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CAMRA News
News direct from CAMRA, the Campaign for Real Ale, updated frequently and mirrored here daily.
Save Cains Beer! 7/08/08
Famous Liverpool Brewer's ‘last stand' at the Great British Beer Festival, serving IPA, Raisin Beer and 2008 Culture Beer.
07 Aug 2008 CAMRA Launches 'A Beer A Day' Book - Celebrate British Heritage All-Year Round.
CAMRA launches A Beer a Day, offering both real ale aficionados and novices an opportunity to complement every day with an expert beer recommendation.
07 Aug 2008 Top American Cask-Beer named at the Great British Beer Festival. 6/08/08
CAMRA announces winner of the 2008 Champion American Cask-Conditioned Beer Award.
06 Aug 2008 Hampshire Ale is Best In Britain. 5/08/08
Alton's Pride is named Champion Beer of Britain 2008 at the Great British Beer Festival.
05 Aug 2008 Pub-Goers Blame Government as Beer Prices Surge. 4/08/08
CAMRA has today released their own figures showing how pub beer prices have surged following the budget.
04 Aug 2008 CAMRA Crowns Real Ale as ‘Drink of Britain'. 4/08/08
In response to recent reports that beer sales in pubs are declining, CAMRA is crowning real ale as the ‘Drink of Britain'.
03 Aug 2008 The Ultimate Volunteer Holiday! 1/08/08
1,000 dedicated volunteer members of CAMRA are heading for the capital this week to run the GBBF at Earls Court.
02 Aug 2008 Sisters Are Drinking It For Themselves!
CAMRA is offering 175 women the chance to win A Girl's Guide to the Great British Beer Festival - a walking tour led by beer expert Melissa Cole.
15 Jul 2008 Good Beer Guide 2008 TomTom POI file - pub finding made easier!
CAMRA has combined its extensive knowledge of good pubs with the latest innovations in satellite navigation to produce a unique and exclusive Good Beer Guide 2008 Points of Interest (POI) file for TomTom users.
09 Jul 2008 CAMRA Pays Tribute to Thriving Pub Landmarks.
CAMRA, the Campaign for Real Ale, will today launch the definitive guide to 150 of London's most unspoilt historic pubs - London Heritage Pubs - An Inside Story.
08 Jul 2008 CAMRA Pub Design Awards 2008.
CAMRA has today sent an open invitation to Britain's pub designers, architects, and owners in a bid to reward the high standards and hard work undergone during 2007.
06 Jul 2008 The Three Judges is judged by cider drinkers to be the best.
CAMRA, the Campaign for Real Ale, has today announced the winner of the Scottish Cider and Perry Pub of the Year. The Three Judges at Partick Cross in Glasgow has been declared the best real cider pub in Scotland following nominations from CAMRA's Scottish Branches.
23 Jun 2008 Two in a row for Highland Brewery.
CAMRA, the Campaign for Real Ale, has today announced that Highland Scapa Special has been voted Champion Beer of Scotland at the Scottish Traditional Beer Festival, Edinburgh.
18 Jun 2008 Europe signs up to a Constitution.
European beer drinkers have reached agreement where national governments have failed. The national beer consumer groups from 13 countries will meet on 24th June to sign the European Beer Consumers Union's (EBCU) first constitution.
17 Jun 2008 Unique Scottish Beers at CAMRA's “Shilling Experience”.
CAMRA call for Scottish beer lovers to show support to the Scottish Brewing Industry at the Scottish Real Ale Festival, Edinburgh.
16 Jun 2008 CAMRA announces the best pub designs in the country!
The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) has today announced the winners of its annual Pub Design Awards, which celebrate the very best in vision, imagination and restraint in Britain's pubs.
01 Jun 2008 Devon cider and Herefordshire perry voted best in the country!
Green Valley Farmhouse Vintage Cyder and Gregg's Pit Perry have won the Gold Awards at CAMRA's National Cider and Perry Championships.
05 May 2008 CAMRA lauches campaign to encourage pub-goers to try a Mild in May.
CAMRA, the Campaign for Real Ale, has today launched its annual ‘Mild in May' campaign to encourage pub-goers to try the unique beer style.
01 May 2008 LocAle campaigner wins CAMRA's first National ‘Real Ale Campaigner of the Year' award.
Steve Westby from Nottingham has been named as CAMRA's first Real Ale Campaigner of the Year at their National Members' Weekend & AGM.
22 Apr 2008 Mild in May - CAMRA promote endangered beer style throughout May.
CAMRA, and a number of pubs and breweries, will be celebrating the beer style Mild in May with a variety of different events to raise the awareness of this endangered beer style.
14 Apr 2008 CAMRA launches Peak District Pub Walks.
CAMRA, the Campaign for Real Ale, today launches a new book entitled Peak District Pub Walks. The book is a practical pocket-sized, travellers' guide to some of the best pubs and best walking in the Peak District.
06 Apr 2008 CAMRA slams inflation-busting beer duty increase as ‘a charter for smugglers and cheap supermarket booze'.
The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) has hit out at the Chancellor's decision to increase beer duty by 4 pence a pint in today's Budget, together with annual increases of 2% above inflation for the next four years.
12 Mar 2008 57 pubs are closed permanently every month. 9/03/08
The Campaign for Real Ale is calling for a tax cut on beer in Wednesday's Budget to help prevent community pub closures following the results of a survey released today which reveals that the number of pubs closed permanently has increased to 57 a month.
09 Mar 2008 CAMRA toasts America's craft brewing revolution with new book. 3/03/08
CAMRA, the Campaign for Real Ale, today publishes Good Beer Guide West Coast USA, written by two young British beer writers, Ben McFarland and Tom Sandham, who have captured in print an infectious enthusiasm for the USA's exciting beer and brewing scene.
03 Mar 2008 Gloucestershire Pub Voted Best Pub in Britain!
CAMRA, the Campaign for Real Ale, today announced that the Old Spot in Dursley, Gloucestershire, has won the prestigious ‘National Pub of the Year' title.
15 Feb 2008 Community Pubs Week - 16-23 February 2008.
Thousands of pubs across Britain will be participating in Community Pubs Week by organising and promoting events to attract more local people to visit community pubs.
11 Feb 2008 Do You Drink In The Best Real Ale Club In The UK?
The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) is asking club members and officials from all over the country to consider whether their real ale club is good enough to be considered as the CAMRA Club of the Year for 2009.
28 Jan 2008 Scottish & Newcastle Takeover - CAMRA claims consumer choice and competition will be hit.
The announcement today that Scottish and Newcastle (S&N) is to be acquired and divided between Carlsberg and Heineken has been condemned by the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA). S&N's UK activities are set to be acquired by Heineken and CAMRA will be eeking urgent reassurances over the future of S&N's real ale interests.
25 Jan 2008 ‘Station Porter' steams in to be voted Best Winter Beer In The Land!
Wickwar Station Porter from Gloucestershire was named as the Supreme Champion Winter Beer
of Britain 2008 by a panel of judges at CAMRA's National Winter Ales Festival in
Manchester.
17 Jan 2008 "Adopt Your Local Pub" - For Community Pubs Week 2008.
Anyone concerned over the threat to British pubs is being encouraged to “Adopt their local pub”. Members of the public who want to support their local can do so by ordering a free Community Pubs Week pack from CAMRA by calling 01727 867201 or visiting www.pubsweek.org and delivering it to the licensee of the pub and encouraging them to participate in this event.
14 Jan 2008 Finalists Announced For National Pub of The Year Title
The Campaign for Real Ale today announces the finalists for the prestigious title of National Pub of the Year. Members of CAMRA from across the UK visited thousands of pubs before deciding on 16 regional winners. However, only four of these pubs could be put forward for the national final. The overall winner will be announced on February 15th 2008, on the eve of CAMRA's Community Pubs Week (February 16th - 23rd).
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