North Herts CAMRA’s pub of the year, the Red Lion in Preston, near Hitchin, has made it on to the short list for the national CAMRA Pub of the Year competition. Four of the pubs will now go on to the final competition to win the ultimate Pub of the Year title, to be announcedRead more about Red Lion, Preston – CAMRA pub of the year Finalist![…]
This award is in honour of Eric Watson, who hailed from way ‘up north’ in God’s own country, even further north than Watford Gap and Lancashire. He died a very young man, leaving behind a lovely wife and a very young son. He was also known as the ‘Belgian Beer Man’ and would have aRead more about The Eric Watson Memorial Award – November 1st, 2019[…]
Events this November Friday 1st November: Eric Watson Memorial Award to the Plume of Feathers, Ickleford 8 pm. Wednesday 6th November Open Branch Meeting: Victoria, Hitchin 8 pm. All Branch Members Welcome Saturday 16th November Mini Bus Trip: Visiting prospective GBG Pubs for 2021 and includes four current Good Beer Guide pubs: Bird in Hand,Read more about Branch Diary for November[…]
Saturday 19th October Mini Bus Trip: White Hart, Puckeridge; Three Tuns, Great Hormead; Black Horse, Brent Pelham; Brewery Tap, Furneux Pelham; Brown Bear, Braughing. Pick-ups from 6pm Stevenage, Hitchin, Letchworth, Baldock & East Herts. £5 Members, £8 non Members. Please book by 15 October by email – socialsecretary@camranorthherts.org.uk
BB’s Bar in Tilehouse Street, Hitchin was voted the North Herts Most Improved Pub 2019. Article by Richard Merritt MBE On a slightly damp evening the bar was packed and England, having taken the lead in the Euro Qualifier, were pulled back and the score at half time against the Czech Republic was one all.Read more about North Herts Most Improved Pub 2019[…]
The presentation of the award was made at the Red Lion on the evening of Friday 4th October, 2019. Pub regulars, members of the CAMRA North Herts Committee and a visiting group from neighbouring CAMRA branch Herts and Essex Borders saw Andrea Briers, Regional Director, East Anglia for CAMRA, present the award certificate to RayRead more about The Red Lion, Preston – Pub of the Year 2019, CAMRA East Anglia Region[…]