Tomorrow, Wednesday 11th March, we have a branch meeting starting at 8pm at the Black Horse in Checkendon.
We'll be deciding on our Pub of the Year. Vote by email, or in person on the night.
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Planning consent granted for change of use to residential.
It doesn't help when the local parish council couldn't care less about its pubs.
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The Spring edition of our branch magazine- Ed's Pint - is out now! You can pick up a copy in your local East Dorset pub or read it online here...
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We'll be there!
Weekend update. Here they are in between brewing. #internationalwomensday Join #CAMRA and have some fun.
The weekend so far. Milton Fenton with award for Cider Pub of the Year and a hardy few braving the wind on Portland. Today 9 of our ladies are at Brewhouse & Kitchen Poole for #InternationalWomen'sDay brew day. They're brewing an IPA this year. Hope it's as good as last year's award winning stout.
My piece in the current Private Eye on the brilliant revival of Jennings, saved from the axe of Carlsberg. #BskyBeer
Info about the Reading Ale Trail
This Saturday, 7th March, sees the launch of Reading & Mid Berks CAMRA's annual Reading Ale Trail
And the next social is a tour of #Portland pubs on Saturday 7th March. It's the outgoing social secretary's last pub tour. Will the pubs he takes us to be open in the afternoon? His record is interesting. Wear good shoes. Catch the train as below.
Next event is the Cider Pub of Year presentation to the Silverback Alehouse, Winton, Bournemouth this Friday 6th March at 8pm. Milton usually has a good selection in, especially when there's an award to be had. #Cider #Bournemouth #pubs
Time to revive the Tour of Destruction tee shirts. These are not the only ones destroying our heritage.
📣 Support an emergency #VATCut for #pubs & #hospitality to get them through the cost-of-living crisis - email your MP!
Other European nations back their hospitality businesses with lower VAT.
The UK should too!
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So the new Chair's first branch meeting is this Friday at 8pm at the King's Head in Poole. Close to the Quay. Come along, show some support and enjoy some very good beer. #CAMRA #Poole
Hope it works!
Presentation of our Rural Pub of the Year award at a packed out Eight Arch Brewery Tap in Wimborne. Congratulations to Steve and the team at Eight Arch. #CAMRA #Beer #Dorset
Help us understand where real Cider & Perry is available in East Dorset branch postcodes (BH, DT11, DT10 & SP6), what the best ones are, where the best places are to drink. Thank you in advance. Please SCORE your Real Cider or Perry here forms.office.com/r/6M4GkQRg4C #cider #perry
So true
This Saturday 21st February at 1pm we meet at the new Brewers Folly brewery tap in Wimborne for a social and tasting panel. Then to Eight Arch Brewery Tap for award presentation at 4pm. #CAMRA #Dorset #wimborne #funtime
Please ask your MP to help our precious pubs; they are put even more at risk by the proposed changes to Planning rules.
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Spotted in Belfast Airport - apparently Heverlee “premium” pilsner is brewed to the “original recipe” which dates back to 1129. Surprised by this, given that lager yeast didn’t emerge until the 15th century and pilsner didn’t exist until 1842. ABInBev really don’t give a shit about beer or drinkers.
It was only a matter of time. Was in one of their bars yesterday for the first time in years (there was nowhere else to go.) soulless and empty. Punk IPA undrinkable.
Our next social event is a Don's Spot next Wednesday 18th February at the Silverback Alehouse, Winton, Bournemouth. Pub opens early just for us at 12.30pm. Retired; not working; got the day off? Come along and get a groovy badge.
Well deserved. Excellent service and wide range to choose from.
Wetherspoon boss urges pubs to back Reform By Henry Saker-Clark The founder of Wetherspoon has urged other pubs to back Reform UK. Sir Tim Martin, chairman of JD Wetherspoon, said Reform's plans to slash beer duty would help the sector move towards "tax parity with supermarkets". Nigel Farage's party announced a series of proposals to support pubs last week. They included pledges to cut VAT in the hospitality sector by 10 per cent, cut beer duty by the same fraction. Reform also said it would reverse the recent rise in employers' national insurance contributions (NICs) for the sector and gradually remove business rates for all pubs. The party has said it would fund this package with around 23on, which it plans to secure through reinstating the two-child benefit cap, except for families with two British-born parents. In a lengthy stock exchange filing yesterday, Martin (inset) told industry leaders "there's no question that this initiative would utterly transform the competitiveness of pubs" He said: "By eliminating the tax differential between supermarkets and the hospitality industry, and restoring margins to devastated businesses, these changes would enable pubs to regain some, or all, of their lost trade. "You would think that this offer from Reform would have been greeted by a crescendo of enthusiasm, ecstasy and support from the licensed trade and its supporters. "However, surpris-ingly, initial support has been underwhelming, at least from the great and the good in the hospitality industry" Last month, Labour announced additional business rates support for pubs. The announcement was a U-turn following complaints from pubs about rates changes in November's Budget.
Multimillionaire Brexiter, Tim Martin, urges pubs to back Reform. Just like he urged the country to vote for Brexit. Too bad if it makes you poorer. Too bad for the children he’ll push back into poverty. Tim wants more money. And he couldn’t give a shit about the cost for everybody else.
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Last year East Dorset CAMRA ran 49 social events across the county and beyond. The social secretary who arranged them is now lying in a darkened room & taking life easy as our Chair. The new improved social secretaries meet tomorrow to plan out this year. All suggestions welcome. #CAMRA #Dorset
We could have told them that years ago....
Definitely jealous! Sounds lovely.
How was it Roger?
Waitrose have thrown their weight behind a campaign to promote beer from genuine independent breweries, with a new ‘Indie Beer’ section on Waitrose.com and planned in-store promotions beertoday.co.uk/2026/02/02/w... #beer #beernews #indiebeer #beersales
