Beery News from What’s Brewing

  • by Timothy Hampson
    West Dorset CAMRA branch’s Pub of the Year is the Tiger Inn, Bridport – a Victorian, Grade II-listed, 18th-century free house owned and run by Graham and Jacquie Taylor. The wood-panelled bar has […]
  • by WB Reporter
    CAMRA is calling on members to email their MP, asking for them to halt government plans to water down vital planning protections for pubs. The government is proposing to change national planning rules so […]
  • by Timothy Hampson
    Duration brewery has taken the Norfolk’s top can-conditioned beer title for the second year running with its 4.8 per cent ABV Ebb and Flow. The beer, brewed in West Acre, has “a slightly sweet […]
  • 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 […]

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.