Welcome to Reading CAMRA
The Campaign for Real Ale in Reading & Mid-Berkshire
WELCOME TO THE WEB SITE of Reading CAMRA, the Campaign for Real Ale in Reading and Mid-Berkshire. CAMRA is the pub-goer's champion; we promote fine beers in great pubs and defend the rights of the drinker. If you drink beer or like pubs CAMRA is the place for you!
Berkshire Pubs Week 2011
Based on CAMRA's Local Pubs Week campaign, Berkshire Pubs Week is a joint campaign with the four Berkshire CAMRA branch areas - West Berkshire, Reading & Mid Berkshire, Berkshire South East and Slough Windsor & Maidenhead.
The week is a celebration of the pub as a great social gathering place. Building on last year's success, all four local branches of CAMRA are teaming up to showcase what's on offer from pubs across the county and give people a perfect reason to take a look at what's going on in their local pubs.
With the focus on quality and variety, the craft brewing sector is thriving however pubs remain under pressure from rising taxes, a slowdown in spending and unfair competition from supermarkets. Berkshire Pubs Week is a great opportunity for people to pay a visit to their local or pubs further afield and enjoy the reason why pubs have come to play such a central and unique role in local communities.
Whatever you're looking for, there's a pub out there for you, and Berkshire Pubs Week is the ideal time to go out and find it...
For more information, check out the Berkshire Pubs Week blog
What is CAMRA?
Do you enjoy Real Ale in Real Pubs? Do you prefer to drink cask-conditioned ale to mass produced, mass market keg beer and lager? Does the continued threat against the unique flavours of real ale worry you? CAMRA is a national organization devoted to promoting real ale in real pubs, and Reading CAMRA, the local branch, is active both in campaigning for real ale, but also socially.
If any of these sound like you then CAMRA, the Campaign for Real Ale, may be a just up your street. If you live in or near Reading, then Reading & Mid-Berkshire CAMRA are busy working to protect your pleasure. This web site will show you who we are, what we do and how to join us. If you don't live in this area please visit CAMRA's national website.
CAMRA exists:
- To maintain consumer rights
- To promote quality, choice and value for money
- To support the public house as a focus of community life
- To campaign for greater appreciation of traditional beers, ciders and perries as part of national heritage and culture
CAMRA is a volunteer organization with over 130,000 members. CAMRA exists to promote good quality cask ales in good pubs. CAMRA has been described as the most successful consumer organization in Europe.
More importantly than all of this, though, is that being a member of CAMRA is fun. Enjoying the finest quality cask ales in Britain's best pubs is both a pleasure and a hobby. The fact that we are saving our unique heritage happens almost by accident.
CAMRA turned the tide of bland keg beer in the 1970s, when it looked likely that real ale might cease to exist. We have helped in the fight to stop breweries and pubs closing, and were instrumental in the introduction of all-day opening.
We are by no means complacent though. There are many fights still to be won - getting a full pint, or cutting the excessive UK duty on beer. You can help by joining CAMRA today. Our voice is listened to by government because we have so many members. Joining will further strengthen that voice.
If you want to carry on drinking good beer in great pubs, join CAMRA and protect your pleasure.
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