The Solihull Beerhunter
is the Solihull Beerhunter, CAMRA's regular columnist for the Solihull Times. With his mighty pen in one hand and a cask-conditioned pint in the other, he fearlessly champions the cause of Real Ale and cider throughout the borough and beyond...
The Who's Who of Brew
by Toby Jugg, 15 September 2008 Rather like the minor celebrities and second-rank aristocrats who scurry to pick up each year’s edition of Who’s Who to see if they’ve merited a mention, arguably the major publishing event on the beerhunter’s calendar is the release of the Campaign for Real Ale’s Good Beer Guide. The 2009 edition just landed upon my desk, and editor Roger Protz has once again compiled an indispensible guide to more than 4,500 of the best pubs in Britain. Locally, we have listings for the Fieldhouse in Monkspath (“always busy”), the Golden Acres in Damsonwood (“very much a community hostelry”), the Vaults in Knowle (Solihull CAMRA’s Pub of the Year 2008), and the White Lion at Hampton in Arden (last year’s Most Improved Pub). Plus, of course, Bernie’s Real Ale Off-Licence in Shirley. Nor is the GBG devoted entirely to pubs, also finding room for extensive entries on the UK’s many independent breweries, including such local brands as Tunnel, Purity and Church End. Copies cost £14.99, but CAMRA members pay just £11.00. Why not come along to next month’s Solihull Beer Festival and pick up your own map to this country’s brewing treasures?
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