Good Beer Guide 2019 by Campaign for Real Ale

This reached out to the membership through public meetings and online voting to see if there was support for broadening the campaign’s base, embracing other types of beer and putting more emphasis into supporting pubs. Tom is a professional journalist and worked as a reporter for the pub trade paper the Morning Advertiser before editing CAMRA’s newspaper What’s Brewing and its magazine BEER.īoth were centrally involved in the Campaign’s Revitalisation project that ran from 2016 to 2018. Nik has served on the National Executive for several years and was in charge of beer festivals before becoming finance director. They’re not old crusties, Private Eye and Viz stereotypes, though they have earned their spurs in the campaign. Tom Stainer is the new chief executive at the head office in St Albans. Nik Antona (pictured left) will take over as CAMRA national chairman following the annual meeting in April. A new chairman and chief executive are determined to improve CAMRA’s image, reach out to younger drinkers and convince all pubgoers that the 193,000-strong organisation is about more than just handpumps on bars and casks in the cellar. “This is the 46th issue of the Guide - a book that has become an essential companion for those with a passion for real ale and discovering the best places to find it.There’s change at the top of the Campaign for Real Ale. North Wales pub named the best in Britain - and this is why.“We’ve seen such sweeping changes across the brewing and pub scene over the past year with brewing becoming more collaborative and socially minded, and pubs continuing to diversify to cater for all tastes with the continued increase in micropubs, tap rooms and community-run pubs, each improving choice for drinkers.

In total this year, North Wales has 88 pubs listed in the guide and, while 22 of these are new entries, others have appeared in previous editions of the guide.Īs well as the new pub entries, this year's guide also includes two new local brewery entries, bringing the total number of breweries to 32.Ī spokesman for CAMRA said: “It’s fantastic to see the number of new pub entries in the Good Beer Guide 2019 and the continued growth in local brewing. The Bridge End Inn in Ruabon, Wrexham, was named one of the country’s top pubs this year.

The 46th edition of the Good Beer Guide, published today by the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA), recommends the best pubs in Britain for ale drinkers through independent judgment and recommendations. Another 20 pubs from around North Wales have made it into a prestigious beer guide.

Good Beer Guide 2019 by Campaign for Real Ale