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CAMRA News
News direct from CAMRA, the Campaign for Real Ale, updated frequently and mirrored here daily.
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).
11 Jan 2008 Mother and Son win Beer and Food Writing award for 'An Appetite for Ale'
Fiona Beckett, who writes regular columns in The Times, Sainsbury’s Magazine and Decanter, and her son Will Beckett, who co-owns the Underdog Pub Group, were last night announced winners of ‘The Bishops Finger Beer with Food Award for Beer and Food Writing’ by the British Guild of Beer Writers at their Awards Dinner last night for the superb ‘An Appetite for Ale’, published by the Campaign for Real Ale.
06 Dec 2007 “Dark Island” from Orkney Brewery voted best winter beer in Scotland
The winner of the second annual Champion Winter Beer of Scotland Competition was today named as Dark Island from Orkney Brewery (Stromness, Orkney) by a panel of judges at CAMRA's Aberdeen and North East Beer Festival.
27 Nov 2007 “Try” Some Superb English Ales to Cheer on our World Cup Champs
As the England rugby team defend the World Cup against South Africa on Saturday, the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) has put together a recommended list of English beers for fans to toast the team's starting line up.
18 Oct 2007 Herefordshire group dedicated to Cider receive special CAMRA award
Each year during National Cider Month in October the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) gives the coveted “Pomona Award” to a group, individual or business that works toward establishing real cider and perry as a premium product. In 2007 the award will go to The Big Apple Association, a Herefordshire based group dedicated to promoting English orchards, apples and cider.
17 Oct 2007 What are the best ideas dreamt up in the pub?
Whether or not they ever see the light of day, it can't be denied that some of the best ideas in human history have been formed over a pint in the pub. The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) has today (October 4th) published Fuzzy Logic, a collection of these weird and wonderful revelations, and author Tom Waine is looking for the Great British public to submit their own “eureka” moments.
03 Oct 2007 Seven out of ten people would drink Real Cider and Perry in their pub
As the cider market enjoys unprecedented growth, the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) is asking pubs to stock real cider and perry in October after new research revealed that 69% of pub goers will drink them if they are available at the bar.
01 Oct 2007 Cider is Supreme in Scarborough Pub!
To mark the beginning of October as National Cider Month the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) today announces the winner of its search to find the best pub serving real cider and perry (pear cider) in Britain.
01 Oct 2007 Join the Culinary Revolution and Rediscover an Appetite for Ale!
Britain should put its national drink back on the dining table and reclaim beer as the perfect accompaniment to food say award-winning food writer Fiona Beckett and her publican son Will. The pair were commissioned by CAMRA to write An Appetite for Ale, the first cookbook to comprehensively explore this potential of beer as a partner for modern British food.
27 Sep 2007 Real Ale Revival as Market Heads for Growth
Industry experts are challenging suggestions that the much maligned cask ale market is in terminal decline, while consumer and market trends are converging to make cask the ‘intelligent choice’ for beer retailers.
25 Sep 2007 Putting something back: Good Beer Guide hails 'Green brewers'
The 2008 edition of the Good Beer Guide - available from today (Wednesday September 12th ) - lavishes praise on a number of craft brewers who are making a contribution to combating global warming and reducing carbon emissions.
11 Sep 2007 60% of pub-goers feel today's pubs are better than those in the 70's
New research shows that more than 60% of pub-goers feel today's pubs are better than those in the 70's.
09 Sep 2007 The only ten pubs that have appeared in all 35 editions of the Good Beer Guide
Only ten pubs from England and Wales, out of the thousands of entries that have appeared in the 35 editions of CAMRA's Good Beer Guide, have appeared in every issue since it was first published in 1974.
09 Sep 2007
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