The following pub and brewery news was reported at the branch social meeting on Wednesday 6th July 2016.

The CAMRA Discount Scheme enables pubs to promote their business to our members and to hopefully encourage more trade. The discount given will be advertised free of charge in our branch magazine, Drake’s Drinker, as well as on this website CAMRA Discount Scheme and the National CAMRA website. We can also provide posters to advertise the offer to visitors. If you are the licensee of a pub and are interested of taking part in this scheme, please contact our Pubs Campaigns Coordinator, Andy Richardson, at ku.gro.armac.htuomylp@swenbup

The pub discount information has been notified to Plymouth CAMRA and is given in good faith, but is liable to change at short notice. Some discounts may be modified or restricted when special promotions are on offer.

Pub News

Royal Standard, Mary Tavy, is closed; Varsity, City Centre, is now called Pitcher's Sports Bar, sells Doom Bar and a guest ale, which is currently a Sam Adams beer. Also sell real cider, currently called Weston's Rosie's Pig Handbrake (with damson); Future Inns, Crownhill, now serves Doom Bar, with a second hand pull for busier periods; Dartmoor Union, Holbeton, closed and is up for sale - and have possibly submitted planning application to change of use to flats. Apparently, the pub is a listed building; Mildmay Colours, also Holbeton, has been refurbished, with all public rooms now being half the size that they once were; Dolphin Inn, Kingston, has a new licensee who took over at the beginning of June. Beer Festivals took place at Plymstock Albion Oaks RFC & Horse & Groom, Bittaford on 1st to 3rd July; and the Sausage and Cider Festival at the Clovelly Bay Inn, Turnchapel on Friday 10th and Sat 11th June: see Local Beer Festivals page for further details of local pub and regional beer festivals.

Brewery News.

We are aware of the following new breweries close to our branch: Brewhouse & Kitchen (Cheltenham); EMAL, Exeter; Moorstone, Mary Tavy, Tavistock (now at full production, and is in our branch area); Stannary, Tavistock (now selling bottled beer at Jack Cham’s, and is in our branch area); & Stargazer (near Okehampton) is now trading as Moonchild.

We would like to wish all new brewers and publicans all the very best in their new ventures.

Post Meeting Note

St. Austell Brewery completed the purchase of Bath Ales, including their pubs, breweries and all beer brands. Meanwhile, Caledonia Investments have bought the Liberation Group, which includes Jersey-based Liberation Brewery and Butcombe, of Somerset, including their combined estate of over 90 pubs.