Calling all brewers!

Do you make bottle or can conditioned beer?

Any brewer of live beer can sign up to CAMRA’s new One to Try accreditation scheme, from innovative start-ups to familiar favourites, and use the #OnetoTry logo on their canned and bottled beers.

Find out more about the One to Try campaign here.

Following the disruption caused by the Covid infection, we're please to announce the return of our Thirst Thursday outings, beginning on Thursday, 6th January 2022.

Thirst Thursday's are a series of outings, on the first Thursday of each month, visiting each of the pubs that feature in the Good Beer Guide.

The planned dates for this year's events are: 6th January; 3rd February; 3rd March; 7th April; 5th May and 2nd June.

For the fourth session we'll be visiting the Crown Inn, Finglesham, Farrier, Deal and Ship Inn, Deal.

Details of each event will be published a few weeks before the event.

Following on from our Dover Drift, we've planning another event in Walmer, appropriately called "Walmer Wander".

We'll start at the The Berry, Canada Road, then wander along Walmer seafront ending in Deal town centre.

We'll call into some of the pubs in between, including those taking part in our Winter Ales Promotion.

We'll publish details of the itinerary closer to the time.

CAMRA is carrying out a review of their policies, working practices and procedures relating to Inclusivity, Diversity & Equality.

The survey, see link below, is designed to capture views, experiences and feedback from CAMRA members, volunteers, and the public, including people who have attended CAMRA beer festivals and events.

The deadline is Monday, 14th February.

Click here to go to the survey.

CAMRA won a number of awards at last night's British Guild of Beer Writers Awards Night:

Guild Award for Best Beer Writer, Corporate Communications Winner: CAMRA’s Learn & Discover programme: Alex Metcalfe Commended: Fifty Years of CAMRA book: Laura Hadland

Best Young Beer Writer Silver Award: Matthew Rogers for CAMRAngle (Slough, Windsor & Maidenhead CAMRA branch) magazine

https://www.beerguild.co.uk/news/guild-of-beer-writers-top-award-won-by-pete-brown/

We've received some fantastic news about the White Cliffs Festival of Winter Ales.

Our Branch Secretary, Jim Green, had a meeting with people involved in the town hall's restoration, along with representatives from Time & Tide and Angel & Demon breweries.

They are enthusiastic about the return of our beer festival. However it's likely the first festival won't be until 2025 - due to the extensive nature of the restoration works.

We appreciate that this is a long time to wait for the next White Cliffs Festival of Winter Ales. So, at our branch meetings we are discussing possible alternatives - however the town hall is ideal in terms of its location, size and how much we were being charged to hire it.

If you are a CAMRA member, come along to our branch meetings and get involved in organising our next festival.

For more information about the restoration project, see:

• Maison Dieu Restoration Project
• Restoration Facebook Project

Decision Pending.
21/01519 Land to rear of 59 Maison Dieu Road, Dover (Behind the Louis Armstrong).
Erection of 9 no. self contained flats and associated parking. Concern has been raised about the potential impact on holding live music events at the Louis Armstrong.

Decision Pending.
21/01560: Frog And Orange, Roman Road, Shatterling.
Erection of 6no. detached dwellings with associated parking, landscaping, amenity areas and infrastructure.

A full list of pub-related planning applications can be found at https://dds.camra.org.uk/viewnode.php?id=145840