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We are delighted to announce that the winner of South Oxfordshire CAMRA Branch Pub of the Year 2022 is the Crown, South Moreton. It was a tight competition amongst the seven worthy candidates, with all pubs scoring large numbers of votes, but the community-owned Crown came out on top. The pub serves fresh cask ales from local breweries The Loose Cannon Brewery and Amwell Springs Brewery Co. amongst others.
Licensee of the The Crown Inn, South Moreton, Di Humphrey, on hearing the news, commented: “It’s been such an honour to run our community pub and for that to be formally recognised by CAMRA is absolutely amazing”.
The other pubs in the competition who are all at the heart of their communities and serve great cask ale were the Bird in Hand, Henley on Thames; the Fleur de Lys, East Hagbourne; The Plough, Long Wittenham; the Plum Pudding, Milton; the Red Lion, Brightwell cum Sotwell and the Spire & Spoke, Watlington.
- Branch Pub and Brewery News (April 2022)
Sunday 1 May 2022
Pub news:
- The Miller of Mansfield has re-opened under new management after previous licensees Mary & Nick Galer were unable to continue running the pub following a rent hike from the owners Stonegate. The Galers are now running the restaurant at the Goring & Streatley Golf Club.
- The Red Lion, Peppard, currently under refurbishment, now has four handpumps on the bar, the garden has been revamped and most of the outside of the building has been re-painted. There is even a new post and pub sign frame hopefully ready for a nice shiny new sign in the near future!
- The Chequers, Aston Tirrold, is clearly in for a total makeover – the roof had been removed a few days ago.
- The Red Lion, Brightwell, now has is a fourth pump that, by request from a clearly influential villager, will deliver St Austell Tribute (4.2% ABV).
- A new Vary to Designated Premises Supervisor licence has been granted to the Lamb, Chalgrove, implying it may reopen soon.
- The Coach & Horses, Chiselhampton, is currently closed. It is expected to reopen on 5th June following a change of ownership from an individual to the Barkby Pub Group.
- The Goring Social Club is about to get new stewards: Debs and Cal Newell-Akers.
- The Bull on Bell St is closed for refurbishment and is expected to reopen on the 9th May.
- The tenancy for the Little Angel, Remenham Hill is being advertised by Brakspear.
- The Five Little Pigs in Wallingford received a good review from the Observer restaurant critic, Jay Rayner.
Brewery news:
- The branch is aware of a new brewery in our area, SOX Brewery. We understand that currently, brewing is taking place somewhere in West Berkshire, but owner Chris Savage is hoping to set up permanently in Checkendon in the near future. Mr Toad’s bitter (3.9% ABV) has been spotted in several pubs in the Checkendon area including the Black Horse and the Highwayman, and has had a good reception from branch members so far.
Branch & Regional Events
- Branch Evening Social Thursday 26 May 2022 19:30 Fish, Sutton Courtenay
- Branch Lunchtime Social Friday 10 June 2022 12:00 Red Lion, Brightwell-cum-Sotwell
- Branch Meeting Wednesday 15 June 2022 19:30 Black Horse, Checkendon
- Branch Evening Social Thursday 23 June 2022 19:30 Fleur de Lys, Dorchester-on-Thames
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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 6 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.