Members of the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) will be raising a glass of mild tomorrow (Saturday) to mark a national day of celebration as part of the consumer group’s wider campaign to champion the historic beer style throughout May. CAMRA’s Mild in May campaign is all about encouraging local pubs to stock a mild [...]
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From the latest edition of the local CAMRA magazine Opening Times (Page 13): Beartown Brewery of Congleton, Cheshire has launched a bottled 5.5% ABV premium beer in tribute to Wojtek ‘The bear who went to war’. The story of Wojtek has been set in f… [...] The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) is asking people to adopt a mild for the month of May and persuade others to go out and try it. Although outselling bitter in 1950s Britain, mild became an endangered style during the 1990s but has once again regained … [...] I don’t always agree with the Pub Curmudgeon. He does though live up to his strapline “A jaundiced view of life”. Thus it was that I read and disagreed with his views expressed here about a pub re-opening in Stockport. Mudgie reckons local CAMR… [...] Nice to read of Acorn Brewery winning a pub of the year award from the local CAMRA branch for its Old No 7 pub in its home town of Barnsley. All the more pleasing is the fact that owners Dave and Judi Hughes have made a must-go-to venue out of a pub that giant Enterprise [...] Tickets have gone on sale for the Campaign for Real Ale’s 2012 Great British Beer Festival, which is being held this year at Olympia, with the usual venue, Earl’s Court, being utilised for the Olympics. Tickets for the event, which runs from August 7-11, can be ordered by visiting gbbf.org.uk or by calling 0844 412 4640. [...] Over 130 beers plus more than 30 cliders and perries will be available at Northumbria University Student Union, 2 Sandyford Road, NE1 8SB. On Wednesday 18th the doors open at 18:00 and close at 22:30 Thursday 12:00 til 22:30 Friday 12:00 til 22:30 Saturday 12:00 to 17:00 Entry is £3 per session unless you have a [...] [...] I mentioned that one of the recommendations of the Working Party on craft beer set up by CAMRA was to attempt a definition of craft beer in British terms. We thought that the best way would be to ask SIBA to join us in this, though nobody doubted that… [...] Not surprisingly, the poll on minimum alcohol pricing resulted in a large majority against, with 80% of respondents opposing the plan. I wonder whether the 11 who voted “Yes” fell into the category of CAMRA members who believe hiking the price of m… [...] To our knowledge this is the third in an on-going series of Ossett Brewing Co. pub festivals in 2012 where CAMRA members can take advantage of a generous discount. With 50p off a pint of any festival beer, card-carriers have benefited at… [...] This Easter Sunday Bacchus in Newcastle is the place to be as it’s their Easter Beer festival, not only that it’s the presentation of ‘CAMRA Tyneside Pub Of The Year 2012′. The festival starts at 12 noon and runs until 22:30 with the CAMRA presentation likely to be soon after opening. Bacchus will be offering [...] [...] Después de la resaca del BBF hoy os muestro unas fotos que meenvió Steve Huxley de la pasada edición del Liverpool Beer Festival. Aprovechopara incluir las líneas que nos envió sobre este certamen, y que ya incluimosen el pasado número de l… [...] It’s come up twice this morning’s reading. Jordan posted this on Facebook:Why is it that price figures into wine reviews but isn’t mentioned at all in beer reviews? If a six pack of something is a 7.5/10 at $12, and another six pack is an 8/10 at $15, … [...] Iain Loe, long-standing and much respected research and information manager at the headquarters of the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) is standing down at the end of this month after 23 years with the organisation. Iain has an enviable reputation as an invaluable source of beer and pub knowledge and is a hugely respected figure, [...] Today sees the start of Ramsbottom Beer Festival. Hosted by Irwell Works Brewery, it takes place in the rather grand Ramsbottom Civic Hall. We’re promised 50 real ales mainly from Lancashire breweries with a few foreigners from Yorkshire thrown in.&n… [...] Budget day is a month from today, Wednesday 21 March. And, in the run-up period, we have had all the predictable calls from the usual suspects – the BBPA, CAMRA, SIBA and the WSTA – for alcohol duties to be frozen and the duty escalator to be scrap… [...] It’s common to read CAMRA publications inveighing against the bad business practices of pubcos, and running campaigns to “Save the Pig & Whistle” which is under threat from redevelopment as flats or a Tesco Express. There may be some validity… [...] The Bridge End Inn, Ruabon, Wales, has been named CAMRA national pub of the year. Re-opened by its current owners in March 2009, it is one of the most remarkable success stories in the competition’s history. The Bridge End Inn was taken over and subsequently revitalised by the McGivern family in 2009, with the pub [...] We are delighted to announce that Hammerpot Bottle Wreck Porter has been awarded Gold in the Porter category at CAMRA’s National Winter Ales Festival, at Manchester, from 18-21 January.This superb beer, named after a 19th century shipwreck off the Su… [...] Congratulations to local CAMRA member Mark McConachie who has recently completed an epic journey around all 300-odd pubs owned by Stockport family brewer Robinson’s. Their estate stretches as far as Anglesey, the southern Peak District and North Lanc… [...] |
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