The Plough, Greetham - the village local

The Plough, Greetham,

The Plough
Rutland CAMRA Pub of the Year 2012
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The Village Local

Very much a village local, the Plough is a pub that does food, not a restaurant with a bar. Friendly and welcoming at all times, you will find us at the centre of the village and at the centre of village life.

***STOP PRESS***
The Plough has been awarded Pub of the Year by the newly independent Rutland Branch of the Campaign for Real Ale.

"I was as pleased as Punch to hear the news" said Ian, the Landlord of the Plough, "especially as the competition seemed extemely tough this year.

All of my staff, from Didier, Sam, Josh & Jess, the Kitchen porters through the chefs, Matt & Louis & Jane the cleaner to Steph, Anne and Stacey who are the public face at the Plough were thrilled when they heard the news.

It shows that the hard work that they all put in has been recognised and rewarded. All we have to do now, is keep up the high standards of Beer, Food, Hygiene and Service to maintain our reputation as the best."

A formal presentation will be made at the next CAMRA branch meeting on 9th February at the Plough.

Marbles Competition

Congratulations to Toby Craddock of Great Lane for being the nearest in the "Guess the Number of Marbles in the Bottle" Competition

The correct answer was 2391, and Toby's answer of 2400 was the nearest by a fair margin.

Toby won £28.00, with an equivalent amount being donated to Friends of Greetham Church

Dog Friendly

Dogs are welcome in our bar and garden, however, with the exception of registered assistance dogs, we do not allow dogs in the dining room.

Our full menu is available in the bar and garden, so there is no need to miss out

January Special Offer
Dine Out in January,
then dine for FREE in February
Every table of two adults or more in January will receive
a voucher for a free Main Course in February

Game On!

Perfect with Pinot Noir

Emiliagna, 2007, Casablanca Valley, Chile, £6.50/175ml, £8.50/250ml and £25.00/Bottle

Domain Road, Otago, New Zealand 2009 £7.75/175ml, £10.50/250ml and £29.90/Bottle

With the Game Season in full swing, we have added a couple of stunning Pinot Noirs to the list for January and the start of February. Partridge and Pheasant, both shot locally, are ideeal partnerts for these two New World stunners.
Check out the Board in the Bar for details of all the Pinot Noirs in stock.

Round Greetham Quiz

Last quiz won by Eastenders, Well Done!

Thanks to Don McGarrigle & Barbara Blackwell

The Snowball was won recently so £191.00 this time.

Next Quiz will be on 5th February, Quiz Mistresses are Jane Glover & Sue

£103.00 was presented to Mark Osbourne & Karen Mellor for Friends of Greetham Church to assist with the maintenance of the fabric of the building and the promotion and study of its history.

The assembled teams at the last quiz all made suggestions as to the destination for this years entry money. The Air Ambulance service was unanimously chosen. In January, the full amount, including the Sloe Gin Competition Judging money will be sent to them.

The Winning Pumpkin, by Steve Peers

Cooking & Opening Hours

Bar

Monday - Wednesday, 11a.m. - 3 p.m. & 5 p.m. - 11 p.m.
Thursday, Friday & Saturday, 11.00 a.m. - 11.00 p.m.
Sunday 12.00 noon - 10.30 p.m.

Kitchen

12.00 noon - 2.30 p.m. & 6.00 - 9.00p.m.
Every Day

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Cask Ale News

We have a mixture of both permanent and changing cask ales. Golden Best is the only permanent fixture, and while the IPA is available most of the time, even it is subject to change. Pumps 3 & 4 change with every new cask, so there should always be something new to try. Some ales make regular appearances, others less often, but very few make it only the once!.

Yoy can keep up to date at http://yourround.co.uk/BeerCam/Greetham/The-Plough/LE15-7NJ.aspx

We subscribe to CAMRA's LocAle initiative, and at least one of the beers on the bar each day are from a brewery in the area. See www.rutlandcamra.org.uk for more details

Beers on the Bar

Timothy Taylor Golden Best

This is our only full time regular ale.

This is the last Pennine Light Mild from Keighley in the Yorkshire Pennines. Copper coloured, 3.5% and very quaffable to boot. Don't let the 'Mild' tag put you off, this is a bitter drinkers' Mild.

Cambridge Bitter, Elgoods of Wisbech

This has to be one of my favourite beers.

Almost nut-brown in colour with a lovely dry malty aroma, and a hint of chocolate on the palate.

An excellent quaffing ale, especially in a shady spot on a warm day, but robust enough to be enjoyed in winter

Phipps India Pale Ale

Phipps Northampton brewery has long gone. Buried somewhere under the Carlsberg complex, very little, if anything at all remains of the old Phipps NBC.

The recipes were researched through written records and the memories of retired brewery workers by Alaric and Quentin Neville to recreate the taste of the past.

The IPA is as close to a faithful rendition as you will find. Several of my regulars remember the old Phipps brews, and although nearly 40 years have passed, they reckon it is recognisably Phipps. The pale amber colour along with the fragrant and floral nose give a beer which is attractive on the eye and more importantly, satisfying on the palate.

Black Dog Dark Mild

At 3.6% abv, it is just about right for quaffing. Lovely raisiny dried fruits on the palate with just the right amount of bitterness, it is easy to see why this was voted Champion Mild, and has picked up numerous other awards.

Elgoods at Wisbech, down in the fens are a proper family-run brewery, with some proper ales. Seek them out & support them, they deserve it.

In the mid 20th century, Mild outsold all other beer styles. In the 'Mass Observation' study in the 1930's in Lancashire, the average pub sold 8 pints of mild to every one of bitter. With the arrival of lager as a mainstream style, we will never see those statistics again, however, for all you lager drinkers, "come over to the dark side."

On the Stillage

Coming soon
Black Dog Mild
Oldershaws Old Boy
Elgoods Cambridge Bitter
Caythorpe Dark GemBelvoir Whippling
Grainstore Cooking

We Won!

Pub of the Year 2012
Pub of the Season Winter 2008/9, Summer 2010

Proud winners of the Rutland CAMRA (Campaign for Real Ale) Pub of the Season - Winter 2008/9 awarded in February 2009 and runners-up in the Rutland CAMRA Pub of the Year 2009 competition, as well as previous winners of Peterborough CAMRA's prestigious HOP Award, and Gold Award, the Plough has not just been maintaining high standards for over a decade, but setting them, too.

Rutland CAMRA branch chairman, Graham Proud said,
"The Plough is a good all-round pub and won by a clear majority. It has a good range of unusual beers including Timothy Taylor Golden Best which is hard to find around here and Ian runs all the pub games and quizzes. The Plough is just a really good community pub." .

The Plough serves fresh, local food with a special preference for the best seasonal produce, some of which, if not shot, reared, rustled or fished locally, may well have been grown in our own back garden..

The Plough is not just a good beer pub, but has an excellent range of fine wines, cask cider and specialist non-alcoholic drinks. The coffee is good too, so no need for the ladies or children to stay at home!

Cask ales, fine wines, excellent food and good company

Ian and Kath Smeeton

Rutland CAMRA Pub of the Season Winner - Winter 2008/9

& Rutland CAMRA Pub of the Year 2009 Runner-up