Branch News | CAMRA North Herts https://northherts.camra.org.uk Pubs, Pints, People - North Hertfordshire Sun, 05 Apr 2026 07:09:28 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://northherts.camra.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/cropped-black-400x400-RGB-300ppi-32x32.png Branch News | CAMRA North Herts https://northherts.camra.org.uk 32 32 Hitchin Beer & Cider Festival Advance Tickets Now Live https://northherts.camra.org.uk/hitchin-beer-cider-festival-advance-tickets-now-live/ https://northherts.camra.org.uk/hitchin-beer-cider-festival-advance-tickets-now-live/#respond Sun, 05 Apr 2026 07:09:28 +0000 https://northherts.camra.org.uk/?p=1744 Advanced ticket sales for the 2026 Hitchin Beer and Festival, which is at Hitchin Rugby Club from 4th to 6th June are now available.

Go to HitchinBeerCiderFestival.org.uk for ticket sales and more information.

Tickets will also be available on the door (subject to availability).

Entry is FREE this year for card carrying CAMRA and Hitchin Rugby Club members

If you are interested in volunteering at the festival we are holding an open evening at the Rugby club on Friday 17th April from 8 – 10pm, or see the volunteering page on the main festival site (link above)

 

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]]> https://northherts.camra.org.uk/pints-of-view-winter-2025/feed/ 0 Good Beer Guide 2026 launched https://northherts.camra.org.uk/good-beer-guide-2026-launched/ https://northherts.camra.org.uk/good-beer-guide-2026-launched/#respond Thu, 25 Sep 2025 11:01:29 +0000 https://northherts.camra.org.uk/?p=1576
We’re delighted to announce that 17 North Herts branch pubs feature in CAMRA’s Good Beer Guide 2026, on sale now.

The Good Beer Guide, the UK’s best-selling beer and pub guide, is celebrating its 53rd edition and features the best pubs across the UK. Nationally the guide’s entries are decided by CAMRA members, for people seeking out the best possible pints.

Every pub that has made the 2026 edition is a testament to the remarkable resilience of the UK’s pubs.

Find our 17 and all 4,500 across the UK by ordering from the Camra shop

Look out for the ‘We’re in it’ logo at the featured pubs!

 

]]> https://northherts.camra.org.uk/good-beer-guide-2026-launched/feed/ 0 East Central Regional POTY https://northherts.camra.org.uk/east-central-regional-poty/ https://northherts.camra.org.uk/east-central-regional-poty/#respond Wed, 23 Jul 2025 07:31:27 +0000 https://northherts.camra.org.uk/?p=1519 We are delighted to announce that The Orange Tree, Baldock has been voted CAMRA East Central Regional Pub of the Year 2025.

Having already been elected ‘POTY’ for CAMRA North Hertfordshire branch and then Hertfordshire county, the Orange Tree won against the Beds, Bucks and Northants champs to be deemed one of the top 16 pubs in Britain. The ‘Super-Regional’ round is next to choose the four national finalists.

Posting on Facebook as soon as it was public Rob Scahill, the publican, recognised his “amazing staff (this is for you guys) and awesome beer from Buntingford Brewery, Brewsters Brewery, Tring Brewery, Titanic Brewery” and also applauded “all the other Indie brewers and Greene King Brewery not only for allowing me to sell Indie beers, but also for brewing the cracking Abbot Ale and the always reliable IPA.”

Watch out for announcement of the presentation date.

Orange tree, Baldock

]]> https://northherts.camra.org.uk/east-central-regional-poty/feed/ 0 Pints of View Summer 2025 https://northherts.camra.org.uk/pints-of-view-summer-2025/ https://northherts.camra.org.uk/pints-of-view-summer-2025/#respond Tue, 15 Jul 2025 22:11:51 +0000 https://northherts.camra.org.uk/?p=1512 Pints of View edition 314 is online now. It will be available as a paper magazine around Herts after 16th July as soon our volunteers have got around the pubs!

You can download an electronic copy by clicking on the image below:

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Whilst better known for it’s work supporting and campaigning for Real Ale, CAMRA also supports real cider and perry, and whilst it campaigns on this all year, there is an annual celebration in July. To find out why please visit https://camra.org.uk/promotional-campaigns/cider-and-perry-months

For more information on cider producers please go to https://camra.org.uk/producers

To understand more about what makes cider “Real” then please go to our cider & perry page.

 

]]> https://northherts.camra.org.uk/celebrate-cider-and-perry-in-july/feed/ 0 Hertfordshire Pub of the Year 2025 https://northherts.camra.org.uk/hertfordshire-pub-of-the-year-2025/ https://northherts.camra.org.uk/hertfordshire-pub-of-the-year-2025/#respond Mon, 05 May 2025 11:20:29 +0000 https://northherts.camra.org.uk/?p=1415 Congratulations to our North Herts CAMRA Pub of the year, the Orange Tree in Baldock which has now also been crowned Hertfordshire Pub of the year 2025, making it two years in a row!!!

Rob and his team continue to do an amazing job providing consistently great real ale, running beer festivals, and supporting their local community.

Orange tree, Baldock

 

]]> https://northherts.camra.org.uk/hertfordshire-pub-of-the-year-2025/feed/ 0 Cider Pub of the Year https://northherts.camra.org.uk/cider-pub-of-the-year/ https://northherts.camra.org.uk/cider-pub-of-the-year/#respond Thu, 27 Mar 2025 18:09:05 +0000 https://northherts.camra.org.uk/?p=1309 Congratulations! Garden City Brewery & Bar is our branch Cider Pub of the Year 2025.

Not only have Holly, Nick and the team had an ongoing entry in The Good Beer Guide since opening, with their own brews and constantly changing guest ales, but they’re recognised as a great place to enjoy real cider too. They’ve been our local cider champions before and here there are again!

Not tried real cider? Now’s an ideal time! Garden City Brewery

Commendation to the Half Moon in Hitchin, our runner-up. The Half Moon

]]> https://northherts.camra.org.uk/cider-pub-of-the-year/feed/ 0 Pub of the year 2025 https://northherts.camra.org.uk/pub-of-the-year-2025/ https://northherts.camra.org.uk/pub-of-the-year-2025/#respond Sun, 23 Mar 2025 18:03:06 +0000 https://northherts.camra.org.uk/?p=1302 We are delighted to announce that The Orange Tree, Baldock is once again our Branch Pub of the Year, retaining the title from 2024, when it was also Hertfordshire County Pub of the Year, and will go forward to the county competition again.

We don’t judge on range of beers, for which the Orange Tree is renowned, but our judges placed Rob Scahill and his team top for Quality, Condition of Beer, Promotion & Knowledge and Community Focus. Regulars know that very well!

Congratulations! Orange Tree Team! We’ll award the certificate during our AGM and Branch Meeting on April 25th.

We’d like to commend our other finalists, also some of the best places to enjoy your ale in North Herts: The Half Moon Hitchin, the Lordship Arms, Benington, The Red Lion Preston, and the Crown Buntingford.Branch pub of the year logo

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Our neighbours in Cambridgeshire are  currently in the process of selecting their entries for the 2026 Good Beer Guide. They allow CAMRA members from adjoining branches to take part in their selection processes – That means that North Hertfordshire branch members can take part!

Please visit the Cambridge selection website [CAMRA Sign-in required] to talk part.

Members have until Sunday 9 February to mark the pubs on the shortlist.

 

Help in North Herts too!

New this year! Click on the link below to nominate a pub or club for inclusion in the next edition of the Good Beer Guide.

Click Here
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