Woodbourne House Bitter

I sampled the test batch house bitter at the Woodbourne last night – a darker bitter with a floral aroma at 3.7 ABV.

Already very drinkable but subject to some tweaks for the final version!

Pub of the Year 2009

The shortlisted pubs (in alphabetical order) were the Creek, the Falcons Nest Hotel, the Prospect, the Sidings, the White House and the Woodbourne.

The winner was the Whitehouse in Peel who retained the title from last year – despite strong challenges from several other landlords!

The runners up were the Creek and the Woodbourne.

Branch meetings to present the certificates will be scheduled with the landlords.

CAMRA 2009 National Conference

Several committee members (Graeme Jones, Angela Aspin, Charles Miller, Martyn Anderson and David Halliwell) attended CAMRA 2009 to research and discuss requirements, plans and issues for the CAMRA 2010 national conference (1st international in fact!) in the Isle of Man.

The Department of Tourism and Leisure and travel agent stand was overwhelmed with enquiries and ran out of all brochures and leaflets halfway through the conference!

Event – CAMRA AGM 2009

Several branch committee members will be at the CAMRA AGM 2009 in Eastbourne.  You are welcome to join us – we generally wear Isle of Man T shirts:

www.camra.org.uk/agm

If not, please forward any issues you wish us to discuss with CAMRA HQ on your behalf to any branch committee member by 14th April or at the branch meeting on 15th April.

Cheers!

Graeme Jones

Website Manager

Isle of Man CAMRA

Events List

Sat 14th March – Woodbourne – 12pm

Sat 21st March – Creek, Peel – 5pm – social at the beer festival (free entry in a pub)

Thu 9th April – Rovers Return, Douglas – 7:30pm – social at the beer festival (free entry in a pub)

Wed 15th April – Raven, Ballaugh – 7.30pm

Fri 15th May – The Swan, Ramsey – 7.30pm

Mon 15th June – The Shore, Laxey – 7.30pm

Wed 15th July – Albert, Port St Mary – 7.30pm

 

Beer Festival – Peel

The Creek

from 19th March to 25th March

Beer Festival – Douglas

Rovers Return

from 6th April to 13th April

30 real ales (not all at the same time!)

News – Castletown

We had already received some good reports about the Gluepot (Castle Arms) in Castletown and therefore we scheduled the February branch meeting in Castletown.  I was surprised to find 3 different real ales, but I was not surprised to then find a familiar face from the Sidings behind the bar!

The pub offered 30 different real ales in January so it should be well worth a stop.

Monday night is generally a taster night with a discounted guest real ale.

Bottles

Why can we not have bottled real ale in Okells pubs that do not sell cask?

The Rosemount has bottle IPA at £2.02 for nearly a pint.  If all pubs did, CAMRA members would be more likely to drink in other pubs.

Angela

News – Cheaper Drinks

Okells bitter and Okells mild are now 50 pence per pint cheaper and ciders, Guinness and standard lagers are now 75 pence per pint cheaper at the 48 brewery managed public houses until further notice.