August 2021

August usually sees CAMRA's Great British Beer Festival, held at Olympia in London, with the restrictions imposed as part of the Covid pandemic only being removed in mid-July it was not possible to organise the event in time. However, CAMRA took the opportunity to welcome drinkers back into the pubs by launching a Great British Beer Festival at Your Local, which ran between 30 Jul. and 8 Aug. Sadly, none of the pubs in our area were interested in taking up the idea.

New Beer Alert

Church End brewery are creating a new one-off special beer, A Traitor to his Blood, a 4.6% ruby ale, which is being brewed to coincide with the launch of M.P.Wright's 5th novel. There are also rumours that some of his previous works are to be serialised by ITV later this year.

Local Beer Festivals

Burton Ale Trail 2-5 Sep. see https://www.facebook.com/groups/burtonaletrail/ for details.
Tamworth CAMRA Beer Festival 16-18 Sep.

Vacancies:

still exist for the following:

Pubs Officer(s) – to liaise with ALL publicans in the branch area and update CAMRA’s Pub database.
GBG (Good Beer Guide) Co-Ordinator – to ensure CAMRA’s pub database is up to date.
Social Secretary – to organize and publicize branch social events and monthly meetings.

If you are interested in any of the above positions, please contact: ku.gro.armac.notaenun@ofni