News
Here is the latest news from our branch area (and sometimes from further afield!).
- Are you missing out on CAMRA news?
Thursday 20 February 2025
Are you missing out on CAMRA news, both from our branch and nationally? We would really like to keep in touch with you so that you can make the most of your membership and realise the benefits it can bring for both you and the campaign.You can check that your contact preferences correctly reflect your wishes by logging on to the CAMRA website at: https://account.camra.org.uk/ On the Dashboard page, click on 'Marketing Preferences'. Select the items that you wish to receive, then click 'Save and Continue' at the bottom of the page. You can amend these at any time and of course what you accept is up to you.
- Keep Cask Alive (The Craft Beer Channel)
Wednesday 12 February 2025
Photo credit: Amelia ClaudiaThe first of a new YouTube series of 'Keep Cask Alive' from the Craft Beer Channel. Click the title to see links to the videos.
Episode 1: History of Tetley; Timothy Taylor; Burton Union sets at Thornbridge.
Episode 2: The Midlands, one of the heartlands of cask. Black Country bitters; Fullers, the story of ESB, the parti-gyle method; History of Shepherd Neame.
Episode 3: The journey of malt and hops from field to glass. The ecosystem that links farms and brewers; the malting process; the hop harvest; Five Points Brewery and green hop beers.
Episode 4: Innovation in hops by Charles Faram, cross-breeding, diverse flavours; Harveys Brewery, how they are keeping cask relevant; brewery tour with Miles Jenner; their sponsorship of Lewes FC and Brighton & Hove Albion (the world's largest cask ale pub on matchdays!)
Episode 5: the perfect pour - cask v Guinness; how brewers brew clear beer - the history and production of isinglass; discussion about sparklers - an experiment: sparkler v no sparkler, at the Old Mitre.
Links:
ep.1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8LiB6yvlx4
ep.2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goZsSZPVg_0
ep.3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIVi7YzXCR0
- Great British Beer Festival 2025
Tuesday 11 February 2025
The Great British Beer Festival is back! Join thousands of fellow beer lovers at the NEC Birmingham, where you can sample hundreds of unique ales, ciders, perries and craft beers from around the world. Also available will be a range of no & low alcohol beers, wines, cocktails and soft drinks. Enjoy live music, and experience the festival’s vibrant atmosphere in a way like never before! Opening times: Tuesday 5 August 12:00 - 17:00 (Trade Session) Tuesday 5 August 17:00 - 22:30 (Public Session) Wednesday 6 August 12:00 - 22:30 Thursday 7 August 12:00 - 22:30 Friday 8 August 12:00 - 22:30 Saturday 9 August 12:00 - 19:00 Last admission will be 40 minutes before closing and all bars will close 30 minutes before closing.NEC Birmingham, Pendigo Way, Marston Green, Birmingham, West Midlands, B40 1NT
- Members' Weekend 2025 - Torquay
Thursday 9 January 2025
11 - 13 April 2025 Members' Weekend, AGM & Conference 2025 will be held at the Riviera Centre, Torquay. CAMRA’s Members’ Weekend, AGM & Conference is held annually in April and is open to all CAMRA members. Not only is it a chance to discuss motions at Conference, it also gives members the opportunity to socialise in the onsite bar, attend information sessions and explore the beer scene of different cities around the UK. To register and for more information, click on https://camra.org.uk/members-weekend (CAMRA login required).
- 4th Bob Steel memorial walk - 17 August 2024
Thursday 22 August 2024
On Saturday 21 August a good number of branch members and some from neighbouring branches joined us for the traditional Bob Steel memorial walk. The walk was based on walk #16 in the third edition of London Pub Walks (Southwark & Borough). We visited the Rake, the Market Porter, the Lord Clyde, the Royal Oak, the George, the Southwark Tavern and the Sheaf. Some of us also visited the Kings Arms, Borough. Plenty of good and interesting beers were enjoyed. Below: Rake, Royal Oak, Southwark Tavern.
