Do you enjoy drinking beer brewed in London? Do you enjoy drinking in brewery taprooms, even in the cold of winter? Do you take interest in who brews it? CAMRA London Region is looking for CAMRA members to volunteer to become Brewery Liaison Officers (BLOs).
CAMRA keeps a database of breweries and beers, which provides data for many functions such as the brewery section of the Good Beer Guide, beer data for the Champion Beer of Britain contest, the CAMRA website and beer scoring etc. The BLO for each brewery is responsible for keeping the data up to date, in line with tasks that are set through the year for that purpose.
As well as these tasks, the BLO has the opportunity to submit brewery news for the regular regional report and, twice a year, London BLOs come together for a meeting, usually at a brewery, which is a great opportunity to meet up with each other and share experiences.
The database is administered through a website and so some IT skills are needed. The website was refreshed a few years ago and there is documentation available to help.
Nearly all of the breweries regularly producing cask beer in London are already accounted for but there are still quite a few craft breweries needing BLOs. You don’t have to live in the same CAMRA branch area as the brewery but it helps if you can get there easily. You’d also need to keep the local branch up to date.
If you would like to volunteer as a BLO, would you please send an email to jpa1260@gmail.com and I will forward the role description.
John Adams
Brewery Liaison Co-ordinator
CAMRA London Region