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Welcome to the official website of Leeds CAMRA. This is the website where you can find out about what CAMRA is doing within the metropolitan boundary of Leeds.

Meetings and Events

2008

May (aka Mild Month)

Sunday 11 (Mr Foley's) Second Sunday Social, a chance to hang out with fellow CAMRA members ahead of the working week

Monday 12 AGM 8pm Adelphi

Saturday 24 National Trust Riverhead Brewery Walk. This is a 16-mile walk around the reservoirs which give their names to RB ales. Assemble on the 0832 - Hudd to Manchester Vic train, alighting @ Marsden finishing in the Riverhead c 1600. Please note this is for experienced walkers, please bring provisions, stout boots and waterproofs. Why not check out the Grand Day Out in New Full Measure 4 for a less energetic circuit of the pubs in and around Marsden?

TBA Mild tasting event [this should be: event to taste assorted mild beers - ed]

June

Tuesday 3 (8pm) Open Branch Committee Meeting, Pack Horse (Leeds Uni)

NB. Saturday 7 - New Members: Rescheduled Brewery Trip
The new members’ trip to Elland Brewery will now take place on the afternoon of Saturday 7th June. This event is for members who signed up at this year’s Leeds Beer Festival only, owing to the large number of people who did so. If you would like to come along please contact Cate Perman (Membership Secretary) on 07903 720 257 or cate@leeds-camra.com for further details.

July

Tuesday 1 (8pm) Open Branch Committee Meeting, Whitelock's

Saturday 5 (assemble Grove 1000, arrive back c 1730) Daytripper to Cain's Brewery [www.cains.co.uk] and notable pubs, Liverpool. Tickets to ride for this fab tour (that's enough Beatles references, ed) £15 (all inclusive) £10 CAMRA members. Sign up at branch meetings

August

Tuesday 12 (8pm) Open Branch Committee Meeting, the Grove. The rearranged date is to accommodate the many local members who attend the Great British Beer Festival (pictures in Gallery) as consumers and/ or volunteers

October (aka Cider Month)

Saturday 25 Cider Event - details to follow

Events in Detail

Getting the Abbey Habit (18 March)

The Abbey @ Newlay is getting to be one of our favourite haunts. The place was packed (on a Tuesday night!) as we presented a well-merited award for its work in the community to say nothing of its support for live music and charity (check out the imminent music festival: www.theabbey-inn.co.uk

For pictures of a most enjoyable evening, visit gallery. (The Abbey also features on page 3 of the YEP 20 March - ed).

The Open Branch Committee meetings are held normally on the opening Tuesday of the month (the January and August meetings are usually held later on in the month) and are a great way of keeping in touch. Further meetings are held eg to prepare for the beer festival.

To be added to the distribution list for social events, please let us know via the Contact page. We support public transport [www.wymetro.com] and will always give comprehensive 'joining instructions.' A coach is hired for less accessible trips.

Abbey: home to things that go bump in the night

About Leeds CAMRA

The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) was formed in the early 1970s by a small group of disenchanted real ale lovers, and soon after branches were popping up all over the country. The Leeds branch was originally a spin-off of the West Riding branch and had it's first 'test support' meeting at the Central Station (now the Wellington). Over 100 supporters turned up! Among them were such luminaries as their first chair Ed Andrews (recently retired MD of Leeds Bradford Airport) and press officer Barrie Pepper (local beer writer and famed storyteller).

These days Leeds CAMRA has a membership of over 1000, and has a full calendar of events for everyone to join in with. Our branch meetings are on the first Tuesday of the month (see above) and are friendly, informal affairs. Members are welcome to come along and find out what's happening beer-wise in the area, and help organise campaigns and events. Added to this is the odd social to a brewery or beer festival, a pub trail or a trip out in a charabanc.

As you can see from our Awards page, we like giving out Awards! Always democratically chosen at meetings, our winners are worthy - support them if you can.

New Full Measure is the branch's bi-monthly newsletter - look out for in Leeds pubs to get all the latest news and views on local campaigns, breweries, pubs and the beery scene in general.

Our latest publication is The Leeds Pub Trail Compendium - a pocket-sized book containing 28 super pub trails and lots of other interesting things about drinking in Leeds. It's the ideal gift, so look out for it's orange cover at your local bookstore.

We run our very own Leeds CAMRA Beer, Cider and Perry Festival at Pudsey Civic Hall every March. It's been there since 1994 and has become known as one of the biggest and best value-for-money festivals in the region.

Leeds CAMRA also supports May is Mild Month by celebrating this special drink - look out for events near the time - we have been known to organise Mild Trails around the pubs of Leeds with beery prizes at the end! Likewise October is Cider Month sees the Cider Celebration at the Grove on the Saturday of the month. Come along for a small but perfectly formed selection of unusual cider and perry, and food.

CAMRA Membership in Leeds

This year's Leeds Beer, Cider and Perry Festival was a huge success for the branch, who managed to sign up over a hundred new CAMRA members over the three day period, including a number for other local branches. Well done to all concerned.

To Join CAMRA and to read about the benefits of membership, visit the Campaign for Real Ale website.

This website is produced by the Leeds Branch of the Campaign for Real Ale. The views expressed are those of the authors and are not necessarily those of Leeds CAMRA or CAMRA Ltd. Whilst every effort is made to ensure that the information on this site is accurate and up to date, no responsibility for errors and omissions can be accepted.

Leeds CAMRA members wishing to contribute to the site are welcome to get in touch via the Contact page.

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