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2013 Hitchin Beer & Cider Festival – Dates & Venue

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Brilliant news: THERE WILL BE ONE! CAMRA North Herts and the Hitchin Round Table are pleased to announce that the annual Hitchin Beer & Cider Festival will be held again this year and with a new partner: Hitchin Rugby Football Club (HRFC). The festival will be taking place this year at the later-than-usual dates of Thursday 6th, [...Read on]

Letchworth 2012 – A festival of firsts

Letchworth 2012 - ale bars & tombola

First of all, thanks to all the CAMRA volunteers for your time and The Green House for hosting the Letchworth Beer & Cider Festival.. There have been a number of ‘firsts’ on the 21st running of this festival, with the change of venue and the use of key kegs as notable examples. It has been [...Read on]

2012 Letchworth Beer & Cider Festival

Letchworth 2012 Poster

Festival time is creeping upon us! Reserve September 20th, 21st, 22nd for the 2012 Letchworth Beer & Cider Festival – in a new venue for 2012: Letchworth Green House (just 200 yards/meters from the station). We’re building a great list of cask ales, real ciders, and foreign draught beers for your enjoyment at the festival. For further details [...Read on]

Hitchin Festival Report

All is calm before the festival doors open.

One word summary: Success! Friday evening was crammed, over the course of the day we counted 1406 people entering the town hall. Saturday was steady but slower, 872 customers enjoyed the ales – bringing us to a total that trumps last year’s record by 104 people. Will the Hitchin festival ever shake its “runs out [...Read on]

FestyCam Hitchin 2012

See you at the festival! It’s over! See you next year?

All our time-lapse videos from the festival are below – they can all be viewed in HD mode too if you choose. Day 1, day 2, and then the set-up. Alas we didn’t get a pack-up one because somebody slept in on Sunday morning… maybe[...Read on]

Sneak peak: Hitchin Beer Festival 2012 Set-Up

It begins (Hitchin 2012 setup)

*Whew*! Finally finished up the Hitchin Beer and Cider Festival set-up for the day. Thanks to the CAMRA and the Round Table volunteers – some who had started before the 8:30am opening – that helped! It’s looking like a very long and intriguing list of ale, cider/perry and foreign beer that I’m waiting in rabid [...Read on]

The beer, it beckons.. 2012 Hitchin Beer & Cider Festival

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Just another reminder: (at the time of writing) it’s less than 10 days to go until..

2012 Hitchin Beer & Cider Festival

Hitchin 2012 Beer & Cider Festival Logo

Hitchin 2012 Beer & Cider Festival

Not long to go now!

Only about 7 weeks at the time of this post!

Mark March 9th and 10th on your calendars for the Hitchin Beer & Cider festival. Held jointly by North Hertfordshire CAMRA and the Hitchin Round Table at the[...Read on]

Summer Wine Brewery “Diablo” – Letchworth Festival Winner

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The months do fly by! It was back in September last year that we held our successful 20th Letchworth Beer Festival, and here I am now posting a story about the beer-of-the-festival win from that festival while simultaneously thinking about beers for the Hitchin festival on March 9th & 10th. "Diablo is our flagship IPA, loaded [...Read on]

2011 Letchworth Beer & Cider Festival Report

Brian Mason presents Dennis Hill with an Eric Watson award

Another Letchworth Beer Festival has come and gone, making it 20 that the branch has under its collective belt now. On the stats it was a good one as Letchworth festivals go, a handful more people than last year and a reasonable range of beer available until the end but not too much left [...Read on]

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  • Social at the Baldock Independent Beer Festival

    Starts: 8:00 pm

    Ends: 10:30 pm, 3rd May, 2013

    Location: Brandles School, Weston Way, Baldock

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  • Minibus day trip Herts PotY Contenders

    Starts: 12:00 am

    Ends: 12:00 am, 12th May, 2013

    Location: Around Hertfordshire

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  • Pub Ramble

    Starts: 8:00 pm

    Ends: 11:00 pm, 17th May, 2013

    Location: Royston

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  • Branch Meeting

    Starts: 8:15 pm

    Ends: 10:30 pm, 23rd May, 2013

    Location: The Radcliffe Arms, Hitchin

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