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CAMRA (the CAMpaign For Real Ale) is an independent, voluntary, consumer organisation in the United Kingdom, with the main aim of promoting real ale and the traditional British pub. Consumer organizations are organizations that seek to protect people from corporate abuse. ...
A pint glass of real ale Real ale is a type of beer defined by its traditional production. ...
An amusingly named pub: the Old New Inn at Bourton-on-the-Water in the Cotswolds (southwest Midlands of England) A pub in the Haymarket area of Edinburgh, Scotland A public house, usually known as a pub, is a drinking establishment found mainly in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, Australia...
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The organization was founded in 1971 by a group of four drinkers, Graham Lees, Bill Mellor, Michael Hardman, and Jim Makin opposed to the growing industrialisation and homogenisation taking place within the British brewing industry. One of the early members is Good Beer Guide editor Roger Protz. Camra has over 75,000 members as of March 2005. Member benefits include a monthly newsletter "What's Brewing" and reduced price admission to CAMRA-organized beer festivals. A major incentive for those joining is the fact that only CAMRA members may volunteer to work at such a festival. The Brewer, designed and engraved, in the Sixteenth. ...
The Good Beer Guide is a book published anually by the Campaign for Real Ale listing pubs in the United Kingdom that serve real ales in well-kept condition (note that, unlike processed beers, serving a good pint of real ale requires effort from the landlord as well as the...
Roger Protz is a British writer and campaigner. ...
A Beer Festival is a large event promoting beer. ...
Camra has established influence at national government level, including with English Heritage English Heritage is a United Kingdom government body with a broad remit of managing the historic environment of England. ...
CAMRA's campaign aims 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 similar brewed beverages including stout, porter, mild, traditional cider and scrumpy, and perry. A pint of stout Stout is a dark beer made using roasted malts or roast barley. ...
Porter is a type of ale which has a malting aroma and hop bitterness. ...
Mild Ale is one of the oldest styles of beer from England, and originally meant a young or immature ale. ...
Cider (also spelled: cyder) refers to a beverage containing the juice of apples. ...
Cider has different meanings in the United Kingdom and the United States. ...
Traditional perry (poiré in French) is bottled champagne-style in Normandy Perry or pear cider is an alcoholic beverage made of fermented pear juice. ...
CAMRA publishes the Good Beer Guide, an annually compiled directory of its recommended pubs and brewers. They also run the Great British Beer Festival, a yearly event held in London with the aim of showcasing the best in real ale. The Good Beer Guide is a book published anually by the Campaign for Real Ale listing pubs in the United Kingdom that serve real ales in well-kept condition (note that, unlike processed beers, serving a good pint of real ale requires effort from the landlord as well as the...
The Great British Beer Festival (often shortened to GBBF) is a yearly event organised by CAMRA, the Campaign for Real Ale. ...
Part of the London skyline viewed from the South Bank London is the most populous city in the European Union, with an estimated population on 1 January 2005 of 7,500,000 and a metropolitan area population of between 12 and 14 million. ...
See also The Society of Independent Brewers was founded in 1980 under the title The Small Independent Brewers Association (SIBA) to represent the interests of the growing numbers of independent brewing companies in the United Kingdom. ...
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