West Midlands

Raise a glass – our top fest is back!

After a year’s break CAMRA’s Great British Beer Festival returns for 2025 at a new location. Hailed as the UK’s most popular beer festival, it takes p...

Champion Beer of Britain top six revealed

Finalists for CAMRA’s top beer award have been unveiled at Cambridge Beer Festival. The winners in the IPA, mild, bitter, blonde, pale and golden beer...

Campaigners save iconic beer

Draught Bass, a legendary Burton pale ale, has been saved from oblivion thanks to tireless campaigning by lovers of the beer. At its peak, Draught Bas...

CAMRA Pub Heritage Group Update – April

CAMRA’s Pub Heritage Group shares news and updates about pubs with historically significant interiors across the UK. For further news, see the Pub Her...

CAMRA Pub Heritage Group update - March

CAMRA’s Pub Heritage Group shares news and updates about pubs with historically significant interiors across the UK. For further news, see the Pub Her...

Ask a silly question…

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...

CAMRA brands Crooked House appeal an insult

With the appeal for the Crooked House (pictured) case set to begin on 11 March, CAMRA has said if the decsion to rebuild is reversed it would make a m...

Firs’ first

The Firs Club in Codsall, Staffordshire, is CAMRA’s Club of the Year 2024, finally taking the crown after winning the West Midlands regional title thr...

Our national champ completes remarkable rags-to-riches story

The Bailey Head (above) in Oswestry, Shropshire is CAMRA’s National Pub of the Year, topping a remarkable rags-to-riches success story after the owner...

Mitre joins historic elite

A 1930s Stourbridge pub has been given Grade II-listed status by Historic England following its nomination by CAMRA and the West Midlands Combined Aut...


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