Pints West Magazine
Pints West 146 Summer 2026 (click on image to view)
Pints West is the multi-award-winning magazine of the Bristol & District and Bath & Borders branches of CAMRA - most recently getting Silver in the CAMRA Magazine of the Year 2026 awards (see below).
Pints West is produced quarterly and 9,000 copies are distributed to hundreds of pubs throughout the region.
The photo on the cover of the the Summer 2026 issue is by Nick Cole (Nick Cole Photography) and is of Kimberley and Peter Jones of Honey’s Cider in Midford, near Bath - our featured cidermaker this time round. Click on the image to access a copy and read all about it (on page 8) along with plenty of other informative and entertaining articles.
Letters to the editor are always welcome, as are enquiries from potential advertisers - please contact the editor, Steve Plumridge: Pints West Editor
Latest Pints West
Previous Pints Wests
Pints West 145 Spring 2026
Pints West 144 Winter 2025/26
Pints West 143 Autumn 2025
Pints West 142 Summer 2025
Pints West 141 Spring 2025
Pints West 140 Winter 2024/25
Pints West 139 Autumn 2024
Pints West 138 Summer 2024
Pints West 137 Spring 2024
Pints West 136 Winter 2023/24
Pints West 135 Autumn 2023
Pints West 134 Spring/Summer 2023
Pints West 133 Early 2023
Pints West 132 Autumn 2022
Pints West 131 Summer 2022
Pints West 130 Spring 2022
Pints West 129 Winter 2021/22
Pints West 128 Spring 2021 (Pints West in Lockdown 3)
Pints West 127 Late 2020 (Pints West in Lockdown 2)
Pints West 126 Summer 2020 (Pints West in Lockdown)
Pints West 122 Summer 2019
Pints West 121 Spring 2019
Pints West 120 Winter 2018
Pints West 119 Autumn 2018
Pints West 118 Summer 2018
Pints West 117 Spring 2018
Pints West 116 Winter 2017
Pints West 115 Autumn 2017
Pints West 114 Summer 2017
Pints West 113 Spring 2017
Pints West 112 Winter 2016
Pints West 111 Autumn 2016
Pints West 110 Summer 2016
Pints West 109 Spring 2016
Pints West 108 Winter 2015
Pints West 107 Autumn 2015
Pints West 106 Summer 2015
Pints West 105 Spring 2015
Pints West 104 Winter 2014
PInts West 103 Autumn 2014
Pints West 102 Summer 2014
Pints West 101 Spring 2014
Pints West 100 Winter 2013
Pints West 99 Extra
Pints West 99 Autumn 2013
Pints West 98 Extra
Pints West 98 Summer 2013
Pints West 97 Spring 2013
Pints West 96 Winter 2012
Pints West 95 Autumn 2012
Pints West 94 Extra
Pints West 94 Summer 2012
Pints West 93 Spring 2012
Pints West 92 Extra
Pints West 92 Winter 2011
Pints West 91 Autumn 2011
Pints West 90 Summer 2011
Pints West 89 Spring 2011
Pints West 88 Winter 2010
Pints West 87 Autumn 2010
Pints West 86 Summer 2010
Pints West 85 Spring 2010
Pints West 84 Winter 2009/10
Pints West 83 Autumn 2009
Pints West 82 Summer 2009
Pints West 81 Spring 2009
Pints West 80 Winter 2008/09
Pints West 79 Autumn 2008
Pints West 78 Summer 2008
Pints West 77 Spring 2008
Pints West 76 Winter 2007/08
Pints West 75 Autumn 2008
Pints West 74 Summer 2007
Pints West 73 Spring 2007
Pints West 72 Winter 2006/07
Pints West 71 Autumn 2006
Pints West 70 Summer 2006
Pints West 69 Spring 2006
Pints West 68 Winter 2005/06
Pints West 67 Autumn 2005
Pints West 66 Summer 2005
Pints West 65 Spring 2005
Pints West 64 Winter 2004/05
Pints West 63 Autumn 2004
Pints West 62 Summer 2004
Pints West 61 Spring 2004
Pints West 60 Winter 2003/04
Pints West 59 Aug-Oct 2003
Pints West 58 May-Jul 2003
Pints West 57 Feb-Apr 2003
Pints West 56 Oct-Dec 2002
Pints West 55 Jul-Sep 2002
Pints West 54 Apr-Jun 2002
Pints West 53 Winter 2001/02
Pints West 52 Autumn 2001
Pints West 51 Summer 2001
Pints West 50 Spring 2001
Branch Magazine of the Year Awards
Pints West is officially one of the best CAMRA branch magazines, having been awarded Silver in the national competition at the annual CAMRA Members’ Weekend in St Albans in April 2026 (it got Gold in 2025). Editor Steve Plumridge and the Pints West team of contributors from across Bristol, Bath and districts have received eleven awards in the competition since 2001, with seven overall wins.
There are over 200 CAMRA branches, most of which publish magazines, and competition is strong.
Congratulations to all the volunteer researchers, writers and photographers who make Pints West such an engaging read, and to Steve for his editing and design skills. Pints West can be found in hundreds of pubs and other outlets in the branch area thanks to the many volunteers who give up their time to collect and distribute it; copies also find their way to pubs and beer festivals further afield, and to postal subscribers all over the country.
Pints West has to be self-financing, so particular thanks go to all our advertisers over the years, without whom Pints West could not be published.
Getting the word out is key, so we are particularly grateful to the pubs that act as distribution hubs: the Cornubia and Lime Kiln in central Bristol, the Parish Pump in Worle near Weston-super-Mare, and the Royal Oak in Twerton, Bath.
Pints West gets Silver in the Magazine of the Year awards at the CAMRA Members' Weekend held in St Albans in April 2026
Some of the reasons Pints West got Silver in the 2026 Magazine of the Year awards
Pints West editor Steve Plumridge with the 2025 Magazine of the Year award