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	<description>News and Views from Leeds CAMRA</description>
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		<title>Oak is Most Improved</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Every now and then Leeds CAMRA makes an award to recognise a pub that has done something right, and done it rather wll.  It&#8217;s called the Most Improved Pub award, and it doesn&#8217;t get handed out that often.
On a cold Tuesday in December, then, a bunch of CAMRA members made their way to the Original Oak in Headingley to hand over just such an award.  The reason?  The Oak, a long-standing keggery, introduced real ale over the summer.  Initially this was Marston&#8217;s Pedigree, but the range ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.newfullmeasure.org.uk/2009/12/18/oak-is-most-improved/</link>
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		<title>Old Bear over a Barrel</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A West Yorkshire brewer has marked his half century with a nod to real ale tradition.  Ian Cowling, who runs Keighley&#8217;s Old Bear Brewery, was very proud to  receive his own wooden firkin as a 50th birthday gift.
The firkin was made by North Yorkshire&#8217;s Theakston Brewery cooper, Jonathan Manby, as a demonstration at September&#8217;s Keighley Beer Festival. Theakston&#8217;s is one of only two Yorkshire breweries still delivering ale in wooden casks; Old Peculier was available at Keighley Beer Festival &#8220;from the wood&#8221;.  Each wooden barrel takes around two to three ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.newfullmeasure.org.uk/2009/12/06/old-bear-over-a-barrel/</link>
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		<title>Tetley&#8217;s: Mulholland Speaks</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here we have proof that New Full Measure has influential readers.  Pictured reading the last issue outside the Houses of Parliament is Leeds North West MP, Greg Mulholland.  Greg is Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Save the Pub Group and also an Executive Member of the All Party Parliamentary Beer Group.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.newfullmeasure.org.uk/2009/12/06/tetleys-mulholland-speaks/</link>
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		<title>The Closed Pubs of Leeds</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sadly the demise of the pub stock in the Leeds Metropolitan area continues apace.  Around 70 of the 503 remaining pubs are currently closed and many others are under threat.  Some closures will be temporary, but as they re- open others will close.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.newfullmeasure.org.uk/2009/12/03/the-closed-pubs-of-leeds/</link>
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		<title>Beer Festival in the Old Bar</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It was with some trepidation, then, that I received an invitation from
Leeds University Union's Real Ale Society.  "There is a Beer Fest in the
Old Bar", they said.  "Come and have a look!", they urged.  Now, your
editor is always up for new experiences and challenges, so at 4pm on a
Friday I am waiting outside the Union Building.  Everyone seems to be in
normal clothing, so I stuff my Batman costume in my bag and await my
guides.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.newfullmeasure.org.uk/2009/12/03/beer-festival-in-the-old-bar/</link>
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		<title>Pub of the Moment: The Manor House, Otley</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Our first Pub of the Moment this time is something of an outpost.  An outpost of the Lancashire-based Thwaites Brewery estate, the Manor House is hidden away from the hustle and bustle of Otley.  It's on Walkergate.  Near the Maypole.  Keep walking past the library and you'll find the place.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.newfullmeasure.org.uk/2009/12/03/pub-of-the-moment-the-manor-house-otley/</link>
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		<title>Pub of the Moment: Arcadia, Headingley</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A quick mention for another Pub of the Moment, Arcadia. This is our choice because, like New Full Measure, Arcadia has recently become bigger and better!]]></description>
		<link>http://www.newfullmeasure.org.uk/2009/12/03/pub-of-the-moment-arcadia-headingley/</link>
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		<title>Beer of the Moment: Ilkley Mary Jane</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This Beer of the Moment comes from one of the newer breweries in these parts.  The Ilkley Brewery Company has been around for less than a year, but recently achieved its first award at the Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) North Regions beer competition held at the Hawkshead Brewery in Cumbria.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.newfullmeasure.org.uk/2009/12/02/beer-of-the-moment-ilkley-mary-jane/</link>
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		<title>Christmas Muffins</title>
		<description><![CDATA[These muffins are just perfect for the festive season – either for breakfast or as a sweet treat. Once your oven is warmed they take no time at all to make.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.newfullmeasure.org.uk/2009/12/02/christmas-muffins/</link>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Be Daft &#8211; It&#8217;s from Yorkshire</title>
		<description><![CDATA[That's an advertising slogan used by Carlsberg UK not that long ago to promote Tetley Bitter.  You might remember it.  The idea was that Tetley's was an uncompromising northern pint; it should not be drunk by southern softies.  It should be drunk by folk who own flat caps and own whippets.  You get the idea.

By now it is well known that Carlsberg plan to close the Joshua Tetley brewery in Leeds some time before 2011 ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.newfullmeasure.org.uk/2009/12/02/dont-be-daft-its-from-yorkshire/</link>
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