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CAMPAIGN BOOKS Your help needed to fi ght anti-alcohol lobby BY WB REPORTER Drinkers’ Voice is calling for a DONATIONS from CAMRA sensible debate on alcohol health members are vital in ensuring a new guidance to restore people’s faith in organisation, Drinkers’ Voice, can the advice. take on the anti-alcohol lobby and CAMRA was instrumental in represent sensible drinkers in the the establishment of the Drinkers’ alcohol debate. VoiceVoice initiative. CAMRA national ROGER STEPS DOWN The new campaign has been chairman Colin ValentineValentine said he launched following a UK poll where O’Callaghan said: “With the UK’s had already donated and urged all THE Good Beer Guide cantly the explosion in the most drinkers gave an emphatic drinking guidelines now among the other members to give money to 2018 is celebrating its 45th brewing industry and range thumbs down to government experts strictest in the world and out of step support Drinkers’ VVoice.oice. He added: edition by refl ecting on of beers. who say there is no safe level of with people’s own experiences, it’s “The anti-alcohol lobby is possibly the massive changes to Another milestone is alcohol consumption. no wonder people are turning away the greatest threat to pubs and real the beer industry since it editor Roger Protz is step- Drinkers’ Voice, which seeks to from government health advice.” ale we face and we need to make sure started in 1974. ping down after 24 editions. represent moderate drinkers across Last year, the UK’s chief medical Drinkers’ VVoiceoice is successful.” This milestone edition However, he stressed he the UK whatever their favourite offi cers set tough new guidance O’Callaghan said: “We’ve had provides a chance to was not retiring and would tipple, is crowdfunding on its website for alcohol consumption which cut hundreds of emails of support so far, marvel at the changes that still be working full time. to make sure drinkers have a say the recommended weekly drinking which has been a great response. have transformed beer G See p3 for more on the about alcohol and their health and guidelines to the equivalent of seven We’re now looking for people to drinking – most signifi - latest guide. is calling on CAMRA members to ordinary glasses of wine or six pints donate money to help keep Drinkers’ contribute. of average strength beer for men VoiceVoice in the debate. DON’T MISS Drinkers’ Voice says people are and women. English chief medical “For less than the cost of a couple 26-28 October rightly rejecting alarmist health offi cer Dame Sally Davies also stated of drinks in your local pub, you can EVENT BIRMINGHAM BEER warnings that even a single drink there was “no safe level” of alcohol join a movement which will bring a & CIDER FESTIVAL poses a serious health risk and that consumption. These changes fl y in balanced and responsible debate on PLANNER The festival has a new people should drink no more than 14 the face of overwhelming evidence drinking and your health.” venue the Custard Factory, units a week. that moderate drinkers typically live To donate go to drinkersvoice.org. Gibb Street, Birmingham, National co-ordinator Amy longer than non drinkers. uk/campaigns/donate B9 4AA. More than 200 ales and ciders will be on MPS BACK CAMPAIGN sale and advance tickets are now available – www. MORE than 50 MPs have Page, signed up to the birminghambeerfestival. given their backing to campaign. Now it’s the time org.uk CAMRA’s tax campaign. to get your MP to back it And with members’ help too and stop chancellor many more could back the Phillip Hammond hiking call for a beer duty freeze beer tax. A tax rise would and a £5,000 cut in busi- see the benefi ts of the ness rates for English pubs. government’s three one At a drop-in session penny cuts in duty undone in parliament, 55 MPs, in a single year. including chair of the All To get your MP to Party Parliamentary Beer back the campaign go Group Mike Wood, pictured t o www.camra.org.uk/ on left with CAMRA’s Tim keeppubsafl oat

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THIS is the fi rst of two on the new news site at As one of the biggest We will be repeating this issues of WB to be sent wb.camra.org.uk regular items of expendi- cost-saving measure in digitally to the majority of At the site you can also ture for the Campaign, December, to ensure the our members, as part of a get a PDF version of the this measure will save Campaign achieves its series of short-term cost- printed paper, access a around £80,000. You can agreed budgets. saving measures agreed by “fl ippable” version, or listen help us save additional You can see answers to the National Executive. to audio recordings. The campaigning funds by frequently asked questions Members for whom we site will be updated with adding your email to your on p7, or view them on the have an email address will new and extended content membership record on CAMRA website at www. have received messages to compared to the printed camra.org.uk or choosing tinyurl.com/costfaqs If alert them to the availability version of the newspaper. to opt-out of receiving you have further questions of the digital versions of Members who do not printed versions of WB, email camrafeedback@ WB and invite them to read have an email address will which can also be done via camra.org.uk or write to news from the Campaign have been sent printed your online membership Tom Stainer, 230 Hatfi eld and the brewing industry copies of WB. record. Road, St Albans, AL1 4LW. 2 NEWS & COMMENT WHAT’S BREWING OCTOBER 2017

EDITORIAL COMMENT BEER SWIFT HALVES

HUNT FOR TOP HELP GIVE PUB SAVIOURS DRINKERS Real ale sales resilient CAMRA is looking for nominations for its Pub A VOICE Saving Award, which PEOPLE shouldn’t feel guilty about having a drink. But, celebrates the people and they do. The anti-alcohol lobby loudly shouts and acts in challenging market groups that have success- insidiously. Testament to this are the alcohol guidelines, fully campaigned to save which were unveiled by chief medical offi cer Dame Sally BY WB REPORTER that lager drinkers are And it could be cask beer their local pub. Now in Davies. These say men and women should drink no more increasingly giving cask a which leads a renaissance its second year, the fi rst than 14 units per week (roughly six pints of beer). IN a tough market for try. for many pubs. award was won by the The guidelines also say there is no safe level of drinking, pubs, the sales cask beer “Over the last year, beer “The potential for cask Save the Drovers Group a statement many fi nd diffi cult to swallow. Of concern, has been more resilient has been hit by the closure to grow further is signifi - who rescued the Drovers is the source the medics used to develop the guidelines. in the last fi ve years, than of wet-led pubs, which cant and pubs who take Inn, Gussage All Saints, The Department for Health (DoH) looked to the pres- keg or lager, according to CAMRA estimates are advantage of the sustained Dorset. Nominations sure groups such as the Alcohol Health Alliance and the the latest edition of the happening at a rate of 21 trend for quality cask will close on 5 December and Institute of Alcohol Studies (IAS) for its advice. Cask Report. per week,” says the report. continue to thrive. should be sent to paul. Did the DoH not know the IAS was created as a replace- During that time, both But, among licensees “Over two-thirds of [email protected] ment for the UK Temperance Alliance? This body is almost keg and lager sales have where cask is key to their licensees with well- entirely funded by the Alliance House Foundation, and its been characterised by business, real ale sales are chosen ranges and focus GBG LATEST goal is “to spread the principles of total abstinence from declines of 23 per cent and rising sharply. on quality continue to DELETIONS for the 2018 alcoholic drinks”. 10 per cent respectively, And cask beer drinkers successfully show growth,” Good Beer Guide, as There is a proper debate to be had on the benefi t and in contrast to just fi ve are clearly doing their best says the report. notifi ed to the CAMRA harm of drinking alcohol. But, that debate is diffi cult to per cent for cask, says the to keep pubs alive and However, the report offi ce by regional direc- have if one of the contributors to the discussion is from an report which is produced kicking. warns despite the indus- tors are Royal Oak, organisation with its roots in the 19th century temperance by a consortium of brewers “The cask drinker try’s commitment to raise Barrington, Cambs, p60 movement and is not one motivated by unbiased scientifi c and Cask Marque. continues to be the standards, all too often (change of licensee); Red rigor. It wants to ban alcohol. Cask continues to be the highest spender of all consumers still face a Lion, Kirtling, Cambs, CAMRA supports the setting up of the independent dominant force within ale beer consumers, and is gamble when they order p65 (change of licensee); Drinkers’ Voice and welcomes its call for “a more sensible” with a 57 per cent share often the one in a group a pint and they are sold a Green Man, Bank, Gtr debate on alcohol. Drinkers’ Voice aims to give people a compared to keg’s 43 per who decides which pub to beer in poor condition. London, p281 (closed); voice in the debate on moderate drinking. For too long, cent. visit,” says the report. But the good news is Bell Inn, Winsham, the anti-alcohol lobby has dominated the conversation, And although lager Licensees also high- “cask drinkers are more Somerset, p419 (change of resulting in misleading statistics and scaremongering remains by far the lighted cask was attracting likely than anyone else licensee); Hippo Taproom, news headlines. But for Drinkers’ Voice to be credible largest sector for beer, new drinkers, 35 per cent to use the pub – not just Glasgow, Gtr Glasgow and remain independent it needs money. To donate go to commanding 65 per cent of believing growth in sales for general visits, but for & Clyde Valley, p650 drinkersvoice.org.uk/campaigns/donate/ the market versus ale’s 29 to be the result of the rising a wide range of occasions (closed). per cent, there are signs popularity of real ale. and events”. www.camra.org.uk for latest news NEWS 3

PUBS CIDER’S TOP NAME AND SHAME PLAN FOUR NAMED Will George make COUNCILS that fail to CAMRA’s competition to give rate relief to pubs in fi nd the country’s best England will be named and pub for cider and perry shamed under plans set out is drawing to an exciting it two on the trot? by ministers. conclusion as the four Local government fi nalists are named, CAMRA has named the minister Marcus Jones including two of the top 16 locals in the country REGIONAL WINNERS (pictured) wants to see country’s new wave of and one will go on to be its CENTRAL SOUTHERN: Nag’s Head, Reading more councils distribute micropubs. National Pub of the Year. Multiple winner of local CAMRA Pub of the Year awards. money from a fund set But, only one can replace It could be the current EAST ANGLIA: Stanford Arms, Lowestoft up to help hard-pressed the Unicorn Inn, Bayford champion the George This quality free house was a fi nalist in 2016. pubs cope with the higher near Wincanton, CAMRA’s & Dragon in Hudswell, EAST MIDLANDS: Just Beer, Newark business rates bills after it emerged that in 2016 winner, as the best Yorks, or one of the other Micropub concentrating on cask ales. following this year’s rents fi ve months, just two of place in the UK to drink 15 which is in with a shout GREATER MANCHESTER: Wigan Central, Wigan revaluation. 99 councils had paid out cider. for the country’s top pub Two-roomed pub with a railway theme. He said that despite money from the chancel- The Kings Ditch, crown. KENT: Flower Pot, Maidstone “various examples of lor’s business rate relief Tamworth’s fi rst micropub, The best of the best Split-level street-corner free house. good practice, the pace fund. which is based in a former from each region include LONDON: Hope, Carshalton of providing relief to The relief scheme will cycle shop, is no stranger rural, village and city- Traditional community-owned village free house. ratepayers has not been give pubs with a rateable to the latter stages of the centre pubs. There are old MERSEYSIDE: Cricketers, St Helens acceptable”. value of less that £100,000 competition as it was a pubs, big pubs, micropubs An excellent community, cask ale pub. The crackdown comes a £1,000 discount. fi nalist last year. The pub and community-owned NORTH EAST: The Offi ce, Morpeth might be small, bit its cider pubs. But, they all share Micropub with no music or games machines. HUGE LOSS OF PUBS range is large. The Kings great atmosphere, decor, SCOTLAND & NI: Bridge Inn, Peebles frequently has 16 on sale. welcome, service, value Welcoming, single-roomed town-centre local. ONE in three pubs in Britain says the new business The Woodbine, Walthan for money, customer mix SOUTH WEST: Salutation Inn, Ham has shut in the last 50 rates revaluation intro- Abbey has a great cider and, most importantly, top Multi award-winning rural free house. years. duced in 2017 is a “ticking pedigree and has picked quality beer. SURREY/SUSSEX: Anchored, Worthing The Good Beer Guide time bomb” and a grave many accolades for its National Pub of the Year Sussex’s fi rst micropub. 2018 reports, since CAMRA threat to the pubs still cider locally and region- co-ordinator Andrea Briers WALES: Druid Inn, Goginan was formed, more than open. ally. Usually, more than 30 said: “It is a huge honour Family owned community pub. 28,000 pubs have called Good Beer Guide editor ciders are available. to be selected as one of the WESSEX: Wonston Arms, Wonston fi nal orders and shut. Roger Protz says there is Ye Olde Cider Bar, top 16 pubs in the country, At the heart of village life. In the early 1970s, Britain no replacement for the pub. Newton Abbot is one of as well as to be entered in WEST MIDLANDS: Weavers Real Ale House, Kidderminster had 75,000 pubs. The He said: “The British pub the few remaining true the Good Beer Guide, so This micropub is deceptively spacious inside. number is now fewer than is unique – it is rooted in cider houses in the country whatever happens next all WEST PENNINES: Drovers Rest, Monkhill 50,000, with more beer our island’s history, dating and a past winner of the the pubs should be very A country pub close to Hadrian’s Wall path. drunk at home than in the from Roman and Saxon competition. A choice of proud of themselves. YORKSHIRE: George & Dragon, Hudswell pub. times. There is no better seven ciders and perries “The competition really Rescued after a successful community buyout. Now, the Campaign is place for people to meet, are usually on the bar. gets diffi cult now, as calling for greater support enjoy a beer, strike up a The Stumble Inn is these pubs will compete for pubs after saying the conversation, make new Scarborough’s fi rst against one another to be competing pubs will hope be named one of the four threat to them is immense. friends and put the world to micropub. Located in an named one of the top four to secure national recogni- super-regional fi nalists Many factors, including rights. Above all, the British old solicitors’ offi ce, up to in the country. Last year’s tion from the competition.” and stay in with a chance economic and changing pub, both ancient and 36 real ciders and perries national winner enjoyed Each of the regional of becoming the overall social change, are modern, has character and are usually available. a huge boost in its popu- fi nalists will now compete winner. contributing to the decline. an atmosphere that could The winner will be larity from visitors near in the next round of the The winner will be However, the Campaign never be replaced.” revealed on 29 September. and far, and all of the competition, hoping to announced early next year.

BREWING BEER BOOM CONTINUES

THE demand for beers from smaller brewers over the past 10 years is still booming, if the registration of trademarks is a guide. London law fi rm RPC says the number of trade- mark registrations for beer in the UK has risen by the highest level since 2007, a development the company states is due to the “‘craft beer’ revolution”. The number of new trademark registrations in the UK for beer brands has risen from 1,666 in 2015 to 1,983 in 2016. RPC says the prolifera- tion of new brands has also largely been driven by the increase in the number FAMOUS FIVE’S RECORD MARKED of independent breweries CAMRA has congratulated the fi ve pubs Each of the fi ve will receive an award throughout the UK. that have made every one of the 45 editions from GBG editor Roger Protz and its “These new breweries of the Good Beer Guide (GBG). CAMRA branch. Roger said the fi ve will go have been encouraged The quintessential quintet are: Star Tavern down in history as hallmarks of the GBG by the success of earlier (pictured) Belgravia, Buckingham Arms, and added it is an honour to be listed in the start-ups such as Camden London; Roscoe Head, Liverpool, Square guide just once – never mind 45 times. Town Brewery,” says the & Compass, Dorset and Queen’s Head, G Pictured: Roge r Protz and customers law fi rm. Cambridgeshire. outside the Star Tavern. 4 NEWS WHAT’S BREWING OCTOBER 2017

PUBS BEER IT’S TIME TO Drinkers duped by CELEBRATE IT’S time to raise a glass to one of Britain’s favourite drinks as National Cask Big Beer brewers Ale Week kicks off from 21 September until 1 October. BY TIM HAMPSON produced even when they are no longer The world’s largest made by the original brewer. brewer of cask ale DRINKERS might think the choice of GBG editor Roger Protz said: “While Marston’s is opening the beers available has never been greater, many consumers will not be aware that doors at each of its six but storm clouds are gathering as global their favourite local beer has changed breweries. brewers attempt to stifl e that choice. from looking at the bottle, the taste Marston’s director of Good Beer Guide (GBG) 2018 warns will invariably differ. Brewing changes brewing Emma Gilleland consumers they are being deliberately under new ownership whether this is said: “All our breweries misled with many drinkers unaware due to long-term contracts with suppliers are gearing up for a busy that familiar brand names on pump clips leading to grain or hop substitutions or week where we welcome are now owned by what Americans call because production methods are changed everyone to enjoy our Big Beer and may no longer be made to to maximise profi ts.” passion for the perfect A PINT AND A LATTE original recipes. “CAMRA was fi rst founded to challenge pint. ” AB Inbev, along with other Big Beer the handful of national brewers that Cask Ale Week instigator TO survive many pubs need facilities they wanted and global brewers, is strategically targeting had phased out good cask ale in order to Paul Nunny said: “There to offer much more than top of the list came a café the independent brewing sector following promote fi zzy keg beer. I believe we are are now 1,700 breweries good beer. followed by an outside area the steady decline of mass-market lager seeing a real threat to a return to those across the country, nearly Now, thanks to £3,000 for families. brands. The scene was set last year when days on a global scale. Big Beer is on the all producing cask- from the Pub is the Hub Evans said: “We are the third largest corporate takeover in march, and we risk losing our wealth of conditioned ale. With one rural pub, the Boars in hoping this new service history saw AB InBev buy its rival SAB choice to merely the illusion of it.” brewers becoming more Spooner Row in Norfolk, for the community will be Miller for £71 billion, effectively taking Roger says the trend will reduce choice adventurous, choice has has turned an old laundry another place to socialise control of 30 per cent of the world’s beer and threatens the future of smaller brew- never been better. room into a coffee shop and meet during the day.” production and sales. eries. He warns Big Beer is squeezing “With more than 10,000 and family area. G Pictured, from left, Big Beer is not only trying to dominate small and medium-sized brewers from real ales produced each Licensee Russell Evans co-owner Claire Evans, Pub the independent brewing sector, but is the market. Not only can they sell beer year, there is a beer to said when he took over is the Hub’s Terry Stork, also fooling consumers into thinking they at cut-throat prices thanks to low produc- suit every palate. Cask Ale pub last year, he set about Wymondham Mayor Robert are still drinking independent or “craft” tion costs and have access to eye-watering Week reminds people to go making it much more Savage, Russell Evans and beer. Thanks to clever marketing and few advertising and marketing budgets, but to the pub and try them.” community focused by operations director Mark labelling restrictions, global brewers are they are also attempting to monopolise F or information go to asking customers what Bryant. still able to market these beers as locally the supply of raw materials to make beer. www.caskaleweek.co.uk

INDUSTRY TENNENT’S OWNER BUYS 845 PUBS

TENNENT’S lager owner C&C has become consumers and a platform to buy more the latest drinks fi rm to grab hundreds pubs. of pubs with the acquisition of Admiral G THE Competition and Markets Authority Taverns. This is the result of a deal between (CMA) has given the go ahead to Heineken’s C&C, which also owns the Magners brand in purchase of 1,900 pubs from Punch Taverns. the UK and a US investment fund Proprium At the start of the summer the CMA Capital Partners. told the international brewer it had to CAMRA says the purchase of 845 pubs sell pubs in 33 areas or face a full-blown has the potential to reduce consumer competition investigation. The CMA was choice and makes it harder for many pubs concerned there was not suffi cient competi- to describe themselves as a “local”. tion in the areas. To get the deal through, CAMRA chief executive Tim Page said: Heineken offered to sell some pubs, a move “UK pubs should offer a diverse range of welcomed by the CMA. good-quality beer and should be diverse A CMA spokesman said: “The CMA is enough to serve their respective communi- satisfi ed its concerns have been addressed ties. Reducing consumer choice by bringing and has decided the merger will not be even more pubs under the same brand goes referred for a phase 2 investigation.” against the spirit of the British pub and Heineken already owns the Star Pubs and undermines the ‘local’ in a great local.” Bars business, which has more than 1,100 However, C&C chief executive Stephen sites throughout the UK. The deal makes the Glancey was confi dent the acquisition Dutch brewer the third largest UK pub group would be good for both tenants and after Greene King and Enterprise Inns.

OBITUARY FESTIVAL FOUNDER MUCH MISSED

SCOTTISH members were many years of campaigning saddened by the passing of for CAMRA. Kenny Broadbent in August In 2012, Kenny set up at the Victoria Hospice, and ran the Beeches Kirkcaldy. brewery in Lochgelly with Kenny was a former help from family members, chairman of the Kingdom producing award-winning of Fife CAMRA branch and beers from a tiny brewkit was active at Scotland in his garage. Some of and Northern Ireland them were available at Branches (SNIB) level the 2014 Ayrshire Real Ale for many years. He also Festival along with the beer helped to get the Fife Beer festival at the Village Inn, Festival in Glenrothes off Fairlie the same year. He the ground and despite his enjoyed occasional trips in poor health, managed to beer or two. In July he was the camper van when time attend the Rothes Hall for presented with a Special allowed which often tied in a short period in April for a Award in recognition of his with beer festivals. www.camra.org.uk for latest news NEWS 5

VOLUNTEER VOICE AUCTION HAMMER TIME Why we need to stand our ground IN BURTON EVER fancied owning a slice of brewing history? David Sherman argues CAMRA has moved sise our campaigning values and The National Breweriana attracting people who agree with Auction returns to Burton- too far to secure new members and should seek us, we’ve spent the last 10 years upon-Trent’s Town Hall to to attract people who agree with its principles or so bribing people to join. The celebrate its 32nd event on end result of this will be at best an Saturday 21 October. I READ Volunteer Voice (WB Sept) People who disagree with us don’t abdication, and at worst the most More than 150 auction initially with healthy skepticism, want to join. That’s as it should be. protracted suicide in history. lots are going under then with a degree of incredulity, The purpose of recruitment is to I joined CAMRA because I the hammer – including and ultimately with disdain. I’ve attract those of a like mind, not to wanted to promote its aims and brewery mirrors, trays, heard its arguments before, but attract as many people as possible, objectives. I didn’t join in order signs, bottles and books mainly from outside the organisa- regardless of their views. I would to hijack it and turn it into some- plus there are several tion, in conversations that start suggest anyone who is actually thing it was never intended to be. stands selling memorabilia. with “I’m not a member of CAMRA interested in campaigning would l A former member of the National Some of the highlights because…”. They are founded be looking for an organisation Young Members’ Committee, David include an Ansell’s sign, a neither in fact nor in logic. that maintains a clear purpose. Sherman has held a number of Home Brewery tankard and Ash Corbett-Collins seems Changing our views to suit others branch posts, including campaigns a jug from Offiler’s. unduly worried that CAMRA would be not campaigning, but officer, membership secretary, and The event starts at “finds itself bitterly arguing its being campaigned to. to acknowledge the contributions pubs officer. Formerly competition 10.30am with the oppor- narrow views”. I fail to see any Another problem Ash identifies these people have made, when coordinator for Champion Beer of tunity to view the lots and grounds for concern. That is what is that “while Britain has become they’d surely prefer to have a white East Anglia, he chairs the Essex browse the breweriana a campaign does. It defines a set of more diverse since 1971, we have man tell them they have failed to tasting panel and is a regular judge stands. Bidding starts at aims and principles and sets them not”. What utter bunkum! In his make an adequate impact on the and chair for CAMRA’s regional noon. forth in the hope of convincing 1978 book Pulling a Fast One, diversity of our membership? and national competitions. Entrance is by catalogue people of its arguments. What are Roger Protz wrote that we were If anything, I would say CAMRA (£3), available on the day, we supposed to do instead? Should “predominantly southern-based has moved too far in the direc- l Volunteer Voices are provided by selected or £4 (includes postage) we change our views annually and middle-class”, and “also male- tion of attracting new members members of the Campaign for Real Ale. They in advance, by post from are intended to express the views of the author Bill Austin: 07789 900411 according to what is perceived to dominated”. That certainly isn’t not as a means to an end but as and not necessarily those of CAMRA. If you’d be be the current fashion? the case now! We have a national an end in itself. I am constantly interested in writing a Volunteer Voice, or would or baustin1951@btinternet. Apparently, “potential new base of membership across socio- amazed at the number of people like to nominate someone, email tom.stainer@ com. If you can’t get there, members” are put off by the fact economic strata and ethnic groups. who can look at an organisation of CAMRA.org.uk explaining why and briefly postal bids are accepted, outlining what you’d like to discuss. The WB that “rather than evolve, we would We have more female members nearly 200,000 people and think team reserves the right to edit submissions and just contact Bill. prefer to stick to our principles”. than ever, and a dedicated gay and that one of its problems is a lack expects them to be legal, civil and constructive. For more details see Once again, no cause for concern. lesbian group. But hey, why bother of members! Rather than empha- www.gandc.camra.org.uk

CAMPAIGN HELP FIND NEXT CHAMPION BEER

ALL CAMRA members have votes cast, the better the Initial nominations for the chance to nominate results will be. CBoB are made at a local beers from their area Members do not have level so only beers that via the Champion Beer to nominate all the beers are produced in the area of Britain (CBoB) voting in one go and selections near members registered website. can be amended anytime addresses will be avail- Voting is now open and up to the deadline on 1 able for them to make a CAMRA would like as November. nomination. many members as possible Not all beers are eligible CAMRA accepts some submitting votes for their for CBoB. Mainstream members will drink beers favourite local beers. beer styles like bitters, from a wider area, but Members can nominate best bitters, strong bitters many also tend to only up to five beers in each and golden ales should be drink more local brews. of the 11 categories to be available for at least seven This is an area we are put forward for the CBoB months of the year. Other currently looking at to try competition, but if you only styles may be available for and keep both types of want to nominate beers in a lesser period depending member happy. For details one category, or even just on the rarity and season- see bis.camra.org.uk/ one, that’s fine. The more ality of the beer style. cbobvoting/login.asp

Can you help? l Coventry & District branch has two IF you’re looking to fill a role drop us a line vacancies – public affairs officer plus press to promote it here. Email wb.editor@camra. and publicity officer. org.uk detailing the duties and the kind of The first role is to lead liaison with and person who would be suitable. lobbying of local councils, MPs and other l There are three places available on the political representatives within the branch Key Campaign 3 committee, which was boundaries with a view to supporting setup to encourage more people to try a CAMRA’s campaigns. range of real ales, ciders and perries. The other role is to generate publicity for Useful skills are: CAMRA within branch boundaries. Esti- l experience in marketing mated time for the both roles is up to three l knowledge and experience of matching of hours a month. beer, cider and perry with food No qualifications are required, just l cellarmanship enthusiasm with good interpersonal and l understanding social media as a tool writing skills. Access to a computer and the l willing to be a minute taker in addition to internet are required. one of the other skills. Details of the roles can be found on the You must also be willing to declare any Members’ Area of the Coventry & District conflicts of interest. Currently two meetings website and any queries should be directed a year are held with others by conference to [email protected] call as required. If you are interested then l Volunteers are required for this year’s contact Ian Packham at ian.packham@ Cheltenham Real Ale Festival (26-28 camra.org.uk with details of your knowl- October) at the iconic Cheltenham Ladies’ edge and experience and how you believe College. More details www. you could help the campaign. cheltenhamcamra.org.uk/craf 6 FEATURE WHAT’S BREWING OCTOBER 2017

BEER HUNTER Seasonal search for phantom of brewing The latest in our series of column maturation in bottle. He beer called Saison Roland. felt that his beers were Today, there is a Roland extracts marking the 10th anniversary best at between three and Triple Saison, from the of Beer Hunter Michael Jackson’s eight weeks after leaving Lefebvre brewery, at death, is from April 1991 the brewery, but said some Quenast. customers preferred to The Dupont brewery THE Belgian man-in-the- anything from 1048 to open them at six months. has also made a softer, street (or rue) is probably 1080OG). The method, When he opened a bottle for fruitier beer, with its more knowledgeable about probably arrived at empir- me, the cork fl ew through grist comprising one-third beer than his counterpart ically, was to use high the air. No sooner had malted wheat, under the in other countries. Despite mashing temperatures, one bottle appeared than Latin name Cerevisia. that, he is still inclined producing a substantial another would be fetched. This is dedicated to a to take for granted the degree of unfermentable “Taste this,” M Rosier nearby Gallo-Roman site. marvellous beer selection sugars, to have a period would suggest, every time I Besides Dupont A in his own land. of warm conditioning, sought to probe the secrets Vapeur and Lefebvre, The integrity of several usually in metal tanks. in his beer. there are other breweries Belgian beer styles is in In the Belgian tradition, and ads painted on gable- Inside, the equipment “In your view, just how producing saisons. In the danger, and some could saisons are top-fermenting ends as in France. is still much the same as should a saison taste?” I province of Hainaut, the vanish. Perhaps the most and bottle-conditioned. The town sign for Leuze it was when the brewery would demand. “It must breweries Voisin and Silly endangered is the saison. These beers are often bears the legend “ville au began, a cast-iron, open be a good, honest beer. It (it sounds sensible enough This style is not widely presented in Champagne- trois brasseries” (“town mash tun, and a fl at- should have character. It is in French) use the term known outside its region of style bottles, and were of three brasseries”). topped copper in an agri- essential that it has soul,” saison, and Allard makes production of Hainaut, in before the more wide- Tadcaster please copy. In cultural building. he would reply, with Gallic similar beers without this the French-speaking half spread revival of this Leuze, the three breweries With a matter of factness imprecision. “Here… try designation. of the country. presentation. They often are Dupont, A Vapeur that matched his farmer- this one.” In the province of It was my interest in have an organgey colour, (making superbly spicy like appearance and fait, In their house character, Namur, the bigger brewery this style that led me to and usually a dense, rocky saisons) and Dubission M Rosier answered my Dupont’s beers are full of Du Bocq has the most make my fi rst visit to the head. Their aroma is often (whose Bush Beer resem- question about his proce- life, with a rocky, creamy, widely available example, Dupont brewery. This is in fruity and yeasty, perhaps bles an English barley dures. Each answered by head; a sharp, refreshing, Saison Regal. the Hamlet of Tourpes, in even powdery. They have a wine). Within the munici- without much elaboration. attack; a restrained fruiti- In the Belgian prov- the municipality of Leuze, refreshing carbonation and pality, the latter two are in He told me he used ness; and a long, dry, fi nish. ince of Luxemborg, in the in western Hainaut. crispness (some are made the village of Pipaix. only pale malt in Saison The range includes Ardennes village of Soy, a The making of saisons with quite hard water) Finding the breweries Dupont, that his water Saison Dupont itself, new microbrewery called was regarded as a and a fruitiness, often is another question. On a was hard, and that the subtitled Vielle Reseve, at Fantome is making very distinctly Belgian tech- with citric notes. They country road, a café called hops were mainly Kent 1050OG, a vaguely organic fruity, strong, seasonal nique by brewing scientists are usually well-hopped, Caves Dupont caught my Goldings, with some version, described on the beers in loosely this style. in the late 1800s and early typically with Belgian or eye. Opposite, a scatter of Hallertaus. He made two label as Biologique; and At the Fantome brewery, 1900s, though they were British varieties. Tradi- brick buildings, pantiled additions in the kettle, stronger pale and dark I tasted a soft, sweetish, produced to meet a situa- tionally dry hopping was and looking like a farm, but no longer dry-hopped. beers under the Moinette 1076OG version made tion common to all brewing common. Some are spiced. proved to be the brewery. When I fi rst tasted these (the dark, or Brune, has with a dash of strawberry nations. They were I have always thought It dates from 1850, and beers, about 15 years four malts). M Rosier lives juice. At the associated originally made during of Saison Dupont as a since 1920 has been in the ago, I thought they had on a farm called Moinette. Ferme au Chêne brew- the winter by farmer down-to-earth classic of Dupont family. The orig- even more character, and In French, Moine means pub, in nearby Durbuy, brewers, then laid down the style, and I was excited inal Dupont’s grandson, perhaps that was why. monk, and the farm is I tasted a similar beer, for consumption during about visiting the brewery. Marc Rosier, runs the M Rosier said after believed to be on what was called Markloff. the summer. The beer had This part of Belgium is brewery, and owns it with primary fermentation, once an abbey estate. Perhaps the breweries to be sturdy enough to last rural, but fringing on his two sisters. there was a week or two Between the hoppy, dry, will in the future have a for some months, but not the industrial area of the A fi gure of St Arnold, of warm-conditioning in Moinette Blonde and the crack at a classic saison. too strong to be a summer Boriange. There are fi elds the patron saint of Belgian a metal tank. This was perfumy, sweeter Brune, is This style needs all the and harvest quencher. of sugar beet, but the red- brewers, is set into the wall followed by centrifuging, La Biere de Beloeil, dedi- help it can get. Saisons were regarded brick of the buildings can in one part of the brewery, re-yeasting (with a cated to a nearby castle. G The full article can be in Belgium as beers of look care-worn, sometimes and he appears in a statue different culture), priming, There was once a brewery found at tinyurl.com/ medium gravity (today, with chipped whitewash, in one of the doorways. and a good fortnight of at Beloeil, producing a michaeljacksonapril1991 www.camra.org.uk for latest news NEWS 7

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Can I remove my email address Details of a major review of the Campaign’s fi nances were review and revise these events and to your computer or mobile. from the system so I can still our campaigning focus, implement In the interests of transparency receive a printed copy? outlined in last month’s WB which detailed measures the outcome of the Revitalisation should not members be told the You can remove your email taken to address an income shortfall. One of the most Project in line with fi nal decisions reason for shortfall in income and address at any time from CAMRA’s signifi cant savings was not send a printed version of WB taken by the membership next year, numbers given? membership system by accessing for October and December to members for whom the and continue to share best practice The forecast shortfall in 2017 is and amending your record in the Campaign had an email address. 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PREVIEW ROGERBREWING PROTZ WRITES HOW REVISED NATIONAL EXECUTIVE ELECTION WILL WORK NEXT YEAR Campaign sent to Coventry for the Weekend Reach out FOLLOWING changes agreed at the AGM in Time to make your arrangements for Bournemouth, the National Executive (NE), Members’ Weekend 2018 and make the election will revert to being part of the AGM and embrace at the Members’ Weekend in Coventry next most of a great part of the country April. Will the Campaign split into fi ercely opposed Members will be invited to cast their START making your plans pubs which are listed in the warring factions and descend into irrelevance or proxy votes for individual candidates by for a trip to Coventry next 2018 Good Beer Guide. will it reach out to younger drinkers and embrace post or electronically in a process April as that’s where the 2018 KENILWORTH – this is close all good beers cask-conditioned or not? managed by Electoral Reform Services Members’ Weekend, AGM to Warwick University and (ERS). and Conference will be held. is celebrated for its castle THREE rousing cheers for Ash Corbett-Collins. If you didn’t Members attending the Members’ The weekend (20-22 April) will where Robert Dudley, Earl read his column (WB Sept), please do so without delay. Roger Protz tweets Weekend, AGM & Conference will also be KEY DATES be based in the University of of Leicester entertained It’s certain to be the most sensible piece you will fi nd in a @RogerProtzBeer able to vote in person, or amend their proxy THE deadline for nominations is 5pm Warwick’s Butterworth Hall Elizabeth 1. It is now run by CAMRA publication this year. and also writes vote should they wish to. Friday 16 February 2018. on the outskirts of the city. English Heritage and regu- Ash is the chairman of the Campaign’s Young Members www.protzonbeer.co.uk Further information will be provided in the The proxy voting process will open In addition to taking part larly holds medieval-themed group. He’s in touch with the new generation of beer coming weeks, including more details on the week commencing 5 March and will close in all the conference action events with jousting and drinkers. He knows what they like and he says most of ERS voting process and, for those inter- at 23.59 on Wednesday 18 April. there’s lots of things to birds of prey demonstrations. them wouldn’t dream of joining CAMRA as they don’t feel it ested in becoming a member of the NE, the The results of the election will be do in the area. As well as Kenilworth Castle is easy speaks for them or even welcomes them. key responsibilities of an NE member, the announced after 6pm on Saturday 21 April visiting one or two fi ne pubs to fi nd and is opposite the There are not only new kids on the block but also new time commitment required and the process 2018 during the Members’ Weekend. nearby, Coventry, Kenilworth, Queen and Castle pub. types of beer in the neighbourhood. Dismiss “craft keg” if It reminded for providing hustings statements. Warwick and Leamington Spa WARWICK – this small county you will, but it appeals to a lot of younger drinkers. They are just 10 minutes away and town is known for another want beer brimming with aroma and fl avour and they’re me forcibly – GOT SOMETHING TO DISCUSS? Rugby and Stratford-upon- castle, which holds regular not too fussed if it comes from a handpump or a shiny keg because I was Avon less than 30 minutes events such as medieval home of the sport and there tap. CAMRA’s marketing committee is looking “Help us make the discussions at by car or taxi. Your weekend banquets and is linked to is now amusem at the school Please don’t show your age by gibbering about Red around at the for ideas from members which can be Members’ Weekend informative and planning starts here with our Madame Tussauds. The where it started. The town Barrel or Double Diamond. They were consigned to the time – of a discussed at Members’ Weekend 2018. engaging sessions. Let the committee know guide to nearby attractions. well-preserved streets offer boasts eight entrants in the dustbin of bibulous history many moons ago. Today’s keg The committee is calling for members to what topics you’d like to see covered,” COVENTRY – renowned for a variety of restaurants and 2018 Good Beer Guide and it beers are of a quite different stripe. far-left group submit ideas, which can be debated at the said marketing committee chair Abigail Lady Godiva’s riding exploits, there are no fewer than fi ve is diffi cult to photograph the I went to three of the Campaign’s Revitalisation meetings about to split popular group discussions. Newton. but sights to see today pubs listed in the 2018 Good landmarks without including last year. The fi rst two I attended had sensible and convivial Ideally the ideas should be engaging, Submitting an idea is no guarantee it will include the 1960s cathedral Beer Guide. one of them. discussions. The third and fi nal one in the road show, held into warring even provocative and allow members to be discussed. (built to replace the original ROYAL LEAMINGTON SPA STRATFORD UPON AVON – in St Albans, reminded me forcibly – because I was around factions express their view on the wide range of Email the committee with your idea at largely destroyed in WW2). – has one of the few real the home of Shakespeare. at the time – of a far-left group about to split into warring marketing issues the Campaign faces. [email protected] The city has a fascinating tennis courts in the UK and Among the attractions are factions. Transport Museum (it the Royal Pump Rooms, Mary Arden’s House and the When I told the meeting I had visited the Beavertown contains Thrust 2 and Thrust famed for their mineral spring Royal Shakespeare Theatre. brewery in North London and found its beers delicious SSC) and unspoiled historic waters. For those who prefer Stratford is full of timber- and memorable, I thought I would be lucky to leave the streets as well as St Mary’s stronger drinks there are framed buildings, many of meeting alive, for Beavertown doesn’t produce any cask- Guildhall. These provide a numerous hostelries to visit. which are, or have been, conditioned beer. great backdrop for the 12 RUGBY – best known as the pubs. But let’s consider how it produces and serves its beers. They are not fi ltered, fi ned or pasteurised and they’re Clockwise from top: Warwick served by light gas pressure, nothing like the fi zzed-up university; Butterworth Hall; Queen & Castle, Kenilworth; abominations of yesteryear. Rugby museum, Rugby; Royal But the attitude of most of the members at the St Albans Pump Room Baths, Royal meeting was “over my dead body – it’s cask or nothing for Leamington Spa me.” Make no mistake, when I go to a pub I will always go to the bank of handpumps fi rst. But times have changed. If nothing appeals to me, I may look at alternative offerings. Beer is also ruinously expensive. In two London pubs last month, one listed in the Good Beer Guide, two cask beers I bought were fl at, too warm and close to vinegar. Who can blame drinkers if they choose a beer served with a bit of life and fl avour when they have to fork out close to £5? I edit the Good Beer Guide. Sensibly, the founders of CAMRA didn’t call it the Good Real Ale Guide. The new edition, the 24th I have edited in two spells, will be my last. I’m not retiring – perish the thought, I have books and journalism to keep me busy. But as the Campaign draws near to making key decisions about its future as a result of the extensive Revitalisation programme, I think it vital that our fl agship publication should be fronted by a younger person than an old crusty like me. By its very name and nature, the guide will continue to campaign for good beer. So let’s take a lead from the title of the book. The threats to good beer come not from the likes of Beavertown or Cloudwater but from factory beers YOU DON’T NEED TO WAIT UNTIL CONFERENCE TO MAKE CHANGES TO CAMRA brewed by global giants concerned with profi ts, not quality. The Americans call AB InBev, Coors, Carlsberg and DO you sometimes fi nd yourself including beer festivals, publications suggestion involves changing it, you external policies, have to be decided Heineken Big Beer. And as Big Beer gobbles up independ- frustrated by CAMRA’s administra- (such as WB, Good Beer Guide, can contact your branch to discuss at our Annual Conference. In other KEY DATES ents such as Camden Town and Meantime and moves tion and internal policies? branch magazines), the CAMRA the issue. cases your suggestion may not be THE deadline for requests menacingly into the artisan sector, we should concentrate You don’t need to wait to put website, membership administration You or your branch may refer approved by the NE, or the national to Conference Procedures most of our fi re on them. forward a motion at Conference and benefi ts, branch activities and the issue to your regional director chairman may say the change you Committee for help in wording of At the same time, we should not ignore the increasing to get things changed; changes communication within CAMRA. but if the matter is not resolved to wish to be implemented is some- motions is Friday 2 February 2018. grip of the big national brewers. All too often they produce can be put into place during the It may be your idea or suggestion your satisfaction you can put your thing that would have to be decided The deadline for receipt of parodies of good cask beer that are devoid of taste and year. The National Executive (NE) is is already covered by existing poli- suggestion direct to the NE by by conference. motions and special resolutions is character. Had a Doom Bar recently? always looking for ways to improve cies and you can check the Internal contacting national chairman Colin In these cases you will need a 5pm Friday 16 February. So good luck to Ash Corbett-Collins and his fellow young the Campaign and your ideas are Policy Document yourself at Valentine (contact details are on motion to be submitted to get the Contact for motions and queries members and heed well their words. Either we reach out to welcome. http://bit.ly/CAMRAIPD2017 p11). issue debated. More information contact Emily Ryans emily.ryans@ young beer lovers and embrace all good beer or we face a Your suggestions could involve If you’re concerned existing Not all matters can be resolved about how to submit a motion will be camra.org.uk or 01727 798447 long, slow slide into irrelevance. many aspects of the Campaign policy is not being followed, or your in this way. Some, including all published soon.

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AWARDS We must represent all ale drinkersFINAL CALL On our side CAMRA faces extinction as it fails to adapt to its FOR BEST good to see the pages environment according to the Campaign’s Young would consider joining CAMRA. THE Campaign, together Members national chairman Ash Corbett-Collins I’d guess very few. They don’t feel with Historic England, that we represent them, nor that is making a fi nal call CAMRA would welcome them. Yet for entries for the best WHILE many bars are packed they share many of our values. designed pubs. drinking in your local to notice I AM at a loss to during independent events, like Only when drinkers regard us as CAMRA’s Pub Design of WB being made I READ Roger Protz’s excellent article I urge brewers to include at least one that while Britain has become meet the brewer or tap takeovers, representative will they consider Awards coordinator Sean more diverse since 1971 we have our meetings and socials struggle joining a serious option. Murphy said: “These not. to keep hold of the most dedicated On 14 October, I will be chairing awards have helped to This is a simplifi cation, but one volunteers or attract new blood. the fi rst Young Members Forum raise the profi le of pubs that holds true. The organisation Those organising independent at Nottingham Festival. We will that exemplify the very credited with saving real ale now events are mostly young, energetic debate what matters to the next best of Britain. understand Fred Riley’s and passionate about their beer. alienates the drinkers we claim to “Individually, they each available for these tough (WB Sept) and I was so in agreement that beer brewed with hops that have the tradi- generation of volunteers. We will represent. If CAMRA is to continue to be have an open fl oor for all members tell a story of huge poten- As an organisation we no longer the champion for ale drinkers then to put forward their view on the tial and dedication, regard- look like, sound like or think like we need to realise that the past future of the Campaign. Open to less of whether a pub is a the next generation of pub-goers. women, and all races. The biggest few years have been characterised everyone, with your help we will new build or a much-loved And if that’s the case, how can uptake in “craft” beer has been by increasing bureaucracy, inco- make CAMRA speak for the next heritage pub restored to its we expect new people to take on where independent bars cater herent campaigns and complete generation. The Young Members former glory.” objection (WB Sept) to the cause, promote real ale and to the growing demand for local conversations. I had to write to add my support. tional British flavouring and include the inertia in reacting to the evolving produce, or specialist markets like Forum is in the upstairs room at The Pub Design Awards drinking landscape. protect our pubs. But is there a competition is open to all vegan or gluten-free. the Ned Ludd on Friar Lane in But the real problem is that thirst for change? pubs in the UK and build- Apps like Untappd show that Nottingham. It’s within walking CAMRA’s unpopularity is our own The discussions on Discourse ings can be nominated tickers exist among the young, but distance of the festival and the making. Initially a group of rebel- suggest that rather than evolve, by anyone. Entrants may our own digital offerings do not railway station. lious young beer drinkers intent we would prefer to stick to our be required to provide meet their demands. on fi xing the wrongs of the British principles. Unfortunately, this additional photographs Christopher Snowdon Last month I went to the launch G Volunteer Voices are provided by selected Simon Turpin Development of new varieties and use of fact on the pump clip to help me choose. beer industry, the Campaign has decision to hold ourselves to this and plans of the building, of Twisted Barrels’ new beer. members of the Campaign for Real Ale. They are aged and now fi nds itself bitterly standard has made us appear intended to express the views of the author and so the pub licensee should The bar was packed with people not necessarily those of CAMRA. If you’d be inter- arguing its narrow views. smug and self-righteous to poten- always be made aware of working their way through the ested in writing a Volunteer Voice, or would like to You only need to look at the tial new members. and approve the entry. taps and avidly discussing them nominate someone, email tom.stainer@CAMRA. makeup of a typical CAMRA We must change our image org.uk explaining why and briefl y outlining what among themselves. These were The closing date for meeting and compare it to those and genuinely represent all ale you’d like to discuss. The WB team reserves the entries is 23 September. To drinkers; young and old, men and young, passionate ale drinkers right to edit submissions and expects them to be (WB Aug) demonstrating legal, civil and constructive. enter, visit www.camra.org. Biggleswade, Beds hops from all over the world is good thing Bravo also to the young man who wanted and I wondered how many of these uk/pub-design-awards- online-entry PUBS the case for drinking DEADLINE and the widening of the flavours they bring beers with a balance between maltiness LOOMS RESIDENTS of Maple Bridge, Stockport are plan- ning to buy their local. The Northumberland guidelines to be unscien- Arms was closed in should be applauded. However I have and hoppiness. January by Robinsons Respect our roots brewery. Now a group is hoping to reopen it as a pub, café and community centre. The campaigners have tific nonsense. had an offer accepted by I FOUND Ash Corbett- experienced the decline of beers with what An excellent example of a balanced beer PIONEER CELEBRATES Robinsons and have to come up with the purchase WHAT is thought to be the price and start-up costs by ment grant to purchase UK’s longest-running pub mid-September. and renovate the pub for under community owner- around £160,000 where The group has produced ship has celebrated its 20th a business plan and have rental paid by tenants It was a cogent argu- anniversary. launched a share offer. Collins (WB Sept) I classify as the forest fruit flavours of the with forest fruit flavour is Sam Smith’s would be enough to cover The Beauchamp Arms in the monthly repayments. “Our community now Dymock, Gloucs (pictured) has the opportunity to buy While the loan was being was taken over by its it and create a community- repaid, Friends of the community in 1997 when owned pub in the heart Beauchamp Arms was set the last pub in the village of the area,” said a up as the pub’s fi nancial was put up for sale and spokesman for the group. safety net, raising funds ment in favour of freedom threatened with closure. extraordinarily patron- Old Brewery Bitter. It has a glorious For more go to www. traditional English hop varieties such as through village events to The parish council took thenorthumberlandarms. support the maintenance, the then unusual step of co.uk repairs and small building applying for a govern- projects at the pub. OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS AIM HIGH from unjustified attacks BRITAIN’S highest pub, ising – verging on the Goldings and Fuggles. Beers using hops understated aftertaste of blackcurrant. GOING, going – gone? the Tan Hill Inn, in North demolish the pub and build Well, nearly. A community Yorkshire, is up for sale for houses on the site. in north Staffordshire has £900,000. raised £200,000 which they Fortunately, locals regis- tered the pub as an Asset The isolated pub, where hope is enough to success- a “solitary inn” was noted of Community Value which fully buy their local. to stand in a 1586 guide prevented the demolition The Auctioneers Arms, book, stands at 1,732ft on sensible drinking by and removed the owners offensive when, for providing citrus or tropical fruit flavours Ray Pullen known as the Knocks, (528m) in the Yorkshire permitted development Caverswall was sold in Dales, is four miles from its rights. August last year to a nearest neighbour and it is Now they hope the pub developer who intended to regularly snowed in during will be sold to them. agencies inspired by the winter storms. example, referring to seem to predominate. Brighouse, W Yorks total abstinence move- “incoherent campaigns” ment. Mr Snowdon is (WB Sept). People of and “complete inertia in clearly on our side, as all political shades who reacting to the evolving It is the brewers and Chilterns populated in the Fred would have realised enjoy drinking real ale drinking landscape”. their followers on social main by well-off business BRIEFLY had he read the article should stand together The Campaign was media who claim CAMRA people, and they decided instead of condemning and challenge Dame Sally founded on principles is out of touch (or worse) that they would save their Louise lament it as emanating from the Smith, the Alcohol Health which, if abandoned, when we don’t endorse watering hole. They formed I WAS upset to hear the Institute of Economic Alliance, the Temperance would surely betray its their beer for obvious a company, the Red Bree Louise in Euston is to Affairs which he dislikes Movement and the rest of initial purpose. I have reasons. We in CAMRA Lion Ltd, with villagers as close. It’s a lovely pub with on political grounds. the Prohibitionists before witnessed a healthy could even show some shareholders, bought the a country pub atmosphere David Lyall England ends up like the involvement of younger support for “craft” keg as pub and put in a tenant. about it and I hope the London SW3 Scandinavian countries. members, dedicated to another drink, as we do Shareholders may only sell owners find a new location. Mike Newell the real ale cause while for cider, and help identify shares to other villagers Gary Miller Valid argument Failsworth, Manchester keeping an open mind the good from the bad – to prevent control being London NW6 FRED Riley (WB Sept) with regard to controver- and yes there is an awful lost to outsiders. It is the takes exception to the Oldies agree sial issues like the “craft lot of, undrinkable “craft” current North Herts Branch Retrograde step publication of Christopher WHAT a thoughtful revolution”. “Smug and keg – and even promote it Pub of the Year. I CONSIDER any reduction Snowdon’s article, saying contribution by Ash self-righteous” – not in my where there is a symbiotic Steve Barber in services to members he is part of “a neo-liberal, Corbett-Collins (WB experience! Rather than advantage with cask. But Truro, Cornwall (moving WB to email – barking right think tank’. Sept). This article should jumping on the band- there is no need to define where I shall never read it) I do not know whether be mandatory reading for wagon of the latest trend, “craft” keg as real ale. MicrAle scheme as a retrograde step and Mr Snowdon is a “right- the CAMRA executive. in order to preserve our The definition of real ale FOR 10 years CAMRA’s the start of a downward wing ideologue”. What I CAMRA seems to have integrity our evolution must was set up and cast in LocAle initiative has spiral. There are always do know is I agree with his lost its way and is begin- not lose sight of our roots. stone to stop the brewers successfully promoted better cost savings that will article: he makes many ning to look like UKIP. It Jocelyn Britcher trying to undermine it pubs selling locally brewed not impact on members good points refuting the has done its job by saving Portsmouth for their own marketing real ales, reducing beer and they should always be fantasy drinking guidelines real ale and doesn’t know purposes. That defini- miles while supporting local considered first! of the chief medical officer what to do next. It created Set in stone tion is there to protect breweries. Mike Crewes (CMO). a shockingly poor app CAMRA’S Young traditional cask beer. However, as some Truro, Cornwall As Chris Stone says and far from learning from Members chairman Steve Downing branches now only in the same edition, the the damning criticism it (WB Sept) said we must Liverpool support small, not all, Fest fringe fan guidelines are as much received it has repeated represent all ale drinkers, local breweries maybe A ROUSING cheer for the a danger to the pub as the error because we otherwise we will alienate Don’t forget Lion it is time for CAMRA to organisers of the GBBFW. anything else. Surely, any have become a fund- young drinkers. I presume WHILE I congratulate the launch a MicrAle scheme to Why drag people away article that makes sound raising organisation he is alluding to not Beauchamp Arms for its specifically promote pubs from the pubs that CAMRA arguments contradicting without a cause. supporting “craft” keg. 20 years as a community stocking real ales from is supposed to protect? the CMO’s anti-drink While Ash is perfectly From my experience pub (WB Sept), it is not microbreweries. With pubs in Norwich propaganda is valid, what- right to say CAMRA hasn’t drinking in a university the UK’s longest-running. Customers would then holding fringe events this ever the author’s political moved with the times I pub, students are more That title must go to the know which pubs serve is a big step forward. This leanings may be? should point out that his keen on traditional real Red Lion in Preston, Herts local or microbrewed type of festival has been Brian Dawes opinions are shared by ale than “craft” keg. They which was bought from real ales, the best pubs championed by the Isle of London N11 many of us oldies. The know the beer from the Whitbread in 1983 by displaying window stickers Wight branch and this year old guard would do well handpump is real ale and locals who were appalled for both real ales brewed more than 80 pubs are Stand together to listen to the young that from the font or tin is by the proposal to sell within 30 miles and from taking part over the 14/15 AS a member of the members forum. I do keg, but those descrip- it off as a residence or brewers of no more than October weekend. Labour Party and hope we will be able to tions are of no importance restaurant. 30,000 hectolitres annually. John Parker supporter of CAMRA, I read a report from the to them, they just know Preston is a picture- Paul Mudge Bridport, Dorset disagree with Fred Riley Nottingham festival. It is what they like to drink. postcard village in the Stafford

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Fest Planning mtg #4 - The Royal Oak, Newbury St, arrive by 8.15pm, if we don’t know you pls have Brch mtg, Black Horse, Whitwick. 17 NOV 730PM, WC1V 6LS. 15 Oct 3pm, JDW Beer Fest soc, Angel, Heaton Mersey, SK4 3DS. Contact: Paul Felton 0161 Wantage OX12 8DF. 28 Oct 12noon, Brch soc, Oxford your members card with you. Contact:Dickie Bird AGM TAP & MALLET, LOUGHBOROUGH. Contact 3-5 Islington High St, N1 9LQ. 17 Oct 745pm, Cider 442 3143 [email protected] NATIONAL 07731993896 info@peterborough-camra.org.uk Keith Butler [email protected] Beer Fest, Oxford Town Hall, St Aldate’s, Oxford OX1 tasting w/ Christine Cryne, Snooty Fox, 75 Grosvenor TRAFFORD & HULME: 28 Sep, Soc, Timperley Avenue, N5 2NN,ticket only event, all tickets sold. GAMES & COLLECTABLES: 1BX. Contact:Neil Crook contact@whitehorsecamra. S BEDFORDSHIRE: All socs Thu 830pm unless LOUTH & DISTRICT: Contact: Gaz Cook (Treas) (8pm), Stonemasons (9pm) + 2 more. 12 OCT 8PM, org.uk stated. 28 Sep, Brch mtg at United Services Club 07957 531209 24 Oct 730pm, Upper Camden Town Soc, Buck’s AGM, LLOYDS CHORL, M21 9AN, Tim Page guest www.gandc.camra.org.uk Dunstable. 5 Oct, Old Sun & Carpenters Arms Head, 202 Camden High St, NW1 8QR, Hawley Arms, speaker. 26 Oct 8pm, Pub OT Season Pres - Strange W BERKSHIRE: 11 Oct, 8pm, Brch mtg, Rising Sun, MANSFIELD & ASHFIELD: 10 Oct 8pm, Brch mtg Harlington. 12 Oct, Bell & Red Lion Studham. Sat 14 2 Castlehaven Rd, NW1 8QU (815pm) + 3 others. Stockcross. Contact:Mike Avery 01635 820481(h) – special general mtg, Duke of Wellington, Kirkby in Brew, 370 Barlow Moor Rd, Chorl, M21 8AZ. 28 Oct, LESBIAN & GAY REAL Oct Ampthill Tour, 11 am Ossory Arms (breakfast) 31 Oct 8pm, Brch mtg, Winter POTS shortlist + [email protected] Ashfield. 24 Oct 7pm, Survey trip, South Normanton, Soc, Trip to Glossop. Contact: enquiries@thcamra. ALE DRINKERS: Regional then midday White Hart + more. 19 Oct, Old Hunters GBG longlist: Pineapple, 51 Leverton St, NW5 2NX. meet at Railway Inn, Mansfield. Pls contact Pub org.uk 07879 880963 Sec Jon Gobbett secretary@ Lodge Whipsnade then Farmers Boy Kensworth. 26 Contact:John Wilson, 07840111590 (M) jgwnw3@ info:contact info@lagrad. Campaigns Co-ordinator: Paul Edwards pubsofficer@ thcamra.org.uk EAST ANGLIA Oct, Brch Mtg at Star & Garter Silsoe.16 NOV, AGM, hotmail.com; Stephen Taylor 07443473746 stephen. mansfield.camra.org.uk for further details on survey WIGAN: 7 Oct, Brch soc trip, Broughton Fest, org.uk Also see LAGRAD VICTORIA DUNSTABLE. Contact: Mike Coombes [email protected] Regional Director Andrea Briers 01553 766904, trips. Chairman: Mick Bull: chairman@mansfield. Cumbria, ltd places, contact Social Secretary social@ [email protected] 07917 645222. website/facebook pg. [email protected]. camra.org.uk 07517 616591, Secretary: Clare Tasker: RICHMOND & HOUNSLOW: 4 Oct 8pm, Cttee mtg, wigancamra.org.uk. 17 Oct 8pm, Brch mtg, The Greater London info: Reg See website for latest details. Foresters Arms, Hampton Wick, KT1 4DG. 25 Oct CAMBRIDGE & DISTRICT: 10 Oct 8pm, Brch mtg, [email protected] Brookhouse Inn, City Road, Kitt Green, Wigan WN5 SE ESSEX: 2 Aug 830pm, Brch Mtg, The Trout, 8pm, Brch mtg, Princes Head, Richmond, TW9 1LX. 0BB. Brch contact Ken Worthington 07732 997284 events inc crawls incorp gay Three Horseshoes, Comberton. Brch Contact: Will MATLOCK & DALES: Contact: Peter Boitoult 0779 Southend-on-Sea, SS1 1NX. Contact: Neil Raven Contact:Roy Hurry 020 8570 0643(h) rh014q5742@ Smith 07595 257980 1159 526. ale/good ale venues. Surrey/ [email protected] blueyonder.co.uk CHELMSFORD & MID ESSEX: 29-1 Oct, trip to MELTON MOWBRAY & DISTRICT: 4 Oct 730pm, KENT Sussex: most weekends, SW ESSEX: 26 Sep 830pm, Soc, JJ Moon’s, 48-52 SE LONDON: 27 Sep 730pm, Quiz night, Elephant Ghent, Belgium, minibus is full but you are welcome Survey Trip from Kettleby Cross, Melton Mowbray. 1 Brighton; 1st Weds of mnth High St, Hornchurch, RM12 4UN. 5 Oct 830pm, Out- & Castle 119 Newington Causeway, SE1 6BN. 2 Regional Director Kae Mendham 01634 847011, to make own travel/hotel bkings to join us for the NOV 8PM, AGM + BRCH MTG, RAFA CLUB, MELTON of-Area Soc, 6th South Woodham Ferrers Beer Fest, Oct 730pm, Ctte mtg & soc, Victoria, 68 Pages [email protected] mtg: 8pm, Battle of Trafalgar, wkend. 5-7 Oct, South Woodham Ferrers Beer Fest MOWBRAY. For socs contact David Whitehead Village Hall, Hullbridge Rd, South Woodham Ferrers, Walk SE1 4HL.10 Oct 730pm, General Napier, 73 soc, regular bus service to/from Cford to SWF. 9 Oct [email protected]. Contact:Kevin Billson ASHFORD, FOLKESTONE & ROMNEY MARSH: 34 Guildford Rd, Brighton; CM3 5PL. 7 Oct, 1130am, Brentwood Brewery Visit + Bovill Rd. SE23 2EY. 18 Oct 730pm, Tankard,111 8pm, Brnch Invite to preview of Beer fest, Battesford [email protected]. Kennington Rd, SE11 6SF. 24 Oct, Soc, Park Fever, Contact:Michael Line [email protected] contact Billy (07804) 937091. Court, Witham CM8 1AH.17 Oct 8pm for 830pm, Award Pres, Calcott Hall Farm, Ongar Rd, Brentwood, 07843006754 NEWARK-ON-TRENT: Oct 5, Brch mtg, The Ram. Oct 21a Staplehurst Rd. SE13 5ND (730pm), Station, 14 Scottish info: Last Mon of Brch mtg, Square & Compasses, Fuller St, CM3 2BB, Essex, CM14 5RE. 10 Oct 830pm, Soc, White Hart, 2, Cttee mtg, Fox and Crown, note date change. NOV Staplehurst Rd. SE 13 5NB (8pm),Baring Hall, 368 BEXLEY: 27 Sept 8pm, Soc, Hackney Carriage, free pint for 1st time attendees, minbus from opp Kings Walk / Argent St, Grays, RM17 6HR. 12-16 Oct, Mnth from 9pm, Regent, 2 2, AGM, VENUE TBC. Details see website or email Baring Rd, SE12 0DU (930pm). 31 Oct 730pm, Euston Halfway St Sidcup DA15 7AA then Iron Horse.11 Cford stn at 745pm, £7.50, brch membs only. 28 Brch wkend to Sandown, Isle of Wight for the Classic Montrose Terrace, Edin- Buses, Beer & Walks Weekend, incl visit to Yates’s [email protected]. Tap, 190 Euston Rd, NW1 2EF. Brch Contact Neil Oct 830pm, Brch mtg, Green Man, 168 Wickham St, Oct 11am, all day runabout to NW Essex, minibus Pettigrew [email protected] Contact:Andrew Welling DA16 3NL. 25 Oct 8pm, Social, Woolwich Brewery. 25 Oct 830pm, Soc, Rising Sun, Church N NOTTINGHAMSHIRE: 5 Oct 815pm, Brch mtg, burgh. Karen 01315 578790 opp Cford stn, £10 each, membs only, Neil Hill to Sewell [email protected] Neil Pettigrew Equitable, General Gordon Pl, Woolwich SE18 6AB Hill, Stanford-le-Hope, SS17 0EU. 1 Nov 830pm, Soc, Fuggle’s Chapter One, Park St. Worksop. 7 Oct, Brch email diversedrinkers@drink. take us on a tour of the best pubs in the region, [email protected] then on to other Woolwich pubs. Brch contact: Rob Upminster TapRoom, 1b Sunnyside Gdns, Upminster, soc, York visit via train 1015am Worksop, 1053 incl Dunmow, Andrewsfield Flying Club + more. Archer [email protected] demon.co.uk Manchester: 15 NOV 8 FOR 830PM, AGM, THE MONKEY AT THE RM14 3DT. Contact: Alan Barker contact@swessex. Retford. Regular updates on website. Brch Contact, SW LONDON: 18 Oct 730pm, CAMRAswl Open cttee www.facebook.com/groups/ RAYLEIGH ARMS, TERLING, CM3 2PW, minibus camra.org.uk - updates on the brch website. Terry Johnson, secretarynorthnottscamra@gmail. mtg, Priory Arms, 83 Lansdowne Way, SW8 2PB, all CANTERBURY, HERNE BAY & WHITSTABLE: 2 lagradmanchester opp Cford Stn depart 730pm, plus pick up Witham TENDRING: 11 Oct, Cttee mtg, Plough-Great Bentley. com. Social Sec. Craig Marsh, socialsecretarynorth- CAMRAswl mbrs welcome. 26 Oct, Cider month soc, Oct 8pm, Bar Billiards eve, Unicorn, Canterbury. 14 en route if demand, cost £7.50 membs only. See 21 Oct, Pam Rivers Apple Day Pub run-about. 26 Oct, [email protected] Clapham Old Town, everyone is welcome to join us Oct, mystery pub crawl by minibus, bking essential at any or all of the pubs – Start (7-745pm) Prince via contact or website. 18 Oct 830pm, Brch biz APPLE CTTE: 6 Oct 7pm, website for more. For bkings contact social secretary Brch mtg, Hanover-Harwich. 4 Nov, Soc, Harwich NORTHAMPTONSHIRE: 26 Sep 10am, B’fast of Wales 38 Old Town, SW4 0LB; then – times are mtg, Three Tuns Canterbury. Contact:Gerry Keay Martin Joy 07878624443 or email - socialsecretary@ Sausage Fest. Contact John Lucas 01255 223108 or Club, Cordwainer, Northampton. Further details Brewery Shades, 85 High St, appox – (750-830pm) Sun, 47 Old Town, SW4 0JL; [email protected] Tel 01227 463478 chelmsford.camra.org.uk [email protected] contact Karl Tecklenberg 07723858069 or social@ (835-920pm) Bobbin 1-3 Lillieshall Road, SW4 0LN; Crawley RH10 1BA northants-camra.org.uk Brch Contact Ian McAuley or DEAL, DOVER, SANDWICH & DISTRICT: 10 Oct, COLCHESTER & NE ESSEX: Contact:Trevor W NORFOLK: 10 OCT 8PM, AGM, BLACKSTONE optional extra pub (930-1030pm) Clapham Tap (was Simpson 07414 532555 Soc event info: socialsec@ ENGINE BAR, DENVER. Contact: Ian Bailey 01553 [email protected] Sandwich GBG Trail, Kings Arms (12noon), then PUB CAMPAIGNS GROUP: Craft Beer Co.) 128 Clapham Manor Street; SW4 6ED. Crispin + George & Dragon. 16 Oct 730pm, Brch mtg, colchestercamra.org.uk 766904 [email protected] NOTTINGHAM: Brch Contact:Andrew Ludlow 11 Nov 12noon, Royal Oak, Contact:Soc Sec [email protected]. Deal Hoy, Deal. Contact: Jim Green jimbeeryboater@ [email protected] 07775 603091. Soc Sec:Ray E BEDFORDSHIRE: 30 Sep, Cider stall at Fairfield NE SUFFOLK: 7 Oct 12noon, Southwold soc, meet W LONDON: 26 Sep 7/730pm, SW6 svy crawl, meet aol.com 01304 202453. Tabard Street, Borough, Orchard Day. 1 Oct 12noon, Cider stall at Stotfold at Sole Bay Inn, IP18 6JN. 14 Oct 12noon, East Kirby [email protected] Cock Tavern, 260 North End Rd, SW6 1LY. 3 Oct 7pm, GRAVESEND & DARENT VALLEY: 27 Sep 830pm, London, SE1 4JU Apple Day, 4-7 Oct, Games Stall at Bedford Beer Fest. Anglia Regional PotY pres, meet at Stanford Arms, RUTLAND: Contact:Jon Whowell 07780923439 meet the brewer: Union Tavern, 45 Woodfield Rd. Open bus. mtg / Kent COTY Pres, Dartford Working Contact:Barry Price [email protected] Lowestoft, NR32 2DD. 18 Oct 12noon, mid-month [email protected] W9 2BA (must bk with pub). 10 Oct 7/730pm, W6 Men’s Club (all welcome). 11 Oct 830pm, Milton Ale E NORFOLK: 30 Sep 12noon, Soc, pubs Thurne meander in Carlton Colville, meet at Bell Inn, NR33 svy crawl: meet Cross Keys, 57 Black Lion Lane, W6 8JR. Contact: Chris Luck [email protected] or SCUNTHORPE & DISTRICT: 5-8 Oct, 20th Anniver- Shades, Canal Tavern, Jolly Drayman; Gravesend. districts by minibus approx £5, meet at Tombstone, sary Scunthorpe Beer Fest, Royal Hotel, Doncaster 9BG. 24 Oct 7/730pm, brch mtg: Harp (upstairs), 47 Oct 26 830pm, Jolly Millers, Bridges, Queen; CENTRAL SOUTHERN Yarmouth. 9 Oct 7pm, Brch mtg, The Albion, Mike & Linda Davey 01502 730746 michaeljohn- Chandos Place WC2N 4HS. 31 Oct 7/730pm, WC2 svy [email protected] Road, Scunthorpe. Contact Brch Sec. Mark Elsome South Darenth. Contact: Peter Cook 07913500414 Regional Director Carl Griffin RD.CentralSouthern@ Gorleston. Contact 01493 662526. Contact Michael 01724 331056 [email protected] crawl: meet Ship & Shovell (north bar), 1-3 Craven [email protected]. camra.org.uk Phillips, Soc Sec 07851923554 or social secretary@ W SUFFOLK: 4 Oct 7pm, Brandon Brewery visit. 4 Passage WC2N 5PH. 7 Nov 7pm, meet the brewer: norwichcamra.org.uk to enquire on events. Oct 8pm, Brch mtg, Brandon Ram. 7 Oct 1130am, VALE OF BELVOIR: 3 Oct 8pm, Brch mtg, Union Tavern, 45 Woodfield Rd. W9 2BA (must bk MAIDSTONE & MID KENT: 28 Sep 830pm, Harrow, REG MTG: 18 NOV 12NOON, MAIDENHEAD Unicorn’s Head, Langar. 7 Nov 8pm, Brch mtg, with pub). Contact:Paul Charlton 07835 927357 Ulcombe, then Park Gate, Hollingbourne. 5 Oct ELY & DISTRICT: Brch Contact: Marc Gath marc. Pub of the Month trip, minibus BSE Dove. 1 NOV CONSERVATIVE CLUB, YORK ROAD, MAIDEN- Plough, Cropwell Butler, all welcome. Contact: [email protected]; Soc Sec Alasdair 830pm, Beer Fest Wash-up, Red Lion, Lenham. 10 [email protected] 07745519952 for transport or 8PM, BRCH MTG & AGM, BSE ROSE AND CROWN. HEAD, SL6 1SF [email protected] 01949 876479 Boyd: 020 7930 9871 x 143 (230-330pm + 6-930pm Oct 1220am, Bus & Walk to Lynsted. 12 Oct 830pm, further details. Brch Contact: [email protected] AYLESBURY VALE & WYCOMBE: 2 Oct 8pm, or see website. Mon-Fri) [email protected] fax 020 7839 4768 Angel, Addington then Kings Arms, Offham. 19 Oct HERTS/ESSEX BORDERS: 9 Oct 830pm, Brch mtg, 830pm, Walnut Tree, Loose, then Chequers. 26 Oct Informal brch mtg, Hop Pale, Aylesbury. 13 Oct 7pm, W MIDDLESEX: 4 Oct, S Acton Crwl, Bollo (8pm), the Prince of Wales, Green Tye, Nr Much Hadham, EAST MIDLANDS 830pm, Walnut Tree, Yalding, then George, then Pub Beer Fest soc, Whip, Lacey Green. 27/28 Oct Swan (9pm), Duke of Sussex (10pm). 9 Oct, SG10 6JP. 13 Nov 830pm, Brch mtg, The Bull, Much GREATER LONDON Chequers, Laddingford. 28 Oct 930am, Coach trip to 6pm, Aylesbury Beer Fest, Fri, 6pm/ Sat 12noon, Sir Regional Director Carl Brett RD.EastMidlands@ Northwood Soc, Gate (8pm), Misty Moon (930pm). 18 Hadham, SG10 6BU, minibus running to both mtgs, West Sussex. Contact: [email protected] Henry Floyd Grammar School, Aylesbury (vols reqd camra.org.uk 07801365232 (home) 01773 778316 Regional Director Geoff Strawbridge Oct 830pm, Brch mtg, Greenwood Hotel, UB5. 27 Oct, to bk seat contact Graham Darby secretary@heb- 01634 241538 contact David Roe for details). Contact:David Roe [email protected] Beer Fest Soc, Fox W7 (7pm). Questors, W5 (9pm). camra.org.uk 07753 266983. Brch Contact Brendan REG MTG: 25 NOV 12-4PM, THREE HORSE SHOES, 01296 484551 [email protected] ILKESTON DE7 5FH LONDON PUBS GROUP: 14 OCT 11AM, PUB Contact:Roy Tunstall [email protected] MEDWAY: 28 Sep 730pm, Eve stroll, start at King [email protected] 07778 780807 CRAWL, START AT ASYLUM, 40-42 ASYLUM George V, 1 Prospect Row, Brompton, Gillingham BERKSHIRE SE: 25 Sep 12noon, Soc w/ the BRATS, AMBER VALLEY: 5 Oct 8pm, Cttee + brch mtg, 020 8933 4934/07585 744533 N HERTFORDSHIRE: 7 Oct 6pm, Minibus trip. ROAD, PECKHAM, SE15 2RL. JANE JEPHCOTE ME7 5AL + 3 others. 16 Nov 730pm, EGM, Gillingham Old Manor, Grenville Place, Bracknell, RG12 1PB. 6 The Old Kings Head, Belper. 6 Oct, Eve survey trip, 07813 739856 JANE.JEPHCOTE@GOOGLEMAIL. WATFORD & DISTRICT: 27 Sep 6pm, St Albans Beer Pickups from 6pm, Stevenage, Hitchin, Letchworth, Conservative Club, 124 High St, Gillingham ME7 / 7 Oct, Ascot Racecourse Beer Fest. 12 Oct 8pm, contact Jane Wallis 01773 745966. 26 Oct 8pm, Brch COM Fest Soc, Alban Arena, meet at products stand every Baldock & East Herts, bk via socialsecretary@ 1AU. Contact:Tony Page [email protected] 01634 Soc, White Horse, Easthampstead Road, Wokingham, mtg, The Steampacket, Swanwick. Contact:Jane hr. 6 Oct 830pm, Cider soc, Land of Liberty, Peace camranorthherts.org.uk. 10 Oct 730pm, Open LONDON CIDER GROUP: RUN BY LONDON 571981 RG40 3AF. 14 Oct 1pm, Soc, Beer Fest at Prince of Wallis 01773 745966. REGIONAL CIDER CO-ORD LONDON-CIDER. & Plenty, Long Lane, Heronsgate. 11 Oct 830pm, evening & cellar tour at the Standing Order, Steve- Wales, 184 Rectory Road, Farnborough, GU14 8AL. 23 BLOGSPOT.COM IAN WHITE, LONDON_CIDER@ Rickmansworth Social, starting at Druids, 205 High SWALE: 11 Oct 8pm, The Sun Inn, Bredgar. 8 nage. 14 Oct, Brewery visit to Brewsters, Grantham. ASHBOURNE & DISTRICT SUB BRCH: 26 Sep 8pm, BTINTERNET.COM OR TEXT 07712 122402 (10-4 Oct 12noon, Soc, w/ the BRATS, Old Manor, Grenville Street. 23 Oct 8pm, Brch mtg, Oxhey Conservative Nov 8pm, Brch mtg + EGM to finalise accounts, 25 Oct 8pm, Hitchin Social Highlander + 3 others. Brch mtg, Shoulder of Mutton, Osmaston. Chairman: MON-FRI) Place, Bracknell, RG12 1PB. 26 Oct 8pm, Soc, Rose Club, Keyser Hall, Lower Paddock Road, Oxhey. 25 The Phoenix, Faversham.Brch contact: Paul Irving See Brch website, Facebook or POV for details + last Mark Grist [email protected] 07818 466076 and Crown Halloween Beer Fest, 108 High Street, BROMLEY: 27 Sep 730pm, Cttee mtg, Shortlands Oct 830pm, Watford Soc starting at Estcourt Arms, [email protected] minute changes to all above Sandhurst, GU47 8HA. 2 Nov 8pm, Soc, Crispin, 45 CHESTERFIELD: Contact: Jane Lefley 07790 Tavern, 5 Station Rd, Bromley, BR2 0EY. 3 Oct 2 St Johns Road. 2-4 Nov, Socs, 23rd Watford Beer THANET: 5 Oct 8pm, Brch soc, Tour of Margate Denmark Street, Wokingham. RG40 2AY, our brch S HERTFORDSHIRE: 26 Sep 7pm, Beer Tasting 863432. 730pm, White Swan, 21 Kent Rd, St Mary Cray Fest, West Herts Sports Club, Park Avenue, Watford. Micropubs, starting at The Banks Ale & Wine House, BR5 4AD, Beech Tree, 75 Wellington Rd, St Mary brewed beer Moo-cha should be avail. 4 Nov 1pm, with Roger Protz at Alban, advance tickets only. 14 DERBY: 28 Sep 8pm, Meet the brewer 3, The Contact:Andrew Vaughan 01923 230104 branch@ 244 Northdown Road, Cliftonville CT9 2PX. 21 Cray BR5 4AG (830pm), Cricketers, 93 Chislehurst Soc, Egham United Services Club Beer Festival, Oct, Brch trip, mini-bus trip to New River brewery, Smithfield, Emily at The Smithfield & Ben Bratby watford.camra.org.uk Oct 1pm, Wantsum Brewery Visit & Award Pres, Rd, Orpington BR6 0DQ (930pm). 9 Sep 730pm, 111 Spring Rise, Egham, TW20 9PE. Contact: Clive Hoddesdon, 25 places. 17 Oct 8pm, Brch mtg, DCAM Young Membs Officer, [email protected]. Wantsum Brewery, St. Nicholas Court Farm, Court Farnborough Soc, Change of Horses, 87 High St, Doran [email protected] or see website Hertford Club, Hertford. 19 Oct 7pm, Herts Liaison: uk. 9 Oct 8pm, Cttee mtg, the Smithfield (Lounge). Road, St. Nicholas-At-Wade CT7 0PT, for more Farnborough BR6 7BB, Woodman, 50 High St. GREATER MANCHESTER for latest info. The Royal Oak, Tabard Street, Southwark. Contact: 3 Oct 4-7pm, Soc, The Brunswick Inn. 12 Oct 8pm, contact Social Secretary - Danny O’Sullivan 07757 John Bishop [email protected] (preferred) or Farnborough, BR6 7BA (830pm). 17 Oct 1230pm, MID CHILTERNS: 4 Oct 8pm, Brch Mtg, Harte Brch mtg, The Old Bell, Sadlergate, Tudor bar. Brch Regional Director Graham Donning 07961886696, 721693 [email protected]. 7 Nov 8pm, 01582 768478 Lunchtime Soc, in Leaves Green, Crown Inn, Leaves & Magpies, Coleshill, 7 Oct 12noon, Brch soc, contact Ian Forman 07711202841 - secretary@ [email protected] RD.GreaterManchester@ Brch mtg, Red Lion, 1 King Street, Ramsgate CT11 Green Rd, Keston BR2 6DQ then Kings Arms, Leaves Leverstock Green crawl start Leather Bottle. 21 HUNTINGDONSHIRE: 30 Sep, Soc, St. Ives Beer derbycamra.org.uk. Socs/Survey trips: Anne camra.org.uk 8NN. Social Secretary - Danny O’Sullivan 07757 Green Rd BR2 6DU (2pm). 20 Sep, Spa Valley Railway Oct 12noon, Chenies start at Red Lion. 25 Oct 8pm, Fest promo afternoon, more details tbc. 4 Oct, Open Crawford [email protected] 721693 [email protected]. For brch info Beer Fest. Soc. 1010am Mt Orpington Stn to take REG MTG: 7 OCT 1PM, UKRANIAN CLUB, 99 Brch soc, Grand Junction Arms, Bulbourne; 28 Oct brch mtg, King of the Belgians. 15 Oct, Booze on visit website. Contact:Graham Rickett 07870 563918 DRONFIELD & DISTRICT: Contact chairman@ 1026 train arr 1058am Tunbridge Wells, then walk CASTLE STREET, BOLTON, BL2 1JP noon, Amersham crawl start at Boot & Slipper. Brch the Ouse Set-Up, Burgess Hall, St. Ives.19-21 Oct, [email protected] dronfieldcamra.org.uk 0796 614 3420, Nick Wheat to West Stn to the Fest. 28 Oct, Visit to Twickenham BOLTON: 5 Oct 8pm, Brch mtg, 17 -The Millstone, Contact: William Powell enquiries@midchiltern- Booze on the Ouse Fest, Burgess Hall, St. Ives. 22 [email protected] 0781 144 6450, Fine Ales brewery + tour of local pubs, places are incl PoS vote. Contact:Keith Sowerby secretary@ W KENT: Contact: Carole Dalgleish 01892 683445 scamra.org.uk Oct, Booze on the Ouse Take-Down, Burgess Hall, St. Graham Hall [email protected] 0784 ltd for brewery tour, see website to bk, placed will boltoncamra.org.uk [email protected] Ives. Sec: Ray London [email protected]. MILTON KEYNES & NORTH BUCKS: Contact: Alan 323 3256. be initially offered to to Bromley CAMRA membs, uk 01480 390135. CENTRAL MANCHESTER: 2 Oct 630pm, Brch mtg, Fursdon, [email protected] 915am Mt. Waterloo Station to catch 0933 train to EREWASH VALLEY: 2 Oct 8pm, Brch mtg, Inn in the Terrace, 43 Thomas St., Manchester M4 1NA. Brch MERSEYSIDE & CHESHIRE IPSWICH & E SUFFOLK: Contact: Mike Lewis Twickenham. 31 Oct 730pm, Cttee mtg, Imperial N OXFORDSHIRE: All mtgs start 8pm unless stated. Middle, Langley Mill. 6 Nov, Brch mtg, Bridge Inn, Contact:Heather Airlie 07734622519 [email protected] Arms, Old Hill, Chislehurst BR7 5LZ. See website Sat 7 Oct, Banbury Beer & Cider Fest Helpers Trip/ Cotmanhay, Ilkeston. See website for details. Contact Regional Director Nick Bosley for full details. Contact: Social.Secretary@Bromley. HIGH PEAK, TAMESIDE & NE CHESHIRE: 1-8 Oct, Soc to Derby. Details to be confirmed by Andrew MALDON & DENGIE: 29 Sep 12noon onwards, Soc, [email protected] [email protected] camra.org.uk Brch annual foreign trip to Budapest/Budapest Beer Davison. See website for more info/updates. Witham beer fest, Public Hall, Collingwod Road. REG MTG: 14 OCT 12NOON, WHITE BEAR HOTEL, FENLAND: Contact: Ena.Woodburn@fenlandcamra. Fest. 9 Oct 8pm, Brch mtg, Cheshire Ring, Hyde. 28 Contact:Martin Batts [email protected]. 5-7 Oct, Soc, South Woodham Ferrers beer fest. 17 CROYDON & SUTTON: 27 Sep 830pm, London WHEELOCK STREET, MIDDLEWICH, CW10 9AG org.uk or see website. Oct 2pm, Brch Pub of the Autumn pres to the Beer org.uk Oct 8pm, Brch mtg, Bell, Woodham Walter. 26 Oct Drinker Pick-up. Hope, 48 West St, SM5 2PR. 4 Oct Shed, Market Street, New Mills followed by New CHESTER & S CLWYD: 7 Oct, Cider Soc to Blue Bell 730pm, Games evening, the Swan, Little Totham. GAINSBOROUGH: 27 Sep 8pm, Beer fest mtg, 830pm, Sutton soc, Little Windsor, 13 Greyhound OXFORD: 2 Oct 730pm, Brch Mtg, Harcourt Arms, Mills / Hayfield soc. Brch contact: Tom Lord 0161 427 Inn, Halkyn, join bus at Ship & Mitre Liverpool (11am). For more details please see website or contact Mike 8JBS. 17 Oct 8pm, Brch mtg, Sweyn Forkbeard. Rd SM1 4BY. 12 Oct 1pm, Lunchtime soc. Royal Cranham Terr, meet 630pm Jude the Obscure, 7099 / 07733335046, email [email protected] Contact Linda for full details: [email protected]. Cutler on 01621 850833. Brch Contact: Rob Longley Sec: [email protected] or visit Standard 1 Sheldon St CR0 1SS. 23 Oct 930am, Walton St. 14 Oct 930am, coach trip round area’s uk 19 Oct 8pm, Brch mtg at The Griffin, Gresford. on 01245 320381 website. Carshalton 2 Pub soc. Railway, 47 North St SM5 2HG ROCHDALE, OLDHAM & BURY: Contact:Peter Wetherspoon pubs, meet Narrows, High St, 28 Oct, Waterloo & Crosby pubs by train, meet at & Sun, 4 North St SM5 2HU. 31 Oct 830pm, Brch mtg, Alexander [email protected] Abingdon, bk a place with contact. 26 Oct 5pm, 27 MID ANGLIA: 30 Sep 11am, Minibus trip Waveney GRANTHAM: Contact:Chairman Neville Lomas Chester stn in time for 1131am train to Moorfields. Dog & Bull (Upstairs Room) 24 Surrey St, Croydon Oct 11am, 28 Oct 11am, Oxford Beer & Cider Fest, Valley Trail, contact Chris Aldous chris-c-aldous@ [email protected] SALFORD: 4 Oct, Soc, Central Manchester,The Brink Brch contact: Eileen Willshaw contact@camracasc. CR0 1RG. Contact Terry Hewitt 020 8660 5931 Town Hall, Oxford. 7 Nov 730pm, Brch mtg, Narrows, outlook.com for details/bking. Contact: Chair David 10 Nov 8pm, Brch (730pm), Gas Lamp (8pm), The Bridge (830pm) then org.uk or 07713 946622 GRIMSBY & NE LINCOLNSHIRE: [email protected] High St, Abingdon meet 630pm, Punch Bowl, Market Williamson [email protected] mtg, Willy’s Highcliff Road, Cleethorpes. Contact Egerton Arms, Salford (9pm). 11th October: Eagle Inn HALTON: Trips info Suzi Waller suziwaller@hotmail. Place. Contact: Steve Lawrence 01235 525436 N BEDFORDSHIRE: 26 Oct 7pm, Beer fest staff for info/bookings: 07926198728 grimsbycamra@ E LONDON & CITY: 26 Sep 730pm, Pigs Ear Planning 7.30pm,Kings Arms 8pm, Salford Arms 9.30pm. 18 com Chairman:David Gray 01925 727787 chairman@ [email protected] brewery trip tbc, spare seats avail to brch membs. outlook.com mtg, Rose & Crown, E17 4SA.10 Oct 730pm, Pigs Oct 730pm, Brch mtg, Bridgewater Worsley. 25 Oct, halton.camra.org.uk Sec:Gary Sleigh 07879854449 Ear Beer Fest Planning mtg, White Hart, E1 4TP. 18 Soc, Bolton,Hen and Chickens (730pm) ,Spinning 5 Oct 8pm, Soc, Fox 28 Oct, Beds brches all-day London soc, route + 28 Sep, day trip to Amber [email protected] READING & MID BERKSHIRE: HINCKLEY & BOSWORTH: Oct 730pm, Pigs Ear Beer Fest Publicity Crawl w/ Mule (830pm). 31 Oct, Soc, Halloween “Haunted timetable tbc, bk bus trips w/ Gary Mudd at socials@ Valley BF. 3 Oct 745pm, Brch Mtg, New Plough and Hounds, 116 City Road, Tilehurst Reading, RG31 Ray Wright, Scottish Stores, 2-4 Caledonian Rd, N1 Hostelries” walk with a scary story in each pub, MACCLESFIELD & E CHESHIRE: 7 Oct, Cider northbeds.camra.org.uk. Check website for latest Hinckley. 5 Oct 730pm, William Bass/Three Brewers 5SB. 18 Oct 8pm, Brch mtg, (Buratta) Royal Oak, 9DU, Queens Head 815pm + 2 others. Oct 24 730pm, Shakespeare (630pm), English Lounge (730pm), Trip, North Wales pubs, contact steve.berks@netc. details. Party Queens Head Hinckley. 12 Oct, all day trip by Ruscombe Lane, Ruscombe, RG10 9JN, membs only Pigs Ear Beer Fest Planning mtg, Rose & Crown, E17 Old Wellington (830pm), Black Lion (930pm). 1 Nov, fr for details. 14 Oct 950pm, coach to Nottingham, train Nottingham BF. 21 Oct, all day BF Thank You pls. 2 Nov 8pm, Soc, Bell & Bottle, 37 School Green, NW ESSEX: Contact:Tom Bogie 01799 502686 4SA. 27 Oct 8pm, Soc, the Rose and Crown Beer Eccles, Old Bull’s Head (730pm), Eccles Cross (8pm), Ship & Mitre. 18 Oct Get Together, Wetherspoon’s coach trip to Hull. 14 NOV 8PM, AGM, BURBAGE Shinfield, RG2 9EE. Social Sec: Rich Croton social@ [email protected] Festival, E17 4SA. Full details on all events avail on Lamb Hotel (9pm). Contact: Sec Dave Hampshire Autumn Beer Fest Pub Crawl. Meet 730pm Blacklers CONSTITUTIONAL CLUB. Brch Contact Richard 01455 readingcamra.org.uk. Contact: Katrina Fletcher website. Full detail on events on website, or email [email protected] (or 630pm North Western for food), then Fall [email protected] 07794 019437 NORWICH & NORFOLK: 6 Oct 8pm, First Friday 611341 Soc Contact Mike 07828 481688 Well, Welkin & Lime Kiln (free vcher bk for young Five, Gibraltar Gardens 8pm, Nelson, Fat Cat, West [email protected] or phone 07757772564. SE LANCASHIRE: 10 Oct 8pm, Leigh Rugby Union LEICESTER: 27 Sep 8pm, Cttee mtg, venue tba. 4 students). Soc:Rob Nicholson 07983 524102 social@ S OXFORDSHIRE: 4 Oct 830pm, Brch mtg, Bear, End Retreat & Reindeer. 6 Oct, Trip to Ascot Beer ENFIELD & BARNET: 3 Oct 830pm, Little Green Club, Hand Lane, Leigh. WN7 3NA. Contact: Steven Oct 730pm, Brch mtg, (County venue tba). 25 OCT eastcheshirecamra.org.uk North Moreton. 19 Oct, Soc, Didcot (830pm, Broad- Fest, bking essential. 11 Oct, 1130am, Lunchtime Dragon micropub 928 Green Lanes (opp Green Prescott 01942 719037 [email protected] 8PM, AGM, REGENT S&SC ,REGENT RD, pls bring ways; 9:15pm, Queen’s Arms; 10pm, PoW. 1 NOV campaign trip, coach departs Castle Meadow, bking Dragon Lane Winchmore Hill N21 2AD. 11 Oct LIVERPOOL & DISTRICTS: 9 Sep 950am, coach to membs card, cttee noms by Oct 18 to the secretary. STOCKPORT & S MANCHESTER: 29 Sep 730pm, 830PM, AGM, COMRADES CLUB, WALLINGFORD. essential.13 Oct 8pm, Cider Crawl, Fat Cat Brewery 830pm, New Crown 80 Chase Side Southgate N14 Harrogate/Otley, Ship & Mitre. 24 Sep, Ferry Across Contact S Collier 07504829830 chairman@leicester. Stagger, Hazel Grove Nth, Anchor Inn, 62 London Contact:Paul Dixon, [email protected] Tap, Rosebery, Angel Gardens, Duke Of Wellington + 5PH. 14 Oct 1215pm, Twickenham 4 pub visit, meet the Mersey & Walk from Seacombe to New Brighton, camra.org.uk Socs: Gary Aikens 07815 825039 Rd, SK7 4AF. 830pm Crown, 416 Buxton Rd, meet at Pier Head Ferry Terminal for 12noon ferry. SLOUGH, WINDSOR & MAIDENHEAD: 12 Oct White Lion. 15 Oct 8pm, 7th Beer Festival Planning Strawberry Hill stn. 31 Oct 830pm, The Cricketers 19 [email protected] Up to date brch diary SK2 7JQ. 30 Sep 730pm, Mild Magic Champion Coach trips contact [email protected] 730pm, Brch mtg, Bear, 8-10 High St, Maidenhead, mtg, Louis Marchesi. 17 Oct 12noon, Lunchtime Chase Side Enfield EN2 6QA, then Moon-under- on website. (Stockport) Award, Remedy Bar and Brewhouse, Stroll, Garden House, Black Horse, Alexandra, Belle Water, 115 Chase Side Enfield, EN26NN (930pm). or Ian Macadam on 07521741586. Contact: Steve SL6 1QJ, all membs welcome. Other events on Market Pl, Stockport, SK1 1EW. 5 Oct 815pm, Cttee Vue + Fat Cat. 20 Oct 730pm, Pre Beer Fest Staff LINCOLN: 28 Sep 7pm, Meet the brewer + soc, Contact Peter Graham 07946383498 branchcontact@ Downing [email protected] website. Contact: Mark Carter 07871 777062 social. Mtg, Armoury, 31 Shaw Heath, SK3 8BD. 7 Oct Get Together, Red Lion, Bishopsgate. 23-28 Oct, Ritz, Lincoln. 1 Oct 8pm, Cttee mtg, Royal Oak, camraenfieldandbarnet.org.uk [email protected] Award Presentation to Ramsbottom Craft Brewery, ST HELENS: Brch contact: Des Platt on 07970 40th Norwich Beer Fest, St Andrews Hall, Norwich. Aubourn. 4 Oct 8pm, Brch mtg, Joiners Arms, N LONDON: 26 Sep 730pm, GBG launch, Brewhouse 1 Heapworth Ave, Ramsbottom, BL0 9EH.12 Oct 625024 or [email protected]. WHITE HORSE: 30 Sep, proposed Pub Walk with the Contact Michael Phillips, Social Secretary on Lincoln. Contact:Steve Renshaw 01522 754458 & Kitchen, 2a Corsica Street, N5 1JJ. 3 Oct 730pm, 815pm, Brch Mtg, Magnet, 51 Wellington Rd Nth, SOUTHPORT & WEST LANCS: 11 Oct 8pm, Brch White Horse Ramblers, check website for confirma- 07851923554 or socialsecretary@norwichcamra. [email protected] tion. 10 Oct 745pm, Brch mtg, The Woodman Inn, org.uk. Cricklewood + Kilburn Soc, Queensbury, 110a Walm Heaton Norris, SK4 1HJ. 20 Oct 730pm, Stagger, mtg, Guest House central Southport, near Stn & Lord Fernham, Nr Faringdon SN7 7NX, all welcome. 14 Oct LOUGHBOROUGH & N LEICESTERSHIRE: 3 Oct Lane, NW2 4RS; The Beaten Docket, 50 Cricklewood Reddish & Heaton Chapel, Fir Tree, 257 Gorton Rd, St bus routes. 14 Oct 12noon, Lancaster Pubs Soc, 12noon, Brch soc, Oktoberfest, The Beacon, Portway, PETERBOROUGH & DISTRICT: 3 Oct 830pm, 730pm, Survey Trip. Contact Philip loughborocam- Broadway, NW2 3ET (815pm) + 3 others. 10 Oct SK5 6LL, 830pm Union, 93 Broadstone Rd, Reddish, meet Robert Gillow pub, Mkt St. (near Lancaster Stn). Wantage OX12 9BX. 24 Oct 7pm, 2018 Wantage Beer Brch mtg, the Burghley Club PE1 2QA, pls try to [email protected] for minibus seat. 31 Oct 8pm, 8pm, LDBF Mtg, Old Red Lion, 72 High Holborn, SK5 7AS. 26 Oct 8pm, PotM, Crown, 6 Vale Close, Contact Stephen Walker for details: sw2607@gmail. www.camra.org.uk for latest news WHAT’S ON 13

com Brch Contact Mike Perkins 01704 573768 or Hands, Fishponds. 31 Oct 645pm, Explorer Trip Brch mtg, West Byfleet Soc Club, all welcome. 21 Paul Jones 01952 460456 [email protected]. Survey, Beverley by public transport - further details WEST MIDLANDS 07831 325225 [email protected] North West Bristol, dep Cornubia. 2 Nov 7pm, Bristol Oct 1pm, Soc, at Jolly Sailor, Farnham Beer Fest. Bridgnorth Sub Brch events listed above. tbc. Brch Contact: Steve Purdie slpurdie@slpurdie. Pubs Grp, Golden Guinea. 4 Nov 12noon, BADRAG 26 Oct 8pm, Sandhurst Soc Rose & Crown, meet karoo.co.uk 07976 872298 N CHESHIRE: Contact:Rupert Adams contact@ Regional Director Gary Timmins, 07737 584 300 UTTOXETER SUB BRCH: Simon Ardron: chair@ City Centre Stout & Porter Trail 12-7pm, start at The w/ SE Berks Brch. 28 Oct 12noon, visit to Firebird northcheshirecamra.org.uk. Socs:Andy Perry (m) [email protected] uttoxtercamra.org KEIGHLEY & CRAVEN: 3 Oct 8pm, Brch mtg, Bridge Inn. Info: Andy: [email protected] or 07772080628 Brwy, bk w/ Mike Stone.31 Oct 730pm, Crown & REG MTG: 7 OCT 12NOON, MERCHANTS INN, 5-6 Gallagher’s Ale House, Cross Hills. 12 Oct 730pm, see website Cushion, Minley, Blackwater Soc.Contact: Mike Stone LITTLE CHURCH ST, RUGBY, CV21 3AW WALSALL: Brch contact: John Morgan chair@ Tasting panel CBOB noms at Brown Cow. 14 Oct S CHESHIRE: 30 Sep 230pm, Crewe RailAle [email protected] or 01483 234280 walsallcamra.org CHELTENHAM: 26 Sep 8pm, Biz Mtg, Bottle of BIRMINGHAM: 5 Oct 8pm, Brch mtg, Marlborough 2pm, Yorkshire COTY runner-up pres at Oakworth Wash-up mtg + Meet The Brewer at Merlin for info on events. Contact:Mike Stone socialshb@ Sauce. 27 Sep, Ale amble – Birmingham. 3 Oct 8pm, Cricket Club, 2 Foliot Fields, Birmingham B25 8RF, WOLVERHAMPTON: 26 Sep, Eve trip to Hobsons Soc Club. 28 Oct1012am train, CAMRAmble from Brewery, Arclid. Contact:Paul Tench 07790 486735 camrasurrey.org.uk or 01483 234280 for info on Biz mtg, Cheltenham Motor Club. 11 Oct 8pm, Soc, followed by cider soc + “speed tasting” event. 2 Nov, Brwry, meet 630pm Faulklands St C/S £15, bk w/ Settle to Clapham. Contact: Graham Cundall 01756 [email protected] or see website. events. Whittle Taps. 31 Oct, Ale amble, Oxford. Contact: Rob Brch mtg + chocolate matching soc, The Bartons Amanda Hignett 07933 441850. 5 Oct 8pm, Brch mtg, 796167 [email protected] WIRRAL: 28 Sep 830pm, Autumn Pub Of The Season Coldwell, 07752740488, see website WESTERN SUSSEX: 26 Sep 9pm, Soc, Rainbow, Arms, 144 High Street, Aston, B6 4UP. Contact Sally Royal Oak, Tettenhall Wood, all membs welcome. LEEDS: 30 Sep, Ampleforth Abbey Orchard / Cider pres the John Masefield, New Ferry. 9 Oct 830pm, CORNWALL: 30 Sep 1230pm, Brch soc mtg, meet at Chichester / Belle Isle, Chichester. 3 Oct 9pm, Soc, Lavender, [email protected] 14 Oct 10am, Brch Cider Crawl, Raglan Cider Co, Tour + Hambletons Brewery Trip, coach day trip, Cttee mtg, Rose & Crown, Bebington, followed by the Packet Station Wetherspoons on the Moor before White Horse, Graffham / Foresters, Graffham. 10 Oct Llanarth; Hallet’s, Hafodyrynys; Abergavenny, pls check brch website, ale delight + social media soc, all welcome. 12 Oct, meet 8 for 830pm start, BRIDGNORTH SUB BRCH: 26 Sep 730pm, the proceeding through town to promote Falmouth 830pm, Formal, Chichester Inn, Chichester. 17 Oct meet Faulklands St CS, All welcome. 19 Oct 7pm, for details to bk in advance. 3 Oct 730pm, Brch followed by soc, all welcome. 21 Oct, Coach trip George, Hollybush Road, Bridgnorth. 24 Oct 8pm, Beer Fest. 4 Oct 2pm, Wednesday Walkabout, Par 9pm, Soc, George, Eartham / Anglesey, Halnaker. Yng Membs Crawl of Wolverhampton, Meet Dog mtg, The Black Prince, Boar Lane, LS1 5DA. 14 to York, coach leaves the Brass Balance at 945am the Inn at Shipley, Wolverhampton Road, Shipley & Tywardreth meet in The Royal Inn Par. 19-21 Oct, 24 Oct 9pm, Soc, Hothampton, Bognor Regis / Alex, & Doublet, non membs/all ages welcome. 2 NOV Oct, Scarborough Trip, hop on the 1012am trn from followed by the Ship & Mitre at 10am. Bkings for (A454, mini-bus departing at 730pm from opp the Soc, CAMRA Kernow’s Falmouth Beer Fest 2017. Bognor Regis. 31 Oct 9pm, Soc, Gribble, Oving / 8PM, AGM, THE FIRS CLUB, CODSALL, all membs Leeds + meet up in Scarborough at 1130am for coach trip to Dave Hutchinson on 07769617986 George + the mtg will be followed by a visit to pubs Brch contact: Sonia Bunce pressofficer@cornwall. Wilkes Head, Eastergate. Note: not all mtgs finish at welcome. Contact: John Nightingale 01902 850509, lunch, then touring the town + attending the beer [email protected] For further in Claverley. 28 Nov 8pm, the Danery, Quatford (off camra.org.uk the pubs listed. Brch Contact: Max Malkin (01243) A442, mini-bus departing from opp the George + 07808 324805 [email protected] fest. Sign up to Ale Delight, a monthly email, for details, see website or contact Dave Hutchinson on 828394. regular news/info: [email protected]. 07769 617986 DEVIZES: Contact: [email protected] or the mtg will be followed by a visit to pubs in Alveley. WORCESTER: 11 Oct 8pm, Brch mtg, the Old Bush, Contact Eleanor Haddon 07711 739007 ehaddon1@ Callow End. 14 Oct, minibus trip to Bewdley brewery, Contact: [email protected]. Contact: see website. [email protected] WALES hotmail.com Telford & E. Shrops. events below contact Mark Griffiths for details Brch contact:Mark NORTH EAST EXETER & E DEVON: 11 OCT 7PM, BRCH MTG, Sorrell [email protected] NW YORKSHIRE: Brch contact: Helen Grant TOPSHAM FOLLOWED BY THE AGM. 14 Oct, Soc, BURTON-UPON-TRENT & S DERBYSHIRE: 29 Sep Regional Director Chris Charters RD.Wales@camra. 7pm, talk on ‘Brewing in Tudor Times’ at the Burton [email protected] or 07791 786903. Regional Director David Brazier, 07796842691, minibus campaigning trip around Kenn/Kenford org.uk WYRE FOREST: All brch mtgs 745pm for 8pm. 3 Oct, [email protected] area, venues/pubs TBC. Further info on all events: Old Cottage Brewery, £10/head incl beer (max 20 Brch mtg, The Beer Emporium, Kidderminster DY10 ROTHERHAM: Brch secretary Rachel Parkin - [email protected] Chair: chair@ ABERCOLWYN: Contact: Stuart Chapman-Edwards ppl), bk with May Arthur [email protected]. 1DE. 7 Nov, Brch mtg, Old Waggon & Horses, Ismere 07768293593 afte 7pm [email protected] CLEVELAND: See under Yorkshire. 01492582484 or 07887877101. 2 Oct 730pm, Brch mtg, Middle Bell, Barton under exetercamra.org.uk DY10 3NX. Contact:Nick Rubery 07812 451547 or SCARBOROUGH: Oct – no brch mtg due to commit- DARLINGTON: 26 Sep 730pm, Brch mtg, Tanners Needwood, DE13 8AB. Brch Contact: Nik Antona nik. BAE CEREDIGION: 7 Oct 12noon, historical [email protected] ment to beer fest. 9 Nov 730pm, Brch mtg, Tennyson Hall, Darlington. 20 Oct 7pm, 1st Pub of the Season GLOUCESTERSHIRE: Brch contact Martin [email protected] pub crawl of Machynlleth, meet at The Skinners pub, Scarborough. See website for details. Brch for Durham Country surveying trip Low Coniscliffe, Parker 01242 604114, [email protected] Arms, all membs welcome. Contact: secretary@ CANNOCK CHASE: All mtgs start 730pm. 4 Oct, contact: Gillian Harper scarborough.camra@gmail. High Coniscliffe, Piercebridge & 2 x Heighington CIRENCESTER: Contact Rob Tough, 01285 851194. WEST PENNINES baeceredigion.camra.org.uk Hedgeford Lodge, Anglesey St, Hednesford WS12 com mob:07786378557 & Aycliffe Village, meet at Dolphin Centre (645pm FOREST OF DEAN: Contact Alec Keene, 01594 1DL. 1 Nov, Rusty Barrel, 103 Fernwood Drive, Regional Director Angela Aspin RD.WestPennines@ from Aldbrough). 21 Oct 1145am, Brch mtg, Old 780655. GLOUCESTER: Contact Margaret Wilkins BRECKNOCKSHIRE: Contact: Dave Wise sage@ SHEFFIELD & DISTRICT: 26 Sep 8pm, Cttee mtg & 01452 551400. STROUD: Contact Andy Burston Rugeley WS15 2GS. Contact Contact:Chris Southall camra.org.uk www.westpennines.camra.org.uk Well, Barnard Castle, Minibus being put on contact wiseinwales.co.uk [email protected] Beer Matters Distribution, Dog & Partridge, 56 Trippet Dave Till 01325250497 / 07952489966, 11am 01453 882410. TEWKESBURY: Contact Steve Kisby LANCASHIRE BRCHES SOC: 14 OCT 12NOON, MEET Lane S1 4EL.30 Sep, RambAle to Bakewell, meet 01684 295466. CARDIFF: 10 Oct 8pm, Brch mtg, St Canna’s Ale COVENTRY & DISTRICT: 26 Sep 830pm, Meriden AT ROBERT GILLOW LA1 1HP, FURTHER DETAILS meet at Dolphin Centre. Brch contact: Judith Betts House Llandaff Road. 17 Oct 8pm, Rummer Tavern, at Sheffield Interchange for 925am no. 65 bus to Survey, meet Strawberry Bank. 3 Oct 830pm, ON WP WEBSITE, OR CONTACT SECRETARY@ Buxton. 3 Oct 8pm, Brch mtg, Old Queen’s Head, 40 [email protected] 07918 593952. DURSLEY SUB-BRCH: Contact Symon Ackroyd Fest wash up mtg + selection of organising group to LUNESDALE.CAMRA.ORG.UK Soc, Hearsall Tavern. 9 Oct 830pm, Beer Fest Pond Hill S1 2BG. 10 Oct 8pm, Pub of the Month Pres, Soc Sec / Pubs Officer / Cider Officer: Pete Fenwick 0747 740 4056 or Peter Corfield 07742 060040. run next Fest. 19 Oct 8pm, Hopbunker, Reg Cider Pub mtg, Broomfield. 10 Oct 830pm, Survey Coach & BLACKPOOL, FYLDE & WYRE: 28 Sep 8pm, Brch Itchy Pig, 495 Glossop Road, Broomhill S10 2QE. 24 01325 374817(h) 07889 167128(m) mithril58@ of the Year award pres. Contact: Brian Francis 07970 N COTSWOLD: 28 Sep, Brch mtg, at 7 Tuns, Horse, Longford, Engine, Gatehouse. 14 Oct 6pm, mtg, Fifteens FY8 1RF. 30 Sep, Lancs brewery/taps Oct 8pm, Beer Matters Distribution & Cttee mtg, Dog btinternet.com 909343(m) [email protected] Chedworth. 30 Sep, Cycling Event. Brch contact: Special Award, Nursery Tavern. 17 Oct 8pm, Brch soc [dep Ptn 10am; Ttn 1010am; Fwd: 1020am; & Partridge, 56 Trippet Lane S1 4EL. 7 Nov 8pm, DURHAM: 12 Oct 730pm, Brch mtg*, Dun Cow, Chris Knight 07890 666707 or visit website. CARMARTHENSHIRE: 5-8 Oct, C’mthn beerfest, mtg, Broomfield. 24 Oct 8pm prompt, City Centre Bpl 1040am; St A 11am] £15, 8 seats left. 5 Oct, Brch mtg, Forest, 48 Rutland Street S3 9PA. Contact Seaton. 24 Oct, Tuesday Tipple, Durham (City N DEVON: 29-1 Oct, Beer & Cider Fest, RHS vols reqd for setup, bar svce & takedown. 18 Oct Survey, finish Earl of Mercia. 28 Oct 12noon, London Brch survey trip [dep St A 515pm; Bpl 535pm; Fwd: Patrick Johnson 07932 029923 730pm, Half Moon 830pm). 13 Nov 730pm, Brch Rosemoor, see website for info. Sec: Chris Wells 7pm, Brch mtg. 6 Nov 7pm, Brch mtg, both mtgs at Pub Walk, meet Craft, White Lion St. Islington. 31 555pm; Ttn: 605pm; Ptn 6:5pm]. 14 Oct 12noon, mtg*, Durham Amateur Rowing Club. 1 Dec WAKEFIELD: Soc/Events Sec: Mark Goodair 01769 560153 [email protected] Friends Arms Johnstown, C’mthn. Sec David Lewis Oct 620pm, Wolverhampton Walk, meet Cov stn. Lancashire Brches Soc / Walkabout, The Robert 730pm, Christmas meal & soc*, Three Horseshoes, [email protected] 07908553206 [email protected] Contact:Paul Hamblett 02476 417675 paulhamblett@ Gallow LA1 1HP. 21 Oct, Sheffield Beer/Cider Leamside, 7.30pm. Contact jess.durham@btinternet. NW WILTSHIRE: Contact Don 07977-157204 hotmail.co.uk Fest [dep St A 830am; Bpl 850am; Fwd: 910am; YORK: 3 Oct 8pm, Cttee mtg, Cross Keys, 34 com for transport for events marked with *. Contact: [email protected] CHESTER & S CLWYD: See under Merseyside & Ttn: 920am; Ptn 930am]. 26 Oct 8pm, Brch mtg, Goodramgate (YO1 7LF). 4 Oct 8pm, City Autumn [email protected] or Peter Lawson Cheshire. Brch contact: Eileen Willshaw contact@ DUDLEY & S STAFFORDSHIRE: 30 Sep, Minibus PLYMOUTH: 4 Oct 7pm, Soc, Pub on the Hoe, Citadel Blackpool C Club FY3 9EQ. Contact:Ian Carden POS, Ackhorne, 9 St. Martins Ln (YO1 6LN) (Chair) 07919927460. camracasc.org.uk or 07713 946622 trip to Green Hop Fest. 2 Oct 8pm, Brch mtg, Cottage, Road, PL12HU, to incl Waterfront, West Hoe, Salumi, Kingswinford. Contact: Soc Sec jedwards31@ [email protected] 13 Oct 7 for 730pm deparr, cycle ride, meet SUNDERLAND & S TYNESIDE: 18 Oct, Brch mtg, Mount Pleasant. 6 Oct 7pm, Party + Pres night at the GWENT: 16 Oct 730pm, Open brch mtg, Chepstow Volunteer Arms, 5 Watson St. (YO24 4BH).14 Oct, btinternet.com 07939480746 CENTRAL LANCASHIRE: 28 Sep 8pm, Brch mtg Stage Head; Fowler St S Shields. Contact:Michael Fortescue, Mutley Plain, PL4 6JQ. 13 Oct 5pm, Cider Athletic Club, Mathern Road, Bulwark, Chepstow Town&Country Autumn POS, Hare&Hounds, 57 High with guest speaker,the Ale Emporium, Preston. 9 Oct Wynne 07925075933 [email protected] pub crawl Minerva Looe Street PL40EA then by bus NP16 5JJ. Brch Contact: Gerry Watkins. 01633 HEART OF STAFFORDSHIRE: Contact:Mike Harker St, Holme-on-Spalding-Moor (YO43 4EN), bus dep to Plympton for the Union Inn, London Inn + Stannary 253209, [email protected] 07717473935 730pm, Cttee mtg, the Leyland Lion, Leyland. 19 Oct 2pm ret by 9.30pm, cost £12 TBC. 17 Oct 8pm, Brch TYNESIDE & NORTHUMBERLAND: 30 Sep 8pm, Brch mtg & POTS pres, Hoppy Days, Longridge. Court. 21 Oct, Falmouth Beer Fest + pub crawl. 3 Oct 830pm, Lord mtg, Walmgate Alehouse, 25 Walmgate (YO1 9TX) 1030am, GBG survey trip along Tyne Valley, from St. GWYNEDD A MÔN: 4 Oct 8pm, Pant yr Ardd, HEART OF WARWICKSHIRE: See website for details or contact Andy Richardson Nelson, Warwick CV34 5QE. 10 Oct 830pm, Antelope, Contact:Dave Bell. Email: [email protected] followed by soc at Pivni. 20 Oct, Frid 5 Cider special, Thomas’s Street, cost £10 with £5 non-refundable Tregarth, near Bethesda. Brch contact: hopkins. [email protected] or tel 7546 937596. Lighthorne CV35 0BX. 17 Oct 830pm, Drawing Rook&Gaskill, 12 Lawrence St (YO10 3WP) 730pm, deposit reqd in advance, contact Soc Secretary. 5 [email protected] tel.07939 323615 (text only) E LANCASHIRE: 5 Oct 745pm, Brch mtg, KSC 110 Brch contact Ian Daniels at contact@plymouth. Board, Leamington CV32 4HN. 24 Oct 830pm, Punch Waggon&Horses, 19 Lawrence St. (YO10 3BP) Oct, visit to Great North Eastern Brewery, Dunston, Club, Albert St (off Yorkshire St), Burnley (upstairs). camra.org.uk or 01822 616861 MID GLAMORGAN: 9 Oct 8pm, Brch Mtg, Bunch Bowl, Warwick CV34 4SS. 31 Oct 830pm, Cuttle Inn, Contact Pete Clegg [email protected] for 815pm. 21 Oct, national POY trip: George&Dragon, catch bus 10A from Eldon Square bus station, stand of Grapes, Pontypridd. Contact Bill Roberts 01443 Hudswell, Richmond (DL11 6BL) plus pubs, bus SEVERN VALE SUB BRCH: Long Itchington CV47 9QZ. Contact:John Crossling places & details of visits/trips. Brch Contact:Phil Drew C at 710pm. For further details about any event pls 205693, [email protected] dep 11am ret by 7pm, cost £15 TBC, buses dep Contact:[email protected] Also see 07925633173 [email protected] 01254 232936 or 07788 986789 or philip.drew@ contact [email protected] from Memorial Gdns, Leeman Road nr Westgate website for event details. NEATH PORT TALBOT SUB BRCH: Brch HEREFORDSHIRE: 27 Sep 8pm, Brch mtg, Ye yahoo.co.uk contact:Steve Tustain 01792 447562 sktustain@ apartments (YO26 4ZF) + must be pre-bkd with Ken SOMERSET: 26 Sep 830pm, Soc, the Cross keys, Olde Tavern, Kington. 14 Oct, Soc, Kidderminster & FURNESS: 30 Sep 1pm, Brch mtg, Tower Bank Arms SCOTLAND gmail.com Wright, 07913 341284 [email protected]. Combe Down. 9 Oct 8pm, Brch mtg, Rose & Crown Bewdley, contact Paul for details. 25 Oct, Soc, The Near Sawrey, (transport provided). 13 Nov 7pm, Brch uk. York members - sign up to Karl’s email network Scotland & Northern Ireland Director Sarah Bellis (Eli’s) Huish Episcopi TA10 9QT, only 1 of 8 pubs PEMBROKESHIRE: Contact:Mike Porter mikep. Crown Hotel, Whitchurch. Brch Contact:Mike Jeffries mtg, Engine Inn Cark. Contact Dave Latham 01229 + get regular local news&info: Brch Contact - Karl [email protected] known not to have a bar + in National Heritage Guide. [email protected] [email protected]. 467238 [email protected] Smith 01904 794883, [email protected] REG MTG: 4 NOV 1PM, VOLUNTEER ARMS 28 Oct, Crawl of Street & Glastonbury meet Taunton MONTGOMERYSHIRE: Contact:Gareth Marston LICHFIELD, SUTTON & TAMWORTH: 2 Oct 8pm, LUNESDALE: 11 Oct, Brch mtg, Borough (STAGGS), MUSSELBURGH (NOTE CHNGE OF Bus Stn, 930am for bus 29, buses 77 also from Yeovil 07969 526833 [email protected] Brch mtg, Bulls Head, Tamworth Road, Polesworth, (Lancaster).14 Oct 12 noon, Lancashire soc pub- DATE) ISLE OF MAN to Street to arrive by 1030am, full details Brch Soc B78 1JH. 14 Oct, Brch soc trip, Worcestershire. 6 crawl, meet, Robert Gillow in Lancaster. 25 Oct, trip RADNORSHIRE: 28 Oct, Shrewsbury pub crawl, ABERDEEN, GRAMPIAN & NORTHERN ISLES: Secretary. Brch Social Sec: Phil Emond pje.4mt7mt@ Nov, B&K Lichfield (former Gatehouse) 1 Bird Street, to Settle brwry, catch 1048am train from Lancaster For Regional Director see West Pennines. trn leaves Llandrindod at 1140am, meet 115pm at 10 Oct 8pm, Brch mtg, Ferryhill House Hotel. 11 sky.com Lichfield, WS13 6PW. Like our FB pg for regular to Giggleswick. 9 Nov, Brch mtg, Robert Gillow The Vaults, 16 Castle Gates (adj to Shrewsbury stn). ISLE OF MAN: 21 OCT 2PM, AGM, THE PROSPECT, NOV 2PM, AGM, GRAMMAR FP CLUB, post noms updates, read our local newsletter Last Orders (avail (Lancaster). Contact:Martin Sherlock 01524 66131 S DEVON: 26 Sep 8pm, Soc + landlord pres, the Contact: Dave Gill [email protected] DOUGLAS. Contact:Angela Aspin angelajaspin@ to contact by 4 Nov pls. Sec/Contact: George Howie from your favourite local ale house) or website for [email protected] Ship Inn, Kingswear. 10 Oct 730pm, Soc, Exeter 01597 824576 manx.net 01624 617293, (M)07624 491613. (01224) 624652/07733 068 673 more. Brch contact: George Greenaway, Chairman on Inn Ashburton + Rugglestone Inn Widecombe, SOLWAY: 20 Oct, Ale Trail by minibus. 23 Oct 8pm, minibus from Newton Abbot railways stn at 7pm, SWANSEA: Contact: Debra White contact@ [email protected]. AYRSHIRE & WIGTOWNSHIRE: 18 Oct 1pm, 2 pub Brch mtg, Woodrow Wilson, Carlisle. Contact:Mike contact Edgar Halton [email protected] for further swanseacamra.org.uk MARKET DRAYTON SUB BRCH: Info: Bryn 07949 NORTHERN IRELAND soc, Wheatsheaf Inn, Kilmarnock, then 230pm Fanny Tuer [email protected] 01228 525062. by Gaslight, help reqd setting up at the beer fest details. 18 Oct 12noon, Mid week soc, at Shaldon TEIFI VALLEY SUB BRCH: Contact: Jamie Ayres 321442 [email protected] SOUTHPORT & WEST LANCS: See under For Regional Director see Scotland + taking down. See advert on beer fest page. See Conservative Club with bus 22 from Torquay Strand [email protected] 01559 362582 NUNEATON & BEDWORTH: 28 Sep 8pm, Fillongley Merseyside & Cheshire Region. Brch Contact Mike website for area social dates/venues. Brch Contact at 1140am + then visiting various pubs. Brch contact: Survey: Manor House, Weavers Arms, Lord Nelson. N IRELAND: 7 Oct, Brch trip, Portrush Beer Fest. VALE OF CLWYD: Upcoming venues/events - see Perkins 01704 573768 [email protected]. See Mick Lee 01294 557225 [email protected] Bob Southwell [email protected] 7 Oct 4pm, Rugby soc, Merchants Inn. 10 Oct Brch mtg venue tbc, see website calendar for details/ brch website. Soc sec: Bill Llewelyn 01244 545027 brch website for more details. update. See website calendar for details/update. SWINDON & N WILTSHIRE: 10 Oct 8pm, Brch 8pm, Brch mtg, Rose Inn, Coton Road. 26 Oct 8pm, DUMFRIES & STEWARTRY SUB BRCH: Any [email protected] Contact: Clive Talbot [email protected] sub-brch matters please contact Phil Robinson, email mtg, The Pig on the Hill, 8 Devizes Road, Swindon Weddington Survey: 8pm Acorn, Coniston Tavern, W CUMBRIA: Contact Stephen Walker 07747 084039 VALE OF GLAMORGAN & BRIDGEND: Contact: [email protected], mobile 07789 866025 SN1 4BH. 26-28 Oct, Swindon Beer Fest, STEAM Chase, Anker. Contact: nuneatonandbedworth- John Chapman 07901 229622 / 01446 794568. Pls WESTMORLAND: Contact:Jill Clarkson 07768 Museum, Fire Fly Avenue, Swindon, SN2 2EY. [email protected] CHANNEL ISLES EDINBURGH & SE SCOTLAND: 5 Oct 8pm, Comm, contact [email protected] if you’d like to 502609 [email protected] Contact: [email protected] POTTERIES: 2 Oct 8pm, Stoke Beer Fest Planning Cumberland Bar. 11 Oct 730pm, 2 Pub Soc, Hanover attend any mtgs For Regional Director see Wessex Tap, Thistle St Bar. 14 Oct 230pm, Brch soc mtg, WESTON-SUPER-MARE SUB BRCH: For events Mtg, The Sanctuary Ale House, Hartshill Road, YORKSHIRE GUERNSEY: Meet 2nd Thu of each mnth in diff pubs, Nether Abbey Hotel, N Berwick. Contact: Jim Darroch see [email protected] or Facebook Hartshill, ST4 6AA, CAMRA membs only. 5 Oct Details on website, or call Eileen 01481 710531. 01315528820 [email protected] Campaign for Real Ale Weston-Super-Mare or WESSEX 730pm, Brch mtg, The Victoria, Brampton Road, Regional Director Kevin Keaveny 07402 329475 contact Laurie Jackson on 07944291052 May Bank, ST5 0SJ, incl Pub of the Month Pres at Email: [email protected] FORTH VALLEY: 17 Oct 730pm, Brch mtg, Regional Director Sharon Broom RD.Wessex@camra. [email protected] approx 830pm. 28 Oct, Coach trip to Birmingham JERSEY: Contact Brch Sec branch@camrajersey. Newmarket Inn, Falkirk. 27-28, Alloa Cask Ale & org.uk Twitter: @Camrawessex BARNSLEY: Contact/Soc Sec:Margaret Croft 01226 Beer & Cider Fest at The Custard Factory, admission org.je SURREY & SUSSEX Cider Fest, help rqd during fest + set-up (25/26) + E DORSET: 30 Sep 1230pm, Brch mtg & Autumn £4, then visit 5 pubs before rtn. Various pickup + 714492(h) 07734 155792(m) [email protected] takedown (29 Oct). Send availability to alloa_ale_ Regional Director Chris Stringer 01403 270505(h), POTS nom, Corfe Castle RBL Club. 18 Oct 1230pm, drop off locations, coach trips are £15 per head, BRADFORD: 27 Sep 8pm, Summer POTS Pres at the [email protected]. Contact:Gordon Morrison 07751 818949(m) [email protected] Southampton Saunter meet Giddy Bridge. 20 non-CAMRA membs welcome. Contact James Melia, Bulls Head. 4 Oct 730pm, Odsal Crawl starting from EBCU MEMBERS 01324 813394 [email protected] Soc Sec: Bill Oct 8pm, Brch mtg & Autumn POTS, Smugglers Social Secretary on socials.camrapotteries@gmail. BUS TO THE PUB: Friendly group meets weekly, the Top House. 11 Oct 730pm, Bradford: Wireless, http://ebcu.org Fleming 07982875615 [email protected] Run,Parkstone. 21 Oct 4pm, minibus trip details com or 07901 952 498 to bk your place. Chairman & visiting pubs throughout Sussex. For details North Parade, Castle. 18 Oct 730pm, Brch mtg, the GLASGOW & W SCOTLAND: 4 Oct 730pm, Brch at next brch mtg. Contact: Darren Lilleker 07772 Contact: Corin Brown chair.camrapotteries@gmail. AUSTRIA: BierIG Österreich. Contact:Jörg Prähauser. see Sussex Drinker mag or join email list via Brown Cow Bingley. 22 Oct, Jacobs cider month mtg, Clockwork, Glasgow. 7 Oct 1pm, Soc, Troon 564815 [email protected] or see com 07841 022 236. Address: Kirchstättstraße 25, 5162 Obertrum am [email protected] or ring Max celebration. 25 Oct 730pm, Wrose: Bold Privateer, Beer Fest. 11 Oct 730pm, Brch soc + pres, 3Judges website See, Österreich [email protected] www.bierig.org 01243 828394 REDDITCH & BROMSGROVE: Contact tony@ Wrose Bull. 28 Oct 130pm, Cider Month crawl starting followed by Bon Accord. 21 Oct 2pm, Soc + Pres, HEART OF WESSEX SUB BRCH: 4 Oct 730pm, open rb.camra.org.uk or call Paul 07974889553. at the Fighting Cock, more details on the website BELGIUM: Zythos vzw. Contact:Tommy Van Ouystel Weavers, Strathaven. 28 Oct 2pm, Brch soc, Loch ARUN & ADUR: Contact: aaacamracontact@gmail. cttee mtg at the Coppleridge, Motcombe. 18 Oct, Soc, RUGBY: 30 Sep 9am, rail trip to St Albans Beer Fest, nearer the time. 1 Nov 730pm, minibus from Bradford Address: Hoevestraat 30, B-3850 Nieuwerken, Lomond Brewery, tix via Eventbright. Brch Contact: com Soc Sec: [email protected] For up to to the Smithy, Charlton Musgrove (815pm) followed meet at Rugby stn. 11 Oct 830pm, Special general Interchange to New Inn, Baildon + Woolpack, Esholt, België. T +32 (0)11 58 13 36 [email protected] www. Jonathan Kemp branch.contact@glasgowcamra. date news see Arun & Adur Facebook pg by the Unicorn, Bayford (915pm). Contact:Paul Smith mtg, Merchants Inn, to adopt Model Brch Constitu- cost £3, names to Angela via Brch contact. Contact: zythos.be org.uk BRIGHTON & S DOWNS: 28 Sep 8pm, Brch mtg, [email protected] 01747 823574. tion. 18 Oct 830pm, Brch mtg, Seven Stars. Contact: [email protected] CZECH REPUBLIC: Karel Benacek czech-beer- HIGHLAND & WESTERN ISLES: 30 Sept 12noon, Lewes Arms, Lewes (not as prev. listed). 5 Oct, start ISLE OF WIGHT: 20 Oct 8pm, Soc, Man in the Moon, [email protected] 07803 777987 CLEVELAND: 3 Oct 7pm, Brch Open Mtg, Bottled tours.eu pratelepiva.cz +420 602 230 510 www. Bandstand, Nairn,Tasting Soc. 21 Oct 930am, Queen Victoria, Rottingdean. 12 Oct 8pm, West Quay, Newport. Contact:Ken Matthews 01983 294377 SHAKESPEARE: 18 Oct 8pm, Brch mtg, The Bridge Note, Borough Road, M’bro TS1 3AA. Brch pratelepiva.cz Clachaig Beer Fest minibus outing, depart Inv 930am. Brighton Marina, for beer fest. 19 Oct, 8pm, Neptune [email protected] Inn & Ferry, Boat Ln, Offenham, WR11 8QZ, UK For contact:Andy Bell [email protected] 01642 19 Nov, “Mini get-togethers”, venues TBC. 9 Dec Inn, Hove then Cliftonville for JDW beer fest. 26 Oct DENMARK: Danske Ølentusiaster details contact [email protected] 231351 1pm, H&WI Xmas Walk about Hootenanny, Inverness. 8pm, Brch mtg, Lord Nelson, Brighton. 2 Nov, eve E HAMPSHIRE: See website for updates. Contact:Secretariat, Kirkeskovvej 1, DK-4660 Store or visit shakespeare.camra.org.uk. 20 JAN 1PM, AGM, CASTLE TAVERN, INVERNESS. visit to Bedlam Brewery £5, to bk contact. Soc Sec: Contact:Dave Tootell 01420 80583. DONCASTER & DISTRICT: 27 Sep 730pm, Town Heddinge. Tel +45 4582 3400 Mon-Fri 9-12noon. Adrian Towler [email protected] SHREWSBURY & W SHROPSHIRE: 4 Oct 8pm, pub crawl, meet at The Salutation. 1 Oct, Soc to [email protected] www.ale.dk Brch contact: Mike Humphrey 07340 316 914, N HAMPSHIRE: For details see website or contact Brch mtg, Dolphin Pub, Shrewsbury (SY1 2EZ). 16 The Concertina Club in Mexborough, Andy Pickering [email protected] E & MID SURREY: 18 Oct 7pm, Cider Social, Radius Mike Hodson, [email protected] FINLAND: Olutliitto r.y Särkiniementie 10A1 00210 Oct 7pm, Exec Mtg at Nag’s Head, Shrewsbury celebrates his 30th anniversary at The Concertina Helsinki Finland Phone +358407027870 www. KINGDOM OF FIFE: Contact: Wilma Ritchie Arms, Whyteleafe CR3 0EL. 23 Oct 8pm, Brch mtg, PORTSMOUTH & SE HAMPSHIRE: 26 Sep 8-10pm, (SY1 1XB). 17 Oct 1005am, Beerscoring trip to & his 25th brewing anniversary, train at 618pm, olutlitto.fi [email protected]. Three Horseshoes, Cranleigh GU6 8AE. Contact: Roy Brch mtg, Wheelwright’s Arms, Havant. 20 Oct Bishops Castle. Minsterley Motors 552 at 1005.27 visit The Old Market Hall & The Imperial Club 1st. Golding 01737 842326 [email protected] ITALY: Unionbirrai: Andrea Sclausero, andreas RENFREWSHIRE: 7 Oct 1pm, Brch mtg followed 8pm, Brch soc, Queen’s Hotel,143 Queen’s Road, Oct 7pm, Minibus beerscoring trip, meet Salopian Contact: Carole Leonard Spice [email protected] - by soc at Ayrshire Beer Fest, Troon Concert Hall. KINGSTON & LEATHERHEAD: 30 Sep, visit to Gosport PO12 1LG. Contact: Tim Mathews socials@ Bar Shrewsbury (SY1 1PW). 01 Nov 8pm, Brch 07973969046. [email protected] www.unionbirrai.com 6 Nov 730pm, Brch mtg, Cross Stobs, Barhead. Thames Side Brewery, Unit 7, Tims Boatyard, psehcamra.org.uk mtg at Royal Oak Pub, Coton Hill, Shrewsbury (SY1 Ireland: Beoir Contact:[email protected] Home page: HALIFAX & CALDERDALE: Mtgs start at 8pm unless Contact Sec:Tracey Murray-Cassidy 07787870022 Timsway, Staines TW18 3JY for Beer Of The Fest 2DZ). Soc Trips:Dave Grainger 01743 358975 Public www.beoir.org S HAMPSHIRE: 10 Oct 8pm, Brch mtg, Waterloo otherwise stated. 5 Oct, Brch mtg, Cross Keys, Siddal. [email protected] or contact@ award. 4 Oct 815pm, Brch mtg, the Coronation Hall transport trips:Pete Duckers 01743-359903 Arms, Southampton. 12 Oct 730pm, Southampton 14 Oct, Soc with Central M/cr, 1127 am train from Hx, THE NETHERLANDS: Vereniging Promotie renfrewshirecamra.org.uk (W’spoon’s) (upstairs area) St Marks Hill, Surbiton Beer Fest award pres, Dancing Man Brewery, SOLIHULL & DISTRICT: 2 Oct 830pm, Brch mtg, Informatie Traditioneel Bier (PINT) Contact:Sabine KT6 4LQ. 19 Oct 7pm, Soc eve at the Twickenham arrive 1217pm M/cr Vic. 19 Oct, Open ctte mtg, Pump TAYSIDE: 7 Oct 1pm, Brch mtg/Soc Sat, The Green Southampton. 14-15 Oct, Isle of Wight Classic Bus + Olton Tavern. 6 Nov 830pm, Brch mtg, White Schipper- Wellink. Address: Postbus 3757, 1001 AN Beer Fest. 28 Oct, Kingston Beer Fest workers day Room, Halifax. 28 Oct 1230-1pm, Soc with Rochdale , Rooms, Perth. Contact Frank Mills – 01738 638749 or Beer, TBC. 21 Oct 11am, Red Cat Brewery Open Day, Swan, Solihull. Contact:Allan Duffy 01564 200431 Amsterdam, Nederland. T: +31 6 48018116 info@ out to Tillingbourne Brewery + pubs, £10. Brch Oldham & Bury - meet Regal Moon, Rochdale. 2 Nov, [email protected] [email protected] pint.nl www.pint.nl contact Clive Taylor 02089492099 or ctaylor2007@ Red Cat Brewery, Winchester. Contact: Kevin Wooton Brch mtg, Wainhouse Tavern , Pye Nest. Contact Rog freeuk.com [email protected] STAFFORDSHIRE MOORLANDS SUB BRCH: Bentley Social Sec [email protected] 01422 347832 NORWAY: Bent Engen Tel +47 90 89 19 98 post@ Chairman & Contact:Steve Barton chair.moorland- nor-ale.org www.nor-ale.org SOUTH WEST N SURREY: 7 Oct 12noon, Brch soc, Ascot Race- SALISBURY & S WILTSHIRE: 29 Sep 7pm, Minibus HARROGATE & RIPON: 25 OCT 730PM, AGM, THE [email protected] trip, Coach Park to Compasses Chicksgrove, Horse- WINTER GARDENS (WETHERSPOONS), HARROGATE. POLAND: Bractwo Piwne. Contact:Marek Suliga. Regional Director Gareth MacDonald 07718 052 303 course Beer fest, meet at Cider Bar. 13 Oct 730pm, shoe Ebbesbourne Wake, Queens Head Broadchalke, STOURBRIDGE & HALESOWEN: 4 Oct 8pm, Brch Contact:Steve Fairweather 07985412486 harcamra@ Address: ul. Piotrkowska 6, 90-270 Łódź, Poland [email protected] Brch soc, George, Staines TW18 4EE, JDW Beer Fest, meet upstairs bar. 23 Oct 8pm, Brch mtg, Barley Crown Alvediston & White Horse Quidhampton. 4 Oct mtg, Coombs Wood Sports & Soc Club, Stewarts hotmail.co.uk [email protected] www.bractwopiwne. 8pm, Brch mtg, New Inn, New Street. 18 Oct 8pm, BATH & BORDERS: 26 Sep 830pm, Soc, the Cross Mow, 67 Watersplash Lane, Shepperton TW17 0EE. Road, Halesowen. 7 Oct 11am, Trip to Solihull Beer HEAVY WOOLLEN: 3 Oct 8pm, Mtg, Leggers, pl keys, Combe Down. 5 Oct 830pm, Soc, Fox and Pub Tour, Coach & Horses, Railway Inn, Winchester Fest, meet Stourbridge Junction Stn. 14 Oct 11am, Check website for details.Contact: Bob 07841594388 Dewsbury. 26 Oct 8pm, Soc, Shepherd’s Boy, SWEDEN: Svenska Ölfrämjandet (SÖ) Badger, in Wellow. 10 Oct 7pm, trip to the Brother- Gate & Wyndham Arms. 27 Oct 7pm, Minibus Trip, Brch Cider Crawl, meetFixed Wheel Brewery, full itin- or [email protected] Dewsbury then West Riding LRR. Contact:Paul Dixey Contact:Thomas Nilsson Address: PO Box 16244, hood Brewery in Westbury. 19 Oct 830pm, Soc, the Coach park to Dog & Gun Netheravon, Plough erary on Bch FB pg. 19 Oct 8pm, Stourbridge Marking N SUSSEX: For queries contact Soc Sec: Thomas 01924 420029 (h/w) [email protected] SE-10325 Stockholm, Sweden info@Svenskaolfram- Griffin In Bath. 24 Oct 830pm, Soc, Timbrell’s Yard in Durrington, Stonehenge Inn Durrington, Red Lion East Soc meet Waggon & Horses, Worcester St. then Red Black socialnscamra@gmail.​com 079360627300 jandet.se www.svenskaolframjandet.se Bradford-on-Avon. Brch Socs contact Denis Rahilly Chisenbury & Swan Enford. Brch Contact Andrew House, Barbridge, Old Bank + Duke William. 1 Nov HUDDERSFIELD & DISTRICT: 7 Oct 2pm, Cider Pub 01225 791399 or 07711 004501. SE SUSSEX: 26 Sep 8pm, Soc, Crown, Eastbourne, Hesketh 07867 504225 secretary@salisburycamra. 8pm, Brch mtg Queens Head, Enville St. Contact:Tony of the Year Pres at Cider Press, Deanhouse.16 Oct SWITZERLAND: Association des Buveurs d’Orges org.uk. Soc Sec Mike Gurd 07776 234017 social. 8pm, Brch mtg, Marsden Conservative Club. 20 NOV (ABO). Address: Case postale 2, CH-1800 Vevey BRISTOL & DISTRICT: 27 Sep 8pm, Brch mtg, (PotY Runner Up pres), then Dew Drop Inn, Morgan 01384 877396 (H) [email protected]. [email protected] 8PM, AGM, CORNER, HUDDERSFIELD. Contact - Bob 1, Switzerland. www.abo-ch.org/info@abo-ch. The Old Fish MARKET, Baldwin St. 3 Oct 645pm, Eastbourne. Contact Phil Cozens, 01323 460822 uk or see website. (h), [email protected], contact for Tomlinson 01484 355378 (w) 01484 654062 (h) org. Contact:Nick Bersinger / nick.bersinger@ Explorer Trip WSM fringes, dep Cornubia. 7 Oct W DORSET: 11 Oct 8pm, Brch mtg, the George, TELFORD & E SHROPSHIRE: 10 Oct 8pm, Brch NE Sussex Sub Brch, John Packer 07841 669096. [email protected] (email). romandie.com 12noon, BADRAG Clifton Rare Ales Trail 12-7pm, Sherborne. 20 Oct, Post Octoberfest evening (CITA) mtg, The Crown, Claverley, WV5 7DU. 21 Oct, [email protected] start at Chums, Chandos Rd, contact on day Michael Curry + a Pint, Weymouth Balti House, an email will Minibus Survey of Mid Shropshire, Shifnal (1030am), HULL & E YORKSHIRE: 4 Oct, Brch open mtg, venue USA: Cask Conditioned Ale Support Campaign Bertagne 07836 721861. 11 Oct 8pm, Cttee mtg, SURREY/HAMPSHIRE BORDERS: 28 Sep 730pm, be sent for bking in advance. Brch Contact:Tony Oakengates (1045am), Wellington (11am), rtn for tbc. 8 Oct, GBG Survey Trip, Hedon Area, leaves (CASC) Contact:Mark Bowers Address: 398 Columbus Gryphon. 18 Oct 645pm, Explorer Trip East Bristol, Soc, Garibaldi Oktoberfest. 14 Oct 1pm, Soc, Prince Egerton 01305 789906(h) 07711 752720(m) 6pm, £5 each member. 26-28 Oct, Soc, 3rd Shifnal Hull Truck at 1230pm, contact Mark Bainton at Avenue, Box 182, Boston, MA 02116 T 781-572-2208 dep Cornubia. 25 Oct 8pm, Brch mtg, The Cross of Wales, Farnborough Beer Fest.17 Oct 8pm, [email protected] or visit website. BF. War Memorial Club, Innage Rd, Shifnal. Contact: [email protected]. 22 Oct, GBG [email protected] www.nerax.org email. 14 WHAT’S ON WHAT’S BREWING OCTOBER 2017

CAMRA members must show a valid membership card to get discount admission to festivals. Branches should CAMRA email festival details to beer festivals wb.beerfestival@camra. Only CAMRA beer festivals appear in this section. Organisers of other festivals (including pub beer festivals) should book an advertisement org.uk by midday on by phoning Simon Bryson on 020 3771 7200 or emailing [email protected] where CAMRA members will receive a 10 per cent discount. 9 October

times. Full bar service provided by the Village producers, & home to the CAMRA East Midlands 19-21 (Thu-Sat): Ticketsource.co.uk. See birminghambeerfestival. for non-membs. Hot/Cold Food avail all sessions. SEPTEMBER Hall. Open: Thu 4pm-11pm, Fri/Sat 12noon-11pm. Regional Cider Comp. Open: Wed 5-11pm, Thu, 37TH STOKE BEER AND CIDER FEST run by org.uk for details Family friendly venue, children welcome until Fri & Sat 11am-11pm. Tickets avail now at Potteries branch. Fenton Manor Sports Complex 9pm. Open: Thu (6-11), Fri/Sat (12-11), Sun (12-3) 27-30 (Wed-Sat): Live music Sat eve. For more, visit: www. 26-28 (Thu-Sat): www.beerfestival.nottinghamcamra.org or over (off City Road S-O-T ST4 2RR). 180+ beers, ciders, subject to remaining supplies. FREE admission to ST ALBANS BEER & CIDER FEST Alban Arena, Civic maldonanddengiecamra.org.uk TELFORD CAMRA’S 3RD SHIFNAL BEER & CIDER the counter at the Nottingham Tourism Centre. farmhouse fruit wines + specialist bottled beers. all sessions to CAMRA membs. Vol staff reqd - see Centre, AL1 3LD. A short walk from St Albans City 5-7 (Thu-Sat): FEST War Memorial Club, Innage Road, Shifnal, Advance tickets for Fri/Sat often sell out but the Open 12noon-11pm each day website for details. For more info visit www. & Abbey trn stns. 9 bars w/ up to 350 real ales, 50 18TH AYRSHIRE REAL ALE FEST the Concert Hall, Shropshire, TF11 8AD. 5mins walk from Shifnal fest is NOT all ticket + whilst advance tickets mansfield.camra.org.uk ciders/perries, 50 bottle conditioned beers + 80 Troon (on the seafront, 5 min walk from Troon Stn, 19-21 (Thu-Sat): stn plus on site parking. 20+ beers + ciders/ are recommended to guarantee admission, cash foreign beers + hot/cold food stands, breweriana walk towards the seafront then turn right). 150+ FALMOUTH BEER FEST held by Cornwall CAMRA. perries. FREE entry all sessions. Open Thu 5-11, 10-11 (Fri-Sat): admissions are avail every day. See website for auctions + quiz on Sat w/ superb prizes. Live beers (incl separate bar w/ “Counties” theme), The Princess Pavilion, Melvill Road, Falmouth Fri & Sat 12-11. Glass hire £2. Cheese cobs, pork 24TH WOKING BEER FEST Woking Leisure Centre, details of admission prices. Extra beer tokens for music: Thu eve - The Slaves, Sat lunchtime – Lilac cider, perry + wine will be on offer. Food avail at TR11 4AR. 5 mins walk from Falmouth town/ pies + Scotch eggs avail all sessions. Quiet fest, Woking Park (10 mins from Woking Railway stn). card CAMRA members on entry. CAMRA members Sheer, Sat eve - Dr Feelgood. Sat lunch act TBC. all sessions + ent Fri eve (Slider) + Sat afternoon rail stn. Event will celebrate 40 years of CAMRA families welcome. For more info see www.tes. Surrey/Hants Border CAMRA in conj w/ Freedom may also attend the Wed trade session 1-430pm Open: Wed - Sat 11am-11pm. CAMRA membs (pipe band) + eve (Delta Smoak), w/ quiet room Kernow. 240+ real ales from breweries/ camra.org.uk Leisure Ltd. Open Fri 6-11pm, Sat 11-330pm free of charge + remain for eve session, just free at all times. Volunteer staff reqd 25th-1st avail at all times. Tutored tasting session Fri microbreweries across the county incl local + 6-11pm. 70+ Real Ales plus Ciders/Imported show membs card on entry. Live music on the 26-28 (Thu-Sat): Oct inclusive for a range of duties incl setup, 5pm - bking reqd. Open: 2pm (12noon CAMRA ales, 60 real ciders/perries + a range of bottled Beers. Food/ent every session w/ a recital on Edwardian bandstand at all times (separate from 20TH OXFORD BEER & CIDER FEST Oxford Town taked down bar service, maintaining beer quality members)-11pm Thu, 11am-11pm Fri & Sat. Glass beers, Continental bottled beers + wines. Glasses the famous Woking Wurlitzer Organ Fri eve + the main beer marquee, which is music-free!). Hall, St Aldate’s, Oxford. Enjoy some cracking beer + admin, all skills will be highly appreciated + prog £6, (£4 for card-carrying CAMRA membs w/ measures of pint, ½ pint & 1/3 pint avail at Sat lunchtime (not Sat eve). Note that there Selection of hot/cold food avail. Beer tickers in this historic building. 140 real ales + 60 real + rewarded w/ free food/beer. Fill in the staff at all times + for under 25s w/ ID Thu only), £3/£2 entry desk. Hot/cold food & live ent on Fri/Sat. is ltd admission to the Wurlitzer Hall but each welcome + 1/3rd pint measures will be avail. ciders/perries. Another 50 new casks kept back form on our website stalbansbeerfestival.org.uk/ respectively after 7pm Sat. Help reqd all week The venue is set in 4 acres of formal gardens + session will be relayed to the Main Hall for all Contact [email protected] for Sat. Hot/cold food avail. Open: Thu 5-11pm; staffing. Contact Dave Wright beerfestivaldave@ for set up/take down as well as at the fest- email provides wheelchair access & disabled facilities. to enjoy. Live band Sat eve. Ltd admission by aol.com for staffing enqs. All other enqs to Fri 11am-11pm; Sat 11am-9pm or we run out. Lindsay Grant (staffing@ayrshirebeerfestival. 12-14 (Thu-Sat): Open: Thu 8-11pm, Fri/Sat 11am-11pm. Admission Admission £10 (£8 for CAMRA membs w/ card + ticket only, £10 per session (incl souvenir glass [email protected] (please put SABF 2017 in co.uk) to volunteer for staffing, or Dougie SUNDERLAND OCTOBERFEST Note new venue, is £10 which incl £4.50 worth of tokens, entrance + programme). Over 18’s only. Avail online from subject line) or visit stalbansbeerfestival.org.uk membs of OURAS + BRAS) incl souvenir glass + Graham ([email protected]) or www. The Point Holmeside, Sunderland, SR1 3HY. charge, fest glass + prog for Non-membs, CAMRA £6 of tokens. Seating avail away from beer hall. www.wokingbeerfestival.co.uk or from Woking 28-30 (Thu-Sat): ayrshirebeerfestival.co.uk for general info Close to Park Lane bus & metro interchange, membs will receive extra £1.50 worth of tokens. A Vols welcome all days, particularly setup (Wed) Leisure Centre, Woking Park, Kingfield Road, 5 mins from BR stn. 40 real ales + 10 ciders. handled jug is avail for an extra £1.50. A £1 refund Woking, Surrey GU22 9BA. Free pint in fest for CALDERDALE BEER & CIDER FEST Hebden 5-7 (Thu-Sat): + takedown (Sun am) – more info from Steve Entry package £10 includes glass, programme/ is avail on return of each undamaged fest glass. card carrying CAMRA membs. Staff reqd, please Bridge Town Hall, St George’s St, Hebden Bridge, 27TH WAKEFIELD BEER FEST The Space Westfield Lawrence, staffi[email protected] West Yorkshire HX7 7BY. 50 real ales/ciders/ beer tokens. Help us celebrate our 40th birthday. Extra tokens can be purchased at designated use the online staffing form at www.thelinehans. Waldorf Way, Wakefield WF2 8DH. Free City 26-28 (Thu-Sat): perries. Hot/cold food, snacks + soft drinks from Open: Thu & Fri 12noon-11pm, Sat 12noon-7pm. points in venue. Unused tokens can be redeemed me.uk/wbfstaffing, e-mail wbfstaffing@yahoo. Bus from train/bus stns Thu/Fri until 7pm, Sat STEAM Museum, Fire Fly Town Hall Café. Open: Thu 2pm-10pm (FREE Details on festival website shortly www.sundfest. for full face value. Vols reqd, download form from SWINDON BEER FEST com or write to WBF Staffing, 30 Hedgerley Court, until 5pm. Bus Services 128, 435, 443 all pass Avenue, Swindon, SN2 2EY. 100+ beers & cider/ CAMRA membs/£1 Non-CAMRA membs), Fri camra.org.uk. For info contact Micheal Wynne www.cornwall.camra.org.uk or contact volunteer Woking, Surrey, GU21 3LY The Space. 70 cooled Real Ales, Cider, Perry, perry. Food avail all sessions w/ hog roast on Thu/ 12noon-11pm (£1 CAMRA membs/ £2 Non-CAMRA [email protected]. No trade enqs coordinator Ann Burnett on socialsec@cornwall. Foreign + British bottled beers. Souvenir Glass Fri eves. Open Thu 6-11pm (£5), Fri 11am-3.30pm 16-18 (Thu-Sat): membs) Sat 12noon-10pm (£1 CAMRA membs/ camra.org.uk. For more contact Sonia Bunce, £2.50 or Hire old Glass £1. Hot/cold food avail all 12-14 (Thu-Sat): (£5), Fri 6-11pm, (£10), Sat 11am-7pm (£4). Each HULL REAL ALE & CIDER FEST Hull Minster, £2 Non-CAMRA membs/FREE to all after 530pm). pressoffi[email protected] sessions. CAMRA Products. Open: Thu 12-11pm, SCARBOROUGH REAL ALE & ARTS FEST Old session pay on the door except Fri eve, which is Market Place, Kingston upon Hull (10 mins from Glass deposit £1. No advanced tickets. Casks Fri 11am-430pm/530-11pm, Sat 11am-11pm. Parcels Office, Westborough, Scarborough 19-21 (Thu-Sat): admission by advance ticket only - Fri ticket incl Interchange). 150 Real Ales, 40 Ciders + foreign ordered from breweries only. Theme: Beers of Admission: Thu £3 (pay on the door) Fri lunch Railway Stn (Car park end of platform 1). 65+ 17TH TWICKENHAM BEER & CIDER FEST York £4 of beer tokens + will be avail from 22nd Sept bottled beers. Fest food stalls. Open: Thu & Fri the Roses (Yorkshire + Lancashire), although FREE, Fri eve £5 (advance ticket only, inc CAMRA Real Ales, 20 Ciders + hot & cold food. Live House, Richmond Road, Twickenham, TW1 3AA. from The Beehive, 55 Prospect Hill, Swindon, SN1 12noon-11pm; Sat 12noon-9pm. £5 admission other areas also represented. For more see membs), Sat all day £3 (pay on the door), free entertainment every eve from 8pm. Open: Thu-Sat (5 mins from Twickenham Stn – Buses 33, 490, 3JS, The Glue Pot, 5 Emlyn Square, Swindon, SN1 Thu & Fri incl refundable glass {£1}. Free entry on hxcalderdalecamra.org.uk/cbcf2017 after 5pm. CAMRA receive free beer ticket (except 12noon-11pm. £5 admission incl refundable H22, R68, R70 pass the venue + 110, 267, 281 5BP, The Hop Inn, 7 Devizes Rd, Swindon, SN1 Sat + to card carrying CAMRA membs at all times. 28-1 (Thu-Sun): Fri). Advance tickets for Fri night only on sale Aug glass {£2}. Free entry to card carrying CAMRA + 290 stop nearby). Approx 70 cask beers, many 4BJ. Admission fee incl souvenir glass, prog + £2 Vols most welcome. More info www.hull.camra. 8TH AMBER VALLEY CAMRA BEER & CIDER FEST from Black Rock, The Hop, Henry Boons, Labour membs at all times. Vols most welcome. More from local micros + a range of ciders/perries. of free beer tokens for CAMRA membs. For more org.uk Enqs to Stewart Campbell: 07500543199 / Strutts, Derby Rd, Belper, Derbyshire, DE56 1UU. Club, Wakefield, Bier Huis, Ossett; Junction, info www.scarboroughbeerfestival.camra.org.uk Food avail all sessions, no music, seating usually information visit swindon.camra.org.uk [email protected] On A6, only 5 min walk from train & bus stns. 70+ Castleford; Online at www.wakefieldcamra.org.uk/ Enqs to Stewart Campbell: 07500543199 / bfo@ avail, souvenir glasses (returnable). Open Thu 26-28 (Thu-Sat): 16-18 (Thu-Sat): beers, ciders, perry & fruit wines. Good selection festival or by post from Mark Goodair, 7 Rayner St, scarboroughbeerfestival.camra.org.uk 12noon –1030pm, Fri 12noon-1030pm, Sat CHELTENHAM REAL ALE FEST New venue 3RD ROCHDALE BEER FEST Rochdale Town Hall, of hot & cold food avail. Thu-Sat, snacks+ soft Horbury, West Yorks. WF4 5BD enclosing a SAE + 12noon-1030pm, last admission half hour before 12-15 (Thu-Sun): - Cheltenham Ladies’ College, Bayshill Rd, The Eslanade, Rochdale (close to Rochdale town drinks at all sessions - free soft drinks for drivers. cheque made payable to Wakefield CAMRA from closing. Admission non-membs £3 (£2 Thu/Fri 17TH RICHMOND ALE FEST Richmondshire Cricket Cheltenham GL50 3EP. Join us at the iconic centre, Metrolink + Transport Interchange) 90+ Entertainment: Thu eve - quiz w/ prizes, Fri early Sept. M 07779029374. Fest Organiser: Mark lunchtime-3pm), CAMRA membs £2 (free Thu/Fri Club, Hurgill Rd, Richmond (North Yorkshire). Ladies’ College for a Halloween ‘Trick or Treat’ ales, cide/ perry, foreign bottled beers. Open: Thu eve - The Modest (Mod, Northern Soul, Pop) & Gibson 0745 0272680, [email protected]. lunchtime) – cards must be shown at the door. Five mins walk from Richmond’s historic market Fest. 80+ real ales, 12 KeyKeg lines, 30 ciders/ 530-10pm, Fri 12noon-10pm, Sat 12noon-10pm. DoubleCross (acoustic Rock & Blues), Sat eve - Staffing: June Bradbury 01977 792813, M 07959 For further info call John Austin: 07956-698 132 place, (note the Sunday session will resume this perries, wine & soft drinks. Entry £3.50 CAMRA Admission: Thu £3, Fri £3 before 5pm, £5 after The Stonewall Jackson Soul Band (Commitments 205333, [email protected] Staffing (email: [email protected]) or see year). More than 30 Real Ales/ciders – admission membs, £4.50 public. Free prog, non-refundable 5pm, Sat £3 -all day. Pay on the door. Discount style Soul) & R:ED (acoustic rock/pop). Quiet forms will be avail online www.rhcamra.org.uk Staff reqd (Tue 17 to Sun is free. Trad games, CAMRA shop, breweriana glass, hot/cold food. Music on Sat. Tickets on £2 for CAMRA membs at all sessions. OAP rooms avail at all sessions. Admission: Thu 4-6pm 22) – online registration or downloadable form 5-7 (Thu-Sat): tombola, food avail from Cricket Club or in door, no under 18’s admitted. Open Thu 6-11pm, discount £1 on Thu + Sat. Magnificent & iconic preview session, free entry; 6-11pm £3, CAMRA through web site or email staffi[email protected]. 23RD CARMARTHEN BEER FEST St Peters Civic town centre nearby. Thu session for CAMRA + Fri/Sat 11am-11pm.Vols welcome. More info at Rochdale Town Hall is a Grade 1 listed building in membs free; Fri 12-6pm £3, CAMRA membs free; uk (or call no above) Hall, Nott Square, Carmarthen. 5 mins walk rail/ cricket club membs only. Fri session 5-11pm; www.cheltenhamcamra.org.uk/craf Fri 6-11pm £6 CAMRA membs £3; Sat 12-6pm the centre of town w/ disabled access. Hot/cold bus stn. 40 Real Ales+Country Wine+Cider & Sat 12noon-11pm, Sun 12noon-4pm or stocks 19-21 (Thu-Sat): £3, CAMRA membs free; Sat 6-11pm £6; CAMRA 27-28 (Fri-Sat): traditional food avail all sessions. All proceeds Perry. Thu night preview, Fri/Sat live music eves. run out. Live music on Fri/Sat eves from 830pm. ST IVES BOOZE ON THE OUSE BEER & CIDER FEST membs £3; Sun 12-2pm free entry, all remaining 19TH POOLE BEER FEST St Aldhelms Centre,Poole to Mayor of Rochdale’s Charity Appeal Fund. Open: Thu 5-11pm Fri/Sat 12-11pm Entry free for Vols very welcome. Nearest mainline rail station Burgess Hall, One Leisure Centre, Westwood Road, Rd,Branksome,Poole BH12 1AD.150 yds from Further info avail at www.robcamra.org.uk or from beer £2 pint. Pay on the door. CAMRA card must card carrying CAMRA members otherwise £5 inc St Ives, Cambs PE27 6WU. 70+ cask beers + real is Darlington, then good regular bus service. Branksome Rail Stn,on main bus route between Peter Sheldon,CAMRA Rochdale,Oldham & Bury be shown to obtain concessions. Tokens bar (no fest glass & prog. Food: filled rolls avail or bring ciders/perries, souvenir glass. Open: Thu & Fri Contact details [email protected] or call Poole/Bournemouth. 80+ real ales,cider/perry ([email protected]) cash). Fest glasses £3 for sale or refundable. own food. Drink purchase by tokens. Vols reqd 12noon-10:30pm; Sat 12noon-10pm. Entry (incl 01609 780536 + foreign beer hot food avail each session. Over 18’s only after 6pm. Staff reqd, see staffing for build,takedown & svce. Contact fest co-ord prog): £2 (£3 Fri after 6pm), CAMRA membs free 21-25 (Tue-Sat): Entertainment Sat eve only, other sessions quiet. form on website or contact Phil at staffing@ [email protected] 13-15 (Fri-Sun): all sess. Hot&cold food all sess. Free soft drinks 38TH ROCHFORD BEER & CIDER FEST Freight Open: Fri 11am-330pm + 630-11pm, Sat 11am- ambervalley.camra.org.uk. General enqs to 9TH HAMPSHIRE OCTOBERFEST Basingstoke for drivers. Vols rqd. More details at www.hunts. House Rochford SS4 1BU, next to Rochford rail stn 5-8 (Thu-Sun): 330pm + 630-11pm. Entry by advance ticket only [email protected]. For Cricket Ground, Mays Bounty, Fairfields Road, camra.org.uk/festival or contact festival@hunts. - 38 mins from London Stratford mainline. Nearly 20TH ANNIVERSARY SCUNTHORPE BEER FEST due to ltd numbers. Tickets £10 per session incl full details see www.ambervalleycamra.org.uk RG21 3DR. 200+ real ales, ciders/perries camra.org.uk, (m) 07740 675712 200 + real ales ft 80 firkins on the Billericay The Royal Hotel, Doncaster Rd, Scunthorpe, many originating in Hampshire (LocAle), + live 2 No.half pint beer tokens,free souvenir glass + 29-30 (Fri-Sat): Brewery East Anglian Bar + 80 on the Billericay DN15 7DE. Town centre venue, 10 min walk from music. Beer in main marquee managed by local 19-21 (Thu-Sat): prog. Additional 2 No.half pint beer tokens for card 8TH WOOLSTON BEER FEST Pear Tree Church Hall, Brewery National Bar + a South East Essex Scunthorpe rail stn. 25 real ales inc fest favourites CAMRA vols. Upham sponsored bar in acoustic 9TH GAINSBOROUGH BEER FEST Old Hall, Parnell carrying CAMRA membs.Tickets on sale from 1st 80 Peartree Road, SO19 7GZ. 10 mins walk from Brewery Bar. NEW: Craft Beer Bar – bottled/draft. bar, seasonal beers & classic ales + cider & perry. tent +“quiet tent” selling Craft Ales for the 1st Street, Gainsborough DN21 2NB. 60 beers incl Sep online at www.eastdorsetcamra.org.uk or via Woolston Station. 30+ real ales, ciders, bottled 50+ cider/perries + large foreign, British bottled Tombola. Ltd edition fest glass. Hot food avail all time. Local food produce, gift stalls, activities, LocAles + faves,7 ciders, 4 perries + range of post w/ SAE + cheque from East Dorset CAMRA,36 beers & food. Open Fri 630-11pm £6; Sat 1130- beer bar. Open: Tue 530-1045pm, Wed,Thu, sessions. Open: Thu 3-11 pm, Fri & Sat 12 noon- displays + other family attractions throughout. wines. Hot/cold food avail. FREE entry at all Fritham Gardens,Bournemouth BH8 0EL call 01202 4pm £6 & 6.30-11pm £6. Souvenir glass & prog Fri,Sat, 12noon-1045pm. Free admission to 11pm, Sun 12 noon-4pm. Entrance fee £2 except Sat/Sun daytime are especially family friendly. sessions. Quiz on Thu eve, live music in the 520303 or from Firkin Shed,(Bournemouth)Goat CAMRA membs all sessions, £2 entry for non incl. in admission price. £2 beer tokens to card Fri up to 5pm + Sun free; free to card-carrying medieval kitchen w/ log fire accompaniment. & Tricycle (Bournemouth) Brewhouse (Poole) + carrying CAMRA membs. Ent: Fri eve - Monkey Open: Fri 5pm-1130pm (Works Night Out); Sat membs Thu/Fri 4pm-close. No under 18s. CAMRA membs all sessions. More info from Mark 11am-1130pm,Sun 11am - 6pm. Advance tickets Check Gainsborough CAMRA Facebook for more Smugglers Run (Upper Parkstone) Hot food avail every session. Music free fest. See Monkey Do, Sat eve - Just Millie. Tickets Elsome 01724 331056 mark.elsome@ntlworld. details. Souvenir glasses avail £3, refundable. recommended. CAMRA membs free admission 27-28 (Fri-Sat): Commemorative glass £3 (refundable). Staff will go on sale at Olaf’s Tun, Humble Plumb, com or see www.scunthorpe.camra.org.uk Open; Thu 7-1030pm, Fri/Sat 12noon-1030pm. upon production of their valid CAMRA membs 26TH ALLOA CASK ALE & CIDER FEST Alloa Town urgently reqd especially Fri eve/all day Sat/Sun for Caskaway, Bitter Virtue or online from start of Sep. More info from Mark Sim 01427 612107 or Scott 6-7 (Fri-Sat): card. Secondary proof of ID may be reqd (credit Hall, Alloa, Clackmannanshire (5 min walk from set up + take down sessions, contact Sue Cator Further info at www.woolstonbeerfestival.org.uk Young 07940 005015 email [email protected] or call 18TH SOLIHULL BEER FEST Royal British legion, card, driving licence etc.) Discount on Sun incl Alloa Rail stn). 50 real ales, cider + perry. Open: on [email protected]. Contact Steve 07587 242797 Union Road, Solihull B91 3DH, 15 mins from free entry for under 16s accompanied by a 20-21 (Fri-Sat): Fri 2pm-11pm (1pm CAMRA membs), Sat 12noon- Dunham 07963884860, email stephen.dunham@ Solihull stn & on bus routes. 45 real ales + ciders responsible adult. Souvenir glass avail to hire/buy. MATLOCK & DALES CAMRA BEER FEST County 11pm. Admission price £5 incl, glass + prog. hotmail.co.uk or seecamra.org.uk More info avail at www.hampshireoctoberfest. & perry. Food avail both days. Homebrew comp Hall, Smedley Street, Matlock, Derbyshire, DE4 Admission price is £3 for card-carrying CAMRA 23-25 (Thu-Sat): OCTOBER co.uk membs. Hot food avail. Live entertainment both Sat afternoon, live music Sat night. Open: both 3AG. One of the most prestigious, elegant venues GRIMSBY & NE LINCOLNSHIRE BEER FEST Matrix days 12noon-11pm. Over 18s only. Entry: £10 in Derbyshire. Matlock railway stn has a regular eves. Help reqd (especially from local membs). For 4-7 (Wed-Sat): 18-21 (Wed-Sat): Bar (upstairs) Bethlehem Street, Grimsby DN31 incl refundable souvenir glass, programme & hourly service from Derby (30 mins) or is well more info see www.forthvalley.camra.org.uk or 40TH BEDFORD BEER & CIDER FEST Corn 24TH MILTON KEYNES BEER FEST Concrete Pint 1JN. 24 real ales from national favourites to small beer tokens (includes discount for card-carrying served by buses. 775+ Cask Ales, 20 Ciders & contact Willie Comrie on 07548 847613 Exchange, St Paul’s Sq, Bedford MK40 1SL 2017: Celebrating 50 years of Milton Keynes. barrel micro breweries. Open: Thu 12noon-11pm, CAMRA membs) Unused tokens refundable or give Perry’s, plus Keg Bar. Beers sourced from across (town centre venue, bus stn 5min, rail 10min). Snozone Ski-slope, Xscape Milton Keynes, 602 Fri 12noon-11pm, Sat 12noon-11pm. All sessions to this year’s charity. More info: www.solihull. Derbyshire + the UK, sold in third, half + pint 160 power-cooled real ales, 50 ciders/perries Marlborough Gate, MK9 3XS. New beers for the CAMRA members w/ a valid CAMRA card, free camra.org.uk or Facebook: solbf2017 measures. Hot/cold food avail throughout. Ent: NOVEMBER + draught/bottled international beers. CAMRA New City – 50 beers never before sold in MK entry. None CAMRA members £2. Glass Hire at £2. live bands Fri/Sat eves, trad music session Sun tombola, engraver + souvenir glass on sale or 6-7 (Fri-Sat): to celebrate the new city’s 50th birthday. 100+ 2-4 (Thu-Sat): afternoon. Quiet rm w/ seating avail. Open: Fri 24-25 (Sat-Sun): return. Hot/cold food + free soft drinks avail all WEYMOUTH OCTOBERFEST Weymouth Pavilion beers, incl Belgian, local cask + keykeg range, 13TH REDHILL BEER FEST Merstham Village Hall, 2-1115pm, Sat 12noon-1115pm. £5 entrance incl A BATH CAMRA WINTER ALES FEST Widcombe sessions. Franchised mead + chocolate stalls. Ocean Room. 70+ Real Ales + Ciders from Dorset plus cider, prosecco & free water & soft drinks for Station Rd North, Merstham, Surrey, RH1 3ED. souvenir glass + prog, payment on door. CAMRA Social Club, Widcombe Hill, Bath, BA2 6AA. 5 mins Wheelchair access to all floors, pass-outs for & the West Country. Good food avail during all the non-drinkers. Food avail throughout Venue is between Merstham Stn + the bus stop concessions avail to card carrying membs. Vols walk from Bath Spa Stn. Selection of at least 30 smokers. Entertainers: Wed eve Sloop Groggy sessions (N.B. venue does not allow consumption at the Feathers on the A23 (405 bus between 18-21 (Wed-Sat): reqd, contact [email protected] or call Simon real ales, plus trad ciders. Pls note that we are Dogs, Sat lunch Bedford Morris Men, Sat eve of own food), live music on Sat eve. Open 11am- Croydon/Redhill) +150 metres from each. 66 real 43RD STEEL CITY BEER & CIDER FEST Kelham Ainley on 07771933785. For more visit www.mad. once again running only two sessions: Fri eve Ukulele Bedford. Open: Wed 4-11, Thu-Fri 12-11, 330pm/ 6pm-1130pm both days. Ticket prices: ales +10 ciders/perries. Food/free soft drinks Island Industrial Museum in Sheffield’s “Valley camra.org.uk or call 07771 933785 (6pm-11pm) + extended Sat lunchtime session Sat 11.30-10.30. Entry before 4pm £1, after 4pm: £5.50 Lunchtimes (£4.50 Friday), £5.50 Eves. avail all sessions. Admission incl programme: Thu of Beer” (S3 8RT) for a 4th year. Around 250 (11am-7pm), there is no separate Sat eve session. Wed £2, Thu £3, Fri £4, Sat £2, paid at door, Tickets will be avail rom mid July. Buy online via 20-21 (Fri-Sat): £2pm before 4pm, then £3, Fri £2 before 4pm then real ales + 40 ciders/perries spread over 4 bars, Admission £8 for each session, incl £2 worth of CAMRA membs always free. Press/trade preview weymouthpavilion.com call on 01305 783225, see WORTHING BEER FEST Assembly Rooms, Stoke £4, Sat is free. CAMRA membs get £1 off at all plus a selection of bottled beers incl fruit beers. free beer tokens to all customers, souvenir glass, Wed 2-4pm, CAMRA membs/invited guests only. our website: www.camrawdorset.org.uk or via Abbott Road, Worthing, BN11 1HQ. Sessions on fee-paying sessions. Fest glasses are £2 which Varied range of food avail all sessions. Live ent beer/cider list. Card carrying CAMRA membs can No U18’s admitted. Vols reqd, use website link post - send SAE + cheque to: West Dorset CAMRA, Friday 11am-4pm + 5-11pm (£5), Sat 11am-4pm is refundable. Unfortunately there is no room for in the Upper Hall on Thurs/Fri/Sat eve + a brass claim a further £2 worth of beer tokens at each to online staffing form. For more info call 01234 18 Courage Way, Chickerell, Weymouth, Dorset (£5) + 5-11pm (£2). Tickets avail online from children so there is no admission to under 18s. band on Sat afternoon. Souvenir glasses to buy/ session attended. Tickets can be ordered online 303221 or email [email protected]. DT3 4FF or phone 01305 788939 www.worthingtheatres.co.uk or go to www. Assistance dogs only. No cash bar, tokens system hire £2. Thirds avail as well as halves/pints. from www.bathandborderscamra.org.uk/ or, org.uk. Visit northbeds.camra.org.uk for beer/cider worthingbeerfestival.co.uk only. Beer/cider avail in in thirds, halves, pints. 6-7 (Fri-Sat): Accompanied under 18’s allowed until 8pm. Open: from Sep, by post from Martin Ansell, 38 Maple lists or follow us on FB. Provisional beer, cider/perry lists should be on the 11TH ASCOT BEER FEST 200+ real ales, ciders & Wed 5pm-11pm (free to all), Thu 12-11pm (free 23-28 (Mon-Sat): website in Oct. For more, visit: www.camrasurrey. Gardens, Bath, BA2 3AG. If ordering by post, state 5-7 (Thu-Sat): perries to enjoy alongside a first class programme to CAMRA membs, non-membs free until 5pm/£2 40TH NORWICH BEER FEST St Andrews & org.uk/festivals/festivals-redhill session(s) reqd + send cheque made payable to 15TH EASTBOURNE BEER FEST Winter Garden, of horse racing. Award-winning beers from across after 5pm), Fri 12-11pm (membs £1 pre 5pm/ £2 Blackfriars Hall, St Andrews Hall Plain, Norwich Bath & Borders CAMRA w/ SAE. The popular Bath Compton St, Eastbourne, BN21 4BP (15min rail). the country w/ a focus on LocAle & surrounding after 5pm, non-membs £3 pre 5pm/£5 after 5pm), NR3 1AU 220+ Real Ales 70+ Ciders & Perries 2-4 (Thu-Sat): Christmas Market will be on at the same time, 130 Real Ales, 25+ Ciders/Perries + range of counties. Live music & hot/cold food avail all Sat 12-10pm (membs £1 all day, non-membs £3). (E Anglia Cider & Perry Comp venue). Also 200+ ROTHERHAM CAMRA BEER FEST – cancelled we recommend visitors make accommodation foreign bottled beers + wine. Live music ent on day. Free parking or 7 min walk from rail stn. Vols welcome. More info at www.sheffieldcamra. Foreign beers from around the world in a mix of 2-4 (Thu-Sat): plans asap all sessions + pub games. Hot/cold food avail. Details: Bar open Fri & Sat 11am – 6pm subject org.uk/festival bottle & draftinc. Trappist, USA, German, Belgium CARLISLE BEER FEST The Venue, Portland Place, Open: Thu 6-11pm; Fri 530-11pm; Sat 11am-4pm, to last race times. Gate prices Fri from £21 & 19-21 (Thu-Sat): & UK. Tutored tasting sessions; hot/cold food all Carlisle (less than 300m from Carlisle railway stn). DECEMBER 6-11pm. Ticket prices; Thu £7 advance, CAMRA Sat from £28 (discount for CAMRA membs bking MAIDENHEAD BEER & CIDER FEST New indoor sessions; open lunch Tue-Thu 1130am-230pm, 65 real ales/ciders on sale w/ our usual focus £5, £7.50 on-door; Fri £12 advance, CAMRA £10, Queen Anne enclosure tickets IN ADVANCE Fri 1130am-3pm; open eves Mon-Fri 530-11pm, venue, Magnet Leisure Centre Maidenhead, SL6 on both Cumbrian breweries + new brews feat a 5-9 (Tue-Sat): £13 on-door; Sat (Day) £8 advance, CAMRA £6, ONLY). Accompanied children 17 & under free. Sat all day 1130am-9pm. CAMRA membs FREE 8AW (13 mins walk from rail stn). 100+ real wide range of beer styles. 2nd year at this bigger 34TH PIGS EAR BEER & CIDER FEST The Round £9 on-door, Sat (Eve) £7.50 advance, £6 CAMRA, Limited Edition commemorative glass. Advance all times. Over 18s only, no pass outs, last ales, 30+ ciders. Quality food: hog roast, BBQ, venue w/ more seats, more appropriate food + Chapel, Glenarm Road/Lower Clapton Road, £8 on-door; inc free souvenir glass + tasting tickets call 0844 346 3000 or visit ascot.co.uk admissions 30mins before closing. For advance curry, pasties + snacks throughout. Tea/coffee/ much better toilets! Open: Thu 5-11pm; Fri & Sat Hackney E5 0LY. Nearest Rail: Hackney Central/ notes. Bking strongly advised (Fri/Sat always sell quoting CAMRA2017, transaction fee applies. Vols tickets or if you wish to volunteer, visit www. soft drinks avail. Live music Fri/Sat eve. Plentiful 12-11pm. Admission to all* sessions: £2 (CAMRA Hackney Downs, Buses: 38, 48, 55, 106, 253, out, reduced capacity this yr) via website; www. reqd. General CAMRA enqs contact organiser@ norwichcamra.org.uk/festival/fest2017.htm seating. Giant Pub Quiz on Thu eve. Open: Thu members), £4 (non-members). *Free admission 254, 425, 488. Up to 230 Real Ales, Ciders, eastbournebandstand.co.uk/bandstand-ticket- ascotbeerfest.org.uk or visit ascotbeerfest.org.uk Fest Organiser: Rob Debridge 07905 674697 12noon-10pm, Fri/Sat 12noon-1030pm. Online to all customers from 5pm on Sat. Further details Perries, Foreign + Bottled Beers. Hot/Cold Food agency/beer-festival/ or call Bandstand Box Office [email protected] 11-14 (Wed-Sat): bking advised. Admission £12.50 in advance, 07936 496477 or email CarlisleBeerFestival@ all sessions. Open: 12noon-1030pm (Tue-Thu), 01323 410611. Non-ticket enqs to contact.camra. NOTTINGHAM “ROBIN HOOD” BEER AND CIDER £15 on the door. Incl Fest programme, souvenir 26-28 (Thu-Sat): gmail.com 11pm (Fri/Sat). Admission: £3 (CAMRA membs) [email protected] FEST Nottingham Castle, top of Friar Lane, glass of your choice + 2 pints (3pints for CAMRA BIRMINGHAM BEER & CIDER Fest New venue 2-5 (Thu-Sun): , £5 Non-members [£8 CAMRA membs season 5-7 (Thu-Sat): Nottingham. Located in the superb grounds of cardholders). No cash bars, tokens only. 1/3rd - The Custard Factory, Gibb Street ,Digbeth, 5TH SOUTH NORMANTON BEER & CIDER FEST ticket]. Reduced admission Sat £1[M]/£2[NM] 6TH SOUTH WOODHAM FERRERS BEER & CIDER the castle, close to Old Market Square and tram (small), 2/3rds (medium) & full pint (large) Birmingham, B9 4AA, 200 yards from Digbeth Post Mill Centre, Market Place, South Normanton, while stocks last. No U18’s. Assistance dogs only. FEST 25 Hullbridge Road, South Woodham Ferrers, stop (short walk from railway stn/Broadmarsh measures only, for simplicity + speed of service Coach Stn. Up to 150 beers + 70 ciders. Entry DE55 2EJ. Excellent public transport links, Trent Wheelchair access. Branch groups of 10+ membs Essex CM3 5PL. 2 min walk (turn left on exit) from bus stn). 1000+ plus diff cask beers, 250+ diff (note: no half pints). This is an 18+ event. Vols from 4, CAMRA membs get extra £2 beer tokens Barton 9.1 bus stops less than 3 min walk from can get free entry by pre-booking. Contact Steve the railway stn. 35+ beers + 8 ciders. Theme real ciders/perries, mainly sourced from the welcome, please visit www.mbcf.camra.org.uk/ on entry. Free programme, glass refundable. venue. 50+ beers, cider/perry & fruit wines Hall at [email protected]. Vols reqd – full “Beers from the North-West” Admission free to smaller producers. Around 800 cask beers go staffing. Twitter @maidenheadbeer, Facebook: Beer tasting sessions + street food avail. Vols avail - inc fest specials. Ltd edition souvenir fest details + volunteering form, on website www. CAMRA membs, non-membs £1. Fest glass £3, on sale on Wed w/ 250 diff beers added. East maidenheadbeerfestival, contact: info@swm. welcome - staffing@birminghambeerfestival. glass avail. CAMRA Shop/Tombola/Craft Stalls. pigsear.org.uk/festivals.htm Follow us on Twitter: refundable if returned. Hot/cold food avail all Midlands cider-maker’s bar ft all local/regional camra.org.uk. www.mbcf.camra.org.uk org.uk Advance tickets for Thu/Fri only via Live Ent on Fri/Sat eve - a small charge applies @pigsearcamra / Facebook: camra.elac www.camra.org.uk for latest news CLASSIFIED 15 CAMRA small ads For CAMRA festivals To advertise here call 020 3771 7200 or email [email protected] also see p14

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THE PRINCE OF WALES Rectory Road, Farnborough, Hampshire GU14 8AL (Near Farnborough North Station)

Local CAMRA Pub of the Year 2016 ‘The Wild & Wonderful West’ 16th ANNUAL BEER FESTIVAL Friday 13th to Sunday 15th October 2017

• 60+ Craft Ales and Artisan Ciders • Food available • Live Entertainment • Open All day Telephone: 01252 545578

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NO APPETITE COMMUNITY PUB DRINKERS’ SWEET TASTE OF SUCCESS FOR FOOD SALES You need to build a head of GREENE King’s glass Mark Newcombe describes his steam which brings people is less than half full. The experience of being involved in a with you and creates an brewer and pubco says infectious mood of posi- sales fell over the summer community campaign to buy a pub tivity. Suddenly everyone and the company remains wants to be involved, offers cautious about the short- THERE is no doubt that buy the pub. It’s not long of help come from unlikely term future. Like-for-like the real ale tastes much ago that a small group of sources, including an sales fell 1.2 per cent in the better in the Craufurd pub regulars sat in the extremely generous contri- 18 weeks to 3 September, Arms since it was bought small bar contemplating bution from Sir Robert and mainly due to a drop in by the local community. what looked to be a pretty Lady Georgina Craufurd “value food” sales. This is not some fanciful gloomy future for our pub. (after whose family the flight of the imagination – There had been pub is named) and a letter BY THE HORNS the beer really does taste disturbing rumors before, of support from the prime SEEKS BACKING better, because after a long so it was no great surprise minister – okay the pub LONDON brewer By period of neglect the pub is when word came through is in her constituency and The Horns Brewing has on the up. Already locals from the owners that the there was an election, but launched a £350,000 have noticed the quality of Craufurd Arms was to be to save the nearby Golden visits, business planning it all helped. crowdfunding bid to the ale has improved – the put up for sale. Harp pub which two years and negotiations. So roughly 10 months expand capacity. The first and very tangible sign The future did not look ago ceased trading and It felt like a full-time job after that small group brewer, founded in 2011 by that this new chapter in bright and the prospect became a supermarket. – but as the weeks went met for the first time to Alex Bull and Chris Mills, is the life of one of Maiden- for the 20 or so people We learned lessons from by, what had once seemed consider the possibility offering a 12 per cent stake head’s oldest pubs should gathered that we would that experience – not like a vast mountain of buying our pub, I was in return for the invest- be a very good one. need to raise a minimum least of which was the began to feel like a peak delighted to be able to ment. The company plans But despite a signifi- of £350,000 to stand a planning laws needed to we could conquer. The two send the best email update to enhance its taproom, cant improvement in the chance of buying the pub change to prevent unchal- key moments – and this of them all – the one install an experimental quality of the beer – which seemed like a very remote lenged change of use. is probably the critical which confirmed that the brew kit and expand the was always one of our key possibility. But despite Avaricious developers advice to anyone else Wellington Pub Company space for street food stalls. goals once the pub had the unpromising odds, will almost always outbid considering embarking on had accepted our offer and been saved – there is still we had some grounds for hastily organised local a similar effort – were the the pub would be ours. TWIN THREATS a huge amount of work to optimism. We knew the campaigners. successful backing from Once all the euphoria TO UK PUBS be done. Sadly, it was not pub was a viable business, This time round we the Plunkett Foundation’s had died down a bit, we UK pubs face twin risks only the regular cleaning despite the years of neglect stood a fighting chance as Community Pub Business were able to consider the from consumer spending of the pipes that had been and changing manage- we had listed the pub as Support Scheme and the future and start putting and rising costs says neglected, the whole fabric ment. We had seen exam- an Asset of Community launch of our community our plans into action. HSBC. The bank said a of the building is at its best ples around the country of Value the year before, share offer. The share offer There is much to be done, weakening of consumer tired, but with the huge other successful commu- the rival bidders were alone helped us raise over but our belief is our pint- spend and rising costs amount of goodwill and nity bids to buy pubs and property speculators and £310,000 – a significant sized community pub can could hurt the earnings of array of skills we can call we had a strong team of assorted tyre-kickers who chunk of that was thanks thrive as a vital social hub some pub companies. upon from our supporters, supporters and CAMRA were looking to make a to the Big Society Capital and a profitable business I feel very positive none members who were willing fast buck. We felt confident Crowdfunder match fund. which brings the commu- BRAINS FIRST of the tasks that face us to give up time and share the agent was genuinely In the end, we raised nity together as well as The value of the CAMRA cannot be achieved. their expertise in pursuit keen to see us mount a more £500,000 to bring serving a bloody good pint Members’ Investment Club I say that with confi- of our dream. successful campaign. So, the Craufurd Arms into of real ale. had risen to more than dence because we managed From my perspective, the fund-raising effort community ownership. G Mark Newcombe is £21m in August. During to overcome the single the campaign was particu- began: emails, websites, Any campaigner will tell Slough, Windsor and the month, it made its first biggest challenge which larly important coming as leaflets, letters, meetings, you that achieving success Maidenhead branch’s pub investment in SA Brain. was to raise the money to it did in the wake of our bid social media, interviews, is all about momentum. protection officer.

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