Pubs, Clubs, Beer and Breweries

        
        The Alexandra Yacht Club has cider!

The Fox and Hounds, Ramsden Heath (a LocAle pub) now has Wibblers 

beer on permanently.

Awards:

White Hart, Hawkwell, is our Rural Pub of the Year. 

Over 20 CAMRA members attended a presentation at the Last Post, Southend: our Most Improved pub of the year.

Golden Lion wins our 2011 POTY!

SE Essex Brewery: 

http://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/9057519.I___m_the_only_brewer_in_Southend/?ref=mmsp




Georges Brewery and Hop Monster Brewing Co.
Look out for their beers locally, and as far away as Kent and Sunderland!

Look out for Freak Show at the Alexandra Yacht Club, and the Wagon & Horses, South St, Braintree, and many other locations!
 
Brews from Georges and Hop Monster include Pendril's Summer Sunshine and Howler.

A "Meet the Brewer" event took place at the Alexandra Yacht Club, and, 33 members of SE Essex CAMRA enjoyed the first ever brewery tour in Decmber 2011.

  

LocAle 

CAMRA LocAle is a new initiative that promotes pubs stocking locally-brewed ale. 

The scheme builds on a growing consumer demand for quality local produce 
and an increased awareness of 'green' issues. South East Essex CAMRA
adopted the scheme to encourage pubs to serve at least one real ale from
a brewery within a 30-mile radius.  

Pubs in South East Essex with the LocAle accreditation include: 

The Cricketers, Westcliff

The Coach & Horses, Billericay 

Alexandra Yacht Club, Southend 

The Horse & Groom, Rochford 

The Cornucopia, Southend 

The Lamb & Lion, Westcliff

The Last Post, Southend

The Shepherd & Dog, Ballards Gore

The Elms, Leigh

Fox & Hounds, Ramsden Heath

Marlborough, Rochford

Old Windmill, South Hanningfield 

                    Olde Trout Tavern, Southend

                         Anchor, Hullbridge

CAMRA DISCOUNT SCHEME

Pubs in Essex signed up to the scheme:

The Old Windmill, South Hanningfield, 

VARSITY, Southend, 

the Norton and the Cap & Feathers.

The Old Windmill, 

South Hanningfield 

60p off a pint of real ale from 5pm - 7pm Monday to Friday 

VARSITY, Southend: 10% off real ales

The Norton (Cold Norton) in our neighbouring branch (Dengie) offers CAMRA members a discount on real ales. 

Just show your membership card to receive 20p off the price of every pint of real ale. 

                     The Norton Community Pub

                          54 Latchingdon Road,
                          Cold Norton,
                          Essex,
                          CM3 6JB

                         Tel: 01621 826948

The Norton is a community-run free house:  

                     http://www.savethenorton.org/

                  http://www.savethenorton.org/beermenu.pdf







                    SE Essex CAMRA Pub of the Year 2011
                     
                    The winner for South East Essex was the Golden Lion Rochford
                        http://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/local_news/8999134.john___s_Golden_Lion_is_a_roaring_real_ale_success/ 
                     
         If you have suggestions for Pub of the Year please use the nomination form:

                 http://www.camra.org.uk/page.aspx?o=puboftheyear


                     

National Beer Scoring Scheme (NBSS)

CAMRA has a system of scoring the quality of beers. YOU can play your part in feeding back to the branch on the quality of real ale in any area of the country by using the system. 

NBSS
The NBSS is a scale for judging beer quality in pubs.  It is an easy to use system which has been designed to assist CAMRA branches in selecting pubs for the Good Beer Guide.  It encourages CAMRA members to report on the beer quality that they have found in any pub in the UK.
Scale
0 Undrinkable	No cask beer available or so poor you have to take it back or can't finish it.
0.5	Between undrinkable and poor
1 Poor	Beer that is anything from barely drinkable to drinkable with considerable resentment.
1.5	Between poor and average
2 Average	Competently kept, drinkable pint but doesn't inspire in any way, not worth moving to another pub but you drink the beer with really noticing.
2.5	Between average and good
3 Good	Good beer in good form. You may cancel plans to move to the next pub. You want to stay for another pint and may seek out the beer again.
3.5	Between good and very Good
4 Very Good	Excellent beer in excellent condition.
4.5	Between very good and perfect
5 Perfect	Probably the best you are ever likely to find.  A seasoned drinker will award this score very rarely.

To use the NBSS please register on the system at http://www.beerscoring.org.uk/ and follow the instructions. You will need your CAMRA membership number.

 


                     
             NEWS:
             
                 
                  Fri - Sat: Open 12pm Licensed to midnight
                  Mon - Thu: 8pm - 11pm
             
             Horse & Groom, Rochford
             Article from Southend Echo

             The Victory, Ashingdon
             Article from the Southend Echo
                         

Sad news: 

The Chequers, Canewdon has closed.

Another planning application has been submitted to convert the  Chequers into a private residence. 

Read the story here: 

                          http://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/local_news/8674864.Village___s_pub_shuts_its_doors_for_the_last_time/

                     Pub Heritage
                   
                  http://www.heritagepubs.org.uk/pubs/national-inventory-intro.asp 

                    The National Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors is CAMRA's pioneering effort to identify and protect the most                       important historic pub interiors in the country. It has been part of the campaign's mission for the last 35 years                     to not only save real ale but also Britain's rich heritage of pubs.

                 Do you know of a pub in South East Essex that might qualify?

There was a trip on Saturday July 16th 2011 to Essex to visit potential pubs: 

Southend-on-Sea with stops at Grays; Benfleet; Leigh-on-Sea (GBG / Heritage pub) to Southend-on-Sea; then return from Southend Rochford and to Billericay.         

                    

 

       CAMRA's National Beer Scoring System (NBSS)     

               If you would like to comment on beer quality at a pub you have visited please visit the National Beer Scoring System website:  

http://www.beerscoring.org.uk/index.php 

 

                     

 ESSEX PUBS DATABASE

Ashingdon	Victory Inn, The
Ballards Gore	Shepherd and Dog
Billericay	Blue Boar	Chequers	Coach & Horses
	Forge	Inn on the Green	New White Hart
	Railway, The	Red Lion, The	Rising Sun
	Stewarts Lounge Bar
Bournes Green	Rose Inn
Canewdon	Chequers Inn CLOSED
Crays Hill	Shepherd & Dog, The
Great Burstead	Duke of York	Kings Head
Great Stambridge	Royal Oak, The
Great Wakering	Anchor Hotel	Exhibition Inn	Red Lion, The
	Royal British Legion	White Hart, The
Hawkwell	WHITE HART
Hockley	Bull, The	Spa, The
Hullbridge	Community Centre	Anchor
Little Burstead	Dukes Head
Leigh-on-Sea	Crooked Billet
Little Wakering	CASTLE INN
Paglesham Churchend	Punch Bowl, The
Shoebury	Angel	Meadowlark
Paglesham Eastend	Plough & Sail, The
Ramsden Heath	Nags Head	White Horse, The	Fox & Hounds
Rayleigh	Conservative Club	Roebuck
Rochford	Anne Boleyn	White Horse, The	Cherry Tree, The
	Cock Inn, The	Conservative Club	Golden Lion
	Horse & Groom	King's Head	Marlborough Head, The
	Miley, The	New Ship, The	Rose & Crown
Southend	Last Post	Naval & Military Club	Alexandra Yacht Club
South Fambridge	Mews Bar
South Hanningfield	Old Windmill
Stock	Bakers Arms, The	Bear Inn
	Hoop	Old King's Head
Wallasea Island	Creeksea Ferry Inn	Essex Marina Bar
Westcliff	Lamb & Lion
Wickford	Downham Arms, The

 ESSEX PUBS DATABASE

Thank you to all pubs that took part in this year's Ale Trail.

 









PUBS OUTSIDE OUR BRANCH:

http://www.savethenorton.org/beermenu.pdf 

http://www.rosebudpub.co.uk/




http://www.scunthorpecamra.org.uk/