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The Plough
Rutland CAMRA Pub of the Year 2012
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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.
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
February Special Offer
Dine
Out in February,
then dine for FREE in March
Every table of two
adults or more in February will receive
a voucher for a free Main Course in March
th 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.
Round Greetham Quiz
Next Quiz, Sunday 26th February at 9.00
Quiz master will be Mick, a Quiz Virgin at the Plough
Many thanks to last nights Quiz Mistresses, Sue Bramwell & Jane Glover> Winners were the "BoyZ"
The Snowball was won recently so £205.00 this time.
£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 of last year 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.
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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.
Beaver Bitter, Belvoir brewery
One of Colin’s
earliest brews, which quickly gained a loyal and dedicated following.
A 4.3% proper bitter, chestnut brown in
colour, full of malt, but finished by a good dollop of the traditional hop varieties to balance it out.
Apparently
this is very close to the style of the old Shipstones brews, however, that is beyond my memories.
 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.
 Dark
Gem Mild, Caythorpe Brewery
A full flavoured mild from the village of Caythorpe, between Nottingham
& Newark.
The brewery’s production is aimed at a very few pubs in the vicinity, and it took a bit of
doing to get them to come out this far. However, as you can taste, the trip was well worth it.
Bags of chocolate
malt richness come through, with a nice bitter aftertaste
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 Year WINNER 2012
Pub of the Season Winner - Winter 2008/9
& Rutland CAMRA Pub of the
Year Runner-up 2010 & 11
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