CAMRA Liverpool and District

19 May, 2012

News Update

Liverpool pub the Augustus John on Peach Street has scooped two prestigious awards. The pub has been awarded Liverpool & District branch "Cider Pub of the Year" for the second year running. It has also been awarded the "Merseyside & Cheshire Cider pub of the Year 2012" beating the Albion

in Warrington, the Harkers Arms in Chester and the Brass Balance in Birkenhead. Judges from Liverpool, North Cheshire and Wirral branches scored the pubs on cider range, cider quality and price/value for money. Whilst all the pubs had considerable merit each of the judges voted the "AJ" top overall.

The AJ now goes in to the Super Regional round with fifteen other regional winners. The Super Regional round is judged between May and July by APPLE committee members. Four finalists are taken from the Super Regional round and judged again between July and September to produce the national winner announced in October as part of the cider month campaign. Good luck AJ!!.

The Doric, Rawson Road, Seaforth, will open during May with five ales from local breweries. Use the 53, 53A or 47 buses to get to Seaforth, which has been a beer desert for a long time.

A reminder that May is Mild Month. Check out the Mild page to find a pub selling Mild near you.

The Raven, Wetherspoons Walton Vale have arranged a brewery tour to Peerless on Thursday 24th May. See Pub Events for further details.

The Baltic is having a Pirate Weekend 9th & 10th June. Pub full of pirates in costume, sea shanties, Ruby Mild & hopefully homemade beer sausages.

The winners of the POTY for all four Merseyside Branches have now been announced and are:-

Liverpool and DIstricts Roscoe Head
St Helens Duke of Cambridge
Southport Guest House
Wirral Gallaghers

Judging to find the overall Merseyside POTY will take place between now and the end of June. We will announce the winner in July.

The Liverpool & Districts Pub of the Year Presentation will take place on 30th April, 7:30, at the Roscoe Head

Don't forget to check out the Beer Festival Page for details of forthcoming festivals, including:

Maison House, St Helens, Beer Festival (11th - 12th May)
The Lion Tavern Beer Festival (31st May - 3rd June)
The 13th Sandgrounder [Southport] Beer Festival (25th - 27th October)
St Helens Beer Festival (22nd - 24th November)

And the Great British Beer Festival (7th - 11th August)

CAMRA promotes Mild throughout May.

Meet the Mild Brewers event: Liverpool and Districts will be hosting a Launch/Meet the Mild Brewers event in the Fallwell this coming Wednesday (9^th May) at 7pm. There will two Brewers present from Liverpool One and George Wright and an opportunity to sample beers from both Breweries, members of the local branch committee will also be available to talk about the campaign and mild in the local area.
There will be a further event on 24^th May starting in the Dispensary (a real champion of dark beers) at 7.30pm, this will be a ‘Mild Trail’ visiting local pubs selling local milds, this is another opportunity to sample beers from both George Wright and Liverpool One as well as from Wapping and Cains. Other regional milds will be also be available.

Check out our mild webpage for details of those pubs selling mild.

The Merton Inn Bootle are having the following 'Meet the Brewer' events:
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11th April 6pm Moorhouses
9th May 5pm - Coachhouse

The Picturedrome in Kensington Liverpool are having 'Meet the Brewer' (Battle of the Brewers) events:
The winning beers from these three heats will go head to head with the winning beer from the Liverpool One heat (Kings Regiment) on the Battle of the Brewers event Thursday 21st June 7pm
Beerbus Huyton 1030 am for breakfast, Maghull, Waterloo, Walton and 2 hours in Peerless Brewery finishing at the Picturedrome at 6.30pm followed by the Battle of the Brewers final at 7pm timings and price to be confirmed
(Click here for further details of 'Battle of the Brewers')

(These are not CAMRA events, therefore please contact the pub direct with any queries)

Cider Pub of the Year
Pub News May
Merseyside POTY 2012
Beer Festivals
May is Mild Month
Meet the Brewer

MerseyAle

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May is Mild Month

May is CAMRA Mild Month and to celebrate the branch will be holding two events - firstly a 'Meet the Mild Brewers' 7pm, 9th May at the Fallwell. On 24th May there will be a 'Mild Trail' starting in the Dispensary at 7.30pm visiting, amongst others, the Bridewell and the Baltic Fleet. Milds will be available in pubs throughout the Branch in May.

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CAMRA 40th

Upcoming CAMRA Events

MAY

19.05.2012 10:00 - 20:00
Coach Trip Barrowhill Beer Festival (at the railway centre)

MAY

24.05.2012 19:30 - 22:30
Mild Trail

MAY

29.05.2012 19:00 - 23:00
Lydiate/Melling/Sefton FREE Mini-Bus Survey Trip

JUN

06.06.2012 19:45 - 22:00
Committee Meeting

JUN

09.06.2012 10:00 - 20:00
Coach Trip Mid-Wales Llanidloes

JUN

20.06.2012 20:00 - 22:30
Branch Get Together

JUL

04.07.2012 19:45 - 22:00
Committee Meeting

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Good Beer Guide (GBG)

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For more detailed information on the best pubs in our branch area check out the 2012 Good Beer Guide. This edition has detailed information on 40 pubs in our area. If you buy through CAMRA we will make more profit which will be reinvested into campaigning. For more information check out the website. For information on how you can contribute to the Good Beer Guide check out the article on beer scoring and survey trips.