With staunch competition
for all the positions, incoming president Ben Langlois was
delighted with his appointment: “This is a realisation
of a lengthy passion for real ale. The Nottingham ale scene
is far more exciting than that of my hometown in Guernsey
so I’m really looking forward to the forthcoming year,
I just hope I can live up to my predecessor.”
Outgoing vice-president
Robert Boss-Hunt however has mixed feelings: “Having
been on the committee for the past three years leaving is
a hard thing to do. The ale society has come on leaps and
bounds during my tenure and I’m really proud of all
our achievements.” Robert made his name by being named
the first ‘Overseas Development Officer’ in
the history of the society.
The AGM was held in the
delightful Plough, and Phil Darby continued his strong support
of young ale drinkers with an enlightening question and
answer session on the Art
of Brewing. Many of the students needed a fair amount of
advice following some interesting home brew experiments,
but Phil was happy to help. University students are loyal
fans of Phil’s EPA and Legend and we hope that the
relationship will remain strong for years to come.
Other events throughout
the year include weekly Real Ale hockey and football fixtures
within the university inter-mural leagues, and an unforgettable
beer-by-tram Christmas event which started with some strong
German bitter in the Market Square and ended with some dodgy
dancing by the outgoing director Shefki Sellars, also captain
of the football team. Richard Studeny, forman chairman of
CAMRA Nottingham Branch, also led us on an eventful tour
around The Bell cellar, where one member of the society
proceeded to drop his phone down the well…
All in all it has been a
fun year as president and I would like to thank Phil for
all his support and all our members for turning up and getting
some ale down them. For those who are interested in getting
involved in some of the University’s events, please
don’t hesitate to contact Ben and co. on nurealale@gmail.com,
it would be great to unite the local community and students
more. Be sure to look out for some youngsters at the Nottingham
Beer Festival in October as they’ll be on hand pulling
some pints, Finally many thanks to everyone for their support
this year and I’m sure that the new committee will
do a great job next year.
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