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What's Brewing @whatsbrewing.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
CAMRA Monthly Raffle update – August Read on What's Brewing: wb.camra.org.uk/2026/08/21/c...
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CAMRA Monthly Raffle update – August
Congratulations to all the winners of CAMRA’s Monthly Raffle!    Taking part in the Monthly Raffle is a fun way to support CAMRA. By entering you’ll b...
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What's Brewing @whatsbrewing.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Congratulations to all the winners of CAMRA’s Monthly Raffle!   Taking part in the Monthly Raffle is a fun way to support CAMRA. By entering you’ll be supporting vital campaigning work to protect pubs, breweries and cask beer across the UK.  🔗Link in comments. 👇
A woman celebrates in front of a crowd with purple, red and yellow graphics
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Women In Beer @womeninbeer.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Last Week to Enter! Just 1 week left to enter our inaugural Women in Beer Awards! We can already announce there won't be any additional time, so don't miss the chance to nominate your colleagues, mentor, or even yourself for an award! www.womeninbeer.co.uk/awards
Last week to enter! Women in Beer (WiB) Awards 2026 promotional graphic with blue bottle and glass accents.
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What's Brewing @whatsbrewing.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Top 16 UK pubs revealed Read on What's Brewing: wb.camra.org.uk/2026/08/23/t...
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Top 16 UK pubs revealed
The 2026 Pub of the Year competition is hotting up with CAMRA’s England regions and overall Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland winners revealed ahea...
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What's Brewing @whatsbrewing.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
The 2026 Pub of the Year competition is hotting up with CAMRA’s England regions and overall Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland winners revealed ahead of a busy bank holiday weekend for pubs. 🔗Link in comments.👇 📷Paul Hillhouse
An exterior of a pub in the sunshine. The exterior is white with red borders
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What's Brewing @whatsbrewing.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
A toast to the Pev’s heart and soul Read on What's Brewing: wb.camra.org.uk/2026/08/23/a...
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A toast to the Pev’s heart and soul
CAMRA members gathered at the Peveril of the Peak in Manchester to celebrate the life of legendary landlady, Nancy Swanick. Nancy passed away aged 96...
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What's Brewing @whatsbrewing.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
CAMRA members gathered at the Peveril of the Peak in Manchester to celebrate the life of legendary landlady, Nancy Swanick. 🔗Link in comments.👇
Two people stood next to each other, one holding a framed certificate, the other with a pint
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What's Brewing @whatsbrewing.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Pub saving winner a year on Read on What's Brewing: wb.camra.org.uk/2026/08/21/p...
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Pub saving winner a year on
Following CAMRA reopening nominations for the Pub Saving Award, What’s Brewing caught up with last year’s winner the Hull Community Pub Society (above...
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What's Brewing @whatsbrewing.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Following CAMRA reopening nominations for the Pub Saving Award, What’s Brewing caught up with last year’s winner, the Hull Community Pub Society, to see how the New Clarence and its supporters have been faring since the win. 🔗Link in comments.👇
A group of people crowded together in a pub
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Matthew Curtis @totalcurtis.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
In my new column for @camraofficial.bsky.social's What's Brewing, I chat to Damm UK's managing director Luke White about the brands recent acquisition of the Morland Old Speckled Hen brands and their plans for them. You can read it here: wb.camra.org.uk/2026/08/14/s...
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Something’s brewing in Bedford
To the rear of the packaging hall at the Eagle brewery in Bedford is one of the largest cask racking systems I’ve ever seen. As it happens, it’s also...
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What's Brewing @whatsbrewing.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
‘Another promising step’ on business rates Read on What's Brewing: wb.camra.org.uk/2026/08/24/a...
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‘Another promising step’ on business rates
The government has launched an independent review of how pub and hotels are valued for business rates in England. CAMRA chairman Ash Corbett-Collins s...
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What's Brewing @whatsbrewing.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
🗨️ The Government has announced an independent review of how pubs and hotels are valued for business rates 📢 Pubs need a fairer system to deliver lower bills and keep their doors open to communities. Here's our response from Ash Corbett-Collins, CAMRA Chairman. Link in comments. 🔗
On the left ais a quote in white text on a grey background and yellow quotation marks. On the right is a photo of Ash Corbett-Collins wearing a black zipped fleece with Big Ben in the background.
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What's Brewing @whatsbrewing.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Pub garden champ turns back the clock Read on What's Brewing: wb.camra.org.uk/2026/08/21/p...
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Pub garden champ turns back the clock
The first pub to win West Dorset CAMRA’s Pub Garden of the Year competition back in 2017, the Spyway Inn, has done it again this year. The Spyway Inn,...
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What's Brewing @whatsbrewing.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
The first pub to win West Dorset CAMRA’s Pub Garden of the Year competition back in 2017, the Spyway Inn, has done it again this year. 🔗 Link in comments. 👇 📷 Photo by Rich Gabe.
Louise & Dave Compton of the Spyway Inn in a beautiful garden with lots of flowers. Photo by Rich Gabe.
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What's Brewing @whatsbrewing.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
‘Much-loved’ landlord dies Read on What's Brewing: wb.camra.org.uk/2026/08/17/m...
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‘Much-loved’ landlord dies
For several years, well-loved former landlord Russell Fletcher (above), who died recently, had the unique distinction of running the very first pub li...
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What's Brewing @whatsbrewing.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Malcom Tattersall celebrates the life of well-loved landlord Russell Fletcher, who had the unique distinction of running the very first pub listed in each edition of CAMRA’s Good Beer Guide. 🔗 Link in comments. 👇
A headshot of Russell Fletcher wearing a black polo shirt with shelves of bottles and a mirror behind him.
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What's Brewing @whatsbrewing.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Hidden barriers to beer by Laura Hadland @morrighani.bsky.social Read on What's Brewing: wb.camra.org.uk/2026/08/12/h...
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What's Brewing @whatsbrewing.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Ordering a pint of cask in a pub if you are allergic to a specific type of gluten can be a minefield. As beer writer Laura Hadland @morrighani.bsky.social discusses, proper allergen labelling is a way of making beer more accessible, instantly. 🔗 Link in comments.👇
Laura Hadland wearing a yellow jacket holding a pint, is sat at a wooden table
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What's Brewing @whatsbrewing.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Something’s brewing in Bedford by Matthew Curtis @totalcurtis.bsky.social Read on What's Brewing: wb.camra.org.uk/2026/08/14/s...
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Something’s brewing in Bedford
To the rear of the packaging hall at the Eagle brewery in Bedford is one of the largest cask racking systems I’ve ever seen. As it happens, it’s also...
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What's Brewing @whatsbrewing.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Beer writer Matthew Curtis @totalcurtis.bsky.social reflects on the sale of the Old Speckled Hen brand following a tour of the Eagle brewery in Bedford. 🔗 Link in comments.👇
Matthew Curtis sat in a pub wearing a a checked shirt holding a pint.
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What's Brewing @whatsbrewing.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
PUBlic Affairs update – August Read on What's Brewing: wb.camra.org.uk/2026/08/20/p...
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PUBlic Affairs update – August
The regular series returns to What’s Brewing with the Campaigns and Communications team’s latest campaigning for pubs, pints and people across Westmin...
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What's Brewing @whatsbrewing.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
The regular series returns to What’s Brewing with the Campaigns and Communications team’s latest campaigning for pubs, pints and people across Westminster, devolved parliaments and local government. 🔗 Link in comments. 👇
An ariel shot of Westminster with London in the horizon
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What's Brewing @whatsbrewing.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Make the most of a million beers giveaway Read on What's Brewing: wb.camra.org.uk/2026/08/17/m...
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Make the most of a million beers giveaway
Britain’s pubs will be offering a million free Try Before You Buy beer tasters during September’s Cask Ale Week. The sampling campaign will see 10,000...
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What's Brewing @whatsbrewing.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Britain’s pubs will be offering a million free Try Before You Buy beer tasters during September’s #CaskAleWeek. The sampling campaign will see 10,000 pubs offer at least 100 freshly poured shots of #cask #beer each throughout the week, which runs from 17-27 September. 🔗Link in comments.👇
Three young people at a bar with beer
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What's Brewing @whatsbrewing.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
CAMRA Pub Heritage Group update – August Read on What's Brewing: wb.camra.org.uk/2026/08/18/c...
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CAMRA Pub Heritage Group update – August
CAMRA’s Pub Heritage Group shares news and updates about pubs with historically significant interiors across the UK. For further news about the Nation...
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What's Brewing @whatsbrewing.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
CAMRA’s Pub Heritage Group shares news and updates about pubs with historically significant interiors across the UK. 🔗Link in comments.👇
The Peveril of the Peak pub in Manchester, featuring distinctive yellow and green tiled walls and a green entrance door.
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What's Brewing @whatsbrewing.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Big win for CAMRA Read on What's Brewing: wb.camra.org.uk/2026/08/18/b...
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Big win for CAMRA
Following the announcement yesterday that the government is to introduce stronger planning protections for pubs, CAMRA chairman Ash Corbett-Collins (a...
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What's Brewing @whatsbrewing.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Following the announcement yesterday that the government is to introduce stronger planning protections for pubs, CAMRA chairman Ash Corbett-Collins said it was a big win for the Campaign. 🔗Link in comments.👇
Ash Corbett-Collins wearing a black zip up fleece with Big Ben in the background
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What's Brewing @whatsbrewing.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Druid celebration returns Read on What's Brewing: wb.camra.org.uk/2026/08/15/d...
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Druid celebration returns
A pub in Wales, officially crowned one of the most beautiful in the UK, is bringing back its popular beer festival later this month. The Druid Inn (ab...
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What's Brewing @whatsbrewing.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
The Druid Inn in Gorsedd, near Holywell, is inviting beer lovers, cider fans and the locals to join it for four days of great drinks, live music and outdoor food from 20-23 August. 🔗Link in comments.👇
Exterior of the Druid Inn with a bright blue sky
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David Desi Pubs Dason @davidjesudason.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
‘It would make it more difficult for me to get around as more space would be taken up by extra chairs and tables’
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What's Brewing @whatsbrewing.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Four Candles sale is no joke Read on What's Brewing: wb.camra.org.uk/2026/08/15/f...
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Four Candles sale is no joke
Eight months after the Four Candles closed its doors in Broadstairs, Kent its owner is hoping to find a new home for the brewery equipment that operat...
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What's Brewing @whatsbrewing.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Eight months after the Four Candles closed its doors in Broadstairs, Kent its owner is hoping to find a new home for the brewery equipment that operated at the tiny pub. 🔗 Link in comments. 👇
Bottles of beer with blue and yellow labelling with a Ukraine flag behind
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What's Brewing @whatsbrewing.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Braised pork with beer and onions by @anislandchef.bsky.social Read on What’s Brewing: wb.camra.org.uk/2026/08/11/b...
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Braised pork with beer and onions
Earlier this month I read that despite the ongoing heatwave there has been a somewhat unexpected increase in sales of ready-made meals like shepherd's...
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What's Brewing @whatsbrewing.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Our resident chef has sorted tonight’s dinner! Christian Gott’s @anislandchef.bsky.social latest tasty recipe is braised pork with beer and onions – sounds delicious! 🔗 Check out the recipe on What’s Brewing, link in comments. 👇
A plate of meat with thick sauce and green beans
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What's Brewing @whatsbrewing.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Time to take a stand by @davidjesudason.bsky.social Read on What’s Brewing: wb.camra.org.uk/2026/08/07/t...
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Time to take a stand
The news that Westminster council could end standing at the bar or outside Soho pubs seems so far-fetched that I thought it was a joke, something stra...
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What's Brewing @whatsbrewing.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Following the launch of Westminster City Council’s draft licensing policy, @davidjesudason.bsky.social discusses how forced changes may make pubgoing inaccessible for wheelchair users. 🔗 Link in comments.👇
A studio portrait of a middle-aged man with a shaved head and salt-and-pepper beard, wearing a navy-blue hoodie.
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What's Brewing @whatsbrewing.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
North Wales hat-trick for branch Read on What's Brewing: wb.camra.org.uk/2026/08/07/n...
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North Wales hat-trick for branch
It’s three cheers for the pubs and clubs in the Vale of Clwyd branch area as three of its cask beer establishments have won CAMRA’s North Wales region...
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What's Brewing @whatsbrewing.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
It’s three cheers for the pubs and clubs in the Vale of Clwyd branch area as three of its cask beer establishments have won CAMRA’s North Wales region pub awards. 🔗Link in comments.👇
Four people with a certificate in front of blackboard
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What's Brewing @whatsbrewing.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
The Crooked House - a modern tragedy by @rogerprotz.bsky.social Read on What's Brewing: wb.camra.org.uk/2026/08/07/t...
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The Crooked House - a modern tragedy
The destruction of the Crooked House pub, a much-loved Black Country tavern that was a victim of arson on 5 August 2023 and then bulldozed, is told in...
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What's Brewing @whatsbrewing.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Following the three-year anniversary of the fire and complete destruction of the Crooked House in Himley, @rogerprotz.bsky.social writes about the the iconic wonky pub and its legacy, including a new film made by campaigners. 🔗Link in comments.👇
A pile of rubble with people walking across it.
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What's Brewing @whatsbrewing.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Manchester loses the Pev matriarch Read on What's Brewing: wb.camra.org.uk/2026/08/11/m...
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Manchester loses the Pev matriarch
The Peveril of the Peak (pictured) has lost its matriarch and Manchester one of its great characters. Nancy Swanick, landlady of the Grade II-listed p...
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What's Brewing @whatsbrewing.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
The Peveril of the Peak has lost its matriarch and Manchester one of its great characters. Nancy Swanick, landlady of the Grade II-listed pub on Great Bridgewater Street in Manchester, died peacefully on 28 July, aged 96. 🔗Link in comments👇 📷Matthew Curtis
Exterior of the Peveril of the Peak, with green tiling
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What's Brewing @whatsbrewing.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Anti-pub Westminster under fire Read on What's Brewing: wb.camra.org.uk/2026/08/07/a...
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Anti-pub Westminster under fire
CAMRA has branded Westminster City Council anti-pub following the launch of its “absurd” draft licensing policy.  The council, which oversees pubs in...
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What's Brewing @whatsbrewing.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
CAMRA has branded Westminster City Council anti-pub following the launch of its “absurd” draft licensing policy. The council, which oversees pubs in Soho and the West End, has proposed changes to licensing laws, similar to the restrictions seen during the Covid pandemic. 🔗Link in comments👇
Profile of Ellie Eames, wearing a dark grey shirt in front of an off-white wall
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What's Brewing @whatsbrewing.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Brewery closures slow but ‘struggles not over’ Read on What's Brewing: wb.camra.org.uk/2026/08/10/b...
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Brewery closures slow but ‘struggles not over’
The rate of brewery closures has slowed in the first half of 2026 compared to 2025 according to the SIBA (Society of Independent Brewers and Associate...
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What's Brewing @whatsbrewing.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
The rate of brewery closures has slowed in the first half of 2026 compared to 2025 according to the SIBA UK Brewery Tracker, published today. 🔗Link in comments.👇
A brewer pouring beer away from a steel cask barrel
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Peterborough Beer Festival @pborobeerfest.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
UK Cask list: pborobeerfest.camra.org.uk/viewnode.php... (yeah yeah, we still need to add in all the tasting notes, but d'you know how long that takes!? and we couldn't keep this list a secret any longer!)
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What's Brewing @whatsbrewing.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Head brewer steps down after 40 years Read on What's Brewing: wb.camra.org.uk/2026/08/05/h...
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Head brewer steps down after 40 years
Sussex brewery Harvey’s has announced a series of appointments within its brewing team, marking the next chapter in the brewery’s long-term succession...
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What's Brewing @whatsbrewing.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Sussex brewery Harvey's has announced a series of appointments within its brewing team, marking the next chapter in the brewery’s long-term succession plan. 🔗Link in comments.👇
Pictured, from left, Cameron Elder, Peter Yarlett, Miles Jenner and Henry Kirk
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