Beery News from What’s Brewing

  • by Timothy Hampson
    CAMRA is demanding new consumer laws following the closure of Sharp’s brewery in Rock, Cornwall and moving its cask production 417 miles away to Hartlepool. The Campaign is now seeking a legal “pasty-style” […]
  • by Timothy Hampson
    Edinburgh and South East Scotland CAMRA branch members gathered in the city’s world-famous Oxford Bar to celebrate the launch of the latest Good Beer Guide. The cover of the 2027 guide carries a […]
  • by Roger Protz
    The launch of the latest Fuller’s Vintage Ale is one of the great beer moments of the year. Beer lovers await the new vintage with all the pent-up excitement of wine drinkers anticipating […]
  • by Timothy Hampson
    The British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) has urged government to increase the draught discount to 30 per cent and freeze beer duty in the upcoming Budget. The trade body is calling on […]
  • by Timothy Hampson
    The beer garden may have had its moment, but Exeter brewery is marking the arrival of autumn by keeping things decidedly local. As evenings begin to draw in, the independent brewery is inviting […]
  • by Claire Daniels
    I don’t have webbed toes. Or square eyes. Or hair on my chest. I admit to being shocked when it was revealed that carrots won’t really make you see in the dark. The […]
  • by WB Reporter
    Congratulations to all the winners of CAMRA’s Monthly Raffle!     The big winners were Dominic Pugh who took home the big prize of £1,000, Derek Pake won £500 plus Malcolm Boswell, Verna Doe and Alan […]

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2027 Good Beer Guide launching 24th September Fitzgeralds, Grey Street.

Copies will be available to purchase at the event.


Gateshead Pub Month 2026 map and info coming soon.


Congratulations to all our winners.

Overall Winners

Overall Pub Of The Year    Dipton Mill Inn

Club of The Year  Heaton Stannington F.C  

Cider Pub of The Year  The Bodega 

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Newcastle Pub of the Year
  1. The County – Gosforth
  2. Town Mouse Ale House – Newcastle
  3. Mean Eyed Cat – Newcastle
Gateshead Pub Of The Year
  1. Microbus – Gateshead
  2. Ye Olde Cross – Ryton
  3. Wheat Sheaf – Felling
North Tyneside Pub of the Year
  1. Left Luggage Room – Monkseaton
  2. Tynemouth Lodge – Tynemouth
  3. Enigma Tap – North Shields
South East Northumberland Pub Of The Year
  1. The Office – Morpeth
  2. Joiners Arms – Morpeth
  3. The Lounge – Blyth
South West Northumberland Pub of the Year
  1. Dipton Mill – Hexham
  2. The Pont Tap – Ponteland
  3. Platform Bar – Hexham
North Northumberland Pub of the Year
Tyneside Cider Pub of the Year
Northumberland Cider Pub of the Year
Tyneside Club of the Year
Northumberland Club Of The Year
  1. Comrades Club – Haltwhistle
  2. Stocksfield Cricket Club – Stocksfield
  3. Ovington Social Club – Ovington


Forge at Ulgham – Community Buyout Launched.