Mine's a Pint - Autumn 2018
The Autumn 2018 Magazine of the Reading & Mid-Berkshire Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA).
The Autumn 2018 Magazine of the Reading & Mid-Berkshire Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA).
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Mine’s A <strong>Pint</strong><br />
5<br />
From The Editor<br />
I’m writing this in the middle of a heatwave so,<br />
by rights, it should be cold and raining when<br />
you read it! Luckily real ale, cider and perry<br />
are the natural drinks for all weathers – cool<br />
and refreshing in the sunshine, yet cheery and<br />
comforting when it’s colder.<br />
As the long hot summer slips away though,<br />
our thoughts turn to our great local pubs and<br />
breweries and celebrating what they do for us.<br />
Reading CAMRA’s Gala Awards Evening in<br />
September is a great way to say thank you to<br />
those in the industry that have helped us in the<br />
last twelve months, and everyone is welcome<br />
to attend. There’s more information about the<br />
event in the feature in this issue, so put Tuesday<br />
11th of September in your diary and get down<br />
to Park House at the University to help us<br />
celebrate.<br />
Berkshire breweries must be doing something<br />
right, as it’s the second time in three years that<br />
a local brewery has won CAMRA’s Champion<br />
Beer of Britain accolade. Following Binghams’<br />
win in 2016 with their Vanilla Stout, this year<br />
it was Siren Craft that came out on top in the<br />
prestigious contest with their Broken Dream<br />
Breakfast Stout. Berkshire certainly has a rich<br />
brewing tradition but it’s amazing to get such<br />
recognition at a national level.<br />
How about being a champion for your local<br />
pub? There are something like 150 real ale pubs<br />
in our branch area and we can’t get to them all,<br />
however much we’d like to try! So if you want<br />
to let us know any news or info about your<br />
local, contact us on contact@readingcamra.<br />
org.uk or send us comments through WhatPub<br />
on whatpub.com. If you could help deliver this<br />
magazine to a pub or pubs near where you<br />
live, that would also be great and we’d be very<br />
happy to hear from you.<br />
Have a pint at the same time and the publicans<br />
will be very happy to see you too. Cheers!<br />
Phil Gill<br />
Editor<br />
Contents<br />
BRANCH DIARY 3<br />
FROM THE EDITOR 5<br />
PUB & BREWERY NEWS 6-13<br />
SMALL BEER 14-17<br />
JOIN CAMRA 18<br />
CAMRA GALA PRESENTATION 19<br />
BEHIND THE BAR 20<br />
WORLD CUP OF PUBS 21-22<br />
PUBS IN WORLD WAR 1 23<br />
FURTHER HISTORY OF LAGER IN THE UK 24-26<br />
BAMBERG 27-29<br />
GDPR ADVERT 30
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