Pints West Magazine
Pints West 145 Spring 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 it got Silver in the CAMRA Branch Magazine of the Year 2026 awards (see below). It is produced quarterly and 9,000 copies are distributed to hundreds of pubs throughout the region.
The photo on the cover of the the latest issue, pictured here, is by Jon Tonks and is of the first anniversary celebrations at the Hop Pole in Lympley Stoke, saved by the efforts of the community. Click on the image to access a copy and read all about it (on page 36) along with plenty of other informative and entertaining articles.
Copies of previous issues are available below.
Letters to the editor are always welcome, as are enquiries from potential advertisers - please contact the editor, Steve Plumridge: Pints West Editor
If you normally distribute Pints West for us, printed copies should be available for collection from the following pubs:the Cornubia and Lime Kiln in central Bristol, the Parish Pump in Worle near Weston-super-Mare, and the Royal Oak in Twerton, Bath. If you can assist with this please email Ali Bridle ku.gro.armac.tsewhtuos@tsidWP who coordinates Pints West distribution.
Pints West gets Silver in the Branch Magazine of the Year awards at the CAMRA Members' Weekend held in St Albans in April 2026 (see bottom of the page for details)
Latest Pints West
Previous Pints Wests
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 127 Late 2020
Pints West 126 Summer 2020
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 Autumn 2013
Pints West 98 Summer 2013
Pints West 97 Spring 2013
Pints West 96 Winter 2012
Pints West 95 Autumn 2012
Pints West 94 Summer 2012
Pints West 93 Spring 2012
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
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.
Some of the reasons Pints West got Silver in the Branch Magazine of the Year awards 2026
Pints West editor Steve Plumridge with the 2025 Branch Magazine of the Year award