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Beer and Pub News
Banana Bread Beer Wins Beer of the Festival. The visitors to the recent London Drinker Beer Festival had one clear favorite this year and gave Charles Well's Banana Bread Beer the accolade of 2001 Beer of the Festival.
This dark golden beer (4.5% ABV) was described as having definite banana notes on the nose and palate but surprisingly not too sweet with a strong fruity flavour. It was brewed originally as a one off but has found a strong following not just in London but around the country as well.
Charles Wells has been delighted with the response. The Bedford Brewer said that they brewed it with a sense of adventure and chose banana as it is Britain's best loved fruit and the bread relates to the Saxon phrase for beer: “Liquid Bread”.
The Bitter of the Festival was won by Bomber's Moon (3.8% ABV) from the Boat Brewery in West Yorkshire. The mild of the Festival was won by North London's very own Pitfield Brewery in Hoxton with its Age of Consent beer. This beer was produced on draft and in bottle especially for the Festival to celebrate the fact that the Festival was 18 years old. The North London branch will be popping along to the Brewery to give them their award over the summer. If you are interested in joining the branch, keep an eye on the socials pages in this magazine or visit the web site: www.camranorthlondon.org.uk
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The 'Nursery Inn' in Heaton Norris, Cheshire has been named Britain's Best Pub in CAMRA's national 'Pub of the Year' competition. This 1930's pub has appeared in every edition of CAMRA's Good Beer Guide since 1984 and it is the first brewery-owned managed pub to win this award. It also marks a rare victory for a pub in an urban location as the majority of previous winners have been rural free houses. Overjoyed Licensees George & Susan Lindsay said "We are so delighted to have won the Pub of the Year award and pleased for Hydes Brewery - they really deserve this recognition."
Tony Jerome, CAMRA's Press Manager said, “This award not only considers beer quality but also atmosphere, campaigning, service & welcome, community focus, style/décor and value for money. The key to the pub's success is that they do all of these things extremely well.”
The runners-up in the competition are: The Ship Inn, Middlestone Village, Co. Durham; the Bell, Aldworth, Berkshire and The Shipwright's Arms, Hollowshore, Faversham, Kent.
Reproduced from the Full Pint, Issue 15.
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