Cumbria CAMRA's new social event - the Beer Lovers' Dinner, will take place at the Middle Ruddings Hotel at Braithwaite, near Keswick,
on Sat November 28th, 2009. This exciting event, to be attended by Paula Waters, National chairman of CAMRA, will again be a blend of
wonderful food, Cumbrian beers and the presentation of various awards, together with plenty of circulation time to mix with and chat
to old and new friends and enjoy great company. Each course will have Cumbrian beers included in the cooking and other Cumbrian beers
will be carefully selected to accompany them. The ideas for the menu are very exciting, so far, but not finalised yet.
See the menu
from the last dinner
There will be an after dinner speech by Paula. There will also be
awards for the best Cumbrian-brewed beers in each Champion Beer Of Britain category, as voted by Cumbrian CAMRA members. Hopefully a
number of brewers will be present to receive their awards and to socialise with. There are also several of last year's winners which
then went on to become regional winners thus going into the CBOB finals, to receive their awards, and Branches may bring along other
things to celebrate! These will be presented with short speeches in the circulation time between courses.Hopefully there will be transport
organised from each of the branches. Please liaise with your local branch contact to see what is arranged or to notify interest. We are
expecting a heavy take-up this time, after the success of the last dinner, so bookings are only direct, cash in advance, £35 per
head.
Cheques payable to CAMRA local guide, please. Email booking with internet payment is possible - please contact by email first.
Chris de Cordova, 35 Thornton Rd, Whitehaven, Cumbria, CA28 6UW tel 01946 62986 email dinner at cumbriacamra.org.uk
General Comments from last year: "What a marvellous evening!" ..... "A superb evening!" ..... " Brill night." .....
"It was a superb night and one which we must consider as an annual event." .....
"An excellent 'do'. Both food and beer were REALLY good, and very good value too." .....
"It was brilliant, I had a great time and met some lovely people…. What a nice,friendly bunch we are!" .....
"It was well fab! Please do it again." ..... "A wonderful do. Well done to you, Andy and his team." .....
"It was a truly memorable occasion, which I enjoyed very much, and I'm sure everyone else did too.
I didn't hear any complaints at all, only compliments!" .....
"I think you impressed Bob (National Vice Chair). He wants to encourage other Regions (or Counties) to run similar awards dinners."
