Beer
Ouse Booze is back
A beer born of disaster has been brewed again to mark 25 years since the River Ouse burst its banks and swept through Lewes and Harvey’s brewery. Brew...
Boddingtons is back
I rarely take the opportunity to review a beer properly. However, the recent relaunch of Boddingtons Bitter on cask – brewed in Manchester by JW Lees...
Two crowns for Five Kingdoms
Five Kingdoms, Scotland’s most southerly brewery, won both Gold and Silver in CAMRA’s Champion Beer of Scotland competition at the Ayrshire Real Ale F...
Reverend to open beer festival
The 49th Sheffield Steel City Beer and Cider Festival (SCBF49) will be opened by local musician Jon McClure, lead singer of the city-based band Revere...
No half measures at festival
The Nottingham Robin Hood Beer & Cider Festival opens to the public tomorrow and sees a return of the No Half Measures (NHM) bar. The concept behind i...
Thimble has drinkers award sewn up
West Dorset CAMRA has announced the Thimble Inn, Piddlehinton is the winner of its 2025 Beer Drinkers Pub Of The Year award. The unique award is given...
An Open Letter to the Rt Hon Rachel Reeves, MP, Chancellor of the Exchequer
Dear Chancellor, I am writing to you with a plea to take wide-ranging measures in your Budget to help our struggling pubs. The latest dire prediction...
Keep Cask Alive!
Time is running out to be part of the Keep Cask Alive campaign to get cask beer the protection it deserves from the UK government and UNESCO. CAMRA h...
Latest Good Beer Guide is ‘testament to resilience of publicans’
CAMRA has published the 2026 Good Beer Guide (GBG) along with a clear message to the chancellor – it’s a make-or-break moment for the future of indepe...
Taste of Wivey in Westminster
Exmoor brewery of Wiveliscombe, Somerset raised a glass of its popular Exmoor Gold at the seat of government after local MP Rachel Gilmour chose it as...
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