Our social events are normally open to guests, these events include a mix of midweek and weekends, daytimes and evenings.
Our branch meetings (usually the first Tuesday of the month) are for members only.
See our events page for more information on upcoming events.
Our Keighley and Craven Pub of the Year 2023 is the Beer Engine in Skipton. What‘s more it has gone on to win CAMRA Yorkshire Region Pub of the Year, and even better it has won the super-region heat putting into the final 4 of the country. Well done Adam, Steve, and staff. There will be a presentation event marking the final four from 3pm on Saturday 9th December.
The CAMRA Good Beer Guide is the premier guide to pubs selling real ale in the UK. Listing 4500 pubs, both urban and rural the Good Beer Guide is revised and updated each year by CAMRA volunteers up and down the country. The Guide also has a comprehensive list of UK breweries.
This year‘s guide is fronted by the legendary rock star Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden, whose own personal journey through the world of beer has also highlighted the importance of pubs, both in providing an early platform for success and as a welcome respite from the huge amount of work and energy that goes into being one of the most successful bands to come out of the UK.
Local CAMRA members select the 21 pubs and 1 club that feature in the Keighley and Craven area, with help from visiting members who submit scores in the CAMRA National Beer Scoring System.
CLICK HERE for a list of pubs in the Keighley & Craven CAMRA area, with links to CAMRA National on-line database, WhatPub.
There are a number of breweries in the Keighley and Craven branch area
See our Breweries page to find links and / or contact details for most of these.
The Summer 2022 edition of Alesman is available to download here. (10.8MB, may be hard to read on a mobile phone screen).
Due to continued disruption caused by Covid-19 we were unable to distribute a printed Alesman in Spring 2021. In the mean time we compiled another virtual edition. It includes an obituary of long-time volunteer Ken Armitage who sadly died in February 2021 age 73.
Download here. (small file, should be legible on most smart phones).
Due to continued disruption caused by Covid-19 there was no Autumn Alesman in 2020. We did, however, put together a two-page ‘Inn Brief’ which is available to download here. (small file, should be legible on most smart phones), and you can still download the crossword as a large screen / printer friendly page.
There‘s lots of variety in Keighley and Craven. How about an ale trail in the Cross Hills area? Its about 3 miles and 7 pubs if you do it all in one go. Click here to download a pdf for more information.
CAMRA social events were suspended for over year to comply with social distancing guidelines, in order to keep everyone safe. One event planned for a Saturday in the autumn 2020 was to visit pubs in Grassington using service buses. As the trip is based on service buses you may wish to support these pubs by organising your own trip. Click here for more information.
Due to the disruption caused by Covid-19 there was no printed edition of the Summer 2020 Alesman. Instead we made a virtual mini-edition available to download here. (small file, should be legible on most smart phones), and you can download the crossword as a separate large screen / printer friendly page.
The national closure of pubs has paused the distribution of our Alesman magazine in its tracks. We therefore made the Spring 2020 edition available to download here. (8.1MB, and best seen on a PC because the layout does not fit a mobile phone screen). Obviously many event dates mentioned are up in the air at the moment. Crossword entries can be e-mailed to the address shown next to the crossword.
With thanks to our advertisers: Bingley Brewery (Wilsden), Boltmakers Arms (Keighley), Brown Cow (Keighley), RLBS (Keighley), Flappit (A629 near Cullingworth), Goose Eye Brewery (Crossflatts), Timothy Taylor Brewery (Keighley), Wuthering Heights (Stanbury), Bar 13 (Settle), Fleece Inn (Haworth), Talbot Arms (Settle), Boars Head (Long Preston), Counting House (Silsden), Fox & Goose (Hebden Bridge), Helwith Bridge Inn (Ribblesdale).
January 2022 - Alesman advertising rates from Spring 2022
To view the pubs that have been selected for bonus points for this and next month, click here
