Branch meetings
Saturday 22 June - 13.00
Black Bull in Paradise, Masham
Saturday 27 July - 12.30
The Knox, Bilton
Social events
Saturday 6 July - 13.00
Harrogate crawl
Joint social with Leeds Camra
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KNARESBOROUGH
This small market town boasts a diverse selection of great real ale pubs.
HARROGATE
RIPON
The spa town with victorian inns, modern bars and a micropub.
From one-eyed rats to unicorns, this cathedral city has a variety of real ale watering holes.
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Latest news
Club of the Year Presentation
Harrogate Londesborough Club was presented with its 'Club of the Year 2019' award certificate on the evening of Monday 3 June. A good crowd turned out, and numerous pints of their regular beer, Old Peculiar from the Wood (on great form), was consumed.
Camra members are welcome at the club.
Photo shows bar steward Brian being presented with the COTY certificate by our branch chairman Alan Pounder.
Harrogate pub news
Devonshire Tap House (formerly 10 Devonshire Place) has re-opened under the management of the group that operate So!Bar, Tap on Tower Street, Groves Inn and Hart Bar. It is the group's first free house so not tied to any pubco and it serves eight cask ales mainly from Yorkshire breweries, as well as 12 keg beers and a selection of cans from a beer fridge.
Burgers & More, formerly at the Kimberley Hotel on Kings Road, has moved to Station Parade on the site of the former Damn Yankee restaurant. It is an eatery with some keg beers but no real ale.
Rooster's Taproom is now open at Hornbeam Park. For more information see the Brewery News section.
Knaresborough pub news
The Castle Inn has a new manager. Saltaire Blonde remains a regular beer plus Morland Old Speckled Hen and two changing beers. Food will be offered from 1st June.
Market Tavern may currently be serving one real ale, Purity Mad Goose.
The Mitre has a new manageress following departure of the previous manager to The Mews in Wetherby after four years.
Ripon pub news
Storehouse Bar and Eatery (formerly Domus Vinum) has re-opened under new management and serves one cask ale, namely Theakston's Best Bitter.
The Water Rat re-opened 15th March following a major refurbishment. They are serving four real ales, namely Theakston Best Bitter, Rudgate Jorvik Blonde, Camerons Sanctuary and one changing beer. They are now open seven days a week.
Other towns and villages pub news
At the Galphay Inn in Galphay (north-west of Ripon) the owner's application to build a dwelling in the pub's car park has been refused by Harrogate Borough Council (18/04211/FUL).
Bay Horse Inn at Goldsborough is currently closed.
In Grantley, near Ripon, Grantley Hall is opening on 6th July as a hotel and restaurant with a 'diverse range of bars'.
In Kirkby Malzeard, villagers are asking the public to 'Pledge a Pint' to raise a £4000 fighting fund to save their village pub, The Henry Jenkins, which closed in 2014, from demolition by developers. Meanwhile a planning application (18/03230/FUL) to convert part of the pub into a dwelling has been refused by Harrogate Borough Council. More info at https://thehenryjenkins.com/.
The White Bear in Masham is holding its annual beer festival from 21st to 23rd June with 30 beers and ciders, food and live music. We will be attending following our meeting at the Black Bull in Paradise on 22nd June. http://www.thewhitebearhotel.co.uk/events/white-bear-s-annual-beer-festival/
The Crown Inn at Roecliffe is currently closed and the owning company is in voluntary liquidation. This pub was a successful food-led pub and was purchased in 2017 from the previous owners who now operate the Wild Swan at Minskip. The Crown's Facebook page suggests that the pub will be re-opening soon with new tenants.
The Inn at South Stainley has joined the Camra Real Ale Discount Scheme and is giving a 30p/pint or 15p/half discount to Camra members.
Club news
The following clubs serving real ale have recently been surveyed and they all welcome Camra visitors on production of a valid Camra membership card:
Harrogate Londesborough Club has been named as our 'Club of the Year 2019'. It's serving Theakston's Old Peculiar from the wood as a regular, plus one changing Morland beer.
Harlow Hill Club (Otley Road) – Tetley Bitter plus one changing beer
Harrogate Conservative Club – Tetley Bitter only
Harrogate Golf Club – Wainwright plus one changing beer
Knaresborough Golf Club welcomes Camra members and serves a regular Theakston Lightfoot and one changing beer.
Knaresborough WMC – Theakstons Best only (but fantastic views from beer balcony)
Oakdale Golf Club (Duchy) – Tetley Bitter plus one/two changing beers, excellent food
Oatlands Mount Club – Daleside Blonde and Tetley Bitter
Starbeck Conservative Unionist Working Mens Club – two changing beers
Ripon Rugby Club annual beer festival is Saturday 22nd June 12pm – 10pm, sponsored by Theakstons. Advance tickets available at £5 from https://www.riponrugbybeerfestival.co.uk/. A convenient stop possibly on the way back from our Masham meeting and social?
Brewery news
Black Sheep Brewery have made a further pub acquisition following its acquisition of York Brewery and four of its pubs last year. They have bought Kith & Kin (formerly Zed Bar) in Chapel Allerton from Arc Inspirations, owners of Banyan and The Pit. https://www.blacksheepbrewery.com/news/welcome-to-the-flock-kith-kin
Black Sheep Brewery picked up five gold and three silver awards at the recent SIBA North East festival for both Black Sheep and York Brewery brands of bottled/canned beers. https://www.blacksheepbrewery.com/news/more-awards/
Rooster's Brewing picked up two gold awards at the recent SIBA North East festival for their keg Yankee and Baby-Faced Assassin. https://www.roosters.co.uk/awards
Rooster's Taproom at their new Hornbeam Park brewery is now open serving eight cask ales and eight kegs. Open Wednesday through Sunday. See https://www.roosters.co.uk/taproom-info for more details and click the 'Pouring now' link to see the current beer range. The brewery is still under construction and the move of production from Knaresborough is scheduled for the end of June.
Rooster's new brewery tap has opened at Hornbeam Park
Branch diary
MEETINGS
SOCIAL EVENTS
OTHER
Saturday 22 June 2019
13:00
Branch meeting
The Black Bull in Paradise, Masham
Followed by a visit to the White Bear beer festival.
Saturday 27 July 2019
12:30
Branch meeting
The Knox, Bilton.
2B bus from Harrogate bus station
Saturday 17 Aug 2019
13:00
Branch meeting
Black Bull, Boroughbridge.
Saturday 22 June 2019
White Bear beer festival
Masham
Following on from our branch meeting at 13.00 at the Black Bull in Paradise, Masham
Saturday 6 July 2019
Harrogate crawl.
Joint social with Leeds CAMRA.
Starting at Harrogate Tap at 1pm, then a trip over to Harrogate Brewery (approx 2pm) to join their open day. From here we will hopefully take in Roosters Brewery Taproom before heading back to town for a tour of the finest ale houses on offer.
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)
Black A Moor Hotel, Bridge Hewick
Black Swan, Dishforth
Crown Inn, Dishforth
Black Swan Hotel, Fearby, Masham
Half Moon Inn, Fellbeck
General Tarleton Inn & Restaurant, Ferrensby
Galphay Inn, Galphay
Grantley Arms, Grantley
Crown Inn, Grewelthorpe
Queen's Head, Kirkby Malzeard
Green Tree Inn, Little Ouseburn
Olde Oak Inn, Low Laithe
Dunsforth, Lower Dunsforth
George & Dragon Inn, Melmerby
Stags Head, North Stainley
Freemasons Arms, Nosterfield
Bay Horse, Rainton
Yorke Arms, Ramsgill (restaurant, no real ale when last surveyed)
Ripon City Golf Club, Ripon
Sawley Arms, Sawley
Black Lion Inn, Skelton-on-Ure
Angel Hotel, Topcliffe
Swan, Topcliffe
George at Wath, Wath
Bruce Arms, West Tanfield
Also, in the south (not on the map):-
Timble Inn, Timble
You can download a survey form below. It's available in PDF or Microsoft Word format.
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