An award was presented to the Orpington Liberal Club. Acting Chairman Peter Muldoon said on Facebook, \u201cI was absolutely delighted to collect a special certificate from Bromley CAMRA on behalf of all the volunteers that collectively run the Club for our continued provision of fine real ales over the Lockdown period. Well done to all the members that make this Club such a great place<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Kingston & Leatherhead Branch<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The branch made awards to three local breweries, Big Smoke in Esher, Park Brewery in Kingston and Brightwater in Claygate. All of them have worked tirelessly over recent months to supply beer throughout the local community and beyond. Big Smoke set up an \u2018app\u2019 and were running food deliveries to those in need within a couple of weeks of lockdown in March. Park Brewery went from having no online presence to being able to supply beer nationally within a matter of weeks. Brightwater Brewery, a small five barrel operation, continued to make deliveries of their beer, despite having limited staff through a large part of the year \u2013 a real labour of love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n An award was also given to the Willoughby Arms in Kingston, the branch\u2019s current joint pub of the year. The<\/p>\n\n\n\n Willoughby has continued to serve a range of ales from local and regional breweries, both to takeaway customers as well as opening when permitted. It has been a real hub of the community in North Kingston, and, until now, one of the few pubs in the branch to remain open all through the pandemic. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Branch chairman Richard Russell advises that, sadly, no physical presentations were possible but all four recipients have received an electronic certificate and a letter of congratulations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n North London Branch<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The branch also applauded their local brewers. \u00a0On 21 November, Branch Chairman Colin Coyne presented an award to Andy Moffat of Redemption Brewery in Tottenham.\u00a0 Colin praised the great efforts that Redemption had made for the community, including acting as a Tottenham Foodbank Collection Hub and offering take-away school packed lunches, and, of course, for providing take away offerings and supporting pubs during lockdown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The second brewery was the Moncada Brewery in North Cricklewood.\u00a0 John Cryne, their CAMRA Brewery Liaison Officer, said, \u201cIt\u2019s a really hard time for pubs and breweries at the moment and London being in Tier 2 has added to the pressure. We are all missing using the pubs in a normal, social fashion. It\u2019s great to acknowledge what people such as Julio Moncada and his team have been doing to keep people supplied with their beer; Julio even does the deliveries himself<\/em>.\u201d \u00a0The award was made in December and the photo shows, left to right, Nigel Tarn (Brewery Manager), Robin Murphy (Brewer), Gareth Hilton (Head Brewer), John Cryne and Julio Moncada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Spreading the word<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Christine Cryne issued a press release about the Moncada presentation on behalf of North London Branch. \u00a0It was picked up by prominent local newspaper the Ham & High<\/em> who ran a very helpful article mentioning other breweries in their circulation area, such as Gorgeous, Beerblefish and the Goodness Brewing Co. \u00a0The article contained some very interesting quotes which I have included in the Brewery News section.<\/p>\n\n\n\n More awards?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n There will, of course be many more heroes than these and I hope to report on more in the next edition. We thank them all for their efforts and look forward to better times when, once again, we can relax and enjoy a pint or two with our friends in the comfort of a pub. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Bad times sometimes serve to bring out the best in people. 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