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The term "real ale" was coined by CAMRA in the 1970s to attract media attention in the U.K. to naturally fermented and served ales at a time when there were very few independent breweries left and most production had gone over to filtered and pasteurised "filtered ales" - "keg beer" - served under carbon dioxide pressure.
CAMRA logo on a bar towel First National CAMRA Beer Festival held at Covent Garden, London, 1975. The organisation was founded on 16 March 1971 in Kruger's Bar, Dunquin, County Kerry, Ireland, [2] [3] by Michael Hardman, Graham Lees, Jim Makin, and Bill Mellor, who were opposed to the growing mass production of beer and the homogenisation of the British brewing industry.
The National Inventory was begun by (and was maintained by) the Campaign for Real Ale as part of that organisation's mission to protect Britain's pub heritage as well as good beer. CAMRA is an independent, voluntary, consumer organisation based in the UK whose main aims are promoting live beer , cider and perry and thriving pubs and clubs in ...
The Champion Beer of Britain (also known as CBOB) is an award presented by the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA), at its annual Great British Beer Festival in early August. Qualification and judging [ edit ]
Winning one of the 150 Beer of the Festival awards from CAMRA beer festivals held throughout the year; Nominated beers are then grouped into categories and go through several rounds of blind tasting at the Great British Beer Festival Winter. Category winners are then re-judged to determine the supreme champion — the Champion Winter Beer of ...
CAMRA glass from the 1975 festival GBBF 2016, Olympia, London. CAMRA held their first large beer festival in Covent Garden, London in September 1975. [2] It was a 4-day event that attracted 40,000 people who drank 150,000 pints of real ale. [6] Strictly speaking it was not a GBBF, but it has been considered the forerunner of the festival.
The Good Beer Guide also includes a list of real ale breweries in the United Kingdom, with lists and tasting notes on their beers. After two long stints as editor, Roger Protz announced in autumn 2017 that the Good Beer Guide 2018 would be his last. [4] CAMRA stated that from 2019 the Guide would carry the name of the managing editor.
The National Winter Ales Festival (NWAF) is organised annually by the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA). From 2018 it was marketed as Great British Beer Festival Winter. The event showcases real ales available in the UK in the winter months, especially strong ales, stouts and porters. It was first held in 1997, alongside the Great British Beer ...