Mine's a Pint - Summer 2018
The Summer 2018 issue of the magazine of the Reading & Mid-Berkshire branch of the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA).
The Summer 2018 issue of the magazine of the Reading & Mid-Berkshire branch of the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA).
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THE LAUNCH AT CRAFT BEER RISING<br />
VP of EMEA & APAC – a super refreshing<br />
kumquat Berliner Weisse at 5.3% ABV – and the<br />
intriguingly named Two Storey Bungalow (6.3%<br />
ABV) also featured on the keycask bar at Reading<br />
Beer and Cider Festival this year. Tasting notes<br />
told the lucky drinkers of this exclusive beer “An<br />
increased oat and wheat profile brings a super<br />
soft mouthfeel to this IPA that has been liberally<br />
dry-hopped with a blend of Mosaic, Galaxy and<br />
Ekuanot hops.”<br />
Visit doublebarrelled.co.uk to find out more about<br />
the brewery, and read about Mike and Luci’s epic<br />
research trip to beer hotspots around the globe!<br />
Art the time of writing we were in need of a<br />
Brewery Liaison Officer for Double Barrelled.<br />
This is a CAMRA member who acts as the liaison<br />
point between CAMRA and a brewery, maintains<br />
a database of the beers produced and reports on<br />
brewery news. It’s a fun job and you might get to<br />
sample the new releases before they hit the streets!<br />
If it sounds like the job for you, please get in touch<br />
using the contact details on page 3.<br />
James Clarke, Managing Director said:<br />
“I would never have thought we would have been<br />
brewing a lager, a real departure for us. But then<br />
when I joined Hook Norton Brewery we didn’t<br />
have mobile telephones, the internet, brewed<br />
three different beers, records were handwritten,<br />
and 90% of beer drunk in the UK was drunk in<br />
pubs. Times and tastes change and we like to think<br />
down here at Hooky we can do the same.<br />
We are very pleased with our first brew and hope<br />
you are too. What would our forebears say? I<br />
think they would chuckle, and acknowledge that<br />
we are in a different world today and when it<br />
comes down to it, it’s usually the occasion more<br />
than the drink you’ll remember.”<br />
LODDON<br />
Loddon have been returning to some old favourite<br />
recipes for their recent seasonals with Gorgeous<br />
George (April – a 4.3% ABV traditional English<br />
bitter brewed to mark St George’s Day) and<br />
Wilfred’s Mild (May – a 3.6% mild). Wilfred’s<br />
Mild is named after Wilfred Owen, the war<br />
poet who lived in Dunsden where the brewery is<br />
based, and commemorates the centenary of his<br />
death. 10p from every pint sold was donated to<br />
the Dunsden Owen Association. This group has<br />
the aim of honouring Wilfred Owen, recognising<br />
the importance of the years he spent in Dunsden,<br />
and raising the profile of this Great War poet both<br />
locally and nationally.<br />
NEW WHARF<br />
Breakfast Stout (7.5% ABV) was crowned<br />
Champion LocAle at the Reading Beer and Cider<br />
Festival. See the Small Beer section for the full<br />
competition results. Breakfast Stout is made with<br />
six malts and three hops. The creaminess of the<br />
HOOK NORTON<br />
Established in 1849 in a small village deep in the<br />
Oxfordshire countryside, Hook Norton is one of<br />
the country’s oldest and most traditional breweries.<br />
Perhaps not the most obvious choice of place to<br />
brew a lager. Yet that’s just what’s happened with<br />
the launch of Trial #1. The brewery were looking<br />
for a beer style that would compliment their<br />
existing award winning range of both cask and<br />
keg beers, and this trial was brewed in their pilot<br />
plant using a special lager yeast. At 4.0% ABV It<br />
delivers a crisp clean continental style – not overhoppy,<br />
but very drinkable.<br />
Mine’s A <strong>Pint</strong><br />
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