Winter 2012 From Ossett to Knottingley

WAKEFIELD CAMRA MAGAZINE
The Three
Towers
edition
50
Five Towns Brewery is voted top beer by Wakefield Festivalgoers
for the third successive year, this time with Tyketanic, a
pale coloured strong ale bursting with flavour, packing a massive
citrus hit, mainly of rich Seville orange, bitter and a bit like
marmalade without the sweetness.
Yes, thank-you, we’ have heard the joke about it going down well.
OK
to
From Ossett to Knottingley
Winter 2012
News for Local Drinkers from the
Wakefield Branch of the
Campaign for Real Ale
3750 copies quarterly
The Great North-South Divide p19
2 From
Brewnews p20 & 28 LocAle Latest p8 Outwood Pub Signs p24
A-Z of Local Pubs & Clubs - OPQ p30 Little Winter Festivals p26
In Loving Memory p4 Winners at Wakefield p8 FREE!
Welcome to Edition 50, That’s a pretty special number! Applause! Applause!
Since the start-up of this magazine, local CAMRA Members have received their own personal copies, in most cases delivered to their door either by volunteers or for over 90% via
Royal Mail. We know this is very much appreciated, but it does mean that the number of
pages and thickness of the magazine have had to be limited, with our ever-rising postage
bill knocking on the door of printing costs. Without postage costs and stamps we could run
to printing at least a thousand more magazines to spread the Real Ale message. Also there’s
a limit to how much we could shrink the print and keep it legible. Our advertisers keep asking us if they can go larger, and the talented beer enthusiasts who write for us wouldn’t
need their efforts to be squeezed and chopped-up so much. More justice could be done to
our pictures, too if printed larger.
A Good Meal and a Decent Pint 
from Colin Williams
The Cock &
Crown
570
Doncaster Rd
Crofton
WF4 1PP
I have passed the Cock and Crown, Crofton on
countless occasions and have seen the posters
advertising their bargain-priced carvery. They
also used to promote their low priced cask ale.
Continuing the value theme from last issue, I
thought it would be worth seeing exactly what
was on offer. One poster used to say "You can't
go wrong" so it was a chance to put that to the
test.
It's very easy to get to, situated not in the heart of
Crofton village but on the A638 near the junction
with the A645. Several bus services go near but
the best bet is probably the 496 which stops almost right outside and also operates a reasonable
service in the evening and on Sundays. The car
park is almost invariably packed even before
noon, suggesting that people like to get there
early to avoid disappointment. It seems very
family friendly and they have one of those fairground soft toy machines where you have to try
and get a toy with the help of a very clumsy little
crane. The disappointment on the children's faces
as another teddy dropped out of reach was almost too much to bear.
It's a "Crown Carvery" establishment, brought to
you by Mitchells and Butlers. There are quite a
2 From Outwood
number of these but this was to be my first
visit to one. The interior is on several levels
and would give a feeling of spaciousness
even when packed. On arrival, I was
pleased to note that a Cask Marque certificate was being proudly displayed. There
were two cask ales on the bar: Marstons
EPA at a bargain £2 a pint and York Brewery's Yorkshire Terrier at a very reasonable
£2.50, although this was due to be replaced
with a Christmas guest. Both were sampled
and we were in full agreement with Cask
Marque's judgement. Wines seemed reasonably priced too, as did the coffees although
some of the soft drinks are on the dear side.
I had phoned ahead to check the food times
and was warned that meat was running a
little low. For some reason it had been a
very busy Wednesday. On arrival, we were
told that there was just beef and turkey left;
two minutes later it was turkey only so
maybe the "Meat Free Carvery" at £3.49
beckoned. We paid our £3.89 and made our
way to the servery to find that there was in
fact some beef left as well as turkey. They
were both highly satisfactory with the beef
being particularly good. An impressive array of tasty "freshly steamed" vegetables is
available on an eat as much as you like basis and this £3.89 carvery was indeed outstanding value for money. Pies or sausages
are available as a carvery alternative and
there are a few vegetarian main courses
such as butternut squash with mushroom
and spinach (£5.65). There is also a small
range of "starters and snacks". You can have
an "ultimate kingsize"carvery for £1.50 extra
and "if you weren't offered a kingsize when
you ordered, it's on the house". Terms and
conditions apply, I imagine.
There are some nice sounding sweets with
apple and blackberry pie at only £1.99. However, we chose an excellent Cherry Bakewell
Pudding with custard at £3.25 and a Winter
Berry Cheesecake at £3.40 which came with
a dollop of "fluffy cream". This was nice
enough but not quite as good as a certain other chain's cheesecake (if you've ever tried it
you'll know the one). The "bottomless ice
cream" seems popular; you get a £1.99 dish
which you fill from a Mr Whippy type machine and then you can return and gorge
yourself further if you wish. Some puddings
are served with "bottomless custard" >p6
which I thought was an interesting concept.
Men without hair on their chests are more
likely to get cirrhosis of the liver than men
welcomes you to
Under new management:
Ian and Ria welcome you to
The New Inn
at Walton
We are open 12 noon-midnight Sun-Thu, 12 noon-1 a.m. Fri & Sat
Ring for details of our quality home-cooked food
Extensive Cask Ale Selection with Guest Beers Changed Regularly
beer garden
144 Shay Lane, Walton, Wakefield WF2 6LA 01924-255447
to Kirkby 3
Meals are served 1100-2130 daily and there
is a breakfast menu from 0800-1100 (0900
Sun) which also looks just as good value as
the carvery menu. It is worth noting that the
carvery costs £6.99 on Sundays and Bank
Holidays.
They were right. You can't go wrong.
Cock and Crown Inn, 01924 862344
Colin Williams
Grim Prospect for Decent Malt
Local brewer Bob Hunter reports that,
hard as it might be to believe at the
wet end to 2011, the British barley
crop is disappointing this year due to
the lack of rainfall.
“I fear that we can expect to see further price
rises for our malt supplies, and together with
the above inflation duty increase - I would
not be surprised to see 10p on a pint in 2012.
As petrol taxes are being eased, I cannot see
the same applying to the tax on beer”.
The Broad Side of Ian Lawton
IN LOVING MEMORY…
I once went into a pub and after ordering my beer, proceeded to sit on one
of the bar stools only to be reprimanded by the landlord: "Tha can't sit theea,
'tis 't'old Obidiah Heppinstall’s place
tha nos"
Telling him that I did not 'nos' (or know)
that, replied that 't'old Obidah Heppinstall could
have it when he came in.
The answer back was that he was not likely to
come in as "E's bin deed for ovver fifty year",
and as he had shuffled off this Mortal Coil nobody had ever sat on that perch. (Hopefully
someone has dusted it since then!)
In all probability, we have all been to establishments like; that where a bar stool or a certain
corner has been dedicated to a long-gone
pub punter, especially ones who had been drinking in the said hostelry 'since man and boy,' and
always came in for a pint after a hard days graft
in 't'mill' or 'down t'pit'.
Past innkeepers and stewards are also remem-
We have a rotating selection of traditional ales, well-kept and at reasonable prices - plus a wide
selection of bottled Belgian beers.
The Club has won many CAMRA awards for beer quality and is the CAMRA ‘Yorkshire Club of the
Year’ 2011.
We open every night 7-11pm and 11-4pm and 7-11pm on Saturdays.
Regular events at the club include Quiz Nights, Poetry Reading Nights, Monday Music Club and Music
Concerts in our air-conditioned Concert Room.
See our website www,theredshed.org.uk or ask at the club for details of these and our other events.
Membership is only £3 waged - £1.50 unwaged, per annum. New members and guests always welcome!!
18 Vicarage Street, Wakefield, (next to the Trinity Walk Frederick Street entrance)
Telephone 01924 215626
4 From Ossett
bered; although I never knew or even met him, in
the Red Shed there is a plaque dedicated to Byron
Cassar who was the last full time steward/bar
keeper at the venerable Vicarage Street watering
hole.
Landlords and landladies who have moved on to
other licensed establishments are also remembered, and have their followers. Look at the afternoon and evening in July 2007 when Dave and
Maureen pulled their last pints as owners
of Fernandes, and what a spiffing time was had
by all who attended, - I think Sue and H put on
one of their famous English Civil War enactment
-type hog roasts (You know H; he's got the delivery business and drives around in his van that has
painted on the rear doors: that says - cont.p6>
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to Knottingley 5
>from p5 H Riley and Wife' - If this van is driven discourteously, phone the wife' - then gives his
wife's phone number - he has been mentioned on
in dispatches national radio by Ken Bruce because
of that).
There was the time when Eric and Carol Dakin of
the Shepherds Arms in Horbury announced that
after over ten years. they were leaving; a great
shock to all who went there, and even a greater
shock when it was announced that they were going SOUTH! (Rotherham actually. Well it is in
South Yorkshire.
They had a farewell party, the night before departure, and a cake in the design of the pub was
made, many farewells were said with promises
of going down to Rotherham to see them in their
new establishment. However that was going to be
sooner than they thought - it had been previously
arranged that when they were about to move,
several of the locals were going to be at their new
public house before they arrived, and take artefacts from their old pub and place them in their
new premises - for instance, the tap room dartboard, the pub's football team notice board, one of
the tables and some of chairs, with four or five of
the regulars to greet them. The operation had
been planned in true military fashion: items that
were going to be taken with them were lightly unscrewed from their fittings on walls, so all
that had to be done once they’d finally depart- ed
the premises was for the intrepid band of followers to put them into assembled cars and vans
ready for the trip down. The problem was that
somehow they had to get in front of Eric and
Carol enabling them to set up and look normal at
their new pub - to the rescue came their daughter
Joanne, now in on the jolly jape - she had just got
her own car and at the last minute announced to
her Dad that she thought her tyres needed inflating, and would feel more confident on the motorway if they were to the correct pressure, but she
didn’t know how to use the pressure gauge at the
local filling station, and asked her Dad if he
would show her what to do when they called in
there on the way.
Eric was slightly peeved at this tactic, as time
was important because he’d arranged to meet the
stock-taker at his new place to establish take
over. Nevertheless, the deed was done, and the
intrepid band set off, passing the Lupset cont p8>
The Reindeer Inn
Independent Free House
Wakefield CAMRA Pub of the Year 2009
always serving 6 caskcask-conditioned ales
BREWERY TAP
FOR THE NEW
TRADITIONAL HOMEMADE FOOD
TRADITIONAL HOMEMADE FOOD
served Tues-Sat lunch 12-2.30 pm,
Weds-Sat evenings 7-9.30 pm
(OAP Specials-2 courses £5.95, 3 courses £6.95)
204 Old Road, Overton, WF4 4RL 01924-848374
Buses: Huddersfield 232, Wakefield 232 &128, Dewsbury 128
6 From ‘Orbury
6 Queen Street, Horbury,
Wakefield
A Real Ale Drinker’s Pub
John Smith’s, Tetley’s, Clark’s
& Taylor’s Landlord Bitter
 (01924) 280442
Now always
Five Real Ale
Guest Beers
on Tap
NOW OPEN 11-11 MON - SAT,
12-10.30 SUN
A warm welcome
from James and
the Staff
to Kastleford 7
>from p6 service station and saw Eric and this
daughter fiddling with the air machine looking
for change as they drove by. (On the subject of
these air machines, has anyone else noticed now
it used to be Free Air but can cost up to 50p for
the privilege?- Must be inflation)
On arrival, at their new pub, everything was off
loaded and hastily taken into the pub, much to
the consternation and confusion of the outgoing
licensee, who, when everything was explained, got in on the act, and a few minutes down
the line in drove Eric and his entourage, and
pranksters took up nonchalant positions at the
bar having a good old chin-wag discussing
events of the day.
The look on the faces of Eric and Carol was a
picture - I don't know if anyone took a camera
with them to record the moment, it was in the
days before mobile phones had that facility.
All in all, it goes to show that the hard work put
in by landlords, landladies, managers, licensees, and bar staff etc. is appreciated, and those
that make the effort in keeping spot-on beers,
their establishments clean and tidy and keeping
their customers happy will survive. I.L.
in Wakefield
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Central Wakefield (8)
Black Rock, Cross Square
Bull & Fairhouse, George Street
Fernandes Brewery Tap, Avison Yard
Graziers, Market Street†
Harry’s Bar, Westgate
Henry Boons, Westgate
The Hop, Bank Street
Wakefield Labour Club, Vicarage Street
North East (6)
Glass Blower, Bank Street, Castleford
Golden Ball, Pontefract
Junction, Carlton Street, Castleford
Kings Arms, Heath
Kirklands Hotel, Leeds Road, Outwood
Shoulder of Mutton, Methley Road, Castleford
South (2)
Pledwick, Newmillerdam†
Three Houses, Sandal†
8 From Overton
Winners at Wakefield
Chosen by you the festivalgoers
1.Five Towns Tyketanic
2.Fernandes Vanilla Porter
3.Fullers Golden Pride
4.North Riding Neilson’s Sauvin
5.Brass Castle Bad Kitty (joint with)
5.Mallinsons Nelson Sauvin
7.Tigertops Black Art
8.Five Towns V2 Schneider (joint with)
8.Rat Brewery King Rat IPA
10.Allendale Weizen
Category winners included:
Mild: Brown Cow Captain Oates
Bitter: North Riding Neilson’s Sauvin
Best Bitter: Kirkstall Three Swords
Porter/Stout: Fernandes Vanilla Porter
Strong Ales: Five Towns Tyketanic
Speciality Beer: Allendale Weizen
Cider: Dove Syke Ribble Valley Gold
Perry: Gwatkin Squeal Pig Perry
South East (2)
Anglers Retreat, Wintersett
New Inn, Walton
South West (6)
Bingley Arms, Horbury Bridge
Boons, Queen Street, Horbury
Cricketers Arms, Cluntergate, Horbury
Gardeners Arms, High Street, Crigglestone
Little Bull, Middlestown
Reindeer, Overton
North West (6)
Alverthorpe WMC, Flanshaw Lane
Brewers Pride, Low Mill Road, Healey, Ossett
Maypole, Ossett
New Albion, Alverthorpe
Old Vic, Manor Rd, Ossett (Silver King)
Tap, The Green, Ossett
†denotes a provisional new entry
Keep checking the list in the magazine or on
the website where new entries are being added
all the time,and if you know of any pubs that
should be included, please contact me, Dave
Owen on 07919 65289 dowen93@hotmail.com
NEW
CAMRA
MEMBERSHIP
FORM
TOM!
to Kirkhamgate 9
OPEN ALL
DAY EVERY
DAY FROM
MIDDAY
Food served
Monday–
Thursday
12 til 2.30pm
and
5.30pm til 9pm
(8.30pm Monday)
Friday and
Saturday
12 til 3.30pm
Proud to be
Independent
Low Mill Road,
Healey Road, Ossett
WF5 8ND
Tel: 01924 273865
www.brewers-pride.co.uk
Wakefield CAMRA
Pub of the Year 2010
Open:
Fridays and
Saturdays
5.30-9.30pm
Sunday Lunch
12.30-3.30pm
Book on
01924 262077
Come down and see why we’ve been voted Wakefield’s finest real ale pub. With quality cask ales from around the region, you’ll be spoilt for choice. Add a sprinkling of award
winning chef prepared food, themed menus at prices you
won’t believe and a very warm welcome from the friendly bar
staff and you’ve just found your second home!
Choice of 9 Superb Real
Ales
Live Music First Sunday
of every month
Quiz Night every Monday
10 From Overton
Located to the rear of the Pub, Millers
Bar & Restaurant brings fine dining to
your doorstep. With a superb à la carte
menu created by our new Award Winning Head Chef, fine wines, continental
beers and a choice of 9 real ales at the
Brewers, you’ll be spoilt for choice.
An INZpirational Journey Part 6
the political climate in NZ!
The journey down to Auckland from Whangaroa started badly. It had begun to rain heavily
as we approached Kerikeri, heading south,
and the NH10 out of town was closed due to
an accident. So we were diverted by the police
on to a very muddy, slow unsealed road, with
heavy traffic, travelling along it seemingly for
hours.
A couple of hundred metres from the harbour,
we found the Brauhaus Frings, a German style
brewery and pub, as the name suggests.
So, that was the evening taken care of!
Having collected the car from the motel, we
drove around the headland on the opposite side
of the harbour to some splendid beaches, the
best being McLeod Bay, with a fine view of
NZ’s only oil refinery at Marsden Point!
Since we had plenty of time before catching
the flight, we decided to divert and stay overThe evening was spent in the Brauhaus enjoynight in Whangerei. We booked into a pleasing good food and beers.
ant motel on the outskirts of the town run by a
The next morning, a short drive to North
couple of rather disgruntled ex-pats.
Shore, Auckland for a two nights’ stopover.
By the afternoon, the weather had bucked up
That evening, we had dinner in the Mad Dogs
considerably, so we walked into town and
and Englishmen pub, where we could have had
down to the harbour. This is a working hara pint of Boddingtons. Chose MacGold instead
bour with fishing boats tied up, the crews
– must be getting acclimatised!
carrying out essential maintenance work. We
sat in the sun listening to their most entertain- North Shore provides some pleasant enough
beaches and walks, but that’s about it.
ing conversations. Learned quite a lot about
OLD MILL BREWERY
Independent Brewers Since 1983.
MILL STREET, SNAITH,
EAST RIDING of YORKSHIRE. DN14 9HU
Tel: 01405 861813 Fax: 01405 862789
sales@oldmillbrewery.co.uk www.oldmillbrewery.co.uk
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Phil and Lynn (formerly of the George V)
welcome customers old and new to their new
pub.
formerly the Jolly Sailor,
just a short walk from the Hepworth Gallery
We are open Tuesday - Sunday from 12
Great Food plus Real Ales from Yorkshire Brewers.
Evening meal offers Tues - Sat, ring for details.
Proper home-made Sunday lunches served until 6
Come and enjoy the warm and friendly
atmosphere.
Open:
MondayMonday-Thursday 33-11
Friday & Saturday 1212-12:30
Sunday 1212-11:30
Cask ales from Ossett and Black Sheep
Front Street, Glasshoughton WF10 4RN
HOW DID THE FESTIVAL DO?
Wakefield CAMRA’s Beer Festival in November was a resounding success. Feedback
from festivalgoers indicates that they were
very happy with the choice of beers and ciders. Beer stocks lasted out, but only just with
six being available at the end. Attendance
was well up on 2010. Don’t ask if there were
any left-over glasses! The charities both received record amounts, and as for the information material from Orchid, the male cancer
charity, you would have thought we’d had a
plague of locusts. Where will the festival be
next year? We’re leaving no stone unturned.
TOP PUBS
Up for selection last November was Pub of the
Autumn Season. There was pretty strong competition but the winning pub was the Reindeer
at Overton. The Reindeer is our western-most
pub and overlooks the National Mining Museum at Caphouse. It now has its own beers,
brewed at the Cap House Brewery, see p.23.
Barely has the 2012 Good Beer Guide been
launched and we start looking at pubs for 2013
edition. Local members are invited to make
suggestions from across the district, to be evaluated for first inspection in early 2012.
WAKEFIELD CAMRA PUB OF THE WINTER SEASON 2012
selected at the February Branch Meeting, Spread Eagle, Wragby
Name of pub………………………………………….
Member’s signature……………………M’ship no…………...
Please send votes by post or email to Albert Bradbury by 1 Nov for verification or come to meeting.
RECENT SELECTIONS EXCLUDED :
12 From Old Snydale
Reindeer Overton, Junction Castleford, Cricketers Horbury
HARBAR
107 B Westgate , Wakefield
Tel:01924 373773
Riverhead Brewery Tap
Open: Mondays-Thursdays 5pm-1am
& Dining Room Fridays 4pm-1am
Saturdays 3pm-1am, Sundays
day
noon - midnight
4 Peelall
Street,
Marsden
6BR
Riverhead BreweryHuddersfield
Tap & DiningHD7
Room
t:
01484
841270
Marsden
HD7 6BR t: 01484
Abbeydale, Bob’s Leeds,
Moorhouses
and841270
Ossett
The
Shepherds
Rest
Sowerby
Bridge
Three
Pigeons
Plus changing Guest Ales and always an award-winning
Cider or Perry
HX6 2BD t: 014221 831937
Sun Fold, South Parade
The Shepherds Boy
Dewsbury
Halifax
HappyWF13
Mondays
at Harry’s
2RP t: 01924
454116
HX1 2LX
Monday Evening Discount on Real Ales for
CAMRA
t: 01422
347001Members (Show your card!)
Regular Beers from:
to Kirkgate 13
On the second day, a drive back north up the
NH1 to visit the Hallertau Brewbar and Restaurant at Riverhead, Auckland. Once again,
very good food and a selection of five good
German style beers, although the driver could
only have a sip, of course.
Driver sipping beer at Hallertau Brewbar
So, the time had
come to say
goodbye to North
Island for a few
weeks and off to
South Island,
courtesy of Air
New Zealand.
(Internal flights in NZ can be booked in the
UK, but were considerably cheaper if the
airnewzealand.co.nz. web-site was used, rather
than the .co.uk site. The payment was taken in
$NZ, of course, but, even with card charges,
was still cheaper)
Self check-in at Auckland airport cont.p19 >
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Maureen and David James
welcome friends old and new to
their pub at 4 Wakefield Road,
Pontefract WF8 4HN 01977-702231
Inn keeping with tradition!
14 From Owl Lane
01924 362930
to Kettlethorpe 15
Jonnty’s Jaunts
John Groves is our Events Secretary. If you want to come on any of our trips,
just phone Jonnty on 07790 231388 or email jonnty.g@tiscali.co.uk
BRANCH MEETINGS
Thursday 5th January Branch Meeting, at The Hop, Wakefield starting 20:00 including Pub of
the Year Vote
Tuesday 17th January Good Beer Guide Selection Meeting starting 19:30 at Wakefield Labour
Club, to draw up a list of pubs and clubs to be surveyed
Tuesday 24th January Committee meeting at New Inn Walton starting 20:00
Thursday 2nd February Branch Meeting at the Spread Eagle, Wragby starting 20:00 including
Winter Pub of the Season vote (votes sent in need to be with Albert by 31 January)
Tuesday 13th March A.G.M. followed by Branch Meeting at Wakefield Labour Club 19:30
Thursday 12th April Branch Meeting at the Angel, Ackworth starting 20:00
BRANCH EVENTS
Once breweries have got through the Christmas rush they are in a better position to think
about visits by CAMRA groups in the New Year so watch out for details of a visit to Two
Roses at Darton completing the day in Barnsley probably at the Old No.7.
Planned for January, too, is a trip taking in a number of breweries in the Fylde area.
CAMRA FESTIVALS
Remember: all these CAMRA beer festivals offer a concession to CAMRA Members.
Wednesday 18th-Saturday 21st January 2012 National Winter Ales Festival, Sheridan
Suite, Oldham Rd, Manchester, M40 8EA
Thursday 2nd-Saturday 4th February Pendle Beer Festival at Colne Municipal Hall
BB8 0EE
Thursday 9th-Saturday 11th February Fleetwood Beer Festival, Marine Hall, The Esplanade Thu from 19:00, Fri & Sat from noon, CAMRA Members free
Thursday 23rd-Saturday 25th February Bradford Beer Festival at Victoria Hall Shipley,
CAMRA Members free Friday lunchtime
Wednesday 29February-Saturday 3rd March Rotherham Real Ale/Music Fest, Magna
Keep bang up to date at www.camra.org.uk/wakefield where the very latest on
Branch Trips (usually at least one a month) and beer festivals will be posted.
Dave & Louise welcome you to
The
Woodman
Leeds Road,
Outwood WF2 1LU
01924 822631
Open 3-11 Mondays & Tuesdays, 12-11 Wednesdays & Thursdays,
12-01 Fridays & Saturdays, 12-11:30 Sundays
John Smiths and 2/3 Guests each week from Independent Brewers
QUIZ Wednesdays/Thursdays, 9pm start KARAOKE Saturdays
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Annabel Smith writes….
Annabel, who hails from
Horbury, is Cask Marque’s
only female Beer Inspector.
The Great NorthSouth Divide
There has always been an ongoing debate between the
North and South about how cask ale should be
served – with a thick creamy head or a looser
frothier head? Which is better?
Most of my weeks are divided between working for a few days in the South, and then trying
to head back north as the week goes on so I
can spend Friday evening in a local pub.
And the way cask ale is served is markedly
different. Most pubs in the north dispense cask
ale using a sparkler – a little gadget which is
attached to the beer spout to create a thick
creamy head through which the beer is drunk.
All the aroma of the hops is encapsulated in
the head, and the liquid beneath tastes smoother.
The majority of pubs in the South cont.p19
Welcome from Ian (“Trio”),
Barbara & Suzanne
The Red Lion
73 Dewsbury Road
Ossett WF5 9NQ
01924-629530
Open 12-12 with food 1-7pm
Bob’s White Lion
+ 2 rotating guest beers
….said to be the oldest public house in
Ossett
17
We’re in it!
18 From Ossett Spa
> from p14 worked a charm, and a quick ninety minutes’ flight and we arrived in Christchurch. A most beautiful city, probably the
most English looking of all NZ cities, but now
almost totally devastated by the recent earthquakes.
The Christchurch tram
system -and an unusual
car outside the cathedral
all three of these pubs is very good.
cont. from p17 dispense cask ale without a
sparkler so the head is looser and frothier.
Most of the hop bitterness remains in the beer
so it has a more intense flavour, but less aroma.
The most common misconception amongst
Northerners is that Southern beer is ‘flat’
because it doesn’t have that tight head on the
top. Nothing could be further from the truth –
any ale which tastes flat is beer that has lost
all its condition. Good, well kept ale always
gives you a little tingle on the tongue – not
fizzy like lager, but certainly not flat and
lifeless.
Some Southern brewers would be horrified if
they knew their beer was being dispensed
through a sparkler, and vice versa, Northern
brewers may dictate that a sparkler should
always be used.
Very few London pubs possess a sparkler, let
alone use one. But do I enjoy the beer any
less? No – it’s just a different experience, and
everyone in the pub drinks it that way, so it
can’t be all that bad!
We had booked onto the TranzAlpine rail service for the next day, travelling from Christchurch to Greymouth on the west coast, over
part of the Southern Alps. We had driven over
in a camper van on our last trip, and fancied the
rail version.
(The opportunity for rail travel in NZ is limited.
In addition to the TranzAlpine, the only other
two lines open to passengers are the
TranzScenic, operating between Picton and
Christchurch in South Island (on which we had
There are (were?) a
travelled previously), a very pleasant run, and
number of good
the Overlander between Auckland and Wellingbreweries/restaurants ton in North Island, quite expensive and time
in Christchurch, all of which are worth a visit. consuming)
The Twisted Hop brews English style ales,
The trip was well worth the money, with stunserved on hand-pull, some cask conditioned;
ning scenery over the Alps, and we arrived in
the Dux de Lux serves German style beers and
Pomeroys, a pub run by Harringtons Brewery, Greymouth about 13.00. We picked up our
previously ordered hire car ready for the onserves a huge range of English style beers, all
slaught on South Island.
pasteurised, also available at their own Bottle
Next time: Glaciers, fiords and extreme sport city.
Stores and in most supermarkets. The food in
Maybe it’s the environment we drink the beer
in. Most London pubs are packed with beer
drinkers at 5 o’clock, drinkers preferring to
stay in the city before they tackle the journey
home.
Here in the North, we tend to go home after
work, have our tea, then go out again. We
each have our habits and it doesn’t necessarily
mean one is better than another.
Which goes back to my first point – which is
better? And I don’t think there is a right and a
wrong answer, it’s entirely up to the individual how they want their cask ale served. So if
you want to try a quick taste challenge, next
time you’re in a pub ask for two halves of the
same beer – one poured with a sparkler, one
without. You may be surprised how different
they taste.
©Annabel Smith
At www.caskmarque.co.uk you can search 7769 (at
the last count) Cask Marque pubs in the UK and
also download a free handy app for smart phones.
to Kinsley 19
CLUB ROUND-UP
We welcome Darren Leeming, new steward
at the George V WMC Glasshoughton, one of
our leading cask ale clubs.
Ossett Beer Excellence awards have been given to Ossett Cricket & Athletics Club and
Wakefield Golf Club for serving the brewery’s
cask ales in top condition.
Old Mill beers
are reported to
be frequently
available at the
Carleton
Grange Club
near Pontefract.
You don’t have to reside in Carleton to join.
At Outwood WMC on Ledger Lane, alongside
the regular John Smiths and Tetleys you will
also find guest ales from local brewers from
time to time.
When searching for the A to Z it came to light
from clubman Mr T that Ossett Fernhouse
WMC closed its doors last February.
...around the County
At Old Mill, brewer Paul Simpson has
come back from retirement probably until
there’s a new appointment. New to the core
range is Red Goose, a red ale. More good
news is that Black Jack will continue
throughout February.
Tiny by contrast is the new ½ barrel plant
installed at Blind Jack’s to be known as
Knaresborough Brewing Company. The
first brew was expected to be a milk stout.
At Batley a 17 barrel plant originally at the
Meantime Brewery at Greenwich has been
installed at the new Pennine Brewery on
the Grange Road Industrial Estate, by Stewart Rowley who brewed at Cross Bay Brewery, Morecambe and Peter Goldsborough
who has brewed at Moorhouses.
Following a period of not brewing, Thorne
Brewery are back in action with new beers
including the dark malty Dunston’s Ships
with its surprisingly summery refreshing
hop finish.
A Message from the Membership
Secretary
A warm welcome to these new members: John
& Lynn Blake, Robert Briggs, Melvyn Brook,
Daniel and Mark Brookes, Hannah Burnham,
National HQ: 01484 710534 Alan Burnley, Ian Dyson, Shaun Ellis, Derrick
Flint, Peter Forster, Tim Helliwell, Peter Hirst,
www.flva.co.uk
Mark Hurdiss, Jason Hurst and Laura Norris,
Your local contact is
Malcolm & Debbie Kyle, Rikki Liddle, Daniel
and Leanne Moorhouse, Danny Peake, Andrew
Michelle Dwan
Pease, David Powell and finally Andrew Sharp.
at the Magnet, Castleford
We welcome back Sol & Doreen Fletcher and
01977 552559
James Taylor.
Mob:07760 233551
advice, help and assistance
365 days a year
We’re looking forward, too, to meeting Gareth
Pettman who has moved into our area.
Most of these new folk will be receiving our ebulletins with up-to-date news of what’s going
off in the branch, as well as local pubs, festivals
and breweries.
Albert
20 From Ossett
A warm welcome from
Neil and Maureen at
CIDER FAQs (No.34)
Q: Could I grow my own cider apples?
A: In some parts of the country some or all of
the apples which go into cider are actually culinary varieties. In New Zealand a top brand is
made with Granny Smith and Cox’s Orange!
Kentish and East Anglian ciders use culinary
varieties, too. However if you’re plagued by kids
going after the fruit at the back of your garden,
you could certainly put them off with true cider
varieties. They’ll be the kids with the wrinkledup faces from all that tannin!
Whilst you can buy apples by mail order www.ukcider.co.uk lists loads of suppliers in
the South and West, there’s nothing like seeing
the trees at first hand. Rogers of Pickering offer
at least ten cider apple varieties from Brown
Snout to Tremlett’s Bitter including well-known
ones like Dabinett. They generally need another
variety to cross-pollinate. That could be a dessert variety if you like. At Pickering they should
be able to tell you which varieties do well in the
North and to help you choose compatible varieties for pollination.
The Junction
Carlton St. Castleford, 01977-278867
er 2 01
Summ
2
Purveyors of fine ales with guest beers from Bob’s
Brewing, Ridgeside, Revolutions and many others.
In the
OPENING HOURS
MON - THURS 2PM TILL 11.30
FRI/SAT/SUN 12 TILL LATE
Dog friendly and only 2 mins from
train and bus station
THE
LITTLE BULL
72 New Road
Middlestown
Wakefield WF4 4NR
SUNDAY EVENING
QUIZ WITH
RAFFLE, PRIZES AND
FREE SUPPER
A family business - an Independent Free House
selling local cask-conditioned beers
with Bob’s White Lion being a regular plus three changing guest ales
New quality menu with locally sourced produce now served Mon-Sat 12-3
Sunday lunches 12-4, Wednesday night is Themed Food Night 5pm-9pm
Open all day every day from 12 noon
Karaoke Thursdays and Saturdays
tel:01924-650791
to King Street 21
BROOKSIDE
Established COMMERCIAL & SOCIAL CLUB
Established
1927
1927
Barnsley Road, South Elmsall 01977 643530
Dubbed
Dubbed
an Oasis
an Oasis
for for
RealReal
AleAle
at competitive
at competitive
prices.
prices.
Over
Over
35 pumps
35 pumps
on-line
covering
on-line lagers
covering
andlagers
beers and
including
beers including
superbly kept
superbly
cask kept
ales on
cask
hand-pump.
ales on
hand-pump.
For membership
For membership
detailsdetails
contact
contact
Mel Barker,
Mel Barker,
Secretary.
Secretary.
CIU-AFFILIATED,
CIU-AFFILIATED,
CAMRAMEMBERS
MEMBERS WELCOME
WELCOME AS
CAMRA
ASGUESTS
GUESTS
Open 11.30-4, 6.30-11.
Open Mon
Sat–Fri
11-5,
11.30-4,
6.30-11.
6.30-11.
Sun 11-3, 6.30-10.30
Now open Saturday and Sunday 11.30-late!
Sun 11-3, 6.30-10.30.
Beer on DVD no 33
Three Little Beers
an annual golfing day for employees. When
(home-made dvd on their delivery round they call at a golf
club, and thinking that as they know nothing
cover)
This movie,
one of the toprated of 190
shorts made by
Curly Howard,
Larry Fine and
Moe Howard is
available in
several different Three
Stooges compilations, but
with some trepidation the reviewer decided for the first time
to try downloading it as a bit torrent file. It
was a piece of, er, cake, talking of which,
Panther Pilsner is a reference to the slang
expression "panther piss" for poor quality
beer!
The three stooges find themselves set on as
draymen for the Panther Brewery which has
22 From Outwood
about the game they ought to get some experience, they manage to inveigle their way into
a prestigious golf tournament.
There’s tons of excruciating slapstick, with
unforgettable lines such as "Go get a bag of
bats” (golf clubs) and "Look, it went down a
hole. Just my luck!".
When Moe has hacked an entire green to
divots: "I'm getting better. See, the pieces are
getting smaller."
Curly gets his golf ball, and then the "bat"
stuck in a tree and decides the only way to
get it back is to chop down the tree!
The chaotic climax of the film, which you'll
either find side-splitting or cringe-making,
comes when the beer truck is parked on a hill
and the entire load of barrels breaks free and
rolls down into a busy town centre.
The Three Stooges Collection Volume One:
1934-1936 can be had from Amazon.
Bradbury’s
Beermat Column
Cap House Brewery is the brainchild of
two friends from Middlestown, Gary
Wardman of the Reindeer Inn and
Peter Lister, a regular at the
pub. The brewery is situated
in part of Peter's packaging
Factory premises in Batley
and started production in
September 2011.
The featured mat is number
one of seven issued by the
brewery with number two
advertising their second
brew "Miner's A Pint". The
third has a brewing terms
wordsearch on it while the
last four have hangman,
noughts and crosses and
anagrams. The idea is
that drinkers can amuse themselves whilst
drinking their pints. All the reverses of the
mats are plain brown for resting one’s glass
on when you have had enough mind
exercise. A third beer, Dark Silhouette,
was on sale at Wakefield Beer Festival
and depicted colliery winding
gear. The overall theme
for the brews is collierybased as the pub is
directly opposite the
National Coal Mining
Museum in the former
Caphouse Colliery. The
brews have been well
received by the regulars
at the Reindeer and elsewhere in the area and I'm
sure we all wish Gary
and Peter well for the
future.
Albert Bradbury
Mark welcomes new and existing customers to the
Barnsley Oak
constantly changing guest ales
good home-cooked food served in our lounge with superb valley views
12 - 7.45pm
Sunday lunches 12 - 4pm
open all day every day - quiz nights Tuesday and Sunday
children welcome - extensive beer garden
Fifth Year in CAMRA’s Good Beer Guide
Mill Lane, South Elmsall near Pontefract Tel: 01977 643427
to Kirkby Road 23
GEORGE V WMC
There’s a great welcome at this popular busy club for members and non members
with a fine selection of beers and lagers including 4 cask beers,from
John Smiths, Sam Smiths, Tetleys and a local brewery
all on autovac at very competitive prices
Two TVs in the bar and a big screen in the concert room show
owin
ow ng all big sporting
events on Sky and ESPN with Racing UK showing
ing daily.
Top artistes every Saturday evening, and great bands oc
occa
asionally on
Friday evenings.
Large beer garden - Function room available
For more details please phone Darren or Roy on 01977
7 552775
Holywell House
Glasshoughton WF10 4RN
In Search of Traditional English Inn Signs - Up the A61
Kirklands
sign to
follow,
Tom!
These pubs are along the route where Yorkshire
(West Riding) Electric Tramways ran North
from Wakefield through rhubarb country towards Leeds. There were no doubt more pubs
one time. The 110 bus is swift and frequent so
for local drinkers either city centre is as good as
on their doorstep. All addresses are on Leeds Rd.
The Vine Tree (no.82) is an 1841 building on the
site of an earlier inn which must surely have had
a grapevine at one time. The cask ale is usually
from Copper Dragon.
It’s a fair stride these days to the next pub, The
Victoria (489A) close to Outwood Library, until
that gets “cut”. What a picture (of H.M.), and
you’d think there’d be cask ale here, but there
24 From Ouchthorpe Lane
isn’t, any more than at the next pub, The Queen
just up the road at 547. A Courage sign - that’s a
piece of history in itself, a non-local branding
that must have been thought better of by Scottish
-Courage (before Scottish & Newcastle).
The Kirklands (605) is our only Old Mill pub so
expect their Bitter and a seasonal beer. The sign
shows a brewer and not many people know it’s
actually Paul Simpson before he went grey!
The Woodman (689) is a good bet for cask ale
(changing selection) nowadays and although the
sign isn’t exciting, the design in the top panel is
used to good effect on the stucco of the pub wall.
The Sun did have beers from Leeds Brewery but
when I looked in there was Ruddles County.
On the Hand-Pull No.34
Auto tilting.
Unlike kegs, which can be simply stood upright on a cellar floor, ale casks are used lying
on their sides. This permits the beer to flow
from the tap under gravity, with enough room
in the "belly" of the cask below
the outlet (keystone) for
the finings to collect
with any sediment.
As a cask gets nearer to
empty, by when the finings will have done their
job of dragging down
any suspended particles, it is prudent to tilt the
cask so that little of the last gallon gets wasted. Wooden chocks can be used to keep the
cask steady, or a cradle known as stillage.
With chocks somebody has to go
down to
the cellar and nudge them
inward but an autotilt,
relying on a simple
leaf spring (above)
or a mechanism which may
be hydraulic, allows one end of the
cask to rise up
as it gets lighter. RKW
A
THE
BLACK
ROCK
EST.
1842
19 Cross Square
Wakef ield WF1 1PQ
01924 375550
Tetley Bitter and
three changing
guest cask ales
Open: Sun 12-10.30
M-F 11-11, Sat 11-12
Monday - Thursday
all cask beers £2.40
LVERTHORP
WMC
E
111 Flanshaw Lane, Alverthorpe, WF2 9JG 01924 374179
HAND-PULLED TETLEY BEERS AND TWO
GUEST ALES FROM INDEPENDENT BREWERS
Proud to be a finalist in CAMRA’s Yorkshire Club of the Year 2010-11
Proud
New Members Welcome
CAMRA Members Welcome as Guests
AFFILIATED
Live Entertainment Saturday & Sunday
Dancing Monday & Thursday
In the 2011 Good Beer Guide and current Wakefield CAMRA Club of the Year
to Knottingley Road 25
PUB, CLUB & OTHER FESTS
WELCOMES YOU TO THE
OLD Nº7
MARKET HILL
BARNSLEY
OFFERING AN EXCITING
RANGE OF CASK ALES,
CONTINENTAL BEERS ,
PILSNERS AND CIDERS.
ACORN BREWERY LTD 01226 - 270734
Thu26-Sun29 Jan BF, Navigation Mirfield
Thu9-Sat11Feb Annual BF, White Cross,
Bradley Hudds just uphill from Cooper Bridge
Thu9-Sun12 Feb SIBA Champions Festival
Canalhouse 48-52 Canal St, Nottingham
Thu2-Fri3 Feb provisional dates for Denby
Dale Lions' 2nd Charity BF, Ossett Town Hall
Fri10-Sat11FebFourth Ilkley BF tickets on
sale already advance booking recommended.
Fri17-Sat18Feb Fourth Boston Spa BF Fri
advance only, Sat12-19:00 buses 173/4/5,770
Fri16-Sat17Mar Denby Dale Lions' Annual
BF at the Pie Hall
Fri13-Sat14 Apr Rothwell BF,Rothwell Parish
Hall food, live music and real ales
Fri18-Sun20 May DYB DYB (Do Your Best)
Beerfest, 1st Pontefract Scout Centre,
BondgateWF8 2LQ (by big viaduct)open 1223:30 each day, bands & singers, hog roast
Saturday, adults only after 20:00, ticket onlyon sale Jan
DAVID & HOLLY WATSON WELCOME YOU TO THE
GOLDEN BALL
FREE HOUSE
HORSEFAIR, PONTEFRACT
A cosy two-roomed genuine
free house with four
traditional hand-pulled ales
including Ossett.
We’re just opposite the
Bus Station and open
Noon ‘til Midnight!
26 From Overton
HB Clark are planning to re-launch Clarks
Traditional Bitter 3.5% abv brewed to the
original recipe by their Brewery Manager/
Head Brewer Paul Senior.
The brewery are giving some thought to the
new pump clip and would like to open this
design up to CAMRA members in Wakefield
and locally, putting a prize up of £50 for the
design chosen to be reproduced and used as
their pump clip across the country.
Sales Director Glenn Brown
is looking for pencil
sketch submissions or
designs raised on a
computer. Any sub
missions should be
sent to him at:
H B Clark & Co
Westgate Brewery,
Wakefield WF2 9SW
or e-mailed to him at
Here’s one they
glenn.brown@hbclark.co.uk
made earlier.
TETLEY DAVE’S
SHOULDER OF
MUTTON
Methley Rd Castleford
“One of Britain's Greatest Pubs"
- Roger Protz
Fine ales from Tetleys and Independents
NO JUKEBOX - JUST REAL MUSIC
INCLUDING GEORGE FORMBY NIGHT
LAST WEDNESDAY OF MONTH
01977-736039
Open 11-4, 7-11, all day from 12 Music Sundays
5 minutes walk from the Bus Station
the
a traditional cask ale pub
Don’t miss on Fridays & Saturdays
the White Hart Karaoke
cosy real fires in our
bars (in Winter!)
and you can enjoy our heated beer garden all year round
01924 375887
77 Westgate End
Wakefield
OPEN
12-11 Mon-Thu
12-01.30 Fri & Sat
12-11.30 Sun
to Kinsley 27
been made
seemed
walls
made good
to getby
thenow..There
brewing vessels
in to
should
Os been made good by now. There seemed to
have
Bob’s Brewing Demand for White Lion has
be so much space at the start but the idea of a
obliged Bob to get a larger second fermenting
parallel 2½ barrel plant has been dropped for
vessel.
Cap House Love at First Brew, Miner’s a Pint space considerations.
Ossett go from strength to strength with the
and Dark Silhouette went down well at Wakeopening of another Hop in Sheffield last Novemfield Festival and their innovative beermats
ber and a new scheme to reward and support their
have caused quite a sensation, some folk thinkfree trade customers called the Ossett Beer Exceling they must be pumpclips - until they see the
lence Club. 2012 starts with Winter IPA at 5%,
actual 3D ones!
heavily hopped with US Columbus hops. SnowH B Clark will be re-launching Clarks Tradidrop and Winter’s T’ale will be back too.
tional Bitter 3.8% abv brewed to the original
Revolutions Kraftwerk has spawned 4.5% Man
recipe by Head Brewer (now Brewery ManagMachine, mid-brown with English malt and Gerer) Paul Senior. This beer harks back to Clarks
man hops, and Beat Red joins the core range.
winning the best bitter category at GBBF in
Outgang Brewery will be the name for the brew1983. The relaunch will be this March and they
plant at the Kinsley Hotel. The Thomas Elstone
plan to make it a big thing locally.
name with its historic connections is something
Fernandes Steve’s brewed a new beer called
reserved for the future. Test brewing is reported
Strawweight weighing in at just 2.8%, so qualito have taken place.
fying for a preferential rate of duty. It’s straw
Tigertops Brewer Barry Smith is going to excoloured, too.
plore the use of the hop variety Aramis grown in
Five Towns See the front cover!
Alsace, said to give a delicate herbal,
Great Heck The new brewplant has been inlemongrass, green tea flavour, as well as looking
stalled across the road. The big holes in the
at a number of New World varieties.
walls made to get the vessels in should have
GET HELP HERE:
Who’s now to blame for what in the
Wakefield Branch:
I’ve got a general enquiry or one
about the Beer Festival :
I want to join CAMRA:
Albert Bradbury, Membership Secretary, 01977
792813 or albert.wakcamra@tiscali.co.uk
My pub could be a LocAle pub our new
Vice Chairman, Dave Owen 01977 703112 or
dowen93@hotmail.com
June Bradbury, Branch Secretary 01977 792813
I‘d like to speak to the Chairman
or june.wkcamra@tiscali.co.uk (note: wk not
Mark Goodair, 01924 278043, 07722 147234 or
wak)
markgoodair@gmail.com
I‘d like an ad or a plug in O-K:
Bob Wallis, Branch Publicity 01977 707096 or
bob.wallis@tiscali.co.uk
It’s about Historic Pubs or Pontefract &
Castleford Area
I’d like to pay Wakefield CAMRA
some money:
Rod Naylor, Pub Heritage Officer and
Pontefract & Castleford Co-ordinator,
01977 602266 or ponterod@hotmail.co.uk
Mike Abba, Branch Treasurer, 01977 799980 or
mike.abba@lfha.co.uk
It’s about Ackworth, Hemsworth, South
Kirkby or South Elmsall:
I’d like to go on one of your branch
trips, or I’ve got an idea for one,:
John Groves, Events Secretary 07790 231388
jonnty.g @tiscali.co.uk
Colin Williams, Villages Co-ordinator 01977
642734 or colinpw@btinternet.com
Ossett & Horbury Co-ordinator
Jon Hemingway jon@phoenixifa.com
28 From ‘Orbury Bridge
Ale on the Web
Okay, so it’s singing our
own praises, but if you
go to the Brewery Visits
section of
Mick and Sandra
welcome you to
THE GRIFFIN
www.camra.org.uk/
wakefield we can now
take you to these breweries: Revolutions at
Whitwood, Peerless at Birkenhead, Watermill near Windermere, and Hawkshead at
Staveley, Cumbria.
Google “ Pubs old and new in Wakefield”
and you will find a Rootsweb site listing
the city’s pubs by all the names they’ve
had, so you’ll learn that the new Wakey
Tavern, as well as Zeus and Dolphin has
also been called Billy Downsteps and the
Wakefield Pride. Unfortunately you can’t
substitute other local town names to unearth a similar resource.
Finally, a clip of Jamie Oliver at the Kings
Arms, Heath Common, learning about
Yorkshire puddings is on Youtube. Just
search for Jamie Oliver Kings Arms.
Lock Lane, Castleford
01977-557551
Take a stroll over the new bridge !
Try our hand pump bitters
regularly changing guest beers
Quiz and Bingo Wednesdays
Quiz Sundays
Monday-Thursday open from 2,
Friday-Sunday from 12
6 Fine Real Ales
food served 11-3 every day
two function rooms
and
on three screens
Free supper every Friday @ 6pm
DJ every Saturday + acoustic nights, part of the Westgate Run
180 Westgate, Wakefield 01924
01924--378126
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Updated A to Z of Local Pubs & Clubs
OPQ
If a pub’s not listed, there was no cask at time of last survey. We’ll make the usual amends if you
have better news. It’s letter R (maybe S too) next time, so do get in touch if you’ve any news of
recent changes with regard to R/S pubs. If it’s your pub, we really would like to hear from you.
Where the ownership of a pub by a brewery or pub company is known, it is shown in italics
A number of pubs now have phones that don’t accept incoming calls, or just licensee’s mobile, so it’s not
always possible to verify absolutely latest details of cask ales (or not). IF YOUR PUB HAS GOT CASK
ALE AND IT’S NOT LISTED, GET IN TOUCH AND WE’LL SPREAD THE GOOD NEWS!
WE WILL ALSO PRINT A PICTURE OF YOUR PUB AND DETAILS OF YOUR BEERS.
Old Halfway House & Stables Restaurant 141 Westfield Rd Horbury WF4 6ET 01924
271636 Stonegate BlackSheep,Landlord,Hobgoblin,Brains,Pedigree and changing guest
Old Mill Benton Park Wakefield Rd Horbury WF4 5HJ 01924 380088 Marstons Hobgoblin,
guest
Olde Tavern 34 South Baileygate Pontefract WF8 2JL 01977 780619 JSmithCask
Outwood & District WMC 64 Ledger Lane Outwood WF1 2NS (01924) 824156 JSmithCask,
TetleyBtr, occasional local guest beers
Park Tavern Park Sq, Ossett WF5 0JS 01924 273842 Boddingtons (brewed by Hydes)†
Pineapple Inn Wakefield Rd Warmfield WF1 5TR not 01924 899998 Marstons one cask ale,
subject to pub being open
Pledwick 434 Barnsley Rd Newmillerdam WF2 6QE 01924 255599 Punch Ossett beer &
others
Prince of Wales 50 South Parade Ossett WF5 0EL (01924) 274922 Unique JSmithCask
Prince William, Pioneer Way Whitwood WF10 5PE 01977 554320 Crown Carvery BlackSheep, Marstons EPA
Quarry Inn 70 Quarry Hill Horbury WF4 5NF (01924) 272523 Marstons Pedigree
Queens 159 Denby Dale Rd Thornes WF2 8ED 01924 650920 (note new phone number)
changing guest Unique
†The entry for the Park Tavern is unverified.
These pubs and bars, as far as we know, don’t offer cask ale:
Office at 12 Bar Wakefield, Old Church Tavern Pontefract, Old Malt Shovel Roundwood, Oliver Twist Notton,
Ossett Central WMC, Ossett Holiday Inn (some big hotel chains do now have a bar that does cask such as Tykes
beneath the Etap Hotel, Leeds) Picture House Castleford, Poplar Inn Altofts, Prince of Wales WMC Pontefract,
Queens Head Ferry Fryston, Priory Bar Wakefield (may have a new name), Queen Outwood
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LOCAL PUB NEWS
Agbrigg The cask beer, under this pub’s new licensee is no longer Ossett but Black Sheep.
Brierley Worth a walk from Hemsworth is the Three Horseshoes which is reported to have Black
Sheep and possibly soon a second cask ale.
Carlton/Rothwell The Queen has reopened. The Unicorn finds itself as virtual brewery tap for the
Two Bob Brewery. The Rosebud now has its own branded glasses.
Crigglestone The Station - what an amazing building in a unique location - somehow or other has
only Tetleys on the two pumps in the public bar.
Crofton At the Cock & Crown the cask ales recently were Marstons EPA which seems to be a regular
in Crown Carveries, and Yorkshire Terrier.
Darrington Old Mill Brewery tell us that the Spread Eagle is taking their beers fairly regularly.
Durkar/Calder Grove The British Oak now has regular Landlord and Pedigree plus changing guests.
Eggborough Cask ale has returned to the Horse & Jockey in the form of Black Sheep Best Bitter.
Gawthorpe The Shoulder of Mutton has been taking Ossett Yorkshire Blonde.
Glasshoughton Phil Towell from the George V WMC has taken over the Houghton with Black
Sheep and an Ossett beer, currently Silver King. Welcome to Paula, new landlady at the Rock Inn who
has come from the Plough at Warmfield, the cask ale there being John’s.
Hemsworth As well as the Con Club and the King's Head, John Smiths Cask is now on at the
George & Dragon and going down well, apparently. The Melbourne (where you could get Tetley’s)
has been flattened, after what must be heading for a decade standing empty.
Horbury The Old Mill has Hobgoblin on cask with normally a rotating Jennings and Marston's Pedigree. The Old Halfway House is now among the Stonegate Group’s 500 or so pubs and its cask ale
range includes Black Sheep, Pedigree, Hobgoblin, Landlord and a guest
Kirkhamgate The Star is back open, with food said to be even better, and the Copper Dragon is
joined by Black Sheep. Note that the phone number is now 01924 335770.
Midgley After its refurbishment the Black Bull now has 3 changing cask ales. Kelham Island, Castle
Rock and Black Sheep were on at the time of visit.
Newmillerdam The Dam Inn has dropped the Toby Carvery branding as it’s now owned by the expanding Stonegate Group who acquired 300 pubs from M & B and have since added Town & City
Pub Co making that over 560. The Pledwick now has a permanent pump for an Ossett beer. At the Fox
& Hounds, the popularity of Bradfield Farmers Blonde is making it something of a second regular
beer alongside Landlord and a guest.
Newton Bar The Vine Tree now has Copper Dragon as its cask beer, usually Golden Pippin.
Ossett The Hammer & Stithy has re-opened. The Bier Huis, specialist off-licence is now open at 17
Towngate, Mon - Thurs 09:30 - 18:30 Fri/Sat 09:30 - 20:00 with 10% off for CAMRA members.
Pontefract Internal renovations at the Golden Ball promise to give it a more rustic feel: there are now
regular pumps for Hobgoblin and Ossett which means it’s on our LocAle list.
Sandal The Three Houses now has Ossett Siver King as a permanent beer.
Snaith The Pollington Aerodrome collection of RAF memorabilia has at last found a home where the
public can see it, at the Brewers Arms. RAF Pollington used the name RAF Snaith so as not to sound
like Pocklington on crackly radios.
Upton The Arms has re-opened under new management.
Wakefield The Dolphin which was a location in the film This Sporting Life and more recently called
itself Bar Zeus, has reopened as the Wakey Tavern with two handpumps offering changing guest ales.
Warmfield The Pineapple doesn’t have 01924 899998 as it’s phone number any more but McTigue’s
the funeral directors does! Yes it does cause some confusion. The opening hours seem fairly baffling
even to local residents. The Plough is closed and for sale.
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Editor Bob Wallis,16A Houndhill Lane, Purston,WF7 5AT, 01977-707096 Email: bob.wallis@tiscali.co.uk