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16th Colchester Winter Ale Festival Colchester, Starts 3 days from now

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Dorchester Beerex 2025 DORCHESTER, Starts 5 days from now

TJs Beer Festival Tonbridge, Starts 5 days from now

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Members' Weekend AGM & Conference

Riviera Centre, Torquay

11-13 April 2025

Great British Beer Festival Winter 2025

Magna Science Adventure Centre, Magna Way, Templeborough , Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S60 1FD

12-15 February 2025

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Champion Beer of Britain Winner

Crouch Vale, Amarillo

23 Haltwhistle Road, South Woodham Ferrers, CM3 5ZA

Champion Beer of Britain Silver

Anspach & Hobday, The IPA

Unit 11, Valley Point Industrial Estate, Beddington Farm Road, Beddington, CR0 4WP

Champion Beer of Britain Bronze

Green Jack, Trawlerboys Best Bitter

Argyle Place, Love Road, Lowestoft, NR32 2NZ

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That Beer Place Outside View 2024. (Pub, External, Bar, Key). Published on 12-06-2024

That Beer Place, Chester

116, Foregate Street, Chester, Chester, CH1 2HH

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Who we are Our Awards What we stand for Promotional Campaigns Our Leadership Our Regional Leaders Our staff Contact us / FAQs Feedback & Complaints Media Centre Digital Futures

Pubs and wellbeing Clubs Our Regions Learn and Discover What's Brewing Podcast Books Shop Volunteer Job opportunities

Beer Magazine

BEER magazine is CAMRA’s award-winning quarterly magazine. Published four times a year it features some of the best-known beer, cider and pub writers.

Our Branches

Find a place to visit

With over 220 CAMRA branch locations to enjoy beer, pubs or meet new people.

Save your local pub

Has your local pub closed?

Pubs across the UK are being lost forever to conversion or demolition.

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20 Regularly Produced Beers

Hop Back - Crop Circle

Produced: Regularly Brewed

Downton

Session Golden Ale

ABV: 4.2%

Hop Back - Entire Stout

Produced: Regularly Brewed

Downton

Vegan

Session Stout

ABV: 4.5%

Hop Back - GFB

Produced: Regularly Brewed

Downton

Session Bitter

ABV: 3.4%

Hop Back - Spring Zing

Produced: Apr-May

Downton

Session Golden Ale

ABV: 4.2%

Hop Back - Summer Lightning

Produced: Regularly Brewed

Downton

Premium Blond Ale

ABV: 5%

Hop Back - Taiphoon

Produced: Regularly Brewed

Downton

Flavoured Speciality Beers

ABV: 4.2%

Hop Back - Citra

Produced: Regularly Brewed

Downton

Session Blond Ale

ABV: 4%

Hop Back - Winter Lightning

Produced: Nov-Feb

Downton

Flavoured Speciality Beers

ABV: 5.5%

Hop Back - Fuggle Stone

Produced: Regularly Brewed

Downton

Session Bitter

ABV: 4%

Hop Back - Pacific Jade

Produced: Jun-Jul

Downton

Session Bitter

ABV: 3.9%

Hop Back - Hooking Good

Produced: Feb-Mar

Downton

Session Bitter

ABV: 4%

Hop Back - Glasshopper

Produced: Jul-Aug

Downton

Session Golden Ale

ABV: 3.8%

Hop Back - Green Hopped

Produced: Oct-Nov

Downton

Session Golden Ale

ABV: 4.3%

Hop Back - Elf & Hoppiness

Produced: Dec-Jan

Downton

Differently Produced Speciality Beers

ABV: 3.9%

Hop Back - Ginger Stout

Produced: Nov-Feb

Downton

Flavoured Speciality Beers

ABV: 4.5%

Hop Back - DragonFly

Produced: May-Aug

Downton

Premium Golden Ale

ABV: 4.8%

Hop Back - Calypso

Produced: Aug-Sep

Downton

Session Golden Ale

ABV: 3.4%

Hop Back - Thunder Storm

Produced: Mar-Apr

Downton

Flavoured Speciality Beers

ABV: 4.7%

Hop Back - Slovenian Rhapsody

Produced: May-Jun

Downton

Session Golden Ale

ABV: 3.8%

Hop Back - Hops Away

Produced: Sep-Oct

Downton

Session Bitter

ABV: %

Selected Beer - Hop Back - Crop Circle

Hop Back - Crop Circle

CAMRA tasting notes

A pale yellow best bitter with a fragrant hop aroma, complex hop, fruit and citrus flavours with a balanced hoppy, bitter/sweet aftertaste.

Hoppy Bitter Citrus Pale Sweet Fruity

Produced: Regularly Brewed

Vegan No

Gluten Free No

Style: Session Golden Ale | ABV: 4.2 | Colour: View Beer

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Great British Beer Festival Winter 2025

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Anspach & Hobday, The IPA

Green Jack, Trawlerboys Best Bitter

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20 Regularly Produced Beers

Hop Back - Crop Circle

Hop Back - Entire Stout

Hop Back - GFB

Hop Back - Spring Zing

Hop Back - Summer Lightning

Hop Back - Taiphoon

Hop Back - Citra

Hop Back - Winter Lightning

Hop Back - Fuggle Stone

Hop Back - Pacific Jade

Hop Back - Hooking Good

Hop Back - Glasshopper

Hop Back - Green Hopped

Hop Back - Elf & Hoppiness

Hop Back - Ginger Stout

Hop Back - DragonFly

Hop Back - Calypso

Hop Back - Thunder Storm

Hop Back - Slovenian Rhapsody

Hop Back - Hops Away

Selected Beer - Hop Back - Crop Circle

Hop Back - Crop Circle

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