4/10/08. Danish Dynamite wins Beer of Festival! Danish Master Brewer Stig Andersen's beer chosen as Beer of Festival. Full results here.

7/9/08. Regional Success for Colliton Club! Dorchester club picks up Wessex award for 2nd Year in a row. The Colliton Club in Dorchester has won this award for the second year in a row. The award will be present ed to the club Steward, Neil Gatehouse on Wednesday as part of the local CAMRA Branch AGM. Click for more detail.

3/9/08. Two more events 13/14 Sept! An evening BBQ at Tom Browns and Beerfest at the Gaggle of Geese. These events will give you a lot of choice for things to do this month. Saturday 13^th evening will be a barbeque for members and friends at Tom Browns in Dorchester. If you plan to go, please give Jill Diggens a call (01305 862255) so she can estimate numbers. The other event is an all-day beer and cider festival on Sunday 14^th alongside the traditional Goose and Poutry auction at the Gaggle of Geese, Buckland Newton. The pub has recently been aquired by Mark & Emily Hammick who have made such a success of the European at the other end of the Piddle valley.

27/8/08. Try a Safari Lunch! A joint lunch event with Somerset CAMRA on September 27. This event will travel to three pubs on and around the Dorset /Somerset border with one course at each pub. A coach is planned from Portland, via Weymouth and Dorchester. Click here to see more details or ring Jill Diggens on 01305 862255 to book your place.

Welcome to the website of the West Dorset Branch of the Campaign for Real Ale. The Branch is run by a committed group of volunteers who are passionate about pubs, traditional ales, ciders & perries. As part of CAMRA we aim to maintain consumer rights and to promote quality, choice and value.

The website provides information about our activities locally. You can find out more about who we are, our branch meetings & social activities. Anyone is welcome to attend these meetings.

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