There is a change to the arrangements for CAMRA’s national beer award this year. The style category judging of all of the winners from the regional judging (mostly at CAMRA beer festivals) was completed at the Great British Beer Festival – Winter in Rotherham and at the Cambridge Beer Festival. Only the final round, to decide the supreme champion, will take place at the Great British Beer Festival. The beers to be judged are as follows:
As well as the draught beers, the Champion Bottled Beer competition will also be judged at the same time. This is the only beer judging competition dedicated to real ale in a bottle. The Home Brew competition will also be judged at the GBBF. We will report on all of the winners in the next edition.
Meanwhile, the process for the 2026 competition has already begun and our congratulations go to Wimbledon Brewery whose Quartermaine IPA (5.8% ABV) was awarded Siver in the IPAs (English & New World) category in the London & South East regional round, judged at the South Downs Beer Festival in June.