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Solway Branch of CAMRACampaign for Real Ale

Issue 29Autumn 2019

Agricultural Hotel, PenrithAutumn Pub of the Season

29th Carlisle Beer FestivalThursday 31st October - Saturday 2nd November 2019

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Traditional country inn serving home cooked food with proper chips! Serving two real ales from the Tirril brewery. Pub open all day Saturday & Sundays, closed Wednesdays. Food served every evening from 5.30pm - 8.30pm). 1-3 pm Saturday lunch and 12-3pm traditional Sunday roast.

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The Agricultural Hotel was built in 1807, it is run by Gary and Wendy Bowden and their team. It has been trading as a free house since March 2018, offering 4 hand pulls with ales from local breweries. The hotel has 5 en-suite letting rooms. There are plenty of picnic benches on the new extended front beer garden to soak up the sun and a view

of Penrith castle ruins across the way. The hotel offers good pub food with an extensive menu & daily specials. In the winter the bar seating area has an open coal fire lit. There is a 42 seater dining room, bookings are advisable at weekends, call on 01768 862622. Located 3 minute walk from Penrith train sta-tion & 5 minutes from J40 M6

Agricultural HotelCastlegate, Penrith, CA11 7JE(01768) 862622

Opening times: Monday - Thursday 12pm - 11pm, Friday & Saturday 11am - 11:30pm, Sunday 12pm - 10:30pm

The Blacksmiths Arms offers all the hospitality and comforts of a traditional Country Inn.

Enjoy tasty meals served in our bar lounges or linger over dinner in our well

appointed restaurant.Three regular real ales (Hawkshead Bitter,

Windermere and Black Sheep) and one guest ale.Open daily 12-11.

The Jackson family extend their warm hospitality to all who frequent the Blacksmith’s Arms.

Talkin, Brampton, Cumbria, CA8 1LE 016977 3452 / 4211

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Agricultural Hotel, Penrith

The Agricultural Hotel is situated close to the town centre and even closer to the railway station.

Whether driving into Penrith on from the M6 junction 40 or walking from the railway station, meaning the Agricultural Hotel holds a prominent position as the first pub you see when visiting the town.

Gary and Wendy Bowden have run the pub since 2003 and was a Jennings establishment until March 2018 when, following a lot of work from Gary and Wendy, it became ‘free house’ and since then the sale of Real Ales has increased significantly.

Many Cumbrian ales as well as ales from Lancashire and Northumberland have been on sale since March 2018. A reasonable guess would be 300+ different ales on tap, indicating how the sales have increased since then. Whilst most of the ales are in 9 gallon casks, Windermere Bitter and Pale Ale as well as Bowness, Swan Blonde are so popular that Gary has to order 18 gallon casks. However, that doesn’t take away from the variety of ales on sale, as the rotation of different Blondes, Porters, Reds and Ambers is remarkable. There are always four ales on and, considering the amount of ‘churn’ of Real Ales, the quality served is outstanding, a fitting tribute to all the staff.

You get a clue as to what ales are coming on if up look up at the shelf to the right of the bar and there you’ll see various pump clips attached. However, the order of the pump clips doesn’t always correspond to the next cask on!

The Agricultural is well supported by the locals of Penrith and is, as you might expect, visited by many tourists as the Hotel also supports 5 en-suite bedrooms.

The pub also boasts a 42-seater restaurant, serving excellent quality and fantastic value for money meals. The outside area has also recently been renovated which provides plenty of additional seating and has been very popular during the recent spell of warm weather.

BT Sport has recently been added to the pub. Bearing in mind that Gary is a staunch ‘red half’ supporter of the city of Liverpool, for the recent UEFA Champions League Final the pub was packed to the rafters. Rumour has it, Gary was giving away free glasses of champagne at the final whistle!

The Agricultural Hotel is a very commendable winner of the autumn 2019 Pub of the Season award. Congratulations to Gary, Wendy and all the staff, Samantha, Richard, Louise, Hazel, Chris, Paul and Mary.

A couple of years ago, the national CAMRA Beer magazine ran an article on the glass shutters behind the bar. These are very rare

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in pubs and there are, in fact, only six of these types of shutters in the whole of the UK. See also the photo below.

The presentation was made on the 19th August. In the photo opposite are Gary Bowden (right) and vice-chairman, Paul Claringbold.

Alan Taylor

Autumn Pub of the Season

By the way, this is The Agricultural Hotel’s second Pub of the Season Award, also winning in 2013.

A Pint by the Fireside, which is edited by CAMRA member and beer writer, Barrie Pepper, sets out to show that

beer drinking is not only a pleasurable experience but can be a lot of fun besides.

The book contains work by many famous classical authors including Charles Dickens, Hilaire Belloc, George Orwell and G K Chesterton. You can take a pub crawl with D H Lawrence and read from works by contemporary writers Ian Clayton, John Morgan, Roger Protz and Michael Jackson (the Beer Hunter). Television programmes

such as Coronation Street, Cheers and Ballykissangel have their place alongside musicals, operas and west end plays. Even Queen Victoria and Adolf Hitler make an entrance!!

Barrie has decided that all profits from the book will go to charities including Parkinson’s UK and his local church, St Aidan’s in Harehills, Leeds.

The Editor, Barrie Pepper, has written and been involved in twenty books on his favourite subject - beer. For seven years, Barrie was Chair of the British Guild of Beer Writers. They recognised him with awards for his work six times.

Apart from his writing, Barrie, along with Solway Branch Minute Secretary, Mick Jones, was a founder member of CAMRA Leeds Branch in 1974.

Mick Jones

A Pint by the Fireside

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A Weekend of Apples and PearsWith a couple of notable exceptions, our part of the county is not particularly well known for the availability of traditional cider and perry. So, when I saw that the New Union, in Kendal, was holding a cider (and gin) festival, it seemed like a good idea to spend a couple of nights in the Lakes and, for the first time in nearly three decades, check out Kendal’s pub scene.We arrived at the New Union, after a very enjoyable meal in Mason’s Yard (great Hawkshead Windermere Pale to accompany it) and, within about 30 seconds of arriving at the cider bar, had met Philip Walker, who runs the pub! Phil is an exceptionally convivial host and made us feel very welcome. We took our first ciders outside to the spacious courtyard area and perused the, very impressive, festival list. Whilst doing so, Phil showed us both the nano-brewery and his good-sized cellar. The cider was being stored in there, all in Bag-in-Boxes, and being decanted into demijohns and large corked bottles, to be brought through and

kept in the cider bar fridge, for serving to customers.The festival list had a great range of cider and perry strengths and styles, with something for everyone’s palate. Alongside some of the classic cider producers name, like Gwatkins, Broadoak and Olivers were some of the newer producers. I love going back to these firm favourites, but, I think my favourite of the weekend was one of the last ones I had, Crossmans Sweet, a 6% offering, from Weston-Super-Mare and not a name I had come across before.There’s invariably a great range of cider always on offer at the New Union, around twelve at a time. I do wonder how there appears to be no real demand for it in pubs in our branch area, which is a great shame. Have we suffered from the over-promotion of global fizzy flavoured ‘cider’, or do we just need to be a bit more adventurous? Very possibly!

Richard Weir

Lots of pubs entertain their customers with regular quiz nights. Geoff Stables, the quiz master at the Wellington Inn, Great Orton, has set ten questions:

1) Which magazine has the slogan “a hand up not a hand out“?

2) In which activity would you do the salutation to the sun, the downward dog and the simple twist?

3) Which is the only city in Europe that still has a national dividing line through it?

4) What is, today, a sports ground where the highwayman Dick Turpin was hanged ?

5) The three cities which get the most snow are all in the same country. Which one?

6) In the film “ The Wizard of Oz “, Dorothy

and Toto follow of the Yellow Brick Road to get to which city?

7) Which unique job has Cedric Robinson had in the North West of England for the last 56 years?

8) Koi, Common and Crucian are all types of which fish?

9) In 2020, which British artist will become the first artist to appear on a Bank of England banknote?

10) Who was the first First Minister of Scotland and also has a statue at the junction of Buchanan Street and Sauchiehall Street?

Geoff StablesAnswers on page 15

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What’s Brewing?public house, next to the brewery in Great Corby, is closed and the brewery no longer leases it.

Richard Weir

Hesket NewmarketThe latest of new seasonal beers at the Hesket Newmarket brewery include a low ABV Pilsner at 2.8%. Brewed with German hops and finished with Huell Melon, imparting a characteristic honeydew flavour. Otherwise, the provision of newer craft cask beers continues, with the tasty West Coast Red, sumptuous Smoked Porter and the deliciously powerful Double IPA all flying out in bottles. The traditional ales are also going well; on tap, in bottles and now with Catbells, Brim Fell and Scafell in satisfyingly chunky 440ml cans. Nathan Gregory, the Hesket Newmarket Brewery Manager, gave me a helpful tour of the upgraded brewery facilities recently and discussed a number of aspects of how the brewery intends to go forward with its cask and keg products through 2019.

Rick Salter

LowlandLowland Brewing was founded in Lockerbie in September 2017 and production began in 2018. The beer range consists of two Dryfe beers: Blonde 5% ABV and Ale 4.4% ABV and two beers in their Robert Burns inspired seasonal range: Twa Dugs 4% ABV and Wee Tam, also 4% ABV.Twa Dugs is a session IPA. It has a deep golden colour with a very fruity and citrus aroma and a strong grapefruit flavour.Wee Tam is a summer seasonal pale coloured, wheat beer with hints of banana; it is naturally cloudy from the wheat starches and the special wheat beer yeast.There are plans to release red ale called Puce Moose 3.7% ABV at the end of July.

BracknBrewBrack’N’Brew continues to grow and sales are at an all time high. The brewery is currently working at full capacity with lots of things in the pipeline. Many events and shows have been attended this season with great responses.

Ben Clementson

Carlisle BrewingCarlisle Brewing were really pleased to have two of their beers (Citadel and Flaxen) chosen to go to this year’s CAMRA Great British Beer Festival. Feedback on the beers was very positive.The number of outlets supplied is steadily increasing and the area supplied to is expanding so beers can now be found further afield.Events such as the Carlisle racecourse beer festival, corporate bars and supplying weddings and outside events are proving very successful.The brewery is currently looking at production schedules for autumn. Spun Gold is still far and away the best selling beer, but Alain is planning to include a new beer or two.

Alan Welsh

Great CorbyAs indicated in the summer edition of Ale Tales, the brewery produced a 5% ABV IPA, Scarface in late April/early May, in its latest line of special beers. Elderflower Pale, a 3.9% ABV beer, made with locally foraged elderflower, was about to go out to the trade (late July). Following that, there will be a 3.5% ‘session pale ale’, named Tizzie Whizie. Tizzie Whizies are the mythical creatures that live along the shores of Lake Windermere. This will be brewed with two of the ‘big hitters’ of New World hops, namely Citra and Mosaic. This is one I’m particularly looking forward to!At the time of writing (late July), the Queen

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Regular outlets (and the beers currently stocked) in Dumfries and Galloway are: Black Bull, Moffat (Twa Dugs and Wee Tam); Balmoral, Moffat (Wee Tam); Moffat House (Twa Dugs); Globe Inn, Dumfries (Dryfe Blonde and Twa Dugs); Craft Hotel, Wigtown (Twa Dugs); Queens Head, Gretna (Twa Dugs); Kings Arms, Lockerbie (Twa Dugs, although they rotate through the Lowland beer list).

Penny McWilliams

Old VicarageThe brewery continues to sell their beers well through their own bar, and is experimenting with adding a further beer to their already popular Old Vicarage Bitter and Pesky Pheasant range. SB Light will be a lower alcohol version of SB Special, which is a previous recipe. The brewery is also considering producing some bottled beer later in the year.

Sandy Williamson

SulwathCAMRA has presented an award to Sulwath Brewery for their Black Galloway beer which won the 2019 Champion Beer of Scotland - porter category. Sulwath may now style the cask version of their Black Galloway as CAMRA Champion Porter of Scotland 2019. As a result of the award, Black Galloway will be on sale at the 2020 Great British Beer Festival next August.Sulwath Brewery has been short listed for the Dumfries and Galloway Retail Business Award.

Keith Bruce

TirrilTirril Brewery invited local MP Rory Stewart to their Long Marton premises to remind him that small brewers should keep their reduced duty rate.The brewery continues, and is proud to promote, the fact that Tirril Brewery is totally gluten-free. Since Easter every beer produced (cask, keg and bottled) has been laboratory tested and registered at under half the European legal limit for gluten content.Tirril believe they are the first fully gluten-

free brewery in the country. They have received a lot of praise and gratitude from ale drinkers, who have not had a draught pint for years and have visited the Lakes on holiday to be offered a range of cask ales that are both suitable for celiacs and still happily palatable.Tirril gins are absolutely flying with Rhubarb gin (from rhubarb grown in the spent hops outside the brewery) being popular, but still eclipsed by our Elderflower and Borrowdale Honey gin, which is in huge demand. All of the gins are only available from outlets that stock Tirril Ales.

Richard Owen

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It’s all about the beer!Another year, another highly anticipated Carlisle Beer Festival at the Venue!

Once again your CBF volunteers are hard at work organising the festival, and I am hard at work trying to source the best beer list I can manage. Every year it is a challenge to find new and interesting brews but, as far as the feedback we get is concerned, every year we achieve this!

This year, we will have over 60 real ales and ciders. We will continue to offer the best range of new and interesting breweries from around the country. Returning is our KeyKeg bar after our success with the trial last year.

You can look forward to seeing what weird and wonderful beers we will have for you to try.

We are happy to continue promoting local breweries with our separate Cumbria bar, featuring 12 ales from near Carlisle and around the county. We feel it is important to highlight our local area and the breweries that populate it. Our main bar will be full of beer for everyone, from stouts, porters and mild to hoppy IPAs and blondes. I’m sure you’ll find something to enjoy!

The VenueAs in recent years, the Festival will take place at The Venue in Portland Place just off Botchergate. Once again, our vice-chairman, Paul Claringbold, is leading the organising team of local CAMRA members.

Festival GlassesOne change this year is that we will have souvenir Festival glasses, which customers can take home. The decision was almost forced on the organising committee when we learnt that the Venue’s glass washing machine was broken and wouldn’t be repaired! We will, of course, have arrangements in place to wash the Festival glasses before customers use them!

Changed Opening HoursAnother change is to our opening hours. We will be opening our doors earlier at 2pm to add a Thursday afternoon session to the Festival. We hope customers will support this additional session.

29th Carlisle Beer FestivalThursday 31st October - Saturday 2nd November 2019

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Beer Festival VolunteersThe Festival is organised and run entirely by CAMRA members who are all unpaid volunteers. If you’re reading this and you’re a CAMRA member, we need your support to help at the Festival.

We will be contacting branch members in September asking for volunteers. If you can, please help. As the saying goes, many hands make light work!

Sponsors and AdvertisingOur Beer Festival is the premier real ale and cider event in north Cumbria. It showcases and promotes real ales, real ale breweries

and real ale pubs. Without the support of our sponsors and programme advertisers (and volunteer staff), the Festival simply could not go ahead!

Running a beer festival over a few days in a venue is an expensive business! The major single cost is hiring the hall, but there are other substantial costs such as insurance and equipment hire. Last year, the Festival only just broke even! We do need financial support to make the Festival affordable to the customers to whom we want to showcase real ales and ciders.

If you would like to sponsor a cask, it costs a mere £30. You will get your name next to the beer in the programme. You will also receive two free tickets to the entire Festival and a couple of free pints. Please contact: socials@solway.camra.org.uk for more details.Cheers!

Sandy Williamson

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If you are aware of any changes taking place in a pub in our area then please let us know. Bar Fly is good but it is hard

getting around over 150 outlets, even with wings! See Branch Contact for details of how to keep in touch.

GREAT SALKELD - Highland DroveIn the previous edition of Ale Tales, this column reported that the Highland Drove was closed. This was completely incorrect!

Bar Fly is delighted to report that this pub, a twice winner of our Pub of the Year award and a

much deserved regular entry in the CAMRA Good Beer Guide, is most definitely open. We would like to apologise to Donald and Christine Newton.

BURGH BY SANDSClaire, Neil, Hayley and Chloe left the Greyhound Inn, Burgh at the end of June after five

years at the pub. The pub currently has a temporary manager whilst the pub company, Punch, look for new tenants. The pub continues to sell real ale.

CARLETON, PENRITHThe Cross Keys was selling Fuller’s Sticky Wicket and Tirril Kirkstone Gold when Bar

Fly visited. Both beers were in very good condition.

CARLISLEAnnie and Graham Vallance have moved from the Coach & Horses at Kingstown to run a pub in Penicuik. They

have, however, left the Coach under the watchful eye of Terry, who will be managing the pub for them. So, it is business as usual.

The Howard Arms in Lowther Street has reopened on 27 July by Diane Irving, who also runs the Crown Inn at Stanwix.

The pub has undergone an extensive £350,000 renovation, which celebrates the city’s history as the home of the State Management Scheme. Four real ales are on sale Theakstons Bitter and Old Peculiar alongside two beers from Marstons - Wainwright and Jennings Cumberland.

The Near Boot at Whiteclosegate has been under new management for a few months now with David Woods the

new licensee in this popular Star pub. On Bar Fly’s last visit, Marstons Wainwright, Jennings Cumberland Bitter and Caledonian Deuchars were son sale.

The Museum Inn at Belle Vue has a new manager, Mike Taylor. Real ale

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was due to go on sale when Bar Fly last contacted the pub. More details in the next edition.

The St Nicholas Arms on London Road has reopened under the management of licensee Alison

Mitchell. The pub has undergone £180,000 renovation to give a contemporary look whilst retaining the original charm of the building. On Bar Fly’s last visit, meals were available and the real ales on sale were Marstons Wainwright and a house ale, possibly also from Marstons.

The Rock (formerly the Currock) has reopened with Mark Messenger, formerly of the Highland

Laddie at Glasson, as licensee. The pub has Greene King Old Speckled Hen on sale plus a guest ale. A restaurant has opened upstairs. The pub has more recently been called the Rack and Cue, but new signs for the Rock will be in place fairly soon.

IRTHINGTONThe Sally has added a guest real ale alongside its regular real ale,

Wainwright. When Bar Fly visited local real, Skiddaw, from Hesket Newmarket was on sale.

MOFFATHugo’s bistro style bar has recently opened in the former Pringles clothes shop in the High Street. Jim Hughes, currently licensee if the Stag Inn and formerly of the Black

Bull, is the owner. Two real ales are on sale, Greene King IPA and a changing guest ale. Many thanks

to Andrew for the update.

ROCKCLIFEThe Crown & Thistle reopened on 22 May, just as the summer edition of Ale

Tales was with the printer! The pub has been fully refurbished by new owners, Richard and Jo Fenn - formerly of the Black Swan at Culgaith, the Queens at Warwick and the Black Lion at Durdar. The pub is already building a good reputation for food and has three local real ales on sale.

Please note that pub opening hours and meal times are subject to change. To avoid disappointment, Bar Fly advises that you check times with the pub before you travel.

Full details of real ale pubs in our area and most of the UK can be found on the CAMRA website

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Follow The Cumbrians on the RoadAn 11,000 mile trip!This article is designed to suggest some real ale pubs near the grounds Carlisle United will visit during the 2019/20 season. To visit all away league games this season, you will need to travel an incredible 11,000 miles, if you start at Brunton Park!

Most of the pubs mentioned will be in CAMRA’s Good Beer Guide, so I hope you enjoy the real ale/ciders on offer. If you come across any other pubs, especially away fans friendly pubs, please let me know at contact@solway.camra.org.uk. All pubs are within 15 minutes walk of the ground unless stated otherwise.

Details of all the real ale pubs can be found on the CAMRA website whatpub.com.

SCUNTHORPE UNITED - Fixture 31 August 2019.There are few good real ale pubs near this out of town ground. The Berkeley Hotel, Doncaster Road DN15 7DS is an architecturally interesting Sam Smiths pub about 15 minutes from the ground and gets extremely busy on match days. On my visits, I have generally visited the Honest Lawyer, 70 Oswald Road DN15 7PG or the Blue Bell, 1 Oswald Road DN15 7PU, in the town centre and then undertaken the 30 minute walk to the ground.

STEVENAGE - Fixture14 September 2019.Our Mutual Friend, Broadwater Crescent, Stevenage, SG2 8EH is the nearest real ale pub to the ground. Sadly it no longer serves a range of local ales or hot food and gets very busy on match days.

If food is required and more choice of brews try the Chequers, 164 High Street, SG1 3LL, a 30

minute walk from the ground in the town could be considered. A Greene King pub with a good range of guest ales.

Alternatively there is the Standard Bearer The Plaza, Danestrete, SG1 1PF a Wetherspoons pub in the town

centre and on the route from the railway station to the ground.

BRADFORD CITY - Fixture 21 September 2019.

Record Cafe, 45-47 North Parade, Bradford BD1 3JH is the current (2019) Bradford CAMRA Pub of the Year

and is well worth a visit. Sadly, the Penny Bank (formerly the City Gent) appears to be closed (as at June 2019). If it re-opens, as you pass it on the way to the ground, it is well worth a visit, if only to look at its architecture.

NEWPORT COUNTY - Next Fixture 5 Oct 2019.Pig and Wig 22 – 24 Stow Hill, Newport, NP20 1JD. This pub is handily located on the way to the ground from the station. As well as selling Draught Bass, it features Welsh breweries in its other handpumps. It is a large single roomed pub that also serves food.

The High Street has three Good Beer Guide pubs, McCanns Rock’n’Roll Bar, Olde Murganser House and Tiny Rebel providing a good variety of pub types and all worthy of a visit.

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PLYMOUTH ARGYLE - Next Fixture 19 October 2019.Situated halfway between the railway station and the ground, The Britannia 2 Wolesely Road, Milehouse, PL2 3BH is a good option for drink and food. Its proximity to the ground means it is very busy on match days - you may wish to look for a quieter hostelry in the city centre. The Stoke Inn 43, Devonport Road Stoke Plymouth PL3 4DL is one of the few real ale pubs within walking distance of Home Park (about 20 minutes) and this looks like another option where up to 6 real ales can be supplemented with good food.

LEYTON ORIENT - Next Fixture 26 October 2019.Look no further than the Leyton Orient Supporters Club, Breyer Group Stadium, Oliver Road Leyton. This is reputed to be the best supporters club bar selling real ale. Take your CAMRA membership card with you.

Leyton Technical, 265B High Road, E10 5QN is also close to the ground and very busy on match days. With up to 8 real ales it is well worth a visit.

PORT VALE - Next Fixture 16 November 2019.This is my favourite ground for sampling good real ale in the pubs of Burslem, about 10 minutes from the ground. My favourites are the Bull’s Head and the Duke William, but good ales can also be found in the nearby Leopard, Post Office Vaults and Johny’s Micro Pub.

The Bull’s Head, 14 St John’s Square, Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent ST6 3AJ is Titanic’s Brewery Tap and flagship pub. Situated in the centre of Burslem the pub welcomes all

football fans, both home and away. The range of ten excellent real ales is complemented by a selection of up to ten real ciders.

The Duke William, 2 St. John’s Square, Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent ST6 3AJ This imposing

pub has undergone a sympathetic restoration with most of the original features still in place, including the horse-shoe shaped bar and its heated foot rail, bell pushes in the lounge, serving hatch and leaded windows. Eight hand pumps dispense a range of beers.

MORECAMBE - Next Fixtures 7 Dec 2019. The William Mitchell, Glentworth Road West, Westgate, Morecambe, LA4 4SZ is about 10 minutes walk from the Globe Stadium. This is a family friendly pub that does food and has a limited range of cask ales.

If you have more time to spare, a 30 minute walk to the seafront brings a choice of Good Beer Guide pubs including Eric Bartholomew, 10 Euston Road LA4 5DD and The Morecambe, 25 Lord Street LA4 5HX.

My favourite, however, is The Palatine, The Crescent, Morecambe, LA4 5BZ This is a cosy, two storied, Edwardian terrace pub with good food and four real ales usually including Lancashire brews.

Mike Tuer

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Branch DiaryMeetingsBusiness includes: breweries & pubs news, pub awards, beer festivals, socials, beer guides, etc.Mon 30 Sep 7:45pm @ Fat Gadgie, Carlisle.

Mon 21 Oct 7:45pm @ Kings Head, Carlisle

Mon 25 Nov 7:45pm @ Fat Gadgie, Carlisle

SocialsSocials usually visit several real ale pubs. Members and non-members are welcome. Please check our website for further details. Ale Trails by minibus on 6 Sep, 4 Oct and 22 Nov.

Beer FestivalsFri 13 - Sun 15 Sep - 9th Appleby Beer Festival, Midland Hotel, Appleby

Thu 31 Oct - Sat 2 Nov - Carlisle Beer Festival @ The Venue, Portland Place Carlisle.

Please check dates and times before travelling.

Read Ale about it!Find Ale Tales in the following real ale pubs: Abbeytown, Wheatsheaf; Aikton, Aikton Arms; Alston, Angel, Cumberland, Nent Hall Hotel, Turks Head; Armathwaite, Dukes Head, Fox & Pheasant; Blencow, Clickham Inn; Bolton Low Houses, Oddfellows, Bowness on Solway, Kings Arms; Brampton, Brambles Bistro, Golf Club, Howard Arms, Nags Head, Shoulder of Mutton; Broadfield, Crown; Burgh by Sands, Greyhound; Caldbeck, Oddfellows; Calthwaite, Globe; Carlisle, 301 miles from London, Apple Tree, Beehive, Boardroom, Caledonian, Coach & Horses, Crown (Stanwix), Crown & Thistle, Eaten by Monsters, Fat Gadgie, Gosling Bridge, Griffin, Joiners Arms, Kings Head, Museum, Near Boot, Old Fire Station, Redfern, Spider &Fly, Spinners Arms, Sportsman, William Rufus, Woodrow Wilson; Castle Carrock, Duke of Cumberland; Cotehill, Greyhound; Crosby on Eden, Stag; Culgaith, Black Swan; Cumwhinton, Lowther; Cumwhitton, Pheasant; Curthwaite, Royal Oak; Dalston, Blue Bell, Bridge End; Durdar, Black Lion; Faugh, String of Horses; Glasson, Highland Laddie; Great Orton, Wellington; Great Salkeld, Highland Drove; Greystoke, Boot & Shoe; Hallbankgate, Belted Will; Hayton, Lane End, Stone; Hesket Newmarket, Old Crown; Ireby, Emily's Black Lion; Kirkbride, Bush; Kirkoswald, Crown, Fetherston; Langwathby, Shepherds; Lazonby, Joiners Arms; Little Corby, Otter; Longtown, Graham Arms; Low Hesket, Rose & Crown; Monkhill, Drovers Rest, Moorhouse, Royal Oak; Mungrisdale, Mill Inn; Nenthead, Miners; Newbiggin, Blue Bell; Newton Reigny, Sun; Oulton, Bird in Hand; Ousby, Fox; Penrith, Agricultural, Board & Elbow, British Legion Club, Cross Keys, Dog Beck Inn, Fell Bar, Foundry 34, General Wolfe, George, North Lakes Hotel, Robin Hood, Royal; Penruddock, Herdwick; Penton, Pop-up Bar, Pentonbridge; Port Carlisle, Hope & Anchor; Red Dial, Sun; Rockcliffe, Crown & Thistle; Roweltown, Crossings Inn; Ruleholme, Golden Fleece; Scotby, Royal Oak; Sebergham, Sour Nook; Silloth, Albion, Golf Hotel; Smithfield, Robin Hood; Talkin, Blacksmiths Arms; Thursby, Ship; Troutbeck, Sportsman; Uldale, Snooty Fox; Warwick, Queens; Wetheral, Crown, Fantails, Wheatsheaf; Wigton, Black-a-Moor; Wreay, Plough. Winter Ale Tales out in January

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8. Carp

9. Turner

10. Donald Dewer.

Popular community pub.Real ales: Theakston Best Bitter and two guest ales.Traditional Sunday Lunch served from 12noon till 5pm. Darts leagues Sun-Tue, Pool league Wed, Quiz & Bingo Thu.

Joiners ArmsChurch Street

Carlisle CA2 5TF01228 534275

Open: 12-midnight Mon-Thu

12-1am Fri, 12-2am Sat 12-midnight Sun

Food Served: 12-6pm Mon, 12-7 Tue,

12-9pm Wed-Fri, all day Sat, 12-5pm Sun

thejoinersarmscarlisle www.joiners-arms.co.uk