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SUMMARY:Branch Meeting - report attached
DESCRIPTION:MID CHILTERNS CAMRA BRANCH MEETING SUMMARY\nDate: 4 March 2026\nLocation: The Pheasant\, Chesham \n\n\n\nOVERVIEW\nRoutine business covered finances\, membership\, brewery liaison updates\, Pub of the Year awards\, socials\, and beer festival planning. \n\n\n\nFINANCES\n\nBank and ledger balances: £13\,446 (includes £10\,200 festival loan).\n£500 allocated for expected first-aider invoice.\nTwo advertising debts from 2024 remain outstanding.\n£1\,500 remittance to national CAMRA not yet made.\nAction: Treasurer to seek approval via WhatsApp and arrange payment.\nBranch remains in fine financial health.\n\n\n\n\nMEMBERSHIP\n\n2 new members joined; 5 lapsed; 1 moved out.\nBranch total: 631 members.\nNational CAMRA membership: 141\,394 (down 508 since January).\n\n\n\n\nBREWERY LIAISON UPDATES\nMad Squirrel\n\nNew core keg beer: Citrik (4.2%) replacing Big C (5.5%).\nLegally Blonde (4%) to appear in Wetherspoon’s Spring Festival.\nMosaic (6.2%) now in Sainsbury’s nationwide.\nLimited edition Sappy (6.6%) brewed at 30HL\, may expand to 60HL.\n\nPope’s Yard\n\nNo update.\n\nTring Brewery\n\nMarch special: Skeleton Session (4%).\nSeasonal return: Bring Me Sunshine (4.2%).\nSmall-batch West Coast IPA (6%) at the Piggeries.\nShop repairs nearly complete.\nStreet Food Heroes event renewed (monthly\, March–October).\n\n\n\n\nTAPLER MAGAZINE\n\nSpring edition (52 pages) nearly complete with refreshed design.\nArticles include CAMRA Members’ Weekend\, Greek beer scene\, beer engines\, Sharp’s closure\, Bass\, barley\, bar etiquette\, beer scores\, and a Leighton Buzzard social.\nAdvertising revenue expected to exceed £1\,000.\n\n\n\n\nPUB OF THE YEAR AWARDS\n\nOverall POTY: Hop Tap\, Hemel Hempstead\nRunner-up: Three Blackbirds\, Boxmoor\nCider POTY: Rising Sun\, Berkhamsted\nCider Runner-up: Fishery Wharf Café\, Boxmoor\nCommunity Pub: Red Lion\, Dagnall\nMost Improved: Grand Junction Arms\, Bulbourne\n\nActions: Richard Healey to order frames; Jared to order certificates. \n\n\n\nLOCALE\n\nGrand Junction Arms is a potential candidate but needs six months of trading before consideration.\n\n\n\n\nPUBWATCH\n\nBlack Horse\, Chesham Vale: reopening expected in June.\nThree Blackbirds\, Flamstead: reopened with three handpumps and Asian cuisine.\nBlack Cat\, Lye Green: listed for sale/lease.\n\n\n\n\nSOCIALS\n\nNext social: Berkhamsted\, likely 23 May\, canal-side route.\nFuture ideas: boat trip from Kings Langley to Apsley; Autumn trip to Bedford.\n\n\n\n\nBEER FESTIVAL\n\nPreparations progressing well and accelerating.\nNext Festival Committee meeting: TBC.\n\n\n\n\nANY OTHER BUSINESS\n\nChris Pontin presented Pheasant’s landlady Jane with certificate for 30 years’ service.\nFarr Brew reportedly not brewing and not opening taproom.\nThanks to GBG surveyors for timely submissions.\n\n\n\n\nNEXT MEETING\n\nThree Blackbirds\, Flamstead – 1 April\, 8pm
URL:https://midchilterns.camra.org.uk/calendar/branch-meeting-3/
LOCATION:The Pheasant\, Waterside\, Chesham\, Hertfordshire\, HP5 1QE\, United Kingdom
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