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Some of our happy entrants of the Good Beer Guide 2025
We have Clare at the Black Horse, Checkenden; Loddon Tap Yard; Ruth at the Fleur de Lys, East Hagbourne; John at the Spire & Spoke, Watlington; Di at the Crown, South Moreton; Nick and Hazel at the Flowing Spring, Playhatch; Dave at the Cross Keys, Wallingford; Corinne at the Red Lion, Brightwell-cum-Sotwell; Rodney at the George, Sutton Courtenay; and Lottie at the Greyhound, Whitchurch-on-Thames.
Branch, Regional & National News
- Spring Pub of the Season Awarded
Thursday 22 May 2025
This year’s Spring Pub of the Season has been awarded to the Spire & Spoke in Watlington.
Landlord John Riddell (pictured with branch members Sue and David Cooper and Mike Marr) was thrilled to be presented with the award and continued to say “Thank you for awarding the Spire & Spoke the seasonal award, such and honour! As you know I am proud to show case the wonderful locally brewed ales in South Oxford and surrounding counties. There is a wealth of brewing talent in our area resulting on some exquisite and sometimes thought provoking brews.”
”I have found in the last five years that stocking local breweries has been both financially and culturally beneficial to both parties.”
Many congratulations to John and his team, and we hope for continued success at the pub where the pizza and cakes are just as delicious as the well-kept ales!
Branch, Regional & National Events
Note that only the first venue for socials is shown. Click through to the event’s page to find the full itinerary.
- Maidenhead Beer & Cider Festival Friday 4 – Saturday 5 July 2025 The Sports Bar
Other Local Events
- Garden Party to celebrate 15-year pub tenure Saturday 14 June 2025 Flowing Spring, Playhatch
- Bear Annual Beer & Cricket Festival Thursday 17 – Sunday 20 July 2025 Bear of North Moreton, North Moreton
- Bear Annual Beer & Cricket Festival Thursday 17 – Sunday 20 July 2025 Bear of North Moreton, North Moreton
Latest Soxon Ale Magazine
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Attention Branch members
If you are a fully paid up member of CAMRA, please do visit the Members' Area, where we endeavour to keep all of our members appraised of the latest news relating to Good Beer Guide nominees, Pub of the Year and Season candidates, and general beer scoring trends. You will also find minutes of our monthly Branch meetings for the last 12 months, as well as for our most recent AGM.
Calling all pub landlords and brewers in the Branch area
If you are throwing a beer-related event at your pub or brewery we would love to hear about it! Please contact us to let us know about your event and we will post it here as well as on our social media.
Pubs as ACVs
We currently only have 3 pubs as Assets of Community Value (ACVs) in the branch. If you would like to find out more about protecting your local with an ACV, take a look at the help on our main website.