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A record 16 members (one behind the camera and another elsewhere!) - half of those who then subscribed - and 2 guests attended our 1ST Social in 2023

 

 

 

2026 Events

 

Confirmed:

 

 

Sunday, 23RD August

 

1pm - '40TH Anniversary Meal' Regency Club, 18-21, Station Parade, Queensbury, HA8 5NR.

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

A return to a CAMAL favourite to mark not only this anniversary but also the 60TH edition of your Newsletter published late last year.

This restaurant features the full range of Rothaus brewery lagers together with its own, badged, take on the style plus a couple of 'guests' on the bar.

A table for 12 has already been reserved and our esteemed Treasurer has confirmed his attendance.

CAMAL members only please.

 

 

 

 

Proposed (long term):

 

 

'Further London Lager Microbreweries'

 

Noon - Antwerp Arms, 168-70, Church Road, Tottenham, N17 8AS then

 

1.30pm - True Craft (ex-West Green Tavern), 68, West Green Road, South Tottenham, N15 5NR, then

 

3pm - Bohem Brewery Tap Room, Unit 5, Littleline House, 41-3, West Road, Northumberland Park, N17 0RE then

 

4.30pm - One Mile End Brewery Tap Room, Unit 2, Compass West Estate, 32, West Road, Northumberland Park, N17 0XL then

 

6pm - Redemption Brewery Tap Room, Unit 16, Compass West Estate, 32, West Road, Northumberland Park, N17 0XL Closes 7pm

 

 

(All taprooms are adjacent to each other, One Mile End moving into Redemption's premises when the latter relocated and Bohem moving nearby to create a venue adjacent to their resited brewery additional to that at Bowes Park.)

 

Another Social being pencilled-in for 2026 includes:

A trip to Bath (possibly October). 

 

  

CAMAL membership badges should be worn - by those who have them! - by all participating members at every event. 

  

  This depiction of mediæval monastic brewing appears to have the CAMAL tankard clearly in view! 

 

You have missed:

 

Friday, 3RD - Monday 6TH July

 

 

'Bill English Memorial Trip to Amsterdam' (jointly with SPBW)

 

With all making their own travel and accommodation arrangements, many CAMAL members elected to stay at the Ibis City West hotel at Sloterdijk. An advance party arrived just before the Friday dawned, having been delayed by their Eurostar from St. Pancras being cancelled beyond Brussels - as had been the case from earlier that week due to a severe lineside fire - and our severely late-running transfer being terminated at Utrecht. A third, also late-running train, finally allowed arrival at Amsterdam Centraal a little over two hours later than originally envisaged. 

As a result, this group were able to indulge in a mini-crawl around four historic bars of the Jordaan district to the west of the city centre before rendezvousing with most others at the In de Wildeman @ 5pm on 3RD.

After that, the itinerary followed was largely determined on each day with the exception of the planned visit to the Ulitje Brewery Tap in Haarlem @ 1pm on the Saturday and a celebratory meal, to Bill English's memory, at an Indonesian restaurant, Sampurna, in Amsterdam's flower market @ 2pm on the 5TH. A mini-crawl around a couple of bars in the vicinity had been embarked upon by the initial CAMAL group in the hours prior to this.

It was notable that, with an up-to-date CAMRA guide to the cities having been, amazingly, bought by one of our party at a Waterstones in Amsterdam(!), we were able to alternately frequent some much newer, albeit more clinical, bars we were previously unaware of with some of the more historic, characterful, ones that previous guides had featured. However, perhaps significantly, a couple of 'brown' cafés had closed since CAMAL's last visit here in 2009.

Altogether, thirteen individuals had made the journey to The Netherlands, the majority being CAMAL members, though it was notable that one purely SPBW subscriber never caught-up with the rest of us but, apparently, had had a good time following his own agenda throughout! Most dispersed via various, now restored, direct Eurostars back to the UK on 6TH.

 

 
 
 

 

Saturday, 6TH June

 

'Not the 1ST Bohem pub's Anniversary' 

 

Most assembled outside Battersea Power Station tube station at 11.45am and, keeping the 1920s Sir Giles Gilbert Scott/Leonard Pearce (not the 'Only Fools & Horses' actor!) edifice to the right, we headed north to the River Thames. Turning left and, without going under the bridge, turning left again, beneath the railway arches, we arrived at:

noon - Battersea Brewing, 14, Arches Lane, Nine Elms, SW11 8AB.

then

Returning to the riverside and going under the railway bridge, we ascended the steps adjacent to Chelsea Bridge to access Queenstown Road. 

From the southbound stop, we took a 452 bus as a mob to Lavender Hill and, going back a short distance, turned right into Robertson Street for:

2pm - Queen's Arms, 139, St. Phillip Street, Lavender Hill, SW8 3SS.

Bohem's first venture south of the river, which turned one year old on 30TH May, where we belatedly celebrated at this restored and revived traditional pub despite not being able to attend on the actual day. 

then

Most retraced their steps to Lavender Hill and, at the traffic light-controlled junction there, turned right to take a 77 bus a few stops along Wandsworth Road, passing the former Plough ph & brewery (once home to Thomas Woodward & Sons' brewery) en route. [A few opted to walk the back streets instead.] Opposite the railway station of that name, underneath the arches, we found:

4.45pm - Distortion Brewing, 647, Portslade Road, Nine Elms, SW8 3DH.

then

Passing under the railway bridge, we continued east along Wandsworth Road and turned left along Stewart's Lane to reach:

6.30pm - Mondo Brewing, 86, Stewart's Lane, Nine Elms, SW8 4UG.

then

Finally, continuing north along Stewart's Lane, we returned to Nine Elms Lane and Battersea Power Station2. 

 

 

Saturday, 28th March

 

'Gander a Bicycle Affixed to the Shore'

A predominantly micropub tour of Worthing. However, given the nos. of other, including GBG 2026, pubs in the vicinity, it was anticipated that some attendees may not have wanted to visit all micropubs where food options were limited or non-existant. 

Nearby alternative 'traditional' pubs have been posted in this font.

 

Noon - The Corner House, 80, High Street, Worthing, West Sussex, BN11 1DJ  (GBG 2026) then  

12.45pm - Old Bike Store, 65, Brighton Road, Worthing, West Sussex, BN11 1DJ then either

1.30pm - Beer No Evil, 82, Brighton Road, Worthing, West Sussex, BN11 2EN or

1.30pm - The Egremont, 32, Brighton Road, Worthing, West Sussex, BN11 3ED. 

 

We then reconvened at: 

2.30pm - Goose, 18A, Marine Parade, Worthing, West Sussex, BN11 3PT then either

3.15pm - Beach House, 32, Marine Parade, Worthing, West Sussex, BN11 3PS or

3.15pm - The Thieves Kitchen, 10-2, Warwick Street, Worthing, West Sussex, BN11 3DL. 

 

We then reconvened at: 

4pm - Tasting Room (Merakai Brewery), Unit 8, Stanford Square, Warwick Street, Worthing, West Sussex, BN11 3EZ  then either

4.45pm - Anchored (GBG), 14, Montague Place, Worthing, West Sussex, BN11 3BG or

4.45pm - The Three Fishes ('spoons) (GBG), 56, Chapel Street, Worthing, West Sussex, BN11 1BE. 

 

We then reconvened at: 

5.45pm - The Hare & Hounds, 79-81, Portland Road, Worthing, West Sussex, BN11 1QG (GBG) then either 

6.30pm The Railway Hotel, 26-7, Railway Approach, 79, High Street, Worthing, West Sussex, BN11 1UR or

6.30pm - The New Amsterdam, 79, High Street, Worthing, West Sussex, BN11 1DN.

 

Most of the 8 attendees met at Victoria station at 10am for:
 
1016 train ex-Victoria arr. 1141 (with some boarding at East Croydon). 
 
The order of the micros was rejigged slightly to allow for use of public transport within Worthing and that the Tasting Room didn't open until 3pm. Also, with The Railway Hotel having been revamped as a Portobello pub, the majority ventured there instead of The New Amsterdam. 
 
However, almost all returned to Worthing station opposite the former no later than 7.30pm for the 1933 train ex-Worthing, arr. Victoria 2058, although some alighted at East Croydon. 
 
 
A link to pub descriptions, facilities and photographs, using the new CAMRA trip facility, was made available on the 'General' page on the CAMAL whatsapp site.
 
The original order of venues visited was altered slightly on the day to allow the use of local buses en route. 

 

 
 
         
 
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