Welcome to CAMRA North Herts

This is the website for the North Hertfordshire branch of CAMRA – The Campaign for Real Ale. To find out more about what we do, please visit the about us section. To find out more about what CAMRA does nationally please visit the national website camra.org.uk.

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Branch and other local news

Cambridge CAMRA needs you!

Our neighbours in Cambridgeshire are  currently in the process of selecting their entries for the 2026 Good Beer Guide. They allow CAMRA members from adjoining branches to take part in their selection processes - That means that North Hertfordshire branch members can...
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Pints of View Winter Edition

Pints of View edition 312 is online now and it's a bumper edition. It will be available as a paper magazine around Herts after 18th December as soon our volunteers have got around the pubs. Meanwhile, download and enjoy this edition which has a variety of top guest...
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The Rose and Crown, Aston is open!

The Rose & Crown in Aston reopened for business on 29 November, having been closed since December 2014. It has 3 hand pumps selling a range of top quality ales some from local breweries. Food is prominent in their new...
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50th Beer Festival

This year’s Hitchin Beer Festival is the 50th in a sequence of Beer Festivals hosted (or co-hosted) by the North Hertfordshire Branch of CAMRA, in a continuous run of one or more every year since 1991. It is also 50 years since the North Hertfordshire CAMRA branch was...
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Pub of the Year 2024

Congratulations to Rob and his team at the Orange Tree, Baldock on becoming this years Pub of the Year for North Hertfordshire!
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Cider Pub of the Year 2024

Congratulations to Freddie, & Emily and their team at the Half Moon, Hitchin for winning the CAMRA North Herts cider pub of the year award for 2024.
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The Plough at Kings Walden has been saved!

The Plough at Kings Walden was under threat from a change of use planning application by its previous owners, Admiral Taverns. On May 24th after a lengthy battle they agreed to sell it to the Pilkington Farm Partnership who bought it for the community. Adam Nicoll led...
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Pints of View 311 – Autumn 2024

Those of you who look out for the quarterly Herts magazine in our pubs may have wondered where it is. Unfortunately, we are not able to distribute a paper copy this time, nor publish some of the content. So here is a link to a digital download. Please particularly see...
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National News

Campaigning

SIBA Indie Beer

by | 10/11/2024 | Campaigns, National CAMRA News | 0 Comments

CAMRA has thrown its weight behind SIBA’s new Indie Beer campaign, designed to help consumers seek out independent beers and breweries. The campaign includes a brewery checker tool so consumers can find out if a brewer is independently owned, and an “assured” mark for...
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Cider and Perry Month’s

by | 19/10/2024 | Campaigns | 0 Comments

CAMRA supports and campaigns for cider and perry throughout the year, and we spotlight it with celebrations in October and May. Why May and October? Unlike real ale production, which can happen at any time of the year, real cider and perry is generally a seasonal...
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LocAle

by | 19/10/2024 | Campaigns | 0 Comments

LocAle is an initiative that promotes pubs stocking locally brewed real ale in order to reduce the number of ‘beer miles’ from brewery to pub cellar. It is based on growing consumer demand for quality local produce and increasing awareness of environmental issues....
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Save our Pubs!

by | 19/10/2024 | Campaigns | 0 Comments

CAMRA campaigns to save the Great British Pub from extinction as 14 pubs close their doors each week. The value of pubs cannot be overstated. The pub and beer industry supports nearly 900,000 jobs in the UK and contributes £23.6bn to the UK economy annually. CAMRA...
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Handpump Hijack

by | 06/10/2024 | Campaigns, National CAMRA News | 0 Comments

In March 2024, Carlsberg Marston’s Brewing Company (CMBC) launched ‘Fresh Ale’. These are brewery-conditioned versions of their cask range, which are then kegged and served through cask handpumps. They positioned this as a way to ‘revive’ cask by giving it a longer...
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