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CAMPAIGN FOR REAL ALE

Campaigning for Real Ale, Pubs and Drinkers' rights since 1971


What's New


* 500 free pints in 3 hours!   
4 September 2008

All 500 free pints of Adnams East Green snapped up by CAMRA members in record time.
* Good Beer Guide 2009 - Available now to Pre-order   
26 August 2008

Pre-order the new edition of the Good Beer Guide online from only £10.
* Times Online: Top 10 Heritage Pubs in London   
19 August 2008

Link to Times Online article (opens new window)
* CAMRA Awards Lunch and Champion Beer of Britain Presentations - Book your place now   
15 August 2008

Come and taste the 2008 Champion beers matched to a superb meal in the Thomas Lord Suite at Lords in London.
* CAMRA Lottery Winners Announced   
12 August 2008

At this year's Great British Beer Festival CAMRA lanuched a new book "A Beer A Day" written by expert beer writer Jeff Evans.
* Great British Beer Festival   
11 August 2008

Highlights from this year's Great British Beer Festival.
* CAMRA Launches "A Beer A Day", A New Book by Jeff Evans   
7 August 2008

At this year's Great British Beer Festival CAMRA lanuched a new book "A Beer A Day" written by expert beer writer Jeff Evans.
* Cains' 'last stand' at GBBF?   
7 August 2008

CAMRA pledges to support the buyer of the historic Liverpool brewery.
* The Enduring Appeal of The Local   
1 August 2008

A new report by Greene King examines the changing role of the pub in 21st Century British life.
* Do you serve local beers?   
24 July 2008

CAMRA LocAle - promoting pubs that serve locally brewed real ale.
* Join the Beer Tax Campaign   
16 July 2008

CAMRA launchs a new Facebook group to lobby against annual beer tax hikes.
* Get up to 40% off the Good Beer Guide   
9 July 2008

Join the Good Beer Guide Privilege Club today and receive £3.50 off the Good Beer Guide.
* Smoking ban: good for ale?   
4 July 2008

Some pub chains and breweries report an increase in real ale sales.
* Good Beer Guide 2008 on your Sat-Nav   
3 July 2008

CAMRA is pleased to announce the launch of a Good Beer Guide Points of Interest (POI) file for satellite navigation systems.
* Coors Visitor Centre closing   
27 June 2008

The Coors Visitor Centre is set to close on Mon 30 June, 1230pm.
* Scapa Special wins award   
19 June 2008

Highland Brewery wins best beer in Scotland for two years running.
* New Scottish alcohol policy   
18 June 2008

Scottish Government's Launches Alcohol Policy Consultation.
* Last orders for cheap booze   
6 June 2008

Government is prepared to confront supermarkets over their low alcohol prices.
* Morrissey joins campaign   
23 May 2008

Men Behaving Badly star Neil Morrissey joins CAMRA and opens his first pub.
* Help Save Pubs and Win our Lottery!   
13 May 2008

CAMRA needs your help in order to raise funds and continue campaigning for community pubs. Pubs are under threat but any financial help that you can give by buying lottery tickets can help to make a difference.
* Enterprise Inns now a REIT?   
9 May 2008

Enterprise Inns on track to convert to a Real Estate Investment Trust.
* LocAle Founder Wins Award   
22 April 2008

Steve Westby wins CAMRA's Real Ale Campaigner of the Year Award.
* S&N Takeover Caledonian   
11 April 2008

Scottish & Newcastle, in what will be one of their last acts before being taken over by Heineken, has completed the acquisition of the Caledonian Brewery.
* Save Brewery Museum   
27 March 2008

Please sign the Burton Mail's online petition to save the Brewery Museum in Burton upon Trent.

For hundreds of years, the historic town of Burton upon Trent has been recognised as the capital of British brewing. The town's rich brewing history has been kept alive in what is, for many, Britain's only national brewing museum.

Sign the online petition
* Coors Visitor Centre set to close   
19 March 2008

The UK's major brewery museum is to close. Coors, the US brewer who took over the brewing assets of Bass a few years ago, has announced that the Coors Visitors Centre, formerly the Bass Brewery Museum, will close in June.
* CAMRA calls on MP's to press the UK Chancellor to reconsider his beer tax rises   
18 March 2008

On behalf CAMRA's 90,000 members and Britain's 15 million beer drinkers CAMRA calls on MP's to press the UK Chancellor to reconsider this reckless tax raid on community pubs and beer.
* CAMRA slams inflation-busting beer duty increase as ‘a charter for smugglers and cheap supermarket booze'   
12 March 2008

CAMRA has hit out at the Chancellor's decision to increase beer duty by 4 pence a pint in today's Budget, together with annual increases of 2% above inflation for the next four years.
* Licensing Review (England and Wales)   
5 March 2008

The official review into licensing reforms has comprehensively disproved the spurious claims of those who wish to see the end of flexible licensing hours.
* CAMRA's Beer Tax Campaign   
28 February 2008

This week CAMRA's Chief Executive, Mike Benner, put CAMRA's budget case to Treasury Minister Angela Eagle MP, at a meeting arranged by the All Party Parliamentary Beer Group.
* Changes to S&N Share Price   
25 February 2008

There was a brief flurry in the share price of S&N last week when it was rumoured that SAB Miller was about to bid 850p a share, valuing S&N at £8bn.
* Greg Mulholland MP launches Cross Party Initiative to support pubs   
21 February 2008

Lib Dem MP, Greg Mulholland MP, has tabled a cross party motion highlighting the importance of community pubs and the role that the pub plays in encouraging the responsible consumption of alcohol.
* CAMRA calls for a 1p cut in duty   
20 February 2008

The Campaign for Real Ale has called for a 1p cut in excise duty on beer to save the British pub.
* Courage Axes Berkshire Brewery   
19 February 2008

Scottish & Newcastle has announced that it is to close its Berkshire Brewery by the side of M4 just outside Reading by 2010. S&N is currently the subject of an agreed bid by Heineken and Carlsberg.
* Good News for Local Brewers   
14 February 2008

Local Brewers are going from strength to strength, according to figures from The Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) microbrewery sales increased by nearly 11 per cent in 2007.
* Crack Down On Under-aged Drinking   
8 February 2008

The Home Secretary, Jacqui Smith, has announced plans for a major crack down by police to confiscate alcohol from under-18 year olds drinking on our streets.
* Punch Taverns Bids For M&B   
8 February 2008

Punch Taverns, the UK's largest pub company with 8,500 pubs, has made an offer for Mitchell's and Butlers; the 2,000 strong managed pub company.
* Scottish & Newcastle Takeover   
28 January 2008

S&N's UK activities are set to be acquired by Heineken and CAMRA will be seeking urgent reassurances over the future of S&N's real ale interests.
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