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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Pub & Brewery News<br />
Pub News<br />
CAVERSHAM<br />
The RED COW on Star Road has unexpectedly<br />
reopened. On an initial visit only keg<br />
Boddingtons and Guinness were available,<br />
together with some bottles including Black<br />
Sheep. The landlord is reportedly looking<br />
into getting some handpumps installed but we<br />
have no further news about that. Star Road<br />
was actually named after another pub, the<br />
Star, which stood at the northern end by the<br />
mini roundabout. It’s now a Co-Op, fulfilling<br />
community needs of a different kind.<br />
Hopfest 3 at the FOX AND HOUNDS in<br />
Gosbrook Road was a great success. Starting<br />
with a tap takeover by Siren Craft, it was a<br />
four day party featuring food, music and loads<br />
of lovely beers including Cloudwater, Wylam,<br />
Deya, Double-Barrelled and many more.<br />
MORTIMER<br />
The TURNERS ARMS has been reported to<br />
be open only sporadically. We’re told it’s often<br />
closed by 9pm, not open at all on Sunday<br />
evenings and keeping erratic hours on other<br />
days. If you have any other news or feedback<br />
on this pub then we’d like to hear it, so please<br />
get in touch.<br />
READING<br />
for the bar called Purple TurtAle, and other<br />
beers from the same brewery have also featured<br />
in this iconic venue. At over 25 years old the<br />
Turtle is one of Reading’s longest running<br />
independent bars and is famous for offering<br />
a wide choice of music events as well as very<br />
late opening! And as we found out last year,<br />
for being the destination of choice for people<br />
who’ve just been hit by a bus (youtube.com/<br />
watch?v=b2i4C1bG-8w).<br />
The university bar on Redlands Road – once<br />
the Cotton Club, now DAIRY – has taken out<br />
its cask beers. They were due to be replaced by<br />
a font of five craft keg beers – two regulars and<br />
three changing. The manager we spoke to didn’t<br />
know whether any would be real ale keykeg<br />
beers. In common with other university bars,<br />
this one has also gone cashless i.e. payment is<br />
by card only.<br />
PAVLOV’S DOG on St Mary’s Butts has<br />
launched a new menu that includes a range of<br />
vegan dishes as well as new burgers. There’s<br />
a Burger of the Month as well as daily deals<br />
including Tuesday pancake day and Wing<br />
Wednesdays.<br />
A planning application to demolish the RED<br />
LION in Southampton Street and replace it<br />
with flats has been withdrawn.<br />
The PURPLE TURTLE<br />
on Gun Street now has<br />
a house beer and it’s a<br />
LocAle! Maidenhead<br />
brewery New Wharf<br />
has produced a 5%<br />
ABV hoppy, golden ale<br />
Mine’s A <strong>Pint</strong><br />
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