December 2011 Pubs and Brewery News
- Nothing to report due to our AGM being held in December (no December branch meeting).
November 2011 Pubs and Brewery News
- The Feathers, Merstham has re-opened.
- The lease for the Panther, Reigate is for sale.
- The Fox on the Hill, Lower Kingswood has re-opened. No Real Ale and may be an Indian Restaurant.
- The Prince Albert, Bletchingley has a new licensee on a 3 year lease.
- The Kings Head, Holmbury St Mary has been sold to new owners.
- Wheatsheaf, Old Oxted has been sold.
- Old Surrey Hills Brewery: The owners have changed the brewery name to Tillingbourne Brewery. This should remove any confusion with the old Surrey Hills Brewery (now at Denbies Vineyard).
- Entrance to the Kingswood Village Club, Lower Kingswood is by showing your CAMRA Membership Card.
- Merstham Village Club is planning to hold a Mini Beer Festival.
October 2011 Pubs and Brewery News
- The Yew Tree, Reigate had been sold and was no longer part of the Time well spent group.
- The Stephan Langton, Friday Street has re-opened.
- The Abbot, Redhill was for sale.
- The Diamond, Hurst Green may be for sale.
- The Queens Head, Nutfield has a temporary manager and is destined to be more of a Restaurant than a pub.
- The Prince of Wales, Westcott has a new manager.
- The Haycutter, Broadham Green reopened on the 15th September with 3 handpumps. The Skittle Alley has been retained for the time being.
- Old Surrey Hills Brewery: The former Surrey Hills Brewery at Old Scotland Farm, Shere has been sold. The new owners were planning to call it the Shere Brewery, but hopefully this will not be the case as it could lead to confusion with Surrey Hills Beers.
Surrey Hills Really Bitter Tour 2011 – This was our first Real Ale Trail and it started on the 1st March 2011 and ran for four months through to 2nd July 2011. There were 34 participating establishments which included three breweries and one shop. A special T-Shirt will be available to everyone who managed to get their passport signed by all 34 participants. Details of the pick-up points for the T-Shirts are listed in the passport, on page 2. Although now officially finished, there is no reason why you can’t download the passport from our downloads page and continue to visit the pubs at your leisure. We hope you have enjoyed this, our first, Real Ale Trail.
Redhill Beer Festival 2010 - Wibblers Dengie Devil wins Beer of the Festival at Redhill Beer Festival and Broadoak Perry wins Cider/Perry of the Festival
The winner of this year’s Beer of the Festival was Wibblers Dengie Devil, a seasonal special brewed in Mayland, Essex. It is described by the brewery as ‘A deep red traditional ale with New Zealand hops and a blend of English Malts to make a refreshingly naughty beer’. The cider/perry of the festival was won by Broadoak for the second year running, this time for their Perry.
For details of this year’s festival, including provisional beer and cider/perry lists, see the Redhill Beer Festival page. Anyone wishing to get involved in the planning and organising of next year’s festival can contact Licensee Clive Jennings on 01737 778711 or clive.jennings@talktalk.net.
