Past Events

The AGM at Western House. Elected at this meeting were:- Bill Marshall, President; Dave Renwick, Chairman; Jim Graham, Vice President; Gul Lilarum, Hon Treasurer; Roger Stocker, Hon Secretary; Andrew Latham, Penny Harrison, Joe Willis, Briony Kershaw, John Winfield, Ron Horspool, Dave Charlton and Deepa Gulhane onto the committee.

23rd January

Burns Supper at Woodlands. In association with Group D. Haggis, tatties and neeps and a wee dram.

11th February

A lager tasting. Lager is usually light in colour, should taste light and crisp without too much of a 'hoppy' flavour. It is fermented with a bottom fermented yeast, stored (laagered) at about 5 degrees C, generally best served chilled. This evening we tasted 16 different lagers from around the world. Beers and a summary on the 11th February page.

11th March

Wine Drive night. For those who have not attended a wine drive before this is a comparative, blind wine tasting. What did we taste:- 8 differnet Shiraz'es from S Africa via France to Australia. The favorite:- South Eastern Australian Shiraz from Marks & Spencer £5.99. Full details on the 11th March page.

Location BBC Club Western House 1900

8th April

Whisk(e)y Tasting. Discover the differences between the Scottish malts, Irish Whiskies and American. Can you detect the peat? For full details and many notes and links for Whiskies visit this page.

Location BBC Club Western House 1900

13th May

Discover the wonders of draft Cider and Perries. No Red Rock here, only real cider from all around the UK. See a summary on the 13th May page.

Location BBC Bush House 1900

1st June

Mini Ale Trail predominantly for members and prospective members working at Villiers House.

Location:- Ealing Start Villiers House

10th June

An evening of Western Australian wines. 9 Western Australian and 1 SE Australian wines were tasted. A list of wines are here.

Location BBC Club Western House 1900

19th June

Annual AWBS Ale Trail, hunt for clues around London with refreshments stops in some welcoming hostelries! This started at the Black Friar Public House and finished at the George, Borough High Street.One of the best evenings weather for many a month. Full details of the route, including clues and answers to be available soon.

8th July

Our ever popular Sparkling wine evening. Bubbles everywhere and from everywhere.

Location BBC Club Western House 1900

12th August

As a change to the advertised Alcopops evening (postponed) we present an evening a rose wines. Perfect for these warm summer evenings.

Location BBC Club Western House 1900

9th September

A tasting of Port. From ruby to vintage both white and red. A after dinner drink or a aperitif? Does a 20 year old tawny compare to a vintage? A ever popular tasting.

Location BBC Bush House 1900

7th October

Come and make a journey through a tasting of English bottled beers, some from micro breweries.

Location BBC Club Western House 1900

15th October

Brewery Trip to St. Peters Hall, Suffolk. Coach leaves Bush House @ 9 am.

Location Bush for 9 am

11th November

Wine Challenge night. A tasting of some of the award winning wines from the International wine challenge. Do we agree with the judges?

Location: BBC TVC 1900

19th November

Our annual Beaujolais evening. Only as we don't think that this wine warrants an evening all by itself this will also contain a few bottles of wine from associated places.

Location: BBC Club Western House 1900

9th December

Christmas wines and food. What matches what?, we will have a Christmas menu tonight, Food and wine selected by different committee members, from the Aperitifs to the digestives. 7 courses, light snacks with wine.

Location: BBC Club Western House 1900

Please contact Roger Stocker for any further info.

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