CAMRA XMAS SOCIAL 2010

GOOD TO SEE EVERYONE AT CAMRA XMAS SOCIAL LAST NIGHT, SOME OLD FACES (MINE) AND SOME NEW (NOT MINE). A NUMBER OF REGULARS DID NOT ATTEND I UNDERSTAND DUE TO HAVING FLU, AND I HOPE THAT THEY ALL GET WELL SOON!

AS USUAL A GREAT BUFFET PUT ON BY PETER AND RITA, AND QUIZ BY THE HONOURABLE MR MILD.

THE HIGHLIGHT FOR THE NIGHT FOR CORINNA WAS RITA'S HOMEMADE BEETROOT DISH. IF YOU GET THE CHANCE TO TRY DO!

BEERS ENJOYED ON THE NIGHT WERE, JACK FROST (BY YOU KNOW WHO) INGLEBOROUGH ICE BY YORKSHIRE DALES, JOCK FROST BY HOUSTON, MAID MARIAN BLONDE BY SPRINGHEAD, A PUN ON BOMBARDIER BY WELLS (SORRY FORGOT TO TAKE THE CORRECT SPELLING DOWN) PLUS MANY MORE THAT BLURRED IN TO IMMENSE ENJOYMENT COUPLED WITH IMMENSE FULLNESS AFTER THE FOOD.

JACK FROST COMES ON, AS THE SNOW GOES!

AS READERS TO THIS BLOG MAY RECALL IN SUMMER I BREWED A BEER CALLED HEATWAVE. UNFORTUNATELY, AROUND THE TIME THE BEER CAME OUT IT LED TO A VERY WET PERIOD OF WEATHER. WITH THIS IN MIND I THOUGHT COULD I HAVE THE OPPOSITE EFFECT ON THE CURRENT SNOW AND ICE? LO - JACK FROST (4.0%) COMES OUT AND WE ARE NOW HITTING HIGHS OF 5 o TODAY! MY JOB IS DONE

AND FOR THOSE WHO ARE MORE INTERESTED IN WHERE THIS BEER HAS GONE, RATHER THAN MY WITTERINGS HERE GOES:

DARLINGTON SNOOKER CLUB
THE GRAND HOTEL AT BISHOP AUCKLAND
THE QUAKERHOUSE
THE OLD YARD TAPAS
THE WHITE SWAN AT GILLING WEST
THE BLACK BULL AT MELSONBY
THE BRIDGE AT MIDDLETON IN TEESDALE
THE BLACK SWAN AT STAINDROP
THE GEORGE AT PIERCEBRIDGE
THE QUAYS IN DARLINGTON
THE STANWICK INN

APOLOGIES IF ALREADY BEEN AND GONE, DUE TO XMAS FESTING I AM RUNNING A BIT BEHIND ON THE BLOG

LETS GO TO THE 'JINGLE' HOPS

ANOTHER SEASONAL BEER BEEN DELIVERED OUT THIS WEEK, JINGLE HOPS (4.2%) TO THE FOLLOWING PUBS -

THE QUAKERHOUSE
THE KINGS ARMS AT SANDHUTTON
THE WHEATSHEAF AT BORROWBY
THE WHITE SWAN AT GILLING WEST
THE OLD YARD TAPAS BAR IN DARLINGTON
THE GRAND HOTEL IN BISHOP AUCKLAND
THE LORD NELSON AT GAINFORD
THE CROSS KEYS AT BELLERBY
A MYSTERY DESTINATION VIA BOGGARTS
THE STANWICK INN AT ALDBROUGH ST JOHN
THE DARLINGTON SNOOKER CLUB

WILL BE DELIVERING OUR 'JACK FROST' NEXT WEEK - HOPING IT HAS THE SAME EFFECT AS 'HEATWAVE' WHICH REGULAR READERS MAY RECALL LED TO COLD WEATHER, SO CONVERSELY WE SHOULD GET THE HEATWAVE NEXT WEEK (YEH RIGHT)

GOING, GOING, GONE! - BLACK ELF STOUT

AFTER BEING ASKED A NUMBER OF TIMES WHEN I WAS GOING TO DO SOME DARK BEERS, XMAS SEEMED THE IDEAL TIME TO EXPERIMENT. A LIMITED EDITION STOUT, BLACK ELF AT 4.4% HAS BEEN SENT OUT TO THE FOLLOWING PUBS

THE QUAKERHOUSE
NUMBER 22
THE GRAND HOTEL AT BISHOP AUCKLAND A ND
THE SHIP INN AT MIDDLESTONE VILLAGE

I WAS PLEASED TO GET AN EMAIL TODAY FROM A QUAKER REGULAR TELLING ME THEY HAD ENJOYED IT, AND WHEN COULD I DO SOME MORE?

NEW PANTO COMES TO TOWN - JACK AND THE BEERSTALK

THIS WEEK I AM DELIVERING A SEASONAL CHRISTMAS ALE TO THE FOLLOWING PUBS

THE FROG AND FERRET, SPENNYMOOR
THE BUCK INN, THORNTON WATLESS
THE QUAKERHOUSE
THE SHOULDER OF MUTTON, KIRBY HILL
THE WHITE SWAN, GILLING WEST
THE VANE ARMS , LOW NEWTON
THE BLACK SWAN, STAINDROP
THE BRIDGE, MIDDLETON IN TEESDALE
THE OLD YARD TAPAS BAR
THE STANWICK INN
THE MILBANK ARMS, WELL

AFRAID NO PANTO DAMES OR CHUCKLE BROTHERS WITH THIS ALE, BUT PERHAPS A MORE ENJOYABLE EXPERIENCE - IT'S BEHIND YOU!

CAMRA TRIP CANCELLATION - BLOOMIN SNOW

AS A RESULT OF THE POOR WEATHER THE CAMRA TRIP WAS RUNNING TO THE BAYDALE BECK, SPOTTED DOG, COUNTRYMAN AT BOLAM, HEIGHINGTON - BAY HORSE AND GEORGE AND DRAGON AND FINALLY THE LOCOMOTION NUMBER 1 AT HEIGHINGTON STATION HAD TO BE CANCELLED LAST NIGHT.

LUCKILY EVERYONE ALREADY BOOKED WAS GAME FOR GIVING IT ANOTHER WHIRL NEXT WEEK, AND THANKS TO GLEN FOR CHANGING THE BOOKING. HOPE TO REPORT ON THIS TRIP NEXT WEEK!

YOU GET YOUR KICKS ON ROUTE A66 - IF YOU CAN GET PAST THE SNOW

THIS WEEK I SHIPPED OUT, IN BAD WEATHER A66 TO

THE HILDYARD ARMS IN COLBURN VILLAGE- AND HAD TO BE PUSHED OUT OF CARPARK DUE TO SNOW
THE A66 MOTEL (SMALLWAYS) ON THE A66
THE WHITE SWAN IN GILLING WEST
THE GRAND HOTEL IN BISHOP AUCKLAND
THE COUNTY AT AYCLIFFE VILLAGE
THE BLACK HORSE AT KIRKBY FLEETHAM - HAD TO BE PUSHED OUT OF CARPARK THERE AS WELL DUE TO SNOW
THE GEORGE AT PIERCEBRIDGE
THE SHIP INN AT MIDDLESTONE VILLAGE
THE STANWICK INN

STILL TO DELIVER TO THE COUNTRYMAN AT BOLAM AND THE COVER BRIDGE WEATHER PERMITTING ( AND COUNCILS GRITTING)