Congratulations are due to the Coronet, Holloway Road, N7 which has been chosen as the CAMRA North London Autumn Pub of the Season. This JD Wetherspoon pub is a definite beacon for real ale in what is otherwise not a very dependable area. The pub is listed in the current Good Beer Guide and is a conversion of a former (1940s) cinema, the former grandeur of which is still clearly visible, including a decommissioned projector.

As well as its regulars, it features an ever changing range of up to five guests and over the period of 23rd to 29th July will have a beer festival focussing on beers from the Oakham brewery. Two beers to look out for will be Coronet, a 4% beer with a candy fruit aroma where the subtle taste of berry fruit hoppyness is slowly taken over by a dry hoppy finish. Golden in colour, it uses Challenger, Liberty and Styrian hops. At 7.5%, Attila will pack a punch, it has fruit notes and elder flower on the aroma. There is a taste of red berries and citrus fruit with a long bitter finish. Colour is described as antique gold and it is brewed with Spalt Select, Brewers Gold, Mittlefruh (from Germany) and Magnum hops. That's a lot of hop!

The Pub of the Season award will be presented on the evening of November 6th.

John Cryne