Beery News from What’s Brewing

  • by Laura Hadland
    News that Carlsberg Britvic has announced the impending closure of the former Marston’s brewery and its primary logistics operation in Burton upon Trent broke last week. Just as I was settling at my […]
  • by Matthew Curtis
    People are drinking less. But don’t just take my word for it, there’s plenty of data to back it up. According to a report published by the BBC in January 2026, an increasing […]
  • by Claire Daniels
    After a long days’ harvest this week I somehow found myself spending the evening at the pub. Sat outside in the blazing 5pm sun, European style on the pavement. Apples swimming in front […]
  • by Timothy Hampson
    Britain’s beer and pub industry generated £37.8bn for the UK economy in 2025, supported almost a million jobs and contributed £16.8bn in tax, new British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) analysis has found. […]
  • by WB Reporter
    CAMRA has reacted with anger to the news that Carlsberg is to close its Burton brewing site in 2027. The Campaign has renewed demands for the Competition and Markets Authority to investigate how […]
  • by Harri Knight-Davis
    The autumn edition of BEER is now available, online packed with articles you just can’t miss.  The cover story is Tim Webb’s take on the UK’s beer market. Find out how the brewing […]
  • by WB Reporter
    Pubs across the UK are being urged to enter CAMRA’s Pub Design Awards which celebrates the UK’s most eye-catching hostelries and seeks out  gems where people have converted a building into a pub.  […]

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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.