John Young Memorial Award This year’s winner is the London Brewing Company. They were nominated jointly…
CAMRA Design Awards 2026
As many readers will recall, CAMRA has been running the Pub Design Awards in conjunction with…
Pub news – July 2026
◊ Ever since Wetherspoons sold the site in 2019, it has been likely that the Crown…
CAMRA pub information update 75
The WhatPub? pub database is no more. However the data remains available for all to use,…
Brewery News – July 2026
The bad news I’m sad to report the closure of two London independent breweries. Leyton based…
Costa Rica: minnows against a giant
As in so many parts of the world, in Costa Rica international breweries have a strong…
Usque ad mortem bibendum
By gatecrashing our brains, beer has shaped human history. The alcohol in beer is ‘ethanol’, a…
Tributes – Rob Jones, Humphrey Smith & Normal Balcon
In this edition we remember three people who have each played a part in London’s pub…
Champion Beer of Britain: awards for all colours!
In some years, CAMRA’s Champion Beer of Britain competition is more tightly fought than others. This…