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Beer in England pre-dates other alcoholic drinks produced in England, and has been brewed continuously since prehistoric times. [1] As a beer brewing country, England is known for its top fermented cask beer (also called real ale) which finishes maturing in the cellar of the pub rather than at the brewery and is served with only natural ...
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 (GBBF). Category winners are then re-judged to determine the supreme champion — the Supreme Champion Beer of ...
Manual beer pumps dispensing British beers from Fuller's Brewery. Beer in England is usually served at cellar temperature (between 10–14 °C (50–57 °F)), [citation needed] which is often controlled in a modern-day pub, although the temperature can naturally fluctuate with the seasons. Proponents of English beer say that it relies on ...
Beer in the United Kingdom has a long history, and has quite distinct traditions. Historically the main styles were top-fermented Bitters, Porters, Stouts and Milds, but after World War II lagers took over half the market by volume.
In England the bottled counterpart of basic bitter; in Scotland, "Light" is the lowest gravity draught beer (normally dark in colour). [4] Session or ordinary bitter Strength up to 4.1% abv. This is the most common strength of bitter sold in British pubs. It accounted for 16.9% of pub sales in 2003. [5] Best or special bitter
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First edition in 1974. The content of the Guide is decided upon by volunteers in CAMRA's local branches. [2] Throughout the preceding year, CAMRA members anonymously rate the quality of the cellarmanship of beer in venues using CAMRA's National Beer Scoring System (NBSS) through either WhatPub or the Good Beer Guide app. [3] These scores are then reviewed by local volunteers in the spring, who ...
The Great British Beer Festival (sometimes abbreviated as GBBF) is an annual beer festival organised by the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA). It presents a selection of cask ales, and the Champion Beer of Britain awards, and is held in August of each year. GBBF's sister festival, the Great British Beer Festival Winter, is held in February each ...