JBBF4 beer menu available for download.

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The final beer list for the 4th Just Beer Beer Festival, complete with brief tasting notes, is now available for download here. JBBF4 runs from this Thursday 22nd – Sunday 25th (or until drunk dry!). We hope you find the list as exciting as we do and hope you can join us over the weekend. Opening times: Thu: 11am – 11pm Fri & Sat: 10am – midnight Sun: noon – 10pm Remember – bif! (beer is fab!).

JBBF4 Beer Menu Now Available.

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We are holding the Fourth Just Beer Beer Festival (JBBF4) to coincide with the Newark CAMRA Beer Festival next weekend (22nd-25th May). Up to 17 beers available at one time served both from handpump and direct from cellar, ensuring the perfect serving temperature. We have once again scoured the country for the best beers and are bringing you some crackers from no less than seven brand-new breweries (2014). Full list is below, and a downloadable list with tasting notes will …

We are Newark Pub of the Year 2014!

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We can now officially say we are Newark CAMRA’s Pub of the Year 2014. This is the third sucessive year JB has won the coveted award (do we get to keep the trophy?) – the first time this has been achieved in branch history – which has made it even more special for us. The presentation took place yesterday – Sunday 23rd Feb and was well attended by CAMRA members, regulars and first timers alike. The trophy was presented by …

BeerMuda Triangle beer list.

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Here’s the list for the upcoming BeerMuda Triangle Beer Festival, which starts next Thusday 23rd January. ●Beer Engine (Newton St Cyres, Devon: 1983) ► Piston Bitter 4.3% ●Black Horse (Grainthorpe, Lincs: 2013) ► Ruby 3.8% ●Brown Ales (Clay Cross, Derbys: 2013) ► TBC X.X% ●Carlisle (Cummersdale, Cumbria: 2013) ► Spun Gold 4.2% ●Clarkshaws (London: 2013) ► Gorgon Alive  4.0% ●Double Top (Worksop, Notts: 2011) ► Sorachi Ace IPA (commissioned special)  5.7% ●Firebrick (Blaydon-on-Tyne, Tyne & Wear: 2012) ► Blaydon Brick …

Just Beer 1st Aleoween Beer festival menu

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Here is the list for our 1st Aleoween Beer Festival, starting this Thursday and running through to Sunday 3rd November. A downloadable version is available here. Remember it’s fancy dress on thursday evening. The best three outfits will win beery prizes. ●Arkwright’s (Preston, Lancs: 2009) ► 3 Course Meal 4.0% (Copper) Caramel, toffee, bitter ●Belleville (London: 2013) ► Trick or Treat 5.4% (Copper) Fruity, peppery hops, spiced ●Concrete Cow (Bradwell Abbey, Bucks: 2007) ► Cloven Hoof 4.5% (Brown) Sweet malt, …

Wooooo… it’s the Aleoween Festival provisional list.

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Here is the provisional list for the 1st Just Beer Aleoween Festival, running from Thursday 31st October to Sunday 3rd November. Come in fancy dress on Thursday night to be in with a chance of some beery prizes. PROVISIONAL BEER LIST: Belleville – Trick or Treat 5.4% Blue Feather (WelbeckAbbey/Blue Bee collaboration) – Intergalactic 4.8% Concrete Cow – Cloven Hoof  4.5% Fulstow – Fawke in Hell 4.0% Funfair – House of Horrors 3.9% Hartshorns – Apocalypse 6.2% Milestone – Wicked …

#IPAday – It’s International IPA Day!

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It’s International IPA Day! And to celebrate in style, Just Beer is taking part in Newark CAMRA’s 1st IPA Trail. Expect an eclectic selection of IPA styles at Just Beer – three on the bar at all times during the Trail, which runs from today through to Sunday 4th (stocks permitting!). To kick off today, we will be featuring a North Riding/Revolutions collaboration brew, Punch the Clock. Brewed at the North Riding Hotel in Scarborough, this 7.8% is an American …

IPA Day – What is IPA?

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Gearing up for International IPA day on August 1st and, in particular, the first ever Newark CAMRA IPA Trail which runs from August 1st-4th, it has been surprising how many people have asked the question ‘What is IPA?’ There have been many, many thousands of words written about this classic beer style over the years and we’re not about to cover the subject here, but this Wiki article will give you a good backgound history of the style. It is …