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Beer Glasses & Shirts

North Cotswold Branch of the Campaign for Real Ale

The Beer glasses that we provide at our beer festivals have become quite collectable. So this page gives details of these glasses and also details of the Staff Shirts that we wore at each festival. These shirts are now also put up for sale at some of our festivals, so you may have one.

Sadly we are not able to provide any items that you might be missing, but you may see them come up for sale on internet auction sites.

We issue new glasses and shirts each year, starting at our first Moreton Festival in 2008.

		In 2008 we also ordered ½ pint glasses, but these sadly all broke during transit. If you do have one it will be extremely rare. Our branch logo is etched in green. There is no date. (I have added a white label with the year in the photo)				2008 Shirts were sponsored by the Wye Valley Brewery.
In 2009 and 2010 the Mousetrap in Bourton On The Water sponsored the glasses. The 2009 glasses have no date, but the 2010 glasses are marked “2010”		The Horse & Groom in Bourton on the Hill sponsored our shirts in 2009 and 2010. In 2009 a mix up with our order meant they were orange again. In 2010 we got the order right, and they were coloured maroon.
In 2011 the Ebrington Arms sponsored our glasses (POTY winner 2009-2011). The pint glass was embossed in colour, and the ½ pint glass was etched with no colour.				The Mousetrap in Bourton On The Water sponsored our 2011 staff shirts
In 2012 the Craven Arms in Brockhampton sponsored our glasses (POTY winner 2012). Both sizes were etched without any colour. The year was not added. (I have added blue labels to designate the year in the above photo)				The Mousetrap in Bourton On The Water sponsored our 2012 staff shirts.
The Horse and Groom in Upper Oddington sponsored our glasses in 2013 (POTY winner). Etched in a red/maroon colour. The year is marked in the small writing to the right of the “horse”				The North Cotswold Brewery sponsored our 2013 staff shirts
In 2014 The Ebrington Arms sponsored the glasses. They are etched in a light shade of yellow, which shows up particularly well when the glasses contain beer.				The Craven Arms in Brockhampton sponsored our 2014 shirts
In 2015 The Plough Inn at Cold Aston sponsored the glasses. (POTY winner 2014/5)				The 2015 shirts were sponsored by the Horse & Groom in Upper Oddington
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In 2016 The Plough Inn at Cold Aston again sponsored the glasses.				The 2016 shirts were again sponsored by the Horse & Groom in Upper Oddington
In 2016/7 The Craven Arms in Brockhampton sponsered the glasses (POTY winner 2016). Legless Bob is in tribute to the pub Landlord, who sadly lost his long battle with diabetes. In the final stages, this involved him having to have his legs amputated.				In 2017 the shirts were sponsored by the Crown & Trumpet in Broadway. This pub added to their logo how many years they had been in the GBG – 30 in 2017.
				During 2017, the Crown & Trumpet in Broadway also sponsored a fine special souvenir half pint glass with handle, shown left. This also celebrates the pub’s fine GBG record. (Shakespeare Branch).
				By 2017, we had adopted the tradition of wearing our current year shirt at the Moreton Beer Festival on Friday, and wearing our just issued next year shirt on the Saturday.
		In 2018, our POTY winner, the Inn at Fossebridge sponsored our glasses. On the other glass side, is our branch logo, as seen on the ½ pint glass above left. The Inn at Fossebridge produced both pint (seen left) and ½ pint glasses. Both had the same design, with no year date. They continued to be used into 2019.
				Above: In 2018, the Crown & Trumpet sponsored our shirts again, this time with the GWR logo on the right sleeve, and the North Cotswold Brewery logo on the left sleeve. Now 32 years in the GBG. Also note the first use of our revised branch logo. Left: They again sponsored our shirts in 2019, this time 34 years in the GBG
In 2020, the Ebrington Arms sponsored our pint glasses, seen above. Quite a noteworthy design. Due to COVID, these glasses continued to be used in 2021				The Crown & Trumpet sponsored our shirt again in 2020, now 35 years in the GBG. Like the glasses, COVID resulted in us continuing to use this into 2021.
In 2021/2, the Horse & Groom, Upper Oddington, sponsored our glasses. ½ pint seen left, was in use in 2021/2/3, and the pint, seen middle and right, mainly in use in 2022/3. COVID still having an impact on things,				The Crown & Trumpet sponsored our shirt again in 2022, now 37 years in the GBG. This shirt is actually dark blue, but can look black in some shades of lighting.
The Mousetrap, BOTW (POTY winner 2022), sponsored our pint glasses in 2023. At the Ale & Steam weekend in June, they were only available at Winchcombe for the first time. On the other side is our branch logo in black.				The Crown & Trumpet sponsored our shirt again in 2023, now 38 years in the GBG. This shirt is black.