Beery News from What’s Brewing

  • by Ash Corbett-Collins
    I want us to be the best Campaign we can be. You might have noticed that I say this a lot and that’s because it’s very important to me plus it’s why I […]
  • by Christian Gott
    So, I was sat recently in my local with a good pint and a packet of a popular, crunchy, bacon-flavoured snack, which by the way is suitable for vegetarians, and I started considering […]
  • by David Jesudason
    It was a battleship-grey January afternoon but the mood for one man inside the pub was even more ashen. While the fruit machines luridly flashed and laughter undulated at the bar, his expression […]
  • by Emily Ryans
    With CAMRA’s Members’ Weekend coming up from 17-19 April, the South Herts organising team has taken the wraps off the St Albans: City of Ale website. City of Ale is a St Albans-wide […]
  • by WB Reporter
    CAMRA is calling on the government to rethink plans to weaken protections in the planning system in England, which it believes could lead to thousands of pubs being lost. The Ministry of Housing, […]
  • by Timothy Hampson
    After two years away from its long-running Halls home, Norwich Beer Festival is back this October and is looking for a logo. The deadline for logo design entries is 11pm Monday 23 February […]
  • 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.

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.