Mine's a Pint - Summer 2018

From The Editor
Welcome to the latest issue of Mine’s a
Pint.
If you’ve read any previous issues you’ll
know that CAMRA has been going
through a Revitalisation project, to
decide its future role, direction and
purpose. Those are pretty fundamental
matters and people have rightly taken
their time with the discussions. The final
proposals were debated at CAMRA’s
annual conference and AGM in April and
the membership have spoken … and you
can find out what was decided by reading
the article inside.
Contents
BRANCH DIARY 3
FROM THE EDITOR 5
GOOD BEER GUIDE BELGIUM 6-7
PUB & BREWERY NEWS 9-17
FESTIVAL ROUNDUP 18-19
REVITALISING CAMRA 21-23
SMALL BEER 25-27
REAL ALE TRAINING 28-30
JOIN CAMRA 31
Alongside the regular pub and brewery
news and other features you’ll also find
suggestions for pubs you can get to by
train in the Thames Valley, and a review
of the new Good Beer Guide Belgium, the
ideal companion for anyone heading off
on Eurostar to the continent.
There’s also a roundup of the Reading
Beer and Cider Festival with some
great photos of the event. It was fun to
volunteer this year and the excellent
weather certainly helped.
Next year will be the 25 th beer festival as
well as its 25 th anniversary (if that makes
no sense, it’s explained by the fact that
we missed a year in the early days of
the festival).So put 2 nd to 5 th May 2019
in your calendars now and we’ll see you
there!
Cheers!
Phil Gill
Editor
editor@readingcamra.org.uk
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