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Jersey’s beer scene
Before I started this post, I worked out how many places on the island you could buy a decent pint of beer. For a relatively small landmass, just nine...
Pub Saving Award success after decade-long fight
A community, which raised more than £350,000 to save the Rising Sun in Woodcroft, Chepstow, has won CAMRA’s 2023 Pub Saving Award. The award recognis...
Tap Social seeks cash for growth
Oxford-brewer Tap Social Movement has launched a crowdfunding campaign to support its next growth stage and enable it to continue offering life-changi...
Ringwood to close after sale failure
Carlsberg Marston’s Brewing Company’s (CMBC) plans to sell its Ringwood brewery in Hampshire have foundered and the operation is now set to close. The...
Branch celebrates 50 years of campaigning
Half a century of campaigning for local pubs and breweries has been marked by CAMRA’s Aylesbury Vale and Wycombe branch. The first meeting of CAMRA in...
50 years in top guide celebrated
The Campaign’s South Oxfordshire branch celebrated the launch of the 2024 Good Beer Guide with a presentation to the Leathern Bottle, Lewknor, which n...
Carlsberg puts Ringwood up for sale
The restructuring of the UK’s cask beer scene continues apace as Carlsberg Marston’s Brewing Company (CMBC) has revealed plans to sell its Ringwood br...
Moules Ă la Normande
This recipe is a classic dish from Normandy, in North-West France, and is a variation of the classic moules marinière using the cider produced in the...
Battle for historic local scoops Pub Saving Award
Efforts to safeguard the future of the Plough Inn in Longparish, Hampshire, which dates back to 1721, have taken CAMRA’s top Pub Saving Award. When th...
Lamb and Flag flies again
Oxford’s historic Lamb & Flag is to reopen as a community-owned pub, following an agreement between St John’s College and the Inklings Group. The Lamb...
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