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RNLI Presentation
23:14 - 04/12/2008
The North Nottinghamshire Branch of the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) has presented the RNLI with a cheque for over £2000 to help save lives at sea.
During October's beer festival run by the branch, £1002.97 was raised from the raffle, tombola, donations and sales of beer from the Blue Cow Brewery near Grantham. Barclays Bank have kindly agreed to double that amount, bringing the final total to £2005.94p.
Commenting on the donation, Stephen Smythe from the RNLI said, “£2000 will train two crew members for a year or kit two crew members with all of the waterproof equipment that they need.”
The RNLI relies solely on donations for its income, as it receives no money from the Government. Their lifeguards patrol more than 100 beaches in the UK in peak season and assisted almost 10,000 people last year. During the same period RNLI lifeboats rescued almost 8,000 people, an average of 21 people per day.
The cheques were presented in a ceremony on Wednesday 3rd December at the Mallard pub in Worksop railway station. The evening also featured a talk on wine making by local amateur wine expert Colin Tweed.
Photos can be seen in the Gallery.
RNLI Presentation Night
18:13 - 25/11/2008
On Wednesday 3rd December, the RNLI will be presented with the money raised during this year's North Notts Beer Festival. Thanks to Barclays doubling the total that we raised, over £2000 will be given to help the charity.
The event will take place downstairs in The Mallard at Worksop Railway Station, starting at 8:30pm.
As well as that, Colin Tweed will be giving a talk about wine and wine making. Samples of Colin's wine will be available to test. Colin is a well respected wine judge, regularly travelling thoughout the country offering his opinion on wine produced in Great Britain. Non-CAMRA members are invited to attend.
Festival Over For Another Year
19:10 - 12/10/2008
After three days showcasing some of the country's best drinks, the North Notts Beer and Cider Festival 2008 is over. Twenty-four beers, two ciders and two perries were available, all of them enjoyed by everyone who attended.
The barrel of Blue Cow Best Bitter was two pints away from selling out when the festival closed on Saturday night. All the money taken over the bar for that drink will be donated to the RNLI together with the takings from the Raffle and Tombola. This will then be doubled by Barclays Bank. Although the final amount raised has not been finalised yet, we are confident that last year's total of £1402 has been beaten.
The first and only beer to sell out was Acorn Brewery's Yorkshire Pride. This light and refreshing 3.7% beer proved to be very popular in its first appearance at a CAMRA Beer Festival.
The title of Festival Beer of the Year will be decided by the branch in the next few weeks.
Thanks goes to the staff of the Station Hotel and Shireoaks Inn for providing the food for the festival. Thanks also goes to the Mansfield CAMRA Branch for allowing us to hire some of their equiment.
If you have any comments regarding the festival or if you would like to put forward a suggestion for Beer of the Festival, email festival@nnottscamra.co.uk
Last Day of the Festival
9:08 - 11/10/2008
Today is the last day of the North Notts Beer Festival 2008. All of the beers are still available, but some are proving more popular than others, so may run out today.
Entrance is £1 (free for CAMRA members) and glasses are available for a £1 refundable deposit.
All money raised by the raffle, tombola and sales of Blue Cow Brewery beer will be doubled by Barclays and donated to the RNLI.
North Notts Beer Festival Dates
20:15 - 26/08/2008
The dates for the next North Notts Beer Festival have been incorrectly published in the latest issue of What's Brewing and on the main CAMRA website.
This year's festival will run between Thursday 9th and Saturday 11th October. Please don't turn up on the dates listed in What's Brewing as we won't be there!
For more information on our festival, visit its official website at www.nnottscamra.co.uk/festival.
Help will be needed for set-up on Tuesday 7th October. If you're available to help, email festival@nnottscamra.co.uk.
Thanks to the Idle Brewery
19:52 - 10/06/2008
The North Notts Branch of CAMRA would like to thank Brian Cooper, Head Brewer from Idle for the tour around his brewery at the beginning of June. Brian and his assistant, Alan Gill have been producing beers at the back of the White Hart pub in West Stockwith since April 2007 using the old Broadstone plant.
Thanks also goes to Wayne and the staff at the White Hart for arranging with Brian five of the Idle Brewery's beers to be on handpull. These were Idle Sod (4.2%), Idle Boggin (3.8%), Idle Cricketer (4.4%), Idle Chef (4.0%), and Black Abbot (4.5%). All were of high quality and enjoyed by everyone who attended.