News
Willow
Bank Spring Beer Festival 2010
With
the Liverpool Beer Festival out of the way for another year
we climb out of the crypt blinking and looking for
somewhere else to festival (yes I have turned it in to a
verb). Both warmer and airier (and less ticketed) we have
found something just around the corner for you to look
forward to, it's the
Spring Beer Festival
at the
Willow Bank,
Smithdown Road.
It
will be held over the Easter weekend, Friday 2nd to Sunday
5th April, 2010. Where there will be approximately 40 real
ales over the three days plus a selection of draft ciders
and perrys.
Campaigns
Whether
the coming General Election is something that gets your
juices flowing or drives you to numbness it is an
opportunity to get your voice out to new and (you would
expect) more dynamic and interested representatives.
National CAMRA have taken this opportunity to develop on
the communication strategy with our current, wannabe and
future representatives. Make your voice heard. Check out
the Campaigns page for more information.
Liverpool
Beer Festival 2010
The
beer festival has been and gone. It was another enjoyable
and successful three nights and two days of beer, food and
music. It received some nice reviews in the press and there
was little but smiling faces seen as the lucky number with
the tickets went in and came out.
Some pictures to follow, so keep your eye on the Festival
page for those.
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MerseyAle
Mersey
Ale
is a full colour ediiton for the branch produced five times
a year. The January/March edition is out now in time for
the festival
The
MerseyAle's past and present editions are available on
the
MerseyAle
website. The current edition is available through the
MerseyAle webpage available through the menu on the left.
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POTY
Liverpools
Pub of the Year for 2009
is the famous
Ship & Mitre,
which is situated on Dale Street just by the entrance to
the Birkenhead Tunnel.
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Well thought out proposals No. 3647, this time from the BMA
The
British Medical Association (BMA)
has published a new report proposing a draconian clampdown
on alcohol and pubs.
Rather than proposing targeted measures to help the small
minority of people who misuse alcohol, the BMA have taken a
heavy handed blanket approach that will harm responsible
drinkers and community pubs. The report proposes
vastly increasing the tax on alcohol through
above-
inflation rises in alcohol duty and introducing a new
alcohol levy. It further demands a reduction in pub opening
hours which could mean a
return to a uniform 11pm, or earlier, closing time.
CAMRA has launched a petition to the Prime Minister calling
on the Government to reject these proposals and to support
the interests of the responsible, sensible majority of
moderate drinkers.
It is vital that we get as many signatures as possible in
order to ensure a government response on this important
issue, so please ask
your family, friends and fellow CAMRA members to show their
support for the campaign here.
Link to report:
www.bma.org.uk/images/undertheinfluence_tcm41-190062.pdf
Link to petition:
http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/support-the-pub/
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Liverpool
Historic Guide
The
branch has produced a
Liverpool Historic Guide
detailing some of the city’s the main contributors to
the rich pub heritage.
The guide is on sale for only
£3
from many city centre pubs and can be ordered on line
from
CAMRA.
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Liverpool Pubs Festival - 10th Sept - 17th
October
There
was lots to enjoy with CAMRA Liverpool Real Ale Pubs
Festival:
10th
– 12th Sept:
Southport Beer Festival
13th Sept:
Liverpool Food & Drink festival, Sefton park
http://www.liverpoolfoodanddrinkfestival.co.uk/
14th- 18th Sept:
Liverpool Food Festival events, Everyman,
Belvedere, Delifonseca
16th Sept
CAMRA Branch meeting, Lady of Mann
20th
Sept:
Hope St Feast
20th
Sept:
Real Ale Buses Running Day – details see page 41
Mersey Ale Autumn edition
Beer
and Brass 24th
September
–details see page 41 Mersey Ale Autumn edition
Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, Foyer Bar, Hope Street
Vasily
Petrenko with
a pint and magazine in hand. Not sure where the baton is.
Launch
of Liverpool’s Newest Real Ale Brewery –
Liverpool Organic Brewery
First chance to sample a range of their cask ales in the
art deco Foyer Bar
Plus a Range of additional Merseyside brewed real ales to
showcase Merseyside real ale brewing
Plus The Phil Oompah Brass Band performing in the Bar
The
Phils' brass band with Mark Hensby
and
his new beers from the Liverpooll Organic Brewery.
Perhaps he'll consider renaming the Ironmen Brassmen?
24
- 27 Sept:
Stamps Crosby Pub Beer Festival
http://www.stampsbar.co.uk/cask-ales/beer-festivals.html
for further details.
26th
Sept:
Wapping brewery visit
was cancelled and replaced by brewery tours
of
BETWIXT Brewery
Birkenhead - for details see Autumn 09 Mersey Ale page
41 - Beer 'Cross the Mersey article.
Map here.
Thurs
1st
to Sat 3rd
October CAMRA St Helens Beer Festival
North
West Museum of Road Transport Hall Street (5 mins St Helens
Central and bus Station)
Entry on door on need for advance tickets. Entrance £5
Details See Mersey Ale on line page 38
28th
September to 4th
October
Lady of Mann bottled Cider and Fruit Beers Pub Festival
Dale
Street (behind Rigbys)
Weds 30th
September to Sun 4th
October
Ship and Mitre Pub Beer Festival Dale Street
Thurs
1st
to Sat 3rd
October - Crosby Round Table Beer Festival
Civic
Hall, Crosby Road North, Waterloo
Mon
5th
to 12th
October - Hope Street Real Cider and Cheese Festival
Everyman
Bistro Hope Street and Belvedere Sugnall Street
Details pages 28 – 29 Mersey Ale on line
Thurs
8th
to Sunday 11th
October
Dispensary Pub Beer Festival, Renshaw Street
Thurs
15th
to Sat 17th
October
Beers From Another Crypt
St Anthony’s Church Beer Festival, Scotland Road
Tickets
£5 from Lion Tavern and Belvedere or Church Office 0151 207
0177
Note
that Friday Night is SOLD OUT
Tickets still available for Thurs 7-11, Sat noon to 4pm and
7-11 sessions
Participating
Pubs:
In
Woolton, the
Gardeners Arms, County Court, White Horse, Derby Arms,
Victoria and the Cobden:
in Garston the
Stables;
in Aigburth the
Fullwood Arms; Smithdown Road The Willowbank:
in Penny Lane the
Richmond.
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City Talk
Duncan
Barnes
on
City Talk
has started an interesting new feature on pubs check out
the first one where he visited the Belvedere during the
last week in August.....
City Talk feature
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Beer
Scoring
We
changed the Beer Scoring guide in 2008 to the same as the
National Beer Scoring System (NBSS). Check out the Beer
Scoring page. Also on that page you will find the Guidance
on Scoring for assessing pubs.
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Campaigns
Stamps
Too
in Waterloo was the first pub in the district to be given
the LocAle award - and it’s well deseved. Other pubs
are joining all the time and to check out which ones look
on the dedicated
LocAle
page, which can be accessed from the main menu bar on the
left.
Also click on the logo above to check out the Locale
website on the main Camra site.
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Good
Beer Guide
The Good Beer
Guide 2010 is out, and you can get it
now from the CAMRA bookshop. £11
for members
and £15 for non-members online (it may be worth checking
out Amazon (currently £8 member
or not!)).
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