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Tuesday 12 November - 19:30
Annual General Meeting

Old Bell Tavern, Harrogate

Social events

Saturday 23 November
Joining Rochdale branch on their Harrogate crawl. starts noon at Roosters tap.

Saturday 14 December
Presentation to the One Eyed Rat and Christmas crawl of Ripon. Meet Unicorn 13:00.

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This small market town boasts a diverse selection of great real ale pubs.

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RIPON

The spa town with victorian inns, modern bars and a micropub.

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Latest news

Harrogate

Harrogate Hop Growers in association with The Little Ale House and Harrogate Brewing Co have announced the launch of the first Harrogate community beer - 'Crowd Sauce' a tasty green hopped amber ale (see opposite). A contribution of sales from the beer will be donated to Frank’s Fund to help raise vital funds for life saving research into Ewing sarcoma. The beer will be available at The Little Ale House from Thursday 24th October 2019 and will then be sold by a small number of local bars.

Circle Bar at Harrogate Theatre has been serving a real ale, Daleside Old Legover, during the Comedy Festival, though it currently has no plans to do so going forward. Their 'Culture Hop' charity beer festival was well attended by our members.

Cold Bath Brewing have expanded into the premises next door which opened as 'Zwift Draft House' during the UCI cycle races. However, still no real ale.

Husk Beer Emporium, the new bottle shop on Kings Road, is only serving real ale on special events.

The Inn at Cheltenham Parade, formerly Harrogate Brasserie, re-opened 13th September as a pub rather than a restaurant with Adrian Sykes from the Royal Oak in Ripon as the tenant manager. Five Taylor's beers are served, namely Boltmaker, Golden Best, Knowle Spring, Landlord and Ram Tam.

A new bar, Jack's Bar has opened next door to Trotters on Cheltenham Parade, though like its neighbour does not serve any real ale.

Manahatta, formerly The Pit has re-opened, no real ale.

Rooster's Taproom is now serving food Friday to Sunday.

Knaresborough

Blind Jack's are holding a Charnwood (Loughborough, Leics.) Halloween tap takeover on 31st October, and are offering a 10% discount to Camra members (31st only).

The Board Inn's planning application to convert the existing pub, bed and breakfast and manager's flat to form a public house, three flats and four houses has been approved by Harrogate Borough Council (19/01383/FUL).

The Cross Keys has a new manager, formerly of the Rat and Ratchet in Huddersfield.

Other towns and villages

Chez La Vie @ The Nelson (formerly the Nelson) at Hampsthwaite which was owned and operated by chef, Tony Fulford, since January, is reportedly closed. Their website http://www.chezlavie.co.uk is redirecting visitors to the new website of the Bay Horse Inn at Goldsborough which states this (Enterprise) pub has been 'newly renovated' and will be 'opening soon' (expected early November).

Brewery news

Harrogate Brewing Co won three bronze awards at York beer festival. Their taproom is open next on the weekend of 7/8th December.

Turning Point Brewery have been preparing the old Rooster's Brewing site at Grimbald Park, ready for the move of production from Kirkbymoorside. The new premises should allow them to increase production by two to three times, they also have plans to open a tap room at the brewery.

Club news

The following is the complete list of clubs serving real ale which have recently been surveyed and all welcome Camra visitors on production of a valid Camra membership card:-

Social clubs:-

Bilton WMC – Daleside Old Legover only.

Boroughbridge Social Club – Camerons Strongarm, John Smith's Cask and one changing beer e.g. Copper Dragon.

Harlow Hill Club (Otley Road) – Tetley Bitter plus one changing beer.

Harrogate Conservative Club – Tetley Bitter only.

Harrogate Londesborough Club (Club of the Year) – Morland Old Speckled Hen, and one changing beer, either Theakston Old Peculier (from the wood!) or another Morland beer.

Knaresborough WMC – Theakston Best, sometimes Old Peculier (and fantastic views from beer balcony).

The Oatlands formerly Oatlands Mount Club – Daleside Old Legover, Rooster's Yankee and Tetley Bitter.

Pateley Club (Pateley Bridge) - Theakston Best Bitter plus one changing beer in summer, e.g. Timothy Taylor.

Starbeck Conservative Unionist Working Mens Club – two changing beers.

St Robert's Club (Robert Street, Harrogate) - a regular Black Sheep variety only.

Sports Clubs:-

Harrogate Cricket Club – Black Sheep Baa Baa and Tetley Bitter plus one changing ale, often including a second Black Sheep variety.

Harrogate Golf Club – Wainwright plus one changing beer.

Harrogate RUFC - Black Sheep Best Bitter plus one changing beer from Greene King.

Knaresborough Golf Club – Theakston Lightfoot plus one changing beer.

Masham Golf Club - Theakston Best Bitter only.

Oakdale Golf Club (Duchy) – Tetley Bitter plus one/two changing beers.

Pannal Golf Club – Theakston Best Bitter plus one changing beer.

Ripon City Golf Club - Timothy Taylor's Golden Best and Theakston Best Bitter plus a changing ale, usually Morland.

Rudding Park Golf Club – Rooster's Highway 51 only.

Branch diary

MEETINGS

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Tuesday 12 November 2019

19:30

AGM

Old Bell Tavern, Harrogate

Saturday 23 November 2019

Joining Rochdale branch for their Harrogate social

Starting noon at Roosters Brewery.

Saturday 14 December 2019

Presentation - 30 years in the GBG - to the One Eyed Rat, and Christmas crawl of Ripon

Meeting Unicorn Hotel 13:00. Presentation at 14:00.

Catching 12:32 bus from Harrogate.

Beer festivals and events

What Pub surveys

The Harrogate and Ripon branch has 180 real ale establishments in its area which stretches from Pool and Otley in the south to Thornton Watlass in the north, Middlesmoor and Lofthouse in deepest Nidderdale in the west to the outskirts of York in the east.

Over half of those pubs and clubs are in the towns of Harrogate (50), Knaresborough (20), the city of Ripon (12), and Boroughbridge (9) whilst Masham has seven and Pateley Bridge just four.

Over 100 surveys have been undertaken in the last six months and their details updated on WhatPub. However that still leaves a lot of pubs which have either never been surveyed or where the survey needs updating. Many of these are in the more remote places only occasionally visited by our members.

If you find yourself out in the Dales this summer visiting the pubs in our area please take a moment to log into WhatPub and check the details online, specifically the 'Last surveyed on' date at the bottom of the page (ignore the 'Updated on' date, this can have a recent date following batch updates etc.). If the last survey is over a year old, or absent altogether (never surveyed), then please do your bit by going to 'Submit Updates' and submitting an update for the pub. (Alternatively you can download and complete a survey form).

Ask the publican what are the regular beers and how many changing beers (with examples), and check that the opening hours of the pub and food hours are correct? Is it fully disabled friendly (including lavatory), dog friendly, child friendly, does it have wi-fi etc.? Importantly we also need to know whether or not a pub uses Autovac. Maybe you're reading this and you are a publican, in which case please check the details of your own pub and submit an update if anything at all is incorrect or missing.

Tip: If you use the desktop version of WhatPub instead of the mobile version, you will be prompted for most of the items to check.

Below is a map taken from WhatPub showing the north of our area where majority of the pubs outside of the main towns need surveying (P=Pub, C=Club, R=Restaurant). Below the map is a list of the pubs which we are targeting for surveys. Please help if you can by visiting any of these pubs this summer and carrying out a survey, and together let's get the remaining pubs surveyed and updated.

Also, importantly, if you think any pub is worthy of consideration for the Good Beer Guide next year, don't forget to submit beer scores too.

Thank you everyone in anticipation of your help.

Crab & Lobster, Asenby (restaurant)

Half Moon Inn, Fellbeck

Galphay Inn, Galphay

Grantley Arms, Grantley

Crown Inn, Grewelthorpe

Queen's Head, Kirkby Malzeard

Stags Head, North Stainley (currently closed)

Freemasons Arms, Nosterfield

Yorke Arms, Ramsgill (restaurant, no real ale when last surveyed)

Sawley Arms, Sawley