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Welcome to the website of the Bromley branch of the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA). Please bookmark this page and check back regularly for updates.
Our beer festival in Beckenham (June 7-9) is now less than a month away. Many thanks to the many people who have volunteered to help, but we could still use one or two more helping hands for some of the sessions. If you would like to work at the festival please come forward now, ideally by completing the application form on the festival tab to the left. You can also find tasting notes for the beers and ciders which we will have. The final beer festival planning meeting will take place on 15th May at the Rising Sun in Elmers End.
Before then we have a social evening on the 25th at The Swan in West Wickham, which will be the last social event before the beer festival. The next committee meeting is on the 29th May at the Queens Head in Downe. For more details, see the Branch Diary tab, which has now been updated with July events.
Several members enjoyed the performance of the Ravensbourne Morris team at the St George’s Day social. Details of further performances by the team can be found on the links tab.
Following the budget decision by the Chancellor to increase beer duty by 5%, CAMRA is backing a national e-petition calling for an end to the beer duty escalator which sees beer duty go up by 2% above inflation every year. The more signatures we can get the stronger our case becomes. 100,000 signatures are needed to trigger a high profile Parliamentary debate and put pressure on the Government to scrap the escalator at Budget 2013. Click here to sign the petition.
The online beer scores form has been running for a few months now. Any entries you make are forwarded directly to our beer scores co-ordinator. These entries are a key element of our Good Beer Guide selection process and also influence our choice of Pub of the Year. If you haven’t tried it yet, give it a go. Please also feel free to send in your comments on any pubs in the Borough of Bromley at any time.
We still have a number of vacancies on our committee. These are 1) a cider representative 2) a representative for the 18-30 group, and 3) a deputy webmaster. If you have any interest in taking one of these positions please send an email to the address below. To prevent spam being sent to this address, it is not a link.
This address should also be used if you have any questions about forthcoming events, or anything else concerning the branch.
If you are not in CAMRA but would like to join, click here.
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