CAMRA is organised on a federal basis, with numerous independent local branches, each covering a particular geographical area of the UK, that contribute to the central body of the organisation based in St Albans.

The Junction Inn has won numerous awards including a CAMRA award for best pub.

CAMRA developed the " National Beer Scoring Scheme " ( NBSS ) as an easy to use scheme for judging beer quality in pubs, to assist CAMRA branches in selecting pubs for the Good Beer Guide.

The scheme functions slightly differently in each area, and is managed by each branch, but the overall rule is that each participating pub is allowed to purchase beer from whatever brewery they wish, but if it the beer is to be promoted as a ' LocAle ' it must come from a brewery within a predetermined number of miles ( which is set by each CAMRA branch, but generally is around 20 or 25 miles, although, the North London branch has set it at 30 miles ) from brewery to pub door, even if it comes from a distribution centre further away ; in addition, each participating pub must keep at least one LocAle for sale at all times.

Awarded ' Champion beer of Britain ' by the Campaign for Real Ale ( CAMRA ) in 1988.

The yearly beer festival organised by the Campaign for Real Ale ( CAMRA ), was held at the theatre until 2008.

It also plays host to many events including the popular annual CAMRA beer festival.

The Lion Inn has won CAMRA awards for its real ales, the inn has activities including an annual beer festival, a cider and perry festival, the entering of a team in the Monmouth raft race and a Burns Night celebration.

They may engage in single-issue advocacy ( e. g., the British Campaign for Real Ale ( CAMRA ), which campaigned against keg beer and for cask ale ) or they may set themselves up as more general consumer watchdogs, such as the Consumers ' Association in the UK.

Real ale is the name coined by the Campaign for Real Ale ( CAMRA ) in 1973 for a type of beer defined as " beer brewed from traditional ingredients, matured by secondary fermentation in the container from which it is dispensed, and served without the use of extraneous carbon dioxide ".

This was a form of monopoly opposed by CAMRA, especially when the brewer forced poor beer onto the market owing to the lack of competition from better breweries.

The brewery re-launched their Emmerdale Ale as a lower-alcohol beer ( formerly 5 %) on 27 January 2006 at The Crown in Manfield for the Campaign for Real Ale ( CAMRA ).

He was an early member of the Campaign for Real Ale ( CAMRA ) in 1971, and has written several books on beer and pubs.

He was an early member of the Campaign for Real Ale ( CAMRA ) in 1971, and has written several books on beer and pubs.

The Great British Beer Festival ( GBBF ) is a yearly beer festival organised by the Campaign for Real Ale ( CAMRA ).

CAMRA figures show that in 2006, over 66, 000 people visited the festival over the course of the week and consumed some 350, 000 pints of beer — one pint sold in less than half of every open second.

CAMRA held their first large beer festival in Covent Garden, London in September 1975.

The Campaign for Real Ale ( CAMRA ) is an independent voluntary consumer organisation based in St Albans, England, whose main aims are promoting real ale, real cider and the traditional British pub.

In more recent years, commercial perry has also been referred to as " pear cider ", though some organisations ( such as CAMRA ) do not accept this as a name for the traditional drink.

CAMRA defines perry and pear cider as quite different drinks, stating that " pear cider " as made by the large industrial cidermakers is merely a pear-flavoured drink, or more specifically a cider-style drink flavoured with pear concentrate, whereas " perry " should be made by traditional methods from perry pears only.

The King's Arms-Silsden's CAMRA haunt, 3 or 4 changing guest beers, strange Belgian beers and cloudy cider.

The venue also has a small bar area that has been voted club of the year 2007 by CAMRA.

In reality, places like the Test Match never operated as a hotel. The Test Match Hotel was awarded the " Pub Grub of the year award " by CAMRA in 1992 presented to the then longest serving managers and chefs Terence and Jean Heath. The Test Match was refurbished a few years ago by its then owners, Hardy and Hansons Kimberley Brewery, and was recognised as the best refurbishment in Britain by CAMRA, reflecting the care and attention given to preserving its distinctive art deco features ( which were recognised as important by English Heritage ).

Nowadays the Clachaig Inn has three bars with real ales ( featured in the Campaign for Real Ale ( CAMRA ) guide ) and a wide range of malt whiskies as well as coffee, snacks and meals, open all day from 11am ( 12. 30pm on Sunday ) till late every day throughout the year.

CAMRA presents awards for beers and pubs, such as the National Pub of the Year, in which approximately 4, 000 active CAMRA members from 200 local branches vote for their favourite pub.

The best known CAMRA award is the Champion Beer of Britain, which is selected at the Great British Beer Festival, other awards include the Champion Beer of Scotland and the Champion Beer of Wales.

In Life, the Universe and Everything Slartibartfast has joined the Campaign for Real Time ( or CamTim as the volunteers casually refer to it, a reference to CAMRA ) which tries to preserve events as they happened before time travelling was invented.

Halesowen is home to two Campaign for Real Ale ( CAMRA ) Good Beer Guide listed pubs, the ' Hawne Tavern ' and the ' Waggon and Horses ,' both of which have won the local CAMRA branch Pub of the Year accolade in 2005 and 2006 respectively.

It has a pub called the White Horse, which was the winner of the Ely and District CAMRA Rural Pub of the Year Award 2006, 2010, 2011 and Overall Pub of the Year Award 2011.

Also on the A67 is the Carlbury Arms which is listed by CAMRA and has a pudding club, and the Carlbury milestone which is Grade II listed but said to be in poor condition.

In more recent years the are has become noted as leading the trend for the resurgence of back-to-basics, real ale pubs like the CAMRA award-winning Southampton Arms, the Pineapple, and Tapping the Admiral.

According to CAMRA, pubs are closing due to changing demographics / Islamification

The two surveys most often cited, both taken in 2007, are by the British Beer and Pub Association ( BBPA ) and CAMRA.

and according to CAMRA they are:

Lytham Beer Festival has been held annually in September since 2007, although this has moved to October in 2012 and is organised by the Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre branch of CAMRA.

Pale Rider won the " Champion Beer of Britain " award at the 2004 Campaign for Real Ale ( CAMRA ) organised Great British Beer Festival.

CAMRA has established influence at national government level, including English Heritage, and has been designated by the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry as a " super-complainant " to the Office of Fair Trading.

In 1993, Adnams Extra won the Champion Beer of Britain ( CBOB )-an award presented by the Campaign for Real Ale ( CAMRA ) at the annual Great British Beer Festival.

The Harp in Chandos Place has received several awards, including London Pub of the Year in 2008 by the Society for the Preservation of Beers from the Wood, and National Pub of the Year by CAMRA in 2011.

Most notably, TEA was voted " Best Bitter " in Britain in 2000, and in 2006 A over T was voted " Supreme Champion Winter Ale of Britain ", both by CAMRA.

The Wenlock Arms is a renowned cask ale public house in London, and has been named North London Pub of the Year by the local CAMRA branch on four occasions since it reopened in 1994.

The British consumer group CAMRA, claim that Greene King is in danger of becoming a monopoly by buying out other breweries and thus potentially limiting choice for the pub consumer.