Southern Hampshire CAMRA

Branch Diary

Social Co-ordinator: Position Vacant For email please use 'socials'. Emails will get through to the branch contacts.
Press & Media Contact: Position Vacant ---  

For more information on any of these events please contact our socials team by emailing socials@shantscamra.org.uk.

If you'd like us to email you details of what we're up to then join our "beerfests" and "shantscamra" mailing lists and we'll keep you informed! For information about where we've been and what we've done in the past, look at our diary archive page.

New for 2024 is a group of real ale socials.
Two of them are in regular venues, The Hour Glass, New Milton, and the Park Inn, Shirley, the other tours around Dorset, Hampshire and Wiltshire.
The planned itinerary for the year is on this poster:
Real Ale socials list
Full details for each event in our branch area will be below. (See West Dorset for Wet Wednesday. Don's Spot will only be shown when in our branch area, otherwise may be found on East Dorset website).

December 2025

Fri 5th
4:30pm
Winchester Beer & Cider Festival Beer of the Festival presentation to Alfred's Brewery
Alfred's Brewery, Unit 6, Winnall Farm Industrial Estate, Easton Lane, Winchester, SO23 0HA
Presentation of 1st (Saxon Bronze) and 3rd (Fyrd) place awards for Winchester Beer & Cider Festival Beer of the Festival 2025 awards to Alfred's Brewery, with some sampling of their beers.
 Contact David Pritchard for more information. Phone: 07984 963138.
Tue 9th
8:00pm
December Branch Meeting @ Belgium and Blues
Belgium & Blues, 184 Above Bar Street, Southampton, SO14 7DW
Join us for our November Branch meeting, 8pm at Belgium and Blues, 184 Above Bar Street, Southampton

Find out what is happening in your branch area, sharing the latest brewery news, pub updates, beer festival information, latest campaigns and beer scores, all while enjoying a pint with like-minded members. We always welcome all CAMRA members, new or old, and look forward to seeing you.

** I will be putting on a 4 line 'cask takeover' for this meeting, brewery tbc.
 Contact Owen Jackson for more information. Phone: 07568 488876.
Thu 11th
12:00 noon
Park Inn Thursday
Park Inn, 37 Carlisle Road, Southampton, SO16 4FN
Join us again for our monthly get together and enjoy a beer with some of our friends and CAMRA members from New Milton, Dorchester, Salisbury and Basingstoke. Everyone welcome whether a CAMRA member or not, you just need to enjoy good beer and good company.
For 2025 this event will be the second Thursday of every month.

Advance Notice
The December get together on 11th, will be our Christmas party with the usual over the top Park Inn Shirley buffet which will include Cheese, Continental meats, Smoked Salmon plus lots of additional items that Andy can find at the back of his fridge.
Cost will be £10 per head and if interested let me have your name by the 6th December.
See you all this Thursday 13th.
 Contact Norman Clinnick for more information. Phone: 07974 837868.
Fri 12th
7:30pm
Beer Bus
Start & end at Southampton Railway Station
The Monthly Friday evening beer bus has been rearranged slightly to a mid December Christmas special. The plan is to visit the Royal Oak, Fritham and the Cuckoo, Hamptworth. This is not officially a CAMRA event so contact Charlie Plant via SMS text to 07789 481983 to check details and to book.
 Contact Charlie Plant for more information. Phone: 07789 481983.

 
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