Launch of 2011 Good Beer Guide - Thursday 16th September

We will be having our usual tour of Hartlepool pubs at lunchtime and a do at Saltburn Cricket Club in the evening. This year the official launch of the new Guide is on Thursday 16th September. You are all invited to start the celebrations at the Rat Race Ale House at 1302 hrs, then taking in the Globe and the Visitor Centre. In the evening, you are all invited to Saltburn Cricket Club at 1900 hrs, and where we have arranged for some food to be made available. We hope to see as many of you there as possible,
Thanks
Alan

Geoff and Eileen are leaving The Causeway, Hartlepool after
11 years offering well-kept beers, real food and music.
They have had many well-deserved years in the Good Beer Guide and will be badly missed.

Latest Clubs reported as selling Real Beer are Middlesbrough Golf Club, Brass Castle Lane, Marton and Thornaby Cricket Club.

The latest pub to offer Real Ciders is The Sportsman at Eaglescliffe where it seems the Raspberry Scrumpy is going down very well with the Ladies!  Also offers Weston's Olde Rosie, proven to go down well with Real Women and Real Men , and Roast Pork!

Yarm Brasserie is to sell Stokesley Brewing Company beers as are outlets in M/bro, Osmotherley, Billingham,Yarm etc, They offer 2 bitters, a premium ale and porter. c/f website www.stokesleybrewingco.co.uk

Latest News: The Yarm Brasserie, 16, High St, is to stock
the new Stokesley brewery's beer. Details to follow.

Dates for your diary: Thurs.2 - Sat 4th.Sept, Durham Beer Fest, New Elvet Student building, Univ. of Durham,
Regular bus service : X1.

Latest outlets now offering Real Beer are The Ketton Ox and The Keys, both in Yarm. The Ox offers Wells & Youngs of Bedford while The Keys provides Wychwood and Black Sheep.

Members with current valid cards can now be adnitted to Norton Sports and Social Complex [Norton Cricket Club]. Please show your cards to the Doorman.This excellent centre offers many sports plus Black Sheep on handpull with the probability of a guest beer shortly. Any Camra member wanting further details should contact me on 01642 - 889311 or a.jowsey@ntlworld.com. Cheers!, Tony.

These pubs are reported as closed: Huntsman, Aislaby [to let],Royal, Loftus [boarded up],  the Green Tree, Brotton and The Jet Miners, Great Broughton, nr. Stokesley.

Are you a sports fan? Try Norton Sports Complex [Norton Cricket Club] for a wide range of popular sports and enjoy a pleasant pint of real Black Sheep BB. Open 7pm and from noon weekends. There are now 7 outlets for real ale in Norton: Red Lion, Perry's Bistro, George & Dragon, Centenary, Unicorn, Norton Tavern and now, the Cricket Club. Any more for any more?

NEW! The Committee  have accepted Camra as an official associate of their historic club. Please contact me on 01642 - 889311 or a.jowsey@ntlworld.com for more details.

ALONG THE OLD A66

An extra hand pull pump has been fitted at the Parkwood Hotel in Hartburn, featuring guest ales from the North Yorkshire Brewery range.

Also at Long Newton, the Vane Arms has reopened where licensees Jill and Paul are real ale stars in the making.

Check out the Cap. Cook Inn, Staithes new website on www.captaincookinn.co.uk for details of beers, acoustic and jazz fests, beer festivals, B & B and more.

The site is very clearly laid out and informative with great local pictures.

Yarm's latest real ale outlet in Osbourne's. What was the Green Tree is now a contemporary bar selling guest ales - Thwaites Wainwright was on last week - but the ales on offer are constantly changing. Good value food at reasonable prices. No 7 bus passes every 10 minutes.

The Spotted Cow, Elwick Village.
New hosts Kelly and Michael have increased the real ale portfolio and are currently serving, Marstons Pedigree , Hobgoblin (both 4.5 abv) and Ringwood Best Bitter (a lighter beer at 3.8).
They will be serving Breakspear Oxford Gold & Jennings Cocker Hoop in the New Year and hope to have their forth real ale tap up and running within the next two weeks.

The following beers are all available at The Bay Horse Hutton Rudby at the moment,
Hambleton Ales - Stallion
Black Sheep - Bitter
Ketlek Brewery - Magik
York Brewery - Terrier

Top two are permanent fixture and bottom two change as and when!!! send me any requests and i will see what i can source, cath

The .pdf version of the Rat Race Ale House poster is now available to download at www.ratracealehouse.co.uk
Cheers,
Pete

Just outside Whitby on the A171 is the family run Cross Butts, serving Black Sheep Bitter.Now called The Stables. Steam bus runs to Whitby in Season.

The Station Inn, Whitby has just been told that it has been awarded, Best Cask Beer Pub in the Yorkshire and North East Region, by The Morning Advertiser and The Great British Pub Awards!

Thanks to everyone! Col

The Station Inn, Whitby has been listed as a finalist in The Great British Pub Awards, Cask Ale Pub catagory, by The Morning Advertiser.

We are currently serving: Sharp's Doom Bar, Timothy Taylor Golden Best, Everard's Tiger, Copper Dragon Challenger IPA, Courage Directors, Adnam's The Bitter, Copper Dragon Golden Pippin and Whitby's Black Dog Abbey Ale! Cheers!