There is something quintessentially British about the pub beer garden. Nothing says summer more than sitting outside a pub with a pint of real ale in hand. We are also equally at home sitting outside under a patio heater whatever the weather. For many youngsters their first introduction to the pub is playing on the equipment in a pub garden with pop and crisps while their parents have a drink. We like to drink outside, and pub beer gardens provide this experience.
Pub beers gardens are not just for pleasure though. Many proved to be a real life saver for pubs during the covid pandemic. After the first lockdowns pubs were initially only able to operate outside and those pubs with beer gardens were able to trade in a socially distanced way bringing in vital income that would have otherwise been lost through people drinking at home.
Even in the built up town centre Cheltenham is lucky to have many pubs with sunny secluded courtyard gardens. On Wednesday 24th August 2022 to celebrate these we are organising a pub crawl to visit just a few of them. We will start at 7:30pm at The Kemble Brewery Inn. We will then move on to some or all of the The Strand, Sandford Park Alehouse, St Georges Vaults and The Bayshill.
Hopefully the weather will be good otherwise we will be the ones huddled under the patio heaters
CAMRA South West Regional director, Pete Bridle, plans to make the presentation of the South West Regional Club of The Year winner’s certificate to to Cheltenham Motor Club on Thursday 25th August.
The presentation to the Cheltenham Motor Club will take place from noon on Thursday. Neil has agreed to open specially for the occasion.
Pete will leave the CMC around 1.30pm to travel to the Pelican Inn, Gloucester to arrive at the Pelican Inn for 2.30pm to give them their presentation. The CMC will remain open for those who wish to celebrate with Neil rather than travel to Gloucester.
The 50th edition of the Good Beer Guide is published on 27th October.
We will have copies for sale to members at discounted price of £12.
Moon Under Water 6pm -8pm
Angry Parrot 8pm -close
We are pleased to announce that Ashton Brewery’s Kakapo won an award at the Swindon Beer festival. It came joint third in the competition “Beer of the Festival”.
Richard James, chair of Swindon CAMRA, will be presenting a certificate to Pete Clark, Ashton Owner and brewer, on Wednesday 23 November at the Jolly Brewmaster at 6 pm. There will be two Ashton beers on tap – Mosaic and Gold.
Please come along and support our award winning local brewery at an award winning pub.
Presentation of the 2023 Club of the year award to the Cheltenham Motor Club will take place on Tuesday 6th June at 8pm.
Please come along to congratulate Neil and the CMC on this well deserved award.
Come along and celebrate with the Jolly Brewmaster, as they are presented with the Cheltenham Cider POTY award for 2023.
The presentation of the South West Regional Club of The Year winner’s certificate to to Cheltenham Motor Club will take place on Thursday 24th August at 6pm.
All members welcome.
Veronica will lead the ale amblers on a local trip around the pubs of Bath Road. We will start at the Norwood Arms and then walk down the road heading towards Morans. We will start at 12 noon and grab some food on the way. All members welcome
We don’t have a Business Meeting in December, so we’ll be having a Branch Social instead. A few sociable beers and an opportunity to score the beers along the way.
For the early starters we will start in The Hewlett Arms at 7pm before moving on to The Kemble Brewery for 8pm. We will then head towards Cheltenham town centre visiting a number of pubs on the way.
All welcome. Why not join in the festive spirt and come wearing your Christmas jumper.