Beer
Women top bottled beer contest
Two women-led brews have taken the top honours in CAMRA’s Champion Bottled Beer of Britain 2025 competition during the Great British Beer Festival at...
Brewers’ cultured celebration
Brewers in Rochdale are teaming up to create a beer celebrating its year as Greater Manchester Town of Culture. The cask ale will be in pubs and bars...
Stout legacy for Martyn Cornell
Porter and Stout: A Complete History by Martyn Cornell (McFarland, ÂŁ55.66). This is, without doubt, one of the great books about beer, standing proud...
Return of an old friend
The first time I drank Boddingtons Bitter I refused to leave the pub. I was in Hyde on the edge of Manchester, en route for a meeting with the graphic...
Prepare for your next festival trip
Make the most of the end of summer and then going into autumn with a festival or two. Just pick from the list below. To see all upcoming CAMRA events,...
Census backs best beer city claim
Sheffield CAMRA’s latest beer census provided further support for claims it is the best beer city in the world. The branch carried out its latest cens...
Grab your Octoberfest ticket now
Tickets for Weymouth’s Octoberfest in the town’s Pavilion Ocean Room on 3-4 October go on sale this Friday. The four-session event is organised by CA...
New look for Whitstable Bay
Shepherd Neame has unveiled a new look for its Whitstable Bay beers. Named after the Kentish coastal town near Shepherd Neame’s historic brewery in Fa...
Oasis gets beer flowing in Manchester
Joseph Holt marked the Oasis reunion concerts in Manchester by brewing more beer and staging events at its pubs close to the venue. Three of the brewe...
Cream of Manchester heads home
The Cream of Manchester is heading back to the city as JW Lees is to brew and distribute it under licence from Budweiser Brewing Group (BBG). This par...
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