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The East Dorset branch of the Campaign for Real Ale

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East Dorset CAMRA @eastdorsetcamra.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
It's our first ever branch meeting at Swanage RBL next Saturday. Reliable for Hattie Brown’s beers in tip top condition. Not that you'd need an extra reason to attend of course...
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East Dorset CAMRA @eastdorsetcamra.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
You can really taste the hops.
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Wakefield CAMRA @wakefield.camra.org.uk · 06/09/2026
Vote is open for the Autumn Pub Of The Season. Vote here wakefield.camra.org.uk/pots/
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Pub Of The Season
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East Dorset CAMRA @eastdorsetcamra.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Voting for Pubs of the Season is open here eastdorset.camra.org.uk/index.php/20... Any #CAMRA member who has scored beer in these pubs in the last 3 months (urban) or 6 months (rural) can vote.
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Vote for Autumn Pubs of the Season '26 - East Dorset CAMRA
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West Berkshire CAMRA @wbcamra.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Save the Red Lion, Upper Basildon, Berkshire. Details of the Campaign to explore the options for saving the village pub in Upper Basildon are on Facebook: www.facebook.com/profile.php?...
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Roger Protz @rogerprotz.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Reform's Robert Jenrick, took 5mths to repay false expenses claim, helped a Tory donor avoid £40m tax, charged taxpayers £100k for a 3rd home, wants benefits claimants to clean the streets. Know who I'd like to see in a Hi Vis jacket.
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East Dorset CAMRA @eastdorsetcamra.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
It's been a while since the Square & Compass won one of our awards. The pub is one of #CAMRA's "Famous Five". Clearly back on form. If you're around feel free to drop by to support the presentation. This Thursday at 6.30pm.
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East Dorset CAMRA @eastdorsetcamra.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Competitors in today's first ever East Dorset CAMRA Crazy Golf Championship at Poole Park. The winner (Brian in the red shirt) smashed the course record by 7 shots. He says no skill was involved. Yeh,right! #CAMRA #golf #BSkybeer
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East Dorset CAMRA @eastdorsetcamra.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Claret Jug? Green Jacket? We say Pah! A fabulous trophy is up for grabs this Sunday.
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South Oxfordshire CAMRA @soxoncamra.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Swindon Beer Festival tickets now on sale
Flyer for Swindon Beer Festival in late October
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West Berkshire CAMRA @wbcamra.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Meet up with West Berkshire CAMRA at the Rowbarge, Woolhampton, Beer Festival on Saturday 1 August 1.30pm. (Open from 11.30am.) westberkscamra.org.uk/event/visitr...
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Visit to The Rowbarge Beer Festival - West Berkshire CAMRA
Meet up with West Berkshire CAMRA members from noon on Saturday 1 August 2026 in the garden of the Rowbarge, Woolhampton
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East Dorset CAMRA @eastdorsetcamra.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Check out the new brewery near Poole Quay and attend a branch meeting. Perfect!
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Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
"I have accepted Keir Starmer's resignation as my chief servant and have invited Andy Burnham to lay out details for how many meals a day he'll give me"
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East Dorset CAMRA @eastdorsetcamra.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Branch meeting this weekend. Saturday 20th June at 1pm - at Eight Arch Brewery Tap in Wimborne. Vote for Pubs of the Season among other highlights. #CAMRA ##Beer #Cider
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Moon Gazer @moongazerale.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Just signed the petition calling for a vat cut in hospitality to safeguard business, jobs, community spaces this action in other countries has had positive impact and is cost positive for govt so a win win please support petition.parliament.uk/petitions/75...
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Petition: Reduce VAT on hospitality to 10%: protect jobs, communities & UK competitiveness
Reduce VAT on hospitality to 10% to prevent closures & protect tax revenue. When venues close, HMRC loses 100% of its VAT, business rates, PAYE & corporation tax, reducing employment & supply chains. ...
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Wakefield CAMRA @wakefield.camra.org.uk · 31/05/2026
An invite to all CAMRA branches to help Wakefield CAMRA celebrate 50 years of campaigning for real ale and pubs. We are taking over the bar at the Red Shed in Wakefield, which is celebrating its 60th birthday this year, on the 7th/8th August with special beers from Wakefield breweries. CU there!
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The European Bar Guide @europeanbarguide.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
The equally drab Binding, Ur-Krostizer, Astra, Haake-Beck, Lübzer, Rostocker, Licher, Schultheiss, Feldschlossschen, Distelhäuser, Hasseröder and Radeberger are missing out on market access to a nation that, in lager terms, couldn't find its arse with both hands.
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The European Bar Guide @europeanbarguide.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Handy list of bad German lagers masquerading as superior in UK pubs because our own lagers are so bad: Bitburger, Krombacher, Berliner, König, Warsteiner, Warsteiner, Löwenbräu, Hofmeister, Jever, Dortmunder Union, Fürstenberg, Flensburger, Berliner Apparently we only realise Becks & Holsten suck
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Repost if you’d like me to represent the UK at #Eurovision 2027.
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East Dorset CAMRA @eastdorsetcamra.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Next up a branch meeting on Saturday 16th May at the Firkin Shed, Bournemouth. The pub is opening early especially for us. Pub opens 2pm and meeting starts 2.30pm. #CAMRA #Bskybeer
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East Dorset CAMRA @eastdorsetcamra.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
This week Don and co are off for the monthly Don's Spot. All welcome. Starting at Bricklayers Arms, Ashley Cross, Poole on Wednesday 13th May at 12.30pm before moving on to other delights. Okay they dropped the Arms but I'm always out of date. #BSkybeer #Poole #FunwithDon
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West Berkshire CAMRA @wbcamra.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
The Silverback Alehouse micro pub, Winton, Bournemouth, features in the 2026 CAMRA Good Beer Guide. Milton, the friendly owner, offers table service for beer and cider to all customers. Find CAMRA publications here including Pubs & Pints, the new quarterly magazine for Berkshire.
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Roger Protz @rogerprotz.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
We need MUCH stronger planning enforcement for UK pubs. #CrookedHousePub still pile of rubble. Owners with pots of equity able to actively contest S Staffs Council enforcement notice to restore pub to "what it was prior to the fire". CPS yet to announce if criminal charges will be brought for arson!
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East Dorset CAMRA @eastdorsetcamra.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Coming this summer for the best golf trophy ever. Who needs a claret jug or green jacket when you can win this? Stay tuned for competition date and plan your holiday to be here and compete for glory. #CAMRAsports #golf
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East Dorset CAMRA @eastdorsetcamra.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
This week it's a double header of presentations. Friday at 8pm the Firken Shed (Bournemouth) is back on the winners stand for Urban Pub of the Season. And on Saturday at 3pm The Stour Inn (Blandford St Mary) is Rural Pub of the Season. Good pubs; We got'em. #Bskybeer #Dorset #CAMRA #pubs
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East Dorset CAMRA @eastdorsetcamra.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
This is the legend. #Corfe #cheeserolls All CAMRA members with an appetite welcome.
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East Dorset CAMRA @eastdorsetcamra.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
This Saturday it's Club of the Year presentation to Corfe Castle Club, shockingly enough, in Corfe. At 12.30pm. Followed by a branch meeting. If you've never been it's worth it for the rolls alone. Especially the legendary cheese and onion. #BskyBeer #CAMRA #fullandhappystomach
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East Dorset CAMRA @eastdorsetcamra.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Next up for us is the legend that is the Don leading a tour in Southampton of the best pubs in the Old Town. Meeting this Wednesday 15th April at 12.30pm at the Duke of Wellington. Plenty of good places to go. #bskybeer #CAMRA #goSaints
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What's Brewing @whatsbrewing.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
No room for complacency by Roger Protz @rogerprotz.bsky.social wb.camra.org.uk/2026/03/25/n...
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No room for complacency
“There’s no room for complacency” – they were the wise words of CAMRA’s national chairman Joe Goodwin when he addressed annual meetings in the 1970s....
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Drew Starr @thedrewstarr.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
There are so many ways to cut corners in brewing and make cheaper, shittier beer as a result. If you use AI in your labeling and marketing, I'm going to assume you cut corners on the beer and have no interest in buying it. It's not even an ethics consideration at that point, just avoiding bad beer.
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East Dorset CAMRA @eastdorsetcamra.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Tomorrow it's the Urban Pub of the Year presentation to the Barking Cat Alehouse in Parkstone, Poole at 8pm. It's a record winning streak for the Cat mostly due I suspect to the range and quality being like a beer festival every day. Congratulations to Mark, Michael and the staff who make it happen.
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East Dorset CAMRA @eastdorsetcamra.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
I forgot. In Poole tomorrow (Wednesday 18th March) looking for something to do? It's the monthly Don's Spot. This time meeting at the King Charles near Poole Quay at 12.30pm. Don will then take you to a few more good pubs in the area. Enjoy. I'm working....
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East Dorset CAMRA @eastdorsetcamra.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
It's branch meeting time. This one is Friday 20th March 2026 starting at 8pm. It's upstairs at the Micro Moose, Winton, Bournemouth. On bus routes 5, 6, 11, 12, 13, 13a, 15, 17, and U3. #CAMRA #Beer What more could you want? (Don't answer).
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South Oxfordshire CAMRA @soxoncamra.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Tomorrow, Wednesday 11th March, we have a branch meeting starting at 8pm at the Black Horse in Checkendon. We'll be deciding on our Pub of the Year. Vote by email, or in person on the night. camra.org.uk/pubs/black-h...
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Black Horse, Checkendon - Historic Pub in the Woods
Two-star National Inventory pub in Checkendon, family-run since 1905. Four regular cask ales, gravity-dispensed. Plan your visit
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South Oxfordshire CAMRA @soxoncamra.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Planning consent granted for change of use to residential. It doesn't help when the local parish council couldn't care less about its pubs. camra.org.uk/pubs/john-ba...
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John Barleycorn, Goring
On 24 June 2025, the Brakspear pub co applied for planning permission for "Conversion of existing pub into one dwelling with four bedrooms, internal and external alterations to facilitate conversion. ...
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East Dorset CAMRA @eastdorsetcamra.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
The Spring edition of our branch magazine- Ed's Pint - is out now! You can pick up a copy in your local East Dorset pub or read it online here... eastdorset.camra.org.uk/index.php/ed...
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ED's Pint - East Dorset CAMRA
Spring 2020 Download here In this issue: Poole’s Beer’s of the Festival Trevor goes to Belgium Lost Pubs of Poole Interview with Ernie’s House Winter 2019 Download here In this […]
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East Dorset CAMRA @eastdorsetcamra.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
We'll be there!
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East Dorset CAMRA @eastdorsetcamra.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Weekend update. Here they are in between brewing. #internationalwomensday Join #CAMRA and have some fun.
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East Dorset CAMRA @eastdorsetcamra.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
The weekend so far. Milton Fenton with award for Cider Pub of the Year and a hardy few braving the wind on Portland. Today 9 of our ladies are at Brewhouse & Kitchen Poole for #InternationalWomen'sDay brew day. They're brewing an IPA this year. Hope it's as good as last year's award winning stout.
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Roger Protz @rogerprotz.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
My piece in the current Private Eye on the brilliant revival of Jennings, saved from the axe of Carlsberg. #BskyBeer
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South Oxfordshire CAMRA @soxoncamra.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
This Saturday, 7th March, sees the launch of Reading & Mid Berks CAMRA's annual Reading Ale Trail
Info about the Reading Ale Trail
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East Dorset CAMRA @eastdorsetcamra.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
And the next social is a tour of #Portland pubs on Saturday 7th March. It's the outgoing social secretary's last pub tour. Will the pubs he takes us to be open in the afternoon? His record is interesting. Wear good shoes. Catch the train as below.
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East Dorset CAMRA @eastdorsetcamra.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Next event is the Cider Pub of Year presentation to the Silverback Alehouse, Winton, Bournemouth this Friday 6th March at 8pm. Milton usually has a good selection in, especially when there's an award to be had. #Cider #Bournemouth #pubs
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East Dorset CAMRA @eastdorsetcamra.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Time to revive the Tour of Destruction tee shirts. These are not the only ones destroying our heritage.
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Campaign for Pubs @campaignforpubs.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
📣 Support an emergency #VATCut for #pubs & #hospitality to get them through the cost-of-living crisis - email your MP! Other European nations back their hospitality businesses with lower VAT. The UK should too! Click to email your MP ⬇️ actionbutton.nationbuilder.com/share/SPK-QE...
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East Dorset CAMRA @eastdorsetcamra.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
So the new Chair's first branch meeting is this Friday at 8pm at the King's Head in Poole. Close to the Quay. Come along, show some support and enjoy some very good beer. #CAMRA #Poole
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East Dorset CAMRA @eastdorsetcamra.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Presentation of our Rural Pub of the Year award at a packed out Eight Arch Brewery Tap in Wimborne. Congratulations to Steve and the team at Eight Arch. #CAMRA #Beer #Dorset
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East Dorset CAMRA @eastdorsetcamra.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Help us understand where real Cider & Perry is available in East Dorset branch postcodes (BH, DT11, DT10 & SP6), what the best ones are, where the best places are to drink. Thank you in advance. Please SCORE your Real Cider or Perry here forms.office.com/r/6M4GkQRg4C #cider #perry
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Microsoft Forms
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East Dorset CAMRA @eastdorsetcamra.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
So true
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East Dorset CAMRA @eastdorsetcamra.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
This Saturday 21st February at 1pm we meet at the new Brewers Folly brewery tap in Wimborne for a social and tasting panel. Then to Eight Arch Brewery Tap for award presentation at 4pm. #CAMRA #Dorset #wimborne #funtime
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