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Yes it’s fi nally here! The Calderdale Beer and Cider Festival. After months of planning, round after round of meetings, site visits and discussions on

all matter of obvious and obscure items, it is now all here ready to go or it will be by 2pm Thursday 12th November at Hebden Bridge Town Hall.

Within the bumper edition of Caldercask is included the Festival Programme with hopefully contains all the essential information you need, the customer to enjoy the three day festival. With sections covering - getting there, getting in, getting a beer and of course a festival glass, getting some nosh, then some more beer and fi nally getting home (within reason) and if a beer takes your fancy we will have some `take home’ containers so you could take a pint or two home with you.

And if all that doesn’t tempt you Hebden Bridge also has a very good selection of pubs and bars to continue in the festival mood with many, (at least 6) only yards away, from the festival venue all serving range of cask ales and

not forgetting West Yorkshires fi rst Community Owned Pub only 5 minutes’ walk away. How can you miss out!

The festival is staff ed entirely by un-paid volunteers who give up their free time to make sure the event runs smoothly with many of them quite effi cient at beer serving but not all are, so please be gentle on those who don’t seem to be on the ball all the time. If you are a CAMRA member, why not pitch in and help out for a couple of hours? It’s a great experience and we are a friendly bunch plus you do get `fed and watered’ so why not give it a go? Send a message to [email protected] saying which session(s) or time(s) you could commit or turn up on the day with your current valid membership card and speak to our helpful staffi ng desk people. staff especially `stronger ones’ are required for setting up days, so if you feel that building bars and moving beer is more your thing then please contact us. Help us to make the Calderdale Beer and Cider festival an outstanding one.

Further in this packed edition you’ll fi nd a small article about prices of your half pint and the practise of some pubs and bars charging a proportionally higher price for drinking halves compared with the overall cost of a full pint (we are talking about 5% to 10% more on top) is it a problem in our area? If you have experienced this phenomena then CAMRA Nationally is compiling data for a report (please see the article for further details).

BAR THOUGHTS...At Last Some Good News

OUR MAGAZINE COVER...'Enough Said!'

Finally our Cover Photo shows the Calderdale Beer and Cider festival logo with words of GET `N’ THERE! Enough said I think!


PUB OF THE SEASON PRESENTATIONVictorian Craft Beer Café, Halifax

The Halifax and Calderdale CAMRA Branch attended the Victorian Craft Beer Café, Halifax recently (27th August 2015), the reason for our visit was to

present to the Landlord Simon Stather with our Branch PUB of the SEASON award for Summer 2015.

The place was packed on the evening of our visit with a festival of ale well into swing. The Victorian Craft Beer Cafe is located behind the Victoria Theatre on the site of the former Ricci and Capone restaurant, it is spread over 3 levels with open areas and cosy private areas alike. The interior has loads of polished wood and dotted around with interesting knick-knacks and curios.

On the beer front, the cask selection was not short of choice with 8 rotating hand pumped beers on off er serving local & regional cask ales and a range of boxed ciders. Added to this is 12 craft beers taps serving a mix of European beers, quality UK keg beers from the likes of Thornbridge, Magic Rock, world craft ales and numerous bottled beers available

The beer prices are reasonable for the beers on off er, on par with other pubs of its type in the region. A pint of real ale coming between £3.00 and £3.20, with the

specialty keg lines coming between £3.70 and £4.30, a reasonable price for what it on off er in today’s beer market.

There was good attendance from Local CAMRA

members on the evening with the beers, to quote one member `going down fast’ I personally tried a good range of ales but the Vocation beers on off er (3 of them) hit the spot with their `Heart and Soul’ being particularly outstanding.

Halifax & Calderdale select and vote for the pubs of the season at various branch meetings throughout the calendar year and we are now looking for nominations for the next pub of the season either send in your nominations to the branch secretary or attend any of the branch meetings held at various pubs throughout the Calderdale branch area. Details on the web site www.hxcalderdalecamra.org.uk

On this page are a selection of photographs from the evening, the cafe and the presentation of the offi cial certifi cate.


Once again I was invited to help judge one of the beer types at the Great British Beer Festival at Olympia. I was delighted to be given the task of

judging the mild beers.The beer is called mild not because it was weak but

because it is less heavily hopped than porter, stout and pale ale. After the Second World War it was Britain’s favourite beer. More recently, however, it has unfortunately been seen as old fashioned and only drunk by old men in cloth caps.

I remember visiting Birmingham in the 1990s ordering a pint of Banks at a pub in the canal basin. The barmaid said to me “You do realise it is a mild!”

“Yes I Know” I replied.She again said “You do realise it is a mild!”Yes I know. I happen to of chosen the beer because

it is a mild”She seemed to ignore me and again said “You do

realise it is a mild!”Eventually I did receive a pint and it was delicious. This

experience illustrates why the drinking of mild has been in a steep decline.

There were fi ve of us judging the mild. Three CAMRA judges, two brewers and a lobbyist working for the brewing industry. The chair gave us a sheet explaining

the Style g u i d e l i n e s for mild (see below).

It was a blind tasting - each mild being given

a letter. We tasted the beer fi rst and gave each beer a score out of 40 before discussing the beer.

There were 9 beers to taste and every judge had their own method of deciding which mild was the winner. Some went on fi rst impression and some preferring to re-taste some of the beers. I always ask for a new glass of my top scoring beers and compare one against the other.

I and a fellow judge gave Rudgate mild the top score but when the scores of all the judges were added up if came 2nd winning a silver medal. I was not unhappy with the result as all the medal winners were in my judge off .

The results were as follows;• GOLD – Williams Bros, Black• SILVER – Rudgate, Ruby Mild• BRONZE – Great Orme, Welsh BlackIt is diffi cult to fi nd many pubs that sell mild in

Calderdale but we do have three excellent mild’s brewed in our region. Little valley’s Midgley mild, Bridestones mild and more recently Norland mild.

By Richard Lee, Tasting Panel Chair

JUDGING MILD...At the Great British Beer Festival 2015

MILD STYLE GUIDELINESMILDS: • Black to dark brown to pale amber • May have malt aroma and taste • May have light hop aroma and taste • May be sweet • May have slight diacetyl (toff ee/butterscotch) • Low in alcoholPALE MILDS: • May have light fruit aroma and tasteDARK MILDS: • May have light roast malt or caramel aroma and taste • May have liquorice, chocolate or burnt aroma and taste.SCOTTISH 60 SHILLING BEERS: • Dominance of sweetness, light bitterness, smooth bodyOriginal gravity: less than 1043Typical alcohol by volume: less than 4.3%Bitterness 14 - 28 EBU


CAMRA the Campaign for Real Ale are looking into a potential scandel regarding the mark up of the half pint.

Basically and simply if you pay £3.00 a pint you would probably expect to pay £1.50 for a half pint, but say the price of a beer is £3.80 perhaps you might be expecting to pay £1.90 for half but you could fi nd the price rounded up to £2.00 for your half – that’s a 5% mark up. Is this marking up of the price for a half pint another way of getting the customer to part with more of their hard earned cash? Or is it a ploy to take advantage of those customers who drink smaller quantity of beers.

CAMRA has campaigned against short measures for a number of years and articles have appeared in Caldercask before highlighting this problem before about short measure and the cost to the drinker of not receiving a full pint.

To be fair, many pubs would round up by a penny or two but we are talking about bigger mark-up than that.

Fortunately I think nearly all the pubs and bars in the Calderdale region don’t have such large diff erential between their prices of pints and half pints.

If you have had any experience of this practise CAMRA nationally would like to know and are currently collating data. Please send your experiences to CAMRA HQ at www.camra.org.uk or visit the Halifax and Calderdale website www.hxcalderdalecamra.org.uk and send your information to the branch secretary who is collating information from branch members to send to HQ.

THE PRICE OF YOUR PINTPotential Scandal of the Half Pint Mark Up

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Welcome to the Calderdale Beer and Cider festival 2015, organised and run by volunteers from the Halifax and Calderdale

CAMRA branch.The festival is held this year in the beautiful

surroundings of the magnifi cent Hebden Bridge Town Hall, in their Waterfront room. We hope that the festival, the selection of beers, ciders and perries that we will have available, that you’ll fi nd something to your taste and whet your appetite. Also on off er will be a good wholesome range of hot and cold food brought to you by the in house café team at the town hall.

This year’s festival theme is `my choices’ with many the beverages on stillage being chosen by local CAMRA members. So expect to fi nd some fi rm favourites but with some unexpected surprises from much further afi eld with ales from off shore isles and some unusual ingredients like lemon, root ginger, hazelnut and even fresh Columbian Coff ee beans!

The Halifax and Calderdale CAMRA branch recently celebrated its 40th Anniversary (May 2015) with a celebratory party held at one of the pubs that is

still in existence from way back then. Looking around the festival venue you can spot the odd one or two or three volunteers who were around at those fi rst early meetings in 1975, who are still actively involved in the branch even after 40 years.

We have special anniversary beer available for you to sample, brewed by one of the 12 micro-breweries that call the Calderdale area their home. This micro is also celebrating a milestone with 10 years of continuous brewing completed, our special festival ale is still being brewed by the master brewer and is a closely guarded secret but will available on draught and will be soon released in a future bottled form for you to purchase.

This year’s festival glass is available to hire or buy for £2.00 and is oversized ensuring that you get a full measure of liquid. It is also marked off at half and thirds so you can try as many ales as you like but please drink responsibly after all we want you to remember the Calderdale Beer and Cider Festival for all the right reasons.

Don’t forget to fi ll in the voting slips for your choice of Beer or Cider of the Calderdale Beer & Cider festival, cards are available from the glasses stand and membership stand.

Enjoy!Edward Lee - Festival Organiser

WELCOMECalderdale Beer & Cider Festival 2015

FESTIVAL ETTIQUETTE Some tips to help you enjoy the festival!BEER LIST - The beers are listed above the bars by brewery which are in alphabetical order, with the breweries location, the beer and strength with of course the price per measure – pint, half or third.

WE SUGGEST - that you start with lower ABV (alcohol by volume) scale say around 3.5% and move more steadily to the higher ABV beers. Remember that at this high end of the ABV scale you may lose your self-respect, use of your legs and you fi nd that your body and brain are disconnected (you start to wobble).

WE CAN’T GUARANTEE - that every beer will be available at every session. It is branch policy not to put on beer that is/are not, according to the bar manager `ready to serve’ and of course once a beer has gone – well it gone (it’s been supped).

DON’T FORGET TO EAT – please visit the café (the town hall association) for a range of delicious hot and cold food and a selection of non-alcoholic drinks (teas, coff ees, soft drinks) plus the food does help soak up the beer. If simple nibbles are more your thing then the café also stocks a range of crisps, nuts etc.

REMEMBER - that bars and stands are staff ed entirely by CAMRA volunteers and as such maybe not quite `on the ball all the time’ so your patience is much appreciated.

PLEASE DON’T DRINK AND DRIVE - Hebden Bridge is well served by public transport and we will have a range of information available for you to view about buses and train services at the membership stand and local taxi fi rms numbers.

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It is highly recommended that you use public transport wherever you can, as parking in and around the festival venue is very limited plus in the

day’s beforehand Calderdale council are planning major re-surfacing works which could lead to the inevitable traffi c problems.

Fortunately Hebden Bridge is well served by public transport. Buses stop at Hebden Bridge every 10 minutes day time (Mon- Sat), until 7pm then there are 2 per hour -Service 592 590. First Bus - (Last bus Halifax – 23:16 - Todmorden 23:35)

Trains stop at Hebden Bridge Station - there are 4 trains per hour until 7pm then 3 trains per hour. Northern - (Last train Halifax – Midnight – Manchester 23:26). From the train station there it’s only a short

10 minute walk to the venue or only 3 minutes from the major bus stops in Hebden centre (please see the simple map).

It is strongly advised that you check with travel companies for your own travel plans. Visit www.wymetro.com or ring 0113 245 7676.

ADMISSION PRICESThe festival is a `pay on the door’ with prices fi xed at the same rates as last year.

General AdmissionBefore 6pm

General AdmissionAfter 6pm

CAMRA Member

Before 6pm

CAMRA Member

After 6pmTHURS £2.00 £2.00 £1.00 £1.00

FRI £2.00 £3.00 £1.00 £1.00SAT £2.00 FREE £1.00 FREE

OPENING TIMES• Thursday 12th - Open 2pm to 10pm• Friday 13th - Open 12 noon to 11pm• Saturday 14th - Open 12 noon to 10pm

FESTIVAL GLASSES A £2 refundable deposit applies to all glasses.

You can keep your glass as a souvenir of your visit or return it at the end of your session for a £2 refund. The festival glass is marked at half and third pint allowing

you to try a good selection of drinks available but remember please drink responsibly.

THE BARS At the bars you will require a multi-value ticket

to purchase your selected beer or cider. Extra beer tickets will be available to purchase from either the admission or membership stand. Beers and ciders will only be served in the appropriate festival glass.

FOOD A mouth-watering selection of hot and cold food will

be available form the in house café run by volunteers from the Hebden Bridge Town Hall Association also available will be teas and coff ees and soft drinks. Food will be available up to 9pm each night.

DOGS Sorry no dogs allowed into the festival hall unless

they are guide or assistance dogs.

ALLERGEN INFORMATION - THE BEER (OR CIDER/PERRY) IN YOUR GLASS

Please be assured that all the beers and ciders featured at the Calderdale Beer & Cider Festival comply with the allergens regulations. Please ask any member of staff for information if you have any concerns about any of the beers, ciders or perries served at this festival.

TO THE FESTIVAL

AT THE FESTIVAL

and Home Again !

Essential Information

Transport for West Yorkshire

HEBDEN BRIDGETOWN CENTRE

Bridge GateHalifax Road

TRAIN

BUSSTOP

Keighley Road

Town HallNot to any scale

Old Gate


We have a selection of 50 beers for you to try whilst the festival is open. This range includes - Tasty Mild’s, Hoppy Bitters, Best Bitters,

Silky Smooth Stouts and Wholesome Porters and with Speciality Beers, so hopefully there is something to suit all tastes and palates. The range will include a good representation from most of the micro-breweries with in the Calderdale boundary, so local tastes and fl avours being well served, combined this with beers from further afi eld, so hopefully you will fi nd something to your liking

We also have a Special Festival Ale brewed for us by one of our outstanding micro-breweries based in the Calder valley who are also celebrating their own milestone of ten years of brewing.

BLINDMANS Leighton7 BUFF 3.6%

Amber coloured smooth session beer.

BRIDESTONES Hebden Bridge8 MILK CHOCOLATE STOUT 4.5%

Special Ale.

9 WINTER WARMER 6.6%Special Ale.

BUSHEY Isle of Man10 CASTLETOWN BITTER 3.5%

A light, golden beer full of fl oral and citrus hints

CASTLE ROCK Nottingham11 SHERWOOD RESERVE 4.5%

Brewed with fresh Columbian coff ee beans, Sherwood Reserve is a smooth, balanced and decadent stout, with notes of chocolate and coff ee.

CONWY Woodlands, Conwy12 WELSH PRIDE 4.0%

Initially malty yet gives way to a zingy spicy fi nish.

DARK STAR West Sussex13 HOPHEAD 3.8%

Pale golden ale with a strong fl oral aroma and elderfl ower notes from the Cascade hops.

ELLAND Elland14 1872 WHISKY PORTER 6.5%

Multi-award winning, full fl avoured porter matured in whisky casks.

GREAT ORME Colwyn Bay, North Wales15 ORME 3.8%

A mouth-watering cask conditioned ale based on a traditional Welsh recipe. The taste of this best bitter is due to the subtle addition of crystal and chocolate malts to the base Maris Otter pale ale malt. The initial well balanced taste gives way to a delicate smoked fi nish.

HADRIAN & BORDER Newcastle Upon Tyne16 GINGER BEER 4.0%

Amber coloured beer sweetened with real root ginger.

HALIFAX STEAM Hipperholme17 AUSSIE KISS 3.8%

A light beer with a hoppy fl avour and fi nish.

ALLGATES Wigan1 WIGAN JUNCTION 3.9%

A chestnut bitter which is rounded with some residual sweetness with tastes of fruit and vanilla balanced with a resinous hop character.

BANK TOP Bolton 2 PORT O`CALL 5.0%

A smooth Porter with an added bottle of Port in the brewer’s barrel. Black in colour with a roasted and sweet malt aroma. The taste is roasted, chocolate and coff ee.

3 FLAT CAP 4.0%A Pale bitter with a citrus aroma and hoppy citrus fi nish.

BINGLEY Wilsden4 GOLDY LOCKS 4.0%

Blonde made with pale crystal malt giving a delicate toff ee after taste. Cascade aroma hop provides a refreshing citrus fragrance.

BLACK DOG Whitby5 RHATAS 4.6%

A dark, rich bitter that is creamy and smooth to the palate with some spicy notes.

BLACK EDGE Lancashire6 BLACK PORT 4.9%

A dark porter that starts dry with chocolate roasted fl avours and fi nishes with sweet port notes.

THE BEERS



HAWKSHEAD Cumbria18 RED 4.2%

A bitter-sweet rich and fruity Red Ale. Brewed with English hops and Dark Crystal malt which gives the beer its colour.

HIGHLAND BREWING Orkeny19 SNEEK WEE ORKNEY STOUT 4.8%

Dry hopped stout.

KELBURN East Renfrewshire20 RED SMIDDY 4.1%

A smooth ale with a reddish hue and a citrus,fruity aftertaste.

KELBURN Glasgow21 GOLDIHOPS 3.8%

A golden, hoppy beer. Clean on the palate with a long, lingering aftertaste.

KIRKBY LONSDALE Carnforth22 JUBILEE STOUT 5.5%

A smooth stout allowing hints of pale malt and liquorice to show through.

LANDLORDS FRIEND Luddenden Foot23 MR HOUGH 4.4%

Dark premium bitter.

LITTLE VALLEY Cragg Vale24 HEBDENS WHEAT 4.5%

Belgian style, naturally hazy wheat beer. Fruity with hints of coriander and lemon.

25 VANILLA PORTER 4.5%Dark and lightly roasted with hints of Vanilla.

26 SPECIAL ALE ?%A very special ale brewed for the Halifax & Calderdale 40th Anniversary.

LYMESTONE Staff ordshire27 STONE CUTTER 3.7%

A fusion of Maris Otter malts and Pilot and Fuggles hops explode on the palate as biscuit and juicy fruit fl avours give way to citrus and berry hops, good hop aroma and hoppy after taste.

MALLINSONS Huddersfi eld28 SESSION 11 3.8%

Pale Ale.

MILLSTONE Ashton-under-Lyne29 TIGER RUT 4.0%

Aroma of pineapple, barley, citrus and yeast. Similar fl avours with a tasty passion fruit hop.

MORDUE North Shields30 WORKIE TICKET 4.5%

A tasty, complex beer with malt and hops throughout and a long, satisfying bitter fi nish.

NORLAND BEERS Norland31 BEST BITTER 4.3%

An amber coloured beer infused with the fl avour of malt, hops and fruit. Hoppy bitterness remains assertive in the aftertaste. A classic example of a traditional northern ale.

OATES Boothtown32 APA 5.3%

Smooth and very highly hopped beer in the style of an American IPA. Hops,malt and fruit combine to make a robust mouthwatering strong ale.

ORKNEY Orkney Islands33 RAVEN ALE 3.8%

Mid golden ale with a complex aroma mixture of toasted and biscuit like aromas with spicy resinous hops.

PEERLESS Birkenhead34 KNEE BUCKLER 5.2%

The aftertaste and aroma comes from a blend of American hops, Citra, Cascade and Columbus which gives a distinct fruity fi nish.

PURPLE MOOSE North Wales35 SNOWDONIA ALE 3.6%

A golden coloured bitter with a citrusy, spicy and caramel in aroma. Flavour is similar.

36 ELDERFLOWER ALE 4.0%A refreshing pale ale brewed using Cascade hops with the added indulgence of elderfl ower.

RAMSGATE Kent37 DOG BOLTER 5.6%

This sturdy traditional Dark Porter hits the spot like no other.

SALTAIRE Shipley38 BLACKBERRY CASCADE 4.8%

American style pale ale with the fl oral aromas and strong bitterness of Cascade and Centennial hops, infused with a hint of blackberries.



SLIGHTLY FOXED Sowerby Bridge39 21ST CENTURY FOX 4.8%

Using a number of recently developed New World hops and mashed using the palest malts, double aroma hopped and dry hopped to give a Citrus palate and a refreshing aroma

SOUTH HAMS Devon40 HOPNOSIS 4.5%

A distinctly hoppy aroma, citrus fruits, lemon, orange and grapefruit, there is an underlying malt aroma. The taste is dry, with plenty of hop fl avours, a tiny hint of fl oral hop, and then citrus fruit; again orange and lemon.

STOD FOLD Ogden41 DARK 4.8%

Smooth porter with lightly roasted malts.

STRATHAVEN ALES Strathaven42 CLYDESDALE IPA 3.8%

A light pale ale with a grapefruit aroma and a sweet malt fi nish.

TITANIC Stoke-on-Trent43 CAPPUCCINO STOUT 4.5%

The nose is smoke, cherry, charcoal, cola and coff ee. The taste is roasted malt, chocolate, coff ee and smoke, with a dry, slightly burnt fi nish.

44 PLUM PORTER 4.9% This beer is dark strong and well rounded; the richness of such a rotund beer is brought to an even keel by the late addition of Goldings hops and natural plum fl avouring. Take the opportunity and go for the low hanging fruit, this sumptuous beer really is a plum!

TRYST Falkirk, Scotland45 RAI IPA 5.5%

A traditional India Pale Ale style recipe that is full bodied with an underlying malt fl avour and strong lingering aftertaste of hops. Brewed with three UK hop varieties.

UPHAM Hampshire 46 TIMPSTER 3.6%

Golden and light with refreshing citrus notes that complement the smooth bitterness.

VOCATION Cragg Vale47 HEART & SOUL 4.4%

A golden ale with intense fruit salad character

come sfrom generous additions of US West Coast hops. A full bodied and fruity beer, with notes of passion fruit, grapefruit, gooseberry, pineapple and mango.

48 PRIDE & JOY 5.3%A classic American style pale ale.is pale,crisp,very hoppy and aromatic. Robust hop fl avours are layered over a balanced malty backbone Initially soft to the palate it builds to a generous but clean bitterness. Flavours and aromas of mango, citrus, earth pine, tropical fruit and blueberry.

WILLIAMS BROS Scotland49 MIDNIGHT SUN PORTER 5.8%

A blend of malted barley, oats, roast barley, chocolate malt then balanced with a generous helping of hops. An after bite of fresh root ginger elevates this ale to another level.

WOLD TOP Driffi eld, East Yorkshire50 ANGLER’S REWARD 4.0%

A refreshing golden pale ale with a fruity bitterness & lingering aftertaste.



Many ciders are mass produced using modern methods are cold, pasteurised, and fi zzy but cider and perries served here at the festival are

diff erent.Traditional cider and perry simply consists of

fermentable apple or pear juice. There is a huge variety in fl avour and aroma depending on the varieties of apples and pears used. The proportions in the blend, and where the fruit is grown. Cider in the West of England and Wales is normally made from diff erent varieties of cider apple. In Eastern and Southern England cooking and desert apples are normally used. Nearly all perry is made from perry pears and mainly produced in Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Monmouthshire. Most traditional ciders and perries are blends but single variety cider and perries are made using just one variety of fruit.

Typically most ciders and perries have an alcohol content of between 6% - 8% and we will have for you a selection of traditional ciders and perries available at the festival.

CIDERS & PERRY

D R A U G H T / K E GBUTFORD ORGANICS Herefordshire• MEDIUM/DRY CIDER Medium/Dry 7.2%

Clean and refreshing.• PERRY Medium/Dry 7.1%

Superb lingering after taste.

GRUMPY JOHN’S Shipley, West Yorkshire• JOHN’S CIDER Dry 6.0%

A fruity, dry cider.

GWENT Y DRAIG Pontypridd, Wales• HAPPY DAZE CIDER Medium 4.5%

Fruity, apply aroma, well balanced fi nish. A light and very easy to drink cider.

MAYS CIDER Herefordshire• SWEET CIDER Sweet 5.5%

Soft and fruity fl avours in the style of a traditional sweet cider.

PURE NORTH Holmfi rth, West Yorkshire• FUSION CIDER Medium/Dry 6.5%

A clean sharp cider made using a blend of four cider apple varieties.

ROSS ON WYE Herefordshire• CASK CONDITIONED CIDER Dry 6.5%

Hazy and pale yellow in colour, this cider has a smokey and rich apple fruitiness.

• ALPACA PERRY Medium/Dry 6.5%Named after the alpacas who share the fi eld in which the pears for the perry are grown.

B O T T L E SPURE NORTH Holmfi rth• 2012 VINTAGE CIDER ? 7.2%

A blend of traditional cider apples, hand pressed and slowly fermented the natural way.

GWENT Y DRAIG Pontypridd, Wales• PERRY VALE Medium 4.5%

A blend of three pear varieties with a refreshing crisp fl avour with an abundant pear aroma.

THISTLY CROSS Dunbar, Scotland• WHISKEY Medium/Dry 6.9%

A fl avoursome cider made potent in the oak of a Glen Moray whisky cask.



Like so many things that the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) does, the success of Calderdale Beer & Cider Festival – is down to volunteers,

people who love beer (or cider) just like you!Whether you have time on your hands, looking

for a new hobby, want in to learn some new skills or enhance your CV, volunteering for CAMRA could be just what you are looking for.

Volunteering for CAMRA gives you the opportunity to gain skills in a lot of diff erent areas, skills you would often not have a chance to acquire within the usual day to day paid work. There are a huge number of opportunities depending on how much spare time you have and your interests.

You could work at a beer festival such as this; which is just one of around 200 that the campaign runs each year. It may be learning how to look after or serve the beer – good practise if you want to work in or running a pub or even start your own micro- brewery.

Perhaps possibly selling is more of your cup of tea; festivals have everything to sell from glasses to tee shirts. You might also end up managing some other volunteers, great experience if your aim is to manage people at work as you have to learn how to motivate people and get things done- a real challenge when all you have is please and thank you in your armoury.

CAMRA off ers more volunteering opportunities than just beer festivals - you decide depending on the time you have. There are just a few suggestions included in this article, so what are you waiting for?

You can fi nd more details on CAMRAs web site at www.camra.org.uk/volunteers-your-story or contact the local branch www.hxcalderdalecamra.org.uk

Why do members volunteer in the fi rst place? Below is what a few people told us they got out of volunteering with CAMRA; it not all hard work!

EVER WONDERED HOW THIS EVENT HAPPENS?The Festival is brought to you by the Halifax & Calderdale CAMRA Branch

“I feel involved and valued, the

little I do is greatly appreciated” “I enjoy it! I love seeing all volunteers pulling together to make thing work it’s really fantastic!”

“Physical exercise a major change from normal daily drudge. Making a whole new bunch of friends”

“Enjoying the company and helping the real ale scene progress as well as the many associated issues such as visiting pub”

“You get out what you put in. I’ve a lot of friends, visit great places, and have an active social life, (along with non-beer interests). I’ve even met

my future wife through CAMRA!”

“Camaraderie, sense of belonging, satisfaction of a good job done enjoyment of being with like-minded people. Never have nothing to do so don’t get bored of being home all the time- because I’m not!!”

“A very active social

calendar. I also transferred

skills from both voluntary

work and real paid work.

These are life skills which

have cost me nothing other

than my time”



Did you know that the Halifax & Calderdale CAMRA Branch has now 12 micro-breweries in its boundary. Between them they produce

on a regular basis nearly 60 cask ales and if you add seasonal and specials this fi gure increases to 80 (including some botted ales). Most of the breweries brew 2-6 regular ales but some are more ambitious and brew up to 12 ales with one brewing up to 20!

So why so many breweries in such a relatively concentrated area? Not so long ago you would have to travel 16+ miles between breweries and yet now in the same distance we can boast a dozen.

Is it the soft Pennine water which we enjoy around these parts - after all good water equals good beer, is it the availability of ideal sized business units or old mills and farm outbuildings - with a good few of the micros occupying old refurbished mills and farm buildings, is it the good transport links around the area and out to further afi eld - the M62 runs through the heart of the region.

Could it be the vast amount of quality free houses within Calderdale that allows these micros to get their beers on the bar or is it that the Calderdale region has `pedigree’ with many micros being establish for some years, with two celebrating 10 years of brewing and others winning many local and national awards including one winning CAMRA’s Champion Beer of Britain not once but three times!.

So whatever the answer is let’s hope they keep doing what they are doing, brewing up tasty fl avoursome quality ales for us to consume. At the festival we have a selection of beers from all the micro-breweries within the Halifax & Calderdale branch area - so` get supping’ and enjoy!

THE CALDER VALLEY BREWERIES12 Micro-Breweries and counting...

WANT TO JOIN THE BRANCH BUT NOT MUCH TIME ON YOUR HANDS? There are lots of ways that you can helpBecome a Beer Scorer... Fill in an online form on a pubs beer quality. Branches use the data to help chose which pubs are worth considering for CAMRA Good Beer Guide.

Join a Tasting Panel... After some training simply fi ll in tasting card on the beer you have drunk. These description go into the GBG (Good Beer Guide), and the scoring is taking into account for beers going into CAMRAs Champion Beer of Britain.

Do some Lobbying... CAMRA often asks people to write to their MP. Or local councillor. The quantity of the letters received is what make an impact and it’s only take a few minutes.

A LITTLE MORE TIME? WHY NOT…Help with a Local Magazine… Most branches have a local magazine. You could write an occasional article may be on a local pub or pub crawl. Alternatively, what about helping to distribute to local pubs?

Get involved with the Local Branch… Many branches need extra help from arranging pub crawls, surveying pubs, or maybe managing their web site.

Become a Brewery Liaison Offi cer... Act as a liaison between a brewery and the local CAMRA Branch.



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Nestled ‘neath the shadow of Eagles Crag we offer good real ale with constantly changing guest beers and great innovative meals

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I’ve recently being straying off my usual beaten track to the pubs and bars of Calderdale to go `over the border’ into Lancashire, Burnley to be precise the

reason of course beer and the consuming of, in of course moderation.

My fi rst foray over the border was to visit the excellent Burnley Beer Festival held at the Burnley Mechanics Hall 10th – 12th September 2015. On the one evening that I managed to get across to visit the festival I tried several ales, mainly dark beers and all were on fi ne form. Beers I tried ranged from a delicious locally brewed Brewsmith Oat Meal Stout at 5.0% abv. Castle Rock Sherwood Reserve Stout at 4.5% abv. a new beer from Moon stone brewery based in the Ministry of Ale pub just up from the festival venue on Trafalgar Street. A full bodied dark ale called Barden Entire stout at 4.1% abv. Other ales tried were from breweries local and further away with the likes of Hopstar from Darwen, Purple Moose from North Wales and Worsthorne from well Worsthorne. My fi nal beer was an instant favourite from the moment I tasted it when it was fi rst brewed Leeds and their smooth premium dark mild, Midnight Bell at 4.0% abv.

My second trip over the border occurred the following week on the Saturday 19th September 2015 my wife was attending a Gin Fest in the Burnley Mechanic Hall (a phenomena which as growing at quite a fast pace, who would have thought the drinking of Gin and Tonic

was now the hip thing to do). So leaving her on the door step of the venue I thought I could take the

opportunity to visit some pubs and bars in Burnley town centre.

I didn’t have to stray too far for the fi rst place the Beer Shack on Manchester Street, a bare board venue with the walls partly covered in pump clips of beers they had on since opening in spring 2014. The tally of 633 with mine host Stuart placing another half a dozen on the wall between serving customers. Six hand pulls dispensed a range of top quality ales with three boxes of traditional ciders and perries on the bar, a pint of Ramsbottom, Sunny Day at 4.5% abv took my fancy. The Beer shack also doubles as a real ale off licence with a massive selection of locally and national brewed bottles available on racks as you enter the bar.

It was only a short stroll that brought me to The Brew’m, a new micro pub owned by those jolly fellows of Reedley Hallows Brewery, a smart modern feel to the one roomed venue with a good selection of cask ales from the 6 hand pumps with again boxed real cider and a good selection of bottles in the glass fronted fridge for those who like the foreign bottled beers. I suppose I had to try one of the Reedley beers the New Laund Dark at 4.4% abv, which was served by one of the actual Reedley brewery employees who just popped in the drop of some casks, served me then popped off again whilst the regular staff member was re-stocking the fridge from the

back store room. It’s not often you get served a beer by the man who actually brews it! The bar is on St James Row just a short walk from the main shopping thoroughfare in Burnley centre.

My fi nal designation for the day was the Bridge Bier Huis on Bank Parade. This is Burnley’s premier cask ale venue so the blurb goes and I can see why. As you enter you are greeted by a bright modern feel to the place with areas left and right for seating and some more raised areas which on the day of my visit was full of punters watching sport on two large screens. The bar contained 6 hand pulls with Titanic Plum Porter at 4.9% abv. being my choice. I retired to a small snug

DAY TRIPS OVER THE BORDERBurnley, Lancashire

was now the hip thing to do). So leaving her on the

regular staff member was re-stocking the fridge from the


room away from the boisterous crowd gathered to see the sport, a quiet place of heaven from the Oohs & Oh No of the footy fans. My Titanic beer went down as

quick as that famous ship so another pint was ordered and I returned to my quite corner. I was just contemplating whether to order one more when the familiar sound of a text message from my mobile “I’m nearly ready” was the message from my better half, blimey the afternoon had whizzed past so fast. “I’m on my way” was my reply.

Soon we were both on our Bus back to the Calderdale area. Discussion both of our excursions, her about the G & T’s she had tried and me about the new bars I had found with a fi rm decision from me about re-visiting Burnley again to explore further. Burnley is easy to get to with both trains and buses from the Calder Valley going direct either to the Bus Station or Manchester Road Railway Station. I would recommend the bus (service 592), although slower it’s far cheaper than the train.

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It’s award time at Vocation Brewery, Cragg Vale, Hebden Bridge. with the brewery being awarded their fi rst certifi cates for their beers.

Two out of their core range of beers won top gongs at the SIBA North East Beer Competition. Vocation’s session IPA Heart & Soul won Gold medal with the American Pale Ale, Pride & Joy winning the

Silver medal and having sampled those two beers on a regular basis in pubs and bars around Calderdale it’s easy to see why they won, and I can see many more `gongs’ coming their way.

Speaking to Tom Chapman, (Sales Manager, at Vocation), whilst visiting the brewery recently in my capacity of the Volunteer Brewery Liaison Offi cer role. Tom explained what had been going on so far at the brewery, how they were nearly at capacity and what expansion plans have already started. Two extra fermenters have now been added with plans for at least another three in the pipeline plus some internal structural alterations and re-organising thus giving the brewery about an extra third of space. I asked about the onsite brewery shop and future brewery visits, Tom replied that although they are

keen to get the shop and brewery tours going at the moment they are working fl at out to meet the demand for their cask ales. But all of their beers are available to buy on-line, just visit the brewery web page and follow the links. Tom showed me their latest new beer `Life & Death’ - an IPA at a hefty 6.5% - a Ballsy, US style IPA, so expect fl avours of Tropical & Citrus Fruits, with a lingering Bitterness set against a smooth Malty backbone. If it is a good as all the others ales they brew then I can see yet more certifi cates for the brewery wall.

By Allan Whitehead, Brewery Liaison Offi cer (BLO) for Vocation Brewery

BREWERY NEWSVocation Brewery, Hebden Bridge

Following on from the last editions, (issue 35) article about the Hare and Hounds on Burnley Road in Todmorden. The Hare it is now serving range of

`guest ales’ with a couple of dozen featured up to late September, plus the full range of seasonal and specials from the Thwaites portfolio with three of the fi ve hand pulls now reserved for the guest ale beers.

Sad news up in the Walsden area, the Halifax and Calderdale CAMRA, Good Beer Guide entry and Pub of the Season award winner the Masons Arms, Gauxholme, has closed and is potentially awaiting a new buyer. Lets hope it soon reopens as this was a beacon of good ale and an excellent community pub which is much missed by all those who frequented the bar.

The Staff of Life below the local landmark Eagles Crag, on Burnley Road, Lydgate is Todmorden’s only entry in the new Good Beer Guide 2016. The Staff of Life is an outstanding small pub serving 2 regular ales (both Timothy Taylors) and 3 guest pumps serving a good range of beers mainly from Northern independents combine this with an excellent range of lunchtime and evening meals and with proper real fi res plus a frequent regular bus service (592) running past the door, it’s well worth the trip out and now has letting rooms for bed and breakfast accommodation.

Todmorden

PUB NEWS


CAMRA, the Campaign for Real Ale, announced the winner of their National Club of the Year Competition as Wortley Men’s Club, South

Yorkshire which beat off competition from over 28,000 clubs nationwide.

Wortley Men’s Club is described in CAMRA’s Good Beer Guide 2015 as being ‘In the heart of this pretty village, surrounded by open countryside, the outside of the building is impressive, with traditional timber framing and a small beer garden. The opulent interior has ornate ceilings, a small bar area, a plush lounge and a large games room. The guest ale comes from a local brewery and a guest draught cider is always kept.’

Nigel Pickering, the Steward at Wortley Men’s Club had this to say on being named the best Club for real ale anywhere in the UK,

“We are overjoyed at receiving this award, it is beyond our expectations. We introduced cask beer in 1997 with 1 pump and we now have 4 pumps and 1 real cider available. This year will be holding our 3rd annual Beer Festival, which will off er 40 beers and 10 ciders. We try to be active in the local community, we are part of a small village and hold events in conjunction with the local businesses and church, most recently a Brass Band Competition and we have also raised money for the Yorkshire Air Ambulance through our Beer Festival.”

Club Mirror magazine and CAMRA joined forces three years ago in the quest to fi nd the best real ale clubs – those which off er a fantastic atmosphere, welcoming surroundings, and most importantly, top quality real ale served in great condition. Competition organiser John Holland had this to say,

“ W o r t l e y Men’s Club is hugely deserving of this prestigious C A M R A award. Not only is it a b e a u t i f u l p e r i o d building, but the Steward’s

commitment to quality real ale and the welcome you receive really is second to none. The club itself of course serves men and women, and free to visit for CAMRA members, but I think you would think yourself extremely lucky to have this as your local club, and I can see why it remains as popular as ever with members as well proving a hit with competition judges.”

The CAMRA Club of the Year 2015 Award was presented at the Wortley Men’s Club on Tuesday the 17th March, by CAMRA National Director Keith Spencer, with many local CAMRA branch and club members in attendance.

OVERALL WINNER: Wortley Men’s Club, Reading Room Lane, Wortley, Sheffi eld S35 7DB

OTHER FINALISTS• Cheltenham Motor Club.• Appleton Thorn Village Hall, Cheshire.• Poole Ex-Serviceman’s (RBL) Club

CAMRA’S NATIONALCLUB OF THE YEARWortley Mens Club, South Yorkshire

A BIG THANK YOU...From the Halifax & Calderdale CAMRA BranchThe Halifax and Calderdale CAMRA branch would like to thank the following establishments for allowing us to hold our meetings – Fox & Goose, Hebden Bridge. The Drop Inn, Brighouse. The Works, Sowerby Bridge. Three Pigeons, The Gun Dog, Victorian Craft Café Bar, Halifax. Cross Keys, Siddal.

& From the Editor of CalderCaskThe Editor is grateful to the following for their contributions to this edition of Caldercask. APJ. A. Whitehead. Richard Lee.

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