CAMRA Publishing
New Title: Desi Pubs
Publishing 18 May 2023
About CAMRA Books
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.
World Beer Guide
Beer is the world’s favourite alcohol and it has changed out of all recognition in the 21st century. The country-by-country sections will give more detail of the changes but the introduction will lead readers into the world beer revolution by describing the enormous power and stretch of global brewers – with AB InBev accounting for one-third of all beer made and consumed – with the counter culture of the world-wide craft movement. From the US to Australasia, charting the beer scene in every country, the key players, and the styles available.
The World Beer Guide by Roger Protz
Beer is the world’s favourite alcohol and it has changed out of all recognition in the 21st century. The country-by-country sections will give more detail of the changes but the introduction will lead readers into the world beer revolution by describing the enormous power and stretch of global brewers – with AB InBev accounting for one third of all beer made and consumed – with the counter culture of the world-wide craft movement. From the US to Australasia, charting the beer scene in every country, the key players and the styles available.
Available now!
Good Beer Yearbook 2023
Available now!
The Good Beer Yearbook is a must-read for anyone interested in beer, brewing and more in the UK.
With entries curated by leading beer writer Emma Inch, The Good Beer Yearbook is a round-up of all of the current news, stories, events, awards, festivals and more from 2022.
This Book is also looking at innovations, influencers and the people to look out for in the months ahead
New Heritage Pubs titles
East of England – Real Heritage Pubs
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.
Real Heritage Pubs – 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.
Real Heritage Pubs 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.
The Good Beer Guide 2023 – 50th Edition
This year we have made the Guide much more user-friendly and accessible, featuring regional entries introduced by the award-winning writer of 50 Years of CAMRA, Laura Hadland, and bringing together pub and brewery information for the first time, making it easier to find your new favourite local ale.
The Good Beer Guide is the UK’s best-selling guide to pubs, bars and clubs where you can enjoy a great pint of traditional British beer. It highlights pubs selected by CAMRA members as places to savour good beers from small breweries as well as cask-conditioned lagers and world beers and some pubs are highlighted for serving real ciders too.
Exciting new titles available to order from the CAMRA shop.
The latest titles:
United Kingdom of Beer – by Adrian Tierney-Jones
Whatever avenue your desire takes you down, whatever the occasion, be assured that there is a beer for you and acclaimed beer writer Adrian Tierney-Jones will help you make the right choice with his selection of 250 of the very best beers in bottle and can from around these islands.
Beer Breaks by Tim Webb
From esteemed beer writer and author of CAMRA’s Good Beer Guide Belgium, Tim Webb, comes the essential pocket guide to European beer travel.
World’s Greatest Beers
This book is the definitive guide to the 250 best beers in the world today, selected by a panel of eight renowned international beer writers and influencers.
Modern British Beer maps the evolution of modern British beer through the intricate stories of individual regional beers.
Modern British Cider looks at how cider has been an integral part of the UK’s landscape with heritage dating back 2,000 years.
Exactly what you need to get back to some sense of normality after a long period of troubled times, lockdowns and what was in effect a massive shift in the drinking habits of a nation.
Published October 2021
The only guide you need to explore London
A comprehensive guide to London
Modern British Beer
“Best Beer Book” Gold Award Beer52
“Matthew Curtis has written an inspirational book, one no beer lover should miss.” – Roger Protz
50 Years of CAMRA contains first-hand accounts from members and industry professionals, detailing the highs and lows of one of the world’s most successful consumer organisations.
Beer by Design argues that the ‘art of beer’ is just as important as taste. This lavishly illustrated book traces the history of beer label design back to the UK’s first-ever trademark, exploring the conventions of successful beer design.
The Family Brewers of Britain charts 300 years of British brewing through the fascinating and sometimes fractious histories of the families still running them.