Aletalk, Branch Diary

Aletalk Meeting on Tuesday 17th August 2010

There will be a further meeting to discuss the production of the Autumn issue of AleTalk.

It will be held in the upstairs room at the Rat & Ratchet, Huddersfield, HD1 3EB (map) at 8pm on Tuesday 17th August.

All welcome. Bring any articles that you have for inclusion along with you.

(P.S. Sorry about the stray email about an old social at the Sair sent yesterday. No idea why that happened – please ignore.)

Beer Festivals, Cider

Huddersfield Oktoberfest Thu 14th – Sat 16th October 2010

Huddersfield Oktoberfest Beer & Cider Festival 2010 will take place between Thursday 14th – Saturday 16th October 2010.

Once again, it will be at the Sikh Leisure Centre (APNA Venue), Spring Grove Street, Huddersfield, HD1 2NX (map).

We hope to see you there – either helping, drinking or both. More details can be found on our website here.

Or, you can download a poster here.

Want to help? Download a staffing form (in Word format) here. Just complete it, and return it to us by email or post.

Branch Diary

Social Crawl of Golcar & Aletalk Meeting

On Monday 9th August 2010 we will be having a social crawl of Golcar (not a social at the Yeaton Cask as advertised in What’s Brewing).

We will be starting at 8pm at the Junction One, HD7 4AN (map).

NOTE – there will be also be a short meeting at the Junction for those interested in the future of AleTalk

At 8:30pm, we will be moving on to the Rose & Crown, HD7 4AN (map).

At 9pm, we will finish up at Golcar Liberal Club, HD7 4AH (map).

Catch the 19:45 302 First bus from Huddersfield Bus Station.

We hope to see you there.

Beer Festivals, Branch Diary

Beer Festivals

The Star Summer Beer Festival at the Star, Folly Hall, HD1 3PJ (map) starts on Wednesday 14th July and runs until Sunday 18th. 80 beers, all cellar cooled & served on handpump, and sure to have the usual eclectic range of beers.

On Saturday 17th July there is the  Bobtown Beer Bash at Robberttown Community Centre, WF15 7LS . The festival runs from 12 noon – 10pm , with 20 Real Ales, Festival Specials, Perry & Cider. More info here .

Finally, on Thursday 15th July at 8pm we will be holding a Beer Festival Sub Committee Meeting at the Sportsman, Huddersfield, HD1 5AY (map).  We need more people on the Sub Committee this year, so if you are a CAMRA member and feel that you could help us out, then please come along and make yourself known to us.

Branch Diary

Rail Ale Trail

On Saturday 10th July 2010, we will be having a Rail Ale Trail Social. We will assemble at Huddersfield station to catch the 11:31 stopping train to Leeds, alighting at Batley. The rest of the itinerary is as follows:

  • Huddersfield dep 1131
  • Batley arr 1149 Cellar Bar
  • Batley dep 1257
  • Dewsbury arr 1301 West Riding
  • Dewsbury dep 1406
  • Huddersfield arr 1416
  • Huddersfield dep 1430
  • Slaithwate arr 1437 Commercial
  • Slaithwaite dep 1537
  • Marsden arr 1545 Riverhead
  • Marsden dep 1645
  • Greenfield arr 1651 Railway
  • Greenfeld dep 1751
  • Stalybridge arr 1800 Station Buffet
  • On return, Kings Head and/or Head of Steam, Huddersfield
  • Download the full itinerary here

We hope that you will join us for all or part of the day.

The Huddersfield & District Branch of the Campaign for Real Ale