The Solihull Drinker

The Solihull Drinker is the newsletter of Solihull and District CAMRA. Filled with news, reviews and features, it is published quarterly and distributed to pubs across the area.

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	Issue Number 45, Summer 2008	download
	This issue features Solihull winning CAMRA's national website of the year award, the Perfect Pint Puller award result, the final part of Steve Dyson's report on our annual weekend away in Exeter, our visits to the Tunnel brewery, the Long Itchington Beer Festival and the pubs of Harborne.
	Issue Number 44, Spring 2008	download
	This issue features Community Pubs Week; Who is the Perfect Pint Puller; Weekend away in Exeter (Part 2); The Wetherspoon’s Survey Crawl; Local Beer, Pub and Brewery News; New Wetherspoon’s pub, Tunnel Brewery Launches new real ale; Real Ale Gain with O’Neills, The Oak refurbishment; Beer from the Bronze age; 11 things you never know about beer; West Midlands Beer of the Year Competition 2007. Together with Dates for your Diary, Membership Matters and old Solihull Pub Names (The final instalment?).
	Issue Number 43, Winter 2007	download
	This issue features Solihull and District CAMRA 25 Silver Years; our most improved pub of the year; our annual weekend away in Exeter (Part 1); Pub and Brewery Watch; Bernies gets another award, Golden Acres refurbishment, Beer Tasters required, Severn Valley Railway Beer Festival, Birmingham Beer Festival, The White Swan, Henley New Folk Club; Harry Porter speaks ….; Oxford CAMRA heads North to Birmingham. Together with Dates for your Diary, Membership Matters and Old Solihull Pub Names (Update).
	Issue Number 42, Autumn 2007	download
	This issue features the Solihull and District CAMRA Beer 9th Festival; our Pub of the Year 2007; Champion Beer of Scotland; The (Shelly) Farm; The Domino Effect; No Smoke but a lot of Water; White Hart, Foulden, Norfolk; Derby Real Ale Breaks; Cider & Perry Month; The History of Solihull CAMRA part 2; Boot Beer Festival; Purity Brewer & SIBA direct delivery; Free Beer Mats for Publicans together with Dates for your Diary and Membership Matters.
	Issue Number 41, Summer 2007	download
	This issue features Gloucestershire and Cotswold Brewery Trip; North Yorkshire Trip (Part 3, The Final Instalment); Cycle Your Way to the Coach and Horses; Slaughterhouse Brewery Wins Champion Beer of Warwickshire 2007; The History of Solihull CAMRA; Anti-Smoking Law, Enforcement; CAMRA Beer Club. Plus readers’ feedback and details on forthcoming branch activities.
	Issue Number 40, Spring 2007	download
	This issue features Community Pubs Week; North Yorkshire Trip (Part 2); Reader Comments; CAMRA Membership Weekend; Warwick the Beer Drinker; Supermarkets; CAMRA online National Beer Scoring Scheme; Shustoke and Furnace End – A Walk on The Wild Side; Brewers Lament; Ken Jackson is Harry Porter. Together with Old Solihull Pub Names (V-Z) and seasonal messages.
	Issue Number 39, Winter 2006	download
	This issue features our most improved pub of the year; our annual weekend away in North Yorkshire (Part 1); the November social to the Church Inn Hockley; Purity Brewery's first anniversary celebrations and some interesting articles focusing on the impact of the forthcoming smoking ban. Together with Old Solihull Pub Names (T-U) and seasonal messages.
	Issue Number 38, Autumn 2006	download
	This issue features the Solihull and District CAMRA Beer 8th Festival; our Pub of the Year 2006 presentation; reports on a couple of local Beer Festivals in Rowington and Earlswood; CAMRA’s National Cider Month campaign. Together with Old Solihull Pub Names (T-U) and some shorter pieces on local pub signs and the decline of the lunchtime pint.
	Issue Number 37, Summer 2006	download
	This issue features a report on our National Mild Month mini-bus trip; a full report on our recent North Cotswold mini-bus trip; an historic look at the Old Royal Oak, Hockley Heath; and the concluding part for our Hull Trip. Plus Old Solihull Pub Names (O-P).
	Issue Number 36, Spring 2006	download
	This issue features our branch’s National Pubs Week event at the Bull Bell Cider House; our lunchtime expedition to the Bartons Arms Beer Festival; a report on our Knowle survey craw; and the second instalment on our Hull Trip.
	Issue Number 35, Winter 2005	download
	This issue features our most improved PUBS of the year; The 2005 Solihull Pub Price Survey; Our annual weekend away in Hull part 1; Dave and Wendy Leave the Cock Horse; Solihull CAMRA’s 7th Beer Festival Success. Together with Old Solihull Pub Names (M-N) and an interesting look at Wine v Beer Tasting.