Brewery History Society

The Brewery History Society

BHS Diary: Meetings, Visits and Events

The BHS arranges a number of meetings and other events for its members throughout the year. These are listed in the Diary below, which also includes previous meetings in order to let non-members get a feel for our activities. For upcoming visits, please contact the person indicated to book a place.

Please note that it is the responsibility of members and their guests taking a BHS arranged visit to organise their own insurance cover. Wear suitable footwear for maltings and brewery visits. The buildings may be several storeys high with no lifts. Floors are often wet and uneven. Town walks and touring such premises are not recommended for any persons with disabilities or heart conditions. The BHS supports sensible drinkaware policies.

Entries marked * are not organised by the BHS.

See also our page Regular Events.


2012

Friday 20 April Brewery History Society AGM. Fuller's Brewery, Griffin Brewery, Chiswick Road South, London W4 2QB.

2011

Friday 11 March
2.00pm		 BHS Walk. Ray Anderson leads a tour of some of Burton's brewing and malting sites, extant and extinct, on the Friday afternoon before the SHIER Conference. The walk starts from Burton-upon-Trent Railway Station at 2.00pm. and lasts for about three hours ending in a pub.
Saturday 12 March
10.30am for 11.00		 The Last Drop: England's Brewing Heritage: The BHS SHIER Conference, in association with English Heritage
The conference launches and discusses the results of the BHS SHIER (Strategy for the Historic Industrial Environment Report) project, and looks at England's remaining historic brewing buildings and plant. National Brewery Centre, Burton-upon-Trent: Worthington suite. More details about the BHS Conference 2011.
Thursday 5 May
1.00pm		 BHS visit to Holden's Brewery, George Street, Woodsetton, Dudley, West Midlands DY1 4LW. (Small charge)
Thursday 5 May
5.30pm		 BHS visit to Batham's Brewery, Delph Road, Brierley Hill, West Midlands DY5 2TN. (Small charge)
Friday 6 May
from 11.00am for 12.00 noon

Brewery History Society AGM. Marston Banks's Brewery, Park Brewery, Brewery Road, Wolverhampton WV1 4PR. Marston's Training Centre, Summerfield Road (rear of the brewery). Followed by a tour of Banks's Brewery in the afternoon.

In the evening (6.00pm), an informal visit to Sarah Hughes Brewery, Beacon Hotel, Sedgley DY3 1JE, including a brewery tour.

Saturday 7 May
11.00am		 BHS informal visit to Ma Pardoe's (Old White Swan) Brewery, 89 Halesowen Road, Netherton, West Midlands DY2 9PX; including a short tour of the brewery.
Sunday 15 May
From 9.00am		 * Tipplefair 2011. Buckingham Community Centre, Cornwalls Meadow, Buckingham, MK18 1RP. Beer, spirits and drink-related collectables. Real ale bar from 11.00am.
Saturday 4 June
11.00am		 Ken Smith's third walk around the brewing sites of London. This one from Chiswell Street to St Pancras, incorporating Whitbread, Cannon, and other sites of brewing relevance.
Saturday 4 June
12.00 noon		 * Brewery Historians Charity Section (BHCS) meeting, swap session and auction at the Jubilee Bar, Sowerby Bridge Station, Yorkshire. All money raised will go to the Overgate Hospice, Elland, Yorkshire.
Wed-Thu 22-23 June
 BHS visit to Dublin. Wednesday 4.00pm: Old Jameson Distillery, Bow Street Museum, Dublin. Followed by a guided visit to some Dublin historical hostelries in the evening.

Thursday 10.30am - 4.00pm: Guinness Brewery, historical buildings, Store-house Museum and Archives (meet the Guinness archivist); including lunch and Guinness tasting.
Friday 15 July
from 10.30am		 BHS visit to Nottingham city. Beginning at the Prince of Wales (Hutchinson's) brewery in Basford, used by Murphy & Son Ltd for the supply of products to breweries. Then a walk via Shipstone's Maltings and Brewery to the Nottingham Brewery in Radford; finishing with a tour of Castle Rock Brewery.
Friday 16 September
from 10.15am		 BHS visit to Newark, Nottinghamshire - Malting and Brewing Trail, led by BHS member Colin Bridgeland. We start at Warwick & Richardson's former brewery in Northgate, and a visit to the Maltsters Association of GB; then a walk around Newark which covers sites of 8 breweries (including Trent Brewery, Holes, Town Wharf Brewery), and about 26 maltings (many with remains). Lunch at the Fox & Crown, Appleton Gate.
Thursday 20 October
from 9.45am		 BHS Minibus tour of Tring and the Vale of Aylesbury. Includes several former brewery sites, and the recently relocated Tring Brewery. Begins at Leighton Buzzard Rail Station at 9.45am. Lots of stops at defunct brewery and malting sites in the eastern part of the Vale & Tring. The trip is limited to 20 persons and there will be a small charge which will be collected on the day.
Saturday 10 December
12.00 noon		 * Brewery Historians Charity Section (BHCS) Christmas social, swap session and auction at the Jubilee Bar, Sowerby Bridge Station, Yorkshire. All money raised will go to the Overgate Hospice, Elland, Yorkshire.

2010

Saturday 6 March
11.00am		 BHS Walk (guide Ken Smith) around the brewing sites of Southwark. Starts from the East Side Centre of Southwark Bridge at 1100. Approximate finishing time 1400. Featuring the sites of Barclay Perkins, Courage and Sarson's Vinegar Brewery.
Thursday 29 April
11.00am		 BHS visit to Warminster Maltings, Pound Street, Warminster BA12 8NN. A traditional floor maltings still operating in a Grade 2 listed building - part built /rebuilt in 1879. Home of Dr E S Beavans - barley/malting developments in the late 19c before the company was sold the Guinness Group. Now privately owned again. www.warminster-malt.co.uk
Thursday 29 April
3.00pm		 BHS visit to Frome for a short walk around the town - with a guide - to see the old brewery, malting and industry sites and buildings, finishing up at Milk Street Craft Brewery, Frome BA11 3DB (Griffin Inn) for a tour at 1700. www.milkstreetbrewery.co.uk
Friday 30 April
From 11.30am

Brewery History Society AGM. Wadworth's Brewery, Northgate Brewery, Devizes, Wiltshire SN10 1JW.
Saturday 1 May
11.00am		 BHS visit to the Hop Back Brewery, Downton. near Salisbury SP5 3HU. This craft brewery was set up in 1987. www.hopback.co.uk
Sunday 16 May
From 9.00am		 * Tipplefair 2010. Buckingham Community Centre, Cornwalls Meadow, Buckingham, MK18 1RP. Beer, spirits and drink-related collectables. Real ale bar from 11.00am.
Friday 23 July
From 10.30am		 BHS visit to Oxford and Witney. 1030: meet at Oxford railway station forecourt to catch public bus to Oxford Brookes University Gypsy Lane campus, Headington, Oxford OX3 0BP. 1100-1200: a visit to the National Brewing Library (www.brookes.ac.uk/library); then return to the rail station for: 1230-1430: an urban brewery walk to view old brewery/malting sites including Morrell's and Hall's; then 1530 to approx 1800: a visit to Marston's-owned Wychwood Brewery, Witney OX28 4DP (www.wychwood.co.uk) on the site of the Clinch Eagle Brewery and Maltings.
Monday 6 September
From 10.30am		 BHS visit to Herefordshire. 1030: Wye Valley Brewery located in the former Symonds Cider plant at Stoke Lacy, HR7 4HG (www.wyevalleybrewery.co.uk). 1400: an afternoon tour of Pridewood Farm, Ashperton, Herefordshire HR8 2SF to view hop picking, drying and packaging.
Thursday 9 September
7.30pm		 * Talk: 'The business of hops in the 19th century' by BHS member Peter Tann. Drill Hall, Preston Street, Faversham, Kent. BHS members welcome.
18-20 October * International Brewing Convention, Manchester. Institute of Brewing & Distilling and the Beer Academy (www.ibcmanchester.org). Members of the BHS Committee attended and ran a stall. Chris Marchbanks also represented the National Brewing Library. The event comprised a conference, and an exhibition of suppliers' stands. We were part of the exhibition and did not attend the conference.
Saturday 11 December
12.00 noon		 * BHCS meeting at the Jubilee Bar, Sowerby Bridge Station, Yorkshire. All money raised will go to the Overgate Hospice, Elland, Yorkshire.

2009

Thursday 26 February 2009
From 10.00am		 BHS visit to the Beamish & Crawford brewery, prior to its closure in March 2009. Brewery Reception, Beamish & Crawford plc, The Brewery, South Main Street, Cork City, Ireland.
Wednesday 18 March
From 12.45pm		 Joint visit and meeting: Institute of Brewing & Distilling Midland Section and Brewery History Society
  • 1245-1430: Visit Sarah Hughes Brewery - Beacon Hotel, Sedgley DY3 1JE
  • 1545-1800: Visit Banks's Brewery, Summerfield Road, Wolverhampton WV1 4PR
  • 1800-2100: IBD Midland Section AGM (BHS members welcome); followed by paper 'The Origins of Porter' by Dr James Sumner - Lecturer in The History of Technology, Manchester University; followed by a tasting of bottled Porters and buffet supper.
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    Thursday 23 April
    7.00pm    		 BHS visit to Hydes Brewery, 46 Moss Lane, Manchester M15 5PH.
    Friday 24 April
    From 11.30am    		 Brewery History Society AGM. J W Lees' Greengate Brewery, Lees Street, Middleton Junction, Greater Manchester M24 2AX.
    Friday 24 April
    5.00pm    		 BHS visit to the Royal Brewery, Denmark Road, Manchester M15 6LD.
    Saturday 25 April
    11.00am    		 BHS visit to Phoenix Brewery, Green Lane, Heywood, Greater Manchester OL10 2EP. Established as the Oak Brewery in 1982 - moved into this late-19c brewery building in 1991.
    Saturday 9 May
    12.00 noon    		 * The Association for British Brewery Collectables (ABBC) are holding a breweriana meeting at Milk Street Brewery, Frome, Somerset, BA11 3DB. See the ABBC web site. BHS members are welcome to attend, and a brewery visit is included.
    Sunday 17 May
    From 9.00am    		 * Tipplefair 2009. Buckingham Community Centre, Cornwalls Meadow, Buckingham, MK18 1RP. Beer, spirits and drink-related collectables. Real ale bar from 11.00am.
    Friday 17 July
    11.00am    		 BHS visit to Harvey's Brewery, 6 Cliffe High Street, Lewes, Sussex BN7 2AH; followed by a walking tour seeing the historical brewing and political sites of the town.
    Saturday 19 September
    11.00am    		 BHS Walk (guide Ken Smith) - about three hours - around the brewing site remains of the East End of London, including Charrington, Mann Crossman & Paulin, Truman Hanbury & Buxton, John Furze, Best & Co, Tilney & Co. The walk starts at Stepney Green Tube Station.
    Friday 4 December
    7.30pm    		 * An English Project Talk: 'The Language of Beer'. Professor Christopher Mulvey talks about beer, the language of beer and the mysteries of brewers' lingo. Warren Hall, Micheldever Station, near Winchester, Hampshire SO21 3AR. BHS members welcome.
    Saturday 12 December
    12 noon    		 * Historians and Collectors Social (HACS). A social event at the Grove Inn, 2 Spring Grove Street, Huddersfield for brewery historians and collectors (a social gathering!). Includes a raffle and auction and attendees are invited to bring along any items of brewery / historical / collectable interest and information.

    2008

    Saturday 29 March
    11.00am    		 BHS visit to Hook Norton Brewery, Hook Norton, Oxfordshire.
    Saturday 5 April
    12 noon    		 * Peterborough Breweriana Extravaganza - British Brewery Playing Card Society. Coalheavers Arms, Park Street, Peterborough.
    Sunday 18 May
    From 9.00am    		 * Tipplefair 2008. Buckingham Community Centre, Cornwalls Meadow, Buckingham, MK18 1RP.
    Friday 23 May
    11.30am for 12 noon    		 Brewery History Society AGM. Arkell's Brewery, Swindon, Wiltshire.
    Saturday 21 June
    12 noon    		 * St Neots Breweriana Extravaganza. The British Brewery Playing Card Society's annual collectors meeting at the Bull’s Head, 96 Cambridge Street, St Neots, Cambridgeshire. All sorts of breweriana on sale. For further details contact Maxine on 01733 239585 or email mike@bbpcs.co.uk
    Wednesday 17 September
    11.00am    		 BHS visit to Wickwar Brewery, The Old Brewery, Station Road, Wickwar, Gloucestershire.

    BHS visit to this very successful brewery which started life as a 1990 micro in the former coopers' shop of the Arnold Perrett Brewery, and has expanded into the fascinating 19c main brewery buildings.
    Friday 26 September
    11.00am    		 BHS visit to Tetley's Brewery, Hunslet Road, Leeds, Yorkshire.
    Saturday 13 December
    12 noon    		 * Historians and Collectors Social (HACS). A social event at the Grove Inn, 2 Spring Grove Street, Huddersfield for brewery historians and collectors (a social gathering!). Includes a raffle and auction and attendees are invited to bring along any items of brewery / historical / collectable interest and information.

    2007

    Thursday 12 April
    1.00pm    		BHS visit to Highgate Brewery, Sandymount Road, Walsall.
    Thursday 19 April
    From 11.30am    		Brewery History Society AGM. Shepherd Neame's Brewery, Faversham, Kent.
    Saturday 12 May
    11.00am    		Joint visit with ABBC at the Badger Brewery, Hall & Woodhouse, Blandford Forum, Dorset.
    Sunday 20 May* Tipplefair 10, Milton Keynes.
    Wednesday 14 November
    11.00am    		BHS visit to Thwaites Brewery, Blackburn.
    Saturday 15 December
    12 noon    		* A social event at the Grove Inn, 2 Spring Grove Street, Huddersfield for brewery historians and collectors (a social gathering!). Includes a raffle and auction and attendees are invited to bring along any items of brewery / historical / collectable interest and information.

    2006

    Saturday 18 February* Joint BHS / ABBC Social Meeting, Hosted by BHS Corporate Member Gary Burlison at The Merchant's Inn, Rugby.
    Saturday 25 February* Joint BHS / Victorian Society Study Day - 'THE BREWING AND LICENSED TRADES', 1800-1914.',
    Hosted by Youngs Brewery, Wandsworth. (Details)
    Saturday 1 April
    2.15 pm    		BHS visit to George Gale & Co., Horndean, Hampshire. STOP PRESS: Sorry, unfortunately Gales have had to cancel this trip.
    Friday 21 AprilBHS AGM Hosted by Hardys & Hansons Kimberley Brewery, Kimberley, Notts.
    Saturday 6 May
    11am    		BHS visit to Warminster Maltings, Warminster, Wiltshire.
    Sunday 21 May* Tipplefair 9, Milton Keynes.
    Saturday 3 June
    12 noon    		BHS visit to JC & RH Palmer Ltd, West Bay Road, Bridport, Dorset.
    Saturday 17 June
    12 noon    		* St Neots Breweriana Bash - 2006. (Details)
    Thursday 6 July
    11am    		BHS visit to Elgood & Sons Brewery, North Brink, Wisbech.
    Tuesday 29 August
    12.30pm    		BHS visit to Young's Brewery, High Street, Wandsworth.
    Saturday 23 September
    2.30pm    		BHS visit to Greene King's Brewery, Westgate Street, Bury St Edmunds.
    Thursday 12 October
    7.00pm    		Beer and brewery quiz night - sponsored by Hall & Woodhouse Brewery
    At the St Stephen’s Tavern, 10 Bridge Street, London SW1 (opposite the Houses of Parliament).

    2005

    Wednesday 2 MarchBHS Visit to the Tyne Brewery, Newcastle upon Tyne.
    Friday 22 AprilBHS Visit to the Guinness Brewery, Park Royal, London.
    Saturday 7 May BHS AGM. Hosted by Batemans Brewery, Wainfleet, Lincolnshire.
    Sunday 22 May* Tipplefair, Milton Keynes.
    Friday 1 JulyBHS Visit to the St. Austell Brewery, Cornwall.
    Friday 16 SeptemberBHS Visit to Ridley's Brewery, Hartford End, Essex.
    Thursday 22 SeptemberBHS Visit to Wolverhampton & Dudley Maltings: Langley, West Midlands and Lichfield, Staffs.
    Saturday 24 SeptemberBHS Visit to the Hogs Back Brewery, Farnham.

    2004

    Friday 14 MayBrewery History Society AGM. Young's Brewery, Wandsworth, London.
    Sunday 23 May* Tipplefair 7, Milton Keynes.
    Thursday 26 NovemberBHS Visit to the Fountain Bridge Brewery.

    2003

    Saturday 8 February BHS visit to JW Lees & Co. Middleton Junction, Manchester.
    Thursday 13 February BHS visit to Adnams Brewery, Southwold, Suffolk.
    Wednesday 30 April BHS visit to Frederick Robinson Ltd., Stockport.
    Friday 16 May BHS AGM. Hosted by Everards Brewery, Narborough, Leicester.
    Sunday 18 May* Tipplefair 6, Milton Keynes.
    Friday 13 JuneJoint BHS / English Heritage / AIA Conference - 'From Grain to Glass', Swindon.
    Saturday 14 June* Joint Society Social at St Neots arranged by the BBPCS. (Details)
    Saturday 28 JuneBHS Visit to Marstons Brewery, Burton on Trent. /TD>
    Saturday 6 September Another BHS / ABBC organised joint Society social at Histon. See Articles for a look at previous times. Always a great day.

    2002

    Saturday 23 FebruaryBHS visit to George Gale and Co. Ltd., The Hampshire Brewery, Horndean, Hampshire - followed by visit to the restored Southwick Brewhouse
    Friday 19 April BHS AGM. Hosted by John Smith's Brewery, Tadcaster.
    Saturday 4 May * Charity Brewery Fair. Stalybridge Station Buffet. (Contact Allan Gardner 01772 455536)
    Sunday 26 May* Tipplefair 5, Milton Keynes.
    Saturday 22 June* Joint Society Social at St. Neots arranged by the BBPCS. (Details)
    Monday 12 AugustBHS Visit to the Thomas Hardy Brewery - Eldridge Pope, Dorchester.
    Saturday 7 SeptemberAnother BHS / ABBC organised Joint Society Social at Histon. See Articles for a look at previous times.
    Wednesday 16 OctoberBHS Visit to the BRi. See Articles for a look at this fascinating visit.
    Friday 25 OctoberBHS Visit to the Cape Hill Brewery. See Articles for photographs from this excellent day.

    2001

    Saturday 12 May BHS AGM. Hosted by Robert Cain & Co. Ltd., Liverpool. Cain's illustrations
    Saturday 16 June Joint Society Social at St. Neots arranged by the BBPCS. (Details)
    Saturday 8 SeptemberAnother BHS / ABBC organised joint Society social at Histon. See Articles for a look at last time.
    Sunday 30 September* Tipplefair 4, Milton Keynes.
    Monday 17 December BHS visit to Castle Eden Brewery.

    2000

    Friday 28 AprilBHS AGM. Hosted by Cameron's Brewery, Hartlepool.
    Friday 9 June* Scottish Brewing Archive Open day 12.00 - 6.30.
    Saturday 17 JuneCorporate Member meeting at Kelham Island Brewery, Sheffield.
    Sunday 25 June* Tipplefair 2, Milton Keynes
    Saturday 15 JulyPublic Houses Research Project, East Grinstead. 1.30 - 4.30.
    Saturday 15 JulyJoint meeting with ABBC at the Marston Inn, Marston St. Lawrence
    Saturday 20 AugustHops, Hogs & Harleys. The Old Kiln Museum, Farnham.
    Friday 1 September Corporate Member meeting at Ushers, Trowbridge.
    Saturday 2 September* Faversham Hop Festival. Shepherd Neame Brewery open to the public.
    Saturday 16 SeptemberBHS visit to Shepherd Neame, Faversham.
    Sunday 19 November* Tipplefair 3, Milton Keynes