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Alban ArenaSt Albans Civic Centre, AL1 3LD

Wed 29 September - Sat 2 October

www.stalbansbeerfestival.comemail: realales@yahoo.com

ST ALBANSBEER FESTIVAL

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The premier drinking event in Hertfordshire is back

C OM P L I M E N TA RY P R O G R A M M E

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as good as it gets

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S avouredB rilliance If you havent tried ESB, then youve yet to enjoy oneof the great beer drinking experiences. It truly is ourchampion ale, having won an unbeaten 14 awards at the

Great British Beer Festival, last year winning a silver medal.

In fact, ESB has a uniquely rich and deliciously fruity avourthat is recognised all over the world. Proof that it really doesntget better than this. Reward yourself with a pint of ESB fromsome of the very nest pubs,see www.fullersesb.co.uk for details.

www.fullersesb.co.uk

www.drinkaware.com

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Thank you for visiting Hertfordshires largest pub - the 15thSt AlbansBeer Festival at the Alban Arena brought to you by the SouthHertfordshire branch of the Campaign for Real Ale. This year onceagain we have an incredible selection of beers from around Britainand the Continent for you to sample and enjoy, as well as ciders andperries.

I would like to take this opportunity to welcome back old friends aswell of those of you who are attending the festival for the first time. Wehope you will find the time to pay us more than one visit. We are open

11.00am-11.00pm every day Thursday to Saturday as well as frommidday on Wednesday.

There are six bars again at this years festival on three floors featuring UK beers, including thosebrewed in Hertfordshire, foreign beers and a wide range of ciders and perries. Our festival staff will behappy to help you decide which beers to try.

The South Hertfordshire branch of CAMRA is the oldest in the country, founded in 1972. We haveachieved much but there is still a lot more to be done. Local community pubs are under increasedthreat as they face unprecedented challenges such as rises in beer duty, unscrupulous pub companies,cheap supermarket prices and media hysteria about binge drinking and 24 hour opening. Help us toaddress these issues, promote responsible drinking and save our local pubs. If you have not thoughtabout joining CAMRA before why not join today at the membership stand? All those joining at thisfestival by direct debit will get a couple of free pints and free admission to all the remaining sessionsof this festival as well as a discount on the newly published Good Beer guide and a range of other CAMRA products. The first 50 to subscribe will also receive a free Fullers polo shirt/ t-shirt. What better incentive could there be than to join up now?

To keep up to date with what is happening in CAMRA locally look out for our bimonthly newsletter Pintsof View which is circulated widely in pubs throughout Hertfordshire. Also you can log onto our websiteswww.hertsale.org.uk and www.stalbansbeerfestival.com where details of our meetings andactivities are published such as brewery trips, surveying for the Good Beer Guide and local Pub of theYear, and social trips to other beer festivals. Look out especially for the online Hertfordshire pubdatabase which gives details of all pubs in Hertfordshire.

All our festival staff are volunteers who give up their time to make this festival a success. I would liketo thank all of them and especially the festival committee who have worked so hard over the last year to make this happen. I would also like to thank St Albans & District Council for their logistical support,all those companies, brewers, pubs and local businesses who have helped us with advertising andsponsorship and of course all the staff at the Alban Arena.

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WELCOME TO THE FESTIVAL!

Chairman - CAMRA South Hertfordshire BranchFestival Organiser

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Our intention is to ensure that you maximize your enjoyment at the festival so whether or not youre afestival newcomer we hope the following information willhelp you to find your way around and hopefully help you todecide to plan another visit this year and next! A plan of the festival layout can also be found on page 7. Further information can also be obtained from the CAMRAinformation stand in the foyer opposite the glasses standor feel free to ask our bar staff and stewards. If they canthelp theyll direct you to someone who can.

GLASSES: Sponsored by the 2011 Good Beer Guide pubs of St Albans:Blacksmiths Arms, Boot, Farmers Boy, Goat, Mermaid, Six Bells, White HartTap and White Lion. All beer, cider and perry at this Festival is served in linedoversized pint and half pint glasses to ensure that you the customer receivea full measure each time. Not the 95% that the past and present Britishgovernments think is OK. Youll need to hire a glass before you get to the bar from the stand in the foyer. At the end of the session you can either keep your commemorative glass as a souvenir, hand it in for a refund or swap it for abottle-conditioned beer.

BEERS: See centre pages for a list of all the real ales, bottled conditionedbeers, foreign beers and real ciders and perries that are available across our six bars.

Main Bar - Sponsored by Fullers Brewery

Fullers award-winning ales, complemented by some of the bestreal ales from throughout the UK. See centre pages of thisprogramme for a list of all beers. (Location: floor - main hall)

Stage Bar - Sponsored by Tring BreweryTrings full range of beers, plus difficult to find micro brewery beers,festival specials and one-offs. Look out for Tring Colleys Dog, theHerts champion beer of last years festival. (Location: stage -main hall)

Balcony Bar - Sponsored by Oakham Brewery A full range of Oakhams Ales will be available at the festival andthe largest range will appear here along with other popular microbrewery beers. (Location: upstairs balcony)

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What s goi ng on around The Arena?A FESTIVAL GUIDE

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Bottle-Conditioned Beer Bar - Sponsored by St AlbansPubwatch

A wide selection of bottled real ales and real ciders to drinkeither at the festival, or take home to enjoy later. These beersundergo a secondary fermentation in the bottle, and are theclosest you can get to a quality pint of real ale in cask formthat can also be drunk at home. (Location: foyer - near entrance)

Foreign Beer Bar Travel the six continents on a world wide beer tour! With up to100 different beers to sample fromEurope, Asia and the Americas and other far-flung destinations theres bound to be something to your liking.(Location: downstairs in the basement - take the stairs either side of the foyer)

Cider & Perry Bar - sponsored by Millwhites Cider Real cider and perry - naturally fermented with no added gas, preservatives, colouring or ice! Thecider bar will have up to 40 different ciders and perries with up to seven varieties from Hertfordshirealone. (Location: stage - right hand side)

MORE THAN JUST BEER!In the foyer, opposite the bottle-conditioned beer bar, are stands where youcan purchase tankards, posters, postcards and other breweriana. Our Tombola nearby is always popular with customers as there is a very goodchance of winning something worthwhile, from bottles to beer guides.

Membership and Products Stand - Sponsored by Fullers BreweryHere you can join CAMRA effectively for FREE (see promotion on page20 - terms and conditions apply), purchase the Good Beer Guide 2011 andother CAMRA products, as well as thelimited edition Festival polo shirt .

Book Signing: The Good Beer Guide 2011 is hot off the press for this

Festival and is available here. Roger Protz, the editor, will be signing copiesduring the festival on Wednesday to Friday between 7.00pm and 10.00pm andon Saturday between 2.00pm and 7.00pm.

Table Football: This ever popular game can be found at the foot of the stairsin the alcove by the foreign beer bar.

Seating: There are seats and tables in the Foreign Beer Bar, and in the upstairsbalcony bar area. Seating is also available in our patio garden area. Entrance isvia the foyer area.

Food: Need something to soak up that beer or cider? The food servery run by the Arena in the mainhall will be open at all times for hot and cold meals, snacks and soft drinks. The popular hog roast willalso run in the outdoor area.

Smoking: There is a designated area for smokers upstairs on the outdoor balcony by the Balcony bar where you can also take your pint and smoking is also permitted in the downstairs patio area.

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What s On and WhenBreweriana Auction : Every night around 8pm we have aBreweriana Auction , led by our resident auctioneer, Steve Bury.Everything from beer mats to pub signs come under the hammer.

Quiet Days: Wednesday and Friday will be quiet days where youcan just enjoy the vast selection of beers available without anymusical distractions. This also gives our guests a bit of extra roomand allows us to increase the numbers who can gain entrance,especially on the Friday.

Thursday: Thursday night we welcome back the TheRunaway Boys to the Festival. In 2006, 50 years after the birthof rock n roll,The Runaway Boys were formed in the suburbsof St Albans by cousins Ray (guitar) and Tom (double-bass)Waters. With drummer Duncan Clark on board they built aprominent fanbase in the local area performing a mix of originalnumbers and much loved classics, all played with an energetic50s sensibility, taking influence from early rockabilly, country,rhythm & blues, surf, swing and psychobilly.

Saturday: On Saturday lunchtime we welcome folk duoRight as Rain . The Festival Quiz kicks off at around 2.30pm so look out for our staff selling quiz sheets. Everyone playing up to a maximum of 5per team will receive, subject to availability, a free bottle of Fullers ESB, Trings Side Pocket for a Toador Oakham JHB. All the questions are beer and festival related so get together with your friends for anopportunity to win some great prizes. There are some excellent prizes including a polypin of Tring or Fullers Beers delivered to your nominated address for the two top teams. There will also an excellentselection of runner up prizes. All funds raised go to local charity.

On Saturday night we welcome theClimax Blues Band who are makingtheir first appearance at the Festival.Their 90-minute set will be drawnfrom their 18 albums and is bound toinclude their world-wide hit CouldntGet It Right. We expect a busyevening so arrive early and relax witha couple of pints before the band taketo the stage at around 9.00pm.

We hope you enjoy the festival! Remember to check out our website afterwards atwww.stalbansbeerfestival.com for a full festival report and some great pictures of this years event! Wewelcome your feedback on the festival so feel free to drop us a line via our website, or e-mailrealales@yahoo.com (please use SABF 2010 in subject line).

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Live on Saturday night! After 18 albums plus the classic world-wide hit CouldntGet It Right and nearly 40 years of virtually continuousgigging of the UK, Europe and the US the Climax BluesBand remains one of the most consistent of all blues

outfits that has always focused on its roots; a uniquecombination of jazz and blues enriched at times with rock,soul and funk thus playing the blues in a creative way thathas always been synonymous with their name.

The band was formed in Stafford by 1969 by founder Colin Cooper (died 3 July, 2008) and was one of the leading lights of the late 60s blues boom, today carrying the same standard of quality as it did thenwhen the band achieved such great success and recognition through the 1970s.

With intensely played licks from sax, harp,guitar bass and keyboard the band continuesto impress with the overpowering freshnessand perfect arrangement of their music as wellas their extreme professionalism uniting fiveoutstanding musicians, each individual havingan exceptional mastery of their instrumentswith each allowed to contribute his ownindividuality to form a single powerful body of sound - their musical repertoire stretching from

their foundation to their present day material.The current line up includes: Roy Adams(drums) George Glover (keyboards) Lester Hunt (guitar), Johnny Pugh (lead vocals, saxand harmonica) and Neil Simpson (Bass). Twoother prominent ex-members of the band areJeff Rich and John Rhino Edwards, whoeventually went on to feature as drummer andbass player in Status Quo for many years. The

Climax Blues Band is considered by many tobe one of the most significant blues bandsformed in the UK long guaranteeing their placein the history of the blues.

Further information on the band can be found at

www.climaxbluesband.cominfo@climaxbluesband.co.uk

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GROUND FLOOR

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St Albans Beer Festival Floorplan

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This years commemorativefestival glass is once againsponsored by the 2011Good Beer Guide pubsof St Albans. The pubs canbe found within walkingdistance of the festival.The map opposite willhelp you plan a route.

Festival Com memorative Glasses

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South Herts Pubof the Year 2009

Six Bells - Friendly 16th century pub adjacent toVerulamium Park and a true free house. The onlylicensed premises to be within the walls of

Roman Verulamium. Five real ales all served inoversized glasses, it is the only pub in St Albansto do so. Annual Beer Festival (July). Open allday 12noon-11pm, 12noon-10.30pm (Sunday).Tel: 01727 856945.

Goat - Picturesque pub built atthe end of the 15th century.Bar Billiards played. Four realales (Charles Wells). Discounton all real ales available for CAMRA members on productionof membership card. Open12noon-3pm and 5pm-11pmMonday, 12noon-11pmTuesday, Wednesday, Thursday,Sunday,12noon-midnight Friday,Saturday. Tel: 01727 833934.

Blacksmiths Arms - Town centre pub featuringtwo regular ales and six changing guestsincluding beers from local breweries. Regular beer festivals. Pub opens at 10am for breakfast.Open all day 10am-11pm, 10am-1am Friday andSaturday. Tel: 01727 868845

Farmers Boy - Cosy cottage style free house,home of the Verulam brewery - the only breweryin St Albans. Five real ales including Clipper IPA

and Farmers Joy, brewed on the premises.Open all day 12noon-11pm Sunday-Tuesday,12noon-12pm Wednesday, Thursday, 12noon-2am Friday, Saturday. Tel: 01727 860535.

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Boot - Bustling market place pub dating back tothe 1400s. Seven real ales including four guestbeers (Punch). Open all day 12noon-midnightMonday-Thursday, 12noon to 1am Friday &

Saturday, 12noon-11.30pm Sunday.Tel: 01727 857533.

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All pubs serve great beer and food (Mermaid nofood) and all can be found in the 2011 GoodBeer Guide , available at the products stand.

A discount isgiven on eachguide purchasedby members of CAMRA. Theguide gives a fulldescription of thepub, openinghours, availabilityof food and thereal ales for sale.If you fancy abreak from thefestival or a dayout in St Albans ata later date thenwe recommendhaving a pint or

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Mermaid - Cottage-style community pub stockingan ever-changing range of up to six guest microbeers. Occasional beer festivals. Seven real ales(Burlison Inns). Open all day 12noon-11pm,midnight Friday & Saturday, 12noon-10.30pmSunday. Tel: 01727 837758.

White Lion - Traditional 16th Century two bar pubwith a large garden. Local CAMRA Pub of theYear 2006. Occasional beer festivals. Six real ales(Punch). Open all day 12noon-11pm.Tel: 01727 850540.

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White Hart Tap - Welcoming, one bar backstreet local. Occasional beer festivals. Five realales (Punch). Open all day 12noon-11pm.Tel: 01727 860974.

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GREAT CAMRA MEMBERSHIP DEALAVAILABLE ONLY AT ST ALBANS BEER FESTIVAL

If you join CAMRA at this festival for the first time you will receive 2 free pints to drink at the festival(when paying by direct debit), free entry to all remaining sessions of the festival, 2 free pints of ESB tobe drunk at a nominated Fullers pub after the festival and 20 worth of Wetherspoons vouchers. Thewhole offer makes your first year subscription effectively free . The first 50 to join will also receivea free Fullers polo/rugby/t-shirt. Not only that but youll be entitled to discounts on CAMRA and Beer Festival merchandise so.... grab yourself a LIMITED EDITION ST ALBANS BEER FESTIVAL POLOSHIRT . The shirt will be available in various sizes and colours on the CAMRA products stand in thefoyer at the bargain price of 13.50 for CAMRA members and 15.50 for non-CAMRA members.

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CAMRA Products & Membersh ip Stand(Sponsored by Fullers)

Whatever you decide to drink and do at this years festival take some time out and visit the CAMRAstand in the foyer where a variety of books, pamphlets and Festival attire is available.

Photo of Vicky, from The Candlestick, Essendon, by TERRY RICHARDS PHOTOGRAPHY 07770 382081

www.terryrichardsphotography.com

This years half pint glass is sponsored by Harviestoun brewery from Alva inScotland which has been brewing award winning ales for many years includingBitter and Twisted (CAMRA champion beer of Britain 2003) and Schiehallion,a real cask lager which has won the CAMRA speciality beer gold award threetimes and been runner up on five other occasions. Both beers as well as other Harviestoun brands are of course available at the festival. Further informationon the brewery can be found at www.harviestoun.com

Book signing by ROGER PROTZEditor of CAMRA Good Beer Guide

The Little Book of Beer

300 Beers to Try before you Die!Roger will be signing the Good Beer Guide 2011at the Products Stand in the Festival lobby

on Weds 29 Sept to Fri 2 Oct 7-10pm& Sat 2 Oct 2-7pm

CAMRA GOOD BEERGUIDE 2011

GOOD BEER GUIDE 2011The 2011 Good Beer Guide is hot off the pressfor this festival and Roger Protz the editor will besigning copies of the guide on Wednesday 29

September to Friday 1st October (7-10pm) andSaturday 2nd October (2-7pm) on the productsstand. A wide selection of other guides andmerchandise is also available on the stand -please feel free to browse.

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The name was originally coined by the Campaignfor Real Ale back in the 1970s to describe a beer made from natural ingredients malted barley,hops, water and yeast which after primaryfermentation in the brewery is put into caskswhere it continues to undergo a slow secondary

fermentation. This secondary fermentationproduces a gentle carbonation which enhancesthe taste of the beer. The beer is unfiltered andunpasteurised. It is a living product and needscareful handling by the licensee in the cellar of his or her pub, or in the case of a beer festival bythe volunteers. The antithesis of real ale is kegbeer or as the industry call it breweryconditioned which after primary fermentation isfiltered, pasteurised and then sold, usually at afreezing cold temperature using extraneous gas,to produce excessive fizz and little taste.

But there is more to real alethan just that

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Beer Styles - Whats in a na me?SO WHAT IS REAL ALE?

Ales are top fermented beers and, unlike bottomfermented lager style beers, have a wonderfulvariety of tastes produced by the action of the aleyeast, the malts used and the hops employed.There are many different styles of real ale. Hereare just a few:

Mild - ranges in colour from black to dark brownto pale amber in colour. They are usually maltyand possibly sweet in taste with little hopbitterness. Alcohol strengths are usually lowabout 3.0%-3.5%. Look out for Hobsons MildChampion Beer of Britain in 2007 or RudgateRuby Mild Champion in 2009. Their chief character is that they are less hopped thanbitters.

Bitter - brown, tawny, copper or amber in colour with medium to strong bitterness. Hop character should be evident and any diacetyl (butterscotch

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flavour) should be minimal. Alcohol strengthshould be less than 4% abv. These are thestandard beers that have refreshed pub goers for the last 100 years or more. Adnams Bitter or Butcombe Bitter are excellent examples of this style.

Best Bitter - is more robust than bitters. A stronghop character with limited fruit tastes althoughthere may be some citrus notes. Alcoholicstrength 4.0-4.6% abv. Look out for TimothyTaylor Landlord Bitter - Madonnas favourite beer apparently.

IPA or India Pale Ale -originally produced for British

troops serving in India, thesewere strong (5-7% abv) palecoloured beers with a high hopcharacter to survive the longsea journey and hightemperatures. Today somebeers bearing the IPA name are

just pale ales in disguise, butsome brewers have taken upthe challenge thrown down bytheir American cousins whobrew beers with hop bitterness

hitting the high 70s or 80 IBUs (InternationalBitterness Units) that would certainly havesurvived the trip to the sub-continent andrefreshed the troops there. Look out for Thornbridge Jaipur IPA.

Stout - typically black in colour.

They have a dark roastcharacter achieved by the useof roasted barley. Alcoholicstrength 4.0-6.5%. OHanlonsPort Stout is a beer to look outfor in this style.

Porter - dark brown or black in colour and with acomplex flavour. The darkness comes from theuse of dark malts. There should be a fullmouthfeel and a pronounced finish due to the useof bittering hops. Alcoholic strength 4.0-6.5% abv.Examples of this style include Batemans SalemPorter and Red Squirrel London Porter.

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Wheat beer - made using a combination of malted barley and wheat malt (usually 30-50%).The beer may be cloudy when served. This is aGerman and Belgian speciality but more Britishbrewers are now developing their own wheatbeers. The beers are sometimes served mithefe i.e. they are cloudy with the yeast.

Golden Ale - a new beer stylethat is becoming very popular.Pale amber, gold, yellow or straw coloured with a light tostrong hop bitterness. A stronghop character creates arefreshing taste. Just right for ahot summers day or even an

Indian summer. Try CrouchVale Brewers Gold, Hop BackSummer Lightning or the 2010Champion Beer of Britain -Castle Rock Brewery HarvestPale Ale.

Barley Wine - copper to tawnyto dark brown in colour andmay have a high residualsweetness. Many barley wineshave estery and fruitycharacteristics. They are beersto be drunk in moderation asthe strength can be anythingfrom 6.5% upwards, and havea definite vinous character.

These are probably best left to the end of thesession as some do almost reach the strength of

wines.

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The Head on a Pi ntPour water into a glass - it does not form a head or froth. Even pulledthrough a hand pump and a sparkler, a small plastic device with small holesthrough which the liquid is forced, it does not form a head.

The ability to produce a head of foam on real ales is due to the specificproteins present in the beer known as glycoproteins. A glycoprotein is alarge molecule with a protein head that is hydrophobic (water hating) anda long, hydrophilic (water loving) carbohydrate tail. When a bubble isformed the hydrophobic heads of these molecules migrate to the bubblessurface (in effect trying to get out of solution) while the hydrophilic tailsremain in the beer of the bubbles wall (trying to pull the molecule back intosolution). The overall result is that the bubble acquires a skin whichgreatly increases the viscosity hence the stability of the whole structure.

This is not the complete story. First is the mechanism for producing the bubbles and second is the gaswithin them. In the South of the country tight sparklers tend not to be used on beers and the bubblesin the head are irregular, containing just trapped air. With a sparkler, much in evidence in the north of the country, the beer is forced through the small holes of the sparkler agitating the beer causing morecarbon dioxide to break out of the beer and the small streams of beer trap more air in more uniformand smaller bubbles giving the Yorkshire style creamy head. At the same time some of the hop oils inthe beer are forced into the head. This gives the beer a hoppy aroma but also makes it less bitter.Sparklers are usually attached to a swan neck which is a long vertical spout attached to a hand pumpreaching to the bottom of the glass and as the glass fills the beer is dispensed from below the surfaceof the beer. As beer flows out through the sparkler the sudden pressure drop in the orifices of the

sparkler breaks out dissolved gasses in the beer, principally carbon dioxide. These small bubbles risethrough the beer giving the tight creamy head and the beer will actually taste flatter because of it.

The swan neck method of dispense can change the character of the beer completely and is notsuitable for Southern style beers such as London Pride but works well on beers such as CaledonianDeuchars IPA which are brewed to accommodate this method of dispense. It should be noted that withthe swan neck/sparkler measure of dispense an over-sized glass should always be used otherwise thecustomer is always likely to receive a short measure.

St Albans PubwatchSponsors of the Bottled Conditioned Beer Bar The aim of St Albans Pubwatch is to share information, reduce disturbance and improve the safetyand personal security of customers and bar staff. It is a partnership activity between LicensedPremises, Pub operators, Hertfordshire Police, City Centre Management and St Albans DistrictCouncil CCTV Control Room. The scheme is included in the current Community Safety Strategyfor St Albans. The St Albans Pubwatch operates a banning scheme under a code of practice. If aperson is convicted of assaulting a staff member or a customer, damaging a pub, anti-socialbehaviour or using or dealing in illegal substances, they will be banned from all pubs within thescheme as well as the St Albans Beer Festival.

Peter Bell, Chairman of Pubwatch and licensee of Batchwood Hall, said Pubs in Pubwatch like towork closely with the community to bring a safe and pleasurable experience to the drinkers of St Albans. We support CAMRA as their aims are similar to ours.

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St Albans Beer FestivalAwards 2010

This year there will be two beer judging competitions taking place at St Albans Beer Festival:

HERTFORDSHIRE BEER OF THE YEAR As part of CAMRAsLocAle initiative to promote local real ales the five branches of CAMRA haveinvited the countys brewers to nominate two of their best beers for this new competition to findthe best beer in Hertfordshire. The judging will take place on Wednesday evening. The shortlistis as follows:

BUNTINGFORD: Polar Star, Royston RedGREEN TYE: Hadham Gold, Union JackMcMULLEN: Cask Ale, Country BitterRED SQUIRREL: London Porter, RSXSAWBRIDGEWORTH: Dragons Blood, RACSTRING: Colleys Dog, Side Pocket for a ToadVERULAM: Clipper IPA, Farmers Joy

ST ALBANS BEER FESTIVAL BEER OF THE YEAR As ever, the Festival Beer of the Year competition will take place on Thursday morning featuringsome of the champion beers of 2010. The judging panel will include experienced beer tasters,brewers and licensees. All the entries for the beer competitions will be on sale at the Festival, somake sure you try them while stocks last!

SOUTH HERTS CAMRA BRANCH DIARY DATESThe local branch of CAMRA meet at least once a month and members, young andold, are always welcome at meetings where we plan campaigns to promote realale, fight pub and brewery closures and price increases and support the rights of the drinker. We also enjoy trips to survey pubs and visit breweries, as well as other CAMRA beer festivals.

E-mail us for details or look out for the meeting dates in our free newsletter Pints of View ,CAMRAs newspaper Whats Brewing or on our website www.hertsale.org.uk or e-mailrealales@yahoo.com (put CAMRA in subject line).

Saturday 9th October 1st North West country pubs trip by minibusTuesday 12th October Branch Meeting: Red Lion, Radlett 8.00pmThursday 21st October CAMRA Herts Liaison: Wenlock Arms, London 7.00pmSaturday 23rd October 2nd North West country pubs trip by minibusFriday 29th October Sawbridgeworth Beer Festival trip by minibusTuesday 16th November Branch Meeting: White Horse, Hertford 8.00pm

Friday 19th November Watford Beer Festival trip 7.00pmThursday 25th November New members night - Goat, St Albans 8.00pmTuesday 14th December Branch Meeting: Six Bells, St Albans 8.00pm

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The Six Bells in St Michaels, St Albans is the currentSouth Herts branch Pub of the Year top of the treein the 2009 competition, and that in an area of 350pubs! The pub has recently become a Free House,now offering an always-interesting range of five realales plus a real cider on handpump Whilst our GoodBeer Guide entries are selected on the consistentquality of real ale, the Pub of the Year Award alsotakes into account other factors which make a pubstand out - these include categories for Atmosphere,Service/Welcome, Mix of Clientele, support of

CAMRA and Good Value. Each year the branch elects a panel of members to undertake the scoring,announcing its winner in March. The Six Bells is the 14th pub to hold this title, in an annual competitionthat dates back to 1986. Other St Albans winners haven been the Farriers Arms (1988); Garibaldi(1990); Lower Red Lion (1993 and1995); Farmers Boy (1998) and White Lion (2006). Seven-timeswinner, the Woodman, Wildhill and three-times winner, the Old Cross Tavern in Hertford lead the packfor the most times the award has been won.

The annual winner has the chance to move on to even greater things as the branch award feeds intoa county, then regional and, finally, national competition. This year`s county winner is the Half Moon inHitchin and regional scoring is now under way. Hertfordshire`s most successful pub has been the Landof Liberty, Peace and Plenty at Heronsgate which reached the lofty heights of runner-up in the nationalcompetition of 2006.

Dave Burns Memoria l AwardThis award was set up in 1997 in memory of Dave Burns, a staunch real ale campaigner andcommittee member right through the early years of the campaign who sadly passed away suddenly in1995.

The aim of the award is to honour individuals who have made a significant andlasting contribution to the local world of real ale. Bob Muir, licensee of the Elephant& Castle, Amwell, near Wheathampstead, is the latest person to receive the awardfor over 40 years service to the licensed trade. It is a tribute to Bob that every pub

under his stewardship has been in the CAMRA Good Beer Guide.The award is only granted when the branch deems it is warranted and in its 13 yearsexistence there have been only eight awards: Graham and Roz Craig, at theWoodman, Wildhill; Richard Steward, the branch`s longstanding Brewery LiaisonOfficer with McMullens until his move away from Hertfordshire; Eric Sim, renownedlocal campaigner and former Chairman; Dennis Ruttledge, McMullens PublicRelations Officer up until his retirement; John Tibble, landlord of the Carpenters

Arms, Harpenden; Paul Ruane, local branch Committee Member of many yearsstanding until a move took him north; and Steve Bury a stalwart campaigner for Real

Ale who today is as enthusiastic about the cause as he was when he joined thecampaign when it was formed.

Both of the above awards aim to mark the very best in the world of real ale - be it the pubs thatpurvey top-quality beer or the individuals who have helped shape the vibrant local real alescene as we see it today.

CAMRA South Herts Pub of the Year

Bob Muir licensee of the

Elephant & Castle, Amwell

Phil Defriez, South Herts Branch Chairman (right)with Jo and Patrick and their award

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St Michaels StreetSt Albans, AL1 4SHTEL: 01727 856945 FIVE REAL ALES:

Oakham JHBFullers London Pride

Timothy Taylor Landlord2 changing guests

A FREE HOUSEAll real ales served inover-size pint glasses

VISIT OUR WEBSITE:www.the-six-bells.com

OPEN ALL DAY

Home Cooked FoodLunch & EveningFunction Room

Great Beer Garden

Good Beer Guide 2008 - 2011

CAMRA South Herts Pub of the Year 2009

available this week at

THE MERMAID98 Hatfield Road

St Albans, AL1 3RL

A range of Batemans beersavailable all week

at 2 on production ofthis programme.

One pint per programme

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Hert fordshire PubsDatabase

Planning a pub crawl or just an evening out?

Do you know how to find the pubs where you canget a regular pint of Red Squirrel or Buntingfordbeers?

Could you find your way to Green Tye for somelocally brewed beer on the premises?

Do you want an easy way to find a pub phonenumber or how to get to and from a pub by publictransport?

All these and many more questions can beanswered by interrogating our online andcontinually updated Hertfordshire guide to pubs.

All pubs and other known public outlets for realale, cider and perry are listed with a warning if there is no real ale available.

Just log on to www.pubs.hertsale.org , tick a fewboxes and get all your questions answered.

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Exclusive members newspaper - Whats Brewing: A monthly colour newspaper informing you of beer and pubnews and detailing events and beer festivals from aroundthe country.

Free/Discounted entry to over 150 beer festivals:Free or discounted admission to the 150+ beer festival thatCAMRA organise, including the Great British Beer Festival.

Branch Social Activities: CAMRA is organised into 200branches that cover the UK. Each branch runs a variety of social events for members living in their branch area.

Active Campaigning: Have the chance to campaign tosave pubs and breweries under threat of closure, for theright to receive a Full Pint and a reduction in beer duty thatwill help Britains brewing industry survive.

Discounted Membership of the CAMRA Beer Club:The CAMRA Beer Club has been set up to provide a homedelivery service to enthusiasts. As a member you willdiscover and enjoy a whole range of bottled beers that arewidely distributed. All CAMRA members receive a 5discount on each mixed case of 20 beers. For moreinformationwww.camrabeerclub.co.uk

Book Discounts: CAMRA produce a variety of booksevery year and as a member you are entitled to discountson all of the books we produce including CAMRAs best-selling annual Good Beer Guide.

JOINING CAMRA IS EFFECTIVELY FREE*AT THE 2010 ST ALBANS BEER FESTIVAL!

So why not join today? You will be helping to activelysupport the British Brewing and Pub industry as wellas enjoying the benefits of CAMRA membership.

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If you join CAMRA at this festivalFullers brewery will throw in, subject toavailability, a *free Fullers polo or t-shirt *plus 2 free pints of Fullers ESB todrink at the Garibaldi or Portland Armsin St Albans or the Hollybush at PottersCrouch after the festival.

Furthermore, if you join CAMRA bydirect debit, CAMRA will also give youtwo free pints of any real ale to bedrunk at this festival (excludes realcider/perry and all foreign/bottledbeers).

All those joining automatically gainfreeentry to all further days of the festivalthat you choose to attend. Once joinedyou, as a member, will also be entitledto discounts on CAMRA products such

as the Good Beer Guide and exclusiveSt Albans festival polo shirts . Thewhole package could make your firstyear of CAMRA membership effectivelyFREE . Now, that is a bargain!

*Based on a CAMRA single UK and EU direct debit annual subscription rate of 20, less:one free Fullers shirt with RRP of 13.00, 2 free pints of ESB at 3.00 each and 2 free

pints of real ale at the 2010 festival at 2.50 each. Only one free offer giveaway per subscription. The subscription is for new members only and not those renewing or re-joining. The Fullers shirt is only availableto those paying by direct debit.

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St Albans Beer Festival 2010 Beer List

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Abbeydale Sheffield, South Yorkshire Absolution 5.3Acorn Barnsley, South YorkshireOld Moor Porter 4.4B&T Shefford, BedfordshireShefford Dark Mild 3.8Ballards Petersfield, HampshireWassail 6.0Bank Top Bolton, LancashireDark Mild 4.0Batemans Wainfleet, LincolnshireDark Mild 3.0XXXB 4.8Bath Warmley, Bristol Gem Bitter 4.1Battledown Cheltenham, GloucestershireCheltenham Standard 3.6Bays Paignton, DevonBest Bitter 3.7Breaker 4.7Beartown Congleton, CheshireKodiak Gold 4.0Blindmans Frome, Somerset Buff 3.6Bowland Clitheroe, LancashireBowland Gold 3.8Brampton Chesterfield, DerbyshireBest Bitter 4.2Branscombe Vale Branscombe, Devon

Branoc 3.8Burton Bridge Burton, StaffordshireStairway to Heaven 5.0Bushys Douglas, Isle of ManRuby 1874 Mild 3.5Butcombe Wrington, Bristol Bitter 4.0Cairngorm Aviemore, HighlandsNessies Monster Mash 4.4Trade Winds 4.3Caledonian Edinburgh80/- 4.1

Autumn Red 4.4Deuchars IPA 3.8Mellow Yellow 4.4

Castle Rock Nottingham, NottsHarvest Pale 3.8Copper Dragon Skipton, North YorksGolden Pippin 3.9Cotleigh Wiveliscombe, Somerset 25 4.0Cropton Cropton, North YorkshireKing Billy 3.6Crouch Vale South Woodham Ferrers, Essex Brewers Gold 4.0Dark Star Ansty, West Sussex

American Pale Ale 4.7Hophead 3.8Downton Downton, WiltshireQuadhop 3.9Durham Bowburn, County DurhamMagus 3.8Elgoods Wisbech, CambridgeshireBlack Dog 3.6Elland Elland, West YorkshireBeyond the Pale 4.2Exmoor Wiveliscombe, Somerset Beast 6.6Fullers Chiswick, London1845 6.3Chiswick 3.5ESB 5.5Gales HSB 4.8Golden Pride 8.5London Porter 5.4London Pride 4.1Seafarers 3.6Fyne Ales Chiswick, LondonPipers Gold 3.8Great Oakley Great Oakley, NorthantsWagtail 3.9Greene King Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk Gangly Ghoul 4.2XX Mild 3.0Harviestoun Alva, ClackmannanshireBitter & Twisted 3.8Hedge Hopper 3.8Schiehallion 4.8

MAIN BAR - Sponsored by Fullers Brewery

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The beers, ciders and perries listed below are those that have been ordered and should be availablesubject to delivery. If not they will be replaced by another suitable brand. The beer cider and perry listswill also be available on the festival website www.stalbansbeerfestival.com where any changes tothe lists will be published before the festival opens.

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Hawkshead Staveley, CumbriaBitter 3.7High House Farm Matfen, Northumberland

Auld Hemp 3.8Highland Orkney Orkney Blast 6.0Hobsons Cleobury Mortimer, Worcs

Mild 3.2Hogs Back Tongham, Surrey A over T 9.0Hook Norton Hook Norton, OxonOld Hooky 4.6Hop Back Salisbury, WiltshireSummer Lightning 5.0Hoskins Leicester, LeicestershireBrigadier 3.6Humpty Dumpty Reedham, Norfolk Little Sharpie 3.8Idle Stockwith, South YorkshireDog 4.2Inveralmond Inveralmond, PerthIndependence 3.8Jarrow Jarrow, Tyne & Wear Rivet Catcher 4.0Kelham Island Sheffield, South YorkshirePale Rider 5.2Leeds Leeds, West YorkshireBest 4.3

Lees Manchester Moonraker 7.5Marble Manchester Ginger 4.3Mauldons Sudbury, Suffolk Black Adder 5.3Mighty Oak Maldon Essex Maldon Gold 3.8Moor Pitney, Somerset Revival 3.8Mordue North Shields, Tyne & Wear Workie Ticket 4.5Nethergate Pentlow, Essex Umbel Magna 5.0Oakleaf Gosport, HampshireHole Hearted 4.7Old Bear Keighley, West YorkshireBruin 3.8Orkney Stromness, Orkney Raven Ale 3.8Red McGregor 4.0

Ossett Ossett, West YorkshireSilver King 4.3Phoenix Heywood, Gtr Manchester

Arizona 4.1Wobbly Bob 6.0

Pictish Rochdale, Gtr Manchester Brewers Gold 3.8Purity Great Alne, WarwickshirePure Gold 3.8Mad Goose 4.2RCH West Hewish, Somerset Old Slug Porter 4.5

Pitchfork 4.3Roosters Knaresborough, North YorksBang Tail 3.7Leghorn 4.3Yankee 4.3Rudgate York, North YorkshireRuby Mild 4.4Salamander Bradford, West YorkshireMud Puppy 4.2Salopian Shrewsbury

Shropshire Gold 3.8Saltaire Shipley, West YorkshireBlonde 4.0Sarah Hughes Dudley, West MidlandsDark Ruby 6.0Sharps Rock, Cornwall Doom Bar 4.0Shepherd Neame Faversham, Kent Bishops Finger 5.0Skinners Truro, Cornwall

Heligan Honey 4.0Slaters Stafford, StaffordshireOriginal 4.0Queen Beer 4.2Southport Southport, MerseysideGolden Sands 4.0Spectrum Norwich, Norfolk Black Buffle 4.5St Austell St Austell, Cornwall Tribute 4.2St Georges Callow End, WorcestershireFriar Tuck 4.0Summerskills Plymouth, DevonTamar 4.3Thornbridge Bakewell, DerbyshireJaipur IPA 5.9Lord Marples 4.0Tigertops Wakefield, West YorkshireDark Wheat Mild 3.6Timothy Taylor Keighley, West YorkshireLandlord 4.3Titanic Stoke on Trent, StaffordshireIceberg 4.1Tower Burton upon Trent, StaffordshireMalty Towers 4.4

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Triple fff Alton, Hampshire Altons Pride 3.8Vale Brill, BuckinghamshireVPA 4.2Wadworth Devizes, WiltshireBishops Tipple 5.0Westerham Edenbridge, Kent

Audit Ale 6.2White Horse Stanford in the Vale, OxonBitter 3.7

Williams Kelliebank, AlloaMidnight Sun Porter 5.6Wolf Attleborough, Norfolk Coyote Bitter 4.3Woodfordes Norwich, Norfolk Wherry Best Bitter 3.8Nelsons Revenge 4.5Wylam Heddon on the Wall, Northumberland Magic 4.2

York York, NorthYorkshireCenturions Ghost 5.4

STAGE BAR - Sponsored by Tring Brewery

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5 Towns Wakefield, West YorkshireFreeborn 4.7Monster Mash Dark Mild 5.0Niamhs Nemesis IPA 5.7Abbey Grange Llantysilio, Clwyd Llangollen 4.2No1 3.8Abbeydale Sheffield, South YorkshireFascination 3.9Angus Ale Carnoustie, AngusGowfers Gold 3.8Mashie Niblick 4.2Backyard Wednesbury, West MidlandsPrima Donna 4.0Blackfriars Great Yarmouth, Norfolk Whyte Angel 4.5Brandon Brandon, Suffolk Royal Ginger 4.0Brewdog Fraserburgh, AberdeenshireEdge Mild 3.2Paradox 10.0Bridestones Hebden Bridge, West YorksGroomstone 3.7Cambridge Moonshine Cambridge, CambsRed Watch Blueberry Ale 4.2Sopwell Bitter (Festival Special) 4.4Croglin Kirkby Stephen, CumbriaTrickster 4.2Cureden Hebden Bridge, West YorkshireNew Gold 3.7Devils Dyke Reach, CambridgeshireLondon Porter 5.2Elmtree Snetterton, Norfolk Nighlight Mild 5.7Empire Slaithwaite, West YorkshireHoptastic 4.1Greenmill Rochdale, Gtr Manchester Zenith 4.1

Heart of Wales Llanwrtyd Wells, Powys Aur Cymru 3.8Noble Eden Ale 4.6Isle of Purbeck Studland, Dorset Studland Bay Wrecked 4.5Kingstone Tintern, Gwent Tewdricks Tipple 3.8Kirkby Lonsdale Kirkby Lonsdale, LancsCherkebee 5.0Knopps EdinburghCalifornia 4.6Liverpool One Liverpool Mersey Mist 4.1Liverpool Organic Liverpool Shipwreck IPA 6.5Mallinsons Huddersfield, West YorkshireBarrier Reef 4.0Meantime Greenwich, LondonLondon Pale 4.3Mill Green Mill Green, Suffolk Good Ship Arabella 5.4Neath Neath, West GlamorganBlack 5.5Firebrick 4.2Gold 5.0Witch Hunter 4.2Northern Northwich, CheshireChoc Chilli Stout 5.0Navajo 3.9Old Luxters Henley-on-Thames, OxonBarn Ale Special 4.5Preseli Tenby, Dyfed Baggy Wrinkle 4.5Even Keel 3.8Powder Monkey 4.5Prospect Standish, Gtr Manchester 70 Bob 4.7

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Purple Moose Porthmadog Snowdonia Ale 3.6Raw Staveley, DerbyshireDark Peak 4.5Hop Rush 4.8Reality Beeston, NottinghamshireVirtue Ale 3.8Redemption LondonLatin 3.8Rotters Talgarth, PowysGrounds for Divorce 4.7Utter Rotter 3.9Whipping Tree 4.6Sandstone Wrexham, Clwyd Edge 3.8Poachers Ale 4.4Postmistress 4.4Sleeping Policeman 4.2Sheffield Sheffield, South YorkshirePorter 4.7Son of Sid Little Gransden, CambsIvo Ale 3.6Summer Wine Holmfirth, West YorksElbow Grease 3.8

Tatton Knutsford, CheshireGold 4.8Indian Summer 4.0Tempest Kelso, RoxburghshireRe-wired 4.4Toad Doncaster, South YorksSt Leger 4.1Tadpole 3.8Tydd Steam Tydd St. Giles, Cambs

Amnesiac 4.0Vale of Glamorgan Barry, SouthGlamorganChocs Away 4.5Waen Penstrowed, PowysFuggle Hop 4.2Windsor and Eton Windsor, BerksGuardsman 4.2Knight of the Garter 3.8Winster Winster, CumbriaOld School 3.9

Yard of Ale Ferryhill, Co. DurhamBlack as Owt Stout 4.2

HERTFORDSHIRE BAR - Sponsored by Tring Brewery

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Buntingford Royston, HertsPolar Star 4.4Royston Red 4.8Tettnang 4.0Green Tye Green Tye, HertsHadham Gold 4.2Union Jack 3.6McMullen Hertford, HertsCask Ale 3.8Country Bitter 4.3Old Cross Hertford, HertsOXT Ale 3.9Red Squirrel Hertford, HertsColorado American IPA 5.4

Conservation Bitter 4.1London Porter 5.0RSX 3.9

Sawbridgeworth Sawbridgeworth, HertsDragons Blood 4.3RACS 4.0Tring Tring, Herts

Blonde 4.0Bookmans 4.1Brock 3.7Colleys Dog 5.2Death & Glory 7.2Huck-me-Buck 4.4Hypocaust 4.0Jack O Legs 4.2Mansion Mild 3.7Mowing Devel 4.2

Ridgeway Bitter 4.0Side Pocket for a Toad 3.6Verulam St Albans, HertsClipper IPA 4.0Farmers Joy 4.5

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BALCONY BAR - Sponsored by Oakham AlesOakham Peterborough, Cambridgeshire

Attila 7.5Bishops Farewell 4.6Black Baron 8.8Inferno 4.0

JHB 3.8Warspite 6.3White Dwarf 4.3

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Acorn Barnsley, West YorkshireBarnsley Gold 4.3Adnams Southwold, Suffolk Explorer 4.3Old 4.1

Ascot Camberley, Surrey Anastasias Exile Stout 5.0B&T Shefford, BedfordshireEdwin Taylors Extra Stout 4.5Fruit Bat 4.5Ballards Petersfield, HampshireBest Bitter 4.2Nyewood Gold 5.0Batemans Wainfleet, Lincolnshire

Autumn Fall 4.2GHA 4.2Salem Porter 4.7XB 3.7Bath Warmley, Bristol Barnstormer 4.5Battledown Cheltenham, GloucestershireFour Kings Ale 7.2Bays Paignton, DevonGold 4.3Topsail 4.0Beartown Congleton, Cheshire

Pandamonium 4.8Birmingham Birmingham, West MidlandsMild Ale 3.6Bowland Clitheroe, LancashireBG Sips 3.7Brains Cardiff Dark 3.5SA Gold 4.7Brandon Brandon, Suffolk Rusty Bucket 4.4Brew Dog Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire

5am Saint 5.077 Lager 4.9Punk IPA 6.0Trashy Blond 4.1Bristol Beer Factory Ashton, Bristol

Acer 3.8Exhibition 5.2Red 3.8Buntingford Royston, HertfordshireBritannia 4.4

Twitchell 3.8Bushys Douglas, Isle of ManOld Bushy Tail 4.5Cairngorm Aviemore, HighlandsBlack Gold 4.4

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Cambridge Moonshine CambridgeShelford Crier 3.8Chiltern Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire

Ale 3.7Beechwood Bitter 4.3

Coach House Warrington, CheshireGunpowder Mild 3.8Innkeepers Special Reserve 4.5Cotleigh Wiveliscombe, Somerset Golden Seahawk 4.2Harrier 3.5Tawny 3.8Cropton Cropton, North YorkshireTwo Pints 4.0Crouch Vale South Woodham Ferrers, Essex

Amarillo 5.0Dark Star Ansty, West Sussex Best Bitter 4.0Espresso 4.2Smoked Porter 4.9Derby Derby Triple Hop 4.1Derventio Trusley, DerbyshireCenturion 4.3Downton Downton, WiltshireChimera IPA 6.8

Hip Hip Hooray 4.0Honey Blonde 4.3Dunham Massey Dunham Massey, Manchester Choc Cherry Mild 3.8Elgoods Wisbech, CambridgeshireCambridge Bitter 3.8Golden Newt 4.1Elland Elland, West Yorkshire1872 Porter 6.5Elmtree Snetterton, Norfolk Burston Cuckoo 3.8Exmoor Wiveliscombe, Somerset Gold 4.5Flack Manor Romsey, HampshireFlacks Double Drop 3.7George Wright Rainford, MerseysideCheeky Pheasant 4.7Northern Lights 5.1Pure Blonde 4.6Goachers Tovil, Kent Real Mild Ale 3.4

Goose Eye Keighley, West YorkshireNo Eye Deer 4.0Over & Stout 5.2Greene King Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk Fireside 4.5

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Hawkshead Staveley, CumbriaLakeland Gold 4.4High House Farm Matfen, Northumberland Nels Best 4.2Highland Orkney Dark Munro 4.0Hobsons Cleobury Mortimer, Worcs

Town Crier 4.5Hook Norton Hook Norton, OxfordshireHooky Bitter 3.6Hooky Gold 4.1Hop Back Salisbury, WiltshireBrewers Challenge 4.3Crop Circle 4.2Entire Stout 4.5GFB 3.5Hornbeam Denton, Manchester Lemon Blossom 3.7Hoskins Leicester EXS 5.0Idle Stockwith, South YorkshireSod 4.2Inveralmond Inveralmond, PerthLia Fail 4.7Isle of Purbeck Studland, Dorset Best Bitter 3.6Kelham Island Sheffield, South YorksEasy Rider 4.3Lancaster Lancaster Blonde 4.1Leeds Leeds, West YorshireMidnight Bell 4.8Pale 3.8Loch Leven Blairadam, FifeOnce Bitten 3.9Lytham Lytham, Lancashire

Amber 3.6Dark 5.0Marble Manchester Stouter Stout 4.7Mauldons Sudbury, Suffolk Suffolk Pride 4.8Mighty Oak Maldon Essex Fork Handles 4.3Oscar Wilde 3.7Moorhouses Burnley, LancashirePendle Witches Brew 5.1Nethergate Pentlow, Essex Old Growler 5.0Northern Northwich, Cheshire

One-der-fuel-wheat 4.7Soul Rider 4.0Summer Breeze 4.1Nottingham NottinghamEPA 4.2

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OHanlons Whimple, DevonOriginal Port Stout 4.8Oakham Peterborough, Cambridgeshire

Akhenaten 4.9Black Hole Porter 5.5Last of the Few 7.0Oblivion 5.6

Tranquility 6.5Oakleaf Gosport, HampshireBitter 3.8IPA 5.5NuptuAle 4.2Orkney Stromness, Orkney Dark Island 4.6Ossett Ossett, West YorkshirePale Gold 3.8Otley Pontypridd O Garden 4.8O8 8.0Palmer Bridport, Dorset Dorset Gold 4.5Tally Ho 5.5Phoenix Heywood, Gtr Manchester Hop Sack 3.8White Monk 4.5Purity Great Alne, WarwickshirePure Ubu 4.5RCH West Hewish, Somerset

Double Header 5.3Firebox 6.0PG Steam 3.9Steam Harvest 4.8Red Rat Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk Golden Ale 4.2Viking Pride 5.0Red Squirrel Hertford, HertfordshireMunich 4.1Weiss Beer 4.5Roosters Knaresborough, North YorksDry Irish Stout 4.7Wild Mule 3.9Rudgate York, North YorkshireSpecial 4.5Saltaire Shipley, West YorkshireCascade Pale Ale 4.8Raspberry Blonde 4.0Sarah Hughes Dudley, West Midlands

Amber 4.0Sharps Rock, Cornwall

Red Ale 4.1Slaters Stafford, StaffordshirePremium 4.4Top Totty 4.0Why Not? 3.6

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Son of Sid Little Gransden, CambsMuck Cart Mild 3.5St Austell St Austell, Cornwall Proper Job IPA 4.5St Georges Callow End, WorcestershirePint 4.3Thornbridge Bakewell, Derbys

Kipling 5.2Timothy Taylor Keighley, West YorkshireGolden Best 3.5Titanic Stoke on Trent, StaffordshireWhite Star 4.8

Triple fff Alton, HampshireStairway to Heaven 4.6Westerham Edenbridge, Kent Progress 4.0

Yard of Ale Ferryhill, Co. DurhamYards Ahead 4.2

Yates Wigton, Cumbria

Golden Ale 3.9 York York, North YorkshireCrystal 4.0Guzzler 3.6Yorkshire Terrier 4.2

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BOTTLE CONDITIONED BEER BAR - Sponsored by St Albans Pubwatch

Ascot Ales Camberley, Surrey Anastatias Exile Stout 5.0Cheddar Cheddar Somerset Goats Leap 5.7Gorge Best 4.2Downton Downton, WiltshireChimera 7.0Fullers Chiswick, London1845 6.3Vintage Ale 2009 8.5Gales Prize Old Ale 9.0Brewers Reserve 8.2Bengal Lancer 5.3Hawkshead Staveley, Cumbria

Organic Oatmeal Stout 4.5Hepworth Horsham, Sussex Sussex 3.8Prospect 4.5Hogs Back Tongham, Surrey OTT 6.0BSA 4.5

Hop Back Downton, WiltshireEntire Stout 4.5Taiphoon 4.2Naylor Keighley, West YorkshirePinacle Porter 4.8Little Valley (Suma) Hebden Bridge, W YorksLong Wall Mouse 5.0Oakleaf Gosport, HampshireHole Hearted Golden Bitter 4.7Otley Pontypridd, Mid GlamorganColumb-O 4.0O-Garden Wheat Beer 4.8Rhymney Dowlais, Merthyr Tidfil Export Ale 5.0

St Austell St Austell, Cornwall Admirals Ale Proper Job 5.5Sharp Rock, Cornwall Reserve 4.5Teme Knightwick, Gloucester Wotever Next 5.0Westerham Edenbridge, Kent William Wilberforce Freedom Ale 4.8

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CIDER AND PERRY BAR - Sponsored by Millwhites Cider

CIDERMillwhites HertfordshireScrumpy*(medium) 6.5Rum cask* (medium) 7.5Whisky Cask*(medium dry) 7.5

Apples and Pears (medium-sweet) 5.0Blackberry Blush (medium sweet) 6.5Wilkins Somerset (sweet)Crossman Somerset (sweet)Richs Somerset Cider (sweet)

Parsons Somerset Choice (medium)Hartland Gloucestershire (medium)West Croft Janets Jungle Juice (medium)Lyne Down Much Marcle (medium)Boll Hayes Devon Clayhidon (medium)

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Severn Gloucestershire Sider (medium)Sandford Devon Orchard (medium)Troggi Monmouth (dry)Gwyncyddraig Vale of GlamorganOld Monty Montgomeryshire (dry)Gwatkin Herefordshire Single Variety (dry)Rathays Herefordshire Balls Seedling (dry)Ross on Wye Herefordshire (dry)Ross Parker St Albans, Hertfordshire ( dry)* Available in bottles on the Bottled Beer Bar

PERRYHartland Gloucestershire (medium)Days Cottage Gloucestershire (medium)Hecks Somerset Single Variety (medium)Orchards (medium)

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FOREIGN BEER BAR

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AustriaEdelweiss 5.0AustraliaCoopers Extra Strong Vintage Ale 7.5Coopers Original Pale 4.5

Coopers Sparkling Ale 5.8Little Creatures Pale Ale 5.2BelgiumBoelens Waaslander 5.0Botteresse sur les Bois Cerise 8.5Brootcoorens Angelus Blonde 7.0Cantillon Iris 5.0Cantillon Kriek 5.0Caracole Ambre 7.5Daas Organic Ambree 6.5Daas Organic Blond 6.5Daas Organic White 5.0Drie Fonteinen Vintage Geuze 2005 6.0Duysters Roodebol 6.6Duysters Tuverbol 11.0Dupont Saison 6.5Girardin Framboise 5.0Hanssens Oudbeitje 6.0Hofbrouwerijke Blondelle 7.0

Jandrain-Jandrenouille IV Saison 6.0Kerkom Bink Blond 5.5Mort Subite Oude Kriek 6.5Orval 6.2Ranke Guldenberg 8.5Ranke Noir de Dottignies 9.0Rochefort 8 9.2Rochefort 10 11.3Ryck Arend Tripel 8.0Silly Titje 4.7Struise Rosse 6.0Czech RepublicBernard Svtl Lek 4.7Bernard erne Pivo 5.0Bernard Svten Lek 3.8Bernard Svten Lek 5.0Budweiser Budvar Ceske 5.0Denmark

Amager Bryggens Blond 5.0

Midtfyns Gladiator 6.4FranceThiriez Etoile du Nord 5.5

Germany Augustiner Helles 5.2Bolten Ur Alt 4.8Frh Klsch 4.8Hacker Pschorr Oktoberfestbier 5.8

Jever Pils 4.9Keesman Herren Pils 4.6Mahrs Weisse Bock 5.0Maisels Hefe Weisse 5.7Oettinger Pilsner 4.7Reissdorf Klsch 4.8Schlenkerla Rauch Mrzen 5.1Schlenkerla Rauch Weisse 5.2Schneider Aventinus 8.2Italy

Almond 22 Frederic 6.0Lambrate Miontestella 4.9NetherlandsChristoffel Bier 6.0Emelisse Double IPA 9.7Gulpener Korenwolf 5.0Hemel Nieuw Ligt Grand Cru 12.0Ij Natte 6.5Ij Wit 7.0

Klein Duimpje Smokey Porter 5.5Molen Amerikaans 4.5Molen Man & Macht 3.9Oijen Eikelbier 6.0Schelde Schoenlappertje 5.0Servattumus Knalbier 7.5SNAB Ijsbock 9.0SNAB Koning Honing 7.5Us Heit Buorren Bier 6.0NorwayNogne O Pale Ale 6.0SwedenNils Oscar Jull 2009 7.7USACaptain Lawrence Captains Reserva IPA 9.0Lost Abbey Red Barn Ale 6.0Southern Tier Hop Sun 4.6

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Unlike the chilled fizzy products generally found in pubs, this festival offers youthe chance to taste real cider and perry, a still drink which is not over-chilled,so you can taste the natural flavours which come through from the fruit.

Real cider is made by pressing the apples, generally around September to November, and then leaving the juice to ferment over the Winter months. The apples used in the West Country style ciders arespecifically grown for cider production. In the East of the country eatersand cookers are traditionally used, although some producers have nowstarted to grow or import cider apples from the West.

Although real cider can sometimes be found in pubs, real perry is a much rarer sight. It is produced inthe same way as real cider, but using pears. The drink which is produced has been described by someas more like a wine than cider, and as with cider the taste depends on the fruit used and the area itcomes from.

As you can see, the range of ciders and perries available offers a diverse range of tastes so why notvisit the cider bar and try some real cider and perry. With this variety you should be able to findsomething to your taste.

Cider & Perry

Do you know what St Albans best kept secret is?- Its The Garibaldi Pub on Albert Street St Albans!

Were an ethical pub - we use local produce for our real home cooking from 12 noon to 9pmTuesday to Sunday - with a traditional family roast every Sunday.

Were a community pub - pets and children are welcome and we have a patio area andoutside TV for all the big events.

Join us on our Karaoke nights, open mic sessions and live music at the weekend - and asuperb choice of beers, wine and real ales. So come along to St Albans best kept secret -

The Garibaldi, Albert Street St Albans!

R E A L A L E R E A L F O O D R E A L I S T IC P R I C E S

The Garibaldi01727 894745

61 Albert Street St Albans

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Venture down the stairs of the Arena and you will be transported to beers from around the world in abottle. As well as some old favourites we have tried to track down some of the lesser known qualitybrews from beyond these shores - many brewed by small artisan breweries using the best qualityingredients and enthusiasm.

Mention foreign beer to many a connoisseur and their mind willimmediately jump to Belgium where beer is not just for drinking butmore a way of life, especially for the trappist monks who betweentheir heavenly devotions brew some remarkable beers, dark, verystrong and well matured. Only five of these abbey breweries survivetoday and we will have some examples for you to try. The culture of beer extends throughout the land and can even be studied atuniversity. Beer styles include dubbels (generally dark), triples(usually amber), spiced and herbal saisons, lambics (fermented with

wild yeasts and noticeably sour), fruit beers - most famously kriek(cherry), framboise (raspberry), apple, blackcurrant and even honey,also wheat and blond beers to mention but a few. Be warned thatmany of these brews are very strong and are sold in small quantities;they are for supping slowly and savouring, not to be gulped down inthe English fashion.

The Netherlands by contrast has more of a reputation for brewing in quantity rather than quality, in aland dominated by the giant Heineken/Amstel near monopoly. However in recent years there has beena great upsurge of new microbreweries producing characterful beers, often using quite novel

ingredients. Look out for the bottom fermented, unfiltered blond beer from Christoffel 6%, and the verystrong rich sweet and fruity Grand Cru from Hemel at a whopping 12%.

Many British people think of Germany as the land of the lager, often served ice cold and very fizzy.While this is true in the mass market there are some good quality lagers to be found, slowly fermentedand matured for a long time. An old favourite at this festival is Jever Pilsener from the FriesischesBrauhaus. Lagers also come in dark and smokey varieties and we hope to have some of these for youto try. Germany also has many top fermented beers - look out for the Alt beers from Dusseldorf andKolsch from Cologne, Oktoberfest from Munich or the distinctively smokey Rauchbier from Bamberg.Just a few examples of the dozen or so recognised classic brewing styles.

The Czech Republic has a long tradition of brewing Pilsen style beers (named after the town).Characterised by a deep golden-amber colour and a rich, sugary malt body. Many of the new brewersclaim to emulate the original quality - especially Bernard - which we hope to have available at thefestival. Particularly interesting is their unfiltered version. Fighting for many decades against the giant

American brewer, Anheuser-Busch, over the rights to use the Budweiser name, Budvar is a beautifullybalanced classic beer which is a popular regular at our festival. Try it to taste the difference with therice-based beer from the A-B giant.

Many of the former colonies like Australia, New Zealand and America were once as dry as the dustbowl for real ale but are now producing some world class ales from their micro- or craft breweriesthanks to the renewed world-wide interest in quality individualistic products.If you want to take some samples home with you, we can arrange this though there is a small depositto pay on the bottles.

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Place your order by calling Lynne on

01442 890721

e take the finest natural

ingredients from here andaround the world and make

beautiful beers.Themed around the legends and folk tales of oldHertfordshire, our range of up to nine ales offers

something for every taste - and with national distribution

either direct or via our nominated wholesalers, were just a phone call away.

Visit www.tringbrewery.co.uk for full details.

Legendary Be fromHertfordshire

CAMRA & SIBA Award-winning AlesBrewed in Tring, using only the finestnatural ingredientsNationwide distributionNew BREWERY SHOP openWeekdays 9-6 and Saturdays 9-12

Email: info@tringbrewery.co.uk | www.tringbrewery.co.uk

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It is rumoured that when John Brown conceived the idea for a Malting just off Tring High Street, heplanned the whole design, in his head, during an epic twenty four hours of sleep. This nocturnalblueprint was undoubtedly exact as the family run brewery went on to supply most of the towns beer from 1826 to 1898.

Fast forward over a century and no doubt the currentteam at Tring Brewery could have wished that theplanning and indeed the building of the new Tring brewerycould have been undertaken with such comparable ease.

As it turns out, the results of much hard effort havebrought forth a wonderful new facility. Having outgrownthe Akeman Street location in Tring of course, TringBrewery has replanted itself in June this year half a half mile away within the rural surroundings of Dunsley Farm.

Andrew Jackson, the director of the brewery, said that a move to larger premises had been on the cardsfor a number of years but felt it was important for the brewerys customers and the local community toretain the tradition of brewing in Tring. The availability of suitable sites proved to be limited but we arefortunate to have finally settled down in our new home.

The site at Dunsley farm, an old barn, could best be described as no more than a capacious, dusty,steel clad shell when Tring Brewery took occupation. After an extensive overhaul the new brewery,adorned with an equally fresh new logo, now offers numerous benefits over the old site, including(importantly), the ability to produce more beer.

The primary catalyst to up-scaling was down to demandoutstripping supply. Its never good to run out of beer,commented second brewer BenMarston, and with brew runsbeing at least double that of our old site, we aim to ensure nocustomer is left with an empty

glass. Additionally the newfacilities will provide opportunitiesfor improved quality and service.

The new brewery now boasts a large retail and hospitality space providing a view onto the brewery.Taking cues from traditional pub interiors, this space will also serve as the sampling area for theBrewerys many tours and charity events.

Whilst it is undeniably sad for the staff at thebrewery to be moving from the AkemanStreet site, a site that has served them well

for so many years, all the staff at TringBrewery are looking forward to being better equipped to serve present and futurecustomers for many years to come.

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Up to three ales available straightfrom the cask

Mike and Lesley celebratingover 20 years of serving

quality ales atThe Green Man

Tel: 01727 854845

The Green ManHigh Street, Sandridge

The Green ManHigh Street, Sandridge

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Beers matured to perfection the Fullers way

Bottle conditioning is the process of allowing a smallamount of yeast to ferment gently in the bottle, for pure

quality this is the closest thing to cask ale. Bottleconditioning is a demanding art; knowledge and skill areneeded at every stage of the process. The tiny residuesof yeast that ferment in the bottle help to developcharacter and flavour over time, just as fine vintagewines do.

Fullers now produce five bottle conditioned beers, 1845, PrizeOld Ale, Vintage Ale and the more recent Brewers Reserve andBengal Lancer. Whilst all require the same care, skill and

attention, each offers a wealth of different flavours andexperiences. The process for bottle conditioning a beer differsfrom the normal process of placing a beer in bottle. Once thebeers have been carefully brewed and fermented to their uniquerecipe they are allowed to mature in the brewery for around sixweeks - however some would require even longer.

The first few weeks of this maturation period is known as warm conditioning, due to the temperatureat which the beer is kept. During this time there is a specific quantity of Fullers yeast (or Gales yeastfor Prize Old Ale) available to produce carbon dioxide from the fermentable extract carefully left in the

beer. This time is also important for modifying the flavour of the beer and as a result the beer becomesless grainy and grassy - flavours associated with young beer.

Once complete, Fullers then cold condition the beer. At thisstage it is important to remove any compounds that cause thebeer to haze prematurely. After the conditioning period, the beer is filtered which helps protect against contamination andenhances the haze stability of the beer. This is essential becausethe beers are not pasteurised. A very specific quantity of yeast isthen added into the beer after filtering, a process known as re-

seeding, before being filled into bottles very carefully.The yeast will then produce carbon dioxide gas in the bottle as aresult of secondary fermentation of the residual sugars left in thebeer. This gas gives the beer its condition. Once the yeast has usedthe sugars, it continues to be active helping to modify the flavour of the beer over time, even when it has settled to the bottom of thebottle. The beers are then closely monitored to ensure they developthe desired flavours before being released to enjoy. Fullers bottleconditioned beers along with those from other breweries are

available at the St Albans Beer Festival on our bottled beer stand inthe foyer. Make a point of trying one, or more, at the festival and if you are able (and disciplined enough) take some away to storesome for a period of time before enjoying, you will be able to see justhow much the flavours change over the months and years.

Bottle Conditioning

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Kashu are proud to be supportingthe St Albans Beer Festival For the2nd year running.Come and enjoy our fantastic

hog roast with all the trimmings.

www.kashu.co.uk tel: 01727 854436 9 Hatfield Road, St Albans AL1 3RR

Dine in at KashuCut out this voucher and fill in

your details to get

15% offthe total food bill Sun to Thurs

Name:

Address:

Email Address:

Terms & Conditions apply.

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The First Hertfordshire Beer FestivalWell, the first thing is it was not called a Beer Festival but a Beer Exhibition and it was the verybeginning for the kind of event you are visiting today. It took place in December 1974 and Steve Burywrote an article about the exhibition which was published in the South Herts Newsletter No.5November 1976. With a few minor amendments, the article was as follows:

The First Hertfordshire Beer Festival

The Hertfordshire Beer Exhibition, in which I hada small part, took place in the Market Hall, St

Albans in December 1974. For me, and all thosepresent I am sure it was a day never to beforgotten.

A 200 plus crowd downed 2000 pints in anafternoon and early evening session, which wassecond to none. With all the beers at 2 pence per

half and the entrance fee at 50 pence, ticketswere sold out well in advance. Some exceptionswere made - I remember four weary hitch hikersfrom Manchester just could not be turned away.

Three committee members and three from thefloor (one being myself) had been elected at abranch meeting several months earlier asorganisers. There was a difficulty in finding asuitable venue without licensing problems, but we

had a generous offer of an occasional licensefrom the guvnor of the Crown & Sceptre, BridensCamp, the amazing little Free House (nowGreene King) near Hemel Hempstead that is stilltrading to this day.

The eloquent Rob Griffin composed an excellentletter which we sent to every brewer in thesouthern counties. The response was lukewarmto start with, but when the first brewers offered us

some free beer, word seemed to get around anddonations literally poured in. As we were spreadout between Barnet, Watford and St Albans, itgave us a chance to hold Committee meetings atsome of the most interesting of the few real alepubs left in the county at the time.

DRINKERS DREAMWe didnt have much difficulty collecting thebeers. Many a keen branch member was willing

to go forth to outlying areas and at the same timesample the local brew. Some barrels werecollected by Steve Warnes and others werecollected in a hired van. Alan Saunders delayed

collections at Rayments having organised hisown private brewery trip with one of theemployees.

Anyway the beer arrived safely by Friday, alldonated free except for two firkins. We thoughtwe had written to every brewery, (includingWatneys who had politely declined) but as thebeer was being racked we had a surprise visit

from one of the directors of Charringtons, whohad heard from someone at Youngs about theevent. He had requisitioned a kil of IPA and drivenfrom the Mile End Brewery (now sadly closed) tomake sure that Charringtons were there.

By Friday evening 26 casks, representing 14brewers were all tapped and spiled. The taps,brass and wood, had been begged and borrowedfrom many a friend and relative; even pub display

items were in use for the first time in years- beer mats, posters, pub guides etc. gave the hall thatdecorative splash of colour the occasion needed.

Reg Thomas and I slipped out for a couple of pints of Youngs to steady our nerves. St Albanswas then a very dry town, with only the Farriers

Arms (Macs) and the Lower Red Lion, a freehouse selling Youngs to its credit. We cut throughfrom Fishpool Street for some Macs arriving back

in time for the Grand Opening.

Soon the hall was filled with drinkers and deepdiscussion on the merits and quality of the ales.Fullers, Adnams, Brakspears and Hook Nortonwere gaining the most interest as they were notthen available anywhere in the county.The ESB ran out first but late arrivals made up for it with Abbot Ale. The local Morris Dancers gaveus a great display with crowd participation fromJohn Simpson, better known for his CheerlessCharlie cartoons than his folk dancing.

The deadline of 9.30 pm for clearing the hall

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could not have worked out better. The beers wererunning out one by one and the guests werewending their weary way home through the darkstreets of St Albans. Even after the afternoonsexceptional showing a few managed a nightcapat the two locals.

SUCCESS AND PUBLICITYThe hall suddenly silent, looked devastated- thesouvenir hunters had taken the lot, down to thenotices on the barrels saying 2 pence per half pint!

For the campaign, it was a great success; we asthe Herts branch had organised and run the first,but by no means the last beer festival. It had beena great event on a local scale and we did very

well for publicity from all the local papers, plussome of the dailies. We had managed to get thewhole branch actively involved where a certainapathy had crept in and gained many a newmember (the fee was 1 a year at the time) andmuch public interest.

WHAT HAPPENED NEXT?Yes, the beer was all sold at two pence per half apint, in the pub in those days was about twelve

pence per pint. The price was decided to cover our costs as we did not intend to make anymoney from the event (halcyon days). Therenever was another CAMRA Beer Exhibition, thebrewers are generous to this level very rarely.The event was followed by several others run bydifferent branches around the country and was

the catalyst for the firstGreat British Beer Festival held at AlexandraPalace in 1977. The nextSt Albans Beer Festivalwas not until the 10th

Anniversary of the branchin 1982, which was a jointevent with the St AlbansLVA who were celebratingtheir 50th anniversary thatyear. The Festival was

held in the BuildingCollege in Hatfield Roadas the culmination to aweek of charity events.

THE PEOPLE An update on some of those involved in theevent: sadly Reg Thomas died in December 2006, Bob Norrish like myself is still active in theSouth Herts branch. Rob Griffin can still be found

enjoying a pint or two around Watford and SteveWarnes shares his time between his home in St Austell and his other residence in Spain. JohnSimpson whose Cheerless Charlie cartoon wasused by the Campaign until being replaced by BillTidys Keg Buster is as far as I know alive andwell somewhere in North London and I have losttouch with Alan Saunders last heard of in Arkley,Barnet.

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Down1. The ambers served up without head initially -

its under a pint (4, 3)2. She might provide us a minder (9)3. In Mayfair, one club is found (4)4. Unclued (5,3)

5. Variety of dancing after working isavailable (2,3)6. Plan to help put back on weight (7)7. Biscuit in containers sent up after drink (6,4)8. Unclued (14)9. Risky place to be in the coin-spinning (2,4,3)10. Bottles recent redesign controlled from

here (5,6)17. Here, ale frothll disperse very quickly (4,3,7)19. Unclued (5)21. Unclued (3,8)23. Aircraft left last group (5)24. Large shot of whisky and ale unfinished infinal tally (5,5)26. Take time to consider recovery of stolen

pie (5,2,2)28. Sweeper has road crash in meeting place (9)29. Unclued (8)32. Unclued (7)34. Satisfied outwardly, we worked hard (7)37. Downs dark stuff in outskirts of St Albans (5)39. Starts to play one last over in game (4)

Across1. Unclued (11)7. Idiot taken in by gift which produces music (7)11. He has a role to play, revealing part of body (7)12. This airway alternately may go to ones head (5)13. Server forgetting one ingredient of beer (5)

14. Get-together thats appropriate (4)15. Hell take a shot of half bare legs from the back (6)16. Dozy creatures party to organised crime (7)18. Test involving elderly is a disaster (7)19. Paper showing Im involved in set-back (5)20. Spin doctor is very eager to begin with (5)21. Poser causes anger drinking Double Diamond (6)22. Supplanting spent decimal coinage (12)25. Persuading not to drink Directors Bitter? (12)27. This one is two (or eleven) (6)30. Fifty-fifty after Spanish pardons put down (5)31. Fleets in sound - thats something to gaze at (5)33. Injure girl - with this? (7)35. It might produce larger and nicer torso tops (7)36. Blue Peter is questionable in part (6)38. Pop stars sound not working (4)40. Bit of tree top lost in farm (5)41. Part of cat - a long claw (5)42. Beware yob with nothing right inside (4, 3)43. All rite? Perhaps thats a misprint (7)44. Didnt tell the truth about faulty Minis

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CAMRA, the Campaign for Real Ale , is a consumer group that was formed in 1971to campaign to keep real ale alive. For just 20* a year, thats less than a pint a month, you can signup to CAMRA and join more than 115,000 other members to help us make a difference. Its evencheaper if you take up the offer on page 20 of this programme at the membership stand in the foyer.

There are two halves to CAMRA membership.

Firstly, the serious campaigning half which fights for consumer rights on all beer and pub issues and

secondly, the relaxing side that encourages our members to enjoy real ale, pubs and the membershipbenefits received when joining the organisation. So, yes we do have many serious campaigns to fightbut we also want members to go out and enjoy great beer, excellent pubs and CAMRA membershipbenefit.

Campaigning - CAMRA acts as a powerful voice promoting well-run community pubs, real aleand consumer rights. We have had many successes over the years. These include:

Playing an important role in the Local Works Campaign, which led to the SustainableCommunities Act becoming law in 2007. This will help benefit local breweries and communitypubs.

Following a powerful campaign by CAMRA, we were delighted to see the introduction of smallbrewers relief. This has enabled many small breweries to invest more money into their operations and become more successful and viable.

Launching the LocAle scheme which promotes pubs which stock locally-brewed real ale. Thereare more than 100 of these schemes now across Britain. Visit www.camra.org.uk/campaignsto find out more.

Enjoying real ale, pubs and CAMRA membership benefits - The other less serious side to CAMRA membership is enjoying real ale, good pubs and the benefits you receive

as a member of the organisation.Real Ale - It is almost 40 years since CAMRA was founded and the real ale scene in Britain is far more exciting than it was in 1971! There are now more than 700 real ale breweries in Britain brewingover 2,500 different real ales. More than 70 of these breweries opened in the last 12 months.

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Pubs - Although the real ale market is blooming, unfortunately the same cannot be said for the pubsindustry. Recent research shows that almost 40 pubs close every week and CAMRA is doing its utmostto campaign and support pubs under threat from closure. Nevertheless, there are still plenty of greatpubs offering a superb range of real ale. CAMRA locally and nationally encourages members tosupport and enjoy Britains pubs in their hour of need!

CAMRA membership benefits - So what will you receive when you join CAMRA atSt Albans Beer Festival?

A quarterly magazine called BEER which is packed with superb features on pubs, beers andbreweries

A monthly newspaper, Whats Brewing informing you about beer and pub news and detailingevents and beer festivals around country

Free or reduced entry prices to over 150 national, regional and local beer festivals

Free Fullers T-Shirt/Polo Shirt (first 50 subscriptions - one shirt per subscription)

Two pints of Fullers ESB to drink at a local Fullers pub after the festival

10% discount on all holidays booked with cottages4you - www.camra.org.uk/cottages4you

20 worth of JD Wetherspoon real ale vouchers (40 x 50p off a pint vouchers) - please notethat Joint Members receive 20 worth of vouchers to share.

6% discount on holidays booked with Thomas Cook -www.camra.org.uk/thomascook

5% discount on canal boat holidays www.hireacanalboat.co.uk

CAMRA Discount Scheme promotes hundreds of pubs across Britain that offer CAMRAmembers discounts off the price of their real ales

Discounts on CAMRA books including theGood Beer GuideDiscounts on CAMRAs Beer Club cases - www.camrabeerclub.co.uk

The opportunity to campaign to save pubs and breweries under threat of closure

The chance to join CAMRA/Brewery Complimentary Clubs that are exclusive to CAMRAmembers. These clubs offer members a variety of promotions including free pint vouchers,brewery trips, competitions and merchandise offers

To read more about CAMRA membership please visit www.camra.org.uk/joinus

HAVE A FREE PINT ON US AS WELL! -If you decide to join by Direct Debit then we will also:

Help us make a difference, visit the Information

and Membership Stand in the Foyer andJOIN CAMRA TODAY!

Give you a 2 discount on your membership subscription

Buy you a couple of pints to drink at the festival to say thank you for reducing our administrationcosts, and therefore increase finances for campaigning

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St AlbansFood & DrinkFestival is the

Talk of the Town

Tel: 01727 864511 www.stalbansfoodanddrink.com

1st - 10th October 2010

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