What's Brewing

Brewer takes over popular beer bar Horsforth brewery has taken ownership of the Fuggle and Golding beer bar in the heart of Ilkley, Yorkshire. The acquisition secures the future of one...

Brewer takes over popular beer bar
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MP steps in to Cock fight Growing concern is being voiced by residents over the continued closure and deterioration of the Cock Inn in Sibson, Leicestershire, one of the oldest...

MP steps in to Cock fight
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Scottish craft brewer sold One of Scotland’s best known craft brewers has been taken over by the drinks giant behind brands including Tennent’s and Magners in a multimillion pou...

Scottish craft brewer sold
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New looks for cask favourite Greene King has unveiled the next instalment of its Fresh Cask Releases bringing back one of the most popular beers in the calendar backed by multiple...

New looks for cask favourite
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Three B’s doubles up CAMRA’s Yorkshire Wolds branch has crowned Three B’s micropub in Bridlington not only its Pub of the Year but its cider favourite too. The pub beat co...

Three B’s doubles up
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Old favourites return for birthday celebrations St Austell is raising a glass to its 175th anniversary with the launch of a limited-edition cask beer range for 2026, including several much-loved fav...

Old favourites return for birthday celebrations
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Community pubs – a beacon of light in the gloom The last few days have thrown up a tumult of events to rock the UK’s brewing scene: the sad passing of Des de Moor one of the best beer writers in the...

Community pubs – a beacon of light in the gloom by @anislandchef.bsky.social
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Brewery demolition starts Demolition of the Cannon brewery in Neepsend, Sheffield, home of Stones Bitter, has begun bringing an end to a significant chapter in the city’s brewi...

Brewery demolition starts
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Magpie steals top prize Magpie brewery scooped the Spyke Golding Challenge crown at the annual Hucknall Beer and Cider Festival supported by Nottingham CAMRA earlier this mon...

Magpie steals top prize
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Community-owned businesses prove their worth The social benefits of rural community-owned businesses shone through during a visit by Plunkett UK and Southern Co-op to Hampshire. At a challenging...

Community-owned businesses prove their worth
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Pubco boss says rates will kill off pubs The boss of Admiral Taverns has claimed business rates will “kill off” pubs as well as town centres unless the tax is fundamentally reformed. Admiral...

Pubco boss says rates will kill off pubs
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WB pioneer much missed Ted Bruning, who has died aged 68, was a writer and journalist who played a pivotal role in turning What’s Brewing into an influential newspaper and a...

WB pioneer much missed by @rogerprotz.bsky.social
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CAMRA coming to a cinema near you CAMRA features in a new film from the makers of Fisherman’s Friends.  The heart-warming Mother’s Pride, set to hit cinema screens across the UK on Fri...

CAMRA coming to a cinema near you
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Cornish beer from Burton? The global brewers have set out their priorities – to promote their lager brands at the expense of cask beer. As reported in What’s Brewing, Molson Co...

Cornish beer from Burton? by @rogerprotz.bsky.social
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PUBlic Affairs round up – February The regular series returns as the Campaigns and Communications team brings the latest updates on campaigning for pubs, pints and people across Westmin...

PUBlic Affairs round up – February
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CAMRA wants 'pasty' protection for Cornish beer Beer drinkers and pub campaigners in Cornwall are calling for pasty-style protection for local beers to prevent them being marketed as Cornish when br...

CAMRA wants 'pasty' protection for Cornish beer
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What we’ll be debating at CAMRA’s first hybrid Conference The Order Paper for CAMRA’s 2026 Conference has been published, showing the motions that are up for debate as part of Members’ Weekend.  For the first...

What we’ll be debating at CAMRA’s first hybrid Conference
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Interested in shaping debate at CAMRA Conference? The Conference Procedures Committee (CPC) is looking for a member to join it for the 2026/28 term.   Following the annual election process, one nomina...

Interested in shaping debate at CAMRA Conference?
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Plan your next festival trip For your next festival trip look no further than the tempting list below. To see all upcoming CAMRA events visit the events webpage.

Plan your next festival trip
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Molson Coors axes Sharp’s brewery Multinational beer giant Molson Coors Beverage Company has announced it is to close Sharp’s brewery in Rock by the end of 2026 with around 50 redundan...

Molson Coors axes Sharp’s brewery
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Plans for Jennings site revealed Big plans for the redevelopment of a Cockermouth landmark could see the former Jennings brewery site transformed into an arts and retail space complet...

Plans for Jennings site revealed
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Sense of belonging The Strong Girls Club. That was the legend emblazoned on the T-shirt of the youngest participant at the Attic Brew Co x Hand Brew Co International Wom...

A sense of belonging: the growing strength of women in beer who are forming new networks and communities.

My favourite comment: ‘Who is holding a wake at a coffee shop? … I work at at a really good beer bar in Amsterdam but again you wouldn’t really hold a wake here … living abroad really helps you to understand how special pubs are’

George’s Pour pour Hook Norton’s new seasonal cask beer, Paddock’s Pour, is being launched with a tasting at the George at Brailes in Oxfordshire. The brewery said the n...

George’s Pour pour
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London Brewing’s Streets ahead Beer Street (4 per cent ABV), an amber bitter with rye by London Brewing has won CAMRA’s Champion Winter Beer of Britain title at Liverpool Beer Festi...

London Brewing’s Streets ahead
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Why beer beats coffee for social cohesion There’s a coffee shop near me that’s a relic of a time before improved transport links made this part of South-East London unaffordable for most poten...

Why beer beats coffee for social cohesion by @davidjesudason.bsky.social
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Write now to save our pubs CAMRA is calling on members to email their MP, asking for them to halt government plans to water down vital planning protections for pubs. The governm...

Write now to save our pubs
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Introducing our hybrid Conference I want us to be the best Campaign we can be. You might have noticed that I say this a lot and that’s because it’s very important to me plus it’s why I...

Introducing our hybrid Conference
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Pub snack perfection So, I was sat recently in my local with a good pint and a packet of a popular, crunchy, bacon-flavoured snack, which by the way is suitable for vegeta...

Pub snack perfection by Christian Gott @anislandchef.bsky.social
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How pubs help us to mourn It was a battleship-grey January afternoon but the mood for one man inside the pub was even more ashen. While the fruit machines luridly flashed and l...

How pubs help us to mourn by @davidjesudason.bsky.social
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