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Small Beer A round up of news and information CHANGE TO LOCALE SCHEME (from 30 miles) for both beer and cider / perry. This is consistent with most other CAMRA branches in the region. That’s still over 50 breweries brewing close-by, though! You can find out more, including a list of LocAle breweries and pubs, on our website www.readingcamra.org.uk under the “LocAle Breweries, Pubs & Shops” section. The new LocAle radius of 25 miles LocAle is an initiative that promotes pubs stocking locally brewed real ale. The scheme builds on a growing consumer demand for quality local produce and an increased awareness of “green” issues. Everyone benefits from local pubs stocking locally-brewed real ale: • Public houses as stocking local real ales can increase pub visits. • Consumers who enjoy greater beer choice and diversity. • Local brewers who gain from increased sales • The local economy because more money is spent and retained locally. • The environment due to fewer “beer miles” resulting in less road congestion and pollution. • Tourism due to an increased sense of local identity and pride - let’s celebrate what makes our locality different. As we were getting close to 90 LocAle breweries, the branch has decided to reduce its LocAle radius to 25 miles from central Reading GOOD BEER GUIDE 2019 Britain’s premier pub and brewery guide, the Good Beer Guide, celebrates the release of its 46 th edition on 13 September. The Good Beer Guide is completely independent, with every one of its 4,500 pub listings recommended and evaluated by people who know a thing or two about good beer – CAMRA volunteers. The Guide is the result of thousands of volunteers’ hard work over the past year; scoring beers, surveying pubs, surveying breweries and making difficult choices. These entries have been curated and checked by regional teams and finally brought together by staff at CAMRA’s HQ in St Albans. All should be justifiably proud of their hard work. Visit the CAMRA shop at shop.camra.org.uk to secure your copy. The Good Beer Guide App is also available to download, allowing users to find thousands of pubs, beers and breweries at their fingertips. The app is available in both Apple stores and Google Play and can be downloaded at gbgapp.camra.org.uk. Mine’s A <strong>Pint</strong> 14
COMINGS AND GOINGS Tim Page, CAMRA’s Chief Executive, has decided to leave the campaign. During the past three and a half years, Tim was instrumental in executing a major strategic review of CAMRA, which aroused strong passions among the membership. The decisions taken at this year’s AGM and Members’ Weekend mean that the Campaign will be in a stronger position to recruit active members and to continue to campaign effectively for real ale, cider and perry, and pubs. Tim’s previous two roles prior to joining CAMRA were with charities and he has decided to return to the charitable sector for the last few years of his career. CAMRA’s Chief Campaigns Officer, Jonathan Mail, will also be leaving the staff team in October after almost 20 years of service to the campaign. He is going to fulfil a long-held ambition to spend six months travelling in India – a country he has a great affection for and has travelled to on many occasions previously. The campaigns team will continue effective campaigning until a new Chief Campaigns Officer is in post. Meanwhile the Minister for Small Business, Andrew Griffiths, has resigned from government after a newspaper revealed that he had sent 2,000 sex texts to two women. Griffiths, who was formerly chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Beer Group had controversially been awarded CAMRA’s Parliamentarian of the Year Award in 2015. The award was for his contribution to scrapping the beer duty escalator and cutting beer duty, but many people both inside and outside of CAMRA were angry as they believed he had consistently opposed CAMRA’s campaign to strengthen the planning process to protect pubs and had fought against industry reform which would have redressed the balance between pubcos and their tenants. Few in the campaign will be sorry to see him go. BRITISH TRAPPIST BEER Monks at Mount Saint Bernard Abbey in Leicestershire have become the first in the UK to be awarded Trappist accreditation for brewing their own beer. The abbey, near Coalville, is only the 12 th in the world to receive the accolade, joining six in Belgium, two in the Netherlands, and one each in the USA, Austria and Italy. The monks started to look at the idea of brewing in 2013 after they had to close down their dairy farm when it became economically unviable. After much research they settled on a 7.4% dubbel style, quite sweet and extremely smooth, and reminiscent of other Trappist beers such as Rochefort. It marks a return to a 19 th century tradition of brewing in Mount Saint Bernard abbey. When the brethren first arrived in 1835 they settled in a poor cottage on Tynt Meadow, now an extension of the monastic enclosure. To receive the rare Trappist accreditation, beer must be brewed within an abbey directly by the monks or under their supervision. The brewery’s activities must be secondary in importance to the monastery’s work and way of life. It should not be run as a profit-making venture, with funds going to fund the monks’ living expenses and grounds and to help charitable causes. Dom Erik Varden, the abbot of Mount Saint Bernard, hopes that the brewery will help them extend their community work. “Beer is a good, honest, nurturing drink - our Belgian friends said more than once it should be liquid bread and not coloured water, and that’s what we’re aiming to live up to,” he said. Many abbeys licence their name to commercial operations but these are called “abbey beers” and cannot receive the Trappist seal of approval. MASS LOBBY DAY CAMRA will be holding a Mass Lobby Day in Westminster on Tuesday 30 October. This will be our opportunity to bring pressing campaign Mine’s A <strong>Pint</strong> 15
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