If you are a lady who loves beer then you might be interested in joining in with our activities. We are a group of CAMRA women who enjoy getting together for a few hours once every couple of months through the year to enjoy real ale and real cider. We are interested in organising beer and cider tasting, beer brewing and pub trips. We agreed that our pub trips would include places that served real cider as well as real ale, and that we wouldn't visit more than 3 pubs over an afternoon.

So, if you are one of the 22% of female members in Bristol and District (BAD) CAMRA, enjoy beer and great company, and like the look of our programme then please join us.

Our events take place on Saturday afternoons, normally from 14:00-18:00 unless otherwise stated. No need to book unless it's a special event. Just turn up.

If you have any queries about BAD Ladies, or if you need to know more find us on: 

CAMRA Bristol and District Branch Diary: https://www.camrabristol.org.uk/diary.html

Instagram: @camra_bad_ladies

Contact Bianca on 07723 020223

January 25th - Church Road ramble, St George 14:00 start at the new micro pub - hopefully open by this date - the Pickled Parrot (280 Church Road, BS5 8AH), established by the same team as the Wooden Walls, then on to the George and Dragon a popular local music venue (140a Church Road, BS5 9HN), and the Old Stillage famed for beer and rugby, but now also live music events (145-47 Church Road, BS5 9LA).

March 8th. International Women’s Brew Day. Check back for any info’. In previous years the BAD Ladies have been invited to various events to celebrate this day including brew days with Good Chemistry and Brewhouse and Kitchen. Not heard of IWBD? Check out this article https://www.beerguild.co.uk/news/global-womens-day-brewing-event-set-to-return-in-2025

March 22nd – Sorta’ Stokes Croft stroll 14:00 start at the Cadbury (strictly speaking Montpelier, 68 Richmond Road, BS6 5EW) then a short walk to Basement Beer (32 Upper York St, BS2 8QR), a microbrewery tap coming up for it’s 4^th birthday in this location and probably the smallest tap in Bristol, and then we’ll end at New Bristol Brewery tap (20a Wilson St, BS2 9HH), which normally has more than 20 beers on offer and is a short hop for the main bus stops in and out of town.

May Bank Holidays. Watch out for details of the East Bristol Brewery Trail (which normally runs on the (first) May Bank Holiday. We may be going!

May 17th – Swindon safari – Meet at Temple Meads to catch the c.13:30 service (timetable tbc nearer the date). Most of the best pubs in Swindon are up the hill in the Old Town, which is about 35 minutes’ walk from the station, or 20-30 minutes on a bus. Depending on who comes on the day we’ll organise ourselves the best way to make sure everybody gets up the hill comfortably. We plan on visiting the Hop Inn (say they have 8 cask and 8 keg beers on every day, plus traditional ciders, and a beer garden), Little Hop (sister pub to the Hop Inn, has a micropub feel), Hop Kettle brewery Tap & Brew (small, beer garden), and the Drink Valley brewpub from Swindon town centre has just opened their second venue on the same road. Walking time between each of these pubs is c. 30 seconds - 1 minute. There are other pub options for those who want to spend longer investigating what Swindon has to offer, including the Glue Pot (5 Emlyn Square, SN1 5BP), that is less than 10 mins walk from the station and as a Hop Back pub has a great range of their beers. There is also the Bee Hive (55 Prospect Hill, SN1 3JS), a backstreet local with a good range of beers. More information from CAMRA here: https://swindon.camra.org.uk/dl.php?id=203859

July 19th - Totterdown trot a venture south of the river from 14:00 we’ll visit Bruhaha (156-158 Wells Road, BS4 2AG) founded in 2021 as a small sustainable brewpub at Windmill City Farm, grown and established in this location in 2023, then on to the Oxford (120-122 Oxford Street, BS3 4RL) a well-loved busy community pub, and finally the Shakespeare (1 Henry St, BS3 4UD) changed landlords in August 2024, this pub remains a local favourite commonly known as “the Shakey”.

September 13th - Thornbury trek another venture further afield, buses from central Bristol to Thornbury are very regular and take about 45-60 minutes depending on the route you take. Meet at c.14:00 at the Butchers Hook in Thornbury (8 High St, BS35 2AQ), a beautiful Grade II-listed building that offers real ale and real cider, at an appropriate moment we will move along to the Royal George ( 7 The Plain, BS35 2AG), originally built as the Boars Head in the 1800's it normally has a couple of changing beers, and then we’ll end at the Wheatsheaf (Chapel Street, BS35 2BJ), a large two-bar local normally serving two regular and two guest beers. Join our WhatsApp group (contact Bianca as above) for messaging about who is taking what bus route and how to travel along with somebody else and stay connected to BAD Ladies on the day.

November 22^nd (tbc. depending on CAMRA Bristol beer festival dates) - Clifton village circuit 14:00 start at the Royal Oak (50 The Mall, BS8 4JG), a Wickwar pub with Wickwar classics, on to the Portcullis (3 Wellington Terrace, BS8 4LE), a bit of a hidden gem with very interesting architecture that has been serving beer since 1821, then the Lansdown (8 Clifton Road, BS8 1AF), known for being independent having a year round beer garden, a love for rugby as well as an interesting selection of real ales.