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What’s On / News in Brief
Next Branch Meeting:Â 30 May 2012 – 8.15pm
Dog and Partridge, Manor Street – all welcome
Bolton Beer Breaks is Back!
We have revived our newsletter – issue one of  the all new Bolton Beer Breaks is now available. Look out for a copy in your local, or click here to download your own edition.
Bolton Pub of the Season Vote – Summer 2012
Voting is now open for the summer Bolton Pub of the Season. For the first time, online votes will be accepted. To vote online, click here
Votes will also be accepted in person at the branch meeting on 30th May at the Dog and Partridge (8.15pm start) .
The nominated pubs are:
The Brooklyn, Great Lever
Kings Head, Deane
Original Bay Horse, Horwich
Kings Arms Hotel, Farnworth
Ye Olde Man and Scythe, Bolton town centre
Bobs Smithy Inn, Chorley Old Road
Bank Top Brewery Tap, Astley Bridge
Finishers Arms, Church Road
Brewhouse, Dunscar
Alma, Bolton town centre
Save Your Pint
Sign the e-petition! In this year’s Budget the Chancellor put beer duty up by another 5%. Join the  fightback now and sign the e-petition to secure a Parliamentary debate and end the escalator! Click here for full details
8 May 2012 – Champion Beer of Bolton Presentation
Award presentation at the Bank Top Brewey Tap, Astley Bridge, for Bank Top Dark Mild – from 8pm
16 May 2012 – Bolton Club of the Year Presentation
Bolton Ukrainian Club, Castle Street, from 8pm
25 May 2012 – Egerton Pubs Survey
Details available soon
16 June – Branch Social, Preston
Details to be confirmed
Greater Manchester Region
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About CAMRA
CAMRA campaigns for real ale, real pubs and consumer rights. We are an independent, voluntary organisation with over 100,000 members and have been described as the most successful consumer group in Europe. CAMRA promotes good-quality real ale and pubs, as well as acting as the consumer’s champion in relation to the UK and European beer and drinks industry. We aim to:
- Protect and improve consumer rights
- Promote quality, choice and value for money
- Support the public house as a focus of community life
- Campaign for greater appreciation of traditional beers, ciders and perries as part of our national heritage and culture
- Seek improvements in all licensed premises and throughout the brewing industry
Why not join us today if you care about great quality real ale and pubs?
Important Links
National CAMRA Website – Click Here
Bolton Trading Standards – If you have concerns about short measures, top-ups refused – in short, if you are being ripped off, contact Trading Standards. Click Here or phone 01204 336586
Public Transport – Bus and Train timetables and route planners for Greater Manchester are available via Transport for Greater Manchester. Click here to visit their website, or phone 0871 200 2233 (7am to 8pm, Monday to Friday, and 8am to 8pm at weekends and bank holidays)
Not From Bolton? Details of other Greater Manchester branches are available by clicking here, and for further afield at the CAMRA national website – click here.
Contribute to this Website
PUBLICANS: let us know what beers you are currently serving and if you are hosting any ale-related events – click here.
PUB-GOERS and FESTIVAL ORGANISERS - what’s happening with your local pubs? Are you organising a beer festival?  If you have any news to share, click here .
NEWS AND RESOURCES – Have you been on a pub crawl or had an excellent pub experience?  Have you seen a great ale-related website that you think we should link to? Or is there anything at all that you have come across that will be of interest to visitors to this site?  Tell us about it – click here.
Join CAMRA
Benefits include £20 worth of JD Wetherspoon vouchers, holiday discounts, plus:
Exclusive members newspaper – ‘What’s Brewing’
A monthly colour newspaper informing you of beer and pub news and detailing events and beer festivals from around the country.
Exclusive members magazine – ‘BEER’
A quarterly copy of the magazine ‘BEER’ which is packed with superb features on pubs, beers and breweries.
Free / Discounted entry to over 160 beer festivals
Free or discounted admission to the 160 + beer festival that CAMRA organise, including the Great British Beer Festival.
Branch Social Activities
CAMRA is organised into 200 branches that cover the UK. Each branch runs a variety of socials events for their members.
Active Campaigning
Have the chance to campaign to save pubs and breweries under threat of closure, for the right to receive a Full Pint and a reduction in beer duty that will help Britain’s brewing industry survive.
Discounted Membership of the CAMRA Beer Club
The CAMRA Beer Club has been set up to provide a home delivery service to enthusiasts. All CAMRA members receive a £5 discount on each mixed case of 20 beers.
Book Discounts
CAMRA produce a variety of books every year and as a member you are entitled to discounts on all of the books we produce including CAMRA’s best-selling, annual Good Beer Guide.
DISCLAIMER
The views expressed on this site are not necessarily those of the Campaign for Real Ale Ltd. or the Bolton CAMRA branch. 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. Links to external websites do not imply any official CAMRA endorsement of the opinions or ideas expressed therein, or guarantee the validity of the information provided. Links to commercial sites are in no way an endorsement of any vendor’s products or services.
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