Why Pigs Ear? because it’s Cockney rhymning slang for beer
Parts of this page were updated 7 February 2010. All events start at 8p.m.
unless stated
February
Thu 4th Good Beer Guide selection meeting 8pm The Hoop and Grapes
80 Farringdon St EC4A 4BC.
Fri 19th Vincent Stops’ Clerkenwell crawl meeting 8pm Jerusalem
Tavern 55 Britton St EC1M 5UQ, 8.30pm Betsy Trotwood 56
Farringdon Rd EC1R 3BL, 9pm Three Kings 7 Clerkenwell Grn EC1R
0DY, 9.30pm The Horseshoe 24 Clerkenwell Grn EC1R 0AG, 10pm
Ye Olde Mitre 1 Ely Place EC1N 6SJ.
Sat 20th Kingston Branch invites us on its Walthamstow crawl
meeting 1pm Goose and Granite 264 Hoe St E17 3AX, then to
The Drum 557-559 Lea Bridge Rd E10 7EQ, King William IV 816
High Rd E10 6AE, Nags Head 9 Orford Rd E17 9LP, Ye Olde
Rose & Crown 53 Hoe St E17 4SA.
Thu 25th /Fri 26th 5pm-11pm “Piglet” beer festival Leyton
Orient Supporter’ Club Oliver Rd E10.
MARCH
Thu 4th Branch mtg 8pm Palm Tree Haverfield Rd E3 5BH.
Fri 27th /Sat 28th Brodies weekend, informal socials, come when you wish, William IV 816
High Road E10 6AE.
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from Chistine at the Sekforde Arms EC1: Youngs Bitter, Youngs Special, Bombadier and Winter Warmer. Next week we will
swap the Bombadier for Courage Best and the Winter Warmer for Tribute. The week after its probably going to be Courage
Directors and Youngs Gold (last years Kew Gold by any other name!) We will always have 4 ales on, and in two weeks time
we are starting an evening steak menu, which we think will be excellent value for money (especially in clerkenwell).
Try this site out www.insidebeer.com
RUMOUR
Colin Price reports that one of his reliable sources reports that in E10 Bakers Arms end both the Bakers Arms and Tap n Spile will close as
applications for betting offices have been made. In E17 the Pig & Whistle will close and Dukes Head will be open Thurs Sun only and
closed Mon-Wed.Not Rumour but fact he reports from E12 Burnell Arms has been completely demolished. Nothing built on the site yet.
Ruskin Arms. Closed and fenced off. Buildings at the side (music room) and back (restaurant) demolished. A block of flats called Star
Lodge has been built on the former site of the Star in Snowhill Road. Earl of Essex still open. No real ale.
E17 Essex Arms, planning application received from Tesco to convert to a four storey building with retail outlet on ground floor and 17
residential units above. Application no. 2009/1429 if you want to object.
From Colin Price via Fancy a Pint:EC1 Bowler-Surprise Closed. E1 Bar Nakoda (ex-Black Bull)
Closed. OLD MONK-PUZZLE E1 is now Pipeline, three beers on. Black Horse-Bar Bed is now
Zeppelin Shelter "Solitary ale well kept.” E2 Flea Pit 49 Columbia Road "there's a good choice
of hard-to-find beers, including a selection from the excellent Battersea, Pitfield and Freedom
breweries; mainly in bottles, there's one on tap, too." E11 British Queen is closed but will reopen in
2010. E6 According to this weeks Newham Rercorder, Licence of Tollgate Tavern E6 has been
suspended following a police raid. E3 Kings Arms, closed and boarded up. Rose and Crown still
closed and boarded up. Moulders Arms Demolished nothing has been built on the site yet. E15
The building that was the Two Puddings has been demolished.
New Bar in EC2 from the East London Advertiser; The Book Club (owners are the Queen of
Hoxton, Mothership Group) 100-106 Leonard Street, EC2A 4RH. Open until midnight Sunday -
Monday and 2am Thursday - Saturday . www.wearetbc.com
E10 Lion & Key temporily closed but does have a freehold for sale sign attached.
E11Loaded Dog is closed.
E3 Needle Gun (Trader) is closed and boarded. Rose of Denmark has all pub indications taken
away.
E4 The Bull & Crown is closed following a drug raid. Prince Albert closed and lease for sale - restaurant/pub. From Barry Buitekant: in
Haggerston the Belgrave Arms in Queensbridge Road, E8 has shut. Its happened recently. The ground floor and part of the first floor
windows are boarded up. Ive been told that the Ringwood Castle in E17 has closed and been boraded up. From Colin Price some
information he gave before but we may not have published: Green Man in E6 has been demolished. In E12 the Burnell Arms has also
been recently been demolished. Plus E16 Durham Arms now has Greene King IPA. From Graham Hillman comes the news that The
Frampton Arms - corner of Well Street and Frampton Park Road E9 now demolished. The Flying Scud - now demolished Hackney Road
E2, been shut for donkeys
News reaches us that Youngs want to dispose of the Prince of Wales pub in Lea Bridge road (£1.8million) and the developer of the flats
nearby (Vision Homes) have put an offer in to Punch Taverns for The Ship Aground. The offer for the Ship was placed Friday (24/07/2009).
From George Ingleby: E17 Woodman has been closed for six months and is now for sale.
Prince of Wales E4 (pictured right) Update
Prince of Wales The Prince of Wales in E4 has had its planning application withdrawn. It could have been demolished and replaced with a
residential care home if developers Aquasta Ltd had anything to do with it. This despite a similar development nearby. Chingford Hatch
needs new life breathing into it not another home. There have been 28 pubs that have ceased trading since 1991 in the Waltham Forest
area and Chingford Hatch has already lost one pub. The building could be over 100 years old.
Axe The Tax.
Last December (4th) saw the launch of a new campaign to save the pub by opposing plans to further
increase beer tax, Axe The Beer Tax. Britain’ pubs are under severe and sustained pressure. Sales of beer in
pubs are now at their lowest levels since the Great Depression of the 1930s, and 36 pubs are closing every
week. More than 44,000 jobs were lost from the industry between 2000 and 2005 - and further redundancies are inevitable. CAMRA has
predicted that up to 7,500 pubs could be lost by the end of 2012. The situation is being made worse by the impact of the wider economic
slowdown, and the Chancellor’ announcement of yet another increase in duty this week - on top of plans to increase the tax on beer
above inflation next year and for the next three years. The Chancellor increased beer duty by 9% in March this year and by a further 8%
on Monday last week. With tax already taking up a third of the price of a pint of beer, further hikes can only accelerate the decline of the
pub. Pubs play a vital role in the social life of communities up and down the country - and are an essential part of
promoting a more responsible drinking culture. It is time to stand up for a Great British tradition and save the pub.
This campaign aims to give a voice to ordinary British pub-goers and consumers, and send a strong message to
Whitehall and Westminster that we’ve had enough. Please join our campaign. Go to axe the beer tax and sign up as
a supporter.
A Quarter of Pints in the UK are served less than 95% Full
CAMRA CALLS FOR CONSUMERS TO “TAKE IT TO THE TOP”
Take It To The TopA new survey by the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) has revealed that one in four pints in the
UK are served less than 95% full and this is costing beer drinkers a staggering £481 million every year! CAMRA has
launched a nationwide petition calling for the Government to end short measures as they promised a decade ago.
For the first time in its 35 year history, CAMRA has taken out advertisements in national media in order to let
consumers know how to make a stand against this unfair practice. The CAMRA survey of local authorities’ trading standards
departments has revealed: A shocking 26.6% of all pints served are over 5% short measure The worst example found was 13% short of
a full pint 76% of pubs goers want the Government to stick to its promise to ensure drinkers get a full pint Beer drinkers lose £1.3 million
every day by paying for a full pint but receiving less than 100% liquid in the glass. Labour had made an election promise to legislate
against short measures in 1997. This promise has not been fulfilled and has cost the consumer £4.5 billion over the last decade. CAMRA
Chief Executive Mike Benner said: "It is a disgrace that up to a quarter of all pints served in the UK are less than 95% liquid when the
consumer is paying for a full pint every time. Labour had promised to introduce legislation to end this unfair practice ten years ago and
the continuing cost to beer drinkers from the Government"s inaction has now run into billions of pounds." CAMRA has set up a petition
for consumers calling for the government to introduce legislation that a pint will not be less than 100% liquid. As well as being online at
HQ, copies of the petition will be at CAMRA beer festivals across the UK. Petition postcards will be sent out to CAMRA’s 85,000 strong
membership nationwide to sign. Mike Benner added: "This is not just a problem that affects real ale drinkers. Lager drinkers and cider
drinkers are being short changed too. "It is time the Government met its promise and made sure pub goers get the full pint that they pay
for every time. I would urge all beer drinkers that are fed up with being ripped off at the bar to sign CAMRA’s ’Take it to the top’ petition
and help us make a difference."
Download the Beer Guide and updates here.
The method you use to download or print depends on the browser you are using. For most versions of Internet Explorer you can either use
the right mouse button to bring up a menu, and select the "Save Target As..." option, and then load the document into Microsoft Word as
usual. Alternatively use the left mouse button to open the document in the browser window, and then print the page.
Guide30.doc. The guide (977k 168 pages) with updates to July 2009. Be aware that new information along with old information is side by
side. Look at Updates 1-46 to July 2009 to get information on what the last update was and when. Download as Updates 1-45.doc. Use the
link to the left or to take you to the online version of the guide. Latest update (46) to December 2009.
Online guides are now a feature of lots of CAMRA local websites so to find out which do go to
this page in the HQ site.
List of pubs? Trace a publican?
Rather than use the online beer guide you may wish a list of pubs (why?) See this file for such a
list. Pub names in CAPITALS indicate they serve real ale according to our database. Bars in the
main have been ignored. Pubs in lower case should have a comment on them. A list of pubs and
bars has been compiled by John Adams. Updated to March 2009. There are three lists:–
Central, East and Essex.
Google Map.
I did try to add a Google map section to the guide but it took too long to download so it’s:HERE. Ideal to arrange a pub crawl.
Eastside Jazz Club.
The Eastside Jazz Club meets on Tuesday nights at the Lord Rookwood E11. Here you can find a list of the ’turns’.
The Shepp Something Arms?.
Anyone know where this pub was? All I can make out is Shepp.....Arms. Supposidly in the East End and could be Bow or Bromley by Bow
E3.
THE NEXT LOCAL BEER FESTIVALS ARE IN BATTERSEA & CHAPPEL.
10-12 Feb (Wed-Fri) 20th Battersea Beer Festival
140 kils of beer from around country, traditional ciders + perries, country wines + continental beers.
Hot/cold food. Soft drinks available.
Open daily from 12noon-11pm.
Admission £3 (£2 before 5pm Wed), £1 discount for CAMRA members on Wed + Thu.
For further information please contact Chris Cobbold (details below).
Starts:February 10 2010
Ends:February 12 2010
Contact:Chris Cobbold 020 8674 0556 organiser@beerfest.org
Venue
Grand Hall, Battersea Arts Centre (BAC)
Town Hall Road
Lavender Hill, London
SW11 5TN
Directions:
Near Claption Junction station
26-27 Feb (Fri-Sat) 1st Chappel Winter Beer Festival
Same location as main Chappel Beer Fest, but reduced size - next door to Chappel & Wakes Colne main line station-good connections
to London, Colchester etc. National Express hoping to run extra trains late at night.
Approx 65+ beers + cider. Open 11-5pm, then 6-11pm both days.
Admission by pre-bought ticket only. Tickets £5, inc glass. CAMRA Members (with valid member card at entrance) get 1 free pint
voucher To buy tickets go to the website (link below).
Starts:February 26 2010
Ends:February 27 2010
Website:www.essex-camra.org.uk/cwb
Venue East Anglian Railway Museum
Chappel & Wakes Colne Station
Chappel
Want accomodation? try www.tubehotels.com
Chair: John Pardoe
* Festival Organiser: Derek Jones
* Treasurer: Pete Giles
* Secretary and Brodies Brewery Liaison Officer: Marion Robbens Contact the branch
* Press Officer Bill Green.
* Social Secretarys Terry Lavell and Ray Wright.
* Young Members Officer Richard Pearce.
* Pub Officer Mick O’Rorke
* Diversity Officer to be announced
* Membership Andy Kinch
* Website and pub database Keith
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