Entries tagged “Hitchin”
2012 Hitchin Beer & Cider Festival
Hitchin 2012 Beer & Cider Festival
Not long to go now!
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]
Winter is coming, bringing plenty of festivals with it!
A few winter beer festivals have come to our attention recently, so if you would like a little excitement leading into Christmas:
- Polhill Arms Beer & Bangers Festival, Renhold, Bedfordshire: Thursday 10th to Sunday 13th November
- Canary Club Winter Beer Festival, Hitchin Town Football Club: Friday 18th to Sunday 20th November
- Orange Tree Winter[...Read on]
Redemption Brewery Trip
Redemption On Saturday June 4th a group of North Herts CAMRA members headed into London. We assembled at the Betjeman Arms in St Pancras station then made our way to the Tottenham Hale tube stop, twice losing members along the way – but in the end we all safely reached our goal. Tucked away inside an [...Read on]
Herts Pubs-of-the-Year for 2011
The Hertfordshire CAMRA region is made up of 4 branches, these being Watford & District, South Herts, Herts & Essex Borders, and us – North Herts. Each year each branch selects a “pub of the year” from their branch area. In North Herts we start with a short-list of the 8 eligible pubs that have [...Read on]
Long Weekend Beer Festivals
Here’s a list of beer festivals we know about this wedding & spring bank holiday extra-long weekend:
- Baldock Independent Beer Festival – Friday to Sunday - 58 ales, 23 ciders & perrys, & 14 continental beers!
- Half Moon in Hitchin: 7th Anniversary Beer Festival – Thursday to Sunday – 35 ales, plus ciders and perrys
- Cricketers[...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]
2011 Hitchin Beer & Cider Festival: Stats & Winners
2011 Hitchin Beer Festival Beer The Hitchin Beer and Cider festival was held on the 18th and 19th of March. This festival, jointly run by North Herts CAMRA and the Hitchin Round Table, was a tremendous success as usual. During the festival 2175 people (not including volunteers) consumed: 96% of the beer over 8400 pints of beer around 1000 pints [...Read on]
Branch Meeting, 6th July, Victoria, Hitchin
This is to confirm that the venue for the next Branch Meeting is the Victoria, Hitchin. We will have use of their function room. Also, remember we’ll be voting for a Most Improved Pub; so please pass any MIP nominations to me in advance.
