News
St
Helens Sub Branch?
Please
note that there was a meeting held at
Beechams
in St Helens on
Wednesday 12 March.
The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the possibility
of the formation of a Sub Branch of the Liverpool and
District Branch of Camra to cover St Helens. A postal vote
then went out.
The motion was carried and a Sub Branch has been formed.
Please keep an eye on this page on how the sub branch will
work (eg with regard to meetings and web information).
First Sub Branch meeting is on the
9th July,
details here.
Beer Scoring
We
have changed the Beer Scoring guide in 2008 to the same as
the National Beer Scoring System (NBSS). Check out the Beer
Scoring page.
Trips '08
The
trips for 2008 are now detailed on the Trips and Meetings
page. A pick and mix of destinations from Leicester to
Cumbria, Yorkshire and Lancashire, Sheffield and Shrewsbury
and more. Pick one or them all....or something
in-between.
Membership
In
the Liverpool and District region the
numbers are now in excess of
1000 members
in the Branch!
MerseyAle
Mersey
Ale
is produced five times a year. Having won the
CAMRA National Newsletter of the Year
2006,
it is now a 48 page all colour edition.
The
MerseyAle's past and present will be available on this
website soon, and the last edition is available now via
the
MerseyAle
page.
Beer
Festival 2008
The
Liverpool Beer Festival was held in February 14-16th
and was another good one.
Check out the details on the
Festival webpage.
Once again it was held in the Crypt at the Metropolitan
Cathedral.
POTY
Each
Camra district votes for its Pub of the Year (POTY) and for
2007 in our district this was won by the Turks Head in St.
Helens.
The pub has gone one better and has won
Regional POTY;
the region covers the rest of Merseyside, Wirral, north
Wales, and Cheshire.
The pub was one of the three runners up to the Old Spot in
Dursley, Gloucestershire.
Well done to Amanda and the Turks Head.
Good
Beer Guide
The Good Beer Guide
2008 is out, and you
can get it now from the Camra bookshop. Just
£10 for members and £14 for non-members.
Liverpool
Historic Guide
The
branch has produced a
Liverpool Historic Guide
detailing some of the city’s the main contributors to
the rich pub heritage.
The guide is on sale for only
£3
from many city centre pubs and can be ordered on line
from
CAMRA.
