Swansea - Neath and Port Talbot CAMRA

Forthcoming Meetings

• Monday 2^nd April 2012: A social evening will be held at the The Red Lion, in Morriston, at 7:30pm.
• Monday 16^th April 2012: The second SBBF2012 Planning Meeting will be held at the Bank Statement, in Wind Street, at 8pm.
• Monday 21^st May 2012: The next Branch Meeting will be held at the The Village Inn, 5-6 The Precinct, Killay, Swansea SA2 7BA. at 8pm.

Branch Trips and Events:

• We are planning a visit to one of our local breweries in the near future. This will be notified once the date has been confirmed.

Other nearby CAMRA and beer related events:

• 5^th to 7^th April 2012: Village Inn Beer Festival, 5-6 The Precinct, Killay, Swansea SA2 7BA.

Branch News

Pub News

Please let us know if you have any news on pubs in and around the Swansea area. Recent items include:

• A New Brewery has opened in the Carmarthenshire area. Called the Kite Brewery, it's based at Gorslas, near Cross Hands, Carmarthenshire. Its range includes a traditional 4% bitter, which is already proving popular!
• And a second New Brewery has recently opened in the Gower area. Called the Gower Brewery, it operates from The Greyhound Inn in Llanrhidian, North Gower. Its already got a strong range of beers which are widely available around Gower and western Swansea.

Pubs of the Year 2012

• Congratulations to the The Village Inn, Killay, Swansea which has been voted the Swansea Branch's Pub of the Year for 2012.
• The Ancient Briton, Penycae, Swansea, is the Neath sub-branch POTY for 2012; which makes it the fourth year running and is a marvelous achievement! So many congratulations to them.
• Congratulations also to The Borough Arms in Neath, which was highly commended.