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LOCAL CAMRA EVENTS
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NEWS
LUTON BEER & CIDER FESTIVAL
Not long to wait now. The provisional beer, cider & perry lists are now available to view on our festival page.
AMPTHILL ALBION NEW B&T PUB
Local Shefford-based B&T Brewery have completed a deal with Leicester brewer Everards to manage the Albion Arms in Ampthill. The Albion has recently been suffering under the ownership of Punch Taverns with a string of unsuccessful managers. Everards have bought the freehold under their "Project William" sheme where they buy pubs solely for local breweries to manage them as they see fit with a very relaxed knd of tie. B&T fully intend to run the Albion (no longer the Albion Arms) in a similar manner to the very successful Wellington Arms in Bedford and Globe in Dunstable. There will be plenty of guest ales and no mainstream lagers. The plan is to open in the latter part of March after refurbishment.
OFT Reject CAMRA's Super Complaint on Beer Tie
The Office of Failr Trading has rjected CAMRA's proposals to re-balance the relationship between pub-owning companies and their lesees in the interests of their customers. We are calling for uncompetitive and unfair beer ties to be removed
so that landlords can have some freedom on what to buy and where from. Read more here
Regional Pub of the Year
The Wheatsheaf in Writtle near Chelmsford, Essex has been awarded the CAMRA East Anglia Regional Pub of the Year. Congratulations to them. Unfortunately our own Bedfordshire winner, the Globe in Dunstable was beaten but Mo and the staff can take comfort in the fact that they were beaten by another excellent pub. Better luck next year.
The Good Beer Guide 2010
Is now available to buy - click on the picture to find out how.
Beer In Beds - The Summer issue is out now. This is our biggest ever issue - even more value for money (it's free).
SAVE THE PUB
Save the Coachmakers Arms
The Axe the Beer Tax campaign needs your support. Click on the logo above to learn more. Not convinced? Then check out the Beer Tax O Meter to see how much you pay in tax when you buy your beer.
The key demands of the campaign are: -
1. To stop plans to increace beer tax by up to a third
2. To enforce existing laws - not create new ones - to deal firmly with irresponsible drinkers and premises
3. To end the irresponsible promotion of alcohol in supermarkets, pubs and alsewhere
4. To trust responsible adults to make informed choices about what they drink, not punish them for the actions of an irresponsible minority
5. To support the British pub as a vital part of social life in local communities
Beds Online Pub Guide
This is intended to be an up to date guide to all public houses and bars serving draft beer in Bedfordshire. Please feel free to browse the guide using the Pub Guide link on the left.
We need your help in keeping it up to date. If you see something that's wrong, missing or could just be improved please let us know.
LOCAL CAMRA BEER FESTIVALS
18-20 Feb - 27th Luton Beer & Cider Festival. Hightown Sports & Arts Centre. Details
10-12 March - London Drinker Beer & Cider Festival. Camden Ctr, Bidborough St.
12-13 March - Hitchin Beer & Cider Festival. 60 ales plus ciders, perries & foreign beers. Probably the final one in the Town Hall.
LOCAL BEER FESTIVALS (non-CAMRA)
28-31 Jan - Victoria, Dunstable . 1st one of the year for the Vic with approx. 12 beers
4-9 March - RAF Association Club, Bedford. 93 Ashburnam Rd - nr Station.
24-28 March - Anglers Retreat, Marsworth. Approx 12 ales plus ciders.
22-25 April - 9th Globe Beer Festival, Dunstable. 50 beers plus ciders and perry
Please let us know of any local festivals or brewery news email to: - webmaster@sbedscamra.org.uk.
The South Beds branch publishes a quarterly newsletter, Beer in Beds. This newsletter is free and is distributed to pubs throughout
the South Beds branch area.
CAMRA's national press releases highlight national campaigns and events, such as the Pubs Week, Mild Month, Cask Beer Week, etc. and the Great British Beer Festival and National Winter Ales Festival.
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