2003 News Archive

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  29/11/2003: Details on National Pubs Week added to our Campaigns page.
  02/11/2003: White Star Brewery achieve instant success at first Beer Festival.
Southampton's White Star Brewery's 'Majestic' wins beer of the fesitval - as voted by the customers - at Eastleigh Beer Festival 2003, within a week of starting to sell their beer.
  07/10/2003: Latest Hop Press - October 2003 - Now On Line.
  01/10/2003: Tickets now on sale for this year's Eastleigh Beer Festival. Please see the festival page for more information.
  05/08/2003: Cuillin Beast, brewed by the Isle of Skye brewery, was presented with its certificate for "Beer of The Festival" from Southampton Beer Festival 2003, at this year's Great British Beer Festival. Photos of the presentation are available via our photos page now.
  24/06/2003: Cuillin Beast, brewed by the Isle of Skye brewery, was voted "Beer of The Festival" by our customers at Southampton Beer Festival 2003. Please see the post-festival page for more details.
  05/06/2003: Oakleaf Brewery's "Hole Hearted" has won the Hampshire Beer of the Year competition for the second year in a row. Please see our press release for more information.
  13/05/2003: South Western Arms, St Denys, voted Southern Hampshire Pub of the Year 2003. The South Western has now won this award two years running.
  29/04/2003: Latest Hop Press - April 2003 - Now On Line.
  12/04/2003: Southampton Beer Festival 2003 - Tickets Now On Sale!
For more information, please visit our Southampton Beer Festival 2003 information page.
  03/04/2003: Not so Jolly Sailor: Following the highly successful Jolly Sailor Preservation Campaign we are sad to announce that these disastrous plans have been approved. See our Press Release for full details.
  17/02/2003: We are pleased to confirm that the dates for Southampton Beer Festival 2003 are Thursday 5th to Saturday 7th June, at Southampton Guildhall. Please see the beer festivals page for more details.
  24/01/2003: Details of National Pubs Week have been added to our Campaigns page. To support this, we're having a pub crawl and branch social. Please see the campaigns page and diary page for full details.
  23/01/2003: We've added a Public Transport Guide to Southern Hampshire's Good Beer Guide 2003 pubs. This can be found under the new Good Beer Guide section of the site.