August 2026
| Event | ‘Not The Pre-GBBF’ Buffet Soiree |
| Date/Time | Monday 10th August – From 6.00 PM |
| Venue | Ye Olde Mitre. This is a revived event. It used to be the pre CAMRA GBBF buffet when it was held in London. Buffet cost is £8. Need to pre-book via contact below by Friday 31st July. If you book and do not attend you will still be liable for the buffet charge. |
| Contact | Peter Chutter – Treasurer@spbw.beer |
| Event | Woodfest VII (2027) Planning Meeting #1 |
| Date/Time | Saturday 29th August – 3 PM |
| Venue | TBA |
| Details | TBC Kew/Brentford area or Pimlico |
| Contact | Angela Aspin – angelajaspin@manx.net |
September 2026
| Event | Tony Littler Trophy |
| Date/Time | Saturday 12th September 2 PM |
| Venue | The Magnet, Stockport |
| Details | Maximum size of a team 5 persons. Normally 4 is the more common number. If you can form your team ahead of the date so much the better. Please inform contact below If you just turn up and are not part of an already formed team you can be assigned to a team. The previous year’s winning team is responsible for organising and setting questions for the current year. Last year’s winning team, held at the ‘Rising Sun’, Epsom was named the ‘Fun Boys’. There will also be a Woodfest WBOB presentation to Phoenix brewery for their 3rd placed ‘Wobbly Bob’. |
| Contact | Peter Mitchell – peter.mitchell31@gmail.com |
| Event | Woodfest WBOB Presentation to Tigertops Brewery |
| Date/Time | Saturday 26th September – Time TBC |
| Venue | York or Wakefield |
| Details | TBC |
| Contact | Marcus Hodgson – yorkspbw@gmail.com |
October 2026
| Event | National Weekend London |
| Date | Friday 9th to Sunday 11th October |
| Venues | Various pubs and maybe Brewery Taps in London. |
| Details | Start meet-up on Friday -Time & venue TBC A concluding lunch on the Sunday. Full itinerary is in the planning stages and will be confirmed soon. |
| Contact | Peter Campbell blo@spbw.beer Rob Shacklock chairman@spbw.beer |
November 2026
| Event | Campden Hill Branch St Martinmas Goose Dinner |
| Date/Time | 10th or 11th November – 6.30 PM |
| Venue | Bohemia House Restaurant & Bar, 74 West End Lane, West Hampstead, NW6 2LX – Meal 8 PMish Meet ‘Railway Tavern’, West Hampstead 6.30 PM |
| Contact | Peter Chutter treasurer@spbw.beer |
| Event | Campden Hill Branch ‘Not The Xmas Meal’ (NTXM) |
| Date/Time | Late November – Probably Monday 23rd – 8 PM Meet for Pre Dinner drink at 6.30 PM (Pub TBC) |
| Venue | OshPaz (Uzbekistan Restaurant), 7 Regent St, SW1Y 4LR |
| Contact | Peter Chutter treasurer@spbw.beer |
December 2026
| Event | SPBW 63rd Anniversary |
| Date/Time | Sunday 6th December 2026 – Noon |
| Venue | The Rising Sun, 14 Heathcote Road, Epsom, KT18 5DX |
| Details | SPBW annual anniversary event in Epsom at the pub where we were founded on 6th December 1963. All members are very welcome, and we have enjoyed ourselves here over the years. Can people please indicate if they will be attending. There is no buffet. Christmas Menu and Sunday Roasts are available along side the usual menu. Food 2 PM approx In the event of rail engineering works. A simpler and quicker way than replacement buses is to get a fast train to Surbiton. From there 406 and 418 buses go to Epsom every quarter of an hour or so ( exit Surbiton station from the back entrance and walk up to Ewell road for the bus stop). |
| Contact | Peter Campbell blo@spbw.beer |
February 2027
| Event | Annual East End London Beer & Curry |
| Date/Time | Sunday 7th February – Start time Noon |
| Venue | East End of London |
| Details | TBC. But ending up at the ‘Pride of Spitalfield’ pub, Heneage St (off Brick Lane) |
| Contact | Peter Chutter – treasurer@spbw.beer |
March 2027
| Event | SPBW NEC AGM |
| Date/Time | Saturday 20th March – Noon for 12.30 Start |
| Venue | ‘White Horse’, Parson’s Green, London SW6. 2 minutes walk from Parson’s Green underground station on the Wimbledon branch of the District Line. |
| Details | TBA. There will be a pub crawl arranged in an area of London starting at around 3 PM after the AGM. |
| Contact | Peter Chutter – treasurer@spbw.beer |
May 2027
| Event | Woodfest VII |
| Date/Time | Thursday to Saturday – May 13th to 15th – Opening Times to TBC – Closing 10.30 PM |
| Venue | Musical Museum, 399 High Street, Brentford, TW8 0DU |
| Details | TBC |
| Contact | Angela Aspin – angelajaspin@manx.net |
