NATIONAL NEWS - CHAMPION BOTTLED BEER OF BRITAIN ANNOUNCED - Added 29/11/18 1634
At BBC's Good Food Show in Birmingham NEC the winners of Gold, Silver and Bronze in the Champion Bottled Beer of Britain competition were named as:-
- GOLD - Fullers - 1845
- SILVER - Durham Brewery - Temptation
- BRONZE - St Austell's - Big Job
Well done to all the finalists - as you all know there is a very long process to get there starting with being nominated by you, everybody who gets this far has a quality beer.
See http://www.camra.org.uk/news for full details
LOCAL NEWS - BRANCH MEETING - RED LION RAMSGATE 13/11/18 - Added 14/11/18 1115
Last night the branch met upstairs at the Red Lion in Ramsgate. Below are the highlights:-
- Membership rose by 4 to 567 (nationally rose by 94 to 191,949) compared to last meeting
- Instagram followers 169 Twitter followers 546 Facebook Thanet CAMRA 500 likes Facebook Thanet Easter Beer & Cider Festival 318 likes
- Website 120,532 hits on home page
- Socials - next events Sun 16/12 NauticAles 1pm start "Christmas Social" for others see https://tockify.com/thanetcamra/pinboard
- Pub News
- The Pub Broadstairs https://whatpub.com/pubs/THA/227/pub-the-broadstairs - opened Sat 03/11/18
- East Kent Arms https://whatpub.com/pubs/THA/117/east-kent-arms-ramsgate - being refurbished - no real ale but we always remain hopeful
- Old Cottage Pub Margate - no opening date confirmed
- Freeholds for sale to the best of our knowledge as going concerns i.e. pubs still to be pubs - London Tavern Margate https://whatpub.com/pubs/THA/030/london-tavern-margate - Swan Westgate-on-Sea https://whatpub.com/pubs/THA/095/swan-westgate-on-sea - Honeysuckle Inn Ramsgate https://whatpub.com/pubs/THA/039/honeysuckle-inn-ramsgate
- Tenancies - Rose in June Margate https://whatpub.com/pubs/THA/081/rose-in-june-margate - Neptunes Hall Broadstairs https://whatpub.com/pubs/THA/059/neptunes-hall-broadstairs
- Verified on https://uk.businessesforsale.com/uk/
- Brewery News
- By the Mile - being deregistered
- Four Candles - business as usual
- Isla Vale - Nat going solo
- Margate - no opening date confirmed
- Nauticales - business as usual
- Ramsgate - business as usual
- Wantsum - seasonal releases Five Gold Grains and Figgy Pudding make a return
NEXT MEETING - AGM Bradstow Mill Broadstairs on Saturday 19/119 midday
https://whatpub.com/pubs/THA/015/bradstow-mill-broadstairs
NATIONAL NEWS - THE FINAL FOUR ARE ANNOUNCED - Added 08/11/18 0815
LOCAL NEWS - MEET THE BREWER - OLD BAY ALEHOUSE - Added 08/11/18 0815
The Brewery of Angels and Demons from Capel-le-Ferne near Folkestone were at Old Bay Alehouse last night (7/11) to tell us all about their brewery and with four beers available in this tap takeover it was possible to sample their wares.
LOCAL NEWS - THE PUB BROADSTAIRS - LATEST MICROPUB OPENED SATURDAY 3RD NOVEMBER - Added 08/11/18 0801
A warm welcome to the Isle of Thanet to the latest micropub called The Pub (https://whatpub.com/pubs/THA/227/pub-the-broadstairs) which opened on Saturday 3rd Novemeber.
Two brothers and a cousin are the team behind this venture.
