*** *** Next Branch Event *** ***

Our Season of summer Branch Socials has now come to an end.
Check back regularly for news of coming events.

We can now look forward to Hoptober and all those lovely hoppy beers.

*** *** Looking ahead into 2025 *** ***

Tryanuary an opportunity to seek out and try new beers

Febrewery a month-long celebration of our many small breweries

*** *** 2025 Good Beer guide *** ***

6 Local pubs are honoured

Lord Nelson, Ansley ... 31 consecutive years

Church End Brewery Tap, Ridge Lane ... 21 consecutive years

Felix Holt, 13 consecutive years

Lord Hop, Nuneaton ... 9 consecutive years

Weavers Arms, Bulkington ... 7 Consecutive years

and Bear & Ragged Staff, Bedworth ... returning after a gap of 18 years

*** *** Breaking News *** ***

GBBF (Great British Beer Festival)
is coming to Birmingham.


Birminghams National Exhibition Centre (NEC) has been chosen to host the 2025 GBBF on 5th - 9th August 2025

*** CAMRA Appoints New Chairman ***

Following Nic Antona's decision to stand down as National Chairman, due to ill health, CAMRA is pleased to announce that Ash Corbett-Collins has been appointed as his successor.

*** *** George Eliot Reopens *** ***

After closing suddenly in 2022, the George Eliot is ready to reopen its doors, now under the ownership of Birmingham based Valiant Pub Group. .

Luke Carroll, Operations Director at Valiant, said: “Our focus has been on making The George Eliot a comfortable community asset, it won’t be showing the live sport channels like Sky or TNT like it once did in the past.” He continued: “We’re big on coffee and breakfast for our customers coming to do some shopping on market days, and will serve familiar favourites, such as pies, mash, and fish and chips.” We’ll be listening to feedback, especially from those visiting in the first few weeks. We will have national and local beers, including local ale ‘Goat’s Milk’ from Ridge Lane’s Church End Brewery on the opening week.”

*** *** Handpull Hijack *** ***

Carlsberg Marston’s Brewing Company – one of the world’s largest brewery conglomerates – has resorted to misleading consumers by hijacking the handpump to serve its “Fresh Ale” product. CMBC says this is “preserving the beloved hand pull ritual that delivers the traditional theatre of serve that ale is famed for”.

CAMRA believes consumers deserve better than CMBC play acting at serving cask – a product they claim to champion while closing breweries and removing cask lines from bars. Our handpump hijack campaign calls on brewers to be proud of all their whole range of beers by serving them in a way that won’t mislead their customers.

https://camra.org.uk/take-action/handpump-hijack/

*** *** 2024 Pub of the Year *** ***

For the first time in the Nuneaton & Bedworth branches 12-year history, Church End Brewery Tap has been awarded the accolade of 2024 Branch Pub of the Year.

Previous winners include: The Lord Nelson, the Lord Hop and the Horseshoes.

Real Ale Finder App

Looking to find what beers are currently available at your local* in real time?
This free and easy to use app is indispensable for all real ale drinkers.
more details are available from: https://www.realalefinder.com/ or download the RealAleFinder app from the webstore

*Note: Pub must be registered with RealAleFinder for the beers to be displayed