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CITY OF ALENorwich, more than just Delia...

HEAD BREWER HEADING TO SALTAIREWhat’s next for Kirkstall?

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Welcome to issue 125 of New Full Measure. We hope you’llfind some items of interest amongst our pages. It’s bakingoutside. Truly the hottest I can remember. Hard to believe

that in a few short months it’s back to cold mornings, dark eveningsand the start of meetings to plan the Leeds Beer and Cider Festival.

I’m in the Grove in Leeds, spiritual home of Leeds CAMRA. It’shere that just after the New Year CAMRA members will gather tostuff envelopes with forms for volunteers for the 2014 festival. It’squite a task. Of the nearly 2000 members in Leeds roughly halfdon’t have a working email address. For these people we mail outaround a thousand letters asking for members to join us in servingsome of the best beers this country has to offer. Last year around50 brave souls took up the call to arms joining 60 or so old andincreasingly young hands, delivering what we think is the best festival in these parts. I’d like to think everyone had a great time andthat they’ll all be coming back. Life doesn’t always work out like that.

We always need volunteers, no matter your level of experience, oramount of time you are able to commit. You will be valued, you willmake a difference. If you are a CAMRA member and you’d like toexperience the festival from the other side of the tap we'd love tohave you. If you’re not a member, why not? Membership is currentlya very competitively priced £23.00 for the year. When you take offthe £20 vouchers and 4 issues of ‘Beer’ magazine that come with it,it’s like we're paying you to be a member! If you would like to join inthe fun at this year’s festival email the staffing team at beerfestival-staffing@gmail.com or come along to one of the meetings andspeak to the staffing team.

In this issue we have the second half of intrepid wanderer WarrenYabsley’s Horsforth Hop, Jeff Utley on the latest opening from theNorth Bar chain and Nigel Halton paying a visit to WharfebankBrewery. Mike Hampshire updates us on the latest antics from theyoung members and Bloke from Hull, Dave Litten, on the latestnews from the region. As ever we have all the latest pub and brewery news, award news and the diary for coming events. Thanksto everyone who has contributed to the NFM this quarter. If you’dlike to submit an article, a letter or even a photo please get in touchat editor@newfullmeasure.org.uk.

Finally I’d like to say a special thank you to outgoing editor IanSmith. Without your guidance, advice, threats and blackmail, Ian,this magazine would not have been put together. Thank you for allyour help and I look forward to your continued support.

Tony, your new editor.

Welcome!

OSSETT BREWERYThis summer saw that most welcome of occa-sions, the reopening of a public house, and justlike buses Leeds got two at the same time. TheBlack Bull in Rothwell reopened its doors after anextensive refurb. 5 handpulls now grace the barwith Ossett and its micro-breweries all being represented along with selected guest beers. If the opening night was anything to go by they’llbe doing a great job. Ossett’s second of themonth saw the reopening of the Old Peacock inthe shadow of the Elland Road stadium in Leeds.The opening saw a small army of staff dispensingmore of Ossett brewery’s extensive line-upincluding the obligatory special, a red ale named1919. With a well-appointed bar area, sizeableeating area and football-pitch-sized beer gardenthis venue looks able to accommodate all comers.

All Hail the Master BrewerA summer Saturday in early August saw real alelovers from across the county say their farewellsto head brewer at Kirkstall Brewery, DaveSanders, who has now moved on to pastures newat Saltaire brewery. Members of SPBW (Societyfor the Preservation of Beers from the Wood) WestRiding Branch gathered with CAMRA membersfrom Leeds, Bradford, Wakefield, Keighley &Craven, Huddersfield, Hull and Calderdale andraised several glasses to the master craftsman ofreal ales, who has headed the emergence of the newKirkstall Brewery not far from the Leeds Liverpoolcanal in the shadow of the original brewery.

Perhaps Dave’s most notable creation has beenthe multi-award-winning Elland 1872 Porter, cur-rently Champion Beer of Britain. In 2011 Davewas recruited by owner Steve Holt to revive thelong tradition of brewing in Kirkstall and devel-oped a superb range of award-winning beersincluding Kirstall Pale Ale, Best Yorkshire Bitter,Three Swords, Dissolution IPA, Black BandPorter, Generous George and the powerful DropHammer.

In recognition of Dave’s fantastic achievementsat the brewery Steve presented him with a coupleof superb historical items, a tin from Leeds Co-operative Society (with whom Dave began hisworking life) and a fabulous impossibly rare beerbottle from the original Kirkstall Brewery.

We wish him well.

Market Town Taverns

The cream of the Yorkshire beer scene descendedon Coopers in Guiseley on Yorkshire Day, August1st, for the inaugural Market Town TavernsYorkshire Beer Awards. The event was a first forKnaresborough-based pub chain who created theYorkshire Beer Awards out of a passion for beerand the pride they have in Yorkshire’s brewingheritage. The overall MTT 2013 Yorkshire BeerAward Champion Beer, ‘Saltaire Pride’ brewed bySaltaire Brewery, will be available in all MarketTown Taverns outlets over the coming weeks.

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Pub, Brewery & Fest

Ilkley BreweryIlkley Brewery has appointed new brewer

Christa Sandquist who is set to bring herAmerican roots to the fold with a debut brew

called Rye n’ Dry. The 27year old will work along-side head brewer, ChrisIves, who is entirely self-taught. As well as runningthe day-to-day breweryoperations, Christa, whois originally fromWashington State in theUS, will also be chargedwith creating new, experi-

mental beers and broadening existing ranges,including the Origins line.

Christa’s first job is to develop what willbecome her signature brew, Rye n’ Dry.As withthe other beers from the range, it will be aYorkshire take on a classic beer style, in this casea Roggenbier: a high-ryebeer traditionally found inBavaria, southern Germany.

Notable CAMRA festivals coming up:Barnsley (Elsecar) Beer Festival Friday, September 6th to Sunday 8th

York Beer and Cider FestivalWednesday, September 18th to Saturday 21st

25th Keighley Beer FestivalThursday, September 26th to Saturday 28th

Huddersfield OktoberfestThursday, October 3rd to Saturday 5th

12th Richmond Ale Festival Friday October 11th to Sunday 13th

39th Sheffield Annual Beer & Cider FestivalWednesday, October 23rd to Saturday 26th

23rd Wakefield Beer FestivalThursday, November 7th to Saturday 9th

4th Saltburn Beer Festival Friday, November 15th to Saturday 16th

Notable non CAMRA events-Headingly Beer Festival Friday, October 11th to Sunday 13th

Keighley and Worth Valley Railway Beer andMusic Festival Thursday, October 24th to Sunday 27th

Addingham Beer Festival Friday, October 4th to Saturday 5th

We strongly recommend you check all detailsfor confirmation before traveling.

News

ival News

City of Ale - A pub crawlaround north-east Norwich Charlie, Social Secretary of Leeds CAMRA andall round beer trailblazer, is at it again, thistime heading for far-flung Norwich.

The self-proclaimed “City of Ale” certainly had alot to live up to, and didn’t disappoint.

I started off in the Fat Cat Brewery Tap, just offSprowston Road. This was previously known asThe Cider Shed and before that The Wherry. This is the sister pub to the award-winning FatCat to the west of the city centre just offDereham Road. Shed was an apt name for thislarge pub situated on a suburban housing estate.However, the addition of pub signs, brewery artefacts and wooden barrels gives the right kindof feel to this pub which serves up to 20 beers atany one time, including the full range of Fat Catbeers from the brewery next door.

Cross over Sprowston Road into Bell Road, andthen right into Silver Road. Towards the bottomof Silver Road is The Cottage. There are 10 handpumps for ale, and also 4 ciders available. On my visit only 4 ales were available, CastleRock Harvest Pale, Goffs Summer Knight, NorfolkBrewhouse Moongazer Ruby and Banks & TaylorGolden Fox. The rest had been sold out on theprevious evening but they were busy pullingmore beers through to replenish the supply.

At the bottom ofSilver Road, turnleft on to BarrackStreet and crossthe roundabout,on to Kett’s Hill,where, on the lefthand side you willfind Ketts Tavern.

Here, the full range of Norwich Bear beers isavailable in third, half, two third or pint meas-ures. (How very civilised!Ed)

The building dates from the 1600s, and hasbeen a pub since at least 1832. There is aninglenook fireplace alongside wooden flooring,beams and timber frames.

From here, head back to the roundabout andturn left onto Bishop Bridge Road, and then leftagain up the very steep Gas Hill, and then leftagain into St Leonards Road. The Jubilee is atthe junction with Quebec Road and is a back-street local with attractive hanging basketsoutside. A varied range of 8 ales is availableincluding beers from Woodforde‘s, Grain andHopback breweries.

Turn right at the bottom of St Leonards Roadinto Rosary Road, and at the bottom is ThorpeRoad, where you will find The Coach & Horses,home to the Chalk Hill Brewery. There are 4banks of 3 handpumps, dispensing Chalk Hillbeers only. Two large octagonal tables with greenumbrellas outside the pub display the slogans“Drinking Consultants” and “Thirst Therapy“. Turn right outside the pub to return to the railway station.

A small article like this can only scratch the sur-face of the number of real ale pubs in Norwich,which is said to have a church for every week ofthe year, and a pub for every day of the year, andI’m looking forward to a return visit to explore therest of the city.

Norwich

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The Jubilee

Ketts Tavern

Nigel Halton takes us for a look round the privatelyowned, independent Yorkshire-based breweryWarfeBank.

Ijoined the latest brewery tour group on awarm Saturday morning in June. Most hadalready arrived and were stood outside with

samples of the 3 different beers, VPA, TetherBlond and Dales Light Mild which had been laidon for this visit.

Martin Kellaway, MD of WharfeBank began thevisit by giving us an introduction to the brewery. Itwas built in an old paper mill with a total invest-ment of £500,000 and production commenced inMay 2010. Since then there have been over 500brews, each brew producing approximately 72 x 9gallon casks, sold to around 200 Yorkshire pubswithin 40 miles of the brewery.

Over the last year the business has diversifiedinto selling its bottled ales and also producingcraft keg beer. They own/lease 3 pubs, the Fleecein Otley, Half Moon at Pool in Wharfedale and theRook and Gaskill in York. There are 6 employeesof whom 2 are brewers and they are ably assistedfrom time to time by an ex brewer from Tetleyswho is acting as a consultant.

Back in 2010 they started with a portfolio of 3ales which were Slingers Gold, Tether Blond andCamfell Flame. They have since added 3 more regular ales to their range, WISPA, Verbeia Pale Aleand Best Bitter and there are also monthly specials.

We were taken to the beginning of the process,a raised landing, where half a tonne of malt ismanually loaded into the grist hopper and fedinto the mash tun with approximately 1000 litreof hot liquor (WharfeBank burtonise the tapwater). Hops are added to the copper at 3 stagesof the boil, they typically use Cascade, Summitand Galaxy hops amongst others.

The hopped wort is then cooled and transferredto one of the 4 fermenting vessels where a strainof yeast supplied by Daniel Thwaites brewery is

added to the brew. Average fermenting time is 3days after which the beer is pumped into storagetanks where it is kept for no more than 2 weeksbefore racking into casks. There are 5 tanks inthe temperature-controlled storage room andthese have helped save space. There are plans toexpand into the adjoining unit which would allowthem more storage.

At this point our visit was concluded with somemore sampling and questions put to our hosts.The group then went to the Half Moon for a pieand peas lunch washed down with moreWharfeBank ale.

Brewery Visit

WharfeBank Brewery

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Recipe Corner

They say that three’s a charm, well I hope theyare right as this is the third recipe I’ve written forthe magazine this issue. It was still a toss-upbetween the first two when the news of EllandBrewery’s excellent 1872 Porter having beennamed the Champion Beer of Britain 2013 camethrough. I’d like to say I have very fond memoriesof the first time I sampled 1872 but as youknow, too much of a good thing…That decided itfor me, it’s time to make some Seeded PorterMuffins.

For this you will need:

Wet Team -225g butter175g Soft Dark brown sugar300ml 1872 Porter (you can tell it’s a goodrecipe when there’s enough left in the bottle to sipwhilst baking…)1 orange, zest only 225g sultanas175g raisins50g chopped mixed peel3 large eggs, beaten100g Sunflower seeds

Dry Team -450g plain flour1 level tsp baking powder1 tsp ground cinnamon1 tsp freshly grated nutmeg

This cake can be made in one 20cm springform tin (the kind where the sides unclip and thebottom comes out) but I prefer to make it in largemuffin cases which cuts down the baking time.

To start take the butter, porter, brown sugarand dried fruit and place them in a saucepan. It should be large enough to hold all the ingredi-ents and allow them to be stirred withoutspilling. Place this over a low heat and stir untilthe sugar has dissolved, then remove from theheat. Leave this to one side to cool. While theporter cools, sieve your flour with the spices andbaking powder into a clean bowl. As the wetteam mixture cools the fruit will start to rehydrate in the only available liquid, the porter!You can leave this until the mixture is almostcompletely cold but ideally you want to get to thenext step before the butter solidifies again. Beatthe eggs into the wet mixture and then fold in thesieved flour and spices along with the sunflowerseeds.

Divide the mixture between 6-8 large muffincases (the style in the photo came from a cater-ing supplier but most of the supermarkets havetheir own versions you may have to put up withcrazy patterns on them) bake in a moderate oven(gas 4, 160C fan, 175-180C) for 25-35 minutesor until a skewer through the middle comes outclean of batter.

These cakes keep well if wrapped carefully andtaste even better the next day. I like to eat themwith a little sharp Wensleydale cheese and ofcourse a bottle of 1872!

Cheers!

BBQ SEASON!

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During July, I arranged a social for ouryoung members to Otley. For those unfamiliar with the area, Otley has great

pub heritage, housing some of the oldest pubs inLeeds. This particular social was to embark onthe ‘Historic Otley Ale Trail’ and take in some ofthese great pubs. The trail has 16 pubs, but weopted to try just a handful.

As Otley doesn’t have a train station, the bestway to get there is by bus, which takes around40 minutes. Within a short distance from thebus station in Otley was our first stop, The BlackBull. This pub claims to be the oldest inn in Otleyand it’s alleged that Oliver Cromwell’s troopsdrank the pub dry on the eve of the Battle ofMarston Moor in 1644. If you like more recenthistory, then this pub is also famous for beingthe film set for an episode of ITV’s DCI Banks.

Just over the market square from the Black Bullis the Bay Horse, our next pub stop. This is quitea small pub but with some excellent beernonetheless; Copper Dragon’s Best Bitter was inparticularly good form.

Our third pub stop was Whitakers, again ashort walk from the previous pub, but a long wayfrom the old-school pubs we’d visited so far. Thepub had a much more modern feel and had anexcellent range of ales to choose from.

Next up was The Otley Tavern (formerly Ring o’Bells). This pub had a really lively environment,probably helped by the pre-season football beingshown live on their screens. Again, a good selec-tion of ale; this time we sampled WharfeBank’sSummer Ale - excellent!

Our final pub stop of the day had to be our current Pub of the Year winner, The Old Cock.This pub wouldn’t be out of place in Leeds CityCentre, selling some cracking ales and bottles.

Amongst the choices available were Tiny Rebel’sUrban IPA and Naylor’s Centennial.

It was a great day out for all involved. If you’reinterested in checking out the trail, search ‘OtleyPub Club’ on the internet. The details of our nextyoung members social will be available soon.

www.facebook.com/leedsrealaleym

twitter.com/YoungLeedsCAMRA

leedscamrayoungmembers@gmail.com

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Young Members’ Corner

Young Memberswith Mike Hampshire

The RelianceBar & Dining Room

Fine Food & Fine Ales12 draught pumps including 4 regularly

changing Real Ales & 1 Real Cider

Over 20 other craft bottled ales & ciders from Britain, America & Europe

Open for lunch & supper 7 days a week76-78 North Street, Leeds LS2 7PN

0113 2956060 www.the-reliance.co.uk

In the last edition of NFMWarren Yabsley took us on atrip around Horsforth. Here, hecontinues his journey.

Despite being on the other side of the world I’mstill spouting on: readers of previous editions willknow that the Branch imposed terms and condi-tions on me leaving but I bet they wished they letme go on a ‘free transfer’ now!

I ended the last article at The Black Bull at thebottom of Town Street. A three to four minutewalk down Fink Hill brings you to the TobyCarvery at the junction with Broadway (A6120).Although primarily an eating place there is asmall but comfortable area for drinking by thebar that retains a pub feel. Beyond the bar is araised area with tables and chairs, again fordrinking. A seasonal beer was available andLeeds Pale is the permanent ale.

Heading down Park Side, which is diagonallyopposite the last pub, brings you to New RoadSide with The Fleece immediately on the right.Part of the small, local chain that owns TheCommercial (Most Improved Pub Summer 2012)and recently The Royal, both at Pudsey, new lifeis being breathed into these traditional and comfortable pubs with an emphasis on ales.Alongside the permanent Theakston’s Best andJohn Smith’s Cask are two guest beers nearly

always sourced from local breweries. The Fleeceis another recent addition to the LocAle scheme.

As an aside, if your business, or one you knowof, stocks at least one ale from any brewery within the Leeds Metropolitan District plus 10miles boundary (it can be a different brewery atdifferent times), get in touch with the branch tojoin the free LocAle scheme. Further details anda list of both qualifying breweries and current80-plus signatories are on our swish, new(ish)website.

Turning left takes you past Enigma Bar and Grillon the opposite side of the road but on two occa-sions of going by the wickets have been empty.However, I believe it’s better to serve no ale at allrather than trying to stock one without thedemand resulting in a poor quality product thatmight put people off especially if they’re new toale. Perhaps bottled ales are available instead?

Kobe is encountered on the left side, a littlefurther along the road. This modern, glass-front-ed bar with split-level interior serves Black SheepBitter from the curving L-shaped bar. It’s a pleasant venue for a drink but it can be busy onMonday nights when there is a large discount onfood.

The Horsforth is next, though it is known tomany as The Friendly. Shortly after Kobe turn leftalong Sunnybank Avenue and the pub will bediagonally opposite. Greene King IPA and St.Edmunds were available from the long zig-zagbar on my visit to this Greene King establish-ment. There are old pictures of Horsforth on thewalls and to the rear is a garden with benches.

Making my way back to Broadway via StanhopeDrive (Charlie Brooker fans might find this nameapt for an article related to alcoholic beverages), I then turned right towards The Ringway (abouta 10 minute walk in total). It was quiet but warm

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The Fleece

HORSFORTH HOP

and friendly inside. I made myself comfortable inthe small room with the fire to the left of the bar.Beyond is a small back room which is as popularas the large main room. John Smith’s Cask andBlack Sheep Bitter were available at competitiveprices. If you’re a CAMRA member be sure totake a look at WhatPub for details of pubs, barsand clubs because this is just one example of anestablishment that isn’t marked on Google Maps.

Continuing along the main road brings you to aroundabout within a few minutes where TheWoodside is located. It’s primarily an eatinghouse but there’s a small area with comfortableseating opposite the bar for drinking and alsosome high tables beyond. Black Sheep Bitter,Wells Bombardier and Greene King IPA andYardbird were the ales available.

Turning right at the roundabout from the direc-tion you approached it brings you to The Bridge(LocAle) on Low Lane in no time at all - with itseight handpumps on the curved J-shaped bar setin traditional surroundings - a nice way to finishoff this leg. Treboom Yorkshire Sparkle, LeedsYorkshire Gold, Midnight Bell and their seasonalale, Sharp’s Doom Bar, Greene King IPA andTetley Bitter and Mild (whoever brews them thesedays, answers on a postcard) were available. I was pleased to see ‘Try Me’ stickers on some ofthe wickets, always a great way to encouragepeople to see what ale is all about especially if they’re a little unsure.

From here it’s just over a mile back to Horsforthtrain station along Low Lane or the 97 bus stopsoutside taking you to Leeds in one direction andGuiseley via The Grey Horse and The Old Ball inthe other.

Of the 18 pubs, bars and clubs that I tried ale in,most were good or excellent. So if you fancy somegood beer in traditional pubs or modern bars witheverything in between Horsforth could well be wortha venture though I do recommend a few visits if youplan to do a number of the establishments!

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Horsforth Hop part two

The Woodside

The BridgeHORSFORTH HOP PART TWO

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Public Houses byPublic Transport

Buses to the pub

In the first of what we hope will be a regular series,Leeds member David Woodhead makes great useof the FirstDay Off-peak fare offered by First Leedsbuses. Giving an unlimited day’s travel within theLeeds boundary after 9.30am, it’s a great way ofgetting out and visiting many of the city’s excellentpublic houses- Ed.

This issue features bus route 16/16A Seacroft-Pudsey-Seacroft. All the pubs mentioned areonly a few yards away from a bus stop. This

service runs at regular times through the day, sevendays a week and serves the west Leeds communi-ties of Armley, Bramley, Farsley, Rodley and Pudsey.During the day the bus runs every ten minutes or soslowing to every half hour in the evening allowingyou plenty of drinking time at your chosen stops.

Starting from Leeds city centre the first destina-tion is Armley. Times have seen a decline in the realale offering here. However, it is worth popping in tothe Travellers Rest in Hill Top Road just out oftown for the well-kept Greene King I.P.A Havingquenched our thirst, we hop on the bus again forthe short journey to the next destination.

Get off the bus just after the roundabout at TownEnd in Bramley and the Barley Mow is on the left.They usually keep three real ales available, OldSpeckled Hen, Landlord and Tetley Bitter. A shortstroll further up the road brings us to The OldUnicorn, opposite the bus station. It’s a TimothyTaylors pub, so Golden Best will be available as wellas Landlord. Leaving Bramley on Upper Town St, wefind The Globe, recently refurbished and now providing meals, along with John Smith’s Cask,Theakstons Bitter, or a guest ale.

Our bus now heads to Farsley, and there are nopubs on the route until we arrive at The Fleece,which usually has a selection of 4 real ales available

and The Bay Horse, with a couple on hand pull, usually John Smith’s Cask and the ersatz TetleyBitter. Both pubs are on Town Street, we get off atthe cenotaph (that’s not a pub, it’s a war memorial!).

We have to wait until we get almost to Pudsey forthe next hostelries, the Great Northern, servingTetley Bitter, at the bottom of Richardshaw Lanewith, across the road and slightly up the hill, TheOddfellows Hotel. A couple of stops further up wefind Bar 57; no hand pulled ales here, but they doa good selection of bottled beers. We alight at theterminus, Pudsey Bus Station. From here there areseveral pubs within walking distance. The ButchersArms, a Sam Smith pub so Old Brewery Bitter isalways on tap, Crossed Shuttle (Wetherspoons),The Town Hall Taps, with a good selection of traditional ales in a modern setting, plus the IRV Innwhich specialises in local ales. All are within a fewyards, just across the road (turn left for the Butchers,turn right and cross at the lights for the others).

On our return journey, we take a slightly differentroute from the outward journey. We travel downBagley Lane into Rodley. We can get off the bus andhave a drink of Tetley Bitter, or a house ale conve-niently called “Rodley Barge Bitter”, a 3.9 abv session ale, or a guest ale, in The Rodley Barge.A short walk from the same bus stop there is The Crown and Anchor. Black Sheep is usuallyon tap, and as this is the last pub before we seeone we’ve already been to, that concludes this edi-tion of Public Houses by Public Transport.

The beers available in the aforementioned pubswere correct at the time of compiling this article butare subject to change. Check bus times and avail-ability at www.firstgroup.com/ukbus/leeds/ before travelling.

Fifteen Pubs, one Day Rider ticket.....Sorted!!

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North Bar Social, Otley

Jeff Utley visits the newest offering from North Bar.

T his building probably dates from the mid-late 18th Century and is tucked away diago-nally from Bondgate. It faces the forecourt

of the Woolpack - now a music and arts centre -and would be hard to spot if it were not for itsprominent feature, a 9ft circular window to the left of thefront door. This feature was probably installed inthe 60's as a display window for the then ladies’fashion shop. In more recent times the buildinghas been a pottery and a bottled beer shop(WharfedAle). At present there is no signage, asplanning permission is awaited, but the namecan be found on a discreet horizontal strip in thewindows.

The interior has been remodelled and openedup, giving a 26ft x 13ft area having a new 13 ft

bar running on the back wall and seven circulartables spread in front to give seating for 22.Planning permission is also to be sought to allowa few outdoor tables and chairs. An unusual inte-rior feature is a collection of 16 varied retro work-ing wall light brackets (sconces) on the left handwall. To the right of the bar is access to theladies and disabled toilet and to the left accessvia a staircase to the upstairs ‘cellar’, gents toi-lets and a lounge/function room. This 12ft x 12ftroom has a large L-shaped padded bench and 12tables; seating is for 36 and the lighting is a fea-ture up here too, with a display of an incredible51 varied hanging lamps. Also the upstairs roommust be giraffe friendly, as the roof beam is wellpadded to prevent injury.

The temperature-controlled upstairs 'cellar' hasan electric hoist to raise casks and cratesthrough a trapdoor in the ceiling of the main bararea below.

Pub Review

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by jeff utley

More importantly the ground floor bar serves achoice of about 35 bottled beers and there are 6fonts plus 4 hand-pumps. The range of the fontsand hand-pumps at time of opening was.....

Fonts: Brooklyn Lager 5.2%; Magic Rock HighWire 5.5%; North Boom 1997 Pils 4.5% (brewedin the Netherlands by Lindeboom especially forNorth Bar); Ilkley Summit 5.4%; Leifmans CuveeBrut 6.0% (Belgian cherry beer) and SchneiderWeisse Tap 1 Mein Blondes 5.2%.

Handpumps: Broadoak Perry 7.5% (a cider orperry will always be available); Purple MooseSnowdonia Ale 3.6%; Ilkley Mary Jane IPA 6.0%and Prototype 3.8% (a house beer by Kirkstall,which was chosen after a trial of five recipes).

The bar appeared lively despite the surfeit ofpubs in Otley – maybe people were giving thenew bar a trial look, or maybe they were attracted by the ambience and friendly staff –

only time will tell if North Bar Social gets the success it deserves.

North Bar Social can be found at 8-10 Bondgate,Otley, LS21 3AB. Tel. 01943 468061website: www.northbar.com Opening times: 5-11pm Mon-Wed; 5-midnightThur-Fri; 11am-midnight Sat; 11am-10.30pm Sun

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September will see the launch of not one but twolong term projects from CAMRA HQ. Not only dowe have the release of the 2014 Good Beer Guidebut also the complementary online siteWhatPub.com.

CAMRA’s online pub guide has been planned anddeveloped over three years and is the result of animmense amount of work by CAMRA volunteersand staff. The website and infrastructure havebeen built and developed at minimal cost to thecampaign by volunteer developers Simon Wiseman(chairman of Worcester CAMRA) and TomBlakemore (South Herts CAMRA and a formerCAMRA web developer). Key to getting the pubdetails transferred from branches has beenNational Executive member Andy Shaw.

While the Good Beer Guide does a great job ofhighlighting the very best real ale pubs, theWhatPub.com site will complement it by offering abroad view of the pubs in your area. CAMRA members up and down the country have beenbusy for the last year visiting as many pubs as theycan, making notes and entering them onto theWhatPub.com database.

The site is to be launched to the public at large atthe end of September/beginning of October.Before then to use WhatPub.com you will needyour CAMRA membership number and password.Members can use the guide at www.whatpub.comto search for details of pubs across the UK andthen look up details such as opening times,descriptions, facilities and, of course, details of thereal ale and cider on offer. Being an online guidemeans that extra functions such as additional textfor descriptions, photos and live map data are alsoavailable.

Members can try it now at WhatPub.com or ifyou’re a non-member you can get a sneak peak atWhatPub.com/pubs/tester

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The Royal Hotel Station Street, Pudsey LS28 8PR

For bookings call: 07923 383 282thenewroyalhotelpudsey @alehousepubco

5 Cask ales always on sale

Newly refurbished traditional tavernTransformed function room with

private bar available for hire

Now serving homemade lunches

Monday - Friday with Traditional Roast on Sunday

Permanent beers in the wood from Ridgeside,Kirkstall,Wall’s, Old Bearand Five Towns. All served from abank of old Melbourne pumps thathave never seen a pint of Tetleys or

John Smiths.

Open Fires • Friendly Atmosphere

Dog friendly • Quiz Night on

Wednesday • Only 2 mins from the

bus and train station

NEW OPENING TIMESMonday & Tuesday 2pm to 8.30pm. Wednesday & Thursday 2pm to 11pm. Friday to Sunday 12noon to 11pm.

Tel: 01977 278867www.thejunctionpubcastleford.com

Postcode: WF10 1EE

A warm welcome from Neil and Maureen from The Junction

Wakefield

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Real Ales from: Brown Cow, Theakston,Timothy Taylor, John Smiths and now

Leeds Brewery

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Three permanent ales: Leeds Pale, Tetley Bitter and Kirkstall Three Swords plus a rotating Guest Ale.

Sky Sports and BT Sports on Two Screens

Beer garden with Plasma screen and Car Park to the rear

Main meals - Two for £8.00We are open Mon-Thurs 12noon-12midnightFri-Sat 12noon-midnight, Sun 11am -11pm

Quiz nights:Monday – General Knowledge Tuesday – Music

Thursday – Entertainment

The Regent

15/17 Regent Street, Chapel Allerton, Leeds LS7 4PETel: 0113 2939395 Email: 6233unit@spiritpubcompany.com

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Strong Milds and Old Ales to feature at Keighley Beer FestThere will be a decent sample of quality strongmilds and old ales on the beer list for this year’sKeighley Beer Festival. Most beer styles will berepresented on the menu of nearly 70 differentreal ales. The beer list will appear on the website,when it is finalised.

Keighley Beer Festival is returning to its familiardates of the last weekend in September i.e.Thursday 26th – Saturday 28th, staying with thenew venue of Central Hall on Alice Street, by popular demand. The festival opens Thursday 3pm-11pm, Friday 11am–11pm and Saturday11am-11pm.  Admission free to card-carryingCAMRA members at all times, non-members£2.50.  If you join CAMRA at the festival youradmission will be refunded and you may alsoreceive other freebies.

Keep up to date with progress at: www.keighley-beerfestival.org.uk, follow it on Facebook and onTwitter: @KeighleyCravenCAMRA @KeighleyBeer

Beer Festivals

We began this monthby hopping on thetrain to join with ourgood friends atWakefield CAMRA inawarding their Pub ofthe Season to theJunction atCastleford.

A massive supporter of real ale in general andcask ale served from wooden casks in particular,landlord Neil Midgley was ever the genial host. LocalLeeds brewer Simon from Ridgeside was on hand tocongratulate Neil and his team while the rest of usgot stuck into the great selection of beers behindthe bar.

Just short of celebrating its first birthday, Friendsof Ham was the deserved winner of Leeds CAMRAPub of the Season for Spring 2013. Maybe not theobvious choice for a CAMRA award but this city centre bar has built a solid reputation for well-pre-sented cask ales, high-quality locally-produced foodand a selection of interesting keg choices. A greatnight was had by all, including a certain Londonnewspaper food critic who chose that night to review

the food. A great review followed making the night adouble success.

Meanwood was our next stop for the MostImproved Pub at the Myrtle Tavern. Scott Westlakeand his team have worked hard to turn this NorthLeeds local back into a proper community pub. Thiswas much in evidence when we joined the locals tocelebrate the Myrtle’s award with a fine selection oflocal ales and a buffet.

Congratulations to all these winners. We hope tobring you more news in the next edition. Coming upwe have the Pub of the Year award which will be presented to the Old Cock in Otley whilst this editionof the magazine is at the printers and the Pub of theSeason (Summer 2013) award to East of Arcadia onthe evening of September 10th. Once again we'll bevisiting the Guiseley Factory Workers Club for theClub of the Year presentation to be held on the after-noon of September 15th. The 2014 Good BeerGuide launch will be held at the Crowd of Favourson September the 12th, where we hope to meetsome of the best publicans in the district. We willalso be visiting the Huddersfield Oktoberfest topresent Pure North Cider Press with the award forLeeds CAMRA's Cider of the Festival from way backin March (details to be confirmed),

The Leeds branch of CAMRA regularly recognises achievements by breweries and licensed premisesin the district which are worthy of special mention. This month as ever flying monkeys have beendispatched from NFM Towers to photograph the festivities! Fly my beauties, fly!

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Leeds CAMRA holds a formal business-stylemeeting in a closed room (one with a door,not an area of a bar) on the first Tuesday of

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September 2013

Tues 3rd Branch Meeting, Garden Gate, Hunslet,7.30pm.Tues 10th Pub of the Season presentation, Eastof Arcadia, Meanwood. 7.30pm.Thurs 12th Leeds CAMRA Good Beer GuideLaunch, Crowd of Favours, Leeds. 7.30pm.Sun 15th Club of the Year presentation,Guiseley FWC. 1.30pm.Sun 22nd Otley social, Old Cock 2pm, OtleyTavern 4pm and Junction 6pm.

Weds 25th City Centre Social, Tyke Bar8.00pm, Palace, 9.15pm.Thurs 26th Keighley Beer Festival, Central Hall,Alice St, Keighley, Thurs 26th - Sat 28th.

October 2013

Tue 1st Branch Meeting, Ridgeside Brewery,Meanwood, 7.30pm.Thurs 3rd Huddersfield Oktoberfest, The SikhCentre, Spring Grove Street, Huddersfield, Thurs3rd - Sat 5th.Tues 29th Wethercrawl, Stick or Twist 8.00pm,Cuthbert Brodrick 9pm and StationWetherspoons 10pm.

November 2013

Tue 5th Branch Meeting, Fox & Newt, Burley,7:30pm.

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Thank You for Having Us!Whitelocks on Briggate, Pack Horse at Woodhouse and Grove at Holbeck for hosting Branch meetings.

Don’t be a Wazzock! Don’t Drink and Drive.Public transport information for the Leeds area is available from Metro offices and at wymetro.com There really is no excuse..