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Small beer… Hand-Pumped in brief

By: JimOldfield

July 22nd, 2016

Sometimes news, like beer, comes in gills rather than pints. Here’s Hand-Pumped’s latest round-up of ale stories in brief:   New Prime Minister Theresa May has only been in the job a few days… but already she has her own BEER! Come What May has been brewed in her honour by Hieneken UK’s pub business, Read the full post…

York’s monster ale trail is back!

By: JimOldfield

July 20th, 2016

The World’s End tour has come to York.. and ‘appen there won’t be alien human-replicants, with bodies filled with blue blood BUT – there will be TWENTY-FOUR pubs to go at, on this monster ale trail! Thankfully, unlike the Simon Pegg comic epic, you’ve got six weeks – not a single night – to undertake Read the full post…

Quaffing record broken at Wye festival

By: JimOldfield

July 12th, 2016

A record 21,000 pints were supped at last weekend’s twelfth Beer on the Wye beer and cider festival, with some 6,300 ale lovers turning out to make the three-day event the best ever. On offer were 130 UK beers, 40 world beers and 137 different ciders – and a third of all the drinks served Read the full post…

Hand-Pumped news: pub roundup

By: JimOldfield

July 8th, 2016

The White Horse, in the tiny Lincolnshire village of Marshchapel, hosts its fourth annual beer and music festival this weekend. The fest – in aid of the Lincolnshire & Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance Trust – runs on Saturday and Sunday, with more than 1,000 people expected to turn up. A total of 18 beers and ciders Read the full post…

Scarborough launches an ale festival

By: JimOldfield

July 8th, 2016

CAMRA’s Scarborough branch is about to launch its inaugural Scarborough Real Ale, Cider & Arts Festival, in conjunction with The Campaign for Real Art. The fest will take place from October 13-15 in the Old Parcels Office at the town’s station. The organisers are thinking big, with a planned list of 60 real ales and Read the full post…

Wye-ever not.. 24,000 pints come to Hereford beer festival!

By: JimOldfield

July 5th, 2016

They’re a thirsty lot in Hereford… and this weekend they will be proving it once more, by sinking a staggering 24,000 pints at the town’s 12th CAMRA Hereford beer festival! Beer on the Wye XII takes placed in a huge marquee alongside Hereford Rowing Club, which over the three-day weekend will play host to more Read the full post…

Scunthorpe serves up a bevvy of real ales!

By: JimOldfield

July 4th, 2016

The 19th Scunthorpe beer festival hits the road this year, with more than 25 real ales on the stocks for a four-day extravaganza! The ales stretch from the East Midlands and Yorkshire to Greater Manchester and the North-West, and they will be served up alongside ciders, perries and hot and cold food. Limited-edition, stemmed half-pint Read the full post…

Get your CAMRA branch on here!

By: JimOldfield

June 25th, 2016

Want to get you branch news on Hand-Pumped? Just CONTACT US and we will give you your own page – so that the world can see what your branch is up to! And the best thing is, it’s totally FREE… What’s more, you can talk to other branches via our great new CAMRA forum. So Read the full post…

There was only one goal in this game… quaffing real ale!

By: JimOldfield

November 13th, 2012

It was the highlight of the drinking season in a South Yorkshire town… Rotherham’s first-ever CAMRA ale festival, featuring the launch of the town’s first new brewery in decades – and all staged in the town’s brand new, £20m soccer stadium. And as a sell-out crowd enjoyed a single goal – to sample a selection Read the full post…

Real ale meets its match… at footy stadium sell-out!

By: JimOldfield

November 13th, 2012

Real ale has met its perfect match in Rotherham – where drinkers went in droves to the new football stadium to score a pint at the town’s first official CAMRA festival. A sell-out crowd turned up at Rotherham United’s New York Stadium at the weekend – but sadly for the Millers, they were only there Read the full post…