CAMRA and Real Ale in Cumbria

Cumbria Pub of the Year, 2010

Congratulations to Westmorland's nomination - The White Horse, Kings Meaburn

Well done to all Runners up:
Solway - Cumberland Inn, Alston
Furness - Black Dog Inn, Dalton
West Cumbria - Brook House Inn, Boot

The regional winner for West Pennines was the Taps at Lytham

Well done to Stuart and Lynda at the Prince of Wales, Foxfield, of their two recent awards:
Regional Cider Pub of the Year

National Beer Styles Pub of the Year

CAMRA Beer Festivals

3-7 Aug, GBBF, Earl's Court, London

2-4 Sep, Furness Beer Festival, Coronation Hall, Ulverston

7 - 9 October, Carlisle Beer Festival, Hallmark Hotel. Carlisle

13th - 16th October, Westmorland Beer Festival, Town Hall, Highgate, Kendal

29TH - 30TH October, Egremont Beer & Cider Festival

Other Beer Festivals
25th - 28th March: Cumbria Challenge - Burgundy's Kendal Micro-beer fest

26th - 28th March White Horse Kings Meaburn

29th March to 5th April, The Dog and Gun at Keswick beer festival, with thirty real ales from Keswick, Hawkshead, Whitehaven, Cumbrian Legendary Ales, Coniston and more.

2nd 3rd April Foot Fest Dumfries

23 to 25 April 2010 Loweswater Beer Festival Over 20 real ales. Tickets Ł5 with entry to marquee, glass and free first half pint. Sessions are Friday 6 to 11, Saturday 12 to 5 and 6 to 11, and Sunday 12 to 5.

1st 2nd May Eagle & Child Staveley

8th 9th May Blackbeck Beer Festival,

15th & 16th May 2010 The Strands, Nether Wasdale, Beer Festival: .
It will feature 14 of the Landlord's own beers, with new festival special, Low Flyer a 4.3% bitter.

29th and 30th May, Miners Arms, Broughton Moor - 2nd annual beer festival

4-5 Jun, Keswick Beer Festival

10-13 Jun, Boot Beer Festival, the three pubs in Boot

11 - 13 June - Brewers' Weekend at Prince of Wales Foxfield

22-25 Jul, Hawkshead Brewery Summer Festival, Beer Hall, Staveley

25-27 Jun, Dentdale Music and Beer Festival

25 - 27 June - Great Corby

2nd 3rd July Fetherstone Inn Kirkoswald

16 - 18 July - Cider and Perry Weekend at Prince of Wales Foxfield

16-18 Jul, Eden Valley Beer Festival, Kings Meaburn, details to be confirmed.

Thursday 16 September - 14th Birthday Bash at Prince of Wales Foxfield

15 - 19 September - Music and Beer Festival at Prince of Wales Foxfield

1 - 3 October 2010 - The Broughton Festival of Beer

21 Oct, Beer Festival Raceday, Carlisle racecourse

Help! Are you a CAMRA member aged under 26? If yes, would you be willing to help out the Region by acting as the Regional Young Persons Membership Co-Ordinator. You do not have to be active within your branch at the present time, but it helps! If you think you may be interested then you can get a job description from: - gusinthepub@ntlworld.com Go on, send Gus an e-mail you may be pleasantly surprised at how you can help the Campaign.