Campaign for Real Ale CAMRA: Real Ale, Pub & Beer Guides, Festivals, Awards, News, Reports
The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) is an independent, voluntary, consumer organisation based in St Albans, England, whose main aim is promoting real ale and the traditional British pub. It is now the largest single-issue consumer group in the UK and is a founding member of the European Beer Consumers' Union (EBCU).
CAMRA's campaigns include promoting small brewing and pub businesses, reforming licensing laws, reducing tax on beer, and stopping continued consolidation among local British brewers. It also makes an effort to promote less common varieties of beer and other traditionally brewed beverages including stout, porter, mild, traditional cider, and perry. CAMRA's Good Beer Guide is published every year and they organise local real ale and beer festivals in England, Scotland and Wales and organise Britain's biggest beer festival, The Great British Beer Festival every year at Earls Court and bring together a wide range of real ales, ciders, perries and international beers.
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| CAMRA - Campaign for Real Ale - http://www.camra.org.uk/ CAMRA campaigns for real ale, real pubs and consumer rights and are an independent, voluntary organisation with over 100,000 members. CAMRA promotes good-quality real ale and pubs, as well as acting as the consumer's champion in relation to the UK and European beer and drinks industry. CAMRA publish the Good Beer Guide and organise Britain's biggest beer festival, The Great British Beer Festival at Earls Court - Read more |
| Slough, Windsor & Maidenhead - http://www.swmcamra.org.uk Branch calendar, newsletter, pub guides. - Read more |
| Wakefield: From Ossett to Knottingley - http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/bob.wallis/ Lists of commercial brewers, microbrewers, lost brewers, and maltsters. Information about the Merrie City Beer Festival. About the branch, including a list of upcoming events. - Read more |
| Abercolwyn - http://freespace.virgin.net/peter.kay1/camraabc.htm List of pubs with proper facilities for the disabled plus North Wales pub of the year, events, and news. - Read more |
| Mansfield and Ashfield - http://www.mansfieldcamra.org.uk/ Articles extracted from Booze News, their quarterly newsletter plus contact information and a list of scheduled events. - Read more |
| Erewash Valley - http://www.erewash-camra.org/ About the branch and their area of coverage. - Read more |
| Forth Valley - http://www.camra-forth-valley.co.uk Information on real outlets within the area and local branch information, including events and socials. - Read more |
| Furness - http://www.purpledonkey.plus.com/ About the Furness Beer Festival, including photos and reports from previous years' festivals, as well as other outing reports and photos. - Read more |
| Highlands & Western Isles Branch of the Campaign for Real Ale - http://www.highlandcamra.org.uk/ Information about real ale pubs and breweries, local issues and events. - Read more |
| Keighley and Craven - http://www.keighleyandcravencamra.org.uk/ Features information about the Keighley Beer Festival, awards, events, news, and a list of pubs in the area. - Read more |
| Kingdom of Fife - http://www.fifecamra.org.uk/ Features an online newsletter, feature articles, and a pub survey form as well as news, event listings, and contact information. - Read more |
| Lunesdale - http://www.lunesdalecamra.org.uk Feature articles and real ale information. Also includes a schedule of upcoming events and a local pub directory. - Read more |
| Maidstone and Mid-Kent - http://homepages.tesco.net/~ian.clennett/home.htm Offers an online version of their newsletter, beer festival details, and a schedule for social events. - Read more |
| Mid Chilterns - http://www.midchilternscamra.org.uk/ Includes events diary, branch area map, and membership information. - Read more |
| Newark-on-Trent - http://www.newarkcamra.org.uk/ Online version of Beer Gutter Press, the branch's newsletter, includes list of breweries, branch events, features and stories, and downloads of their publications. - Read more |
| South Herts - http://www.hertsale.org.uk/ Offers the "Herts Real Ale Guide" for sale plus news, events, festival information, and how to join their pub crawl. - Read more |
| University of Leeds Real Ale Society - http://www.leeds.ac.uk/union/socs/realale/ News and events, background, festival photos, and pub guide. - Read more |
| Vale of White Horse - http://www.geocities.com/vowhcamra/ Branch diary, pub database, and pub survey form, plus feature articles. - Read more |
| Watford and District - http://www.watfordcamra.org.uk Information on branch contacts, previous and future social events, and other branch news. - Read more |
| Westmorland - http://www.camrawestmorland.org/ Includes event listing and newsletter plus information about their beer festival. - Read more |
| Wirral - http://www.camrawirral.org.uk/ Features photos of and information about local pubs, an FAQ, and prices and availability of beers at local stores. Also includes contact information and a schedule of upcoming events. - Read more |
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