December 2002

• (7-Dec) the Web edition of ALE Autumn 2002 No. 308 is available. The printed edition should appear around just before Christmas.
• Advance notice of the 30th Cambridge Beer Festival

November 2002

• (28-Nov) Branch Committee for 2002-2003 as elected at the AGM
• (15-Nov) The First Elysian Beer Festival, Ely
• (6-Nov) The new Local pub guide is launched today. See 30-Oct below.
• (6-Nov) Added a page about the Ely Sub-branch local pub guide.

October 2002

• (30-Oct) The Carlton, Carlton Way (Multimap) has been taken over by the Cambridge Beer Festival tombola supremo, Jethro ("Another winner..."), and his partner. It now stocks Adnams Bitter and Wells Bombardier.
• (30-Oct) Adnams Broadside and Bitter are now available at the Blue Ball, which will be hosting the launch at 6pm on the 6th November of our long-awaited new local pub guide, the Best Real Ale Pubs In And Around Cambridgeshire.
• (11-Oct) The Branch's list of Good Beer Guide 2003 Entries is now available.
• (10-Oct) Greene King has sold the Blue Ball in Grantchester to Punch. Hopefully this will lead to a greater choice of beers and allow this fine pub to thrive. ALE 308 (due out around mid-December) will have an article about this.
• (10-Oct) Greene King have again gutted the former Cambridge Arms on King Street, this time transforming it from the Cambridge Rattle and Hum into The Brewery, a "Pizza Bar".

September 2002

• (7-Sep) the Web edition of ALE Summer 2002 No. 307 is available. The printed edition should appear around 21st September.

May 2002

• (31-May) 29th Cambridge Beer Festival : Festival Voting Results
• (22-May) Branch Pub of the Year 2002 : Blue Ball, Grantchester
• (16-May) More pubs licenced for the World Cup (source: CEN):
  • Hat & Feathers, Barton Road
  • Cambridge Rattle & Hum, King Street
• (14-May) The Bell, Wendens Ambo, Beer Festival
• (11-May) No. 306: 29th Cambridge Beer Festival programme is on the Web, with details such as the beer list.

April 2002

• (27-Apr) ALE Spring 2002 No. 305 is out.
• (27-Apr) As expected, the Cambridge magistrates have granted some early morning licences for the World Cup:
  • Henry's, Quayside
  • Wheatsheaf, Duxford
  • Pemberton Arms, Harston
  • Hop Bind, Cottenham
• (12-Apr) In April's mailout to members we included an introduction to Local Secrets, whose free membership scheme includes offers at local pubs and restaurants and CAMRA-specific discounts.
• (10-Apr) Trips:
  • Possible weekend trip to Batemans Brewery in Lincs.
  • Possible day trip to Sarah Hughes Brewery in the Midlands, provisionally in September
  • Please contact Shaun Marsh if interested in either.
• (10-Apr) Our Pub of the Year 2002 will be announced at the opening of the 29th Cambridge Beer Festival. We're delighted that George Bateman has accepted our invitation to open the Festival.

January 2002

• (11-Jan) Much missed...
  Sadly, Bill Miller, a bar manager at many Cambridge Beer Festivals, passed away on Sunday.
  His funeral will be at Stapleford Parish Church at 11:15 on Thursday 17th January.
  He was a tireless worker, fighting the constraints of his afflictions, and will be much missed.

• (9-Jan) The nominations for the Good Beer Guide 2003 are now available.
• (6-Jan) Champion Beer of the Winter Ale Festival
• (5-Jan) At long last the replacement Fox at Bar Hill is open - see wheresmypub.com. Recently sighted there: Greene King IPA, Bass, Pedigree.
• (1-Jan) According to the Cambridge Evening News yesterday, the Poacher at Elsworth has been saved and should reopen in February. [ALE 303]