GREETINGS
 
Welcome to the not particularly weird nor wonderful world of Chester & South Clwyd CAMRA branch. We are just one of many branches of the Campaign for Real Ale - a consumer group of over 120,000 members whose collective aim is the promotion of traditional cask ale as opposed to nasty fizzy keg and the downright unpleasant smoothflow nonsense.
 
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CHESTER REAL ALE FESTIVAL 2011 
November 21st - 22nd 2011
 


 Well, that's over for another year. Hope you enjoyed it. Big thanks to the incredibly hard working festival committee and everyone else who's been involved over the last six months. Great effort.
   
 ► Flickr Festival Photos

ON DEATH ROW
 
 The Plough, Rhosymedre

Closing nationally at a rate of 39 pubs a week, see where locally might have called 'last orders' for the final time.
  
► pubs under threat

BRANCH AWARDS
 

Find out who's been on the receiving end of one our hotly contested, cheaply framed certificates.
  
► branch awards

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 


 

 
PUB NEWS
 
  Deeside Foray (12/12/11)
A pedal ride to Shotton and Ewloe via south Wirral.
  
  Kelsall Beer Fest (09/12/11)
A report from our night out at this popular event.
  
 Macclesfield Visit (03/12/11)
Red Willow Champion Beer of Cheshire presentation plus tour of Macc pub.
  
 S.E. Rural Wrexham Rekke (02/12/11)
A whirlwind tour of Erbistock, Overton, Bangor and Hanmer ... and Holt.
  
  Halves in South Cheshire (05/12/11)
A swift round up of a three pub Sunday night rekke.
  
 ► Chester / West Cheshire news
► Wrexham / Welsh Area news
 
The Goshawk, MouldsworthVISITOR'S PUB GUIDES 
  
Whether you're on a three-day anger management course in Chester, travelling to see your beloved Braintree United play Wrexham or planning a stag-do in Langollen wearing Bavarian lederhosen, you'll need to take a peek at our area guides to find out where serves cask beer. 

 ► Chester City Centre 
 ► Chester Suburbia
 ► Cheshire East
 ► Cheshire North (inc. Ellesmere Port)
 ► Cheshire South
 ► Deeside
 ► Denbighshire (inc. Llangollen)
 ► Flintshire
 ► Wrexham Borough
► Wrexham Town Centre
  

MASH TUN WARRIORS 
  
Take a peek at our four English and five Welsh microbrewers. 

► local brewers

 

 

NEXT UP
 
Friday 27th January
Tarporley Beer Festival
 
 Friday 3rd February
Flintshire Area GBG 2013 Survey Trip / Ffrwd Winter PotS Presentation
    
Thursday 16th February
Branch / Welsh Area GBG 2013 Selection Meeting: Bridge End, Ruabon
  
► details and other events

SOCIALLY SPEAKING
 
Supping in the Silk Mill, Derby

More exciting than Herge's Adventures of Tintin, read about the branch's recent socials in our monomaniacal quest to seek out good beer.

 ► social reports

CHESTER WALLS WALK
 
 Take in a few pubs whilst enjoying a leisurely stroll round Chester's famous walls.
   
► chester walls walk

CHESTER CANAL CRUISE
 
 

An alternative city pub crawl alongside the Shropshire Union.
   
► chester canal cruise

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
  

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