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CONTENTSISSUE 2 2014

The Guests13Ship of TheseusAll about Bass

19WhatPub?A guide to WhatPub?

20Old Ale TalesSome pictures from Lincoln’s pub past.

The Regulars7Lincoln NewsA round up of local and national pub and brewery news

10What’s BrewingNational and Cider News.

11Members Page & Branch DiaryFind out what is going on in Lincoln CAMRA branch.

24RecimpesHoney Beer Chutney – Yum!

26 - 27TravAlea guide to some of Lincoln City Centre’s pubs.

29QuizQuiz time.

31Membership FormCAMRA Membership form

15 Meet the Brewer

Batemans Brewery

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Welcome.It’s good to be back! My thanks to Greg for guest editing and the rest of the team who regularly write and contribute ideas and information to ImpAle, it really is a team effort.

This time the team have produced another excellent issue (if I do say so myself) and we are all looking forward to a summer of drinking beer in lovely beer gardens. If you come across any that are particularly nice do please email or tweet me so I can check them out.

This issue, Steve Renshaw has gone to Meet the Brewer at Batemans, they have recently had an image update and are making some exciting changes, do let us know what you think. Steve Richardson, our resident history buff, has some pictures

from some old Batemans pubs and I know from the feedback I receive that these old pictures are well loved by some of you. If you have memories or pictures of any of Lincoln’s (or indeed Lincolnshire pubs) please let me know.

Aaron Joyce has a guide to using WhatPub?, a brilliant website set up by CAMRA that allows you to search for pubs near to you and allows you to find out information before you visit and is particularly useful if you are new to an area or just want to find somewhere new to go. Why not have a read and take a look at the WhatPub website yourself? You never know what a gem of a pub you might find!

So I’ll leave you to read this issue and enjoy your summer of beer drinking, and as usual if you have any comments please send them to me at [email protected] or tweet me @ImpAleEditor. Or be my friend on Facebook – Lincoln CAMRA ImpAle

Cheers, Wendy

Our Twitter account @Lincoln_CAMRA has over 2000 followers! Please like our new Facebook page Lincoln CAMRA. To help keep the success going we need your help! Please email Ashley at [email protected] with your local pub’s events, be it a regular weekly quiz/food night and one off events, it’s an easy way to become active within the branch with minimal effort.

ImpAleEditorWendy Margetts

DesignMatt RichardsArt Of Matelot, Matelot Marketing Limited

PublisherNeil Richards MBEMatelot Marketing Limited 01536 358670 [email protected]

Front CoverSteve Richardson

With kind help fromSteve Renshaw, Steve Richardson, Wendy Renshaw, Aaron Joyce, Richard Banks, Ashley Sewell, Greg Richards, Matt Mills, Batemans Brewery, Anna, Crispin at Ciderbods, Lincolnshire County Council, Lincoln Central Library, Local Studies Collection.

ImpAle is the magazine of Lincoln CAMRA and Louth CAMRA branches. CAMRA campaigns for real ale, real pubs and consumer rights. It is an independent, voluntary organisation with more than 160,000 members nationally. ImpAle magazine is published three times a year and is available free through pubs in Lincoln and Louth branch areas. To join CAMRA, help preserve Britain’s brewing and pub industry, get the campaigns quarterly newsletter and its monthly newspaper What’s Brewing and a host of other membership benefits visit www.camra.org.uk

CAMRA is a limited company, run at national level by an elected unpaid board of directors and at regional level by volunteer regional directors, both backed by full time professional staff.

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NEWS

Dog and Bone is Lincoln’s

Pub of the YearThe Dog and Bone on John Street has been selected as the Lincoln CAMRA Branch Pub of the Year for 2014. The selection process started with a vote by local CAMRA members. Then five judges visited the pubs that topped the poll to assess the quality of the beer, the atmosphere, service, community focus and value for money. The other finalists were Lincoln’s Strugglers Inn and Jolly Brewer, and the Dambusters Inn at Scampton

The Dog and Bone is a hidden gem among the old terraced houses off Monks Road. This thriving community pub was taken over by enthusiastic husband and wife team, Chris and Sarah Sorrell, in February 2013. Above the bar is a collection of old valve radios and paraphernalia that always sparks discussion, and the pub’s board

games are popular and well-used. The walls display works from local artists, and the wonderful garden is an oasis of calm. On the bar are five real ales and two handpull ciders. The pub belongs to Batemans so beers from this long-established, Lincolnshire family brewery feature, along with interesting guest ales.

Lincoln CAMRA chairman, Aaron Joyce, said, “To win Pub of the Year after just twelve months in charge is a fantastic achievement by Chris and Sarah. They’ve taken this great little community pub up to another level.”

The Dog and Bone now goes forward to the Lincolnshire round of the competition, where it will be up against the winners from the Gainsborough, Grimsby, Scunthorpe, Louth and Grantham branches.

Heneage Arms beer and music festival

The volunteers at the Heneage Arms community pub in Hainton are holding their first beer and music festival over the weekend of 30th May to 1st June. The plan is to have around a dozen ales from local microbreweries, plus a few real ciders. Springhead Brewery in Laneham is providing support. Over the weekend they will be raising funds for CLIC Sargent, LIVES, St Mary’s Church, Hainton and Lincoln City Radio.

Nocton Social ClubNocton is a small village seven miles south-east of Lincoln. Until recently, a covenant prevented a public house opening in the village. However, Nocton Social Club, founded approximately 65 years ago, provides a bar within the village hall. With the support of Cathedral Heights Brewery, the club has been running a competition to name an ale and design the pump clip. The winner was Mrs Clodagh West, who suggested the name Nocton Flier and produced a design inspired by the light railway used by Smiths Crisps to transport potatoes from Nocton Farms.

Chequers cheerLocals at Potterhanworth are celebrating the reopening of the village pub, following a two-and-a-half year closure. The Chequers pub/restaurant has three handpumps and the ales change regularly. New manager, Isabelle Roe, is delighted with the support she has received from the villagers. Isabelle is the niece of owners Sara and Bob Roe, who also own the Pyewipe Inn near Saxilby and the Penny Farthing at Timberland.

It’s not all good news! Riverside Brewery, the Wainfleet microbrewery set up by John Dixon in 2003, has closed. The brewery’s regular beers were Dixon’s Major (3.9% ABV), a traditional brown bitter and Old Diabolical (4.4% ABV), a golden, full-bodied beer. John has returned to his previous job as a pub auditor and stock-taker.

IN BRIEF

Presentation evening at the Dog and Bone


News

The Treaty of Commerce, the Batemans’ pub close to Lincoln High Street’s notorious level crossing, has new tenants. Gillian Butler has previously worked at the Dog and Bone. Along with her partner Andrew McKinley, she plans to redecorate the interior, improve the beer garden and introduce a new food menu.

Building on the popularity of the pub with Lincoln City supporters, Gillian and Andrew hope that the Treaty will become a hub for local sports fans. “We want to get behind the local sports teams. We’re going to have all the scores

a n d tables up on the wall, and we’re hoping to get some big screens in over the summer for the World Cup,” said Gillian.

The Treaty’s unique name refers to an Anglo-French free trade agreement signed in 1860. There are tables for diners towards the back of the pub, where there is an unusual barrel-vaulted ceiling. Previous tenants, Paul Learoyd and Sandra Battle have taken over at the King’s Arms in Boston

The 2014 edition of CAMRA’s “Good Beer Guide” sees the 30th consecutive appearance of Lincoln’s Victoria. The local CAMRA branch has presented a certificate to the pub to mark the achievement.

Nestling in the shadow of the castle walls, the Vic has two small rooms and a heated outdoor seating area. Batemans XB, Yella Belly Gold and Castle Rock Harvest Pale are regular beers, along with up to four guests plus a real cider and a perry.

Tony Eastwood, founder of drinks wholesaler Small Beer Ltd, bought the Victoria from Whitbread and, after extensive structural work, it reopened in December 1983. As a free house, it was an instant hit with the growing number of real-ale enthusiasts in Lincoln, and it was included in the “Good Beer Guide” for the first time in the 1985 edition.

In 1998, when Small Beer decided to concentrate on the wholesaling side of the business, they sold their three pubs to the Tynemill pub group. Tynemill was founded in 1977 by

former CAMRA national chairman Chris Holmes, who went on to set up Castle Rock Brewery. In 2007, the Vic was transferred to Batemans in a deal that saw Nottingham’s Lincolnshire Poacher move to Tynemill.

Throughout all the changes of ownership, the beer quality has remained high. This is thanks to the efforts of manager and cellar keeper, Neil Renshaw, who has worked at the pub for 25 years.

The Pheasantry Brewery near East Markham is holding its second annual beer festival from Friday 20th to Sunday 22nd June 2014. Over 20 local real ales will be available, including six of the brewery’s own beers. There’s also live music, children’s games and a barbeque in the garden.

Mark Easterbrook set up the brewery and restaurant with wife, Mary, whose family has farmed in the area for generations. Mark said, “We now have six real ales in the Pheasantry range, including bitter, pale, amber, golden and dark ales and our recently-launched Mikado Mild, so we have plenty to choose from!” The Mikado Mild is named

after the Mikado pheasant, a rare species with black and dark blue plumage, reflecting the dark colour of the beer.

The brewery and restaurant are on the A57 just minutes from the A1, on the Nottinghamshire Lincolnshire border. Entry for the festival is £3 per adult, including a free half of beer, up to 6 pm, and £5 per adult after 6 pm, including two free halves of beer. Entry is free for CAMRA members and children.

Branch chairman, Aaron Joyce, presents the certificate to Neil Renshaw.

30 years of good beer at

the Vic

All change at the Treaty

Pheasantry festival returns


News

Poachers at the Wheatsheaf

The Wheatsheaf Inn in Dry Doddington, on the border of Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire south-east of Newark, has been taken on by Stephen and Joanne Mcleod. Joanne is the daughter of George Batterbee, owner of Poachers Brewery in North Hykeham. Under the previous owners, the pub’s four handpumps carried national brands. With George’s help, this has changed to one national, two beers from microbreweries and a specially-brewed house ale (from Poachers, of course).

Newark newsExciting times for real ale drinkers in Newark, as two new outlets have opened. The Horse and Gears on Portland Street has been bought and refurbished by the Nottingham-based Blue Monkey Brewery. It has reopened as the brewery’s third Organ Grinder pub. The others are in Loughborough and Nottingham. The Flying Circus, formerly the Crown and Mitre on Castlegate, is owned by Dan Derry, owner of Newark Brewery. It is run by Heidi and Tony Yale, who were managers at the Castle and then the Prince Rupert.

Brewer opens real ale barAaron Taylor, assistant brewer at Grafters Brewery, has teamed up with friend and former workmate, Dan Wilkinson, to open a real ale bar in Gainsborough. The premises on Lord Street have been given a retro makeover and renamed The Taphouse. They are serving eight real ales, including Grafters Traditional as the house beer, along with real cider and perry. CAMRA members receive a 10p discount off the price of a pint.

Welbeck winsWelbeck Abbey’s 4.5% porter, Portland Black, was named the Champion Winter Beer for the East Midlands at the National Winter Ales Festival in Derby. Portland Black will now go forward to porter category of the Champion Beer of Britain, to be judged at the same festival in 2015. Meanwhile, the brewery is increasing its capacity from 15,000 to 18,000 pints per week.

IN BRIEFAs reported in the last edition of ImpAle, Newby Wyke Brewery has been approached about providing a barrel of its 6.0% ABV golden ale, HMS Queen Elizabeth, for the naming ceremony of the Royal Navy’s new aircraft carrier.

HMS Queen Elizabeth is the largest warship ever built for the Royal Navy and is capable of carrying up to forty aircraft. Her Majesty the Queen will attend a celebration in Rosyth on Friday 4 July, where she will name the ship in a momentous ceremony.

In advance of the event, Chief Petty Officer John Moult, who leads the ship’s air weapons team, visited the Grantham brewery. During the visit, Nick Boles, the MP for Grantham and Stamford, presented CPO Moult with a framed display which included a pump clip and the new ship’s crest.

The Sebastopol Inn in Minting recently won the Best Dining Pub in the Lincolnshire Life’s 2013/14 Taste of Excellence award and the Pub of the Year in the 2014 Select Lincolnshire Love Food awards. The Reed family reopened the historic pub in the summer of 2011. Dad, David, is usually found behind the bar while son, Nick, is head chef. Although predominantly a food-led pub, the Sebastopol serves two real ales. Batemans supply one and guest ales are sourced direct from microbreweries. As with their food suppliers, they try to keep it local (in Lincolnshire) but do occasionally venture over the border to brewers in Nottinghamshire and Yorkshire. David said, “We work with 16

local microbreweries, and never have the same guest ale twice. So far, we’ve had 124.” As proof, the pump clips are displayed in the bar.

Newby Wyke - by Royal (Navy)

appointment

Nick Boles MP makes the presentation to CPO John Moult. Head brewer, Rob March, looks on.

Sebastopol scoops awards

Diane and David Reed with son, Nick, at the Sebastopol.


WHAT’SBREWINGNATIONALLY

March> According to CAMRA research, two pubs were converted into supermarkets every week during 2012 and 2013, despite local opposition. Supermarkets are continuing to exploit a loophole in planning law which allows pubs to be converted to other uses without planning permission.> The Swan with Two Necks in Pendleton, Lancashire, has been crowned CAMRA’s National Pub of the Year. Described as a “hidden gem”, the Swan is much more than just a pub - it’s at the centre of village life,> A porter has been named CAMRA’s Winter Beer of Britain, making it two wins in a row for the style. Dunham Porter (5.2% ABV), brewed by Dunham Massey Brewery in Greater Manchester, was named top winter beer at the National Winter Ales Festival in Derby.

April> Campaigners and lobbyists were celebrating after the Chancellor abolished all remaining alcohol duty escalators and announced a penny cut in beer tax. George Osborne also announced a duty freeze on real cider.> The latest data from CGA Strategy and CAMRA shows the number of pub closures in the UK has risen from 26 to 28 per week. Now CAMRA is pressing the government to implement its plans for a pubs watchdog to protect licensees.> A village cricket club has been crowned CAMRA’s National Club of the Year. Barnton Cricket Club, near Northwich, Cheshire, has been finalist in the competition organised with industry magazine “Club Mirror” twice before.

May> The perception that wine is healthier than beer is a myth, according to a US professor. Research shows strong evidence that moderate consumption of any alcoholic drink is linked with a lower risk of heart disease and that most of this protection comes from the alcohol rather than any other component in the drink.> New CAMRA research shows that 38% of British adults never visit a pub, and more than a third of pub-goers visit the pub less often than they did twelve months ago. And, worryingly, pubs are not marketing themselves to potential customers.> The troubled Growler Brewery has been bought by a consortium formed by one of its co-founders, Dick Burge. The Essex brewery, established nearly thirty years ago as Nethergate, was struggling financially even though it has a turnover of more than £1.7 million.

If you’re not a CAMRA member, you won’t be getting all the latest real ale, pub and brewing news delivered to your door every month. Join, using the form on page 31 and get What’s Brewing and Beer delivered free, plus a host of other membership benefits.

ImpAle rounds up CAMRA’s news from the last three months


Lincoln Beer FestivalAt the time of writing, we’re working through all the staffing forms for the beer festival. A big ‘Thank you’ to everyone who has volunteered to help run the event. We’re really lucky to have so many local members who turn out year after year. And it’s good to see new faces too. We couldn’t do it without you.

Branch Pub of the Year competitionFor 2015, we’re planning some changes to the branch Pub of the Year competition. Instead of just having one award, we’re going to have two, one for city pubs and the other for country pubs. We’ve yet to finalise the details, but we’ll probably have a members’ ballot to select a short list in each category. Then we’ll have volunteer judges to score the finalists against the criteria used in the national rounds of the competition. The pub we put into the Lincolnshire round will be the better of our two award winners. For full details and voting form, look out for the September newsletter.

CAMRA - the next 40 yearsThe Fit-for-Purpose Review reported to the 2011 National Annual General Meeting and made 57 recommendations to ensure that the Campaign remains relevant in a changing UK beer environment. You can view the report and check on the progress on implementing the recommendations by visiting www.camra.org.uk/FFPRupdate.

Keep your personal details up to dateIf you move house, or change your phone number or e-mail address, please let CAMRA headquarters know. The HQ membership database is our only means of staying in contact with you. You can update your personal details via the CAMRA website (www.camra.org.uk) or by calling membership enquiries on 01727 798440.

Branch DiaryMay22nd - 24th Lincoln Beer Festival.Sunday 25th Festival Workers’ Social - Dog & Bone, Lincoln. (Booking required.)

JuneSunday 1st Committee Meeting - Green Man, Norton Disney - 8pm.Saturday 7th East Midlands Regional Meeting - Malt Shovel, Ashby, Scunthorpe.Tuesday 3rd Branch Meeting - Tempest, Coleby - 8pm. Saturday 14th Beer Festival Workers’ Trip to Stamford. (Booking required.)

JulySunday 6th Committee Meeting - Treaty of Commerce, Lincoln - 8pm.Weds 9th Branch Meeting - Butcher & Beast, Heighington - 8pm.

Check out the branch website for up-to-date details of trips and socials.

Lincoln CAMRA Members’ News

Some of the local members who visited Scarborough Brewery Beer Festival whilst attending the CAMRA AGM 2014, held in Scarborough.


In this age rich of new breweries and more guest beers than the most devoted beer hunter can keep up with there are still a great many drinkers out there that prefer to stick to ‘a pint of the usual’. Many of these drinkers will go for tried

and tested pints, established beers that are going to be the same tonight as they were last week and the week before that. But how many of these beers are actually the same brews they used to be?The Strugglers Inn used to be a Bass

House, i.e. a pub tied to the Bass Estate, and when Anna took over as the landlady there were seven beers available, but unlike today’s ever-changing interesting mix it was always the same seven. Unsurprisingly Bass was one of them and it still features regularly on the pumps. Is this because it’s retained its quality over the years? ‘No. It’s a nice drink but not the beer it was’ according to the landlady herself. She told me that whereas a barrel used to have to settle for 7-10 days prior to serving it can now be ready in 2 and half. Some would say that’s progress but that type of difference can’t happen without some change to the beer itself.

A good piece of pub trivia is that the Bass red triangle was the first trademark to be registered in the UK. While it still appears on the bottles and pump clips what’s going on behind the label has changed drastically. It’s no exaggeration to say Bass was once one of the biggest beers in the world. Bass & Co brewery was set up in Burton upon Trent in 1777 by William Bass. From the very early days the beer was exported all around the globe passing through the shipping port of Hull. In 1877, one hundred years after it was formed, it was the largest brewery in the world with an annual output of one million barrels. A quote from Fortunes Made In Business, published in 1884, puts this into perspective ‘A household word amongst Englishmen, it is one of the first words in the vocabulary of foreigners whose knowledge of the English language is of the most rudimentary description....It would, indeed, be a difficult task to say in what part of the earth that vivid triangle does not gladden the heart of man.’

Ship of Theseus

Greg Richards considers whether Bass ale is the same beer it once was.


I don’t know if you’ve tried a pint of Bass recently but I don’t think it gets such praise these days. Obviously a lot has changed since 1884. The biggest brewer in the world in the 19th Century, Bass’ fortunes continued into the 20th Century when it acquired a number of other breweries. This was when Bass was to become one of the ‘Big Six’, the major national breweries of the 1970s that didn’t think the future was in Real Ale but in keg beer. It was around this time and for that reason that CAMRA was formed. Whilst CAMRA has grown and grown a number of bad decisions saw Bass end up being sold to Interbrew (now AB InBev), the company behind Stella Artois, Becks and Budweiser amongst others and whilst it is still brewed in Burton upon Trent it’s now produced by Marston’s and is currently a 4.4% ABV beer, although it has previously been brewed to 4% and 4.3%.

Now tell me how that can still be the same beer? However it is not the only beer with a similar story. Ruddles County is a beer that you will see in a lot of real ale pubs. Ruddles Brewery began in 1858 and traded independently until 1986 until it was bought up by Watneys, another one of the Big Six. Since then the name has been owned by three other breweries, most recently Greene King. This is the

company that also brews Hardy and Hansons and Morland beers. Similarly Marston’s, as well as brewing Bass for InBev, owns Bank’s, Jennings, Ringwood and Wychwood breweries.

Often these breweries buy up smaller breweries to get hold of the rights and recipe of a particular beer. When Molson Coors bought Sharp’s in 2011 it didn’t talk about the brewery it talked about the Doom Bar brand. You could argue that this is a good thing that these beers would disappear completely if the breweries simply went bust. It’s true that there is a growing trend for brewing historical beers based on original recipes, so wouldn’t it be better to keep a beer brewing rather than try and resurrect it in 100 years time?

These are clearly still popular beers today as Greene King and the like wouldn’t invest money buying up these breweries if it didn’t think it could sell a fair few pints of the stuff. However the customers they sell to are the ones who have always drunk those beers and will always order a pint of them. Anna confirmed this for me. ‘Bass has a base of core drinkers. But the younger drinkers and the people who are really into their beer don’t really drink it at all.’

This suggests to me that the younger crowd just see it as another ale and don’t find it as interesting as others and the beery types know that Bass isn’t the beer it once was. The people that do still drink it have probably drunk it all along and haven’t noticed the slight changes. Does changing the alcohol content by 0.1% make it a different beer? If a different company owns the rights how does that affect the taste? If it’s the same recipe then surely it’s the same beer wherever it’s made? These are all perfectly logical arguments. But beer’s not logical and I feel that all these little changes may go unnoticed individually but added up you end up with a different beer completely.


The new look Batemans

If you’ve been into a Batemans’ pub recently, you’ll have noticed that something has changed. The Wainfleet-based family brewery has celebrated its 140th anniversary with a rebranding. The first thing you notice is the new, contemporary design for the XB and XXXB pump clips. And there is a key-ring-style tag on each clip describing the beer and featuring the brewery’s QR code.

With new microbreweries appearing all the time, long-established companies may be seen by younger drinkers as old fashioned. Batemans’ last rebrand was in 1979, so it was probably time for a new look.

However, the rebranding isn’t just about style. The substance comes from the fact that Batemans has extended the maturation time for its beers to give them an even more satisfying body and flavour. And they are adding new beers to their portfolio. Black & White, which joins XB, XXXB and Yella Belly Gold on the list of Classic Beers, has been described by renowned beer writer, Roger Protz, as “a sensation”.

The Batemans’ beer calendar includes no less than seventeen beers that are produced on a periodic basis. A number mark significant annual events - Hooker celebrates the Six Nations rugby, England Expects (and the inevitable We’ve Blown It) the football World Cup, Lincolnshire

Bitter for Lincolnshire Day and Victory Ale for Trafalgar Day (although it was originally brewed in 1987 to celebrate the saving of the brewery). And, of course, for Christmas there’s Rosey Nosey, with its distinctive pump clip featuring flashing red nose, furry beard and bells.

Vintage Ale is available in November and December. This beer is brewed from the recipe of an old barley wine, bottles of which were found in the brewery cellars. The beer had originally been laid down

Meet the BrewerMasters of their Craft

We sent Steve Renshaw to Wainfleet to find out how Batemans, Lincolnshire’s oldest surviving brewery, is celebrating its 140th anniversary. (All photographs courtesy of Batemans Brewery.)


in the late 1970s by George Bateman, to be enjoyed in April of 1981, to celebrate Stuart Bateman’s 21st birthday. However the bottles were forgotten about and only rediscovered 30 years later.

Two beers, the well-known Salem Porter and the completely new Golden Swallow, appear under the Salem Bridge Brewery brand, in honour of the ancient bridge that the brewery windmill overlooks. There is no mention of Batemans on their pump clips, and it will be interesting to hear whether drinkers view this as misleading. According to managing director, Stuart Bateman, the aim is to show customers what the brewery looks like and provide variety on the bar.

The brewery continues to produce specialist, limited-release beers. Last year, they introduced their Bohemian Brews infused with flavours such as Belgian chocolate, orange peel, coffee beans, cinnamon and hazelnuts. And this year, they are brewing Biscuit Barrel Beers, which combine the flavours of classic biscuits with the traditional brewing recipes. Beer and biscuits share many common raw materials such as barley, oats, malt and cane sugar, and these beers will feature subtle biscuit flavours.

Batemans’ multi-award-winning bottled beers are in great demand from supermarket chains. They have won the Sainsbury’s Great British Beer Hunt for the last two years with the coffee and chocolate infused Mocha and B Bock, an English interpretation of a famous German beer style. There’s even a new bottled beer that is claimed to be a completely unique beer experience. Black Pepper Ale is a strong pale ale to which drinkers can add some ground Asian black pepper from an attached sachet, to enhance the flavour.

Summarising the rebrand, Stuart Bateman said: “This year marks a momentous occasion for us as we celebrate our 140th anniversary. In recognition of this achievement, we’ve evolved our branding, and also introduced a range of new beers which demonstrate the heritage and expertise of our brewery while offering tastes and flavours that are incredibly modern. We’re extremely proud of these new beers, and hope our customers enjoy them.”

The Craft Beer debate

One of the most interesting aspects of the rebranding is the new strapline, “Craft brewers since 1874”, on the brewery’s logo. The term ‘craft beer’ is a hugely contentious issue among brewers and drinkers. It has been coined by young, trendy brewers to describe their beer, whether it is dispensed from a cask or a keg.

One of the most prominent examples is Brew Dog Brewery in Aberdeenshire. On their website, Brew Dog give the following definition of craft beer: “For us the distinction should be as simple as beer brewed for taste versus beer brewed for volume. Regardless of dispense style of production method, craft beer is beer brewed for taste.”

Batemans is fighting back against this new wave by defining craft beers as beers that come from a craft brewery. That is, “A brewery run by the fourth generation, on the same site for over 140 years, using the same traditional brewing techniques, where many of those working at the brewery have done so for over 30 years, having had their craft passed down to them from father to son.”

This is hardly a snappy definition, but it reflects the passion that Stuart Bateman has for the business, his pride in the family heritage and his wicked sense of humour.

Keeping it in the family

George Bateman, the brewery’s founder

“You’ve never had it so good.” Harold Macmillan’s 1957 remark could easily be applied to today’s real ale drinkers. There are more breweries in the UK than at any time in the last 70 years and they are producing thousands of different ales.

The vast majority of these are small outfits that have appeared since the introduction of Progressive Beer Duty in 2002. The microbrewers have rejuvenated the industry through innovation and experimentation. Hop varieties from across the globe have been introduced and old recipes revived. It is now common for pubs to have a choice of at least six different and ever-changing ales on offer, meeting the demand from drinkers for exciting flavours.

Those drinkers can be forgiven for forgetting or, in the case of younger drinkers, not being aware of the bad old days. At the beginning of the 20th century, every town would have at least one brewery, owned by a prominent local family. In 1904, there were over 11,000 breweries but, by 1950, this number had halved.

The 1950s saw many mergers and takeovers and the first signs that brewing was becoming big business. In the 1960s, a group of large powerful breweries emerged, who controlled a large percentage of the industry. Many smaller local and regional brewers were caught up in this fight to control as many pubs as possible and were swallowed up and lost. By the mid-70s, the number of breweries stood at just over 100. Family brewers, which numbered around 80 in the 1970s, have continued to come under pressure. Today, the number stands at just 30.

The situation in Lincolnshire was, if anything, even bleaker than the national picture. In 1950, there were family brewers in Alford, Brigg, Grantham, Grimsby, Stamford and Wainfleet. However, by 1975, only Batemans clung to existence. And in the 1980s, this last remaining brewery looked destined for the history books.

Majority shareholders, John and Helen Bateman, wanted to sell up and retire. A number of competitors were keen to buy the company. Ironically, two of the bidders were Home Ales and Mansfield Brewery, both of which were subsequently bought

Meet the Brewer Batemans Brewery


out and no longer exist.

However, chairman, George Bateman, his wife Pat and their children Stuart and Jaclyn, were determined to keep the business. For two years, George battled to raise the funds to buy out his brother and sister. He toured branches of the

Campaign for Real Ale to appeal for help, and found many people in brewing, local farmers and even children wanting to invest. One local farmer knocked on the door to offer £3,000. And, by February 1987, George was the “happiest man alive” after securing a deal to buy his siblings shares back into the brewery.

The return from the brink was confirmed in 2002 with the opening of a new, state-of-the-art brewhouse, named “The Theatre of Beer”. Today, Stuart and Jaclyn are at the helm, bringing a shared passion to this family concern.

Batemans’ BeersWe haven’t enough room to feature all Batemans’ beers, so here are their cask ales that are available all year round.

Black & White (3.6% ABV)Dark, rich and creamy, brimming with fruity flavours and nutty overtones from the charred black Yorkshire malt. A full-bodied beer packed with a

roasted, crunchy biscuit character and subtle hop flavours from the Challenger hops.

XB (3.7%ABV)Classic, amber, English pale ale crafted by the fusion of luscious English Golding and Challenger hops with crisp Lincolnshire pale and

chocolate malts, slowly matured to create a grainy, quaffable beer.

XXXB (4.5% ABV)Classic, English tawny pale ale, brewed with pale, chocolate, crystal and wheat malts, blended withspicy English Challenger, Golding and

Styrian hops, to create a fruity beer with a peppery aroma and fruity,biscuity flavour.

Yella Belly Gold (3.9% ABV)A golden colour, refreshing beer, brewed with Lincolnshire lager malt and American Chinook and Cascade hops, giving a lovely citrus flavour

and aroma, which is quite dry and very moreish.

Salem Porter (4.7% ABV)Full of fruit, hazelnuts, almonds, and liquorice flavours combined with spicy English Challenger hops, gently fused with roasted Yorkshire grains to create a flavour explosion of warm buttered toast and crunchy nut biscuits.

Jaclyn and Stuart Bateman


Batemans history - key dates1874 George and Suzanna Bateman sold their Friskney farm and rented a brewery in Wainfleet.

1880 George bought Salem House, a Georgian building close to the original brewery. A new brewery was built in the coach houses. The damaged sails of the accompanying windmill were removed, leaving the landmark we see today.

1919 George’s son, Harry, took over full control of the business. At that time, the brewery owned two pubs.

1928 Harry decided to turn the business into a private limited company.

1948 Batemans’ tied estate had grown to 68 pubs.

1950 Harry’s eldest son, George, joined the brewery.

1957 Batemans added 29 pubs to their estate, at a cost of £50,000.

1970 Following the death of his father, George Bateman took the reins of the company.

1985-87 Jaclyn and Stuart joined the brewery. George spent two years trying to find the money save the business from sale. In 1986, XXXB was judged Best Premium Bitter at the Great British Beer Festival and, a year later, the same beer was Champion Special Bitter of Britain.

1998 Carlsberg Tetley purchased Batemans’ free trade, giving them the opportunity to develop their pub estate.

2002 The new brewhouse was opened.

2007 George Bateman died.

2009 Batemans was judged Pub Company of the Year by “The Publican” newspaper.

2010 Batemans was judged Regional Brewer of the Year by “The Publican” newspaper


Lots of members now use the internet or their smartphone to stay updated with what’s going on in pubs, Aaron Joyce, explains why he likes to use WhatPub and why you should too!

I never set off on my travels without the current edition of CAMRA’s Good Beer Guide in my pocket. But what do I do when I get to a pub that’s not in the guide? I start thinking to myself, “Is this a real ale pub?”, “Does it serve food?”, and “Do I risk not going in and missing out on a potentially great pub?”

A few years ago, I may have just carried on down the road and stuck with my pre-planned route and pubs. Not anymore! What I do now is reach into my pocket, pull out my smartphone, open its web browser and type in www.whatpub.com. This opens up access to WhatPub, the most up-to-date, comprehensive guide to the pubs of the UK. Pubs featured on the website are independently surveyed, added and updated by thousands of CAMRA volunteers across the country. It currently includes over 96% of Britain’s real ale pubs.

With one click, the mobile web page will use my phone’s GPS to locate all pubs in the area I’m in. By clicking on a pub, I can access information about it. It includes the basic information you’d expect like address, contact details and opening hours. But it also allows you to see a list of regular ales and facilities of the pub. There are also photographs of the pub. If you are a CAMRA member, you can even log in using your standard CAMRA access details and submit scores on the National Beer Scoring Scheme (NBSS).

For those without web access on a mobile device, the website is also available on home computers and laptops.

The search function allows users to look for a particular pub by name. You can also search for a place name and WhatPub will list the pubs in that city/town/village. You can limit your search to pubs that serve real ale.

The facilities section is excellent for finding out those details that may help you decide whether to visit the pub. For example, do you want to take your family out for a meal? It’ll tell you if it serves lunchtime and/or evening meals, and whether children are welcome. Taking your dog for a walk? Find out if the pub is dog-friendly and if it has a garden you can enjoy in the summer. You and your friends want to watch the big football match? Find out which pubs have a TV for you to enjoy it on.

If you notice any incorrect or missing details, you can use the ‘Send an email to the branch link’. The details will then be checked and updated by the relevant CAMRA branch. The aim of WhatPub, is to get every pub in the UK listed with complete and up-to-date information. In future, we hope

users will be able to add comments and reviews.

Want to be a part of the website? The Campaign for Real Ale would like to invite you to help us improve the site. This can be done this by rating beer quality or carrying out a survey for your local CAMRA branch. Your first step is to join the Campaign. A membership form can be found towards the end of this magazine.

The NBSS is open to all CAMRA members. It uses a 0 to 5 scoring scale to judge the quality of the pint you are drinking. CAMRA branches use the scores to assist in the selection process for the Good Beer Guide. If you don’t have internet access, you can pass your scores to your branch committee and they can enter the scores on your behalf. It’s a great way of becoming active within your branch with minimal effort.

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Old Ale TalesSteve Richardson, our history enthusiast has some more pictures of Lincolnshire’s pub life from the archives. This time with a games and garden theme.

Showing a charabanc football match outing about to set off from the hotel; from the period 1910-18. The hotel may then have been owned by Bass, Ratcliffe & Gretton of Burton-on-Trent, as Bass signs are prominently displayed by the door. Most likely the outing would have been to a Lincoln City away game. Lincoln turned professional in the 1891-92 season, when they helped form what was then the Second Division. The Imps achieved their highest ever position in the 1901-02 season when they finished fifth in Division 2. In January 1907, The Imps knocked Chelsea out of the FA Cup, after a replay won in injury time. Chelsea must have been pretty impressed because at the end of that season they poached the winning

Lincoln manager, David Calderhead. Charabancs were used mainly for day trips, as they were not comfortable enough for longer journeys. The charabanc offered little or no protection for passengers in the event of an overturning accident; their high centre of gravity when loaded (or overloaded!) was the cause of some fatal accidents. They were phased out in favour of motor buses in the 1920’s. The premises of C B Brimlow - tailor - next door are now part of the pub.

The Blue Anchor Hotel (now The Anchor), 133 High Street


This picture shows a game of quoits in progress in the paddock behind the Adam and Eve, probably taken around 1912. In earlier days The Adam and Eve was called The Angel, and there are records dating back to the early 1700s. In 1760, it was renamed The Adam and Eve. By 1810, the inn also had a bowling green. It became part of the Winn Brother’s estate of inns and public houses, and then in 1860 the inn passed to W H Brook (later of the Crown Brewery, Waterside South). In 1892 that estate in turn was acquired by A & B Hall (of Hall’s Ely Ales); and much later was swallowed up by Watney Mann. It is said that quoits was so popular it was prohibited by Edward III and

Richard II to encourage archery instead. By the 15th century, it was a well-organised activity, although there were apparently numerous attempts to eradicate it from pubs and taverns due to its deemed “seedy” character. The official rules for quoits first appeared in the April 1881 edition of “The Field”, having been defined by a body formed from pubs in northern England. Indoor versions of quoits allowed pubs and taverns to maintain their quoits teams through the winter months.

Thanks to Lincolnshire County Council, Lincoln Central Library, Local Studies Collection for permission to print these photographs.

Quoit throwing, The Adam and Eve Inn


Richard Banks from The Real Ale Store Newark is back with another bottled beer review.

The Wild Beer Co was the brainchild of Andrew and Brett after a visit to the Great British Beer Festival. With a desire to brew beers and use barrel ageing and wild yeasts to create beers not often brewed by British Brewers the Wild Beer Co was born. After completing their first brew on the kit at Arbor Ales, Andrew and Brett began brewing at Wild Beer HQ at Westcombe Farm near Shepton Mallet, Somerset. Since the first brew they have quickly gained a reputation for brewing top quality exciting beers winning many awards along the way, including a silver and two bronze medals at the International Beer Challenge awards in 2013.

Their beer range includes such exotic offerings as Cool as a Cucumber (infused with cucumbers and mint), Ninkasi (using wild yeasts, New Zealand hops and a Champagne fermentation method) and Madness IPA (a West Coast style IPA) – no one can accuse this brewery of not pushing boundaries and being afraid to experiment.

Scarlet Fever, the first beer we sample is a 4.8% Ruby red ale. With this beer they have taken a traditional English style and brewed a beer packed full of flavour. It pours a rich ruby colour with a large white frothy head. Aromas of citrus and floral notes hit you as soon as the beer is poured. When you taste this beer one sip is just not enough. The rich flavours are beautifully balanced with the New World hops complimenting the traditional English malts creating an extremely moreish beer.

The second beer we sampled was a completely different animal. Solero (4.4%) is a Saison (Saison is a light, refreshing ale originally brewed in farmhouses in the French speaking regions of Belgium for field workers. Originally this was a seasonal beer brewed in spring to last through summer and into autumn.) created by the blending of a young crisp beer and a barrel aged wild beer which results in a complex blend of aromas and flavours. This beer is definitely more of a sipping beer, although not a strong beer the flavours are so complex that it really is one to savour. Anyone having tried a classic Saison (Saison Dupont probably being THE classic Saison) will recognise a lot of the flavours in this beer. The beer pours a hazy golden amber colour with a light yeasty aroma with some citric and grassy notes. The flavours are malty, fruity with, orange peel, spicy yeast and earthy hops in the finish. Solero refers to the method of continuous blending the brewery use which is most often seen in Sherry. The aim is that within every bottle there is a portion of their very first brew. That continuous blend is what they are aiming to use - barrel aged mature heady old beer blended into new young crisp fresh beer.

If you are looking for something a little out of the ordinary then these beers, in fact any beers from the Wild Brew Co are well worth seeking out.

The Wild Beer Co

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This recipe is very straightforward and the results have been enthusiastically received by everyone who has sampled it so far. Normally, I would store chutney for around a month before using it, which lets the flavours develop. However, once we had tried the small, left-over amount which didn’t make it into a jar, that rule ceased to apply.

Ingredients450ml cider vinegar225ml honey beer200g Demerara sugar150g chopped dates150g chopped dried apricots150g raisins2 small red onions, chopped2 Bramley apples, peeled, cored & chopped2 pears, peeled, cored & chopped1/2 teaspoon mixed spice1 tablespoon pickling spice tied up in muslinJuice of a lemon

MethodPut the dried fruits and the beer together in a bowl to soak for half an hour, while you prepare the apples, pears and onions. Heat the cider vinegar and the sugar in a large, heavy-based pan, stirring, until the sugar dissolves. Tip in the fruits and all remaining ingredients, and then bring the mixture up to the boil. Simmer over a lower heat for about an hour, stirring occasionally, until the chutney is thick and glossy. Remove the bag of pickling spices. Put into warmed jars (this quantity fills 3 or 4) and store for a month - if you can!

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CAMRA Approve Frozen Cider CAMRA has welcomed the Government’s decision in the Budget to freeze cider duty.

Making the announcement, the Chancellor highlighted that some cider producers in the West Country had been hit hard by recent weather conditions so needed additional support.

This duty freeze will apply to cider with a juice content of 35% or higher, and will not apply to sparkling cider between 5.5% and 8.5% abv.

This is a welcome move which will support Britain’s real cider and perry producers – a vital traditional British industry. Andrea Briers, Chair of CAMRA’s Apple Committee commented:

“Cider is a traditional British product and I welcome the Chancellor’s decision to freeze cider duty to help those who keep this tradition alive. I would encourage you to help real cider or perry makers thrive by visiting a pub and trying some.”

CAMRA has cautioned that small cider producers (making below 70 hectolitres each year) already pay no duty, so the benefit of this duty freeze will primarily be felt by slightly larger producers.

CAMRA is continuing to campaign for a new cider duty system to support real cider with a considerably higher juice content.

Discount for Cider LoversA new online club designed to support small cider producers and get their drinks to a wider audience is offering CAMRA members a £5 discount.

CiderBods sends a case of 12 ciders from small producers across the country to its members every three months. The club organises a twitter tasting every Thursday @ciderbods for members to try the weekly cider and share thoughts and tasting notes.

Members can also buy additional cases of ciders they like. Former journalist Crispin Slee set up CiderBods and travelled the UK to select the ciders on offer. “If you know your sweets from your sharps and your Dymock Reds from your Dabinetts then this is the club for you!” says Crispin. “You won`t find these ciders in the off licence or supermarket, and it’s more than just a shop”

Visit ciderbods.co.uk and enter APPLES14 at the checkout to get your £5 discount on the £45 price.

For more information on real cider and perry, visit www.camra.org.uk/cider

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Lincoln City CentreThe city centre obviously has a higher percentage of pubs than my usual routes and as such has far too many to pick for a single issue of ImpAle. Many people visiting the city for the first time might check the Good Beer Guide for a place to get a decent pint and they would find many worthy of a visit. But the numbers of entries to the Good Beer Guide allocated to each branch are limited and it takes a lot of us a long time to decide which pubs make the cut. So I thought this issue I’d visit my choices for best city centre pubs that didn’t make last year’s Good Beer Guide. They may have featured before and I’m sure some will feature in future editions.

The Dog and BoneSome would say it missed out on a technicality as the Dog and Bone has always had a reputation for good ale and recently proved this by being named Lincoln CAMRA Pub of the Year. A Batemans pub the current landlords have been there just over a year and achieved the rare feat of making changes that aren’t disruptive, maintaining a pubs atmosphere whilst building on it. Vinyl nights, a book exchange, pub quizzes, regular social events and a suntrap beer garden all help to make this a friendly and interesting place.

Horse and GroomJust past the Brayford to the west of the city is this pub that many see as food centric, but it always has a good numbers of ales on which are served in their peak condition. It might not be the most interesting selection and the prices aren’t the lowest but you’ll get a good pint served well and in comfortable surroundings. If you are looking for food it’s one of the best pub meals you’ll get in the city centre.

Widow Cullens WellIf you’re struggling to get up Steep Hill it’s always good to know you don’t have to get all the way to the top to get a decent pint. Widow Cullens is the first pub you’ll come across as you approach the summit. Being a Samuel Smith’s pub means theirs are the only beers available. But whether draught or bottled they’ll have a beer to suit everyone’s taste and at some of the lowest prices in Lincoln. Just watch out for the well on the way to the loo!

Strait and NarrowA bar with a drink to suit everyone’s tastes, not just the beer drinkers, this could easily be the jack of all trades and master of none. But the handpumps bring in an ever changing selection of well-kept ales, mainly from local breweries, and their range of international bottled beers are the best you will find anywhere in the city. More a bar than a traditional pub the stylised but comfortable interior is an easy place to relax away a few hours. The bar holds frequent music nights featuring performers that range from acoustic folk to international rappers.

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West End TapOne of the city’s newest pubs and most interesting in terms of the beer on offer, a renovation of the former Vine Inn this new pub is a vast improvement on the former. Describing itself as a World Beer Free House the five handpumps have always got a beer you won’t find elsewhere in Lincoln, kept in excellent condition. Four taps in the wall feature Belguim and American beers and there is also a good selection of international bottled beer.

The ForumWhile its sister Wetherspoons pub The Ritz makes an appearance in The Good Beer Guide this year, The Forum missed out, although personally I prefer it as I think it’s just as good and much closer to my flat! Not everyone loves Wetherspoons but few could argue that they don’t have a wide choice of ales and they keep them well. Meet the Brewer nights are a regular occurrence, the staff are friendly and knowledgeable and it’s such a large pub you’ll usually get a table if you want one.

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QuizWordsearchHidden in the wordsearch are the words listed. We want you to find them, but the prize can be won by finding an extra hidden word that links all these names together. Please send this word along with your name and contact details to [email protected] or by post to ImpAle Quiz Issue 2 May 2014, 4 Squires Place, Nettleham, Lincoln, LN2 2WH. The closing date is 25th August 2014 and the editor’s decision is final. The winner will be announced in the next issue.

ApologiesSeveral people noticed the mistake in our last quiz, the Dancing Dragonfly and Elderberry Porter which were supposed to be in the wordsearch were not there. Please accept our apologies, the editor and the team who produce ImpAle try their best to ensure these types of mistakes do not happen.

We did receive some entries for the previous quiz and have decided to pick a winner from amongst them. Our winner for the January 2014 issue is Neil Armstrong of Lincoln. Congratulations!

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BEST BITTER ABV 3.5

This is an easy to drink bitter and has a fresh, dry, hoppy fl avour combined with a fruity aftertaste and heady aroma.

BOMBER COUNTY ABV 4.8

An earthy malt aroma, but with a complex underlaying mix of coffee, hops, caramel and apple fruit. The beer starts bitter and intensifi es, but all its mahogany fl avours stay on until the end.

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