CAMRA - the Campaign for Real Ale

The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) is a voluntary consumer organization based in St Albans, England. It focuses on promoting real ale, cider, perry, and traditional British pubs and clubs. With nearly 150,000 members, CAMRA is the largest consumer group in the UK dedicated to a single issue. It also plays a key role as a founding member of the European Beer Consumers Union (EBCU).

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Community Pub Ownership bulletin - April

1 week ago | wb.camra.org.uk | Matthew Curtis |Roger Protz |Laura Hadland

2 minutes ago Audio Description Login here to listen to the audio description This is the first of a new quarterly bulletin about community-owned pubs. For more information, the community pubs webpage of CAMRA’s website contains advice and guidance as well as regularly updated information about both existing and planned community pubs. Pubs are going through a tough time, and reports of them struggling or closing are all too common.
Members’ Weekend 2025 round up

1 week ago | wb.camra.org.uk | Matthew Curtis |Roger Protz |Laura Hadland

CAMRA’s Members’ Weekend took place in Torquay last weekend. Full details of all the award winners and how the motions fared are below.... Get unlimited access to What's Brewing by joining CAMRA today along with a host of other benefits.
Women On Tap launches Changemaker community

1 week ago | wb.camra.org.uk | Timothy Hampson |Matthew Curtis |Roger Protz |Laura Hadland

1 minute ago Audio Description Login here to listen to the audio description Change is brewing in the beer world, and now there’s a way for everyone to be part of it. Women On Tap, a social enterprise and leading advocate for gender equity in beer, has launched its BEER 50/50 campaign and Changemaker – a new community for those who want to help shape a more inclusive industry.
Bodgers take centre stage

1 week ago | wb.camra.org.uk | Roger Protz

1 week ago Audio Description Login here to listen to the audio description Chiltern brewery is doing me the great honour of making a special edition of one of its beers to say thanks for my support for independent craft brewing over many years. You may consider it something of a backhanded compliment when you learn the beer in question is Bodgers Barley Wine and the version bearing my name will be called Rogerâ€™s Bodgers.
Mild Magic weaves its spell again

2 weeks ago | wb.camra.org.uk | Timothy Hampson |Roger Protz |Laura Hadland |Matthew Curtis

9 minutes ago Audio Description Login here to listen to the audio description The UK’s longest-running and largest promotion of the mild beer style, Mild Magic, is back again for its 31st year with a record-breaking 102 pubs taking part. Covering a wide area in and around Greater Manchester, all the pubs, including the 16 taking part for the first time, will be stocking at least one cask mild for the five-week duration of the event.
Pyoneer-ing spirit in Wye Valley

2 weeks ago | wb.camra.org.uk | Timothy Hampson |Matthew Curtis |Roger Protz |Laura Hadland

1 week ago Audio Description Login here to listen to the audio description Wye Valley brewery has unveiled a rebrand of its first beer, Wye Valley Bitter, as part of its 40th anniversary celebrations, renaming it Pyoneer. Founded in 1985 in Herefordshire, England, Wye Valley brewery has grown from a small family operation into one of Britain's leading independent breweries. “We wanted a name that honoured our roots but also looked forward,” said Wye Valley MD Vernon Amor.
You always hurt the one you love

2 weeks ago | wb.camra.org.uk | Roger Protz

5 minutes ago Audio Description Login here to listen to the audio description The prime minister, Sir Keir Starmer, told the Daily Mirror he supported their campaign to save the country’s pubs as he recognised they were at the heart of communities. He still finds time to go for a pint in his local, the Pineapple, in Kentish Town, North London.
All under-threat locals need cash help not just heritage pubs

3 weeks ago | wb.camra.org.uk | Matthew Curtis |Roger Protz |Laura Hadland

1 week ago Audio Description Login here to listen to the audio description Following the launch of a new UK government heritage revival scheme yesterday, CAMRA’s Pub Heritage Group chair Paul Ainsworth (pictured) said: “CAMRA warmly welcomes this new fund which will help communities bid for money to breathe new life into closed, derelict or at-risk heritage pubs.
Ask a silly question…

1 month ago | wb.camra.org.uk | Laura Hadland |Roger Protz |Matthew Curtis

4 minutes ago Audio Description Login here to listen to the audio description The gentle hubbub of voices rises to greet me as I walk into the Malt Shovel. The fire is lit to ward off the February cold and the small, two-roomed pub is starting to fill. As I move towards the bar, a number of people nod at me in welcome. It is the second time I’ve called the weekly pub quiz at my local since being drafted in by the new landlady, Alison.
Brewer’s refurbished tap opens

1 month ago | wb.camra.org.uk | Timothy Hampson |Roger Protz |Matthew Curtis

4 minutes ago Audio Description Login here to listen to the audio description Surrey-based Hogs Back brewery has celebrated the official opening of its Tap Room following a two-month renovation. Based in the village of Tongham, the Tap Room is housed in the old hop-drying kiln in this traditional hop-growing region of Surrey. The renovation was part funded by a grant secured through the Rural Prosperity Fund, courtesy of Surrey County Council.