Local festivals – both CAMRA and non-CAMRA – are listed below. If there are ones we have missed, please let us know. Coming up during the remainder of August and September: Peterborough Beer Festival – 23-27 Aug Chequers Beerhouse Stevenage festival – 25-29 Aug Mermaid Beer Festival, St Albans – 25-29 August Lytton Arms SummerRead more about Local beer festivals[…]
Visit the 6 pubs in contention for East Anglian Pub of the Year. The all-day trip is proving very popular, in fact we’ve had to book a bigger bus which means there are still a few places available. Compasses Great Totham, nr Chelmsford Stanford Arms, Lowestoft Fat Cat Tap, Norwich Falcon, Huntingdon Black Lion, Leighton BuzzardRead more about Anglia Region Pub of the Year – update 21 July[…]
The forms have been analysed and the data sifted. Beer of the Festival We can announce the Beer of The Festival was Northern Monk’s Eternal, while Siren’s Vermont Tea Party came second. Seven beers tied for third place. We will be organising a trip to the Northern Monk brewery in Leeds in due course. (WeRead more about Hitchin Beer Festival 2016 – visitor survey feedback[…]
The judging trip will set off from the Half Moon in Hitchin at 10.30 on Saturday 23 July. To join the trip, please contact our Social Secretary ([email protected]) or The Half Moon. The final cost per person is still being finalised.
All members are invited to tonight’s Branch Open Meeting. You are welcome to quiz the committee, suggest social events, ask about CAMRA campaigns, tell us what is happening at your local pub(s), feedback comments, etc. You could even bring up the revitalisation project topic, although that could extend the meeting some what. The meeting agendaRead more about Branch Open Meeting: The Chequers, Woolmer Green; 8.00 pm[…]
Having won the North Herts 2016 PotY award, and followed this with the Hertfordshire PotY award, the Half Moon in Hitchin now goes into the competition for the Anglia Region prize. The whole voting process can be found here. The six pubs in the frame are listed below: Bedfordshire – Black Lion, Leighton Buzzard CambridgeshireRead more about Anglia Region Pub of the Year[…]
Branch social events added to the calendar for July – the first two are: Saturday 9 July – just announced – ramble from Hitchin to Gosmore via Charlton. Meet in the Half Moon, Hitchin at noon. We will be popping into the Bull and the Bird in Hand when we get to Gosmore. Monday 11 July – branch meetingRead more about Branch social events[…]
Coming up in July: Ware riverside beer festival – 9 July Horse & Groom, Hatfield – 15-17 July Jolly Waggoners beer festival, 23-24 July Stortford beer festival, Bishops Stortford – 28-30 July Please let us know if we have missed any other festivals.
All is packed up now after another successful Hitchin Beer Festival, the fourth at Hitchin Rugby Club. We made some improvements which worked out well, a bigger marquee, the new KeyKeg bar, and a loads more beer! The total through the door this year was 2,874, up again on the previous year and a totalRead more about Hitchin Beer & Cider Festival – wrap up[…]