CAMRA - Campaign for Real Ale

Dursley and District Sub-Branch

 

 
Welcome to the Dursley in Gloucestershire Sub-Branch of CAMRA - Campaign for Real Ale.

Our branch is one of seven sub-branches in Gloucestershire and covers the postcode areas of GL9, GL11, GL12 and GL13.

CAMRA’s mission is to act as the champion of the consumer in relation to the UK and European drinks industry.
It aims to:

Maintain consumers' rights.Promote quality, choice and value for money.Support the public house as a focus for community life.

Campaign for greater appreciation of traditional beers, ciders and perries as part of national heritage and culture.

CAMRA also sees a need to promote and protect some quality bottled beers that are not bottle conditioned, as survivors of certain styles, or as interesting beers in their own right.

 

Quality and Variety of Ale

We support the variety and distinctiveness of traditional beers. We oppose the present trend towards blandness, and the poor quality of much cask beer. CAMRA supports retention of low gravity beers and we encourage brewers to produce beers of different gravities and styles.We believe that secondary fermentation and proper conditioning is an essential part of the definition of real ale.CAMRA condemns returning stale or spoiled beer to the cask. We support proper ullage allowances to discourage publicans from filtering back.

CAMRA supports bottle-conditioned beers.

 
 

Winner Announced For CAMRA National Pub of The Year
The Old Spot in Dursley has won ........
Congratulations to Steve and Belinda and all at the Old Spot for winning this prestigious title ...... more news and photos to follow ......
 

 
Station Porter is voted Best Winter Beer in the land:
Station Porter brewed by Wickwar Brewery in the CAMRA Dursley and District Sub Branch area has been voted Supreme CAMRA Champion Winter Beer of Britain 2008.

Congratulations to Ray Penny and all involved at Wickwar on their award for making such a superb beer.

See how CAMRA announced the news on their web site here: http://www.camra.org.uk/page.aspx?o=268536

Gloucestershire Pubs and Breweries

A book by Tim Edgell and Geoff Sandles is now available. You can contact Geoff at www.gloucestershirepubs.co.uk or Tim at www.stroudvalleybreweries.co.uk for further information.