Branch Diary
Branch Meetings
- Monthly Branch Meeting Wednesday 11 February 2026 Red Lion, Overton
Branch Socials
- February Social - Maidenhead
Saturday 21 February 2026
_Out of Region
Train
11:53 Basingstoke to Reading
12:29 Reading to Maidenhead
From Andover take the 11:06 train to Basingstoke.
12:50 A Hoppy Place, Trinity Place, Park St, Maidenhead SL6 1TJ
14:15 The Lord Grenfell, 22 Oldfield Rd, Maidenhead SL6 1TW
15:45 The Bear, 8-10 High St, Maidenhead SL6 1QJ
16:45 The Maiden's Head, 34 High St, Maidenhead SL6 1QE
18:00 Off the Tap, 105 High St, Maidenhead SL6 1EA
19:00 The Craufurd Arms, 15 Gringer Hill, Maidenhead SL6 7LY - Gareth O'Shea Memorial Pub Crawl
Saturday 28 March 2026
-Various Locations-
Holloway Road London on Saturday 28th of March. Dave Evans has organised a Memorial Beer Crawl in memory of Gareth O'Shea.
He has chosen a route along the Holloway Road in North London as this was the last beer crawl he did with Gareth.
10:40am Meet Basingstoke Railway Station for the 11.05 train to Waterloo then the Northern Line to Archway.
The pubs to be visited are:
Landseer Arms, 37 Landseer Rd, London N19 4JU
indiebeer, 322 Holloway Rd, London N7 6NJ
The Lamb, 54 Holloway Rd, London N7 8JL
House of Hammerton, 99 Holloway Rd, London N7 8LT
Then, possibly,
The Kings Charles I, 55-57 Northdown St, London N1 9DP
if there is time and people are still up to it.
Return train back to Basingstoke from Waterloo between 6:00pm and 7:00pm.
Dave is also able to get some group discounted tickets in advance but i will need to know numbers in advance for those. If interested please let Dave know here
Branch Beer Festivals
- Beer Festival at the Andover Tap at the Lamb
Friday 27 February – Sunday 1 March 2026
Andover Tap at The Lamb, Andover

- Gosport Winterfest XXII
Friday 27 – Saturday 28 February 2026
_Out of Region
Thorngate Halls, Bury Road, Gosport PO12 3PX
Planning under-way, but expect: Three sessions:
Friday 12:00noon – 4:00pm 'quiet' session, tickets £5;
Friday 6:00pm – 11:00pm, tickets £10
Saturday 12:00noon – 8:00pm, tickets £10
Details, when available here: https://pseh.camra.org.uk/Winterfest.php - 48th Farnham Beerex
Thursday 23 – Saturday 25 April 2026
_Out of Region
Farnham Maltings, Bridge Square, Farnham, Surrey GU9 7QR
Thursday 23 April 6:00pm – 11:00pm,
Friday 24 April 11:00am – 3:00pm & 6:00pm – 11:00pm,
Saturday 25 April 11:00am – 3:30pm & 6:00pm – 11:00pm.
Expect around 60 real ales and 30 ciders & perries. Food and entertainment each session.
Ticket prices tba, but they go on sale from December 7th 2025.
More details here: https://www.farnhambeerex.org.uk/index.html
Local Pub Beer Festivals
- Cider and Pasty Festival
Friday 13 – Saturday 14 February 2026
Basingstoke Sports & Social Club, Basingstoke
10 Different Ciders
Friday 5:00pm – 11:00pm
Saturday 12:00noon – 11:00pm
FREE ENTRY