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Pub of the Year - The Mallard
0:17 - 12/01/2012
As voted for by the branch, The Mallard has been voted North Notts CAMRA's Pub of the Year.
More details to come soon.
Good Beer Guide 2012
17:03 - 10/09/2011
The 39th Edition of the CAMRA’s Good Beer Guide features 13 of North Nottinghamshire’s best real ale pubs. Unlike other pub guides, all of the pubs included have been visited, recommended and selected by CAMRA volunteers.
With real ale becoming increasingly popular in the area, the choice that the North Nottinghamshire Branch membership had to make was even tougher than in previous years. Due to the size of the area, two days of criss-crossing Bassetlaw was needed to visit as many of the region’s pubs as possible before making the final selection.
About making the selection, North Nottinghamshire Branch Contact, Stephen Watkins said, “It’s always difficult to decide which pubs to include in the guide as each one offers something different to their customers. Just because a pub isn’t included in the guide, it doesn’t mean that it is a bad pub! There are still plenty of places to go to get a good pint in north Nottinghamshire. There have been some very good pubs open in the past couple of months that have just missed out being included this year.”
The guide also contains details of two local breweries which have started producing real ale in the last year.
Prior’s Well Brewery is situated in Hardwick Village on the Clumber Park estate by Gary Hobbs and Rob Neil. It uses water from its own well in the park to produce it’s beers as well using local produce wherever possible from the local area.
The Welbeck Abbey Brewery is the other new addition to the guide. In just four months, Head Brewster, Claire Monk is already producing up to 5760 pints per week, delivering to 55 pubs in the area. Welbeck Abbey beers have recently started being sold in bottles with great success.
The Good Beer Guide 2012 covers all of Great Britain, featuring over 4500 urban and rural pubs. It includes details of all of the country’s breweries with tasting notes for most of their beers. Smart-phone versions are also available, making it the perfect companion when out and about.
For more information about how to buy or download the Good Beer Guide 2012, click here.
Grey Horses, Carlton in Lindrick
23:14 - 06/07/2011
Thanks to Chris and his team at the Grey Horses in Carlton in Lindrick this evening for hosting the July branch meeting and providing a prize for the raffle.
The five beers on handpull including all three Welbeck Abbey beers were of a great quality and the food was appreciated by the branch members who attended the meeting.
Idle at the GBBF
13:07 - 14/06/2011
We have been informed that the Idle Brewery will have one if its beers on sale at this year's Great British Beer Festival. Idle Landlord will be one of over 500 real ales available at Earl's Court, London, running between 2nd and 6th August 2011.
Well done to head brewer, Brian Cooper for his efforts in becoming the first brewery in the North Nottinghamshire branch area to have a beer selected for GBBF in a number of years. Hopefully, it will be the first of many.
For more information about the Great British Beer Festival, click here.
Committee Changes
13:02 - 02/06/2011
Following the branch AGM, there have been some changes to the committee.
Steve Bownes is continuing in his role as the branch chairman.
Roger Smith and Paul Mann have taken over the secretary's reponsibilities from Kevin Keane. Roger and Paul will work together, with Roger concetrating on membership administration.
Richard Richmond (Treasurer), Terry Johnson (Social Sec), Gordon Town (Pubs Officer) and Stephen Watkins (Young Members, Publicity and Webmaster) will continue with their roles on the committee.
Kevin becomes a member without portfolio, alongside John Bull and Martin Thompson, offering support to the rest of the committee.
The new BLO for Springhead Brewery will be Roger Smith. The brewery have recently moved to a new site at Laneham in the North Nottinghamshire branch area, bringing the total number of breweries in our region to six!
Notice of AGM
21:50 - 21/05/2011
The North Notts Branch of CAMRA will be holding it's AGM on Wednesday 1st June at the Station Hotel, Worksop. The meeting will start at 8:30pm.
Nominations to the Committee should be sent to Steve Bownes or via the Contact Us page of the website by along with any items for the agenda.
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