Thank you Ale Trailers!
We hope you enjoyed this year's Ale Trail.
Following the prize draw on the 29th September,
all winners will be notified this week.
Congratulations to all of you who visited all 30 bars on the trail. Quite an achievement! Anyone who requested a printed certificate will receive it this week.
If you have any feedback on this year's ale trail, please contact us at harcamra@hotmail.co.uk
You can still download a copy of the passport, and get details of all the participating bars on our dedicated Ale Trail page.
ALE TRAIL PAGE
Latest branch news
Harrogate news
Irish themed bar chain, Katie O’Briens, is coming soon to Harrogate, according to their website.
https://katieobriensirishtaverns.com/harrogate
Rich at the Little Ale House has submitted a planning application to North Yorkshire Council to expand into the next door premises at 9 Cheltenham Crescent (ZC24/02514/FUL).
The owner of The Office Ale House in Starbeck has announced on social media that he hopes to open another micropub at 53 Skipton Road, Bilton, (in the old Lunns blind shop) before Christmas.
The Old Bell (Market Town Taverns) has reduced its beer count to four (from six) following instruction from the pubco management. Hawkshead Windy Pale, Kirkstall Three Swords and Theakston Best Bitter are the three regular beers, and now just one changing beer.
Prince of Wales (Stonegate, Craft Union) in Starbeck no longer serves real ale.
The Wicked Wolf (formerly Potting Shed, closed 2019) which is to be a new bar next to Wetherspoons has had its alcohol licence approved, 10am to 3am daily.
https://www.yourharrogate.co.uk/local-news/harrogate/alcohol-licence-for-new-harrogate-
Knaresborough news
So! Bar & Eats (Appetite For Life) has undergone a minor refurbishment.
The Track & Sleeper (Gorilla Brewing) has a new manager. Opening hours have been extended, opening at noon Friday to Sunday and closing later on weekday evenings. Now serving four real ales, including a guest.
Ripon news
So!Bar & Eats Ripon (Greene King) has been renamed back to The Black Bull. The lease, formerly held by Appetite For Life, has been taken on by Jason, manager of the last five years. There is now a pool table and TV screens with Sky Sports.
Other towns and villages news
The Blue Bell at Arkendale is being sold by West Park Inns to Simon Wade, (owner of the Tap on the Tutt, Grantham Arms and Fox & Hounds) and will open under his management on 1st October.
At the Moor & Pheasant in Dalton Moor (formerly West Park Inns, closed 2018) a planning application for change of use to a convenience store together with four apartments has been submitted to North Yorkshire Council (ZB24/00643/FUL).
Brewery news
Harrogate Brewing have launched two new beers: Happy as a Pig in Citra, 5.2% vermont pale ale and Gator, 3.8% pale ale.
Rooster’s Brewing Baby Faced Assassin (6.1%) won Beer of the Festival in a contest of local beers recently at York Beer Festival.
If you have any pub, club or brewery news that we are not reporting here please email harcamra@hotmail.co.uk
This small market town boasts a diverse selection of great real ale pubs.
The spa town with victorian inns, modern bars and micropubs.
From one-eyed rats to unicorns, this cathedral city has a variety of real ale watering holes.
Branch boundary map
You may be surprised by how large an area Harrogate and Ripon Camra covers, from Thornton Watlass, near Bedale in the north, to Pool in Wharfedale on the edge of Otley in the south. The map below shows the branch boundary.
Branch diary
MEETINGS
SOCIAL EVENTS
PRESENTATIONS
Monday 21 October 2024
Branch meeting
Blind Jack’s, Knaresborough
7:30pm
Monday 18 November 2024
AGM
Winter Gardens Harrogate 7:30pm
Saturday 26 October 2024
Rochdale trip
New date. Train travel details to follow.
Tuesday 27 August 2024
Brewery Tap of the Year Award
Presented to Rooster's Taproom
Hornbeam Park, Harrogate
17:30
Beer festivals and events
Beer scoring and the Good Beer Guide
You are probably aware of the ‘Good Beer Guide’, National CAMRA’s flagship publication which lists the best real ale pubs in the UK. But what you may not know is how those pubs are selected to appear in the Guide. The answer is that it is largely via beer scores submitted by CAMRA members from all over the country. If you are a CAMRA member you can send in beer scores. If you’ve ever wondered why your favourite pub isn’t in the Guide, this may well be because you, and others, haven’t entered scores rating the quality of beer there. By beer scoring, you can contribute to the process of selection of pubs that go in the Good Beer Guide. Here's how...
So how do I score the quality of the beer?
You don’t have to be an ‘expert’ to begin scoring your beer. However, it is not about your personal favourite beer receiving the highest scores! You may try a beer that isn’t to your normal taste but what you need to consider is the quality of that beer, how well the pub has kept it and served it, and score it according to the general guide below. It is a simple 0 to 5 point system, with half points being used if your opinion of the beer falls between two categories:
0. No cask ale available
1. Poor. Beer is anything from barely drinkable to drinkable with considerable resentment
2. Average. Competently kept, drinkable pint but doesn’t inspire in any way, not worth moving to another pub but you drink the beer without really noticing
3. Good. Good beer in good form. You may cancel plans to move to the next pub. You want to stay for another pint and may seek out the beer again
4. Very Good. Excellent beer in excellent condition. You stay put!
5. Perfect. Probably the best you are ever likely to find. A seasoned drinker will award this score very rarely
How do I submit my scores?
In order to submit your scores you need to either login to CAMRA’s online pub guide www.whatpub.com on a desktop computer or a smartphone, or you can use the GBG app on a smartphone. On WhatPub you will find over 30,000 real ale pubs from all over the UK; these are not all Good Beer Guide pubs, merely pubs that serve real ale. The same pubs can also be viewed on the GBG app or you can just select the Good Beer Guide pubs. In order to start submitting scores via either WhatPub or the GBG app you need to:-
1. Login to WhatPub. To do this you need your membership number and your CAMRA password. Or, in the GBG app link your CAMRA account by following the ‘Profile’ icon in the bottom right-hand corner.
2. You can then search for your pub by name. Be careful here as there are many pubs in the country which share the same name. Try searching the pub name and the town or postcode. The What Pub web page on a mobile device also gives you the option to search for real ale pubs nearby, very useful if you are in an unfamiliar town.
3. Once you have found your pub, go to the ‘Submit Beer Scores’ box on the right-hand side of the screen (on the WhatPub desktop version), tap ‘Submit Beer Scores’ on the tab bar underneath the pub photo (on the mobile WhatPub version), or tap ‘Beer Scoring’ immediately above the pub description (in the GBG app).
4. Simply fill in the date and your score, then as you begin typing, the brewery name should automatically appear underneath where you are typing. You do not have to enter the name of the beer you are drinking but if you wish to do so once you have entered the brewery name you should be able to click on the arrow in the beer box and a drop down list of that brewery’s beers should appear. In some cases the beer you are drinking may be new or a one off by the brewery so may not appear on the list, if this is the case you can simply type in the beer name. Select the beer name, click ‘submit score’ and your score will be entered into the database. (You can also optionally include the price per pint and comment on the beer under ‘Advanced options’).
It is as simple as that. An added bonus is that a record of your scores is kept so you can look back (on either WhatPub or the GBG app) to see the beers you’ve had and how you rated them.
How do I edit my scores?
If you submit an incorrect score by mistake or decide you want to change a score, here is a link to step by step instructions on how to edit your submission. EDIT MY SCORES
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