camra : 11 Recipes
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2011 Leicester CAMRA Beer Festival
'Holy Mackerel' , it's only Nineteen Sleeps until the 2011 Leicester Beer Festival opens its doors. Put another way, that's only twelve working days, or a measly three weekends, only one of which features Six Nations Rugby. It's[...] |
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CAMRA Presents an Award to a Newton Abbot Landlord
Ye Olde Cider Bar, Newton Abbott, Devon Newton Abbot landlord Richard Knibbs, licensee of Ye Olde Cider Bar in East Street, has received the National Pomona Award . The award was made by the Campaign for Real Ale, who also campaign for[...] |
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Real Cider Taste Grading
How can the taste of real cider be graded? Well one way is according to sweetness/dryness as is done for advising customers at the camra Great British Beer Festival GBBF cider taste grading = Very Sweet Cider = Sweet Cider = Medium[...] |
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London?s best cider pub?
Have you discovered the central London pub that has been awarded National Pub of the year by CAMRA this week? If not, then we may have given you a very good excuse to go and hunt down this very traditional English boozer, offering a very[...] |
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Scottish Highlands Cider Tour
Last week I fulfilled a life time ambition to canoe across Scotland, from West to East coast along the Great Glen Way . As you can imagine, I was intrigued to see if I could find real cider in Scotland along the way! First stop was[...] |
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CAMRA takes Office of Fair Trading (OFT) to Tribunal
It’s looking like 2010 will become the year of campaigning to saving the pub. The pub is a trade that continues to adapt in response to changes in the social life of modern Britain. However, it seems running a business and creating a valuable[...] |
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October is Cider month!
CAMRA Toasts Greater Availability of Real Cider Across Britain (they are not all from the South West!) More than 550 pubs affiliate to new Real Cider* promotion in first 12 months CAMRA, the Campaign for Real Ale, as part of their Cider Month[...] |
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Only locals can save the local
“Only locals can save the local” That was the observation of social expert, Dr Rick Muir, when he addressed a meeting held as part of the Pig?s Ear festival on 4 December. Dr Muir is author of the recent Institute of Public Policy[...] |
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Pubs still calling time, but not so quickly
It would be an exaggeration to say the pub trade has been restored to full health – but recently the numbers of pubs closing has slowed down. The figures from the British Beer and pub association (BBPA) shows that 39 boozers are shutting[...] |
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National Cider and Perry Championships 2010
CAMRA’s National Cider and Perry Championships 2010 in Reading featured 24 ciders and 24 perries, selected from different regions of the UK. The ciders and perries are assessed on factors such as aroma, flavour, overall balance and finish[...] |