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CAMRA - North Hampshire Branch This Page:           Pub News     Have some news for us?: Submit News Here     August 08   20/08/2008 - Burbage Beer and Music Festival, 5-6 September - Burbage is a few miles over the Hampshire/Wiltshire border, 16m north-west of Andover. The Burbage & Easton Royal Sports Club will be hosting their 12th BEER AND MUSICAL FESTIVAL on 5 and 6 September. The big night for supping is Friday, with over 50 real ales available and entertainment provided by The Jon Walsh Blues Band. There will be a full bar and real ale also available on the Saturday which will be the big music day, with performances from Sun Machine, Bill Mather, Scratch The Monkey and Easy Company. There will also be performances from a few local bands and an open mic opportunity between 7-7.30pm. For full details and tickets (advance tickets recommended), visit www.burbagefestival.co.uk. Please note: This is NOT a CAMRA festival.   20/08/2008 - Cheriton Beer Festival - there are a few non-CAMRA beer festivals around Southern Hampshire this coming weekend, including the Flower Pots festival in Cheriton, the Portsmouth Beer Festival in the Guildhall and The Compass Inn at Winsor in the New Forest. South Hampshire CAMRA lists both CAMRA and non-CAMRA festivals on their website: www.shantscamra.org.uk/beerfestivals   15/08/2008 - London City Pub Crawl - July 2008 - Branch member, Ken Brewster, has kindly provided a photographic report of the branch's recent London City (EC3) Pub Crawl. Click here to see the article. - Reported by Webmaster   13/08/2008 - The Flower Pots Inn - Stopped in on the way back from Southampton. Excellent Fowerpots Bitter at £2.30. Also on offer Terra Cotta at £2.40 (a tad sweet for me) and Goodens Gold at £2.50. For the cider drinkers, ther are Westons Stowford Press at £2.90 and Old Rosie at £3.20. Wednesday night is Punjabi Curry Night at £10.50. Also the annual Beer Fest is being held Bank holiday weekend with approx 20 beers on offer, together with a curry tent and a BBQ. - Reported by BRW   10/08/2008 - Cross Keys Inn, Upper Chute - Beer Festival Friday 15 - Sunday 17 August Approx 15 cask ales, live music in the evenings. Saturday also has live music at lunchtime and evening (with a hog roast). Sunday is childrens day with entertainment and a BBQ. Please note this is not a CAMRA festival.   9/08/2008 - 'Pubs for Sale' - with the possibility of closure or non-pub development, as we all know is a hot, and worrying topic. Amongst those found for sale today are the Soldiers Return, the Winton, the Winkle, Laarsens, the Hare and Hounds, the Three Barrels, the Buckskin and the Popinjay, all in Basingstoke. The latter's pub character is described as "suburban local village". I've never heard Popley called that before!!!. Other pubs on the market include the Jolly Farmer at Cliddesden, the Fur and Feathers, Herriard; the Crown, Old Basing; the Crook & Shears, Clatford, and many many others. Most are on Pubco leases, although the Five Bells at Nether Wallop is being disposed of by Wadworths as a freehold sale. Times are worrying for the pub customer. All details have been taken from publicly accessible internet sites of pub selling agents. - Reported by johnpb   9/08/2008 - Four Horseshoes, Long Sutton - Out of the area, but a nice little country free house that could so with a few more visitors. Scattor Rock Guzzler and Triple fff Moondance on offer, both at £3.00 - Reported by BRW   9/08/2008 - Lord Derby, North Warnborough - Moorhouse's Pendle Witches Brew at £3.20 was not as good as usual. Also on offer London Pride at £3.00, Sharps Doombar and Taylors Landlord; the latter not ready until today. - Reported by BRW   9/08/2008 - Fox and Goose, Greywell - Another country pub, seemingly unchanged by the new owner. On offer was Courage Best at £2.70, Adnams Bitter at £2.80 and London Pride at £3.10. This is the dearest Pride that I have come across. - Reported by BRW   8/08/2008 - Waggon and Horses, Hartley Wintney - Very busy village local at 5.30pm. Guest ale, Greene King Sun Dance at £2.90, probably the best Greene King that I have ever tasted. Courage Best at £2.85 and "Gales" HSB at £3.00 also on offer. - Reported by BRW   8/08/2008 - The Crooked Billet, Hook - Guest beers in excellent condition were Deuchars IPA at £3.00 and Sharps Doom Bar at £3.00. Courage best and Directors also on offer. - Reported by BRW   6/08/2008 - Alton's Pride, Triple fff, CBOB 2008 - Alton's Pride brewed by Triple fff Brewery in Hampshire was judged to be the best beer in Britain by a panel of brewers, beer writers and journalists at the first day of the 2008 Great British Beer Festival at Earls Court - Click here to read the full article and the complete list of category winners.   5/08/2008 - The Crown, Old Basing - The Crown Old Basing Has Summer Lightning in excellent condition. The other real ales on offer are Ringwood Best, Thunderbolt a Hampshire Brewery special and the ubiquitous London Pride. - Reported by BRW   3/08/2008 - Andover Pubs - In Andover, the Merrie Monk and the Chestnut are high on the list of closing, as is the Bishop Blaize and the Old Bell and Crown in Hatherden. The latter is being "twin-managed" for a few months by the manager of the Town Mills. The Globe has apparently been "handed back to the brewer". All in all, a rather sad state for some of Andover's pubs.   2/08/2008 - Bolton Arms, Old Basing - A blackboard outside the Bolton Arms in Old Basing announces new owners, and that it is closed for 4 weeks whilst receiving "extensive T.L.C." - Reported by KRW   1/08/2008 - Coach and Horses, Rotherwick - Despite the fact that Hall and Woodhouse no longer acknowledge the Cask Marque scheme, their tenants at the Coach and Horses in Rotherwick, CAMRA members Chris and Kelly, are proud and delighted to have obtained their accreditation. For further information about the pub, visit their website at www.coachandhorsespub.co.uk.   1/08/2008 - Laverstoke Park Farm Brewery - The Farm has produced a new organic ale and lager that have gone on sale nationally this week at Waitrose. They are called Laverstoke Park Farm Organic Ale and Real Lager. 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