CAMRA launches Edinburgh Pub Walks book

‘Explore Scotland’s capital city, while never straying too far from a decent pint’



CAMRA, the Campaign for Real Ale, has today ensured drinkers visiting or living in Scotland’s capital city, Edinburgh, can explore its beautiful surrounds without missing out on its historic public houses.



Edinburgh Pub Walks, by CAMRA author Bob Steel, is a lovingly illustrated, practical pocket-sized guide to the most iconic pubs in Edinburgh and the surrounding area, taking in 25 town, country and coastal walks, from the best of the Royal Mile, to the Dunbar Coastal Trail, 25 miles from the centre of the city.



Edinburgh Pub Walks is an indispensible title for both urban explorer and discerning beer drinker alike. Dividing the guide into two manageable sections – ‘Edinburgh Old and New’ and ‘Beyond the Fringe’ – Steel’s trails perfectly capture Scottish heritage, allowing the reader to experience the city using short, simple routes which take in the historic hilltop views and superb architecture of the capital. Highlighted on each route are key cultural attractions, recommended pubs, and access to public transport facilities, with trails intertwined to allow more intrepid walkers to undertake longer routes through Edinburgh and the surrounding areas.



For those interested in the most renowned heritage pubs Edinburgh has to offer, Steel – an author with a lifelong passion for pub architecture – introduces the reader to the most unmissable pubs in the city to take in the nation’s rich pub going history. These include-



-Athletic Arms (Diggers), 1-3 Angle Park Terrace, EH11 2JX – ‘exceptional interior and relatively little altered from a scheme of about 1900.’

-Leslie’s Bar, 45/47 Ratcliffe Terrace, EH9 1SU – ‘A great late Victorian Edinburgh bar, it’s the work of P.L Henderson, probably the most prolific, and arguably one of the best pub architects Scotland has seen’

-Cafe Royal, 19 West Register Street, EH2 2AA – ‘Grade A listed, this mid Victorian pub is surely in terms of the richness of the fittings top of the league of Edinburgh pub interiors.’

-Kenilworth Arms, 152/154 Rose Street, EH2 3JD – ‘Another impressive island-bar pub, it has recently been deservedly upgraded to a Category A listing.’

-Oxford Bar, 8 Young Street, EH2 4JB – ‘The ‘Ox’ is something different – here is a plain, basic and wonderfully intact old drinking shop from the early 19th century with few embellishments; but for all that one of the city’s great pubs.’



Bob Steel, Edinburgh Pub Walks author, said:



‘The late great beer writer Michael Jackson once said there was nowhere he would rather pub crawl than Edinburgh, and in my opinion there isn’t a more attractive city to take an urban walk. The city’s topography and built environment offer continually changing points of interest, and there’s always a good pub close to hand when you need one!’



‘For anyone unfamiliar with this beautiful city, the guide supplements the trails with information about this historic festival city and its origins, complete with an overview of the Scottish real ale industry.



‘Edinburgh Pub Walks contains everything you need to start your expedition around this fantastic city, whether you are a seasoned real ale drinker, a history buff, a lover of beautiful city walks, or a fan of breathtaking pub architecture.’



Edinburg Pub Walks is out now, priced £7.99 for CAMRA members and £9.99 for non-members. The title is available from the CAMRA shop and all good retailers. ISBN: 978-1-85249-274-8



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HALL & WOODHOUSE AWARDS NEW BREWERY CONTRACT TO MUSK ENGINEERING

HALL & WOODHOUSE AWARDS NEW BREWERY CONTRACT TO MUSK ENGINEERING





Hall & Woodhouse, the leading regional brewer of premium bottled ales based in Dorset, has awarded the contract for the building of its new brewery plant to British engineering company, Musk Engineering which is based in Burton on Trent, the Midlands town renowned throughout the world for its brewing heritage.



The new 110,000 hectolitre brewhouse is part of Hall & Woodhouse’s £5 million new brewery development programme, creating a new 21st century brewery on its existing Blandford St Mary site.



“We went out to tender to seven global brewhouse fabrication companies,” explains Head Brewer Toby Heasman “and shortlisted to three on a combination of quality of fabrication and competitiveness. I’m delighted that the British bid from Musk was the strongest of all three of the international bids shortlisted, providing the highest quality and most competitive tender. In fact, appointing Musk is rather like rewriting history. The Musk management team, from Managing Director Keith Booth, to brewhouse specialist Roy Wilkinson, were all trained at Robert Morton and Briggs. Robert Morton was instrumental in the build of Hall & Woodhouse’s last brewery in 1899.



“Musk also demonstrated that it had the flexibility within its team to design a brewhouse that exactly meets Hall & Woodhouse’s requirements. For example, Musk is using a higher grade of stainless steel and a specialised design for the copper and whirlpool operation. Also Musk is a large fabrication company with extensive knowledge and expertise outside the brewing industry and it brings a broad and varied expertise to the project. Musk is able to move existing fermentation vessels as well as the installation of pipe work and utilities, so it will act as the principle contractor for the whole plant working alongside Dorset Grain Services which we have appointed for grain handling.”



Commenting on Musk’s appointment Mark Woodhouse, Chairman of Hall & Woodhouse said “We are incredibly pleased to appoint Musk Engineering as our plant contractor. As a brewery we are very proud of our heritage and are therefore delighted that we have been able to appoint a British company to help us secure our long term future in brewing – it’s not every day that we decide to commission a new brewery – in fact our last brewery was commissioned over 100 years ago, and the decisions we are making today are on behalf of future Woodhouse generations.”



Keith Booth, Chairman and Managing Director of Musk Engineering said “Musk Engineering is proud and privileged to be associated with such a quality family brewer as Hall & Woodhouse. We are very much looking forward to working with Hall & Woodhouse and to producing a professional and quality installation using the latest industry technology to meet the brewer’s requirements. On a personal note, I am looking forward to enjoying the first “Badger” to come from the new brewery!”