2023
Prime minister visits our top beer festival
Prime minister Rishi Sunak visited the Great British Beer Festival (GBBF) on the day new excise duty rules were introduced. While at the festival in L...
Campaign reveals a third of pubs are converted or demolished illegally
Shock pub closure figures released by CAMRA show a third of those converted or bulldozed do not have the required planning permission. The data – publ...
Pubs launch second school uniform appeal
Manchester’s Joseph Holt brewery is helping families struggling to buy school uniforms for a second year. With the cost of living crisis and high infl...
What can we learn from Czech pubs?
I had a few hours to kill in Prague recently before my flight back to the UK. What to do? A museum perhaps? As if. No, I went to the pub. Three, in fa...
Global brewers are destroying brewing heritage
Global brewers are hell-bent on destroying great beers and breweries. In Britain, Heineken has closed the Caledonian Brewery in Edinburgh on the groun...
Success in 14-year fight for historic pub
After a long battle by the local community, one of Britain’s most significant pubs, the Baring Hall Hotel in Grove Park, South-East London, now has a...
Plan your August festival trips now!
Plan your festival visit this month by checking out the list below. To see all future CAMRA events, visit https://events.camra.org.uk/
Top fest launch for cask beer book
Des de Moor will mark the publication of his major new work, Cask: The real story of Britain’s unique beer culture, on Tuesday 1 August with a series...
Temporary venue closure can't stop festival return Â
The 45th Norwich Beer Festival will return to the city’s Halls this October to the delight of beer lovers. Run by Norwich & District CAMRA from Monday...
Lion pounces on regional titles
The White Lion in Oak Street, Norwich has won both East Anglia Cider Pub of the Year and Norfolk Pub of the Year. A real favourite with ale and cider...
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