UPDATED 16.00 GMT 9/2/2010 SILSDEN, YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND.

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WHAT'S BREWING IN FEBRUARY?

DEATH OF WELL-KNOWN EX-LICENSEE ARTHUR MIDGLEY

EVENING POST TETLEY PETITION

SAVE OUR PUBS

TAKE IT TO THE TOP - CAMRA'S FULL PINTS CAMPAIGN

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Comment      
In these hard times for the licensed trade it is vital that the customers gain a good impression at first point of contact with staff, unfortunately at too many public houses they don't.
Of course an individual licensee cannot 'man' their particular bar at all times, slovenly employees will cost them money.

All bar staff working in pubs serving traditional beer by hand-pump should be taught how to use the system correctly, by using minimum effort and creating less spillage. It should be possible to dispense a pint in five 'pulls' at most.

An open fire gives a pub character and a warm welcome on a cold winter's day. I know one pub where the management decided to close-up their fire place, probably to save some money. Now when they get a few customers in all the windows mist up.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Back to top

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BRADFORD CITY LOCO PRINT OFFER

Bradford City nameplate

Richard Green is happy to announce that the prints of London & North Eastern Railway locomotive 2867 Bradford (Park Avenue) & 2868 Bradford City, are now available and orders are now being taken. To view/order the print and see the full details: click on the Bradford City nameplate (please note the original engine plate had claret and amber striped panels)

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Take it to the Top campaign

THE FINAL PETITION TOTAL WAS 23,361

The petition is now closed and has been given to the Prime Minister.

Take it to the Top campaign

Having trouble getting your pint topped up?
Visit
West Yorkshire Trading Standards Service website.

Brewers & Licensed Retailers Association
Notes on the dispense of draught beer by free flow
& hand pull - PDF document

Tom Parkinson pulls a pint at the Lancaster

JOIN CAMRA's HONEST PINT CAMPAIGN
LOBBY YOUR MP BY LETTER OR EMAIL

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Silsden Pubs  - some of these pubs now have extended opening times

Bridge, Keighley Road.

John Smith's Bitter
Guest Beers

Hours: 12-11 Mon-Sat;
12-10.30 Sun

Grouse Inn, Keighley Road.
now an Italian restaurant

King's Arms, Bolton Road.

Black Sheep Best Bitter
Guest Beers

12-11 Mon-Sat; 12-10.30 Sun

Punch Bowl, Bridge Road.

Tetley Bitter

Red Lion, 47, Kirkgate.

John Smith's Bitter

Robin Hood, Kirkgate.

Tetley Bitter

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The latest edition of CAMRA's monthly newspaper includes features on:-

ELLAND 1872 PORTER IS CHAMPION - Supreme Champion Winter Beer 2010

CAMRA CALL FOR DONATIONS TO CHALLENGE OFT PUB RULING

PUB CHAINS' LEGAL LOOPHOLE SCRAPPED - Moves on beer tie agreements

SIGN UP FOR CHARTER - CAMRA to launch pre-election beer drinker's charter

MAGNET LOSES ITS ATTRACTION - Heineken UK ditch John Smith's Magnet 

And more... WHAT'S BREWING ?    

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Tyke Taverner - Bradford CAMRA's free beer magazine 

The January/February 2010 issue can be found at selected pubs in Bradford, Keighley, Halifax and Leeds districts.

Articles, pub & brewery news, up-to-date and times past, letters, pics galore, & etc....

Where to get one? Want to advertise? Contact the editor - David Boothroyd - Dave@Bradfordcamra.org.uk

Some issues of Tyke Taverner are available on Bradford CAMRA's Official site in PDF format.

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Ale Talk - Free Magazine of Huddersfield & District Branch of CAMRA

Winter 2009 is the current edition, it's available in over 200 pubs and clubs in Huddersfield & District. Where to get one, contact Huddersfield & District CAMRA


   Brett Midgley sends the following information:  DEATH OF WELL-KNOWN EX-LICENSEE ARTHUR MIDGLEY

Arthur (right), behind the bar of Arthur's Bar. New Tyke Taverner August 1986

Arthur Midgley, right, behind the bar of Arthur's Bar in August 1986. Photo from New Tyke Taverner.

(Edited from family notices in the T&A)
"MIDGLEY, Arthur (Arthur's Bar) On February 1, 2010, in hospital, Arthur, aged 68 years. Funeral ceremony and cremation, Wednesday, March 3, at Nab Wood, at 2.00p.m. Friends please accept this intimation. Family flowers only please."
Drinkers who frequented Manningham pubs in the 1980s may recall my Dad as the Landlord at:- Watmough Arms (Barrack Tavern), Lumb Lane - Trough Brewery tied house. The Bradfordian (New Beehive, Westgate) - GBG 1986. Arthurs Bar (mark 1, formerly Flying Dutchman, now Haigys), Lumb Lane - His first freehold.

And, after a long break from the pub trade:- Arthurs Bar (mark 2, formerly The Bavaria, Silver Street - opened 1998 & destroyed in 2001 riots).
Cheers,
Brett

BRADFORD, KEIGHLEY, AIRE/WHARFE NEWS 

ROYAL, Keighley Road, Crossflatts, Tetley Dark Mild (£1.95 a pint), Tetley Bitter, Black Sheep Best Bitter & Bass on sale 27/1/2010.

COCK & BOTTLE, Barkerend Road, Bradford, is reported to be leased from the estate of Peter Fell by a pub company. No real ale is on sale.

Chris Hall informs me that the BLACK SWAN, Thornton Road, Bradford, is holding a mini beer festival from Friday 5th March to Sunday 7th March 2010. They are planning on featuring beer from 12 West Yorkshire breweries, so far they have the following breweries lined up: Anglo Dutch, Fernandes, Goose Eye Brewery, Leeds Brewery, Old Bear, Old Spot, Ossett, Saltaire & Salamander. There will also be some live music. Full details are available on this Facebook page (which you can read without being a Facebook member): http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=202781308998

STEETON HALL, Station Road, Steeton, 30/1/2010, had Copper Dragon Golden Pippin (£2.70 a pint), Black Sheep Best Bitter & Marston Pedigree on sale.


King's Arms, Bolton Road, Silsden
King's Arms, Bolton Road, Silsden - Keighley & Craven CAMRA 'Pub of the Season Summer 2009'.

ILKLEY BREWERY remains, close to the railway station, are under threat from the proposal by Tesco to build a new superstore on the site of Spooner's factory on Railway Road. The brewery tower still stands, but now with broken windows, and the painted Ilkley Brewery sign is now very faded.
The business was established in 1873 as The Ilkley Brewery & Aerated Water Co. Ltd; in 1923 Hammond's Bradford Brewery Co. Ltd; bought the business which then owned 37 pubs.

Tesco's planning application for a huge structure on the Railway Road site was rejected by Bradford Council on the 3rd August but the company may make another application or appeal.

Ilkley residence action group against Tesco's plans for a new store - http://www.ilkleyirate.org/

Do you have news on Bradford district pubs and breweries? Contact me - me.toft@btinternet.com

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Bradford -   Social Events & Meetings   - Keighley & Craven

Wed 10th Feb - Branch Meeting,
Idle WMC; High Street, Idle, 8pm.

Wed 17th Feb - Pub of the Season Winter
2009/10 presentation, Sir Titus Salt,
Morley Street/Gt. Horton Road,
Bradford, about 9pm.

Wed 24th Feb - Social at Corn Dolly,
Bolton Road, Bradford, from 8pm.

Bus & Train times from METRO

Sat 20th Feb - CAMRAmble Skipton to
Appletreewick. Meet at bus stop,
High Street at 09.15.

Tues 2nd Mar - Branch Meeting Swan,
Addingham, 8pm.

Tues 9th Mar - Minibus trip to Brass Monkey
brewery, Sowerby Bridge.

Thurs 11th Mar - ‘Pub of the Season, Spring
2010’ presentation, Narrow Boat,
Skipton, at approx. 8.30 P.M.

Sat 13th Mar - CAMRAmble. Details TBA.

Tues 23rd Mar - Minibus trip, to visit a few pubs
in Craven part of the branch area.
Details TBA.

Tues 6th April - Branch meeting. Venue TBA.

K&C Social Secretary Jenny Baker

Local Brewery News                                                                                                                   Back to top

COPPER DRAGON, Snaygill Industrial Estate, Keighley Road, Skipton.  Copper Dragon website  

Copper Dragon, work on a new purpose-built £2.5m 120-barrel brewhouse, doubling output, has been completed.
Four state-of-the-art 60-barrel fermentation vessels, are the focal point of the new facility.
The new equipment will complement the existing set-up that has led to Copper Dragon becoming one of the region's favourite brewers since its creation in 2002. Its production increased six-fold in its first six years. The company sells around 4,000 casks a month to pubs and wholesalers throughout Cumbria, Derbyshire, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Yorkshire.
Sales director Ruth Bennett said: "The new brewhouse has increased production capacity by over 100 per cent enabling us to service our ever-increasing customer base."

- Original details from Craven Herald 25/1/2008 & 21/3/2008


Tied houses:


Black Lane Ends (formerly Hare & Hounds), Skipton Old Road, Colne, Lancashire.
Blue Bell Hotel, Kettlewell.
Cross Roads Inn, Cross Roads, Keighley.
Masons Arms, 1, Bacup Road, Todmorden, West Yorkshire.
Shears Inn, Halifax.
Station Inn, Ribblehead.
Sun Inn, Back Colne Lane, Trawden, Lancashire.
Wharfeside Inn, Slaithwaite.


 GOOSE EYE BREWERY, Ingrow Bridge, South Street, Keighley.   WEBSITE
ILKLEY BREWERY COMPANY LIMITED,
Unit 4 Lencia Industrial Estate (near Booths), East Parade, Ilkley, LS29 8JP     

Brewer, under the glare of flash blubs, describes the brewing process.

ILKLEY BREWERY WEBSITE

Brewer Stewart Ross, under the glare of flash bulbs, describes the brewing process at the Ilkley Brewery to Bradford CAMRA members (28/11/2009).

The brewery was established by Steward Ross and Chris Ives, who both masterminded the Ilkley Round Table's first two Beer Festivals. Steward has been a keen home brewer for many years.
The new Ilkley Brewery
first brewed 3rd May 2009 on an 8 barrel brew length plant installed and commissioned by David Porter of Bury.                      

Some details from Jeff Utley via Tyke Taverner article.

Bradford CAMRA members discuss the merits of Ilkley Brewery beer.
Ilkley Brewery's 8 barrel plant powered by electricity

The original Ilkley Brewery, opposite Tesco's store.

Left - The original Ilkley Brewery, opposite Tesco's.

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MOORVIEW BREWERY, Upper Austby Farm, Langbar, Ilkley, LS29 0EQ

First beers seen in February 2009, produced on a 3 barrel plant from the Turkey Inn, Goose Eye.
The brewery is housed in a converted farm building, now part of an industrial site. Founded by Jonathan Cocker, wine and beer lover. In the summer of 2009 he decided to concentrate his energy on his wine business. Father-in-law, Eric Cusack, and his son are now running the business. 
Some details from Jeff Utley via Tyke Taverner article.                                                                      WEBSITE


NAYLOR'S BREWERY, Midland Mills, Station Road, Cross Hills, near Keighley, BD20 7RN  WEBSITE

The business started by brothers Stephen & Robert Naylor at premises adjoining the Old White Bear.
In late 2006 they moved to Midland Mills, Station Road, Crosshills. An old industrial unit was converted into a brewhouse. Four fermenting vessels have been installed initially but this could eventually rise to a maximum of six. This will increase capacity from forty-five nine gallon casks per week to a capacity of 180 per week.
On the premises is a Beer Emporium & Home Brew supplies shop. The company's bottled beers are available along with a wide range of foreign brews. Draught beer for 'off sales' is also on offer (samples can be had while browsing). These are available in different sized casks or 'bag in a box' with hand pump hire if required.


OLD BEAR BREWERY - website
OLD SPOT BREWERY LTD., Manor Farm, Station Road, Cullingworth, BD13 5HN.
                           
Managing Director Julian Hargreaves, Head Brewer Chris Thompson.
Test brews began three weeks prior to launch on the 16/9/05 at the Cricketer's Arms, Coney Lane, Keighley.
Their first ales were "
Lift Off" (3·7% ABV) and "Dog's In't Barrel" (4.5% ABV).
WEBSITE
SALTAIRE BREWERY, The Brewery, 6 County Works, Dockfield Road, Shipley, BD17 7AR,
email - info@saltairebrewery.co.uk
Situated in the former generator house for the Shipley Tramway. Chief brewer is Tony Gartland, a former corporate lawyer of twenty years experience. He obtained a post-graduate certificate in brewing at Sunderland University's Brewlab and then spent two years working in the brewing trade. The Managing Director is Paul Simpson, six staff are employed.
Commercial brewing commenced in March 2006 on a twenty-barrel plant, and beer is also bottled.
The first brews were named after hops: Fuggles Bitter 3.8% ABV, Goldings Ale 4.2% ABV & Challenger Special 5.2% ABV.

WEBSITE
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SALAMANDER BREWERY, Harry Street, Dudley Hill, Bradford.

Salamander Brewery, Dudley Hill, Bradford.

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Salamander pump clip

TIMOTHY TAYLOR    

Timothy Taylor Knowle Spring Brewery, 2/5/2009
Timothy Taylor Knowle Spring Brewery on a Saturday afternoon in May. On the extreme left is the malt silo.
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Timothy Taylor Brewery, behind the trees is the new office block. The old office is in the foreground.
The view from Queens Road into the Timothy Taylor site, 2/5/2009. Behind the trees is the new office block, in the foreground is the old office and the green building on the right contains the malt silo.

The Autumn 2009 issue of Timothy Taylor Times is now available in the company's pubs.

The company produced an eighty page book and twenty-eight page brochure to commemorate it's 150 year of existence, 2008. The principle researcher for the publications history section was myself.
The publisher is
Book Production Consultants Ltd.
Reids Bookshop, 87, Cavendish Street, Keighley, BD21 3DG, can supply the book, entitled "Timothy Taylor - 150 Years of Brewing Excellence" at a cost of £14.99, copies are also available by post: www.reidsbookshop.co.uk

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