The first ‘Firkin Club’ field trip took part on a lovely day in January when members were able to go on a walking tour of several pubs in Cambridge that were renowned for their real ales.
Firkin Club
Firkin Club
This group meets monthly to sample real ales and to put world affairs into a personal perspective, viewed through our pint glass.
We usually alternate meetings between The Fox in Willian, Three Magnets, Leys Avenue and the Garden Gity Brewery, The Wynd,
See 'Group events' on the right for dates of future meetings.
Please Note - the monthly meetings now alternate between Tuesdays and Thursdays because of the venues.
New members are welcome to join us to help with a subjective tasting of the latest ales.
Maid Marian Blonde (4.5%) from Springhead Brewery in Retford, Notts. A golden beer with a fruity orange aroma and a dry peppery finish.
We now have three new ales to try each month and last month we had 3 ales with contrasting tastes drawn from different parts of England:
We enjoyed 2 new ales: First, Easy Rider (4.3%) from Kelham Island Brewery, situated in the heart of
At our meeting in December we enjoyed two new ales that had the obligatory Yuletide theme.
At our last meeting we tried a CAMRA 5 times 'Premium Beer of the Year'.Bateman‘s XXXB (4.8%)
At our last meeting we tried 2 exciting new ales: the favourite was the award winning Everard‟s Tiger Best
At each meeting we try two new ales, in April 2010 - from an Isle of Man brewery established in 1850