The Whittlesea Straw Bear Festival is fast approaching on the 11th-13th January – and the North Herts Branch annual social to this great event would be the held on the 12th (Saturday). Stop Press… Update for the annual Branch trip to the Whittlesea Straw Bear Festival 2013 and then GBG pubs in Ely, Cambridgeshire. ThisRead more about Whittlesea Straw Bear Festival 2013[…]
Join us on the 12th December to lobby your MP and stop spiralling beer tax. What: 100,000 signatures on the e-petition and a three-hour debate in Parliament, the mass lobby is now more important than ever to ensure Government stick to their commitments and review the damaging tax regime on Britain’s pubs and national drink.Read more about Save Your Pint – Mass Parliamentary Lobby Day! 12-12-12[…]
First of all, thanks to all the CAMRA volunteers for your time and The Green House for hosting the Letchworth Beer & Cider Festival.. There have been a number of ‘firsts’ on the 21st running of this festival, with the change of venue and the use of key kegs as notable examples. It has beenRead more about Letchworth 2012 – A festival of firsts[…]
The vote for the Hitchin Beer of the Festival went to Windsor and Eton Brewery for ‘Treetops’ a dark Stout. If you’re wondering, it is one of a series of three beers brewed for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee year, the Queen heard of her father’s death at the Kenyan safari resort of Treetops. We wereRead more about Hitchin Beer of the Festival Award Trip – Windsor & Eton[…]
The Red Lion at Preston, received the 2012 Pub of the Year award on Friday 22 June. The award was presented by Chairman Brian Mason to a packed pub, with many CAMRA members, locals and quite a few visitors. Ray and Jo have been there for three years having come from another pub in theRead more about Preston’s Red Lion Pub of The Year Presentation[…]
On a sunny Saturday in May, a merry band of beer enthusiasts in a minibus accepted the challenge to visit the best of Hertfordshire pubs. To partake in ales at venues rated the best in their respective regions – oh such difficulties! In no particular order this dedicated crew went to visit: Red Lion; PrestonRead more about Hertfordshire Pub of the Year Mini Bus Trip 2012[…]
See you at the festival! It’s over! See you next year? All our time-lapse videos from the festival are below – they can all be viewed in HD mode too if you choose. Day 1, day 2, and then the set-up. Alas we didn’t get a pack-up one because somebody slept in on Sunday morning…Read more about FestyCam Hitchin 2012[…]
*Whew*! Finally finished up the Hitchin Beer and Cider Festival set-up for the day. Thanks to the CAMRA and the Round Table volunteers – some who had started before the 8:30am opening – that helped! It’s looking like a very long and intriguing list of ale, cider/perry and foreign beer that I’m waiting in rabidRead more about Sneak peak: Hitchin Beer Festival 2012 Set-Up[…]
Just another reminder: (at the time of writing) it’s less than 10 days to go until.. More details on the Fesival Page – including the beer list when it is finalised! We also need volunteers to help out with the setup and take down of the festival. To volunteer email Paul Beardsley on: [email protected]
As promised, here are the final details and the itinerary for the annual visit of the ‘North Herts Branch’ to the ‘Straw Bear Festival’ at Whittlesea on Saturday 14 January 2012. Though you can obviously make your own way there, a group from the branch plans to meet up at certain train stations (and theRead more about 2012 Whittlesea Straw Bear and Branch Social – final details[…]