Entries in the 'Pub News' category
Our Mutual Friend – Winter Beer Festival
There is a whole 5 weeks to wait until the Hitchin Beer & Cider festival — what to do in the meantime? Well all year round you can get great cask ale in excellent North Herts pubs — especially at their own independent beer festivals! The Our Mutual Friend in Stevenage, a Good Beer [...Read on]
Obituary – Paul Danter
It is with sadness that we have to report the death of Paul Danter who, with his wife Roz, have been licensees of the Tally Ho, Barkway for over a decade. Paul passed away on Easter Monday. He was a proud supporter of real ale and demostrated this by stocking beers from Buntingford Brewery who brew just a short way away. [...Read on]
Hitchin’s Half Moon is our Pub of the Year!
For the 3rd year running The Half Moon in Hitchin is the North Hertfordshire CAMRA branch Pub of the Year! The branch will be presenting Howard and Wendy with the 2011 Pub-of-the-Year award on Saturday April 30th at 9pm. Please come along (a bit earlier than 9pm of course) and join with us in congratulating them [...Read on]
Pub Beer Festivals
Some pub beer festivals coming up around the Easter/Wedding/Spring bank holiday extravaganza:
- Our Mutual Friend, Stevenage: Easter Beer Festival: Thursday 21st April – Monday 25th April
- The Victoria, Hitchin: Easter/St George’s Day Beer Festival: Friday 22nd April – Monday 25th April
- The Cricketers, Ickleford: Beer Festival: Thursday 21st April – Monday 25th April & Thursday 28th[...Read on]
Hertfordshire Pubs Week
It’s not long now to Hertfordshire Pubs Week?
CAMRA’s Hertfordshire branches have arranged a passport scheme covering 35 pubs in the county. Customers collect passport stamps in participating pubs each time they order a pint of real ale. When participants have visited 10 pubs and collected their individual stamps they will receive a free pass to[...Read on]
Lytton Arms, Old Knebworth
We’d like to welcome James Price as the new proprietor of the Lytton Arms, Old Knebworth. James arrived in late July after taking over from Tony & Gill Smith who have now retired from the trade.
James has aleady made his mark by reducing the price of the real ale – a refreshing move in this day and age![...Read on]
the Windmill, Charlton, Beer Festival, 31st July to 2nd Aug.
The new landlord and landlady at the Windmill in Charlton, Lee and Sarah Armstrong, are planning to hold their first beer festival over this weekend. They expect to have 9 cask ales and 2 ciders on offer.
Windmill, Charlton, beer festival 31 July to 2 Aug
The new landlord and landlady of the Windmill in Charlton, Lee and Sarah Armstrong, are planning to hold a beer festival from 31 July to 2 August. There will be an marquee, as well as the usual bar. They are intending to have 9 cask ales and 2 real ciders. Charles Wells are alowing them to[...Read on]
Radcliffe Arms, Hitchin re-opens!
Friday 19th June saw the Radcliffe Arms, Walsworth Road, Hitchin re-open after a closure of alomst two years. When it did close we first thought it was gone for good but it is pleasing to see a local businessman purchase and completely refurbish it.
It is a bright and airy pub with a new conservatory and[...Read on]
