The following pub and brewery news was reported at the branch social meeting on Wednesday 2nd November 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

The Forest Inn, Hexworthy, has reopened; the new licensees at the Trout 'N' Tipple, Tavistock, previously ran the Royal Oak, Meavy (2 or 3 ago); Drakes Drum, Plymstock, and Royal Oak, Hooe, (Pierre, ex-Sippers), are under new management; Devon Tors Bar & Restaurant, Yelverton, has been sold; Lopes Arms, Roborough, is undergoing refurbishment; Unicorn, Plympton, now serves Sharp’s Doom Bar and Atlantic, and GK IPA; sadly, Kings Arms, Tamerton Foliot, closed on Friday 28th October; Seven Stars Inn, also at Tamerton, opens daily from 1200-2300, serving three cask ales; whilst the Queens Arms serves Doom Bar and a guest ale, with room for upto two more at busy times, between 1500-2300 (Mon-Fri) and 1200-2300 Sat/Sun; Eighteen87, Laira Bridge, will not be open on Mon-Wed lunchtimes until Spring; Bread & Roses, Ebrington Street, may be offering a CAMRA discount (TBC); Drakes Wine Bar & Cafe, Tavistock, fixtures and fittings have been sold at auction; Fishermans Arms, Barbican, is holding a beer festival on Fri 4th – Sun 6th November. See our Local Beer Festivals page for details of forthcoming pub beer festivals.

Brewery News.

Stannary Brewery Tap, Tavistock, opens every Thursday from 1800-2200, and occasionally at weekends (including Sat 5th Nov) – see their Facebook feed for details. Their beers are now available in Jack Chams, Tavistock; Rock, Yelverton; Whitchurch Inn; Rising Sun, Gunnislake; & Roots & Vine, Tavistock. They should also have a presence at the Dickensian Evening in Tavistock on Fri 25th November, as will Bale Ale. Other than this, all other local brewers are getting ready for the Christmas beers.

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