The following pub and brewery news was reported at the May Branch Social Meeting on Wednesday 1st May

Pub News

The following beers have been on sale at the following rarely-reported pubs during the last few weeks:-

Brass Monkey – Bateman’s St George’s Glory; McMullen Hertford Bucket List; & Roam Tavy Porter; Brewery Tap – Hunter’s Bluebeard’s Revenge, Devon Dreamer; Bays Topsail; Duke of York, Tavistock – Sharp’s Doom Bar; Edgcumbe Arms, Milton Abbot – Dartmoor Jail Ale; Elephants Nest Inn – Palmer’s IPA; Ford Inn – Purity Mad Goose; Fox & Hounds Hotel, Bridestowe, Lydford – Dartmoor Jail Ale, Timothy Taylor Landlord; Lockyers Quay, Coxside – Sharp’s Doom Bar; St Austell Tribute; Lord High Admiral, Stonehouse – Otter Amber; Harbour Antipodean IPA; Rising Sun Inn, Compton – Dartmoor Jail Ale; Sharp’s Doom Bar (and guest, Sea Fury); Corinthian – Dartmoor Jail Ale; Seven Stars Inn, Tamerton Foliot – Exe Valley Hopsit; Fuller’s London Pride; Penpont Cornish Ruby Red; Cotleigh Amadeus; Timothy Taylor Landlord; & Vine, Stonehouse – Dartmoor Jail Ale.

Long-standing publican, George Harvey, has left the Providence Inn, Greenbank. We wish him all the very best on his retirement.

Duke of York, Tavistock, is undergoing refurbishment, as is the Falstaff Inn, Southway. Beer festivals were held at Minerva Inn, Barbican, and Walkhampton Inn, recently, with excellent reviews on both. A new beer from a “new” brewery which was on the list at Minerva Inn and was called Billy Ruffian’s Bread Ale, at 3.8%.

Cask Marque Accreditation

Was lost and regained by Eagle, City Centre, due to an admin error; and the Maritime Inn is no longer accredited to Cask Marque.

Brewery News

Stannary brewed a one-off cask ale which was available at the Walkhampton Inn beer festival, and was very well received. Let’s hope that this becomes a new addition to their core range. A “Meet The Brewer” evening was held at the Mannamead, Mutley Plain, on Monday 30 April for Summerskills Brewery, where a range of their beers was available on the bar. A Tap Takeover will be held at Britannia Inn, Milehouse, on Monday, 20, May, featuring beers from Clearwater Brewery, of Bideford, North Devon. Please see Tap Takeover - Clearwater Brewery for further details. A Tap Takeover will also take place in Hutong Cafe, Stonehouse, from 1900 on Saturday 1 June, by new “nano-brewery”, Steel Beer Co, of Plymouth. Please see Tap Takeover - Steel Brew Co for further details