General Articles

Articles and features about branch activities & anything else beer, cider or pub related.

Chester – 29th December 2014

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Take a break from the turkey sandwiches and make the most of the holiday break for a tour of Chester’s great real ale scene. Catch the 11.17 Northern Trains service from Manchester Piccadilly to ChesterCalls atStockport 11:27Navigation Road 11:44Altrincham 11:46Hale 11:49 Arrives at Chester at 12.45 First stop Town Crier (Black Sheep + 2 Guests) … Read more

Manchester Beer & Cider Festival Needs You

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The second Manchester Beer & Cider Festival will open to the public on Wednesday 21st Janaury. Organised by CAMRA Greater Manchester Branches, in one year it established itself as the premier beer event in the North with over 10,000 customers and an unrivalled selection of beers & ciders. The festival is entirely staffed by festival … Read more

Mild Magic Participating Pubs 2013

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The following pubs are participating in Mild Magic 2013 ADSWOOD Cross Keys; ALL SAINTS Sandbar; ALTRINCHAM Costello's Bar; BROADHEATH Old Packet House; CASTLEFIELD Wharf; CHEADLE Cheshire Line, Crown, Red Lion; CHEADLE HULME Cheadle Hulme, Church Inn, Kings Hall; CHORLTON Oddest, Sedge Lynn; CHORLTON GREEN Horse & Jockey, Beech; COMPSTALL Northumberland Arms; DIDSBURY Fletcher Moss, Milson … Read more

Mild Magic 2013

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Mild Magic 2013The local branches of the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) in Manchester, Stockport & the surrounding towns are pleased to announce details of Mild Magic 2013.

Mild Magic is the annual celebration of an endangered beer style, cask conditioned Mild which for 2013 will see over 100 pubs participating in a "pub passport scheme" – one of the largest such promotions in the country. These pubs have committed to stocking a cask conditioned Mild for the duration of the promotion with drinkers able to collect stickers when drinking Mild in these pubs. At the end of the promotion, completed sticker cards can be exchanged for prizes including free entry to Stockport Beer Festival and a range of exclusive Mild Magic clothing.

 Click here for full list of partipating pubs

Click here to download collectors card

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Flixton and Urmston 2013

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On a relatively mild Saturday in January 2013, the Trafford and Hulme branch had a long overdue trip to the far reaches of Flixton and back to Urmston, including a chance to visit some new clubs (to some) now sending out the real ale message. A Saturday afternoon social does not suit all but was … Read more

Beer & Cider Scoring

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While the concept of sitting in the pub with a notebook giving your beer or cider a points score might seem a little obsessive, in fact beer scoring is a vital tool of CAMRA’s support for pubs selling traditional ale, cider and perry. Branch members visiting pubs is CAMRA’s front line and the beer and … Read more