On Friday 20th April 2012 at 8pm, we will be making the Pub of the Year Presentation to The Sportsman, Huddersfield HD1 5AY (map).
This forms part of the Sportsman’s 3rd Birthday Weekend celebrations – more details on the Diary Page.
We hope to see you there.
There are also two other local beer festivals this weekend – Milnsbridge Socialist Club 1st Beer & Pork Pie Festival and the Gledholt Male Voice Choir Beer Festival at Marsh Club – more details on the Diary Page.
We will be making the Winter Pub of the Season presentation to the Wills O’ Nats, Blackmoorfoot, Meltham, HD9 5PS (map) at 9pm on Monday 12th Mar 2012.
Minibus leaves St George’s Sq at 7:30pm. The minibus is full, but Contact us to check if there are any cancellations
We hope to see you there.
Also, please note that, for Branch Members only, online voting for Pub of the Year and Club of the Year are available in the Members’ Area. Online votes must be submitted before midnight on Monday 12th March 2012. You can also vote for Mild Pub of the Year and Mild Club of the Year, but the deadline for those is later, in May.
I have been asked to remind CAMRA Members that Champion Beer of Britain Voting is still open, but for our Region it it will close soon at the end of January.
Voting can be done online at www.cbobvoting.org.uk – you will need you CAMRA membership number and password for the CAMRA HQ site to log in.
Don’t miss the deadline.
The Branch AGM will be held at the Rat & Ratchet, Chapel Hill, Huddersfield, HD1 3EB (map) at 8pm on Monday 21st November 2011. It will be followed by a normal monthly Branch meeting. Also, there will be the Oktoberfest 2011 Cider of the Festival Award Presentation to Udders Orchard Cider for Whisky Cask Cider.
We will be having a pub crawl of Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester on Saturday 12th November 2011. It has 6 Good Beer Guide listed pubs, including one which is the home of the Bootleg Brewery.
We will catch the 11:30 Northern Train from Huddersfield Train Station to Manchester Victoria. We will then catch the tram on to Chorlton-Cum-Hardy.
I am also pleased to announce that Udders Orchard have won the Yorkshire Cider of the Year 2011 for their “Whisky Cask Cider”. The presentation will take place on Sunday 20th Nov at 3:30pm in the Rat & Ratchet. The same cider also won the Cider of the Festival award at Huddersfield Oktoberfest – the presentation for that will be at the Branch AGM on Monday 21st Nov which starts at 8pm, also at the Rat & Ratchet.
Finally, Brambles Cafe & Bar has opened in Holmfirth. Formerly the White Hart, it has been extensively refurbished and now offers 7 real ales & a real cider. The pub is managed by Jonny Holmes, formerly of the Commercial and Swan in Slaithwaite.
The Autumn Pub of the Season Presentation will be to the King’s Head, St. George’s Square, Huddersfield, HD1 1JF (map) at 8pm on Monday 7th November 2011.
We hope to see you there.
On Saturday 23rd Jul7 2010, at 6pm there will be a double presentation at the Rat & Ratchet, Chapel Hill, Huddersfield, HD1 3EB (map). We will be presenting the Yorkshire Cider Pub 2011 (runner up) and Huddersfield Mild Pub of the Year 2011 awards.
On Sunday 24th July we will be having a Marsden afternoon crawl. Meet at the Railway, 34 Station Road, Marsden, HD7 6DH (map) at 1pm if you want to eat at the Railway before the crawl, or 2pm if you just want to do the crawl.
We will then move on to Puleside WMC, Conservative Club, Swan, Liberal Club & Riverhead.
Trains from Huddersfield Rail Station at 12:37 or 13:37. First Buses from Huddersfield Bus Station – 182 at 15 minutes past the hour, 185 at 50 minutes past the hour.
We hope to see you there.