Real Ale Group

Brewing Science and History Group (Real Ale)

The group will be self organising with members taking it in turns to organise an activity, such as brewery visits, local pubs, home brewing, real ale trails, beer festivals, tram trails, local hostelries, historical inns etc..

Meeting days will vary according to the activity

Contact will normally be by email to agree dates.

Recent Posts

  • Real Ale Group
    Our Real Ale outing on Thursday 14 March, stopped local in Hucknall and indeed only visited one hostelry. This being our very own Wetherspoon’s ‘Pilgrims Oak’. The reason was that Wetherspoon’s during mid-March were having their own Beer Festival, providing a selection of 30 different beers from 25 new breweries alongside their normal offering. As …
  • Real Ale group
    Our February outing on Thursday 8th took nine of us to the Hucknall Beer Festival, organised by CAMRA, the Campaign for Real Ale held at the John Godber Centre. We met at 7pm at the venue and were pleased that we had chosen Thursday this year as last year on a Friday it was packed …
  • Real Ale Group
    Our January outing, on Thursday 25th , took 13 of us once more to Nottingham, this time to the area around Nottingham Castle. We met as usual to catch the 6.30pm tram, quite entertaining when one member (who will remain nameless) got separated from his pass and the tram, quickly sorted by Christine, getting off …
  • Real Ale Group
    Our November meeting on Thursday 16th explored some of the micro pubs and beer rooms available locally. Four of the five were formerly shops. The Baker and Bear was originally the site of No 1 Co op in Hucknall. Horse and cart deliveries were taken at the side passage. Before converting to a single room …
  • Real Ale Group
    Our September outing was on Thursday 21st, meeting at the tram station to catch the 6.15pm tram to the Lace Market stop. We then had a half mile walk down Hockley to the Sneinton area. Our first port of call was to The New Bath Inn, a recently renovated establishment, a good selection of beers, …

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