled and more experienced 

than me. As a committee we have made changes to the way 

we select the Good Beer Guide entries. In the past it was 

a random selection of members that turned up at an open 

meeting and voted as they saw fit. We have decided to use 

Whatpub scores as the guiding principle. That said if we notice 

a landlord or landlady awarding their pub a string of fives (the 

top score) that undermines the credibility of the scoring. That 

brings me to the Good Beer Guide. I personally think at a price 

of £10 for members it is extremely good value. The reason 

for this is - except for a few HQ staff - the legwork is done by 

volunteers. CAMRA is a volunteer organisation. 

I have been lucky to have gained the trust of members to 

become chairman (and I do not disguise that I personally 

prefer chair or chairperson – but I am opening a can of worms 

here). If you think you would like to become a branch officer - 

including chairman - do not hesitate to seek nominations. Put 

yourself forward. 

I hope to see you at Northumbria Students Union for the 

Newcastle Beer and Cider Festival 2018. 

Cheers! 

Hubert Gieschen 

Branch Chairman 


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Campaigning for real ale, pubs & 

drinkers’ rights since 1971 

REVITALISATION PROJECT 

The propositions to vote upon are as follows:- 

• CAMRA should remain the Campaign for Real Ale. 

• CAMRA should promote the virtues of well-produced, well-kept, caskconditioned 

beer as the pinnacle of the brewer’s craft. 

• CAMRA should re-assert its definition of real ale and undertake an 

analysis, led by an appropriate group under direction of the National 

Executive, of whether or not there is cask beer on sale today that fails to 

meet this definition. 

• CAMRA should adopt a neutral position on the use of cask breathers. 

• CAMRA should develop a campaigning strategy for real ale that should 

both advocate its consumption and articulate how it is positioned in 

relation to the rest of the Campaign’s activity. 

• CAMRA should campaign for real cider and perry to be more widely 

available, alongside real ale, for consumers to enjoy. 

• CAMRA should develop a campaigning strategy for real cider and perry 

to articulate how it is positioned and advocated in relation to the rest of 

the Campaign’s activity. 

• The National Executive should consider the provision of a specific 

budget for real cider and perry campaigning. 

• Furthermore, in the interests of clarity cider and perry should be referred 

to explicitly in future CAMRA documents, where reference to these drinks 

is intended, and it should no longer be assumed that the term real ale 

intrinsically includes them. 

• CAMRA should seek to promote awareness and understanding of the 

different factors that contribute to beer quality, to help consumers make 

an informed judgement about the relative merits of different types of 

beer. It should do this while advocating and promoting well-produced, 

well-kept cask-conditioned ale as the pinnacle of the brewer’s craft and 

campaigning for traditional British beer styles to be safeguarded and 

celebrated. In practice, this means that CAMRA should: 

• Permit the stocking of British beers that do not meet the definition of 

real ale at CAMRA beer festivals. 

• Display educational material alongside other beer types, explaining 

how these differ from real ale. This should also apply to foreign beers. 

• Ensure the layout of festivals and literature associated with them 

reinforces CAMRA’s belief in the superiority of cask-conditioned ale. 

• Widen the types of beer available at the Great British Beer Festival, upon 

adoption of this recommendation. 

• Inform and educate members, other consumers and the trade about 

good beers of all types, while highlighting the comparative excellence 

of real ale. 

• CAMRA should celebrate well run community pubs and clubs as unique 

British institutions capable of delivering vast social benefits and should, 

as a priority, battle to arrest the decline in their numbers. 

• CAMRA should develop a campaigning strategy for pubs that should 

articulate how this work is positioned and advocated in relation to other 

activity. 

• The special position held by pubs and clubs in community life, and their 

paramount importance at the heart of CAMRA’s objectives, should be upheld. 

• CAMRA should seek to improve the range and quality of beer available 

in all on-trade venues, and encourage the provision of high-quality real 

ale (and/or cider and perry). 

• CAMRA should champion the drinking of real ale in communal settings 

and should not increase its support for the off-trade. 

• Within this over-arching direction, CAMRA’s National Executive should 

review the Campaign’s strategic position with regard to the off-trade, 

both in commercial and campaigning terms. 

• CAMRA should establish a committee composed of CAMRA members 

connected with the brewing industry and licensed trade. The committee 

should be charged with considering ways in which the Campaign can 

enhance and develop its reputation as the principal and most credible 

arbiter of quality in beer and pubs. 

• It should take into account existing practices around the Good Beer 

Guide, WhatPub, and the Champion Beer of Britain and Pub of the Year 

competitions to ensure consistency and integrity throughout, as well as 

considering new opportunities, and should make recommendations to 

the National Executive. 

• The National Executive, advised by the Stakeholder Committee, should 

consider the option of CAMRA launching a quality mark (along the lines 

of the CAMRA says this is real ale badge for bottle-conditioned beer) 

to be applied more widely to the products or outlets, or both, that the 

Campaign supports. 

• Educating and informing its members, the trade and the wider public 

about beer should be core to CAMRA’s campaigning approach and this 

should be reflected in its publications, communications and marketing 

activities. This principle should be at the heart of CAMRA’s ethos and 

campaigning activity at branch, regional and national levels. 

• The Membership Committee’s development of the Beer Drinker’s 

Journey should underpin a shift in emphasis, resulting in a more proactive 

approach to developing knowledge and understanding of real ale 

and pubs/clubs. 

• CAMRA should explore commercial options for developing a training 

arm – either independently or in partnership with established operators 

– to offer a range of courses. 

• CAMRA should be at the forefront of challenging the anti-alcohol lobby 

and promoting the benefits of responsible, social drinking in the on-trade. 

• CAMRA should identify and develop credible spokespeople and seek 

out media opportunities to challenge attacks on moderate alcohol 

consumption. 

• CAMRA should commission research to assist in the presentation of a 

credible alternative narrative to the messages emanating from the antialcohol 

and public health lobbies. 

• CAMRA should explore the possibility of creating a wider independent 

campaign, dedicated to supporting the rights of responsible drinkers 

across the board on this issue while retaining the Campaign’s focus on 

responsible drinking of beer and cider in pubs and clubs. 

• CAMRA should remain not-for-profit, independent and free of party 

political affiliation. 

• CAMRA should seek to form partnerships and alliances with other 

organisations when their aims and objectives support or coincide with 

specific campaigns 

• CAMRA should continue to oppose other organisations when their 

actions or intentions go against the interests of beer, cider and perry 

drinkers and, more widely, those people who choose to drink in public 

social settings. 

You can find out more online at revitalisation.camra.org.uk. 


Campaigning for real ale, pubs & 

drinkers’ rights since 1971 

THE BRANCH RECENTLY MET WITH THREE 

OF OUR LOCAL MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT 

Chi Onwurah, Newcastle Central , Katherine Mckinnell, Newcastle North 

and Mary Glindon, North Tyneside to discuss a range of campaigning 

issues and gain support for future campaigns. Here are some of the 

points we covered in the series of meetings included. 

The Pubs Code Adjudicator 

The pubs code has been in effect for over a year now and in theory 

protects landlords leasing from pub companies from unfair treatment 

and allows them the option to go rent only and buy in beer from a 

different supplier, instead of buying what they are told at the price the 

pub company set. To oversee all this an adjudicator was picked. Paul 

Newby (a former chartered surveyor who acted for some of Britain’s 

biggest pub companies) in his first year on the job has received over 

550 complaints and has only settled 48 so far and a fair number of the 

ones he has settled went on to appeal his decision according to recent 

reports. Not exactly a stellar performance and further questions have 

been raised in the media regarding the fact he is a shareholder at 

Fleurrets, a company that makes a fair amount of money working with 

pub companies including surveying and selling off pubs. 

Business rates 

Business rates have recently been reviewed across the country 

for all kinds of businesses and it seems the burden of the new 

system has really hit pubs. CAMRA managed to get a reduction of 

£1,000 for most small pubs in the last budget but that is no long 

term guarantee that the pubs will not be hit in the future plus in 

Newcastle the Business Improvement District fee and the Late Night 

Levy are both linked to your rateable value, so some of our regions 

pubs could be hit threefold. 

Beer Duty Escalator 

The beer duty escalator introduced in 2008 puts up the price of a 

pint of beer 2% above inflation ever year, the result has been a 42% 

tax hike since 2008 CAMRA have been fighting this since day one 

and still it remains in place. We have on a couple of recent budgets 

been spared, not least as inflation has not been much of an issue 

but the escalator still remains in place. The Bank of England recently 

stated they expect inflation to rise more sharply than previously 

stated - around 3% over 3 years - that could mean beer duty rises 

9% by 2021. 

Late Night Levy 

Something that has dominated my page in the Canny Bevvy for 

many issues. The introduction of the Late Night Levy in Newcastle was 

immediately followed by a third of pubs licensed after midnight closing 

earlier to avoid paying. The money raised has not seen a reduction in 

late night crime. The Late Night Levy is being looked at in parliament 

as we speak and with any luck would be abolished and replaced with a 

scheme were pubs that cause trouble and mess can pay for the policing 

and cleaning instead of putting financial burden onto every pub in the 

Newcastle area. 

Working conditions for pub trade 

A lot has been made in the press about minimum wage and zero 

hour contracts at places like Sports Direct or Amazon, however a large 

portion of workers in the pub industry are in the same position. I can 

report first hand of pubs in Newcastle who have a policy to never pay 

for staff taxis no matter how late they work, pay minimum wage on 

Christmas Day and state in the contract that the company in question 

does not recognise any unions. 

The branch feels the meetings went well and thank our members 

of parliament for their time and continued efforts supporting 

CAMRA’s aims. 

Paul Hillhouse 

Public Affairs Officer 


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Answers: 

1. 

2. 

3. 

4. 

5. 

The Old George 

India Pale Ale/IPA 

Rigg and Furrow 

Northumbria University 

Two by Two 

6. Free Trade 

7. Hexham 

8. The Trent House 

9. Early Doors 

10. Society of Independent Brewers 

Canny Bevvy Quiz 

by Martin Ellis 

1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9 

10 

Which pub is believed to be the oldest in Newcastle? 

Which beer style was originally created to be shipped to India? 

Which brewery is closest to Acklington prison? 

Which students union is the venue for the Newcastle Beer Festival? 

Which Wallsend brewery is also a common wood size? 

Which pub is Tyneside Cider Pub of the Year? 

Where is the Heart of Northumberland? 

Which Newcastle is named after a river that flows through Nottinghamshire? 

Which television comedy was set in The Grapes? 

What does SIBA stand for? 


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First published in 1992, the 8th edition is about 

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I discovered that the book was not only held in 

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Belgium. The Bruges Beer Museum was keen to 

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There has been a huge increase in the number 

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THE GREAT NORTH EAST 

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Alastair Gilmour 

Paperback £15.00 

Published by the people best known for Cheers 

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Photographer Peter Skelton’s input is also a key 

element of the book. 

The guide features 35 north eastern breweries, 

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a number of breweries opened in the last year. 

The editorial provides background information on 

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breweries that I am keen to learn more about. 

I particularly enjoyed discovering more about 

the people, behind the beer that I have enjoyed 

drinking. People of different ages and from 

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breweries, obviously, they all share a passion for 

producing high-quality beers. 

Reading the book, I felt proud of our region’s 

breweries. This is a book that I will refer to 

regularly, to check details of breweries. Whilst 

the internet is great for checking information on 

beers, it is often difficult to unearth the history 

behind a beer or a brewery. Every library should 

have a copy. 

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6TH REAL ALE & 

CIDER FESTIVAL 

Earsdon and Wellfield Community 

Association’s 6th Real Ale and Cider 

Festival will be held on Sunday 27th 

May 2018, starting at 12 noon till late. 

We shall be serving up to 

20 drinks including 

real ales, ciders and lager. 

Tickets are £5.00 which includes 

two drinks and a commemorative glass. 

(tokens are exchangeable for 

food, lager, cider and beer) 

Prosecco Bar 

Snacks available to purchase and 

musical entertainment will be provided. 

Book early to avoid disappointment, 

please call 07803 162043 

or email us at eanwca@gmail.com 

Main Sponsor: S V Rutter Ltd 

Earsdon and Wellfield Community Association 

Church Way, Earsdon Village, Tyne & Wear, NE25 9JY 


TANNERS ARMS, Alnwick 

£3.00 for a pint of all cask ales 

Monday - Thursday, 5.00 - 7.00pm 

LEAPING SALMON, 


50p off a pint of all cask ales. 

RAILWAY HOTEL, Birtley 

30p off a pint and 15p off 

a half pint of all cask ales. 

DENTON, Denton Burn 


GREAT NORTH EASTERN 

BREWERY TAP, Dunston 

50p of a pint of all cask ales 

CAMRA DISCOUNT SCHEME 

All new additions shown in red 

WALLACE ARMS, Featherstone 

20p off a pint and 10p off a 

half pint of all cask ales. 

CENTRAL, Gateshead 



RAILWAY, Gateshead 

30p off a pint of all cask ales 

SCHOONER, Gateshead 


BORDER MINSTREL, Gosforth 



COUNTY, Gosforth 


GOSFORTH HOTEL, Gosforth 

10% off a pint and half pint 

of all cask ales 

QUEEN VICTORIA, Gosforth 

30p off a pint and 15p off a half 

pint of all cask ales. 

NORTHUMBERLAND HUSSAR, Heaton 

30p off a pint, 20p off 2/3 of 

a pint and 10p off 1/3 of a pint 

of all cask ales and real cider. 

SWAN, Heddon on the Wall 


a half pint of all cask ales 

TANNERY, Hexham 

10% off a pint of all cask ales 

and real cider. 

DUN COW AT JESMOND, Jesmond 


of all cask ales. 

LONSDALE, Jesmond 

10% off a pint of all cask ales. 

RAVENSWORTH ARMS, Lamesley 



WAGGON TEAM, Lobley Hill 



BEACONSFIELD, Low Fell 

25p off a pint and a half pint 


MONKSEATON ARMS, Monkseaton 


AKENSIDE TRADERS, Newcastle 

10% off a pint and a half pint 


BOX SOCIAL, Newcastle 



CROW’S NEST HOTEL, Newcastle 


DUKE OF WELLINGTON, Newcastle 


FORTH HOTEL, Newcastle 


HEAD OF STEAM, Newcastle 



HEAD OF STEAM, Quayside 



JUNCTION, Newcastle 


NEWCASTLE ARMS, Newcastle 


OLD GEORGE INN, Newcastle 



TILLEYS BAR, Newcastle 



TRENT HOUSE, Newcastle 



TYNESIDE CINEMA BAR, 

Newcastle 

10% off a pint and a half 

pint of all cask ales. 

WAITING ROOMS (Formally 

LONG BAR), Newcastle 


GUNNER, North Shields 



BLAKE ARMS, Seghill 



BRANDLING VILLA, South Gosforth 


COPPERFIELDS (GRAND HOTEL), 

Tynemouth 


HEAD OF STEAM, Tynemouth 



SALUTATION, Tynemouth 

10% off a pint and half pint of 

all cask ales 

TURKS HEAD, Tynemouth 


off all cask ales and real cider. 

ANSON, Wallsend 



BEACON, West Monkseaton 


GEORGE STEPHENSON INN, 

West Moor 



NORTHUMBERLAND ARMS, 

West Thirston 


ONE EYED STAG, Whickham 


Monday - Thursday 

BAY HORSE, Whickham 



HIGHWAYMAN, Whickham Highway 

20p off a pint and 10p off a half pint 


If you know of any pubs or clubs offering discounts to CAMRA members in Gateshead, Newcastle, North Tyneside and 

Northumberland, then please contact the Editor at editor@cannybevvy.co.uk. 


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Issue 243 • Spring 2018

REAL CIDER & PERRY 

Allendale 

Allendale Inn 

Alnmouth 

Red Lion Inn 

Sun Inn 

Alnwick 

Black Swan 

John Bull Inn 

Tanners Arms 

Anick 

Rat Inn 

Barlow 

Black Horse 

Restaurant & Bar 

Bedlington 

Box Wood Tap 

Bellingham 

Cheviot Hotel 


Brown Bear 

Curfew 

Leaping Salmon 

Pilot 

Birtley 

Railway Hotel 

Blaydon 

Black Bull 

La Taverna 

Blyth 

Wallaw 

Byker 

Cluny 

Cumberland Arms 

Free Trade Inn 

High Main 

Tyne 

Caterway Heads 

Manor House Inn 

Corbridge 

The Pele Corbridge 

Cramlington 

John the Clerk of 

Cramlington 

Plough 

All new additions shown in red. 

Denton 

Denton 

Dipton Mill 


Earsdon 

Beehive 

Falstone 

Blackcock Country Inn 

Felling 

Wheat Sheaf 

Gateshead 

Central 

Schooner 

Tilley Stone 

Gosforth 

Barca 

Brandling Arms 

County 

Job Bulman 

Queen Victoria 

Greenhead 

Blenkinsopp Castle 

Country Inn 

Heaton 

Chillingham 

Northumberland Hussar 

Hedley on the Hill 

Feathers 

Hexham 

Grapes 

Tannery 

High Horton 

Three Horse Shoes 

Humshaugh 

Crown Inn 

Jesmond 

Lonsdale 

Low Fell 

Aletaster 

Tap @ Carters Well 

Victoria 

Matfen 

High House Farm 

Visitor Centre 

Meldon 

Dyke Neuk 

Milfield 

Red Lion Inn 

Monkseaton 

Left Luggage Room 

Morpeth 

Black Bull 

Electrical Wizard 

Joiners Arms 

Tap & Spile 

Newbiggin by the Sea 

Queens Head 

Newcastle City Centre 

Bacchus 

Bodega 

Bridge Hotel 

Bridge Tavern 

Broad Chare 

Centurion 

City Tavern 

Crow’s Nest 

Duke of Wellington 

Five Swans 

Forth 

Head of Steam 

Hotspur 

Junction 

Keel Row 

Lady Greys 

Milecastle 

New Bridge 

Pacific House 

Purple Bear 

Quayside 

Split Chimp 

Tilleys Bar 

Town Wall 

Union Rooms 

Waiting Rooms 

Wylam Brewery 

North Shields 

Borough of Tynemouth 

Unionist Club 

Exchange 

Oddfellows 

Ponteland 

Blackbird 

Prudhoe 

Wor Local 

Rothbury 

Newcastle House 

Rowlands Gill 

Railway Tavern 

Sheriff Hill 

Three Tuns 

Slaley 

Travellers Rest 

South Gosforth 

Brandling Villa 

Millstone 

Swalwell 

Sun Inn 

Tweedmouth 

Queens Head 

Tynemouth 

Barca 

Copperfields 

Head of Steam 

Hugos at the Coast 

Salutation 

Wark 

Battlesteads Hotel 

Whitley Bay 

Berkeley Tavern 

Briar Dene 

Dog & Rabbit 

Fat Ox 

Fire Station 

Winlaton 

Highlander 

Turf 

Wylam 

Boathouse 

If you are a licensee or you are a customer and know of a pub which regularly sells real cider/ 

perry, please contact the Cider/ Perry Officer, via cider@cannybevvy.co.uk 


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All new additions shown in red. 

Acklington 

Railway Inn 

Allendale 

Golden Lion Hotel 

Allenheads 

Allenheads Inn 

Alnmouth 

Hope & Anchor 

Red Lion Inn 

Alnwick 

Fleece Inn 

John Bull Inn 

Tanners Arms 

Alnwick Moor 

Shepherds Rest 

Alwinton 

Rose & Thistle 

Bamburgh 

Wynding Inn 

Bardon Mill 

Twice Brewed Inn 

Bedlington 

Box Wood Tap 

Red Lion 

Belford 

Black Swan 

Blue Bell Hotel 


Brown Bear 

Curfew 

Pilot 

Birtley 

Bowes Incline 

Country Pub & Hotel 

Railway Hotel 

Blaydon 

La Taverna 

Blyth 

Olivers 

Post Office 

Wallaw 

Byker 

Cluny 

Cumberland Arms 

Free Trade 

Byrness 

Forest View Inn 

Catton 

Crown Inn 

Chatton 

Percy Arms Hotel 

Choppington 

Swan 

Coalburns 

Fox & Hounds 

Corbridge 

Angel of Corbridge 

Dyvels Inn 

Cornhill on Tweed 

Collingwood Arms 

Cramlington 

John the Clerk 

of Cramlington 

Plough 

Craster 

Cottage Inn Hotel 

Cullercoats 

Brown’s Salt House 

Crescent Club 

Dipton Mill 


Dunston 

Great North Eastern 

Brewery Tap 

Earsdon 

Beehive 

Cannon Inn 

East Wallhouses 

Robin Hood Inn 

Eglingham 

Tankerville Arms 

Eighton Banks 

Waggon Inn 

Embleton 

Greys Inn 

Featherstone 

Wallace Arms 

Felling 

Old Fox 

Wheat Sheaf 

Felton 

Fox’s Den 

Gateshead 

Central 

Sage 

Schooner 

Station East 

Gosforth 

Border Minstrel 

County 

Gosforth Hotel 

Job Bulman 

Queen Victoria 

Great Whittington 

Queen’s Head 

Greenhaugh 

Holly Bush Inn 

Haltwhistle 

Haltwhistle Comrades Club 

Milecastle Inn 

Heaton 

Chillingham 

Northumberland Hussar 

Hedley on the Hill 

Feathers 

Hexham 

Heart of Northumberland 

Tannery 

High Horton 

Three Horse Shoes 

Humshaugh 

Crown Inn 

Jesmond 

Osbornes 

Kenton Bank Foot 

Twin Farms 

Lamesley 

Ravensworth Arms 

Langley 

Carts Bog Inn 

Longframlington 

Village Inn 

Longhorsley 

Linden Tree 

Low Fell 

Gateshead Rugby Club 

Tap @ Carters Well 

Lowick 

Black Bull 

Low Newton-by-the-Sea 

Ship Inn 

Lucker 

Apple Inn 

Matfen 

Black Bull 

High House Farm 

Visitor Centre 

Meldon 

Dyke Neuk 

Mickley 

Glenside 

Milfield 

Red Lion Inn 

Monkseaton 

Left Luggage Room 

Morpeth 

Black Bull 

Joiners Arms 

Office 

Tap & Spile 

Newbrough 

Red Lion 

Newburn 

Keelman 

Newcastle upon 

Tyne City Centre 

Bacchus 

Bodega 

Botanist 

Bridge Hotel 

Bridge Tavern 

Broad Chare 

Centurion 

Charles Grey 

Crown Posada 

Crows Nest 

Duke of Wellington 

Fitzgeralds 

Hop & Cleaver 

Lady Grey’s 

Lola Jeans 

New Bridge 

Old George Inn 

Percy Arms 

Pleased to Meet You 

Redhouse 

Split Chimp 

Stand Comedy Club 

Strawberry 

Three Bulls Heads 


Tilleys Bar 

Town Wall 

Trent House 

Tyneside Cinema 

Bar Cafe 

Wylam Brewery 

Newton 

Duke of Wellington Inn 

New York 

Shiremoor House Farm 

North Shields 

Exchange 

Low Lights Tavern 

Oddfellows 

Pub & Kitchen 

Tynemouth & District 

Working Men’s Social Club 

Old Hartley 

Delaval Arms 

Ponteland 

Blackbird 

Prudhoe 

Wor Local 

Rennington 

Horseshoes Inn 

Rochester 

Redesdale Arms 

Rothbury 

Narrow Nick 

Seahouses 

Bamburgh Castle Inn 

Olde Ship Inn 

Slaley 

Rose & Crown 

South Gosforth 

Millstone 

Brandling Villa 

Stamfordham 

Swinburne Arms 

Thropton 

Three Wheat Heads 

Tynemouth 

Barca 

Copperfields 

Dolphin 

Hugos at the Coast 

Lola Jeans 

Priory 

Salutation 

Tynemouth Lodge Hotel 

Wallsend 

Ritz 

Wark 

Battlesteads Hotel 

West Thirston 

Northumberland Arms 

Whitley Bay 

Dog & Rabbit 

Wylam 

Black Bull 

Boathouse 

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MEMBERSHIP FIGURES 

The North East Region has 4,930 (4,917) members 

Cleveland Branch has 898 (905) members 

Darlington Branch has 438 (446) members 

Durham Branch has 832 (829) members 

Sunderland & South Tyneside Branch 

has 653 (653) members 

Tyneside & Northumberland Branch 

has 2,109 (2,084) members 

CAMRA National Membership is now 

over 190,812 (191,032) members 

(Figures correct at 20th February 2018. 

Previous figures from last issue shown in brackets) 

FUTURE 

ARTICLES 

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Dog Friendly Pubs 

Seaside Pubs 

Country Pubs 

Heritage Pubs 

Pub Walks 

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Students 

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If however you do not get a satisfactory response, then CAMRA recommends that you contact 

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City of Newcastle upon Tyne, Tel. 0191 211 6129. Gateshead, Tel. 0191 433 3987. 

North Tyneside, Tel. 0345 200 0101. Northumberland, Tel. 01670 534 585. 

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