The Derby CAMRA Winter Ale Festival, at the historic Roundhouse near Pride Park, has undergone a transformation and promises to be an unmissable experience in 2019. We have a new craft keg bar, Blue Monkey are hosting a gin bar and we have a range of live music from Elvis to modern rock covers. And, of course, we have our fantastic range of 400+ cask ales, ciders, perries, bottled world beers and meads.
The Young Members Reps for Nottingham CAMRA, are organising a big CAMRA Young Members social at the festival on Saturday 23rd February. This is being hosted by East Midlands CAMRA who will providing all of their YMs with a free pint of their choice but the event is open to all Young Members from every branch. Entry to the festival is free to all CAMRA members, the Roundhouse is right next to Derby Railway Station and there are free shuttle buses to and from the town centre.
More details on the festival, including public transport and accomodation are available at www.derbycamra.org.uk/winter-beer-festival.
Tewkesbury CAMRA are running a bus to the 15th Derby Winter Ale Festival, which features over 400 cask ales ciders and perries.
The bus will leave the Black Bear at 10:00am, so you’ll need to make your own way there (bus 41 from Cheltenham). Expected to be back in Tewkesbury for 7:00pm.
Cost of the bus is circa £15. You can check the entry cost on the Derby CAMRA website.
To book a place, please contact Bill at socialsecretary@tewkesbury.camra.org.uk directly.
The February Ale Amble takes a short trip across the border to the city of Worcester where Veronica has a pub crawl round some new pubs planned.
Contract Veronica for more details (vemary[AT]hotmail.com)
The March branch business meeting will be held at St Stephens Club starting at 8:00pm.
This meeting will also decide the entries for the 2020 GBG and all members welcome to attend.
Please note this meeting will now take place on Monday 4th March and not Tuesday 5th March as previously advertised.
The March social will start at the Jolly Brewmaster at 8pm and then go on to visit other pubs in the area
All local CAMRA branches have been invited for a tour round the new Stroud Brewery, on Saturday 16th March provisionally at 11:00am. North Cotswold CAMRA are organising a minibus which may have spaces available or alternatively, Stroud can be reached by bus (Stagecoach service 66), from Cheltenham.
Please contact John Crossley (chair@cheltenhamcamra.org.uk) if interested.
The 22nd annual CAMRA Bristol Beer Festival will run from Thursday 21st to Saturday 23rd March 2019 at Brunel’s Old Station, Temple Meads, Bristol. There will be a carefully chosen selection of around 140 different real ales on sale over the course of the festival as well as a good range of cider and perry. There will also be a variety of food available at all sessions.
Tickets for all sessions cost £11.50 including £5 worth of beer festival tokens, which customers will receive on entry enabling them to go straight to the bar. Also included are a festival programme and commemorative glass.
Further information on the festival is available here:http://www.camrabristol.org.uk/festival.html. A day return from Cheltenham costs £10, although concessions are available.
Some sessions are already sold out, so please check here:https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/bristol/brunel-s-old-station/camra-bristol-beer-festival-2019 for up-to-date ticket information.
The Worcester Pub Beer Festival will be held from Friday 29th to Sunday 31st March 2019. This inaugural event will feature 12 of Worcester’s finest pubs, over 120 different beers, some amazing ciders and perries and, of course, fantastic food and entertainment. All of the featured pubs and bars are just a short walk from Foregate Street train station.
Please check the link below and also Worcester CAMRA’s site and their social media pages for latest news and an up to date list of the beers on offer.
http://www.worcesterpubbeerfestival.com
This is (potentially) Br**it day. You may want to rejoice or commiserate. In either case, you will need a beer! We will be getting the 11:48 train, arriving at 12.16. Stephen Connolly, the Worcester CAMRA Pubs Liaison Officer, will be meeting us at Foregate Street.
Please contact Veronica (social@cheltenhamcamra.org.uk) for further details. Please note, this festival continues into the weekend, should you not be available for this specific trip.
The April Business meeting will take place at The Bottle of Sauce.
Start time 8pm.
All members welcome.
Presentation of the Pub of the Year (POTY) 2019 certificate to the Kemble Brewery Inn. All members welcome.