Beery News from What’s Brewing

  • Inspirational orchardist scoops Pomona prize
    by Tori Wood
    Albert Johnson, from Ross-on-Wye Cider and Perry Company, has won CAMRA’s 2026 Pomona Award.  The Pomona Award honours people who have made an outstanding achievement, commitment, or contribution to the promotion of real […]
  • Gen Z gets a taste for cask
    by Roger Protz
    I have a word of advice for the doomsters anxious to write the obituary of cask beer: you should have dropped in to the St Albans beer festival at the end of September. […]
  • What about the workers?
    by David Jesudason
    “You haven’t heard of this pub? Why would you?” A few years ago, a neighbour was telling me about her new job in a local bar a bus ride away. Despite a tough […]
  • Eye-conic micropub sees off rivals to take cider crown
    by Timothy Hampson
    The Hoptician, Dursley, has been crowned CAMRA’s Cider and Perry Pub of the Year 2026 after fighting off the best in the UK including a former champion. This impressive achievement is even more […]
  • Brewery founders ‘betrayed’
    by Timothy Hampson
    CAMRA is demanding new consumer laws following the closure of Sharp’s brewery in Rock, Cornwall and moving its cask production 417 miles away to Hartlepool. The Campaign is now seeking a legal “pasty-style” […]
  • Scottish first for 2027 Good Beer Guide
    by Timothy Hampson
    Edinburgh and South East Scotland CAMRA branch members gathered in the city’s world-famous Oxford Bar to celebrate the launch of the latest Good Beer Guide. The cover of the 2027 guide carries a […]
  • Howzat for a Vintage return?
    by Roger Protz
    The launch of the latest Fuller’s Vintage Ale is one of the great beer moments of the year. Beer lovers await the new vintage with all the pent-up excitement of wine drinkers anticipating […]

Found a Pub or Club that’s not listed in the database?

Use our new Pub Report form and we’ll get it added.

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.

Pub and Club of the Year 2025 Winners

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 

Click Headings to show details.

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.