Everyone is invited to the presentation of the national CAMRA Pub of the Year finalists certificate at the Bailey Head, Oswestry, at 1pm on Saturday 23rd November. The bar will feature three collaboration cask beers brewed between the Bailey Head and Riverhead (Ossett), Castle Rock and Stonehouse.
Shrewsbury & West Shropshire CAMRA branch meeting, in the back room of the Admiral Benbow, Shrewsbury. Members and non-members welcome. For more information on what happens in Branch meetings, please see the Branch Management section in the Our Branch page.
Dudley and South Staffordshire CAMRA's annual Winter beer festival at Dudley Town Hall from Thursday 28th until Saturday 30th November. It will have a selection of over seventy real ales and ciders. Opening times are: Thursday 1:00pm - 10:00pm, Friday 11:00am - 10:00pm, and Saturday 11:00am to 8:00pm. CAMRA members will be able to get in free by showing their membership card. Non-CAMRA members will pay a £5.00 admission. Advance tickets are for sale on Tckty, and these will include £10 worth of tokens. More details can be found on the Dudley CAMRA website here.
Social and beer scoring trip by minibus from Shrewsbury to Ludlow. Departing from Salopian Bar at 7pm. Members and non-members welcome. Places must be pre-booked with Dave Ricketts - he can be contacted using the email address below, or by phone after 4:30pm (SMS text preferred). For more information about our Beer Bus trips, please see the About Our Events page.
Social and beer scoring trip by minibus from Shrewsbury to the "Inner Loop", going around villages on the outskirts of Shrewsbury. Please note that this is a Saturday daytime trip. The displayed departure time from the Salopian Bar is approximate, and the exact time will be confirmed nearer the time. Members and non-members welcome. Places must be pre-booked with Dave Ricketts – he can be contacted using the email address below, or by phone after 4:30pm (SMS text preferred). For more information about our Beer Bus trips, please see the About Our Events page.
West Midlands CAMRA Regional Meeting on 7th December. Arrive at Noon for 12.30 Start. Meeting will be held in the function room at the Wild Boar in Warwick, near to the station. Items on the Agenda so far; Regions Review for the South of our Region, RDs weekend report, Feeding back beer Scores to Publicans and GBBFW. If you wish an item to be added to the Agenda email the Regional Director.
A Winter beer festival at the Clive Hub village hall in Clive, near Wem. This is a charity event in aid of Severn Hospice. Thursday: 7:30 - 11:00pm, Friday: Family's Night - 6:00pm onwards with carol singing, Saturday: 5:00pm until barrels are empty. Food will be available on Friday and Saturday. A beer list will be published shortly.
Shrewsbury & West Shropshire CAMRA committee meeting and branch meeting. The two meetings have been combined for this month due to Christmas getting in the way. Venue will be the Brick on Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury. Members and non-members welcome. For more information on what happens in Committee and Branch meetings, please see the Branch Management section in the Our Branch page.
Social and beer scoring trip by public transport from Shrewsbury to Ludlow. Members and non-members welcome! The outward train at 10:47 from Shrewsbury railway station arrives in Ludlow at 11:17. For those who prefer to use their bus pass, the 09:55 435 from Shrewsbury bus station arrives at Ludlow railway station at 11:10. First port of call will be Ludlow Brewery, next to the railway station. Suggested return trains for bus connections in Shrewsbury are the 16:20 train which arrives in Shrewsbury at 16:52, or the 16:52 which arrives at 17:25. Alternatively, the 15:30 bus from outside the Compasses arrives in Shrewsbury at 16:44. For those who want to stay later, the Blood Bay and the Dog Hangs Well both open at 17:00. For more information about our Public Transport Group (PTG) trips, please see the About Our Events page.
Our annual Christmas Eve Shrewsbury Walkabout. This year, we will be starting at the Beacon on Copthorne Road at 12pm, then onto the Bricklayers Arms for 1pm, and down Frankwell towards town. Members and non-members are all welcome! If you don't want to walk out to the Beacon, there are buses that go from Shrewsbury bus station to the Richmond Drive junction on Copthorne Road, leaving about 100m to walk to the Beacon. The No. 11 Gains Park bus from Stand J at the bus station is the one to catch. This currently goes every 15 minutes throughout the day on Monday to Friday.
West Midlands CAMRA regional awards ceremony in the The Firs Suite at the Firs Codsall. Presentation of CBOB awards, Websites awards, Magazines awards and Campaigner and Volunteer of the year awards.
Shrewsbury & West Shropshire CAMRA committee meeting at the Prince of Wales. All members welcome. Note that the start time for the committee meetings will now be 7:15pm, to give people who are getting the train to Shrewsbury time to walk across town. For more information on what happens in Committee meetings, please see the Branch Management section in the Our Branch page.
