SPBW

The Society for The Preservation of Beers from the Wood

AGM 25TH MARCH 2023

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Reminder – please advise us if you plan to attend and also if you want food

The 2023 AGM of the NEC will be held on 25 March at the iconic White Horse (aka ‘Sloaney Pony’) in Parsons Green, London SW6 4UL. The pub is only 2 minutes’ walk south of Parsons Green underground station on the Wimbledon branch of the District Line. The meeting will start at 12.30 prompt in the upstairs function room (the pub opens at noon). The White Horse usually offers 6 draught beers and there is a very generous discount for CAMRA members. All SPBW members are invited to attend this meeting.

We are unable to provide free food! If you want a set meal you will need to order this at the bar. The full list of options can be viewed at www.whitehorsesw6.com. Food booking is now closed. We can also organize a buffet (this was excellent value last year, see menu on line), but please inform Peter Chutter at ‘pchutter.spbw1@yahoo.com‘ or text to 07517 201121 by Thursday evening 17 March if you require the buffet. We are hoping to arrange a discount on the food. If you book the buffet and then cannot attend please let Peter know by Wednesday 22 March, otherwise you may still be liable for payment (we are taking this on trust). Whether or not you’ll require feeding, please let Peter know if you intend to attend.

* The post of Products Manager has become vacant. This key role mainly involves maintaining the stock of SPBW products and ordering from manufacturers. Please let John Rooth (details on p2) if you are interested in taking this on.

* A few changes to the NEC Constitution have been proposed by the Committee for ratification at the AGM. These are set out below with changes shown in italics.

4.  National Executive Committee (NEC)

(a) The NEC shall be the guiding body of the Society and shall meet monthly, unless agreed otherwise at a previous meeting.

(c) Any new nominee for an NEC post should be an SPBW National Member.

11.  Annual General Meeting

(a) The Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the NEC shall take place during March each year on a date to be determined by the NEC. This date will be notified to SPBW members not less than four months before the date of the AGM. Any member of the Society may attend and vote at the AGM.

(b) Only National Members and current NEC members may be permitted to vote at the AGM.

(c) Proxy voting may be allowed in extenuating circumstances to be decided on a case-by-case basis by the Chair and Vice-Chair of the NEC.

(f) Any member in attendance may seek election, at the discretion of the Chairman, if no nominations have been so received by the Secretary. That member must be an SPBW National Member.

* After the meeting there will be the usual pubs ramble, possibly in the Putney area.

SPBW ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING – 25th March 2023

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The AGM will be held again on the 25th March at the iconic ‘White Horse’ (AKA ‘Sloaney Pony’) in Parsons Green, London SW6. The pub is only 2 minutes walk away from Parsons Green underground station on the Wimbledon branch of the District line. The starting time of the meeting is 12.30 and after the meeting there will be the usual pubs ramble probably in the West London area.

The White Horse has several food options menu including a buffet or normal mains etc menu. The full list of options can be viewed at ‘www.whitehorsesw6.com‘.

SPBW members who wish to attend the meeting MUST inform Peter Chutter at ‘pchutter.spbw1@yahoo.com‘ or text to 07517 201121 by Thursday evening the 17th March ESPECIALLY if they require the buffet. From the normal menu (order separately when you arrive). We are hoping to arrange a discount on the food. Also, if you are a CAMRA member please bring your card as there is a good discount on the beer (usually they have 6 different beers on – typical price for a up to 4% ABV is under £4 with discount).

If you book the buffet and then cannot attend you MUST let us know by Wednesday 22nd March, otherwise you may still be liable for payment (We are taking this on trust).

SPBW 59th Anniversary Event – Sunday 4th December

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The SPBW 59th Anniversary event will be held on Sunday 4th December at ‘Ye Olde Mitre’, Ely Court, Hatton Garden, EC1. From 12.00 pm onwards. Meeting up in the back bar.

It was hoped to have it at the ‘Rising Sun’ in Epsom, where SPBW was founded on December 6th 1963, now it is under new management (Big Smoke Brewery).

However, it clashes with the football world cup and the room is not available. Maybe next year for our 60th Anniversary hopefully.

National Weekend Schedule – 23/09/22-25/09/22 – updated

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Friday – Bluebell Railway beer fest with shuttle bus from Haywards Heath to Sheffield Park.
12 Beer festival opens this is to be the place for all to meet up. There is a shuttle bus that
runs from Haywards Heath (where we will return to after meeting at the festival) we
believe the return ticket for the bus is £6. Please note there is also 360º Brewery next
to the beer festival which is worth visiting.
19 Haywards Heath to Heathen Brewery – The Hop Sun – table booked.
21 Suggestion to start making way back to station to complete the evening, there are
various pubs on route which are worth visiting, you can also visit these on the way up
to the brewery before 7. The Tap, The Star and The Lockheart (note, Grape and Grain
off license nearby does draft beer takeaway). There is also Hairy Dog brewery,
suggestion would be a taxi for anyone wishing to include this as it is a few mile
distance from Heathen Brewery and it’s a busy road to negotiate using the bus.
There should be a wood cask on at The Evening Star in Brighton either Friday or Saturday,
which day will not be know until the weekend, therefore will be advised then, suggestion will
be to end the evening there for anyone staying in Brighton.
Saturday – Lewes
11 The Lansdown
12 John Harvey Tavern
13 Harvey’s

Then Gardeners Arms

Dorset Arms

14.30 – 15.30 Abyss Brewery
16.00 – 17.00 Beak Brewery – table booked – walk to brewery is 0.8 miles from Gardeners Arms
some may wish to take a taxi (AZ 01273 474141 – Lewes 01273 483232)
Snowdrop Inn
Elephant & Castle
Lewes Arms
Brewers Arms
Black Horse
There is also the Patch which is close by all of the later pubs but this is a very small
establishment so we cannot all fit in there at once. Most of the pubs do good food and are in
the GBG. To end the evening there is also The Royal Oak which is worth visiting and/or
back to Brighton for the wood cask at The Evening Star (if Saturday is the night!)

Sunday – Eastbourne
Suggest meet by noon in Cornfield Garage which is the Wetherspoons not too far from the
station for breakfast (spoons breakfast finishes 11.30). Maps will be provided on the
weekend for all of the pubs for all days, a suggested crawl will be given for Sunday outlining
the main pubs which are best to visit but it will be up to people where to go to give the freedom to plan what’s best as people may be traveling home.

The Society for The Preservation of Beers from the Wood

EMAIL

John Rooth
(General Secretary)

email: secretary@spbw.beer

SPBW ON WIKIPEDIA

The Society for the Preservation of Beers from the Wood (SPBW), founded in 1963, is the oldest consumer-based group interested in stimulating the brewing of, increasing the awareness of, and encouraging the drinking of cask conditioned real ale.

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