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300/300 More beers To Try Before You Die

300 More Beers to Try Before You Die! takes beer lovers on an exciting new odyssey through 300 of the best beers from around the world. A companion volume to the successful 300 Beers to Try Before You Die!, and compiled by award-winning beer writer Roger Protz, the book features everything from new American ales to rediscovered classics like English strong mild; and inventive new twists on age-old recipes from experimental brewers in Europe and beyond.

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The Good Beer Guide 2025 (Pubs Offer)

Order 10 copies of The Good Beer Guide and only pay £100

This offer is only valid for quantities of 10 or more Good beer Guides.

Exclusive offer for licensees

Explore the UK’s best pubs serving real ale.

The Campaign for Real Ale’s (CAMRA) Good Beer Guide – the UK’s best-selling beer and pub guide – is celebrating its 52nd edition with not one but two covers featuring two of the UK’s favourite locals: Coronation Street’s Rovers Return Inn, and Emmerdale’s Woolpack. The Guide, which surveys 4,500 of the best pubs across the UK, is the definitive beer drinker’s guide for those seeking the best pints in the nation’s pubs. The Good Beer Guide 2025 is available for pre-order now.

The Rovers Return Inn and the Woolpack represent the familiarity and community spirit of pubs across the UK. This edition of the Guide pays tribute to the communities that are beamed into homes, providing entertainment and companionship to those who may not have a local pub. Research commissioned by CAMRA found that people who have a local pub rate themselves as significantly happier because of it, and have more close friends. The pubs on television reflect this feeling. Some of Coronation Street’s and Emmerdale’s most iconic, touching, and memorable moments have occurred in their respective pubs.

The foreword of The Good Beer Guide 2025 will be written by BAFTA and multi award-winning Iain MacLeod, ITV’s Executive Producer for Continuing Drama. MacLeod has been Coronation Street’s Series Producer for the last 5 years taking the reins in December 2018. He kept the show on air during the Covid pandemic and throughout his tenure the serial drama has won multiple awards and accolades, celebrating its 60th anniversary in 2020.

The representation of pubs on television is vital in a time when the trade is under significant pressure. CAMRA’s pub closure statistics for 2023 show that 194 pubs were lost forever due to conversion or demolition, including venues like the Crooked House in Himley, and shocking 1,293 pubs closed their doors to their communities.

 

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The Good Beer Guide 2025

Explore the UK’s best pubs serving real ale.

The Campaign for Real Ale’s (CAMRA) Good Beer Guide – the UK’s best-selling beer and pub guide – is celebrating its 52nd edition with not one but two covers featuring two of the UK’s favourite locals: Coronation Street’s Rovers Return Inn, and Emmerdale’s Woolpack. The Guide, which surveys 4,500 of the best pubs across the UK, is the definitive beer drinker’s guide for those seeking the best pints in the nation’s pubs. The Good Beer Guide 2025 is available for pre-order now.

The Rovers Return Inn and the Woolpack represent the familiarity and community spirit of pubs across the UK. This edition of the Guide pays tribute to the communities that are beamed into homes, providing entertainment and companionship to those who may not have a local pub. Research commissioned by CAMRA found that people who have a local pub rate themselves as significantly happier because of it, and have more close friends. The pubs on television reflect this feeling. Some of Coronation Street’s and Emmerdale’s most iconic, touching, and memorable moments have occurred in their respective pubs.

The foreword of The Good Beer Guide 2025 will be written by BAFTA and multi award-winning Iain MacLeod, ITV’s Executive Producer for Continuing Drama. MacLeod has been Coronation Street’s Series Producer for the last 5 years taking the reins in December 2018. He kept the show on air during the Covid pandemic and throughout his tenure the serial drama has won multiple awards and accolades, celebrating its 60th anniversary in 2020.

The representation of pubs on television is vital in a time when the trade is under significant pressure. CAMRA’s pub closure statistics for 2023 show that 194 pubs were lost forever due to conversion or demolition, including venues like the Crooked House in Himley, and shocking 1,293 pubs closed their doors to their communities.

 

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The Modern Homebrewer

The Modern Homebrewer is a hands-on, practical guide to the most modern and up-to-date home brewing ingredients, equipment, and processes. Written by two award-winning homebrewing experts turned professional brewers, this new book will equip both novices and the most experienced brewers with the skills they need to produce professional quality beer at home.

With access to additional content using QR codes throughout the book

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Beer Box – celebrating Britain’s beer history

We’re bringing you six specially selected beers from some fantastic brewers and breweries keen to celebrate brewing beer in Britain for 1000 years!

Not only will you be supporting British brewsters but you can also explore a selection of quality beers brewed with expertise and attention to detail.

Age restriction : By purchasing alcohol from our site you are confirming that you are 18 years or over. It is illegal in the UK to sell alcohol to someone under  18 or for an adult to buy or attempt to buy alcohol on behalf of someone under 18.

  • Durham Brewery – Azzacca 4.4% IPA – Sessionable IPA with a big hop aroma of citrus and tropical fruit from the use of stunning Azacca hops
  • Duration – Ebb & Flow, 4.8% American Stout – hoppy and resinous with a lighter malt roast for drinkability
  • Merakai Brewing Co – Brave Noise, 4.5% Modern Dark Mild – Smokey notes with tropical and coconut flavour
  • Lost and Grounded – We are Everyone, 5% Weissbier – Soft, effervescent and fruity
  • Cloudwater – International Women’s Day Pale Ale, 4%, Pale Ale – bold and dank, with a full body and soft pine finish
  • Wild Card – Main Hustle, 4.6%, Pale Ale – sweet pineapple melding effortlessly with a fluffy mouthfeel and body

NB: CAMRA Member price of £35this will only show at checkout when logged in to the shop.

 

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THE DEVIL’S IN THE DRAUGHT LINES – 1000 years of women in Britain’s beer history

Once our ancient ancestors discovered that by settling and cultivating grains they would have a regular and plentiful food source, it was only a matter of time before beer became a part of everyday life. And that beer was mainly made by women. For centuries, women brewers remained key participants in our beer trade, up to the Industrial Revolution when increased mechanisation, alongside Victorian societal constraints, conspired to push a lot of them out. From then on, commercial brewing was generally considered a male-led profession.

But things are changing. With the increase in new breweries, and a growing enthusiasm for beer, women are back at the helm at an ever-growing number of British brewers, large and small, reasserting their dominance in the industry.

This important book, meticulously researched by beer historian Dr Christina Wade, charts the rise and fall – and rise – of women in Britain’s brewing trade, and includes interviews with women working in today’s beer industries. It tells us the whole story, explaining the real reasons why women brewers became marginalised, while also debunking some tired old myths along the way.

 

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Perry: a drinker’s guide

Perry has been made for centuries. Praised by the ancient Romans and once prized as highly as fine wine, it is made from fruit growing on trees that can be up to 300 years old; fruit that is, in some instances, so rare that only a single tree remains of a particular variety. Perry deserves its own authoritative resource, and now it has one. Renowned drinks writer and campaigner

‘Adam Wells – one of the rising stars of drinks writing – has rushed in where no one dared to tread and written a consummate guide to a drink most of us don’t know exists – perry. This book is a cracker – opinionated, witty, critical, yet passionate, intensely researched and wonderfully readable. The past, present and future of perry – it’s all here.’ – Oz Clarke

Adam Wells has written the world’s first dedicated and comprehensive guide to this most wondrous of drinks. Beautifully illustrated throughout with stunning colour photography, Perry: A Drinker’s Guide takes the reader on a journey through the magical world of perry, with information on its troubled history, the many different varieties of pear, how it’s made, and, most importantly, a guide to styles, countries, regions and producers.

You can be sure that in years to come, perry lovers everywhere will refer to this book as the starting point on their own incredible journey.

Member pre-order price £14.99 – this will show at checkout when logged in as a member.

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The Good Beer Guide 2024 – Alternative Edition

LAST FEW REMAINING COPIES OF THIS EDITION ARE AVAILABLE WHILE STOCKS LAST
The Good Beer Guide 2024 Alternative Edition is available to pre-order until noon on 28 July 2023.
The foreword for this year’s guide has been penned by Bruce Dickinson, frontman and lead singer of Iron Maiden!

© The Campaign for Real Ale – Bruce Dickinson at The Great British Beer Festival 2014

 

Bruce is the frontman and lead singer of one of the most successful bands to come from the UK, Iron Maiden. He is also a collaborative brewer with Robinsons, producing one of the UK’s most successful real ale beer brands that started with Trooper a decade ago.
This Alternative Edition is available exclusively from CAMRA and features the familiar lettering and design from previous editions, with a slight twist on the colouring.
This exclusive paperback edition of The Good Beer Guide will not be available from retailers and is only available to pre-order until noon on 28 July 2023.

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