rochford beer festival 2013 guide
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The South East Essex CAMRA Rochford Beer Festival Guide 2013TRANSCRIPT
I would like to warmly welcome you all tothe 34th South East Essex Beer and CiderFestival, here at the Freight House. It does-n’t seem like twelve months ago, that wewere here for the 33rd festival. Planning forthis year started shortly after last year’s festival finished.
I hope that you enjoy the ales and cidersthat we have on offer during this week.
If you are interested in joining theCampaign for Real Ale, to save the pubsthat sell, and the brewers who produce,some of the wonderful beers you have sam-pled here, please join CAMRA at the membership desk in the hall.
CAMRA’S KEY CAMPAIGNSCAMRA members have chosen four maincampaigns to concentrate on during thecoming months. These campaigns wereagreed following a policy discussion groupat CAMRA’s AGM in Torquay, April 2012,and a previous membership survey andstrategy weekend that was conducted by theNational Executive.
Narrowing the Campaign’s activity tofewer key campaigns was a recommenda-tion from the Fit For Purpose Report whichwas presented to the members at CAMRA'sAGM 2011.
The key campaigns are: Stop tax killing beer and pubs
Secure an effective government supportpackage for pubs
Encourage more people to try a range ofreal ales, cider and perries
To raise the profile of pub-going andincrease the number of people using pubsregularly
Please see page 4 for a message about ourcurrent campaign from CAMRA NationalChairman, Colin Valentine.
Please remember, all the people servingyou here are volunteers, who give up theirtime to make this festival a success. Pleasetreat them with respect, and, ENJOY THEFESTIVAL.
Colin KingChairman - CAMRA South East Essex
THANK YOUApart from our volunteers and sponsors,there are many other people and businesseswho have helped behind the scenes.
We would particularly like to thank:TapRoom magazine Graham and Jackie at Recognition Express Billericay Brewing Company and George’sBrewery for brewing our Festival Specials
and, all of the pubs taking part in our”AleTrail to the Rochford Beer & CiderFestival”
The Ale Trail encourages people to try realale and real cider in different pubs through-out South East Essex. If your pub wouldlike to take part next year, please [email protected]
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Welcome to the 34th CAMRA South East Essex Beer & Cider Festival
Ale Trail 2013: Jordan Sharp at the
White Hart, Hockley
MESSAGE FROM COLIN VALENTINE
CAMRA National Chairman
CAMRA's campaignto strike a fair dealfor publicans tied tolarge pub companieswho are struggling tomake a decent livingand create a thrivingpub sector has reacheda critical stage.
The Government is poised to announce theirresponse to the pub company reform consultationwhich saw 7,000 people answer the online questionnaire and 1,100 written responses. Thisannouncement will outline the legislative proposalto reform the large pub companies and affect thefuture direction of the campaign.
As always thank you for your effort and dedi-cation to the Fair Deal for Your Local Campaignwhich has resulted in the support of 192 MPs and250,000 beer mats distributed across the country.
This year CAMRA’s Campaigns Team alsobrought the issue directly to the heart of thepolitical agenda at the Party Conferences advo-cating reform to 70 MPs and hosting a policydebate with Minister Jo Swinson who instigatedthe consultation. Together we have built a stronggroundswell of support for pubco reform.
As you know, for too long large pub companies(those with over 500 pubs) have been taking morethan is fair or sustainable from pub profits, causingreal hardship for licensees and contributing to theclosure of 26 pubs every single week.
CAMRA is calling on Government to deliver astatutory Code which includes the principle thattied licensees are no worse off than those that arefree of tie backed up by a powerful adjudicator.CAMRA wants to see pubco licensees offered a“Market Rent Only Option” and a Guest BeerOption freeing them up to sell local beers at acompetitive price.
For more about the campaign: www.fairdealforyourlocal.com
Thank you for your support.
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Real Ales, Fine Wines & Good Food
Large Garden • Quiz NightsRegular Live Music • Sunday Lunch Menu
Function Room for Hire
Food Served Every Lunchtime andTuesday to Saturday Evenings
274 Main Rd, Hockley, Essex SS5 4NS
Tel: 01702 203438www.whiteharthockley.co.uk
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A very big Rochford welcome to all our friendsold and new to the 34th South East Essex BeerFestival. CAMRA has grown and currently hasover 150,000 members. Why not join us, whichyou can do at the membership stand. You reallycan make a difference. As we saw in the chan-cellors budget. Without CAMRA would thatreally have happened? Our beer list has grownyet again this year from a 2.5% session beer toa 11% strong ale. This year we are featuring aWar Of The Roses bar with rare beers fromYorkshire and Lancashire, inc Merseyside andGreater Manchester (part of the ancient countyof Lancashire).
Plus our usual superb range of Essex beers,and some from other parts of the U.K.. Not for-getting a great range of Cider's and Perry plusBritish and Foreign bottled beer. Take-aways Ifyou would like to take some ale or cider home,container's are available at the bars. I wouldwelcome any suggestions for future festivalsthemes either verbally or by email. My personalemail is [email protected]. I lookforward to your feedback. Our ThwaitesWainwright sponsored heated Marquee hasonly been made possible by the kind support ofour long standing friends at Thwaites. I reallydo appreciate there help over the year's, asmuch as I love their beers. Why not try a pint ofThwaites Smoked Stack. A rauch beer. A first.We have some on draught on the Foreign beerbar.
Everyone who is working today is giving uptheir time free of charge to serve you. So Pleasetreat them with the respect they deserve. Wewould personally like to thank the whole beerfestival team sitting through all those planningmeetings, and all the volunteers who put inmonths of work or just the odd hour. Your allChampions in our view.
I would like to end on a verysad note. You will notice the RayFuller Cider Bar. Ray suddenly passed away over the summer.Ray was a lovely bloke who loved his pub’s andhis family. We on a weekly basis shared a fewbeers discussing world affairs and our belovedSouthend United plus real ale and Cider. Rest InPeace mate, you will be massively missed.
We will be back at the Freight House next year18th to 22nd November. Please put that in yourdiary.
Steve Dunham and Colin KingFestival Organisers
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When a family has been told that there’s nocure for their child’s illness, Little HavensHospice can help.
We’re here to make the journey as comfortableas possible, controlling pain and medication,offering respite and caring for children at theend of their lives. Our specialist care is free –for as long as is needed – within the familyhome and at our hospice. We’re a registeredcharity – not part of the NHS – and receivelimited government funding. Our hospicecan only exist because of the support andgenerosity of the community. Together, we’re‘Making every day count.’ Little Havens ispart of Havens Hospices, which also incorporates Fair Havens Hospice.
Little Havens Hospice is based in beautifulmeadowland in Thundersley near Rayleighand officially opened in March 1998. Sincethen it has cared for over 1,000 children withlife-limiting illnesses and given vital supportto their families. Caring for achild with an illness whichcould shorten their life placesa huge emotional, physical,mental and often financialstrain upon the whole family.In the homely environment ofthe hospice families can take abreak from the strain of con-stant care, and concentrate onspending quality time together.
Little Havens also helps to provide respiteservice called EPIC for families who wish fortheir child to be cared for in their own home.Our care is often described by those we carefor as “amazing.” Everyone matters atHavens Hospices, we care not just forpatients but their families friends and neigh-bours too. All are welcome.
WHO WE CAN HELPLittle Havens Children's Hospice providescare for children who are life-limited, are life-threatened or have palliative care needs.What this means is that the child has beendiagnosed with a condition, meaning thattheir life may be shortened. We can care forchildren and young people under the age of19. We care for children, young people andtheir families from Essex and the surround-ing London boroughs.
The child may still be receiving treatmentwhich aims to cure but where there is a riskthat this treatment may fail. Equally the childmay be receiving treatment which aims toprolong their life. Little Havens seeks to provide care along with the professionalsalready involved in the child’s care and beingreferred to Little Havens does not mean thatthese treatments will stop.
Little Havens also has a Supportive CareTeam which offers support to children, youngpeople and their families for as long as it isneeded. We have specific criteria to assess eachchild’s needs and we will work with yourchild's doctors to determine whether they aresuitable for the care we can provide. If youhave any questions please call our Care Teamconfidentially on 01702 552200.
FESTIVAL CHARITY: Little Havens Children’s Hospice
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HOW WE ARE FUNDEDOur hospices can only exist because of thesupport and generosity of the community.We’re not part of the NHS and receive limitedgovernment funding. Because the care weprovide for seriously ill children and adults isfree of charge, we must raise over £100,000every week. The hospices can only existbecause of the support and generosity of thecommunity.
WHAT IS IT LIKE THERE? Little Havens is a purpose built, architec-turally designed building within maintainedwoodland just five minutes drive from theA127 and A13. We pride ourselves on ourinformal and relaxed atmosphere as thebuilding is designed to be a “home fromhome.” So there is a lovely kitchen wherehome-cooked meals are served every day,lounge areas and beautiful landscaped gardens. There is plenty to do here with acomputer room, teenage den, multi-sensoryroom, swimming pool and messy play area.For those who want some peace and quietthere are dedicated lounge areas, quiet partsof the garden and each child has their ownbedroom. We have eight bedrooms (twoespecially for teenagers with en-suite facilities)and two specialist bathrooms. All of our build-ing and gardens are wheelchair accessible.
WHO CAN USE LITTLE HAVENS? Our service is for children and young adultswho live in Essex, who are between 0-19years of age and who have a life-limiting orlife-threatening condition. The child may stillbe receiving curative treatment but there is arisk that this may fail, treatment to prolongtheir life, their treatment may be purely tokeep them as comfortable as possible or theymay not be receiving treatment. We providecare for the child and the whole family.
WHO CARES FOR THE CHILDREN?We have a multi-disciplinary team whichmeans the Care Team has a mixture of skillsand qualifications. We do not wear uniformsand hope that this makes you feel as comfortable as possible. We do, however,
wear name badges. Around half of the CareTeam are registered nurses who come from avariety of backgrounds.
We also have a team of on-call doctors whowork with a child’s own paediatrician, con-sultant or GP to provide medical care. Wealso have a music therapist, teacher andteaching assistant, play specialist, family sup-port worker, nursery nurse and NVQ-levelcarers. We have a key worker system toensure families know who to contact if theyneed anything.
WHAT DO OTHER PEOPLE THINK ABOUT LITTLE HAVENS?
Here are just a few comments for familiesand children who are using the hospice:“Little Havens means peace and tranquillityfor our family – we are cared for well here.”
"After my first visit, I wished I’d rung soon-er. I couldn’t believe how lovely and welcom-ing Little Havens was. In hospital, people dostare at you and your baby. At Little Havenswe are accepted for who we are.”
“I was close to breaking point but nowthings are much better now we have LittleHavens as support. My children love going toLittle Havens so this is a treat for us all. If wedidn’t have Little Havens our family wouldhave split up. It really has been a lifeline.”
“I think Little Havens is really cool. I was a bitworried at first but it was OK, everyone theremade me feel at home. I liked the swimmingbecause it helps with my muscle exercises.”
www.havenshospices.org.ukwww.facebook.com/havenshospices
www.twitter.com/havenshospices
Please help support Little HavensChildren’s Hospice by placing your beertokens (with any unused amount) in thebox at the front desk. THANK YOU.
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People often ask what made me want to start upmy own brewery, so where do I start?
Years of drinking beers, going to beer festivalsand home brewing on and off had developed aninterest and passion in beer. Then 2 years agowith a couple of friends I went on a “Brewer forThe Day” experience at Brentwood Brewery.After spending a fantastic day there I thought,“Why not do that yourself?” So I spent a yearreading round the subject, visiting breweriesand drinking more beer and thought “Yes, Icould do this!”
With a love of Belgian beer and the emergingcraft beer movement in London, I decided toaim at a different market – premium bottledcraft beers that I would aim to sell direct to thepublic. So the first step was thinking of a namefor the company – as Brentwood already had abrewery I moved to the next town and it wouldbe Billericay Brewing Company. Next step wasto find suitable premises – not easy! I wantedsomewhere that I could brew, but with a poten-tial footfall to be able to sell bottles direct to thepublic. After a number of premises did not quitework out, in December last year I found a suit-able unit, just behind Waitrose car park in thecentre of Billericay. It had space for a micro-brewery and shop, so went ahead with rentingit, but many steps before we could open – plan-ning permission, licence etc.
At the same time I joined the East AnglianBrewers cooperative, in the hope of starting to
The brewery kit
EAST ANGLIA CAMRA Regional Club of the Year 2012
SOUTH EAST ESSEX CAMRA Cider Bar of the Year 2012
CAMRA Club of the Year 2013
Social membership availableCliff-top location is the ideal place to relax
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Start Up for Billericay Brewing
brew somewhere. Through the co-op I metup with Pitfield brewer Andy Skene, whowas just starting up his own enterprise,Dominion Brewery Company. I became acuckoo brewer learning loads on the way,brewing my first collaborative brew,Mayflower Gold, with Andy. A 6.5% highlyhopped American style IPA, it received a verypositive response in bottled form and ondraught at The Alehouse and Winter BeerFestival, both in Chelmsford.
After obtaining planning permission andlicence our shop opened in mid June. I want-ed the shop to be a specialist beer shop sell-ing not only Billericay Brewing beers, butalso beers from other local microbreweries inEssex and London. The range in The EssexBeer Shop has been very popular, with Essexbeers from Brentwood, Wibblers, CrouchVale, Farmers, Pitfield, Red Fox, Growlerand George’s Brewery. The London sectionfeatures the exciting new beers from TheKernel, Beavertown, Weird Beard,Redchurch and Partizan (if you’ve not triedthem yet, you are in for a treat!) For theopening of the shop, we also launched oursecond beer, another collaboration withDominion, A Mild With No Name. We’vehad a great reception for this from beer afi-cionados, and converted a lot of people todark ales and milds.
Our main aim now is to get our own micro-brewery installed, and as you read this at thefestival we hope that the installation is closeto completion. We hoped to brew our firstbrew on the plant for this festival, but things
never quite happen as soon as you wish, sowe had to brew our festival special (Ice Blue)at Pitfield again. If you like it at the festival,we hope that it will become a regular featurein our range. Mayflower Gold and A MildWith No Name are also available here. Oncethe brewery is up and running we plan toexpand our range further, including a coupleof session beers suitable for selling to localpubs and clubs, but still concentrating onbottled craft ales with taste and character.
Next weekend, why not come along and seehow far we have reached in installing andcommissioning our brewery, and hopefullytry even more of our beers. We have aBelgian Beer tasting evening with Essex’sown Belgian beer expert Podge on Friday29th and open weekend on Saturday30th/Sunday 1st.
All events with pop up bar – see our website or Facebook/Twitter for moredetails.
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Essex Beer Shop
New sign for brewery and shop
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Whatpub.com and The National Beer Scoring Scheme
It is CAMRA policy for all CAMRA branches touse NBSS scores to assist in selecting pubs for theGood Beer Guide. The online scoring system hasnow been incorporated into the Whatpub.comwebsite
WHAT’S WHATPUB.COM ALL ABOUT?
For a number of years, people have been askingwhy CAMRA as the UK's largest and most influen-tial pub-going consumer organisation doesn’t haveits own online pub guide. Well now it does. You canuse whatpub.com to search for pubs across the UKand then look up opening times, descriptions, facil-ities and of course details of the real ale and cideron offer. Being an online guide means that extrafunctions such as additional text for descriptions,photos and live map data are also available.
Our aim is to get every pub in the UK listed onwhatpub.com and all with complete and up to dateinformation such as descriptions and photos.
The Good Beer Guide (GBG) is our showcase tothe world – it demonstrates that we as a Campaignbelieve that excellent real ale is worth campaigningfor. It plays a vital part in supporting our pubsbecause if you want to drink cask ale then the pubis the obvious option. Every pub in the GBG shouldsell great beer all the time. The view of over onehundred thousand people is the key to that consis-tency and the National Beer Scoring Scheme is thetool to make that job as easy as possible.
If you drink real ale in a pub, and have everthought about why it is or indeed why it isn’t in theGBG, then by scoring it you can make a difference.
Also, if you have anything to do with selectingpubs for the GBG you have a duty to listen to whatover 150,000 fellow members are saying aboutyour pubs.
Beer scores can now beentered at www.whatpub.com
When you first enter the database you will beasked to login. Your username is your CAMRAmembership number. The password is the one youuse to access the national website.
What do the scores mean
0. UNDRINKABLE. No cask ale available or sopoor you have to take it back or can’t finish it.
1. POOR. Beer that is anything from barely drinkableto drinkable with considerable resentment.
2. AVERAGE. Competently kept, drinkable pintbut doesn't inspire in any way, not worth moving to another pub but you drink the beerwithout really noticing.
3. GOOD. Good beer in good form. You maycancel plans to move to the next pub. You wantto stay for another pint and may seek out thebeer again.
4. VERY GOOD. Beer in excellent condition.
5. PERFECT. Probably the best you are everlikely to find. A seasoned drinker will award thisscore very rarely.
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564 Rayleigh Road Eastwood SS9 5HX
Christmas Fayre Menu now available!
Up to six cask ales plus cask cider available every day
Regular guest ales from; Adnams, Crouch Vale, Marstons,Sharps, Wychwood and many more.
Great food available all day, every day until 10.00 pm.
Up to six cask ales plus cask cider available every day
Regular guest ales from; Adnams, Crouch Vale, Marstons,Sharps, Wychwood and many more.
Great food available all day, every day until 10.00 pm.
Live entertainment every weekend Live Jazz every Monday evening,Poker evening every Thursday.
Party bookings catered for.Find us on Facebook (Oak Wood )
Telephone 01702 512819
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These beers were ordered; some will havechanged since programme printing. Not allbeers are on at every session: ONLY THEBARRELS WITH A CASK SIGN ANDPRICE ARE AVAILABLE. Any tasting notesare just a guide; please ask for tasters.
ESSEX BAR
Billericay BillericayIce Blue 4%
Festival Special, strong hop flavoursSPONSORED BY ICE BLUE LEGAL
Mayflower Gold 6.5%Powerful, American style pale ale
Mild With no Name 5.5%Traditional, strong dark mild
Bishop Nick Braintree1555 4.3%
Rich tawny beer, nutty taste
Ridley’s Rite 3.6%Traditional bitter
Brentwood BrentwoodBBC2 2.5%
Full-bodied, mid-brown bitter.
Gold 4.3%Heavily hopped golden beer.
Plumberry 4.5%Brown session beer, strong taste
Winter Warmer 4.7%Amber winter ale
Colchester Wakes ColneBrass Monkey 3.8%
Light, refreshing, golden ale
Metropolis 3.9%Golden hoppy beer
Winter Nights 4.3%Dark ruby, best bitter
Crouch Vale S. Woodham FerrersAmarillo 5.0%
Strong golden ale
Brewers Gold 4.0%Pale golden ale
Deverell’s GraysDark Side 4.8%
Dark stout, flavoured with Fairtrade coffee
Redemption 4.5%Full flavoured amber ale
Rock ‘n’ Rolla 4%Blonde summer ale with bite
Dominion Moreton
Canada 4.9%Brewed with 7 different hops
Yukon Gold 2 9.7%Matured in cognac barrels
Farmers Maldon
Golden Boar 5%Powerful, deep-golden ale
Pucks Folly 4.2%Pale golden ale
Xmas Stout 4.8%Full bodied, coffee & chocolate flavours
Felstar FelstedGood Knight 5%
Slightly smoky, easy drinking, porter
Lightburst 4%Well hopped with American hops
Old Essex 3.9%Deep amber traditional old ale, rich malty taste
George’s Great Wakering
74 Squadron 4%Full of English hops
200-200 3.9%Festival Special SPONSORED BY ANDREWS TAXIS
Merry Gentlemen 2012 6%Winter warmer cellared for 12 months
Merry Gentlemen 2013 6%Warming velvety Old Ale, port chocolateflavours
The Cask Ale List
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Excalibur Reserve 7.2%Citrusy, with the warmth of an old Armagnac
Ha’Penny IlfordLondon Particular 4%
Mild
London Stone 4.5%Reddish-brown, best bitter
Harwich Town HarwichBathside Battery 4.2%
Hoppy, golden ale
Bay Bitter 3.6%Golden, hoppy, bitter
Ganges 4%Well balanced amber bitter
Ha'penny Mild 3.6%Deep red, traditional mild
Xmas Beer 4.8%Hop Monster Great Wakering
Snake Oil Stout 5%Collaboration with brewing guru Charlie Saville
Freakshow 9 4.2%Extreme Magnum hop rush, dry fruit finish
Indian Summer Saffron Walden
Bombay Blonde 4.5%Generously hopped
Mersea Island East Mersea
Island Gold 4.5%Refreshing, golden ale
Lion Bitter 3.9%Pale amber, bitter
Mighty Oak Maldon
Bingle Jells 5.2%Traditional fruity dark porter
Oscar Wilde Mild 3.7%Hint of fruit, bitter finish. CAMRA SUPREMECHAMPION 2011
Wiseman's Gold 4.8%Hints of citrus & pine
Yule Love Her 4.1%Fruity and spicy
Pitfield Moreton
Eco Warrior 4.5%Citrus hop aroma
Red Ale 4.8%Complex with a strong hop character
Railway Tavern BrightlingseaBladderwrack Stout 4.7%
Full-bodied stout
Crab & Winkle Mild 3.6%Thin-bodied mild
Red Fox CoggeshallBest Bitter 3.8%
Full flavoured, light brown bitter
Coggeshall Gold 4%Citrus & exotic fruit flavours
Hunter’s Gold 3.9%Delicate citrus aroma
Ruby Red Mild 6.5%Full mash complex mild; homage to SarahHughes
Wily Ol’ Fox 5.2%Amber, with English hops & malt
Round Tower ChelmsfordShadoxhurst Stout 5.4%
Strong, dark, stout
Cotter 4.1%Golden, hoppy bitter
American Brown Ale 4.6%Hopped with Cascade, Columbus & Chinook hops
Saffron HenhamHenham Honey 4.6%
Straw coloured beer with local honey
Littlebury Lighthouse 4.2%Smooth amber ale
Saffron Blonde 4.3%Light golden ale with citrus & malt flavours
Chestnut Grove 4.8%Warming, nutty bitter
Light/Golden Ales
Bitter
Mild/Stout/Porter/Dark
SpecialityRed Ales
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Shalfords Braintree1319 Mild 3.7%
Dark, roast malt & chocolate flavours
Ebenezer Ale 4.5%Traditional light brown beer
Rampant Hop 4%Brewed using local wild hedgerow hops
Rotten End 6.5%Sweet, nutty, with a bitter finish
Stoneley Bitter 4.2%Dark amber session beer
Sticklegs BraintreeStour Gold 3.8%
Refreshing pale ale
Wibblers Mayland
Apprentice 3.9%Amber coloured, slightly malty
Winter Wibble 6%Old ale, whisky like malt flavours
Wobbly Mole 11%Barley wine
WAR OF THE ROSES BAR
Bank Top BoltonDark Mild 4%
Dark brown with malt & roast aroma
Flat Cap 4%Amber ale with citrus, malt & fruit notes
Black Edge HorwichI.P.A 4.7%
Hoppy india pale ale
Hop 3.8%Clean, citrus flavoured
Boggart Hole Clough Newton HeathDark Mild 4%
Classic dark mild
First Christmas 4%Hoppy fruit aroma
Bradfield SheffieldFarmer’s Belgian Blue 4.4%
Christmas berry overtones & a blueish head
Farmer’s Bitter 3.9%Traditional, copper coloured malt ale
Brass Castle PocklingtonBest Bitter 4.5%
Brass coloured, special bitter
Tail Gunner 4%Dry hopped, rye beer with a reddish hue
Brightside RadcliffeInn Crowd 3.8%
Dark mild, all English hops
Best Bitter 4.3%Dark amber, traditional bitter
Maverick I.P.A 4.8%Light amber, American style IPA
Solstice Golden Ale 4.5%Light golden ale
Chantry RotherhamDiamond Black Stout 4.5%
Full bodied, dry stout
New York Pale 3.9%Pale, session bitter
Concertina Mexborough
Bengal Tiger 4.6%Light amber, ale
Club Bitter 3.9%Refreshing and easy drinking
Old Dark Attic 3.9%Dark with cherry fruit & roast flavours
Dunham Massey Dunham Massey
Chocolate Cherry Mild 3.8%Dark with a hint of cherries
Dunham Gold 7.2%Belgian style ale
Light Mild 3.8%Gold, easy drinking, light mild
Winter Warmer 6.6%Strong brown traditional north western winter ale
Elland Elland1872 Porter 6.5%
Rich dark porter, from an 1872 recipe
Cask Ale List continued
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Beyond the Pale 4.2%Pale golden, bitter
Great Heck Great HeckTreasure I.P.A 4.8%
Smooth, hoppy IPA
Yule Twig 5.2%Rich brown, hoppy, with notes of Xmas pud.
Great Newsome S. FrodinghamFrothingham Best 4.3%
Dark amber, best bitter
Sleck Dust 3.8%Straw coloured, session ale
Hamelsworde HemsworthSpanish Stout 4.2%
Sweet liquorice taste
Ilkley IlkleyMary Jane 3.5%
Refreshing, pale ale, packed with Americanhops
Imperial Mexborough
Bitter 3.9%Classic, dark, best bitter
Blonde 4%Very pale, light golden ale
Stout 4.6%Black stout, slightly sweet finish
Kelham Island SheffieldEasy Rider 4.3%
Light amber, easy-drinking ale
Get Your Kicks 6.6%Strong, golden American I.P.A
Kirkby Lonsdale Kirkby LonsdaleMonumental Blonde 4.5%
Golden coloured ale
Radical 4.2%Ruby-red, malty beer
Ruskins Bitter 3.9%A traditional bitter
Liverpool Organic LiverpoolKitty Wilkinson 4.5%
Vanilla, butterscotch & chocolate flavours
Lymm LymmBridgewater Blonde 4%
Delicate, hoppy, subtle and refreshing
Bitter 4%Easy drinking
Slitten Brook Stout 4%Smooth and creamy
Lytham Lytham St AnnesWitch Wood 4%
English hopped, brown ale
Berry Blonde 4.1%Blonde beer, with hints of English berries
Mithril RichmondA66 4%
Crisp, refreshing, golden ale
Stuff the Kiwis 4%
Moorhouse’s BurnleyBlack Cat Mild 3.4%
Dark ruby ale, with chocolate, mocha flavours
Blonde Witch 4.5%Golden, gooseberry notes with fruity flavours
North Yorkshire PinchinthorpeLord Lee’s 4.7%
Refreshing with a hoppy aroma
Priors Ale 3.6%Light, refreshing, pale ale
Oates HalifaxWild Oates 4.3%
Full bodied, amber beer
OMT (Oates Mean Time) 3.8%Light, straw-coloured, session beer
Outstanding BuryPushing Out 7.3%
Highly hopped
Owenshaw Mill Sowerby BridgeStout 13 4.1%
Complex flavours from 5 malts
Katy's Blonde 3.6%Fruity, full bodied, blonde, session beer
Phoenix HeywoodMonkeytown Mild 3.9%
Deep roast flavour
Cask Ale List continued
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Prospect WiganNutty Slack 3.9%
Dark mild, with a hint of liquorice
Whatever 3.8%Pale, intensely hopped beer
Reedley Hallows BurnleyFilly Close Blonde 3.9%
Well balanced, fruity with a spicy finish
Old Laund Bitter 3.6%Smooth & creamy session beer
Robinsons StockportOld Tom 8.5%
Strong, dark, old ale
Tom & Berry 4.6%Combination of Old Tom & winter berries
Trooper 4.7%Premium British beer Inspired by Iron Maiden
Rudgate YorkRuby Mild 4.4%
Nutty and rich
Thwaites BlackburnCrafty Devil 4.3%
Reddish coloured, malty, premium ale
Lancaster Bomber 4.4%Full bodied, chestnut coloured ale
Nutty Black 3.3%Dark ruby, mild ale
Original 3.6%Amber coloured, session beer
Smoke Stack 5.8%Dark, smoky, rauch beer - available on theForeign Bar
Wainwright 4.1%Refreshing, golden ale
Timothy Taylor KeighleyGolden Best 3.5%
Amber coloured, light mild
Landlord 4.3%Classic, strong, pale ale
Wentworth Wentworth
Oatmeal Stout 4.8%Smooth, roast & chocolate malt overtones
Plum Pudding Stout 4.7%Roast aroma & bittersweet notes
Whalebone HullTruelove Porter 4.7%
Coffee aftertaste
Wood Street SheffieldDevil’s Walking Stick 4.2%
Pale green ale for Halloween
Yellow Wood I.P.A 5.1%Pale ale
Worsthorne BurnleyOld Trout 4.5%
Red-brown
Yorkshire Brewing Kingston upon HullSupernatural Blonde 4.1%
Refreshing, citrus flavoured
NATIONAL BAR
Amber RipleyChocolate Orange Stout 4%
Bitter chocolate & orange in a glass
Barlow BarlowAnastasia Russian Imperial 7.5%
Strong, dark and smooth stout
Betty’s Blonde 4%Light golden, with citrus & passion fruitflavours
Blue Anchor HelstonMiddle 5%
Traditional sweet Cornish bitter
Original 4%Special 6.5%
Strong, dark & sweet
Brampton ChesterfieldGolden Bud 3.8%
Well balanced, light, golden, hoppy bitter
Impy Dark 4.3%Traditional, dark mild
Winter Bock 6%Dark ruby-red barley wine
Brampton Best 4%Session bitter
Burton Bridge Burton upon TrentBramble Stout 5%
Full flavoured dark stout, with hints of blackberry
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Thomas Sykes 10%Straw coloured strong ale
Derventio Darley AbbeyCleopatra 5%
Apricot flavours
Mrs Claus 4%Sweetish cereal malts
Driftwood Spars St AgnesAlfies Revenge 6.5%
Deep red coloured, strong ale
Blackheads Mild 3.8%Traditional mild, with smoky malt flavours
Elgoods Wisbech
Cambridge Bitter 3.8%Mid-brown traditional bitter
Exeter ExeterAvocet 3.9%
Pale blonde, organic ale
Fraid Not 4%Deep golden, straw coloured, hoppy ale
Hartshorns DerbyFloss the Boss 4.6%
Thirst quenching, pale golden ale
Humpty Dumpty ReedhamBig Sharpie 5%
Strong pale ale
Lemon & Ginger 4%Finely balanced lemon & ginger
Xmas Crack 2013 7%Strong brown ale. A classic winter warmer
Jacobi PumsaintLight 3.8%
Golden ale with floral flavours
Winter Warmer 5%Malty fruit, bittersweet finish
Marlpool HeanorBlind Boris Mild 3.5%
Traditional dark mild
Nelson Chatham1805 5%
Dark golden, premium strength ale
Cask Ale List continued
The Cherry Tree, Stambridge Road, Rochford, Essex SS4 2AF
www.thecherrytree-rochford.co.uk
The Cherry Tree is a welcoming 18thCentury pub, with a strong local following,both for its ambiance and excellent dining.
Our countryside location provides excellentlocal walks and is close to Rochford GolfClub and Essex Marina, Rochford Train
Station and Southend International Airportare only a mile or so away.
Real AlesLocally Sourced Food
Bed & Breakfast
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Trafalgar Bitter 4.1%Light golden ale
Friggin in the Riggin 4.7%Premium strength, mid-brown bitter
Loose Cannon 4.3%Copper coloured, with a warm roast flavour
Powder Monkey 4.4%A dark golden ale
Oakham PeterboroughBishops Farewell 4.6%
Citrusy
Citra 4.2%Grapefruit & peach flavours
Okells DouglasBitter 3.7%
Gold coloured, session beer
Ordnance City AshcottSidewinder 4.7%
Crisp dry hoppy finish
Palmer’s Bridport200 5%
Full bodied, rich & malty
Tally Ho! 5.5%Dark, strong, old ale
Panther ReephamBlack Panther 4.5%
Dark rich smooth ale
Purple Moose PorthmadogDark Side of the Moose 4.6%
Dark and malty
Snowdonia Ale 3.6%Refreshing, pale ale
R.C.H West HewishHewish I.P.A 3.6%
Light brown, lightly hopped bitter
S & P Horsford First Light 4.1%
Citrus and hops
Skinner’s TruroBetty Stogs 4%
Easy drinking, copper coloured ale
Son of Sid Little GransdenMuckcart Mild 3.5%
Dark mild
Raspberry Wheat 5.5%Cloudy wheat beer
Stocklinch StocklinchBlack Smock 5%
Chocolate, liquorice & coffee flavours
Rusty Boiler 4.5%Mid-brown best bitter, with a lick of caramel
Teignworthy Newton AbbotNeap Tide 3.8%
Pale, fruity bitter
Xmas Cracker 6%Traditional winter warmer, smooth & rich
Thornbridge BakewellJaipur 5.9%
A hoppy I.P.A.
Triple fff AltonAltons Pride 3.8%
Traditional, amber bitter
Pressed Rat & Warthog 3.8%Ruby coloured, complex, mild
Tryst LarbertBrockville Pale 3.9%
Golden, hoppy, session ale
Two Beaches ShaldonShaldon Shag 4.2%Ode Ale 4.2%
Light amber and fruity
Waen LlanidloesBlackberry Stout 3.8%
Coffee & chocolate, with subtle blackberry
Festival Gold 4.2%Golden, citrus & hoppy beer
Wentwell DerbyJustice for Gingers 4%
Subtle hint of ginger
Yeovil YeovilGlory 3.8%
Session bitter. Slightly spicy & citrus notes
Lynx Wildcat 4.3%Bronze, full bodied, hoppy bitter
Ruby 4.5%Ruby-red, malty bitter
d
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Established in 2010 in Great Wakering, George’sBrewery and its experimental cousin, Hop MonsterBrewing Company continue to thrive. MarkMawson’s diverse range of beers are permanentlyfeatured at several pubs including the Plough & Sail,Paglesham; the Mayflower, Leigh; Station Arms,Southminster and the Trout, Southend which cele-brated its 500th different guest ale with George'sQuintessentiale. For anyone on a budget, GoldenLion Gold is available at the Golden Lion (Rochford)for only £2.60 a pint!
Monthly and seasonal specials have proved verypopular. The latest from George's is 74 Squadron
The Off Sales Licence and the installation of a bottlingplant (500ml and 330ml) means you can enjoyGeorge’s and Hop Monster beers at home! For par-ties and special events, polypins, and minipins in various sizes are also available to purchase from thebrewery. Growlers and Squeakers: quality re-usableglass containers in 1 litre and 2 litre sizes. Once theinitial purchase has been made, just bring them backto be refilled!
George’s Brewery is still growing, employing morestaff and continuing to supply local Festivals andevents with beer and equipment. Cooling jackets,taps, stillage and equipment are available for up to30 casks for your event or party. Brewery visits andBrew Days can also be arranged. Hop Monster washonoured to be asked to supply CAMRA’s flagshipevent: the Great British Beer Festival at Olympia,London two years in a row! The beer CAMRA chosethis year was George’s Broadsword. It was very popu-lar and sold out quickly.
Look out for George’s and Hop Monster beers atthe South Benfleet Social Club Real Ale Festival:November 28th - 1st December.
George’s Brewery
STATION ARMS39 Station Road, Southminster CM0 7EW
Tel: (01621) 772225
BEER FESTIVALJanuary 24th - 26th 2014
Friday: 5.30-11pm Saturday: Noon-11pmSunday: Noon-10.30pm
25+ Real Ales and Traditional CidersHot food available
200 Yards from Southminster Station
www.thestationarms.co.uk
All Pitfield Beers are certified organicAll our bottled beers are vegan friendly
We deliver to London every week
dominionbrewerycompany.compitfieldbrewery.com
Telephone: 01277 890 580infodominionbrewerycompany.com
Moreton, Essex
La Trappe Blond 6.% Blonde
La Trappe Witte 5.5% Wheat
La Trappe Quadrupel 10% Strong
Rochefort Rochefort 8 9.2% Dark
Westmalle Dubbel 7% Dark
Huyghe Delerium Nocturnum 8.5% Dark
St Bernardus Tripel 7.5% Strong
St Bernardus Wit 5.5% Wheat
St Feuillien Blond 7.5% Blonde
St Feuillien Saison 6.5% Saison
Slaghmuylder Witcap Stimulo 6% Pale
Lefebvre Blanche de Bruxelles 4.5% Wheat
VerhaegheDuch de Borgogne 6.2% Special
Rodenbach Grand Cru 6% Special
Troubadour Blond 6.5% Blonde
Moortgat Extra Blond 5.2% Blonde
Verhaeghe Slag Pils 5% Pils
Kona Firerock Pale Ale 5.9% Pale
Kona Big Wave Golden Ale 4.4% Pale
Belgoo Luppo 6.5% Blonde
Belgoo Magus 6.6% Blonde
Bosteels Kwak 8.4% Dark
Boon Oud Gueuze Marg Parf 8% Gueuze
Huyghe Delerium Red 8.5% Fruit
Lindemans Cassis 3.5% Fruit
Lindemans Framboise 2.5% Fruit
Lindemans Pecheresse 2.5% Fruit
Lindemans Kriek 3.5% Fruit
Mongozo Mango 3.6% Fruit
Mongozo Coconut 3.5% Fruit
Hacker Pschorr Sternweiss 5.5% Wheat
Hacker Pschorr Heffe Weisse 5.5% Wheat
Paulaner Salvator 7.8% Dark
Paulaner Hefe Weizen 5.5% Wheat
Hacker Pschorr Munich Helles 5% Pils
Augustiner Edelstof 5.2% Pils
Hopf Helles Weisse 5.3% Wheat
Hacker Pschorr Oktoberfest 6% Pils
Schlenkerla Rauchbier 5.1% Smoked
Foreign Beer list
BridestonesWest YorkshireAmerican Pale 5%Winter Warmer 6%
Dunham Massey Greater ManchesterChocolate Cherry Mild 3.8%Light Mild 3.8%Dark 3.8%Milk Stout 4%Blossom Honey Beer 4.3%East India Pale Ale 6%
Norfolk Square NorfolkPi 3.8%Square Miled 4%Sunshiny 4.5%B52 4.8%Winklepicker 5%
Maverick Craft Beer Norfolk (330ml) Bisquit 7%Lunatik 7% Crazy Horse 8%Black Widow 9%
All British bottled beers above £3.40 each
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BritishBottledBeers
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The South East Essex CAMRA Branch wasshocked and saddened this year by the deathof Pubs Liaison Officer: Ray Fuller. Ray wasa keen supporter of pubs and CAMRA, andenjoyed all aspects of pub culture especiallyquizzes, live music, and strong beers andciders!
Ray took part in many CAMRA campaignsand was always the first to write to the local
paper regarding issuesaffecting pubs. SE EssexCAMRA appreciate andmiss his support, enthusi-asm and humour in allhis CAMRA activities.
The Cider and Perry Bar will miss him thisyear as will all who knew and loved him. Take it Easy!
The Ray Fuller Cider and Perry BarIn memory of Ray Fuller, 30th May 1950 - 8th August 2013
Once again there’ll be a few ciders and perries from producers who have never beenat Rochford before, and we'll have a fewwho have not been seen for several years.We’ll have our usual local ciders fromBuffoon's and Paglesham Punch, but we'llalso have some other Essex ciders, as well assome other East Anglian ciders.
All of the well known ‘industrial’ ciders arenot recognised by CAMRA as ‘RealTraditional Cider or Perry’. Many peoplehave rediscovered the delights of TraditionalCider and Perry and the rich world offlavours they offer to those sampling theirdelights. Real Cider and Perry represent atradition that has been enjoyed in Britainsince Roman times. Whilst the methods ofproduction have benefited from modernisa-tion, the basics still stay the same. Pick thefruit, press the fruit, allow to ferment, thenenjoy. This results in a product that is unpas-teurised, un-carbonated and full of naturalflavours.
Cider and Perry can be any combination ofmellow, aromatic, tangy, sharp, fruity, or tan-nic, as well as being sweet, medium or dry.These are real flavours not masked by coldtemperature or fizz! Please be aware that traditional ciders and perries typically havehigher alcohol content than most of the commercial cider you get in pubs or super-
markets, so please drink responsibly andenjoy your time at the festival.
Wassail - from the cider bar team
LOCAL CIDERS
Buffoon’s ciders are also available at theShepherd and Dog, Ballards Gore.Paglesham Punch cider is available at thePlough and Sail, Paglesham
Other pubs promoting local and unusualREAL ciders include: The Gun, BowersGifford; The Railway Hotel, Southend; andthe Hoop, Stock.
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CIDER LIST
Buffoon’s Canewdon, EssexC-Cider
Buffoon’s Canewdon, EssexMaggoty Cox
Buffoon’s Canewdon, EssexRibcracker
Carter's Boxted, EssexEssex Cider
Cassels Bourn, CambridgeshireGreat Shelford Blend #1
Delvin End Sible Hedingham, EssexWaltzing Wasp
Dengie Mayland, EssexDengie Dry
Double Vision Boughton Monchelsea, KentCider
Hartland Tirley, GloucestershireWhisky Cask
Hecks Street, SomersetCider
King Brain Sparkford, SomersetCider
Millwhites Boxmore, HertfordshireBarrel No7
Millwhites Boxmore, HertfordshireRum Cask
Norfolk Cider Co. Hoveton, NorfolkKingfisher “Sweet”
Oliver’s Ocle Pychard, HerefordshireCider
Paglesham Punch Canewdon, EssexCider
Potton Press Potton, BedfordshireCox (SV)Crispin BlendSweet Spot
Sherston Sherston, WiltshireFirst Press
Tricky Lower Willand, SomersetCider
Virtual Orchard Wolverton Mill, BuckinghamshireFalstaffHard CoreHogshead
W.M.Watkins Grosmont, MonmouthshireCider
Wilkins Mudgley, SomersetCider
Winkleigh Winkleigh, DevonSam’s
PERRY LIST
Chapman Ledbury, HerefordshireStinking Bishop (SV) Perry
Double Vision Boughton Monchelsea, KentImpeared Vision Perry
Gwynt Y Ddraig Llantwit Fardre, GlamorganshirePyder
Hecks Street, SomersetPerry
Millwhites Boxmore, HertfordshireApples and Pears
Mr Whitehead’s Selborne, HampshireMidnight Special Perry
Mr Whitehead’s Selborne, HampshireNovo Pyrus Perry
Mr Whitehead’s Selborne, HampshirePear Light Perry
Oliver’s Ocle Pychard, HerefordshirePerry
Troggi Earlswood, MonmouthshirePerry
W.M.Watkins Grosmont, MonmouthshirePerry
Our pubs are STILL suffering. This time lastyear we reported that the national figuresshowed that 18 pubs were closing every week.SADLY THIS FIGURE HAS NOWINCREASED TO 26 PUBS A WEEK.
YES, TWENTY-SIX PUBS CLOSE EVERY WEEK.
South East Essex has seen lots of pubs closedown including the Grey Goose, Rochford; theWhite Horse, Rayleigh; the Cock, Stock; theSunRooms, Southend; the Nelson, Westcliff; theGolden Lion, Westcliff and many more.
Many pubs have been converted to privatehousing and some have been demolished. Thosepubs that are still operating are finding thingstougher than ever. This time last year we sug-gested you have a chat with John, landlord atthe Golden Lion, if you wanted to hear aboutsome of the difficulties facing pubs. Afteranother year of struggling, John has plentymore to tell you today! Bad luck seems toplague some pubs: the Horse and Groom inRochford was closed for months after flooding;the Fox and Hounds in Ramsden Heath hadbeen trying to reopen but after the recent stormslost electricity for a week! They should both beopen by the time you read this, so Good Luckto them!
HOW CAN YOU HELP?
If you aren’t already a member, please joinCAMRA. Current campaigns include:
Pubco Campaign - Reform of the Beer Tie: CAMRA is campaigning for a rebalance to thecurrent unfair relationship between the giantproperty companies (pubcos) and theirlicensees. This rebalance must include an optionfor lessees to become free of tie, accompaniedby an open market rent review, so that they canbuy beer on the open market potentially savingeach pub business tens of thousands a year.Those who remain tied should be given the
opportunity to buy one real ale as a guest beeroutside of any beer tie. CAMRA is also callingfor an independent adjudicator to be estab-lished.
List Your Local: CAMRA’s List Your Local initiative aims to get300 pubs around the UK listed as Assets ofCommunity Value by the end of 2013. Doingthis gives a community more power should thepub be put up for sale and stops a valued, profitable community pub being sold for shortterm financial gain by the pub’s owner (or PubCompany).
Most importantly please keep visiting andsupporting pubs! Use them or lose them.
Further information:www.fairdealforyourlocal.com
www.camra.org.uk/listyourlocalwww.pubisthehub.org.ukwww.closedpubs.co.uk
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Crooked Billet
CAMRA South East Essex Pub of the Year 2012
Choice of 6 ales including Nicholson’sPale Ale, Adnams best and other ale
only available to Nicholson’s.
NEW beer takeaway service available
Food served all day
51 High Street, Leigh-On-Sea, SS9 2EPTel: 01702 480289
Bring this advert in for
£1 OFFa Pint of
Ale!
Pub Closures
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Good Food, Good Ale, Good Service
The Olde Trout
56 London Road, Southend on Sea , SS1 1NX
Tel: 01702 337000email: [email protected]
www.theoldtrout.webs.com
Southend’s newest and best Ale House.Georges Trout Ale only available here.
Always 4 Ales Available, Selection of Bottled Ales.
Bar Snacks Monday to Saturday lunchSunday Carvery now open
Function room available for hireQuiz nights alternate Sundays
The Fox & Hounds
NOW OPEN!
Church Rd, Ramsden Heath, Billericay CM11 1PW Tel: 01268 711625
Serving FIVE changing Real Ales
Gourmet Pub Foodserved lunch and evening
Call for latest menu and reservations
Opening HoursMon to Thurs
12 - 11pm Fri to Sat 12 - 12pm
Sun 12 - 11pm
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War of the RosesBar
DISABLEDTOILET
Opening Times: Tues 5.30pm – 11pm. Wed 12pm – 3pm & 5.30pm – 11pm. Thur - Sat 12pm – 11pm.
Site Map
Ray Fuller Cider& Perry Bar
ince the early 16th century, our pub hasbeen serving good beer and food. We are
well known for an ever changing real ale selection, with gravity fed guest beers and ourown “Olde Dog IPA” brewed for us by localaward winning brewery Crouch Vale.
Seasonal availability dictates our varied menu.Fresh fish (from Mersea Island) is delivered six days a week and wherever possible Jamesand his team source as many ingredients aspossible from the local area.
We look forward to welcoming you soon!
Choose one, two or three courses on theday from our “Specials” Chalkboards.
Three courses from £16.95
Marquee - Sponsored by Thwaites
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EVENING TRAINS
Rochford Station is about 5 minute’s walk fromthe Freight House. Please check at Station forschedule changes. Trains depart towards LondonLiverpool Street at the following times:
22.08, 22.38 and 23.08
Trains depart towards Southend Victoria at the fol-lowing times:
22.24, 22.44, 23.04, 23.34
EVENING BUSES
Bus stop at the bottom of the Freight Houseapproach, towards Ashingdon, Hockley andRayleigh:
Tuesday to Saturday7 21.42 to Rayleigh Station Arriva7 22.18 to Rayleigh Station Stephensons of Essex
7 23.18 to Rayleigh, Websters Way Stephensons ofEssex
Buses to Southend operate from East Street, Rochford.Please allow 10 minutes to walk to the stop:
Tuesday to Saturday7 21.44 to Southend Arriva7 22.14 to Little Wakering Corner Arriva7 22.38 to Southend Stephensons of Essex7 23.08 to Southend Stephensons of Essex
Timetables may have changed since printing,please check at Station or arrivabus.co.uk or greateranglia.co.uk
Taxi Andrews - 01702 200200
Car Park Freight House car park is now Pay &Display. Please check the machines for currentrates & hours.DO NOT DRINK AND DRIVE. Designated drivers receive free soft drinks.
Travelling Home from Rochford Beer Festival
CAMRA LocAle - promotingpubs that sell locally-brewedreal ale, reducing the number of'beer miles', and supportinglocal breweries.
What is CAMRA LocAle?CAMRA LocAle is an initiativethat promotes pubs stockinglocally brewed real ale. Thescheme builds on a growingconsumer demand for qualitylocal produce and an increasedawareness of ‘green’ issues.
South East Essex CAMRAadopted the LocAle scheme toencourage pubs to serve at leastone real ale brewed within a 30-mile radius.
Who benefits from LocAle? • Local brewers who gain fromincreased sales• The local economy becausemore money is spent andretained locally• The environment due to fewer‘beer miles' resulting in less roadcongestion and pollution• Tourism due to an increasedsense of local identity and pride- let’s celebrate what makes eachlocality different
Please do your bit for the localeconomy, the environment andreducing road congestion, bydrinking LocAle beers.
The following South EastEssex pubs have been awardedLocAle status:Plough & Sail, PagleshamShepherd & Dog, Ballards Gore
Mayflower, Leigh-on-SeaGolden Lion, Rochford Old Windmill, South HanningfieldCricketers, WestcliffCoach and Horses, Billericay Alexandra Yacht Club, Southend Horse & Groom, Rochford Olde Trout Tavern, SouthendFox & Hounds, Ramsden HeathLast Post, SouthendAnchor, Hullbridge
Look out for more LocAlepubs in future on our websitewww.seecamra.org.uk andFacebook page Seessex Camra
If you run a pub or club andwould like LocAle accreditation,please talk to me at the festivalor pick up a LocAle leaflet fromthe front desk. Thank you.
Maggie LocAle Officer
Please allow enough time to queue for refunds on tokens or to return glasses.Please empty glasses before leaving the Freight House
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The origins of beer can be traced back at least6,000 years, to when the ancient Egyptians andSumerians began to grow cereals.
The drink we would recognise today started toappear in 7th century Bavaria, when hops werefirst used. The hop was first seen in Britain inthe 14th century, in a drink brought over fromGermany and the Low Countries. Beer con-tained hops, whereas ale remained unhopped,and ale and beer brewers would remain entirelyseparate until the 17th century. However, afterthree centuries the unhopped variety had beenall but wiped out. With very few exceptions allbeer brewed today contains hops in some form.
The modern usages of the words ale and beerare rather different. Beer refers to nearly everyalcoholic drink made with malt and hops. Alenormally refers to beers fermented with particulartypes of yeast – so called ‘top fermenting’ vari-eties. Hops provide the bitterness and many ofthe other flavours and aromas in beer. Furtherflavours come from the yeast. Yeast is a single-celledorganism that only began to be understood inthe 18th century. The selection of yeast willoften give a brewer’s beers a common flavour,and many breweries will guard their particularyeast strain very carefully. Yeast also producesthe alcohol in the drink from sugars. These sugarsmostly come from malted barley. The maltsterallows the barley to just begin to germinatebefore stopping the process using heat. Thismakes the grain softer and easier to mill, andstarts the process of turning starch into sugar.
Other cereals (both malted and unmalted)may be used in some beers. Brewing sugars areused by some brewers and other flavourings,spices and even fruit may be added. As well assugars, malts also provide many of the flavoursin beer, such as roasted and caramel notes. Thecolour of a beer is almost entirely dependent onthe variety and amount of malts used.
WHAT IS REAL ALE?Real ale is a beer brewed from traditionalingredients, matured by fermentation in thecontainer from which it is dispensed, andserved without the use of additional gas. It isdescribed as ‘living’ as it continues to ferment inthe cask, developing its flavour as it matures,ready to be poured into your glass. Real ale isalso known as ‘cask-conditioned beer’, ‘real caskale’, ‘real beer’ and ‘naturally conditioned beer’.The term ‘real ale’ and the above definition werecoined by CAMRA in the early 1970s.
HOW CAN I TELL IF IT’S REAL ALE?Real ale is full of flavour with a light naturalcarbonation produced by the fermentation thathas occurred in the cask. A real ale should beserved at cellar temperature (11–14°C) so thatthe flavour of the beer can be best appreciated.You can recognise real ale in a pub as it is usu-ally served using a hand pump, although a num-ber of pubs sell the beer straight from the caskusing nothing but gravity – like at this festival.
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ALE & LAGERReal ale is produced by ‘top fermentation’ attemperatures of up to 22°C, which producesthe rich variety of flavours. After primary fermentation the ale is allowed to mature at11–14°C in a cask where a slow secondary fermentation occurs.
Lager is produced by bottom fermentation atlower temperatures (6–14°C). It is then condi-tioned for several weeks or months at close tofreezing, during which time the lager matures.Traditionally, lager style beers were brewedduring the cooler winter months and thenstored in cool cellars throughout the summer.Indeed, lager is the German word for store.However, most mass-produced UK lagers arematured for less than a week and do poor serviceto the name.
What is Beer?
continued on page 30
Feature kindly supplied from theCambridge Branch of CAMRA
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Food Served from 12-8.30pm
New winter menu featuring lots of warming
home cooked foods, such assplett’s barling beautiessausages, drunken porkchops, pies and stews.
Traditional Sunday Roastserved Sundays 12-4pm
Selection of Real Ales including Wakering’s very
own Georges Brewery
Regular Entertainment and monthly open mic night
Tel: 01702 216521 181 Little Wakering Road, Little Wakering, SS3 0JW
NOWBOOKING FOR CHRISTMAS!
Special FOUR coursemenu available
1st - 23rd of December Just £24.95 per person Children’s menu available,
call or pop in for more details
SPECIALOFFER!
BUY ONE GET ONE FREEON LUNCHTIME MEALS available Mon to Thurs 12 - 3pm (excludes December)
ALE STYLESAle-style beers are often broken down furtherinto various styles, although many beers arehard to fit in to one of these categories.We’ve chosen a few examples for a few com-mon styles.
Milds are low in bitterness and may be darkor light. Although generally of a lowerstrength (below 4%) they can also be strong.
Bitter is the most common beer style, usuallybrown, tawny, copper or amber colouredwith a medium to strong bitterness. Light tomedium malt character may be present.Bitters vary in strength from around 3.5% tonearer 6%. Recently some brewers have pro-duced beers below 3%, which often have aremarkable depth of flavour.
Golden Ales first appeared in the 1980s.These are pale amber, gold, yellow or strawcoloured beers with light to strong bitternessand a strong hop character that creates a
refreshing taste. The strength is generally lessthan 5.5%.
India Pale Ale (IPA) originally appeared in theearly 19th century. First brewed in Londonand Burton-on-Trent for the colonial market,IPAs were strong in alcohol and high in hops:the preservative character of the hops helpedto keep the beers in good condition duringlong sea journeys. Look for juicy malt, citrusfruit and a big spicy, peppery bitter hop char-acter, with strengths of 5% to much more.The recent appearance of “Black IPAs” has con-fused many, since they are definitely not pale.
Porters and Stouts are complex in flavour andtypically black or dark brown. The darknesscomes from the use of dark malts. These fullbodied beers generally have a pronouncedbitter finish. Historically a stout would havebeen any stronger beer, but the term evolvedto mean a strong porter beer. They are usually4–8% in strength, although some go higher.