Richard Trafford


BRANCH MEETING REMINDER

Just a reminder that month’s Branch meeting is on Thursday 2nd October at the Plough Coddington, starting at 20.00 hrs   There will be a minibus leaving the Fox and Crown at 19.30. If you require a seat please contact David Moore, 07903 456605, triplesmoked@gmail.com .


NEWARK IPA TRAIL – WE WANT YOUR FEEDBACK

The recent Newark IPA Trail was a great success and thanks to all the pubs that took part as well as all of you who participated. There’s still time to return your collector cards to Capital Media, 2 Halifax Court, Fernwood, Business Park, Cross Lane, Newark, NG24 3JP, to be in with a chance of winning some great prizes. If you left your card with the last pub you went to just let us know by emailing derek.graham@thisiscapital.com  and we’ll make sure […]


Newark IPA Trail 2014 – Final Beer List

CAMRA NEWARK IPA TRAIL 2014 – THE BEER LIST Welcome to the Newark CAMRA IPA Trail 2014. Below are some of the beers you can expect to sample on your travels. The list is as up to date as possible but is subject to change. If you are travelling to sample a particular beer we advise you check on its availability by contacting the pub. The pubs appear in no particular order. THE FINAL WHISTLE, SOUTHWELL Oldershaw – American Quadhop […]


Articles required for BGP, please.

It’s time to put the BGP together again and articles are a bit thin on the ground this time, so could I have some contributions from all of you out there? Your feedback on GGBF, IPA Trail etc would be much appreciated and I’ll write the articles. Also could those who have promised articles get them to me asap, please? ALSO – since I’ll be missing from the branch meeting, could I please have all BLO reports. Email for all […]


IPA TRAIL – LATEST BEERS

The Castle Newark will be stocking: Green King IPA Gold – 4.1% Milestone IPA – 4.8% Maypole Red Eye PA – 5.2% The Final Whistle will feature IPA’s on two handpumps at all times, probably in the following sequence: Whim Ales – Hartington IPA, The Brunswick – Rocket IPA, Full Mash – Bhisti IPA, Castle Rock – Screech Owl, Wadworth – Henrys IPA, Leatherbritches – Ashbourne IPA. All in all, an impressive list of ales so far, so please join […]


IPA TRAIL – IMPORTANT UPDATE

Unfortunately the Bramley Apple, Southwell was very badly damaged by the floods on Tuesday and will be closed for at least a month according to Springhead.. The pub will be extensively refurbished after it dries out. Our best wishes go to Jim and Cherrie and we look forward to the reopening. As a consequence the pub will not feature in next week’s IPA Trail.


IPA Trail – latest news

The Prince Rupert, Stodman Street, will be featuring the following IPA’s at some stage during the Trail Ascot – Royal IPA 4.6% Grafton – IPA 5.2% Milestone – Imperial Pale Ale 4.8% Liverpool Organic – Shipwreck IPA 6.5% Maypole – Red Eye Red IPA 5.2%


IPA TRAIL – FIRST BEERS ANNOUNCED

Steve Hussey at Mallard Brewery is brewing an IPA exclusively for The Hearty Goodfellow, Southwell to celebrate the IPA Trail. Further details on the beer to follow. Thanks go to Mallard and The Hearty for this joint venture which really sets the scene for the Trail. Funfair Brewing Company will be brewing “Chaos” a 5% Pale for the Trail, which will be available exclusively at their brewery tap – The Chequers, Elston. The Roaring Meg have told us that they’ll […]