Newsletter of Scunthorpe & District Campaign for Real Ale F F F F F F R R R R R R E E E E E E E E E E E E S S u u m m m m e e r r 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 F F R R E E E E H H H H H H I I I I I I G G G G G G H H H H H H L L L L L L I I I I I I G G G G G G H H H H H H T T T T T T S S S S S S I I I I I I N N N N N N T T T T T T H H H H H H I I I I I I S S S S S S I I I I I I S S S S S S S S S S S S U U U U U U E E E E E E Page 3: Pub of the Season Page 4: Another Classic Album Reviewed Page 5: Grafter's Brewery Visit Page 6: Great British Beer Festival Page 8 - 9: Scunthorpe Beer Festival Makes a Comeback! Page 13: Mild Social at Malt Shovel Free ! 1/3 pint cask ale Branch Diary Branch Diary Branch Diary Branch Diary Sat July 10 Trip by rail to Rising Sun Sunfest, 10 am Sheffield Sat 24 July Trip to Hawkshead Brewery Time TBA Beer Festival, Staveley Cumbria. Meet at venue Sat 7 August Trip to Toad Brewery, Doncaster Time TBA (Note: other dates being considered) Tues 31 August Pub of the Season presentation and 745 pm Branch Beer Festival Meeting, Wheatsheaf, Barton 16 – 19 Sept 13 th Scunthorpe Beer Festival Thurs - Sun Campbell’s Bar, Scunthorpe Conservative Club Scunthorpe Beer Festival Returns! After a hiatus of five years, the Scunthorpe Beer Festival is due to return this Autumn! The festival will take place from 16 – 19 September (Thursday – Sunday) at Scunthorpe Conservative Club in the centre of Scunthorpe, located in the Campbell’s Bar function room on the first floor. The festival will feature about 30 handpicked real ales, plus cider and perry, with the selection comprising LocAle beers plus others from East Anglia, the North East, the East Midlands and Yorkshire. In addition there will be hot and cold food at all sessions, a festival tombola for all those ‘must-have’ beery prizes, and live acoustic music on the Friday and Saturday evenings. It all points to an enjoyable festival weekend, which we in Scunthorpe CAMRA are looking forward to. Why not put the dates in your diaries and join us at the festival? The Bird in the Barley Northfield Road, Messingham: Tel 01724 764744 Email: [email protected]Traditional Country Pub serving traditional home-cooked food, made from the finest ingredients from local suppliers 30-seat Conservatory Dining Area – Fully refurbished Bar Area Bar Hours: Food Served: Tues-Sat 1130am-3pm & 530-11pm Tues-Sat 12noon-2pm Sun 12noon-3pm & 6-11pm & 6-9pm Sun 12noon- 230pm & 6-8pm Menu from Snacks to Full Menu: Lunchtime/Teatime Specials free free free free Tues-Sat £5.45 1/3 pint cask ale Cask Pedigree, Jennings Snecklifter with this ad! plus 2 rotating guest ales
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Branch DiaryBranch DiaryBranch DiaryBranch Diary
Sat July 10 Trip by rail to Rising Sun Sunfest, 10 am Sheffield
Sat 24 July Trip to Hawkshead Brewery
Time TBA Beer Festival, Staveley Cumbria.
Meet at venue Sat 7 August Trip to Toad Brewery, Doncaster Time TBA (Note: other dates being considered)
Tues 31 August Pub of the Season presentation and 745 pm Branch Beer Festival Meeting, Wheatsheaf, Barton
16 – 19 Sept 13th Scunthorpe Beer Festival Thurs - Sun Campbell’s Bar, Scunthorpe Conservative Club
Scunthorpe Beer Festival Returns!
After a hiatus of five years, the
Scunthorpe Beer Festival is due to
return this Autumn! The festival will
take place from 16 – 19 September
(Thursday – Sunday) at Scunthorpe
Conservative Club in the centre of
Scunthorpe, located in the
Campbell’s Bar function room on
the first floor.
The festival will feature about 30
handpicked real ales, plus cider and
perry, with the selection comprising
LocAle beers plus others from East
Anglia, the North East, the East
Midlands and Yorkshire.
In addition there will be hot and
cold food at all sessions, a festival
tombola for all those ‘must-have’
beery prizes, and live acoustic music
on the Friday and Saturday
evenings.
It all points to an enjoyable festival
weekend, which we in Scunthorpe
CAMRA are looking forward to.
Why not put the dates in your
diaries and join us at the festival?
The Bird in the Barley Northfield Road, Messingham: Tel 01724 764744 Email: [email protected]
Traditional Country Pub serving traditional home-cooked
food, made from the finest ingredients from local suppliers
30-seat Conservatory Dining Area –
Fully refurbished Bar Area Bar Hours: Food Served:
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Branch Treasurer: Chris Lyon (Tel: 01724 761217 )
Branch Secretary: Bev Branton (Tel: 01724 357009)
Membership Secretary: Paul Williams (Tel: 01673 818109)
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PUB & Brewery news
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COMMENTCOMMENTCOMMENTCOMMENT CAMRA, has predicted that the
impact of a VAT hike to 20%
in January 2011 will force the
rate of pub closures to increase
above the current devastating
rate of 39 a week.
Mike Benner, CAMRA Chief
Executive, said, “In the New
Year, many pubgoers will be
hit with a VAT increase that
will push up the combined
taxation on a pint of beer to
over £1! This sad moment for
the nation's 15 million pub-
goers is compounded by the
knowledge that this increase
will cause yet more well run
community pubs to shut their
doors unless the Government
acts. Relentless tax increases on
the nation's pubs are
contributing to pub closures,
job losses and a decline in
community spirit.
The announcement of a
review into alcohol pricing and
taxation this Autumn, gives the
Government an opportunity
to avoid the harm that this
VAT increase will impose on
pubs. CAMRA will be pressing
for targeted measures to
support well-run community
pubs. These could include a
new class of business rate relief
for community pubs and a
compensatory reduction in
beer duty” [2]
The Forest Pines Hotel near Scunthorpe has recently installed a handpump
in the main bar to dispense Tom Woods Harvest bitter.
An update on the beer at the Dying Gladiator in Brigg, where Black Sheep
Bitter and a Tom Wood house beer are now available. Our roving tasters
report that the beer quality is good, so worth a visit.
Scunthorpe’s newest real ale pub is the Bar Babylon (formerly the Parkinson Arms, Wild Coyote etc), on Mary Street, a night spot designed for
the over 25’s. Rotating cask ales will be featured, plus
world bottled and draught beers.
A new microbrewery has just started up in Doncaster called the Toad Brewery. They currently brew three beers – Tadpole (3.8% ABV), Golden Angel (4.0%) and
Mature Toad (4.5%). Tel: 01302365508 for details.
The Black Bull at High Levels on the A18 has just recently started to stock a real ale from Thorne Brewery.
Although disguised as Black Bull Best Bitter, this is we believe rebadged
Thorne Best Bitter, but good nonetheless.
Spring Pub of the Season – Butchers Arms, North Kelsey
Beer Joke # 2
Pub of the Season Summer 2010
The Wheatsheaf, Barton-upon-Humber
Our Pub of the Season for summer goes to the Wheatsheaf in Barton-
upon-Humber. Jim & Sarah Woodhouse took over the pub in the
early summer of 2008 and were awarded the Winter 2008/9 Pub of
the Season award after significantly turning the pub round in a very
short space of time. Jim is an experienced licensee of 25 years
standing, with Sarah joining him for 16 of these. They have run
several traditional pubs in London, the Home Counties and North
Lincolnshire, all serving cask ales.
Not content with their initial success at the Wheatsheaf, Jim and Sarah
are constantly striving to improve the pub. After immediately
refurbishing the kitchens in conjunction with Enterprise Inns, Sarah &
Jim have invested personally in redecorating throughout, creating a
very attractive outside seating and patio area and their most recent
improvement being a very impressive hand carved wood-panelled
fireplace and log burning stove in the main room of the pub.
On the beer side they have now increased the selection of hand-
pulled ales to six and are making full use of the SIBA scheme, enabling
pubs to access ales from small independent brewers. Jim has also
worked very hard on temperature control in the cellar enabling the
Wheatsheaf to be awarded the Cask Marque accreditation.
There are three regular cask ales: Theakston's Best, Wells Bombardier
and Theakston's Black Sheep, plus 3 rotating guest ales which have
recently included Deuchars IPA, Woodforde’s Wherry and Everard’s
Tiger. The pub also hosts a beer festival over the August Bank holiday
weekend. It has an unspoilt, traditional atmosphere, with regulars
enjoying classic bar games of dominoes and crib. There’s a bar, snug
and a large drinking/dining area, plus a summer beer garden and
private car park. The couple have secured a 10 year lease, and
regulars and visitors to the pub can look forward to quality beer and
food for a long time to come. The presentation is scheduled for Tuesday 31 August at 8pm.
Sarah Wullink
Branch Chairman Mark Elsome (right), presents the Spring award to licensee Steve Cooper (behind bar)
An Englishman, an Irishman and a Scotsman walk into a bar and each orders
a pint of beer. When the drinks arrive they notice that all three pints have a
fly in them. The Englishman just looks at his pint in disgust and pushes it
away.
The Irishman picks out the fly with his fingers, throws it on the floor and
proceeds to drink his beer. The Scotsman picks the fly out of his pint, and
holds it over the drink saying, "Come on ya little swine, spit it oot!"
[14]
Classic Albums No. 32: Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band: Trout Mask Replica (Reprise)
Mild Social at Malt Shovel
This double album, released in 1970, divided critics and fans alike. If you like
‘difficult’ records, which require some effort on the part of the listener to
engage with the music, in preference to the mostly vacuous outpourings
from the pop charts, then ladies and gentlemen, this album could be for you!
As Stuart Maconie says in Cider with Roadies, this album was ‘fully out there,
with it’s growls, discordant riffing and broken-backed time signatures’.
Don Van Vliet, nicknamed Captain Beefheart by his buddy Frank Zappa,
who produces here, was encouraged to be experimental and innovative on
this record, and boy did he deliver! Melding blues, rock and free form jazz
and several other musical forms along the way, Beefheart runs the gamut of
American music, but the fusion of styles is
not always easy to appreciate. For
example, on the opening track
Frownland, the Magic Band seems to be
playing a different song to the one the
Captain is singing!
After a few listens, the music starts to
make more sense, and is shot through
with Beefheart’s playful sense of humour.
There are some great tracks here – the
brooding Dachau Blues contrasts well
with the straight country blues of China
Pig; there are great rock songs like
Moonlight On Vermont and Ant Man Bee, the acappella poems The Dust
Blows Forward ‘N The Dust Blows Back and Orange Claw Hammer, old work
songs such as Well, and lots of jazzy riffing as in When Big Joan Sets Up, Wild
Life and She’s Too Much For My Mirror, with Beefheart often demonstrating
his rudimentary skills on the saxophone!
Not all of it works though – Pena with its absurd falsetto vocals, and Neon
Meate Dreams Of An Octafish, a jumbled mess of not very interesting ideas,
could easily have been left on the studio floor. The look of the album, with
Beefheart wearing a fish mask on the cover and the Magic Band looking like
the original space cadets inside, imprints it with the trappings of the hippy
era, but the music was way ahead of its time, and influenced other musicians
for years to come. So music as art, or an exercise in self indulgence?
The former I think, and fully deserving of its ‘classic’ status. Mark Elsome [4]
On Saturday 8 May, members of Scunthorpe & District CAMRA gathered at
the Malt Shovel in Ashby for a mild social, the object being to celebrate mild
beers on CAMRA’s national Mild Day. The licensees at the pub, Simon Hall
and Belinda Fisher had kindly agreed to put on two draught milds for the
occasion – these were Rudgate Ruby Mild (4.4% ABV) and Acorn Darkness
(4.2%) – and to feature mild beers throughout May. Both were delicious,
with the Ruby Mild having a sweeter edge compared to the Acorn mild,
which had a more bitter finish. Snacks and dips were also provided for our
consumption.
The pub’s customers also tried
the milds, and there are a
number of regulars who
enjoy the darker beers.
However they have still to
make the leap to the more
usual mild strength of
between 3 – 4% ABV, so
Simon tends to stock the
stronger milds. But as
Confucius say (or was it
Jackie Chan?), each journey
begins with a single step …
The picture above shows the CAMRA
group displaying their commitment to mild
with some CAMRA mild posters and a few
draughts of the dark stuff. On the right, the
picture shows licensee Belinda Fisher
pulling another pint of Rudgate Ruby
Mild, which is currently CAMRA’s
Champion Beer, voted for at last year’s
Great British Beer Festival.
With thanks to all at the Malt Shovel for
taking the time and trouble to promote
CAMRA’s Mild In May campaign. We had
a thoroughly enjoyable afternoon, and
look forward to next year’s Mild Day. [13]
Trip to Grafter’s Brewery
The Malt ShovelThe Malt ShovelThe Malt ShovelThe Malt Shovel Ashby High Street Scunthorpe DN16 2JP Tel: 01724 843318 ‘The Country Pub in the Town’
Open: 10am – 11pm, Sun – Thurs, 10am – 12pm Fri & Sat
Serving in tip-top condition Tom Wood’s Best Bitter & Dark Mild, Exmoor Gold, John Smith’s
Bitter + 4 ever changing guest beers from UK
microbreweries Leffe Blonde, Erdinger & Belle Vue Kriek
At least 4 real ciders served straight from the cellar
Real Italian coffees Over 30 malt whiskies Extensive wine menu
12 noon – 7pm Sun (including Sunday lunches) Teatime Specials available 5 – 8pm Mon – Sat
(try our homemade steak pie!)
Quiz nights Tues & Thurs
Live music every Saturday We look forward to welcoming you!
Recently the branch hopped on the 100 service bus to Lincoln, alighting at
Willingham-by-Stow in order to visit Grafters Brewery, based at the Half
Moon pub. We were met by owner Phil Troop and brewery assistant Aaron
Taylor, and quickly ordered a pint of a Grafters beer to slake our thirst. Once
refreshed Phil split the group in
two, and gave a very interesting
talk on the history and workings
of Grafters Brewery, which was
located in a small outbuilding
next to the pub. Phil gave due
credit to fellow brewer Phil Ellis
of Fulstow Brewery in Louth,
who had helped to set up the
brewery and assisted in the early
brews.
Although the brewery is small,
Grafters have sufficient capacity to brew a range of around eight beers. Their
biggest award winner is Moonlight (3.6% ABV), a pale, citrus flavoured
bitter brewed with Bobek hops, although Traditional (3.7%), is the biggest
seller in the pub. Once back in the pub, we partook of the four Grafters
beers on the bar, before sitting down to a hearty lunch of fish and chips. Phil
kept bringing through jugs of other Grafters beers that were conditioning in
the brewery, so in the end we got to sample much of the range! All the beers
were in excellent order, and based on our tastings we decided to order two
Grafters beers for the upcoming Scunthorpe Beer Festival.
All too soon it was time to catch the bus to Gainsborough and visit a few of
their pubs – to our surprise Phil and Aaron decided to join us! Our expanded
group then set off for the Eight Jolly
Brewers on reaching Gainsborough,
and their selection of eight real ales,
before trying out the R Bar, the town’s
newest real ale pub, also offering a
discount to CAMRA members. Finally
we pitched up at Canutes, a pub
clearly modeled on Wetherspoons,
before catching the evening bus back
to Scunthorpe. A great day out! [5]
Great British Beer Festival 2010
Paul & Carol would like to welcome old & young to one of the oldest pub sites in
England
The Sun &The Sun &The Sun &The Sun & Anchor,Anchor,Anchor,Anchor, ScotterScotterScotterScotter
Tel: 01724 763444
Two Guest Beers, Good Cheer Welcoming Atmosphere Beer Garden
NO FOOD, JUST A PUB
WITH GREAT
REAL ALES!
Beer Joke # 1
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SCHOOL LANE
SOUTH FERRIBY
DN18 6HW
01652 635235
(OFF THE A1077)
AT THE HEART OF THE VILLAGE
GAVIN RICHARDS - LANDLORD
� REAL ALES
(Tetley as standard, plus a guest)
� LIVE MUSIC SATURDAYS FROM
9 PM (RING FOR DETAILS)
� OPEN MIC 1ST THURSDAY OF
THE MONTH
(half price drinks for those playing)
� TAKEAWAY AVAILABLE
� FUNCTION ROOM AVAILABLE
FOR HIRE (ANY OCCASION)
� OUTSIDE CATERING
AVAILABLE
� OUTSIDE BAR AVAILABLE
� EN SUITE ACCOMMODATION
Ancient Beer Recipes
Found in Syria
CAMRA will be staging their annual flagship event, the
Great British Beer Festival, at Earl’s Court, London, from
3 – 7 August. It will showcase over 450 real ales, ciders
and foreign beers from around the world. The range of
beers is truly staggering with 13 CAMRA regional bars, Bar
Nouveau offering beers from some of Britain’s newest
breweries and
a Real Ale in a
Bottle Bar,
Several UK
breweries will have their own
bars, and Bières Sans Frontières
Bars continue to provide a
showcase for the best beers from
around the world, including
beers from Germany, Belgium,
Italy, USA, Czech Republic and
The Netherlands. There will also
be up to 100 ciders and perries
served by gravity direct from the
cask.
If you’re planning to visit (and
it’s heartily recommended), there
will be plenty to occupy you,
with traditional pub games, live
music, a wide variety of food
and tutored beer tastings. Over
500 beers, ciders and perries
were drunk at last year's festival
by 64,000 visitors. CAMRA
welcomes families and provides a
family room with unparalleled
views of the Festival. The family
room is open every lunchtime
until 9 pm, and caters for all those under the age of 18 (and their parents of
course). Tickets for specific sessions can be purchased in advance from
CAMRA – just visit the CAMRA website at: http://gbbf.camra.org.uk/home
On a cold winter’s day, a drunk wobbles out of a pub after a heavy session,
and decides that he wants to go fishing. He packs up all his tackle and sets
out in search of a suitable spot. Eventually, he
stumbles across a huge area of ice and decides that
he'll give it a go. Taking out a saw from his tackle
box, he starts to saw a hole in the ice.
Suddenly, a loud voice booms out at him, "There's
no fish in here." The drunk looks all around him but
can't see anyone. He decides to ignore the voice and
carries on sawing.
Again, the voice booms out, "I've told you once, there's no fish in here!" He
looks up again but there's still no sign of anyone so he returns to his task.
"Stop it!" shouts the now very angry
sounding voice, "You'd better pack
up your stuff and get out of here or
there'll be trouble."
"Who are you?" shouts the drunk,
"you don't scare me!"
"Who am I?" replies the voice, "I'm
the manager of this Ice Rink!"
A Syrian-Belgian-British
archaeological mission has
unearthed 3,800-year-old
Babylonian beer-making instructions
on cuneiform tablets at a dig in
northern Syria. The Hassakeh
Archaeological Department said the
92 tablets were found at a site 400
miles northeast of Damascus. They
showed the earliest beer-making
methods and tallies of beer
produced. [11]
CAMRA Man Completes Charity Bike Marathon
Gainsborough CAMRA Page
The Wheatsheaf Twice local CAMRA Pub of the Season and listed in the Good
Beer Guide
Traditional pub dating from the 18th century. 6 cask ales always available all kept in excellent condition.
Excellent value quality home-cooked traditional food
Opening hours 12.00 – 11.30pm 12.00 - 12.30 Friday & Saturday Food Served 12 to 1400, 1730 to 2100, Monday to Saturdays 1200 to 1500 Sundays Booking advisable at weekends
Holydyke, Barton-upon-Humber
DN18 5PS
Congratulations go to
Scunthorpe & District
CAMRA Membership
Secretary Paul Williams, who
completed a marathon bike
ride for the Sue Ryder
charity, riding from Venice,
following his son’s wedding,
to Brigg.
The picture shows Paul and
trusty traveling companion,
outside the Sue Ryder shop
in Brigg town centre.
Hi all, doesnt time fly when there’s beer to be drunk? We are pleased to
announce that another bar selling real ale has opened in Gainsborough, since
the last issue of Iron Brew.
The Maltings is situated next to the Bridge House B&B, which is adjacent to
Trent Bridge. Starting out with just one beer the manager, James, has hastily
added a further pump and has said that if sales continue there is a possibility
of more pumps being added.
Plans for the second Gainsborough Beer Festival in October are well on the
way, and we look forward to seeing you all again soon.
We are having a meeting at the Royal Oak in Snitterby on the 20th of July if
any Scunthorpe Branch members would like to come along.