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CAMRA has been established as a campaigning organisation since March 1971.

Just a year into CAMRA’s life, in 1972, the first Good Beer Guide was published, aiming to promote and encourage pubs, breweries and consumers to produce, drink and support quality real ale. The first guide consisted of 18 pages, typed and copied with hand drawn illustrations and listed a few hundred pubs. Five decades later and the Guide has become CAMRA’s flagship publication, now listing over 4,500 pubs and almost 3,000 breweries

CAMRA Books expanded and began to publish books on beer and brewing. We have also ventured into travel guides, with several versions of the Good Beer Guide produced for the USA, Germany, and Belgium.

Today we publish books on beer, cider, brewing, pubs and have been proudly putting the pint into print for 50 years.

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Award Winning Books 2023

CAMRA books was pleased to have won the first and second place in the best book on beer or pubs at the annual British Guild of Beer Writer’s Awards in 2023.

Desi Pubs

The Desi Pub began as a story of resistance. First established in the 1960s to break the racist colour bar, which saw many non-white customers refused service, they have...

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Cask

Cask beer has played a crucial role in the rise of beer appreciation and remains a unique format delivering a drinking experience that can’t be achieved any other way. Th...

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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 ho...

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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...


Perry Book

For the first time ever the full international story of perry — the drinks world’s best kept secret — is told in CAMRA’s groundbreaking book, Perry: A Drinker’s Guide.

The book will help drinkers navigate the styles, flavours, varieties, countries, regions and producers behind this ancient and fascinating drink. Whether long-standing perry fans or those discovering perry for the very first time, the book offers a treasure trove of information.

Although the biggest industrial brands are on the wane, around the world consumers and producers are waking up to the brilliance, potential and variety to be found in perry and making better, more exciting full-juice perries than have ever been available before.

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Perry Book

New Heritage Pubs titles

CAMRA books was pleased to have won the first and second place in the best book on beer or pubs at the annual British Guild of Beer Writer’s Awards in 2023.

East of England

East of England

Visit genuinely old pubs, some 500 years old; the East of England has the largest number of ancient snugs formed by settle benches and we guide you to them all

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South East

South East

Discover over 100 key examples of heritage pubs in the counties of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Kent, Surrey and East and West Sussex.

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South West

South West

Historic pubs throughout the South West of England. With articles on specific features of each pub and full listings of over 100 pubs, celebrating their individual architectural and historical importance.

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