http://www.camranorthherts.org.uk Website of the North Hertfordshire CAMRA Branch Sun, 07 Mar 2010 23:06:48 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Less than five days until the Hitchin sees the best ever Beer & Cider Festival. The Town Hall is the venue for an amazing range of British & Foreign Beer, Cider and Perry. Keith Hoskins of Hitchin Initiative will formally open the event on Friday afternoon. See the festival webpage for  more information ... http://www.camranorthherts.org.uk/2010/03/hitchin-2010-beer-cider-festival/ This year's AGM was held on the 1st March at the Three Horseshoes, Willian.  The highlights were: the accounts for last year were presented (but not yet audited) new auditors were appointed to complete the above, and for next year the committee was re-elected the Half Moon, Hitchin, was chosen as the North Hert's Pub ... http://www.camranorthherts.org.uk/2010/03/agm-results/   The North Herts CAMRA Committee is voted for at our Branch AGM in March each year. The committee members for 2010-11 are: Colin Yates - Chair and Pints Of View Local Newsletter Coordinator Tony Driscoll - Secretary Jacqui Piper - Treasurer Malcolm Mills - Membership Secretary Andy Rawnsley - Pubs Officer and Festival Organiser Gill Richardson - Publicity Officer ... http://www.camranorthherts.org.uk/about-us/contact-us-the-committee/ We meet regularly for the following activities: branch business branch beer festivals other branches' beer festivals brewery visits pub visits   For dates and venues of all of our activities, see: this website's Diary, the Diary section in What's Brewing our Social Secretary's monthly e-mail (sign-up for e-mails via CAMRA HQ or contact our Social Secretary) the Diary section of Pints ... http://www.camranorthherts.org.uk/about-us/social-events/ Nationally, CAMRA runs many campaigns on all manner of beer-related issues, in addition to it's stated aims as the UK beer consumer's champion. Locally, our three main tasks each year are: selecting the best pubs in North Herts for our part of the Good Beer Guide, selecting pubs for local awards and collecting local news ... http://www.camranorthherts.org.uk/about-us/what-we-do/ http://www.camranorthherts.org.uk/about-us/ See the Diary (click on the tab above) for March social events.  The main event is, of course, the Hitchin Beer & Cider Festival on the 12th and 13th.  Planning and preparation are well in hand, and there will be lots of traditional British beers, foreign beers, ciders and perries.  Come ... http://www.camranorthherts.org.uk/2010/03/march-diary/ Perhaps the last at the Town Hall Come along to Hitchin Town Hall on the 12th & 13th March.We'll be there with lots of cask beer, cider, perry plus bottled and draught foreign beer!We're ordering over 20% more stock than last year......The cask beer list is here (in pdf  format) and ... http://www.camranorthherts.org.uk/beer-festivals/hitchin-2010-beer-cider-festival/ The Saturday 9th January minibus trip has been cancelled due to the snow. http://www.camranorthherts.org.uk/2010/01/saturday-9th-minibus-trip/ Just a short note to say I've reorganised our web pages re beer festivals to bring them together under one tab (see above), so hopefully, you all can find festival info more easily. If anyone knows of any other upcoming festivals which may be of interest to North Herts people, please ... http://www.camranorthherts.org.uk/2010/01/beer-festivals/ http://www.camranorthherts.org.uk/beer-festivals/ Looking for a CAMRA beer festival in East Anglia?  See the new page tab above for "Other Festivals". http://www.camranorthherts.org.uk/2009/09/other-festivals/ List of CAMRA beer festivals in East Anglia, and pub festivals in North Herts: Format: Dates /  CAMRA Branch  or PUB Name / Festival 4-6 February 2010 / CAMRA Chelmsford & Mid-Essex / Chelmsford Winter Beer Festival 4-6 February 2010 / Fox, Woolmer Green / Mini Beer Festival 18-20 February 2010 / CAMRA South Bedfordshire / Luton Beer and Cider Festival 26-27 February ... http://www.camranorthherts.org.uk/beer-festivals/other-festivals/ Just days to go until we open the doors on our annual beer & cider festival at Plinson in Letchworth. We've got a really good selection of beers, ciders and perrys for you to try. Doors open at 5pm on Thursday 17th September. Click the link at the top of the ... http://www.camranorthherts.org.uk/2009/09/letchworth-beer-cider-festival/ Only a few people have indicated that they're going to this, but it is still on.  To be there for opening time, the suggested train is the 10:51 from Hitchin (adjusted as necessary if coming from a different station).  The feedback so far is that it's well worth the trip.  ... http://www.camranorthherts.org.uk/2009/08/peterborough-beer-festival-trip-thursday-27th/ 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 ... http://www.camranorthherts.org.uk/2009/08/hertfordshire-pubs-week/ 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 ... http://www.camranorthherts.org.uk/2009/08/lytton-arms-old-knebworth/ We will be voting for the "Ted & Josie" Community Pub Of The Year award at the next Branch Meeting on 7th September, at the Radcliffe Arms, Hitchin.  If you wish to nominate a pub, please e-mail to secretary@camranorthherts.org.uk, a.s.a.p., or by Sunday 6th at the latest, stating in a ... http://www.camranorthherts.org.uk/2009/08/community-pub-of-the-year-nominationsvoting/ See the Diary for updated or new events for August, September and October. http://www.camranorthherts.org.uk/2009/08/social-events/ Hot news just announced. Buntingford Brewery just won Silver with "Britannia" in the Best Bitters category of the Champion Beer of Britain at the Great British Beer Festival, from 18 other beers in the same class. http://www.camranorthherts.org.uk/2009/08/buntingford-britannia-wins-silver/