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WWW.CHEERSNORTHEAST.CO.UK // DEC 2014 /JAN 2015 // ISSUE 46
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Celebrate
this season
in style.
Join us this Christmas at one of our Great Food Pubs
across the North East or stylish Café Royal restaurant.
Proudly serving locally produced homemade food using only
the freshest and finest ingredients. Our Christmas menu is
available between 1st - 24th December.
With festive hospitality the way it should be, you can also savour
a handsome selection of beers, handpicked ales, wines and
spirits all served in a warm, family-friendly atmosphere.
To book the place to be this Christmas,
pop into one of our venues for a menu or visit
www.sjf.co.uk
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• THE GREEN
• CAFÉ ROYAL
• HUGO’S AT THE COAST
WELCOME
Just before it draws to a close, 2014
could go down in pub history as a
turning point. In late November,
MPs voted to effectively end
the “beer-tie” –the system that
requires publicans leasing their
business from a pub company
(previously “the brewery”) to
buy their beer and other drinks
from their landlords. This has
long been a source of contention
due to prices often being higher
than those available on the open
market. The new Clause 2 will give
lessees the chance to opt out of the
tie in favour of a market-rent-only
lease or tenancy.
There are implications, of course,
and as it’s unchartered territory
for a lot of our pubs, it could be a
good thing or a disaster. We have
to say, however, that anything that
increases customer choice and frees
publicans from pubco “shackles”
has got to be a positive move. This
month we find out who is for and
who is agin – plus we offer a heartfelt
story from a pub owner bearing
his soul.
This is also the time of year
when brewers go a bit bonkers with
their festive ales, introducing big
flavoursome numbers that rival
Christmas puddings for fruit, nut
and mixed-spice sensations.
And in this packed issue we
bring you whisky, award-winners,
innovation and all the pub and
brewery news that you’d ever want
to consume in one month. Delicious.
Have a great festive season.
Alastair Gilmour
Editor, Cheers North East
CONTENTS
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He’s written more wine books than anybody else
and travelled the world in search of the grape, but
Oz Clarke knows a thing or two about beer. We
picked up with him at the new St Mary’s Inn at
Stannington, Northumberland, where Allendale,
Wylam and Anarchy breweries – all from
Northumberland – gave him a chance to test his
palate. He passed with flying colours, as did our
three champions, and on the way it gave a wine
guru an insight into what we have here – a vibrant,
progressive pub and beer industry.
COVER: OZ CLARKE, WINE WRITER AND BROADCASTER (FRONT COVER PHOTOGRAPHY BY PETER SKELTON)
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TIED PRODUCT
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NEWS OF
THE BREWS
This time of year brewers have a bit of
fun with spicy ingredients and complex
flavours, so when you head for the pub, be
sure to seek them out
DOES WHAT IT SAYS
ON THE CLIP
Blonde (4.2% abv) in keg form.
Swedish Blonde is named in honour
of the brewery’s very own Swedish
blonde – Anna Goransdotter-Bell.
Maxim Brewery director Mark
Anderson reports that the
Houghton le Spring business
has had a very busy year with its
cask and bottled beers – and in
particular he is pleased with the
continued success of Swedish
A FESTIVE ADVENTURE
Mithril Ales brewery’s Aldbrough
St John, Darlingon December’s
“specials” are yet another treat in
store. Chase The Pud (3.9% abv)
is a pale ale brewed specially for
Richmond’s annual charity Santa
Race. Stuck Up The Chimney (3.9%
abv) is an amber Christmas beer,
while you can see 2015 in with the
golden Hoppy New Year (3.8% abv).
Finally, relax with Twelfth Night
Blonde (3.7% abv).
CLOTHED IN RUM
AND CHOCOLATE
The latest addition to Wylam
Brewery’s craft beer revolution
is Flannel Hammer (7.5% abv),
a robust, full-bodied and rich
extra-stout. Originally developed
by brewery co-founder, the late
Robin Leighton, it’s full of warming
rum, tobacco and chocolate notes.
Perfect for cold December and
January evenings, Flannel Hammer
is unleashed on December 8 in
50-litre kegs and 9-gallon casks. The
Wylam website describes it best:
“Not for the faint of heart, a few
of these and you’ll be absolutely
flannelled. Hammered. You know
what we’re saying.”
STRICTLY COME DAMSON
Two beers aged in oak casks, a
Christmas ale, and a damson stout
are the latest beers released in
bottle from Hawkshead Brewery.
All packaged in Hawkshead’s inhouse bottling plant, they join other
limited edition beers Sundown and
Wild Wheat in the brewery’s lineup for Christmas.
No3 Imperial Damson Porter
(9.5% abv) and No4 Brodie’s Prime
Export Aged (8.5% abv) are strong,
dark beers matured in bourbon
casks for 12 months. The ruby
red, malty and spicy Jingle Fells
(4.5% abv), is available in bottle
for the first time. Also at 4.5% abv
is Hawkshead’s unique fruit beer
Damson Stout, made with fruit
from the neighbouring Lyth Valley
in The Lake District.
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QUICK AND FAST
Canny observers will have
noticed that Camerons has been
developing its range in recent
months – with an emphasis on
what the curious drinker wants
to sample. The Hartlepoolbased brewery has also been
concentrating on bar presentation
with some outstanding pumpclip
designs, some of them with a
tactile element. For instance,
A-hop-alypseNow (4.3% abv), the
citrus-infused February special
will include US Army-style dogtags
(“touch me”), while the train
image on its Portobello Brewery
collaboration, Northern Line Stout
(4.4% abv), has illuminated lights.
Fridge Magnet Ale (4.5% abv) is
another clever one with its name
made up of magnetic letters for
anagram experts to arrange to
their heart’s content. Next year sees
Camerons celebrate 150 years of
beer production, so look out for the
likes of Camerons 150 (5.0% abv),
an anniversary red ale specially
developed from the legendary
Strongarm, the flagship beer
that offers a classic alternative to
golden, hoppy ales.
Camerons’ head brewer Martin
Dutoy has been listening to Head of
Steam pub managers and reacted
enthusiastically to their advice,
beer knowledge and front-line
experience. While Martin is one
of the nation’s most respected
brewers, he can’t operate in a
vacuum and be unaware of barroom demands.
The pub managers told him
what sort of thing their customers
are looking for, how their taste
profiles are changing – everything
to beer colour and bitterness levels.
The two main brews coming out of
discussions are Shotgun Wedding
American Pale Ale and Thirst Blood,
an American red rye beer. WINTER BEER AND CIDER
FESTIVAL
Friday 19th Dec to Monday 22nd Dec
Live music Saturday 20th from the very talented Mictch Laddie from 8.30
• Hog Roast Friday and Saturday from 1pm - 8.00pm
• Monday 22nd Reggae, Country and other groovy things with Franky &
Johnny from 7.00pm • Live music every Thursday
• Home to Consett Ale Works and the award winning ales, White Hot & Red Dust
• Quiz night every Wednesday • Music night every Thursday
• Real open log fires
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12 HANDPULLS,
12 CIDERS/PERRYS
Continental Lagers and Strongbow Dark
Fruits on draught
FESTIVE CHEERS FROM
ABERDEENSHIRE
Dec 6th - Newcastle v Chelsea shown live
Kick off 12.45pm
Buskers Nights
Tuesday Dec 16th & 30th - Jan 13th & 27th
TWO DECADES OF THE TYNE
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
Saturday 13th December
Santa Stroll at 1pm
(In aid of Colour Blind Awarness)
Start & finish at the Boathouse
(walk round Newburn link)
Adults receive mince pie & mulled wine
tickets £5.00
Children receive biscuits & juice
tickets £2.50
Saturday Evening
The Mudkippers from 8.30pm
The Tyne Bar has been drinking
to 20 years of existence in its
present form – having previously
been The Ship (confusingly
there were two Ships in
Newcastle’s Ouseburn Valley)
and once famously described
as “a notorious establishment
better known for the horizontal
refreshment on offer in the
rooms upstairs than for the liquid
refreshment at the bar”.
Sat 20th Dec - Fickle Lilly starts 8.30pm
Open Christmas Day 12 noon - 3pm
Lynsey, Mark, James & all the staff would like
to wish all their customers
A Merry Christmas & Happy New Year
FREE function room available - catering on
request at competitive prices
As part of the fun, Wylam
Brewery has chipped in with a beer
called 1994. Since its refurbishment
in 1994, The Tyne has provided a
civilised blend of wonderful beer,
great music, innovative food and
excellent coffee. The year 1994 was
also known for Schindler’s List’s
seven Oscars, Kurt Cobaine’s death,
and George Foreman being the
oldest heavyweight world champion
(at the age of 45).
Gold SIBA chairman Guy Sheppard, left, presents Wylam Brewery’s Dave Stone, centre, and
Matt Boyle with their trophy for Haxan Black Wit
BLACK WIT IS SERIOUS FUN
A Northumberland beer described as
“wheaty, tawny with luscious dark malts…
fresh limes, cassia bark and cloves” has
won gold at the SIBA North Craft Beer in
Keg competition.
Wylam Haxan Black Wit (6.2% abv) came
out top in the speciality beers category. The
brewery’s business development manager Matt
Boyle says: “It’s lovely to be able to make the
type of beer you want to drink yourself and then
for others to applaud it. We’re not looking for
applause, but it does feel good when it comes
along. We’re making proper beer as we’ve
always done – and long may that continue.”
Have you ever wondered how Scottish
pubs celebrate the festive season.
Obviously Hogmanay is the climax
of a few weeks’ events, so here’s
what Cheers Café Bar & Tavern in
Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, is getting
up to. Pub owner Dennis Forsyth says:
“We’ve got two party weekends on
December 12-13 and 19-20, a Ladies
Night with ‘buff butlers’ and a drag
queen, plus an Intoxicating Tea Party
and a Gents Evening. We’ll have 400 in
for Hogmanay with a live band in the
main bar, a disco in the conservatory,
and karaoke in the snug bar. We’ve also
got a piper and drummer to bring in the
New Year and will be open till 3am.”
YOU CAN TAKE A NORSE TO BEER
Cumbria’s Hawkshead Brewery
was one of five from the UK
to be featured at an innovative
Norwegian craft beer festival.
What’s Brewing, a two-day, sellout festival held in Stavanger
– the country’s “oil capital”
– featured 218 beers from 28
European and American craft
breweries in the town’s old
Pilsner brewery, Tou Scene.
Hawkshead exhibited eight
beers, including Wild Wheat
(fermented by wild yeast), Oat Wine
(aged in cider brandy casks) and
Green Juniper & Hemp Double IPA.
Toasties & Sandwiches available daily
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Telephone: 01661 853431
Also available a wide range of locally reared and butchered fresh
and cooked meats, homemade pease pudding, homemade
quiche lorraine
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LAST POST FOR
WWI BEERS
Throughout 2014 the nation has
been marking the centenary
of the beginning of the First
World War. It was supposed to
be “the war to end all wars”
except it wasn’t. And
it wasn’t all over by
Christmas, either.
So, at the end of
2014, let’s take
another look at how
North East brewers
have collaborated and
supported good causes.
North Shields-based Three
Kings Brewery was commissioned
to produce a commemorative
beer – Tyneside Tommy (4.1%
abv) – in cask ale and in bottle
form, by the Tynemouth World
War One Commemorative Project
with all proceeds generously
going to fund the continuing
work of this fine initiative (www.
tynemouthworldwarone.
org). A 52-page book,
The Response, written
by Alan Fidler and
Ruth Chittenden, is a
review of the region’s
commitment to World
War One, specially
packaged with two bottles
of Tyneside Tommy as the
perfect Christmas gift for granddad
– only £10 from selected outlets.
The Stables Brewery, based at
Beamish Hall, County Durham, has
War family Ray Bailey from
The Stables Brewery with
grandfather Bob’s picture
brewed Somme Ale (4.0% abv),
a golden bitter made with Munich
malt and traditional English Fuggles
hops. Ten pence from every pint
sold is being donated to the Poppy
Appeal. The commemorative beer
was inspired by brewery assistant
Ray Bailey’s grandfather Robert
(“Bob”) Bailey, who served in the
Royal Naval Reserve (actually an
infantry division) at Gallipoli where
the allies suffered huge losses, and
at Ypres.
“He was injured four times,” says
Ray. “He was gassed three times
and was also shot in the shoulder
by a sniper.”
A new Beer & Battlefield Tours
series has been announced in
Flanders, Belgium. Belgian Beer
Tours has introduced two new
itineraries starting from Ypres, the
scene of one of World War One’s
bloodiest conflicts. Hops & Poppies
is a discovery of the battlefields
around Ypres and links to the hop
fields near Poperinge and the
production of beer in the same area.
Trenches & Trappists
investigates the trenches of the
Northern salient and also provides
the opportunity to try Trappist beer
from Westvleteren with a visit to
other “eccentric” brewers.
For further information visit
www.visitflanders.co.uk
2014: HOW WAS IT FOR YOU?
THAT WAS THE
YEAR THAT WAS
HADRIAN BORDER BREWERY
Hadrian Border Brewery would like to wish all of our loyal
customers and drinkers a very Happy Christmas, and a great New
Year for 2015.
We asked a selection of North East
businesses how their year has been and
how they’re preparing for 2015. It all
seems very encouraging
THE AIRPORT PUB
THE BEER HOUSE
You’ll have had to show your
passport to get anywhere
near The Beer House – and
possibly remove your belt. The
pub is part of a £14m airside
investment at Newcastle
International Airport by
catering services company SSI.
The Beer House and Flying Hippo
both feature Tyne Bank Brewery
beers with an enviable selection
of draught and bottled beers
that include Meantime London
Stout, Kozel and Pilsner Urquell.
Food is “hand-held”, drizzled in
local provenance, highlighted by
THE WETHERSPOONS PUB
THE LEAPING SALMON
pulled pork and roast beef “proper
stotties”. “It’s been brilliant, says
SSI operations manager Steven
Wafer. “Brilliant. Everything’s going
very well and we’re getting good
feedback from customers. The
real ale sales have gone very well
since we’ve opened and Tyne Bank
Brewery gets a great profile here.
I reckon we’ve sold 1,400 gallons
of beer since we opened in March.
Next year we hope to have more
local ones available with some
seasonals. When we set up The
Beer House we made sure the cellar
was close by and there was plenty
of stillage – you’ve got to start off
understanding what you want.”
orderly and polite Berwick folk are
when it comes to queuing for food
This JD Wetherspoon outlet is by and drink.
There’s some lovely potted local
far the busiest pub in Berwick.
history dotted around the pub
It’s big and it’s bustling – but
featuring Berwick events and the
it is, after all, a Wetherspoons
people who helped shape the town.
with all that massive
Wetherspoons does this sort of
promotional push and buying
thing well. The Leaping Salmon
power behind it.
On the Cheers visit, the regional (aka The Loupin’ Troot) celebrates
the River Tweed, which the pub
beer choice from an International
sits above (on the end of the Royal
Beer Festival included Maxim
Tweed Bridge) and the migration
Simcoe Kid (4.5% abv), which
of salmon up river in October and
burst with tropical fruit aromas
November. The building dates
with a pleasing bitterness, plus
from 1798, built as the Corporation
Mordue Americana (5.0% abv), an
Academy with five spacious rooms
American brown ale with citrus
“to be used for the mathematical
and orange aromas while roasted
school, the writing and three
grains surrendered their chocolate
reading schools”. Following that,
flavours in the glass.
The food list is too long to cover, the pub has been a showroom,
DIY shop, snooker hall and the
but it’s value for money as you’d
Carousel pub.
expect – and it’s noticeable how
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We very much appreciate your continued support, and as a thank
you we will continue to produce quality, consistent and sensibly
priced ales in both cask and bottle, for your enjoyment. All of
this coupled with reliable and dependable service.
Our Christmas Ale this year - back by popular demand – The
12 Hops of Christmas @ 4.8%. A well hearty ale for the festive
season. It is brewed to show that even with 12 hop varieties added
at 4 intervals, you can still produce a well balanced, beer with
malty characteristics. Only the finest of malts and rye are used with
carefully selected hop combinations. “Hopfully” a winner.
In January, as a sort of ‘detox’ we will brew the old Border
Brewery recipe - Gladiator @ 3.8%. This was an old favourite of
many drinkers, so look out for its return as the monthly special.
With a mix of pale and dark malts, a complex beer with a whole
load of flavours, but still on the lower end of the ABV scale.
Hadrian Border Brewery, delivering ‘BEER AT ITS BEST’ across
the whole North East region, and up to Edinburgh and the Borders
every week.
So if your local doesn’t stock our products, make sure you give
your Landlord tip off!!
HADRIAN BORDER BREWERY
Unit 5 The Preserving Works
Newburn Industrial Estate
Newcastle upon Tyne NE15 5RT
Tel: 0191 264 9000
admin@hadrian-border-brewery.co.uk
www.hadrian-border-brewery.co.uk
THE COUNTRY PUB
THE RAT INN, ANICK
from an old sideboard, though
multiple layers of brown paint
disguise its provenance. A
The Rat Inn is a long, low,
dining area spreads over a
sandstone building, much like
raised level just out of earshot
the others in Anick, the hamlet
from taproom banter, while two
sitting high above Hexham
reliably dated to an 1188 monks’ other restaurant areas – one
a conservatory – are regularly
settlement. The counter in the
well inhabited.
tiny flagstoned bar, where a log
Remarkably for such an isolated
fire tinkles in a blackened range,
spot, up to six cask ales are on
appears to be constructed
parade – mainly local beers plus the
perennial favourite Timothy Taylor’s
Landlord. And so with the food –
The Rat’s fiercely local network of
suppliers gives chef Phil Mason a
head start (as if he needed one).
Phil’s other half, Karen
Errington, says: “We’ve had a
great year, in fact we’ve increased
business every year in the seven
years we’ve been here. A lot of
it is down to our reputation
locally which helps particularly
where we’re situated. Food is
a big part of the pub – trade is
consistent and we have a very good
lunchtime custom.
“This summer we introduced
live music outside which was
very successful and we’ll be doing
that again. We’ve also just had a
Christmas craft weekend in the pub
which was really busy and that’s a
definite for next year.
“But the food is the key and it
also helps us keep up to six ales on
the bar – we sell loads mainly from
local brewers, which our customers
like. But it’s a tiny bar and I’m not
sure we could do that without a
great menu.”
THE CITY PUB
DATBAR, NEWCASTLE
Evangelist Aldo De Giorgi in dAtbAr
An emphasis on craft keg
beers and great value wines
in an ultra-stylish setting
with a dash of panache,
that’s the ingredients
of dAtbAr.
Aldo De Giorgi, a longtime operator with his
family of high-profile bars,
cafes and restaurants in
Newcastle – think Popolo,
Alvino’s, Secco, Don Vito’s,
Intermezzo, Nine Bar,
Pasqualino’s etc – is a craft
beer evangelist.
“It’s been very good since
we opened last March,” he
says. “The best thing we did
was open the space up instead
of people thinking it was for
theatre-goers only. We still
have a terrific relationship
with the Theatre Royal but
we want dAtbAr to be like our
manager Joel Darby’s house;
that’s the way we look at it.
The service element is always
very, very important. The key
people in our organisation
are stable and very happy and
are influential in the direction
of the company, responsible
for dealing with brewers
and merchants.
“There’s no denying things
have been been tough, but
we’ve been in this business for
38 years and there are lots of
great new things happening
in the town – Lola Jeans, for
example, has opened just
along the street. We need that
quality of support around us,
like Pleased To Meet You and
Lady Grey’s too. Grey Street
has breathed life back into
the city centre, it’s a huge
improvement. Informal dining
has taken off – the formal
restaurant is dead. Where
do you go for the best food
these days – you go to the
pub. Quality value is what
we do very, very well. We’ve
been breaking records every
weekend, particularly recently
– for example, we did 400
meals one Saturday in a space
that holds about 50 people at
a time.”
Starters
FAN OF HONEYDEW MELON (v)
SERVED WITH WINTER BERRY COULIS AND BECKLEBERRYS CHAMPAGNE SORBET
PRAWN COCKTAIL SALAD
WITH AVOCADO ANO LIME, AND A GENEROUS HELPING OF MARIE ROSE SAUCE
SWEET POTATO AND SAGE SOUP (V)
SERVED PIPING HOT WITH CRUSTY BREAD AND BUTTER
SALMON TERRINE WITH A TARRAGON SAUCE
SERVED WITH CRUSTY BREAD AND A SIDE GARNISH
CHICKEN AND CHORIZO SKEWERS
SERVED ON A BED OF SALAD ACCOMPANIED BY SWEET CHILLI DIPS
Mains
TRADITIONAL CHRISTMAS TURKEY DINNER
SERVED WITH CRANBERRY SAUSAGE STUFFING AND CHIPOLATA SAUSAGES
SUCCULENT CARVED ROAST BEEF
WITH FRESHLY MADE YORKSHIRE PUDDING AND REAL GRAVY
SEASONAL NUT ROAST (v)
WRAPPED IN SAVOY CABBAGE LEAVES, AND SERVED WITH RED CURRANT STUFFING
SEARED SALMON FILLET
ON CRUSHED NEW POTATOES, WITH GREEN BEANS
AND A CAPER, PARSLEY AND LEMON BUTTER
2014 CHRISTMAS AT
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TRADITIONAL CHRISTMAS PUDDING
SERVED WITH A DELICIOUS WHITE SAUCE
SERVED WITH CLOTTED CREAM
BELGIAN CHOC, CARAMEL AND BROWNIE STACK
SERVED WITH CREAMY DODDINGTONS VANILLA ICE CREAM.
CHEESE BOARD
THREE HIGH QUALITY AND LOCAL CHEESES SERVED WITH, CHUTNEY, APPLE,
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MARQUIS OF GRANBY
One of the region’s most
accomplished microbreweries,
Durham celebrated a significant
anniversary earlier this
year – 20 years from modest
beginnings to high quality,
streamlined production and a
far-reaching reputation.
Former music teachers Steve
and Christine Gibbs set up their
enterprise in 1994, quickly becoming
pioneers of the modern light,
hoppy style. The White Range –
explorations of myriad hop varieties
over a pale malt base – became the
Durham signature and still forms
the basis of many of the expressions
it continues to produce. Magnificent
stouts followed, then wheat beers
long before they became fashionable
in the UK, and Bavarian lagerbiers
influenced heavily by the Gibbs’
regular trips to Germany. Durham
beers hold their interest from first
sip to final gulp, with a touch of
complexity that gives the curious
and discerning drinker something
to mull over. And it looks like year
number 21 will keep the ball rolling.
The Marquis of Granby at
Sunniside, Gateshead, is one
of those pubs most of us have
whizzed past on the A692 and
commented – “next time”.
The stone-built pub (with the
advantage of a huge car park)
reopened during 2014 following
an extensive refit by the Heinekenowned Stars Pubs & Bars group.
It’s large, spacious and openplanned with an obvious emphasis
on food – a speciality being Hot
Rock Grill (steak served on a slice of
hot volcanic lava, so you can sizzle
it yourself to exactly how you want
it cooked).
An extensive range of pizzas and
pasta dishes take up most of the
menu with a “comfort list” of old
favourites such as minced beef and
dumplings. The Marquis has always
had huge potential and its latest
incarnation is going a long way to
realising that.
Beers lean heavily on the
Heineken list but owner David
Bennison is keen to listen to what
his local customers want.
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LAKES DISTILLERY
LAKES DISTILLERY
WHERE DRAMS
HAVE REALLY
COME TRUE
What do you need in a new
business venture? Faith?
Hope? Luck? Love? All four in
equal measure would do for
a start, so it’s just as well that
more than 30 four-leaf clover
stone carvings representing the
maxims can be found on the
walls of The Lakes Distillery,
which is gearing up for its first
production run this month.
The Lakes Distillery – backed
by North East enterprise,
entrepreneurs and enthusiasm
– sits by the River Derwent in
Cumbria, right on the edge of
Bassenthwaite Lake in the Lake
District National Park. Cumbria is
remote, wet and beautiful, therefore
is ideal whisky-producing country.
Water – the vital ingredient –
is drawn from the river which
springs from Sprinkling Tarn, high
in the fells, then makes its way
to the valley through the peaty
foothills of Scafell Pike, England’s
highest mountain.
Single malt whisky production is
due to start this month and the final
dram is expected to be much like
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Highland malts which tend to be light and golden
with a floral softness of character, a sweet
nature with a rounded, lightly peated body. First
production will be ready from 2017.
The Lakes Distillery is already at the cutting
edge of whisky making and not only are the
copper pot stills designed to an exclusive pattern
it will be the first UK distillery (there are now
five in England) to use copper and stainless
steel vessels together in the process which will
develop a malt with greater character and depth.
The experienced team behind The Lakes
Distillery includes managing director Paul Currie
who co-founded the Arran Distillery in 1995;
master distiller Chris Anderson who has more
than 30 years’ experience, and Alan Rutherford,
a former production director at Diageo.
The North East contingent (with offices in
Gosforth, Newcastle) includes Brian Jobling,
chairman of Eutechnyx, the Gateshead-based
world-leader in games technology; Nigel
Mills, chairman of the Entrepreneurs Forum.
Renowned chef Terry Laybourne is orchestrating
the distillery bistro.
The tourism potential in the distillery’s stonebuilt former barns and cowsheds is enormous
with a shop, bistro and bar running alongside.
*Find out more and about The One
whisky, the exclusive Founders’ Club and
Connoisseurs’ Club at
www.lakesdistillery.com
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Dipton Mill Road, Hexham NE46 1YA
Tel: 01434 606577
www.diptonmill.co.uk
Traditional family
run pub since 1975
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(2013)
THANK YOU TO OUR FRIENDS
AND OUR FANS.
WE AT ANARCHY BREW CO.
HOPE EVERYONE HAS A MERRY
XMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR
Craft Brewers in Morpeth,
Northumberland.
Regular Music & Folk Nights
Tel: 01670 789755
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Email: brewed@anarchybrewco.com
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Mon - Fri: from 4pm • Sat: from 12pm
Sun: 12pm - 3pm & from 7pm
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In the pub industry’s biggest shake-up in
centuries, politicians have voted to scrap
the so-called ‘beer tie’. Alastair Gilmour
looks at who’s for and who’s against
In what was expected to be
a run-of-the-mill Commons
motion, MPs took a u-turn last
month and voted in favour of
a bill that will turn the pub
industry on its head. In essence,
publicans renting pubs from
large “pubcos” will be able
to opt out of the “beer tie”
business model under which
they often pay cheaper rents but
are limited to purchasing beer
supplies directly from landlords
– almost always at much higher
prices than anybody else is
paying. The measure would
apply only to companies with
more than 500 pubs.
The vote was a defeat for
the Government, which had
commissioned a study that
estimated as many as 1,400 pubs
may close and 7,000 jobs might be
lost if the measure was passed.
The Campaign For Real Ale
(Camra) is delighted at the move;
big pub-owing companies such as
Enterprise Inns and Punch Taverns
have voiced their anger, while
SIBA (the Society of Independent
Brewers) appears to be sitting on
the fence. The consumer? Bring
it on.
Brigid Simmons, chief executive
of the British Beer & Pubs
Association (BBPA), said: “This
change effectively breaks the beer
tie which has served Britain’s
unique pub industry well for nearly
400 years. It would hugely damage
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investment, jobs and result in more
pubs closing.”
Dear Ms Simmons, the world has
changed in 400 years, in July 1614
(400 years ago) Ottoman forces
attempted to conquer Malta but
were beaten back by Crusaders.
Crusaders are history, Ms Simmons,
as is the Ottoman Empire – and
so are feudal systems such as the
beer tie.
Punch Taverns issued a
statement saying that “the Bill
will have significant adverse
consequences for Britain’s
community pubs” and that
“measures would be likely to
have the effect of reducing pub
investment, reducing customer
choice and exposing tenants to
higher fixed rents, reduced levels of
support, and greater risk of failure”.
So, a publican being allowed
to buy beer and everything else
on yon side of the counter from a
free market is “reducing customer
choice”? And campaigners backing
the change have said if pubs pay
less for their beer and rent then
ultimately they will be able to
charge their customers less.
“Allowing over 13,000 pub tenants
tied to the large pub companies the
option of buying beer on the open
market at competitive prices will
help keep pubs open and ensure the
cost of a pint to consumers remains
affordable,” says Tim Page, Camra’s
chief executive.
Bob Stukins, Camra’s vicechairman, says: “Achieving this
will help spell the end of pubco
licensees being forced out of
business through high rents and
tied product prices.”
But a contract with a pub
company can be a brilliant avenue
into the licensed trade. It can
offer security; they give support
and in many cases, it’s a business
arrangement that suits everybody –
particularly the customer. But here’s
something from a publican from
South Shields (although his pub
isn’t there).
We haven’t named him or his
End of Season Sale
Tuesday to Saturday
Two Course Lunch £11.00
Tuesday to Friday
Three Course dinner £25.00
(Chosen from our full dinner menu)
Two course dinner, bed & breakfast £99.00 per couple
(Dining from our full dinner menu)
Offer starts 20th January 2015 & ends 31st March 2015
All offers subject to availability.
Tel:01434 681 237
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The Red Lion Inn
The Black Horse
Low Fell, Gateshead
A MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM THE
REGIONAL CIDER PUB OF 2014’
in Milfield, Northumberland, NE71 6JD
Award Winning Home
Cooked Food
Traditional Sunday Carvery
served from 12 noon
Real Ales on Tap
Don't be put off by the cold weather, why not come along and enjoy our heated
outside drinking areas and sample some lovely home made mulled wine.
Now serving Sharps Doom Bar alongside Two Local Ales.
Regularly Changing
B&B Accomodation - Warm Cosy Rooms
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166, Kells Lane, Low Fell, Gateshead, NE9 5HY
0191 491 0534 • blackhorselowfell@hotmail.co.uk
ST.LAWRENCE ROAD, BYKER TEL: 0191 265 5767
Iain, Claire and the team wish all their
customers a Merry Christmas & Happy New Year
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PUB REFORM
pub but the business is a multi
award-winner, one of which was
given because of a perceived good
working partnership with his pub
company, Punch Taverns. It’s a well
run pub with great beer, very good
food and staff training and customer
service setting high standards.
The owner is happy to tell his
side of the story, saying: “The reality
is, over the last four years we have
nearly gone bust three times,
primarily because of the crippling
rental costs and also the very high
rateable value of the pub which is
based on those same rental costs.
“We are now starting the new
rental agreement process which
will cover the next three years. By
their (Punch Taverns) calculations,
the rent will increase from £58,000
to £61,000 as we have managed to
increase our turnover and last year
managed to virtually break even
with a small operating profit.
“We are obviously going to fight
it as it’s grossly unfair. Our pubco
business relationship manager has
said that his boss put the rent in
the low forties but in the end it’s
not their decision. We have had to
secure the services of a consultant
at an additional cost to handle the
negotiations as we can’t trust Punch
to give us a fair hearing.
“Punch’s rental evaluation person
has again overstated the income
and the profit that derives from it
(the pub) while reducing the level
of cost – wages, etc – to show a
very healthy £120,000 profit, which
obviously we would be very happy
with, but
the reality is the figures don’t
show that.
“Ours isn’t a new story but it’s
one of the reasons that pubs are
closing as well as losing good people
from the industry, not to mention
the financial damage it causes to
publicans.”
Mark Anderson of Maxim
Brewery issues a note of caution –
politicians should keep out of the
licensed trade altogether, for a start.
“Since 1989, successive
governments have meddled with
breweries and pubs,” he says. “Why
they think they can cure all is
beyond me and why not include all
tied pubs (in the new measures),
not just those bigger pubcos or
pub-owning breweries? “The new,
proposed option will in general lead
to more pubs being worse off as a
Pub & Restaurant
GREAT SERVICE, A GREAT PINT
On the corner of Newgate Street and
CopperChare, The Black and Grey is under
new management and Dean and Alyson
promise to make your whole family welcome.
Serving traditional homemade food
alongside a wide variety of every
changing beverages.
Beer tie The bottom of the glass?
pub company with two income
streams of rent – say of £20,000
and beer tie of £15,000 – will
combine these to a rent of £35,000
and offer no support. There is also
the danger that an individual pub
may not be able to buy beer as
effectively as a large pubco. As with
anything, there will be winners
and osers.
“Call me a cynic, but perhaps
there is an election around
the corner.”
SIBA is not supportive of a
free-of-tie option although the
organisation that represents the
vast majority of small, independent
breweries across the nation
concedes that the principles of
reform are very welcome to ensure
fair and lawful dealing.
A statement reads: “We
believe that the market for
independent brewers’ beers would
be significantly affected as the
largest brewers may well respond
by utilising soft loans to licensees
to provide incentives to buy their
products (and who could blame
them). Clearly this could have
disastrous consequences for the
route to market for our members.”
At the end of the day, it would
appear that every organisation that
puts a pint in front of a customer
in a pub believes it’s right. Pubcos
don’t want a free-of-tie option,
Camra does. Politicians do, but
SIBA says yes and no.
Let’s try the new way and the
people on the stools at the bar
will soon let everyone involved
know who’s right and who’s wrong.
Nobody can argue with 400 years of
bums on seats.
BEER FOR THE CAN FAN, MAN
A North Yorkshire brewery is
ready to launch its first range
of canned beers in early 2015.
Rooster’s Brewing Co has
invested in a canning machinery
with the first three off the line
scheduled to be three 330ml
canned beers will be flagship
beer Yankee, Fort Smith, an
American-style pale ale, and
Baby-Faced Assassin IPA.
Rooster’s commercial manager
The Black & Grey
Newgate Street
Morpeth, Northumberland
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T: 01670 504 312 E: dean@blackandgrey.co.uk
Tom Fozard says: “Cans are
becoming an increasingly popular
option for consumers of quality,
independently-brewed beer and
we want to continue to be at the
forefront of the UK beer revolution
with this development.
“We’re known for brewing clean,
well-balanced and hop-forward
beers, so the decision to lead with
these three beers in cans was an
easy one to make.”
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AN EXPERT’S VIEW
AN EXPERT’S VIEW
THE WIZARD
WHO’S OZ
“THERE IS A CULTURE OF
PEOPLE DRINKING BEER
IN A SMALLER GLASS,
SIPPING AND ENJOYING
AND BRINGING IN THE
BELGIAN CULTURE RATHER
THAN THE ENGLISH
CULTURE OF ‘I’D BETTER
GET THIS DOWN ME’”
Listening: Left to right, Simon Miles, Su Kay,
Peter Candler and Oz Clarke
Wine expert, world vineyard explorer, television
presenter – and almost anything else you can think of –
Oz Clarke takes a sip or two of Northumberland beers
There’s something deliciously appropriate
about discussing savaloy dips in a sumptuouslyappointed Northumberland gastropub. The
setting might suggest expensive wines and highend malt whiskies but it’s beer we’re swirling,
sniffing and supping. Beer and savaloy dips –
could it get more basic?
A group of Northumberland brewers had been
invited by Peter Candler from St Mary’s Inn,
Stannington, to talk beer with award-winning
wine guru Oz Clarke. Good beer is a cornerstone
of the pub, along with an outstanding menu, and
although it’s fitted and furnished to incredibly
high standards it manages the trick of being
unassuming and informal. The local beers –
represented by Allendale, Anarchy and Wylam
breweries – made the television presenter and
prolific writer sit up and smile.
He may have been the 2009 International Wine
Challenge Personality of the Year, awarded mainly
for the accuracy of his palate, but Wylam Sheer
Chai tea beer appeared to take Oz by surprise.
“That’s very nice,” he says. “Very nice. What’s
really good for me from the aroma is the tannin.
The palate is bone dry, but you get that green tea
tannin coming out, that gentle leafy tea tannin, not
like a black tea.”
Tea beer then flows seamlessly to kippers, a
subject Oz has a close affinity to. “My secretary
comes from Seahouses,” he says, “and she’s always
on to me about Swallow of Seahouses and Robsons
from Craster – who’s is the best kippers.”
Then we get back to the day’s main subject. Neil
Thomas from Allendale Brewery is rightly proud of
his Export Stout, a richly complex, fruity number
that improves with age like a great wine (the
current batch was brewed in October 2012).
“There’s a real good movement in stouts and
porters at the moment,” says Oz. “A few years ago
porters were a bit like diluted Guinness, but I like
the way this is an English stout style that’s not too
sweet. You’ve got all the sweetness there for it to be
a chocolate stout but with no ‘fat’ there at all. This
is dangerously drinkable.
“One of the things that’s happening now is a
culture of people drinking beer in a smaller glass
and sipping and enjoying and bringing in the
Belgian culture rather than the English culture of
‘I’d better get this down me’.”
Morpeth-based Anarchy first brewed in January
2012 and according to owner and brewer Simon
Miles “it went off like a rocket”. One of the North
East’s more experimental breweries, its mission
appears to be pushing at as many boundaries as
possible. Oz Clarke takes a liking to Smoke Bomb.
“There’s a nice volatile lift from the yeast,” he
says. “This is a fascinating beer with loads of acidity
and slight fatness on the palate. It’s got a beautiful
flavour and it doesn’t make you feel like it’s been
dunked in bacon for a week.
“There’s a lot of nice Belgian fruit going on there
and the smoke isn’t saying ‘this is all I do’. I think it
works very well.”
With that leather-bound, tannin-rich voice, Oz
Clarke is a man who could hold an audience all day
and he recalls the time in the 1970s when he was
an actor at the Young Vic, heading north to play
the Edinburgh Festival.
“I turned left at Morpeth,” he says. “Somewhere
called Netherton – the Star Inn which was a
Lorimer & Clark pub then and became Castle
Eden. A lady walked in and said ‘I’ll get rid of the
sheep and see you in a few minutes’. She walked
over to the barrel and drew me pint of Lorimers &
Clark off the wood. It was the most heavenly way
to serve a pint of beer.”
BEERS SAMPLED
WYLAM BREWERY
JAKEHEAD IPA (6.3% ABV) SHEER CHAI (3.6% ABV) TEA BEER
ANARCHY BREWERY
QUIET RIOT IPA (6.6% ABV) SMOKE BOMB (3.9% ABV)
ALLENDALE BREWERY
EXPORT STOUT (7.1% ABV) DOUBLE IPA (7.4% ABV)
Before he turned to wine (and beer) full-time,
Oz’s acting career saw him as General Peron in
Evita in the early 1980s, as well as the first person
to be arrested by Superman in the 1978 movie. He
also appeared in Zulu with Michael Caine.
Oz has written numerous award-winning books
and has appeared on countless radio and television
shows. More recently, he has made three successful
BBC Two series with James May – Oz and James’s
Big Wine Adventure in France and California, and
Oz and James Drink to Britain – as well as two
series with Hugh Dennis.
He continues to work with May whenever
he says they can think of something sufficiently
silly to witter on about. In fact, the day after the
St Mary’s Inn event the pair were due to meet to
discuss a new project.
At St Mary’s Inn though, we’re talking beer
through savaloy dips, kippers and how underrated
simple boiled potatoes are – which leads to a
discussion on pairing beer with food.
“Beer and food matching is never going to prove
anything,” says Oz. “What is does though is gets
people to drink good beer with good food.
“So many pubs have to do half-decent food
these days. Put some local beer in and some bread
from the local baker and suddenly there’s a reason
for this pub to survive. It’s your USP and people
will come.
“We potentially have the best beer culture in
Europe. The Belgians, like the Germans, are slightly
hamstrung by tradition and we are being far more
innovative in this country.”
And to demonstrate how impressed he had
been by that innovation from Allendale, Anarchy
and Wylam, he says: “The Australian shiraz drinker
is panting to be allowed into your world of stouts
and IPAs.
NEWS
TAKE A WALK AROUND
THE LODGE
A Tynemouth licensee has embedded a
virtual tour of his pub on its website so
customers can have a virtual walk around
– and even inspect the well-kept cellar.
Hugh Price of The Tynemouth Lodge
says a Google Maps Business View tour
would also be a good way of attracting
new custom.
“It’s just like a Street View,” he says. “We
wanted to show off the pub’s ambience and
the mystery that is a pub cellar – pubgoers
can go ‘down the hatch’.”
The interactive tour is produced and
published by Adrian Don of 360DegreesNorth,
a certified Google trusted photographer.
Follow the link at http://goo.gl/udPjl0
Winners John Taylor from The Stables Brewery, centre, with winners from the Beamish Hall Beer
Festival – Firebrick, Big Lamp, Tyne Bank, Hexhamshire, Cullercoats and Yard of Ale Hexhamshire
BREWERIES IN STABLE CONDITION
Several of the region’s best brewers
gathered at The Stables, Beamish Hall in
County Durham to receive awards for doing
what they do best – making great beer.
They all came top in various categories of the
Beamish Hall Beer & Music Festival held in
September which featured more than 60 beers.
It’s always a well-attended event in marvellous
surroundings – as is the upcoming Winter
Beer Festival, January 23-24, with its huge
selection of ales, ciders and perries plus topnotch musicians such as Steve Daggett (www.
beamish-hall.co.uk/upcoming-events/winterfestival).
Winners’ names will also be displayed
permanently in The Stables restaurant bar.
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• Machine – A range of wood working machines for all
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• Assemble – Highly skilled joiners build and hand
finish every product.
• Finish – Extensive spray booth facilities can finish
products in any colour required.
• Quality – ISO9001 and ISO14001 accredited.
A HOUSE. WITH BEER.
WHAT MORE DO YOU WANT?
Huge range of draught & cask beers.
Bottled beers from all over the world.
Local & seasonal selections including Tyne Bank Brewery.
Prosecco on tap. Proper stotties with pulled pork and BBQ beef brisket.
We don’t do prim & proper... We just do proper.
Come and have a pint before your flight.
The Beer House is now open at Newcastle International Airport.
478-480 Durham Way North, Newton Aycliffe, DL5 6HP
Tel: Martin on (01325) 379060 Email: mh@katell.co.uk
www.katellcommercial.co.uk
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CHRISTMAS GIFTS
CHRISTMAS GIFTS
order with your favourite Wylam tipple, these
little beauties are a must for any discerning beer
drinker’s Christmas dinner table; turkey optional,
of course.
Tel 01661 853 377, www.wylambrewery.co.uk
MMM… AND GLUG…
THE BRIDGE
TAVERN
It’s been a big year
for The Bridge Tavern
and now you can take
a little piece of this
multi award-winning
boozer home with
you. These Bridge
Tavern growlers are a
canny Christmas gift;
beautifully crafted in
glass they hold two
litres (that’s threeand-a-half pints in
old money). They
can be purchased
empty for £10 or you can have your growler filled
at the pub with your favourite tipple – just add
the price of the beer.
Tel 0191 261 9966
www.thebridgetavern.com
BODA HOME
Off the beaten track, Boda Home sits at number
74 Whitley Road, Whitley Bay, stocking some of
the best food and drink available along the coast.
A large choice of bottled conditioned beers,
including Cullercoats Brewery and Tyne Bank,
real ciders and growlers are available. You can
also create a bespoke hamper or gift bag. The
most popular bespoke hampers are the wooden
crates; nothing well groomed or neat, just
a proper chunk of your favourite things all
wrapped with a big bow. A destination shop
for all who love to cook, eat and drink.
See the website for more info
www.bodahome.co.uk
CARRUTHERS & KENT
A shop renowned for its passion for great
wine, good food and a fabulous place in
which to enjoy them Carruthers & Kent
stocks Christmas gifts from a wide range
of quality handpicked wines, local and
continental cheeses,
charcuterie and
chocolate. Gift
sets start at £9.99
and hampers start at
£20. Carruthers & Kent
will also put together
a bespoke hamper for
you; just name the
budget. There are also
gift vouchers starting
from £5.
Carruthers &
Kent, 3A Elmfield
Road, Gosforth,
Newcastle, NE3 4AY
Tel 0191 213 1818
www.carruthersandkent.com
WYLAM BREWERY
It’s been a busy old 2014 for
Wylam Brewery, what with
the installation of a new
kegging line and bringing
us the amazing Craft Beer
Calling festival in October.
The team has still found
time to come up with this
delightful mini keg that
is sure to be the perfect
compliment to any ale
lover’s stocking. Filled to
mmm… and glug…stocks hundreds of different
beers and ales from the North East and beyond,
as well as wonderful wines, ciders and a growing
range of artisan spirits. The local range includes
Allendale Ale, Cullercoats Brewery, Durham
Brewery, Jarrow Brewery, Mordue Brewery,
Panda Frog Brewery, Tyne Bank Brewery, and
Wylam Brewery. Add to that UK, European, US
and world beers, wines, ciders and spirits, along
with the best range of food and ingredients
around and mmm...and glug...guarantees to
have something to tickle your taste buds this
Christmas. There are more than 60 hamper and
gift box options available or just make up your
very own unique gift for the food and drink lover
in your life.
Visit mmm… and glug…at 10/13 Grainger
Arcade, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 5QF,
Twitter at @mmm_newcastle or buy online
at www.mmm-glug.co.uk
which was labelled as impossible at the time. He
wanted to convince the then highest paid and
most famous sportsman of his time to come
to Tyneside. Johnny had no major funds, only a
dream. He went to the US without invitation and
armed only with a few American dollars and a
dream. He returned with a legend.
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AKENSIDE SYNDROME
Joe Sharkey’s new book
aims to discover what
it is about Geordie
identity that causes
Akenside Syndrome,
a condition named
after Mark Akenside,
the son of a Newcastle
butcher who became
physician to Queen
Charlotte in 1761 and
was famously touchy
about his humble origins. Featuring
exclusive interviews with Sir John Hall, Tim Healy,
Chris Donald and many more.
For more information and to buy a copy,
visit www.jajosabooks.co.uk £14.99
TURBO VENTURE GIFT VOUCHER
DURHAM DISTILLERY
For gin and vodka distilled in Durham in a
copper pot still, Durham Distillery spirits are
available online and from retailers across the
North East.
Tel 0780 923 8481, email
info@durhamdistillery.co.uk
www.durhamdistillery.co.uk
Offering outdoor pursuits in and around leafy
Northumberland, why not keep your loved
ones’ boredom locked away with a gift voucher
for Turbo Venture? They offer a whole host of
adrenaline-pumping activities, ranging from
military-style paintballing and target shooting to
quad biking and tank driving.
Call now to book and for more details
tel 0191 232 5872
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COMPETITION
LOW MOON OVER HIGH TOWN
TYNE BANK BREWERY
Tyne Bank Brewery produces a fantastic
range of ales. Their gift packs would make
the perfect gift for any ale lover while
their bag
in the box
ales, which
come in 10
and 20 litre
sizes, would
certainly
bring the
festive spirit
to any party.
Tyne Bank ales
can be found
in the best
Newcastle real
ale pubs and bottle outlets as well as from
the brewery’s shop, open 9am-5pm weekdays
and located conveniently just behind the Free
Trade Inn, Byker.
Tel 0191 2652828
www.tynebankbrewery.co.uk
Cheers is giving away three prints of Newcastle
pubs by renowned artist Ben Holland in an easyto-enter competition. They are from hand-drawn
pen and ink artworks featuring The Forth (above),
the Cumberland Arms and the Tyne Bar – a trio
of crackers, we might add. Ben hosts a stall at the
Quayside Sunday Market where a big selection
of his work is always on display. Prints and cards
are also sold through the Baltic gallery shop and
Waterstones in the city.
To win one of these remarkable works, just
tell us who is on the front cover of this issue
of Cheers North East?
...AND GIFTS FOR OTHER OCCASIONS
Email your answer to
info@cheersnortheast.co.uk
by Friday January 16 (putting Cheers
Competition in the subject box).
The North East is well known for its specialist
retailers and niche oulets, so don’t just stop
at Christmas. There’s New Year to come, then
Valentine’s Day and so on to pamper loved ones.
Winners will be notified by email and posted
at www.cheersnortheast.co.uk on Monday
January 19.
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LA TAVERNA, RYTON, TYNE & WEAR
PUB PROFILE:
OVERVIEW: John (Jay Jay) Bennett, manager
La Taverna, Stella Road, Ryton, Blaydon
NE21 4LU. Tel: 0191 413 8975.
www.facebook.com/LaTavernaRyton
OPENING TIMES
MONDAY - FRIDAY
12 NOON - 3PM / 5PM - CLOSE
WEEKENDS 11AM - 11PM
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A dash of colour and culture
THE BEER
The emphasis is on rotisserie cooked
chicken with a Mediterranean
twist ranging from ¼ chicken to
meal platters for four, representing
excellent value. Pickers and sharers
can delight in the likes of polpetone –
meatballs in tomato sauce – calamari
(salt and pepper squid) or a choice of
spare rib appetisers.
NUMBER TWENTY2
Traditional Alehouse & Canteen
Enjoy up to 13 REAL ALES
plus 9 CONTINENTAL BEERS
To compliment our great ale and beers, we offer 20 wines
by the glass plus selected malt whiskies and cognac.
Campaigning on behalf of
lovers of real ale
Sandwiches & Bar Snacks are served Mon - Sat 12pm - 7pm
22 Coniscliffe Rd,
Darlington
01325 354 590
www.villagebrewer.co.uk
Open 6 Days A Week:
Monday - Saturday
THE FOOD
The Mediterranean ambience suggested by the name is carried
through the pub and small restaurant area. It catches the
right mood and is comfortable and as laid back as an Italian
mountain village inn.
Warm timbers, beams and old windows have soaked up decade
upon decade of conversation while Art-Deco-inspired details add a
dash of colour and culture, all introduced by an interesting “cracked
tile” floor area introducing a free and easy attitude. La Taverna is
part of the renowned Michelangelo’s group of restaurants around
Tyneside. The pub’s food focus is on Mediterranean-style rotisserie
cooking – think chicken, garlic and herbs – with tapas and mezze to
pick at and share. Booth-style seating is perfect for families, groups
and couples – you’re in your own world. The well-stocked bar is a
magnet – and set off by a stone-faced counter and marble top.
Four handpulled ales from local
micros are what attracts the beerlovers. Choose from a selection of
Anarchy Smoke Bomb (3.9% abv),
Wylam Haugh Porter (4.6% abv),
Hadrian Border Tyneside Blonde
(3.8% abv) and Toon Ale (4.2%
abv). The manager’s passion and
experience mean they’re always in
superb condition.
Where is it? Between Blaydon
and Ryton on the B6317 (on
the left-hand side travelling west
up the hill). Easily located with a
generous car park, it has all the feel
of the countryside without leaving
urbanisation too far behind. Its
outside seating, beer garden and
children’s play areas with miniature
zoo are a joy.
NEWS
12 ALES OF CHRISTMAS
THE
A MOUTHFUL OF
THIS AND THAT
WHISKY TO TAKE
CENTRAL ROLE
The Central, Gateshead, is about to get
a freshen up, it’s first since the pub was
reopened in 2008. New signage and
some external lighting will be installed
by the end of January and a Whisky
Lounge is being created in the buffet bar
with more than 40 styles and brands to
sample – plus regular tutored tasting
sessions. Part of the Head of Steam
group, The Central’s live music and
food offering already has an enviable
reputation, so we’ll expect the golden
liquid to be a huge success too.
The soup and amber ale worked like a
well-practiced jazz combo; the complexities
of an American IPA matched those of the
Northumberland lamb, and the chocolate
mousse and bourbon milk stout shared
astonishing flavours and aromas.
This may have been a treat dreamed up
by the team at the Clarence Villa pub and the
next-door Sonnet 43 brewhouse to demonstrate
to journalists what food-and-beer pairings
can achieve, but there’s no reason why the
Sweet and sour Carrot and ginger soup
experience can’t feature right across the
enterprising Coxhoe, Durham, restaurant as a
food and drink and how we can all be involved.
regular feature. Knowledge and experience are
Similarly, ravioli of salmon, prawn and crab
for sharing. For instance, cream of carrot and
poached in a light bisque lemon and dill velouté
ginger soup – with a sensational garlic and
set alongside Sonnet 43 Blonde (4.1% abv) can
ginger crouton in full sail – taken sup for sup
highlight delicate and floral notes in each, even
with Sonnet 43 Steam Beer Amber Ale (3.8%
though crab can often overwhelm in a dish.
abv), introduces sweet-and-sour flavours to
And Bourbon Milk Stout (4.1% abv)?
roasted malts and a touch of fruit then back
Belgian chocolate mousse might be a delightful
again like some cultural exchange. Granted,
companion, but this is really a beer to drink on
this isn’t how you’d normally take a meal but it
its own. Think cocoa, milk chocolate and toasted
demonstrates the complementary possibilities of oats. Aaand relax.
12 Ales Of
Christmas
HADRIAN BORDER
Open Mic nights Fortnightly on Tuesdays
Function rooms available for
private hire
Grand Central Station, Neville St,
Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 5DG
Tel: 0191 2616611
www.centurion-newcastle.com
The classic returns. A deep chestnut premium ale
bursting with seasonal malts and spicy hop aroma. Also
available in five-litre mini-barrels as well as larger casks
for pubs. The minibarrels for both Rudgate ales can be
ordered at sales@rudgatebrewery.co.uk
Tel: 01423 358382.
CALEDONIAN
Knee Deep Style – Spice Winter Ale
(4.5% abv).
CALEDONIAN
12 Hops of Christmas (4.8% abv)
Bitter Winter Style – Extra Strong Bitter
(4.8% abv)
A reddish golden coloured Christmas ale with a
balanced blend of malts, and 12 varieties of hop..
HEXHAMSHIRE
Pale amber in colour with a light caramel malt aroma
and a touch of fruit. Bittersweet with a malt character;
medium-bodied with more bitterness than malt in the
finish. Tel 0131 337 1286 www.caledonianbeer.com
TYNE BANK
Old Humbug (5.5% abv)
Chocolate Lime Stout (5.4% abv)
Tawny brown premium bitter with a rich fruit taste.
Named after the Dipton Mill Inn’s ever-smiling landlord,
Old Humbug is a well rounded dark malty, old-fashioned
beer. Dipton Mill Inn, Dipton Mill Road, Hexham NE6
1YA, tel 01434 606 577, www.diptonmill.co.uk
For one month we like to brew a beer chosen by our
drinkers. This year Chocolate Lime Stout was pitched
against an Orange and Ginger Pale and the stout won.
Made with real chocolate, lime zest and new world hops.
Tel 0191 2652 828 www.tynebankbrewery.co.uk
Santa’s Little Smelter (4.5% abv)
5 Real Ales always on tap.
NEW MENU NOW
AVAILABLE
Full English served from 6am
Monday - Friday in
C C Hudsons
Rudolph’s Ruin (4.0% abv)
Warm amber ale, spice and fruit aromas, rich malt and
fruit then bold malt to the end. See if can guess our
secret spices.
Tel 0131 337 1286 www.caledonianbeer.com
CONSETT ALE WORKS
The Centurion present their annual NYE PARTY with the
Happy Cats Live Tickets on Sale NOW!
RUDGATE
BLACK SHEEP
Blitzen (4.0% abv)
An exclusive ale available the first week in December,
Santa’s Little Smelter is a lighter take on traditional dark
Christmas ales – an amber coloured bitter with a floral
aroma and smooth aftertaste. Limited edition casks, call
Lynn on 07730 896 766 or Rufus on 01207 591 540
MAXIM
Brewed with Cascade and Goldings hops, muscovado
sugar, orange and mixed peel with chocolate and spicy
notes and a “distinct Christmassy aroma”, this cheeky
festive number is an ideal match for Christmas pudding.
Also in 500ml bottles. www.blacksheepbrewery.co.uk
WYLAM
Santa’s Soot (5.0% abv)
Christmas is for giving but also of course for drinking.
This pale has just the right ABV to ensure that you don’t
embarrass yourself at the office party. Extra light pale
ale with a clean/crisp buttering. Subtle floral notes with
delicate hints of mandarin and black pepper
Tel 01661 853 377 www.wylambrewery.co.uk
Maxim Brewery’s dark Christmas beer is brewed
using Maris Otter, Crystal malt and roasted barley with
traditional English hops to give a slightly roasted but
rich flavour. Ideal on a cold winter’s night, Santa and
Rudolph would definitely approve. Tel 0191 584 8844
MAXIM
ANARCHY
The Great Escape (4.0% abv)
Brewed with lager pilsner malt, this very light ale –
snowflake clear – has a great depth of flavour brewed
using four different delicate blends of hops to give it a
citrusy seasonal orange taste and floral aroma.
Tel 0191 584 8844 www.maximbrewery.co.uk
Crisp and Even (3.6% abv)
Xmas Chaos (4.3% abv)
Our special signature beer made just in time for Xmas.
Mixing the tastes or raisin, rum, and added spices to
create a deep, dark, roasted stout. Sure to keep you
nice and warm on a winter’s night. Only available in
November and December. Tel 01670 789 755
Email brewed@anarchybrewco.com
NEWS
SO JAM FRACKING ISN’T
REAL, THEN?
BOOKING THE COOKS FOR CHARITY
A Northumberland hotel has been included
in a new e-book, The Great British Cook
Book. A recipe for braised beef cheeks from
Battlesteads at Wark features alongside
those from Nigella Lawson and Rick Stein,
so it’s a bit of a feather in head chef Eddie
Shilton’s cap. Battlesteads is renowned for
its food and ale as well as its award-winning
hospitality and “green” credentials and
the book is supporting Macmillan Cancer
Support and Hospitality Action.
Gary Allen, director of the Great British Cook
Book project, said: “We’re hoping the whole of
the UK will help us reach our goal of 20,000
downloads and have created a Download
And Donate Day on December 19 to drive
awareness of our campaign.”
www.thegreatbritishcookbook.co.uk
A tall tale of
fracking and jam
sandwiches
has earned the
landlord of the
Lifeboat Inn
in Maryport,
Cumbria, the
title of the World’s
Biggest Liar 2014.
George Kemp won
the award for the
third time after
telling the story
involving a vacuum
cleaner, a wooden
car and mining for jam. The
annual event takes place at the Bridge Inn,
Santon Bridge, where the trophy, medal
and hamper of beer supplied by sponsors
Jennings Brewery were presented by mayor of
Copeland Eileen Eastwood.
George said: “I have to listen to different
stories every night in the pub so it’s no
surprise that they’ve rubbed off on me.”
PUBS TO VISIT
PUBS TO VISIT
THE BRIDGE TAVERN,
NEWCASTLE
It’s a complete transformation
from virtually-derelict pub into
a high quality venue in a unique
location directly below the iconic
Tyne Bridge, featuring a stainless
steel and copper work-of-art
microbrewery. The pub’s “innards”
are exposed; the lengthy sculpted
bar top is pewter; viewing
panels highlight 86-year-old
Tyne Bridge rivets; lampshades
are original Bauhaus, and the
bridge’s underbelly shelters an al
fresco terrace.
STAITH HOUSE,
NORTH SHIELDS
The Staith House (top right) is
bright and welcoming, uses its
space well, and is complemented
by considerate use of reclaimed
timber and brick. Ship’s portholes, a
wheelhouse bell and other fittings
have come from a scrapped vessel
which envelop the pub in a sitespecific ambience. Quality ales and
premium lagers are the core of
the drinks side, while the kitchen
team is developing a reputation for
creativity and craftsmanship.
TOURIST TRAPS
Newcastle has been voted the
UK’s favourite holiday city by
The Guardian and Observer
Travel Awards 2014. We all know
what a great place it is to live
around and to visit, but it’s nice
all the same to be nationally
recognised. Second was Bath
with Edinburgh picking up
third spot.
The North East Travel Awards
therefore has a particular
significance for the winners of
the best tourism pub category.
The year-old Bridge Tavern in
Newcastle took the title with
runners-up being The Staith House
on North Shields Fish Quay, and
South Causey Inn, Stanley, County
Durham.
Congratulations to all – the
Cheers advice is to take the tourist
route and visit all three.
The Bridge Tavern now goes on
to the national VisitEngland Awards
for Excellence being held at The
Sage, Gateshead, in May 2015. The
pub also came top in the Publicans
Morning Advertiser Awards in the
new pubs category earlier this year
for the North and Scotland.
“It’s a nice end to our first year,”
says pub co-owner Dave Stone.
“It’s great to win and it’s also great
for all the people in the team and
particularly for head chef Tony
Renwick, manager Jack White, and
brewer Joe Roberts.
“The Craft Beer Calling event
we organised last month was also a
huge success and we can all bulid
on that for the future.”
Flying start Bridge Tavern has had a terrific first year
SOUTH CAUSEY INN,
STANLEY
The extensive (and immaculate)
grounds are full of the sound of
chickens, sheep, horses, a donkey,
alpacas, geese and piglets. But
there’s plenty for grown-ups too.
Four bars – one with a huge stone
fireplace – feature several local
ales in very good order. Lounges
and a restaurant are popular with
social groups while corporate
events and family occasions –
some 200 weddings this year alone
– are in high demand.
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BREWERY PROFILE
THREE KINGS, NORTH SHIELDS
OVERVIEW Three Kings Brewery, 14 Prospect Terrace, North Shields NE30
1DX. Tel: 07580 004 565 (www.threekingsbrewery.co.uk). Set up in 2012
as a 2.5-barrel brewery, quickly expanded into five-barrel (180 gallons)
production, and has never looked back. A small core of well balanced beers
is supplemented by an ever-more experimental range.
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An impressive arrangement of brewing vessels makes up a
five-barrel plant with four fermenters/conditioning tanks which
allow production to “round” nicely. Three Kings was set up twoand-a-half years ago by Ewan McCann, above,, a former account
executive and partner in a design and marketing company.
Customers are mainly local –
The Trent House, Bodega, Fitzgerald’s,
Lady Grey’s in Newcastle and the Low Lights Tavern in North Shields –
but regular orders from the likes of The Quaker House in Darlington are
spreading the word a bit further. Four pubs using Three Kings for their
house beers (Low Lights and Oddfellows in North Shields; Rockcliffe Arms,
Whitley Bay, and the Bridge Hotel in Newcastle) account for half of the
brewery’s output, which puts it on a stable production footing. Ewan has
also been a driver of the beer-from-the-wood movement in the region – a
hefty investment in oak casks is giving the beers a high profile as well as
attracting curious drinkers.
He says: “Wood takes a lot of looking after but it’s really worth it.”
NON-BEERY THINGS
Three Kings is named after the trio of Northumbrian monarchs who were
buried at Tynemouth Priory (but later exhumed) – Oswin, King of Deira; Osred,
King of Northumbria, and Malcolm III of Scotland. North Tyneside Council
uses three crowns in its coat of arms.
THE BEER
Billy Mill Ale (4.0% abv) is a golden bitter and a classic
session beer with light malt and fruity, slightly spicy hop notes.
Ring of Fire (4.5% abv) is a well-balanced American Pale
Ale with a crumb or two of biscuit malt and citrus fruit core.
Silver Darling (5.6% abv) is a hop-infused Pale Ale with fruit
and spice on the palate and an almost scented aroma.
Apache American Pale Ale (5.0% abv) is brewed with
three US-sourced hops which give it a grapefruit-tinged aroma
and peppery bitter flavour.
FUN STUFF
SIGN OF THE TIMES
THE DIRTY DOZEN
TWELVE QUESTIONS TO TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE
1 What do Australians call a long, narrow lake?
2 How many square inches are there in a square foot?
3 Large White, Chester White and Landrace are all varieties of what?
4 What is Jamaica’s leading export?
5 A slow worm is not a worm but a what?
6 What is the fastest two-legged creature?
Spotted at the Sir John Russell pub in Holborn,
London, a favourite of rugby fans, but obviously not on
the radar of spell-checkers.
Send your Signs of the Times to
info@cheersnortheast.co.uk
Also send selfies with a copy of Cheers displayed
prominently taken in far-flung or unusual locations.
7 What is the most common reason for being admitted to hospital without actually
being ill?
8 What is Gravely Hill Interchange better known as?
9 What can professional boxers use no more than 36 feet of?
10 Which British city has the most canals?
11 What is a Water Moccasin?
12 In Pennsylvania Station, where does the Chattanooga Choo Choo leave from?
A MAN WALKS INTO A BAR…
…AND GETS SQUASHED IN THE CROWD WAITING TO BE SERVED. THE WOMAN IN FRONT EVENTUALLY
TURNS ROUND AND SAYS: ‘WILL YOU STOP POKING ME WITH YOUR THING?’
HE SAYS: ‘IT’S NOT MY THING, IT’S MY WAGE PACKET’.
SHE SAYS: ‘IT MUST BE SOME JOB YOU HAVE BECAUSE IT’S THE FIFTH RISE YOU’VE HAD IN TWO MINUTES.’
Gigs ’N’ Festivals
Newcastle city centre business
development company NE1 Ltd and
Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums
have teamed up to launch a newly
revamped, free Hidden Newcastle
app for mobile devices, which
unearths the strange, unknown and
forgotten history of Newcastle. The
app contains more than 75 weird
and wonderful stories from the city
over the past 800 years – several
of them centred on pubs – that
will entertain and enlighten visitors
and locals alike. The stories run
from the 13th Century to President
Jimmy Carter’s visit in 1977. Pubwise, they tell the tale of William
Campbell, the world’s fattest
landlord who, when he died, was too
big to carry downstairs at The Duke of
Wellington in High Bridge; it answers
why the Crown Posada is so named
and reveals a link between The Old
George and King Charles 1 – plus
why the city’s fountains ran with beer The chair in The Old George
and wine. Download at
reputed to have been used by
King Charles I
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When looking for a great local brewery,
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EAGER TO JOIN THE CLUB OR TO FIND OUT MORE INFORMATION?
PLEASE CALL: 01661 844115
THROUGHOUT DECEMBER
WINTER FESTIVAL
The Cluny, 36 Lime Street, Newcastle NE1 2PQ. Tel: 0191 230 4474.
Winter shenanigans all month. Beer, cider, food and music all with a winter
feel – festive cask and kegs, hot mulled ciders, mulled wines, food specials all
month with a Christmas menu every Sunday. Christmas Market: Sunday
December 14. Free Live Music: December 21-22.
DECEMBER 6
Brandling Villa, South Gosforth, NE3 1QL. Tel: 0191 284 0490.
Live music – Kingsize Voodoo Travellers, headed by the irrepressible Ally Lee,
guitarist from Fickle Lilly, with an impressive set.
Details: www.brandlingvilla.co.uk
DECEMBER 14
THE LOUNGE LIZARDS
Red-hot rhythm and blues (in the traditional sense),
3pm, free. Tyne Bar, 1 Maling Street, Newcastle NE6 1LP. Tel: 0191 265 2550.
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DECEMBER
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A-Z BREWERS GUIDE
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SUN 7 BUSKERS (ALL MUSICIANS WELCOME) 4.30
THE SCHOONER’S 2ND BIRTHDAY WEEKEND
FRI 12 SIR JACS BANTAMACS &
THE SOUR MASH TRIO 8.30
SAT 13 FICKLE LILLY 8.30
SUN 14 THE SHIVERIN’ SHEIKHS 4.30
THUR 18 THE SOUTH SHORE ROUNDUP 8:30
SAT 20 LAST GASP SPASM BAND 8:30
SUN 21 BIG RAY & THE HIPTHRUSTERS 4:30
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THREE KINGS BREWERY
14 Prospect Terrace,
North Shields,
Tyne & Wear,
NE30 1DX
t: 07580004565
@threekingsbeer
www.threekingsbrewery.co.uk
Unit 3, Grimbald Port
Weatherby Road,
Knaresborough,
North Yorkshire,
HG5 8LJ
t: 01423 865 959
e:tom@roosters.co.uk
www.roosters.co.uk
HADRIAN & BORDER
BREWERY
SONNET 43
BREW HOUSE
Unit 5, The Preserving Works
Newburn Industrial Estate,
Shelley Road, Newcastle
upon Tyne, NE15 9RT
t: 0191 264 9000
e:info@hadrian-border-brewery.co.uk
Durham Road,
Coxhoe,
DH6 4HX
t: 0191 3773039
e: cheers@sonnet43.com
ww.sonnet43.com
JARROW BREWERY
Robin Hood,
Primrose Hill,
Jarrow, Tyne & Wear
NE32 5UB
t:0191 483 6792
e:jarrowbrewery@btconnect.com
www.jarrowbrewing.co.uk
WYLAM BREWERY
South Houghton farm,
Heddon on the Wall,
Northumberland
NE15 0EZ
t: 01661 853377
e: admin@wylambrewery.co.uk
www.wylambrew.co.uk
ROOSTERS
PUB AND
BREWERS CLUB
Eager to join the club or to find out
more information? please call: 01661 844115
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A-Z PUB GUIDE
THE BEER HALL
Hawkshead Brewery,
Mill Yard, Staveley, LA8 9LR
t: 01539 825260
NORTHUMBERLAND
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COUNTY DURHAM
BUTCHER’S ARMS
Middle Chare,
Chester le Street, DH3 3QB
t: 0191 388 3605
DUN COW
37 Old Elvet, Durham,
DH1 3HN
t: 0191 386 9219
GREENBANK HOTEL
90 Greenbank Road,
Darlington, DL3 6EL
t: 01325 462624
HALF MOON INN
130 North Gate,
Darlington, DL1 1QS
t: 01325 465765
HAT AND FEATHERS
Church Street, Seaham,
SR7 7HF
t: 01915 133040
HEAD OF STEAM
3 Reform Place, Durham,
DH1 4RZ
t: 0191 3832173
HOLE IN THE WALL
14 Horsemarket, Darlington,
County Durham DL1 5PT
t: 01325 466720
ITALIAN FARMHOUSE
South Street, West Rainton
Houghton - le - Spring
DH4 6PA
t: 0191 5841022
NUMBER TWENTY-2
22 Coniscliffe Road,
Darlington, DL3 7RG
t: 01325 354590
e: rew@villagebrewer.co.uk
www.twenty2.villagebrewer.co.uk
SURTEES ARMS
Chilton Lane,
Ferryhill, DL17 0DH
t: 01740 655724
THREE HORSESHOES
Maiden Law, Durham,
DH7 0QT
t. 01207 520900
YE OLDE ELM TREE
12 Crossgate, Durham City,
DH1 4PS
t: 0191 386 4621
THE AVENUE INN
Avenue Street,
High Shincliffe, DH1 2PT
t: 0191 386 5954
THE BAY HORSE
28 West Green, Heighington,
DL5 6PE
t: 01325 312312
THE BEAMISH MARY INN
No Place, Nr Beamish,
DH9 0QH
t: 0191 370 0237
THE BLACK HORSE
Red Row,Beamish,
DH9 0RW
t: 01207 232569
THE BRITTANIA INN
1 Archer Street, Darlington
County Durham, DL3 6LR
t: 01325 463787
THE CLARENCE VILLA
Durham Road, Coxhoe,
County Durham, DH4HX
t: 0191 377 3773
THE COUNTY
13 The Green, Aycliffe Vilage,
County Durham, DL5 6LX
t: 01325 312273
THE CROSS KEYS
Front Street, Esh, DH7 9QR
t: 0191 3731279
THE CROWN
Mickleton, Barnard Castle,
DL12 0JZ t: 01833 640 381
THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON
Darlington Road, Durham
DH1 3QN
t: 01740 385 6695
THE DUN COW
Front Street, Sedgefield,
TS21 3AT
t: 01740 385 6695
THE FLOATER’S MILL
Woodstone Village,
Fence Houses, DH4 6BQ
t: 0191 385 6695
THE GARDEN HOUSE INN
North Road, Durham,
DH1 4NQ
t: 0191 3863395
THE GEORGE & DRAGON
THE PLOUGH
Mountsett, Burnopfield,
NE16 6BA
t: 01207 570346
THE PUNCH BOWL INN
THE QUAYS
5 Tubwell Row, Darlington,
DL1 1NU t: 01325 461448
THE ROYAL OAK
7 Manor Rd, Medomsley
Village, DH8 6QN
t: 01207 560336
THE SCOTCH ARMS
Blackhill, Consett, DH8 8LZ
t: 01207 593709
THE SHIP
Low Road, Middlestone Village,
Middlestone, DL14 8AB
t: 01388 810904
THE SPORTSMANS ARMS
THE HONEST LAWYER
Croxdale Bridge, Croxdale,
DH1 3HP
t: 0191 3783782
THE JOHN DUCK
91A Claypath,
Durham City, DH1 1 RG
THE LAMBTON WORM
North Road,
Chester le Street, DH3 4AJ
t: 0191 3871162
THE MANOR HOUSE HOTEL
The Green, West Auckland,
DL14 9HW
t: 01388 834834
THE MANOR HOUSE INN
Carterway Heads,
Shotley Bridge, DH8 9LX
t: 01207 255268
THE MARKET TAVERN
27 Market Place, Durham,
DH1 3NJ
t: 0191 3862069
THE MILL
Durham Road,
Rainton Bridge, DH5 8NG
t: 0191 5843211
THE MINERS ARMS
41 Manor Road,
Medomsley, DH8 6QN
t: 01207 560428
THE NEWFIELD INN
Newfield, Chester le Street,
DH2 2SP
t: 0191 3700565
THE OAK TREE
Front Street, Tantobie,
Stanley, DH9 9RF
t: 01207 235 445
THE OLD WELL INN
The Bank, Barnard Castle
DL12 8PH
t: 01833 690 130
BARRASFORD ARMS
BARRELS
THE GREY HORSE
86 New Elvet, Durham,
DH1 3AQ
t: 0191 3741918
Seahouses, NE68 7SQ
t: 01665 720283
THE QUAKERHOUSE
THE SMITHS ARMS
THE HALF MOON INN
BAMBURGH CASTLE INN
Edmundbyers, DH8 9NL
t: 01207 255545
2 Mechanics Yard, Darlington,
DL3 7QF t: 07783 960105
Brecon Hill, Castle Dene,
Chester le Street, DH3 4HE
t: 0191 3857559
Moor End Terrace, Belmont,
DH1 1BJ t: 0191 3842667
THE STABLES
Beamish Hall Hotel, Beamish,
DH9 0BY t: 01207 233 7333
THE STABLES
West Herrington,
Houghton le Spring, DH4 4ND
t: 0191 584 9226
THE THREE HORSESHOES
Pit House Lane, Leamside,
Houghton le Spring, DH4 6QQ
t: 0191 584 2394
THE WHITE LION
Newbottle Street,
Houghton le Spring, DH4 4AN
t: 0191 5120735
THE WHITEHILLS
Waldridge Road,
Chester le Street, DH2 3AB
t: 0191 3882786
WICKET GATE
Front Street,
Chester-le-Street, DH3 3AX
t: 0191 3872960
THE WILD BOAR
Frederick Place,
Houghton le Spring, DH4 4BN
t: 0191 5128050
THE VICTORIA INN
86 Hallgarth Street, Durham,
DH1 3AS,
t: 0191 3860465
NORTH YORKSHIRE
THE CROWN INN
Vicars Lane, Manfield,
DL2 2RF
t: 01325 374243
Front Street West, Bedlington,
NE22 5TZ
t: 01670 536160
RED LION INN
Stanegate Road, Newbrough,
Hexham, NE47 5AR
t: 01434 674226
Prudhoe Station, Low Prudhoe, RIVERDALE HALL HOTEL
NE42 6NP t: 01661 832323
Bellingham, NE48 2JT
t: 01434 220254
Barrasford Hexham,
NE48 4AA
t: 01434 681237
4 East Green,
Heighington Village,
DL5 6PP
t: 01325 313152
115 Sherburn Terrace,
Consett, DH8 6NE
t: 01207 502585
ADAM & EVE
RED LION
59-61 Bridge Street, Berwick,
TD15 1ES
t:01289 308013
BATTLESTEADS HOTEL
Wark, Hexham, NE48 3LS
t: 01434 230209
www.battlesteads.com
BEADNELL TOWERS HOTEL
Beadnell, NE67 5AY
t: 01665 721211
CLENNELL HALL HOTEL
Harbottle,Morpeth,
NE65 7BG
t: 01669 650 377
CROSS KEYS
Thropton, Rothbury, NE65 7HX
t: 01669 620362
DIPTON MILL INN
Dipton Mill Road, Hexham,
NE46 1YA
t: 01434 606577
e: ghb@hexhamshire.co.uk
www.diptonmill.co.uk
DOCTOR SYNTAX
New Ridley Road, Stocksfield,
NE43 7RG, t: 01661 842383
DUKE OF WELLINGTON
Newton, NE43 7UL
t: 01661 844446
DYKE NEUK
Meldon, Nr Morpeth, NE61 3SL
t: 01670 772662
ELECTRIC WIZARD
New Market, Morpeth,
NE61 1PS
t: 01670 500640
FOX AND HOUNDS
Main Road, Wylam
NE41 8DL
t: 01661 598060
GENERAL HAVELOCK INN
Haydon Bridge, NE47 6ER
t: 01434 684376
JOHN THE CLERK
OF CRAMLINGTON
Front Street, Cramlington,
NE23 1DN
t: 01670 707060
THREE HORSESHOES
Hathery Lane, Horton,
Cramlington, NE24 4HF
t: 01670 822410
THREE WHEATHEADS
Thropton nr Rothbury,
NE65 7LR
t: 01669 620262
TWICE BREWED INN
Military Road, Bardon Mill,
NE47 7AN
t: 01434 344534
THE ALLENDALE INN
Humshaugh, Hexham,
NE46 4AG
t: 01434 681 231
THE DIAMOND INN
Main Street, Ponteland,
NE20 9BB
t: 01661 872898
THE DYVELS INN
Station Road, Corbridge,
NE45 5AY
t: 01434 633 633
THE FEATHERS INN
Hedley on the Hill,
Stocksfield, NE43 7SW
t: 01661 843 607
THE GOLDEN LION
Hill Street, Corbridge,
NE45 5AA t: 01434 632216
THE ANCHOR HOTEL
THE HADRIAN HOTEL
THE ANCHOR INN
THE HERMITAGE INN
Haydon Bridge, NE47 6AB
t: 01434 688121
Whittonstall, Nr Consett,
DH8 9JN
t: 01207 561110
THE ANGEL INN
Main Street, Corbridge,
NE45 5LA
t: 01434 632119
THE BADGER
Street Houses, Ponteland
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE20 9BT
t: 01661 871037
THE BLACKBIRD
Ponteland, NE20 9UH
t: 01661 822 684
THE BLACK BULL
Middle Street, Corbridge,
NE45 5AT
t: 01434 632261
THE BLACK BULL
Matfen, NE20 0RP
t: 01661 855395
THE BLACK BULL INN
Etal, TD12 4TL
t: 01890 820200
THE BLACK & GREY
Newgate St, Morpeth
Northumberland NE61 1BU
t: 01670 504312
THE BLUE BELL
Mount Pleasant, West Mickley,
Stocksfield NE43 7LP
t: 01661 843146
Market Place, Allendale,
NE47 9BD t: 01434 683 225
Wall, Hexham, NE44 4EE
t: 01434 681232
23 Castle Street, Warkworth,
NE65 0UL t: 01665 711 258
THE HORSESHOES INN
Rennington, Alnwick,
NE66 3RS. t: 01665 577665
THE JOINERS ARMS
Newton-by-the-Sea, NE66 3EA
t: 01665 576 112
THE MANOR HOUSE
Caterway Heads
Shotley Bridge, DH8 9LX
t: 01207 255268
THE MANOR INN
Main Street, Haltwhistle,
NE49 0BS t: 01434 322588
THE NORTHUMBERLAND
ARMS
The Peth, West Thirston,
Felton, NE65 9EE
t: 01670 787370
THE OLDE SHIP INN
9 Main Street, Seahouses,
NE68 7RD t: 01665 720 200
THE PACKHORSE INN
Ellingham, Chathill, NE67 5HA
t: 01665 589292
THE ROBIN HOOD
BACCHUS
LA TAVERNA
THE BRANDLING ARMS
THE GREY HORSE
THE OLDE SHIPS INN
• Real ales
• Home cooked food
• Accomodation
BENTON ALE HOUSE
• Tapas
• Real Ale
• Chicken
THE BRANDLING VILLA
THE HARBOUR VIEW
THE PACKHORSE
LADY GREY’S
• Large selection
of real ales
• Regular food
& drink festivals
• Food served
THE HASTINGS
THE PAVILION
East Wallhouses, Military Road
Newcastle, NE18 0LL
t: 01434 672273
THE SEVEN STARS
21 Main Street, Ponteland,
NE20 9NH, t: 01661 872670
THE SUN INN
High Church, Morpeth,
NE61 2QT, t: 01670 514153
THE SWINBURNE ARMS
31 North Side, Stamfordham,
NE18 0QG t: 01661 886051
THE TANNERY
Gilesgate, Hexham,
NE46 3QD
t: 01434 605537
• Beer & Whisky room
• Live music
• Dog friendly
THE TAP & SPILE
Eastgate, Hexham,
NE46 1BH, t: 01434 602039
THE TRAVELLERS REST
Slaley, Hexham, NE46 1TT
t: 01434 673231
www.travellersrestslaley.com
THE WELLINGTON
Main Road, Riding Mill,
NE44 6DQ t: 01434 682531 THE WHITE SWAN
Main Road, Ovingham,Prudhoe
Northumberland NE42 6AG
t: 01661 833188
THE WHEATSHEAF
St Helens Street, Corbridge,
NE45 5HE t: 01434 632020
THE VICTORIA HOTEL
1 Front Street, Bamburgh, NE69
7BP, t: 01668 214431 THE VILLAGE INN
Longframlington, Morpeth,
NE65 8AD t: 01665 570268
www.thevillageinnpub.co.uk
TEESSIDE
BEST WESTERN
GRAND HOTEL
THE PLOUGH
65 High Street, Loftus,
TS13 4HG
t: 01287 640612
BRITANNIA INN
CLEVELAND BAY
JOINERS ARMS
Wylam, NE41 8HR
t: 01661 853431
Front Street, Ellington,
NE61 5JB t: 01670 860340
Yarm Road, Eaglescliffe,
TS16 0JE
t: 01642 780275
THE RAILWAY HOTEL
THE CLEVELAND HOTEL
JOLLY FISHERMAN
• 14 Real ales on tap
• CAMRA 2013
• Northumberland Pub of the Year Winner
Craster, Alnwick, NE66 3TR
t: 01665 576461
MINERS ARMS
Main Street, Acomb, NE46 4PW
t: 01434 603909
LION & LAMB
Horsley, NE15 0NS
t: 01661 852952
THE BOATSIDE INN
Warden, Hexham,
NE46 4SQ
t: 01434 602233
THE BRIDGE END INN
THE WHITE SWAN
OLIVERS
• 5 Real Ales
• Traditional family run pub
• Folk & music nights
Front Street, Rothbury,
NE65 7UT t: 01669 620334
60 Bridge Street, Blyth,
NE24 2AP t: 01670 368346
PERCY ARMS HOTEL
Main Road, Chatton NE66 5PS
t: 01668 215244
THE CARTS BOG INN
Langley on Tyne, Hexham,
NE47 5NW.
t: 01434 684338
Church Street, Haydon Bridge,
NE47 6JG t: 01434 684254
THE RAILWAY INN
Acklington, Morpeth, NE65 9BP
t: 01670 760 320
THE RAT INN
Anick, Hexham, NE46 4LN
t: 01434 602 814
THE RIDLEY ARMS
Stannington, Morpeth, NE61 6EL
t: 01670 789216
THE RED LION
22 Northumberland Street,
Alnmouth, NE66 2RJ
t: 01665 830584
www.redlionalnmouth.co.uk
THE RED LION INN
Milfield, Wooler, NE71 6JD
t: 01668 216224
www.redlioninn-milfield.co.uk
Roker Terrace, Sunderland,
SR6 9ND, t: 0191 5671786
e: info@rokerhotel.co.uk
BIERREX
Castle Square, Newcastle,
NE1 1RQ
t: 0191 232 6400
e: info@sjf.co.uk
THE PLOUGH INN
Wansbeck Street, Morpeth,
NE61 1XZ
t: 01670 513540
BEST WESTERN ROKER HOTEL
THE SUN INN
THE PILOT INN
Village Square, Cramlington,
NE23 1DN t: 01670 737633
Front Street, Longbenton
NE7 7XE t: 0191 2661512
82 Pilgrim Street, NE1 6SG
Swainston Street, Hartlepool,
TS24 8AA t: 01429 266345
e: grandhotel@tavistockleisure.com
31 Low Greens,
Berwick upon Tweed, TD15 1LZ
t: 01289 304214
42-48 High Bridge, Newcastle,
NE1 6BX
t: 0191 2611008
Acomb, NE46 4PW
t: 01434 602934
THE BOATHOUSE
NEWCASTLE HOTEL
CUMBRIA
THE CROWN INN
THE GOLDEN LION
Coopers Lane, Potto,
DL6 3HQ
t: 01642 700232
1 West End, Stokesley,
TS9 5BL
t: 01642 710263
The Wynding, Beadnell,
NE675AX
t: 01665 720 272
Market Place, Allendale,
Hexham, NE47 9BJ,
t: 01434 683246
West Road, Ovingham
Prudhoe, NE42 6BN
t: 01661 832219
THE DOG & GUN
THE CRASTER ARMS
BRIDGE HOTEL
BRIDGE TAVERN
7 Akenside Hill
Newcastle upon Tyne,
NE1 3UF
t: 0191 232 1122
• Selection of real ales
• Food served daily
• Roof terrace
BRIDLE PATH
101 Front Street, Whickham,
NE16 4JJ t: 0191 4217676
CHESTERS
Chester Road, Sunderland,
SR4 7DR t: 0191 5659952
COPPERFIELDS
12 Front Street, Tynemouth,
NE30 4DZ
t: 0191 2571820
www.cumberlandarms.co.uk
DELAVAL ARMS
Old Hartley, NE26 4RL
t: 0191 237 0489
CROWN POSADA
31 Side, Newcastle, NE1 3JE
t: 0191 2321269
FIRE STATION
York Road, Whitley Bay,
NE26 1AB
t: 0191 293 9030
FITZGERALDS
60 Grey Street, Newcastle,
NE1 6AF
t: 0191 2301350
FITZGERALDS
10-12 Green Terrace,
Sunderland, SR1 3PZ
t: 0191 5670852
FITZGERALDS
2 South Parade, Whitley Bay,
NE26 2RG
t: 0191 2511255
FOX & HOUNDS
Coalburns, Greenside,
NE40 4JN
t: 0191 4132549
St Lawrence Road, Byker,
Newcastle, NE6 1AP
t: 0191 265 5764
High Street, Gosforth,
NE3 1HQ t: 0191 2856617
HOTEL DU VIN & BISTRO
Allan House, City Road
Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 2BE
HUGOS
NE30 4DZ t: 0191 2578956
NEWCASTLE ARMS
57 St Andrews Street,
Newcastle,
NE1 5SE
t: 0191 260 2490
ODDFELLOWS
7 Albion Road, North Shields,
NE30 2RJ
t: 0191 4358450
PUB & KITCHEN
13/14 Albion Road,
North Shields
NE30 2RJ
t: 0191 2573199
RED LION
Algernon Place, Whitley Bay,
NE26 2DT
t: 0191 2531299
ROSIES BAR
2 Stowell Street, NE1 4XQ
t: 0191 2328477
Haddricks Mill Road,
South Gosforth, NE3 1QL
t: 0191 2840490
THE BROAD CHARE
25 Broad Chare,
Trinity Gardens, Quayside,
Newcastle, NE1 3DQ
t: 0191 211 2144
THE CAUSEY ARCH INN
Beamish Burn Road, Marley Hill,
Newcastle, NE16 5EG
t: 01207 233925
THE CENTRAL
Half Moon Lane,
Gateshead, NE8 2AN
t: 0191 4782543
e: central@theheadofsteam.co.uk
THE CENTURION
Neville Street, Newcastle,
NE1 5DG,
t: 0191 261 6611
• Real ales
• Food available
• Live sports shown
THE CHILLINGHAM
Wheatridge Row,
Seaton Delaval,
NE25 0QH
t: 0191 237 6868
THE HEAD OF STEAM
2 Neville Street, Newcastle
NE1 5EN
t: 0191 230 4236
THE HEAD OF STEAM
3 The Arcade, Front Street,
Tynemouth, NE30 4BS
t: 0191 272 8105
THE HOTSPUR
103 Percy Street,
Newcastle, NE1 7RY
t: 0191 2324352
THE JOB BULMAN
St Nicholas Avenue,
Gosforth, NE3 1AA
t: 0191 2236320
THE JOLLY STEWARD
Fulwell Ave, South Shields,
NE34 7DF
t: 0191 427 2951
THE KEELMAN
Grange Road, Newburn,
Newcastle , NE15 8NL
t: 0191 267 1689
THE CLUNY
Beech Street, Deptford,
SR4 6BU
t: 0191 567 9804
36 Lime Street, Ouseburn,
Newcastle, NE1 2PQ
t: 0191 230 4474
THE COCK CROW INN
The Gate, Newcastle, NE1 5RF
t: 01912299430
THE KINGS ARMS
THE KINGS ARMS
Mill Lane, Hebburn, NE31 2EY
t: 0191 428 5730
West Terrace, Seaton Sluice,
NE26 4RD
t: 0191 2370275
THE COPT HILL
THE KING GEORGE
THE COTTAGE TAVERN
North Street, Cleadon, SR6 7PL
t: 0191 519 0547
Eighton Banks, Gateshead,
NE9 7XR
t: 0191 487 8137
105 Westgate Road, Newcastle,
NE1 4AG
t: 0191 232 0692
THE COUNTY
THE LOW LIGHTS TAVERN
TOBY BARNES
THE COURTYARD
SHIREMOOR HOUSE FARM
Middle Engine Lane,
North Shields,
NE29 8DZ
t: 0191 2576302
SUN INN
Market Lane, Swalwell,
Gateshead, NE16 3AL
t: 0191 442 9393
TILLEYS BAR
Durham Road, Sunderland
SR2 7RB,
t: 0191 5285644
www.tobycarvery.co.uk
TRAVELLERS REST
North Road, Wide Open
NE13 6LN
t: 0191 2366300
TWIN FARMS
22 Main Road, Kenton Bk Ft,
NE13 8AB
t: 0191 2861263
TYNE BAR
Seaham Road, Houghton le
Spring, DH35 8LU
t: 0191 5844485
High Street, Gosforth, NE3 1HB
t: 0191 285 6919
Arts Centre, Biddick Lane,
Washington, NE38 8AB
t: 0191 219 3463
THE CUMBERLAND ARMS
THE PRIORY
Front Street, Tynemouth
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THE QUEEN VICTORIA
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Newcastle,
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Wardley, Gateshead,
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Ferry Street, South Shields,
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Hartlepool Railway Station,
Hartlepool, TS24 7ED
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20 Shakespeare Street,
Newcastle, NE1 6AQ
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NE36 0PZ
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Hartlepool, TS24 0JJ
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NE21 4LU
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Hadricks Mill Road,
South Gosforth, NE3 1QL
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2 -4 Argyle Street,
Newcastle, NE1 6PF
t: 0191 2321020
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Red House Farm Estate,
Gosforth, NE3 2AH
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South Gosforth, NE3 1SY
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