Beery News from What’s Brewing

• Bostin’ six-year pub tour!
  by Laura Hadland
  Veteran pubgoer Peter Hill is celebrating the completion of an epic journey to visit all the 4,429 pubs in the 2020 Good Beer Guide this week. Peter, an active member of Dudley and South […]
• Pub-saving superheroes in the spotlight
  by WB Reporter
  CAMRA has named the Hull Community Pub Society, which saved the New Clarence in Hull, as the first city winner of its Pub Saving Awards 2025. The Campaign also revealed the Victorian Vine (above) in Pittshill, […]
• ‘Disastrous’ Budget will force Scottish pubs to close
  by WB Reporter
  Following the Scottish government’s Budget statement which slashed the 40 per cent discount on pubs’ business rates at the same time as a revaluation, director of CAMRA Scotland Stuart McMahon (pictured) said: “Pubgoers […]
• First Good Beer Guide editor remembered
  by Roger Protz
  CAMRA pioneers are mourning the death of John Hanscomb, the first editor of the Good Beer Guide in the 1970s, who was a great campaigner and influential voice in the early days of […]
• Do you have what it takes?
  by Ash Corbett-Collins
  I want us to be the best Campaign we can be. I say this a lot, but it’s because it’s really important. It’s why I wanted to be your chairman, and it’s why […]
• Beers from the past for now and the future
  by Roger Protz
  It’s heartening to find that Britain’s rich tapestry of historic beer styles is recognised, cherished and promoted. While the rest of the world consumes mainly lager beer – some of it authentic, some […]
• Pubs: “pieces of community infrastructure”
  by Laura Hadland
  Shortly before Christmas, I read a letter to the editor of the Irish Times written by Dr Kathy McLoughlin. Dr McLoughlin is a psychologist who has spent decades working in health and social […]