Beery News from What’s Brewing

  • by Rachel Auty
    Rachel Auty has been working with filmmaker Katie Greenhalf to create three short films about community-owned pubs for CAMRA’s Learn and Discover education platform, but it’s not her first rodeo. Back in 2014, […]
  • by Timothy Hampson
    A second share offering has been launched to save the Britannia Inn in Wells after its owner the Wellington Pub Company submitted a planning application to convert the pub into a four-bedroom house […]
  • by Timothy Hampson
    The Lion at Ickleton, near Saffron Walden, Cambridgeshire, has opened a community café to help people socialise. The pub, which was reopened in June 2025 after £440,000 was raised for the purchase, puts […]
  • by Timothy Hampson
    Older people and people living with dementia in and around Bristol are celebrating the launch of their debut beer amid hopes that sales will let others join them in the benefits of gardening, […]
  • by Tom Chapman
    CAMRA’s Pub Heritage Group shares news and updates about pubs with historically significant interiors across the UK. For further news see the Pub Heritage Group webpage here.
  • by WB Reporter
    The International Women’s Collaboration Brew Day (IWCBD) campaign is back for 2026 and has revealed its theme. The theme, chosen by past IWCBD participants, Women On Tap Changemakers and the Women On Tap […]
  • by WB Reporter
    CAMRA has released the first episode of its new three-part community pubs documentary series, celebrating people who have banded together to save their locals.  The series highlights the challenges and complexities faced by […]

2026 Good Beer Guide launched

Venue: The Bacchus, High Bridge Newcastle Upon Tyne. 6pm to 8:30pm

Copies were available to purchase at the event.

CAMRA Good Beer Guide "Trusted by beer lovers since 1974" advert

Click Below for Gateshead Pub Month 2025 map and info.


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.