Ringwood beers — loved in Dorset, too!

Peter Hampton e-mails from Poole re the Ringwood Brewery takeover by Marstons. "I'd like to point out that Ringwood is on the Hampshire-Dorset border and very many freehouses in Dorset, too, stock the wonderful Ringwood beers; the majority of the tied houses are in Dorset, too, in Westbourne, Poole, Gussage All Saints, Winterborne Stickland and Weymouth. All excellent pubs. John Buckley (CAMRA Wessex regional director) should not restrict his regret and references to Hampshire — Ringwood's fine ales are valued highly in Dorset too!" Peter adds: "I grew up in Gales country (many good memories of the Chairmakers at World's End, the Robin Hood in Havant, the Ship at Langstone, & the Maypole on Hayling Island) and would not want to see Ringwood go the same way as Gales Brewery. Although it's unlikely, I guess, in view of the investment by Ringwood in modern equipment — something Gales didn't do much!"