hotofftherails....!!!!

hello ale lovers, welcome to this months edition of hotofftherails...!!! a round up of news from the West Riding, Cellar Bar and Sportsman.

Haiti Fundraiser

Firstly, a huge thank you to everyone who came down to the Jazz Aid spectacular at the Sportsman on Saturday to raise funds for the Haiti disaster, it was a roaring success. Check out the facebook page for video highlights!

Sportsman Dining Room

Gary the chef is perfecting his new steak and ale burgers on the menu so give them a try soon. In fact he’s been seen to be slipping the local and regional ales from the bar into a few of his recipes and will soon be opening the dining room for private corporate bookings and meetings. Seating up to 28 people, menus available on request. For further details contact Sarah in the first instance, sarahb@imissedthetrain.com

Winter Beer of Britain 2010

Congratulations to Elland Brewery who supply their beers to all our bars and make the Bulldogs Bitter for us at the Cellar Bar. This week they won the Champion Winter Beer of Britain 2010

Sam will have the winning beer on the bar this week. 

http://aletalk.blogspot.com/2010/01/camra-names-c! hampion-winter-beer-of.html

1872 Porter from the Elland Brewery, West Yorkshire, has today been crowned the Supreme Champion Winter Beer of Britain 2010 by a panel of judges at the National Winter Ales Festival in Manchester. 

The 6.5% abv porter is described in CAMRA\'s Good Beer Guide as a \'creamy, full-flavoured porter, with rich liquorice flavours with a hint of chocolate from roast malt, and a soft but satisfying! aftertaste of bittersweet roast and malt.\' 

Dave Sanders, Head Brewer at Elland, was elated to hear of the brewery\'s success. He said: 

\'It absolutely brilliant; we came second last year and I am thrilled to finish on top in 2010. We originally started brewing this beer at the West Yorkshire brewery, so there\'s quite a history behind this Victorian recipe.\' 

Dewsbury and Heavy Woollen Beer Festival 20-22 May 2010

The big event coming up in the calendar is the Dewsbury and Heavy Woollen CAMRA 2010 Beer Festival to commemorate 35 years since the previous one, yes 35 years! Lots of people are helping with the event and contributing skills and time, including local staff at the West Riding and the New Charnwood. It promises to be a major event with beers, food and entertainment lining up nicely, so get this one in your diaries: 20-22 May 2010, Dewsbury Town Hall. Tickets will be on sale soon. 

West Riding Refreshment Rooms

Down at the West the manager Lisa Wood is also reviewing her refreshment offerings in the kitchen for 2010. she is focusing on fresh, locally sourced traditional English pub food with a  modern twist. After consultation with customers, lunchtime and evening menus are being revamped to reflect the demand for high quality, good value traditional real food to go with our real ales. 

Lisa has 2 special offers on to whet your appetite even further:

Steak Night Final January Offer Thu! rsday 27th

Last chance to take advantage of the 2 for 1 Steaks or Mixed Grills is tomorrow night, Thursday 27th January 6 -9pm. e.g. 2 locally sourced Rump Steaks for just £6.75, served with Green Beans, Grilled Tomatoes & Mushrooms. Sides of chips, peppercorn sauce, home made battered onion rings also available.

Up and coming February Feast: Pie Night 2 for 1

Next week sees the start of our February Feast, 2 for 1 on Pie Night, every Tuesday 5-8pm through February. 2 handmade Steak & Landlord Ale Pies with mushy peas, onions and mint sauce for just £5!!!

Curry Night

On Wednesdays Angie is making hand-made fresh Onion Bhajis, plus a range of curries such as Lamb Rogan Josh, Chicken Madras, Chickpea, Green Bean and Vegetable Balti, all served with choice of Rice, Chappatis, Naan, side salad, Poppadums and pickle tray. Served 6-9pm Wednesdays, 01924 459193

Yorkshire Food Fest 

Continuing this months foodie theme, you may be interested in a Real Food, Drink and Rhubarb Festival of Yorkshire food in Wakefield 26th and 27th February 2010 in the Cathedral Precinct. Check out www.wakef! ieldexperience.co.uk

Trains

As a final note, be sure to check your train times as there are some changes to late trains from Huddersfield and Dewsbury to Leeds since December. To dowload a current timetable go to www.wymetro.com

See you on the ale trail!

Ros

Webs editor

info@imissedthetrain.com