CAMRA Uses Sustainable Communities Act To Fight Pub Closures
The East London and City Branch of CAMRA is fighting vigorously against pub closures. Driving forward this fight, it initiated a deputation to Hackney Borough Council on July 22. [more...]

London Pubs Week 7-15 November 2009
CAMRA invites real ale drinkers to celebrate London Pubs Week by drinking beers from London breweries: Brodies, Fuller's, Meantime, Sambrook's, Twickenham or from others within thirty miles of your local. [more...]

Council leader raises a glass to local pubs
Islington's Liberal Democrat council leader has pledged his support for local pubs when he joined members of the 'Campaign for Real Ale' at Islington's Lord Clyde Pub last week to celebrate the launch of the 2010 Good Beer Guide. [more...]

North London launches LocAle scheme to support local brewers
North London CAMRA is backing the growing demand for local produce and support for "green" issues by launching CAMRA's LocAle scheme at the Duke of Wellington in Balls Pond Road, N1. [more...]

The Clifton makes a welcome return
The Clifton in Clifton Hill, NW8 has made a welcome return to CAMRA's Good Beer Guide. [more...]

John Baird makes it a first
The John Baird, Fortis Green Road, N10, has made it into CAMRA's (Campaign for Real Ale) Good Beer Guide for the first time. The pub was shortlisted from many hundreds of pubs in the North London area to become one of only 4500 pubs across the UK to be in the 2010 Guide. [more...]

The Lord Clyde makes it a first
The Lord Clyde in Essex Road N1 has made it into CAMRA's (Campaign for Real Ale) Good Beer Guide for the first time. The pubs were shortlisted from many hundreds of pubs in the North London area to become one only 4500 pubs across the UK to be in the 2010 Guide. [more...]

Cider fest at Duke of Hamilton, Hampstead
As keen readers of The Full Pint will be aware, the Duke of Hamilton, Hampstead (runner-up in our 2009 Pub of the Year competition) is to hold another of its cider festivals over the late May bank holiday weekend - 22/23/24 May. [more...]

London Drinker 25 Ale
Three stalwarts of the London Drinker Beer and Cider Festival - Steve Barnes, Trevor Unwin and John Cryne - were made assistant brewers for a day at Brodies in Walthamstow to brew a 25th anniversary ale for 2009's Festival. [more...]

New Pub Guide for Ham & High
On Tuesday 24th February 2009, the North London Branch of CAMRA will be launching the Guide to the Real Ale Pubs in Ham and High, supported by West London Brewery Fuller, Smith and Turner. [more...]

Save the London Drinker Beer Festival
The Camden Centre in Bidborough Street, London WC1, has been the home of North London CAMRA's London Drinker Beer Festival since 1985. In that time, the Festival had over 100,000 visitors from London, Britain and overseas including Japan! [more...]

Pub and Brewing News - by John Cryne
It is thought The Swan, at the junction of Tottenham High Road and Philip Lane, N17 may hide treasures from medieval times - and the Tottenham Civic Society (TCS) says the pub should be restored and nationally listed if research confirms suspicions that it contains elements dating back as far as the 15th century. [more...]

CAMRA attacks decision to close Tetley Brewery - the largest real ale brewery in the World
CAMRA has attacked the decision by Carlsberg UK to close the iconic Tetley Brewery in Leeds by 2011 and has criticised them for failing to promote the famous Tetley beers at a time when consumer interest in real ales is growing. [more...]

Pub Festivals Coming Up
Some of North London's finest are holding festivals in September and October. [more...]

Save the London Drinker Beer Festival
The Camden Centre in Bidborough Street, London WC1, has been the home of North London CAMRA's London Drinker Beer Festival since 1985. In that time, the Festival had over 100,000 visitors from London, Britain and overseas including Japan! Now this fine hall, the last Civic Hall in Camden, is under threat. Camden Council is thinking of selling off its Town Hall to take advantage of the high property prices that are resulting from the recent redevelopment due to the presence of the Eurostar terminal. [more...]

Cider Festival at the Duke of Hamilton, NW3
The Duke of Hamilton, Hampstead, NW3 is to hold its first ever cider festival, following its successful beer festival last year. It will be held over the weekend of 27/28/29 June and landlord Richard Wooderson is in the process of putting his range together. [more...]

Junction finally makes it
After being a regular entry into CAMRA's (Campaign for Real Ale) Good Beer Guide and being voted CAMRA North London's Winter 2005 Pub of the Season, the Junction Tavern in NW5 has finally been voted CAMRA's North London Branch Pub of the Year. [more...]

Junction Tavern Beer Festival - May Bank Holiday
The Junction Tavern is holding its 8th Beer Festival over the May Day Bank Holiday Weekend, Friday 23rd to Monday 26th May. [more...]

Milds For May festival at the Mitre
Mild in May is one of CAMRA's regular campaigns and the GBG listed Mitre in Ely Court, EC1N 6SJ is going to town with 21 different milds through the month. [more...]

The Junction Tavern : CAMRA North London Pub of the Year 2008
The Junction Tavern in Kentish Town has been voted North London Pub of Year 2008 by the Campaign for Real Ale. With five cask ale pumps on the bar, each week The Junction Tavern offers around fifteen different guest ales from regional British breweries. [more...]

"Exciting developments at North Nineteen."
Local residents Tony and Karen Cullen are the new operators of the North Nineteen at 194 - 196 Sussex Way, N19 4HZ. This 1950s pub, which had been closed for about ten months, is well worth a visit for its three regular ales - Black Sheep Bitter, Adnams Broadside and London Pride - and its home cooking as well as its music. [more...]

"Guided cellar tours at the White Horse, Hampstead."
Fancy finding out more about the pint you’re drinking? The White Horse are offering you a unique opportunity to come on a full tour of their cellar so you can see for yourself how the engine room of the pub works. [more...]

"Extended Range of Real Ales At Ye Olde White Bear"
Chris Ely of the Ye Olde White Bear, Well Road, NW3 1LJ, is pulling out all the stops to promote real ale. [more...]

"The Skinners Arms 1st mini Beer Festival"
Chris Hunter and Anthony (Ant) Monks have informed us that they will be holding their 1st mini beer festival at The Skinners Arms, 114 Judd Street WC1H 9NT. [more...]

"Beer Festival and Grand Union Tasting"
The latest pub to hold a stand alone beer festival is to be the White Lion of Mortimer, 125 - 127 Stroud Green Rd, N4 3PX. [more...]

"All Creatures Great and Small"
The John Baird, at 122 Fortis Green Road, N10 3HN, will be holding a beer festival themed on the title "All Creatures Great and Small". It starts today, Thursday 29th November and last 10 days (until Sunday 9th December). [more...]

The Fifth CAMRA and Wenlock Beer & Cider Festival goes north for family reasons
At 6pm on Friday 26th October 2007 the doors will open on the fifth beer and cider festival run jointly by North London Branch of CAMRA and the Wenlock Arms in N1. And this year the event has a family feel. [more...]

Cider month at the Wenlock Arms
Congratulations are due to Steve, Will and all the team for being the joint winner of the London Regional Cider Pub of the Year Award along with the Pembury Tavern in E8. [more...]

First Anniversary event at Doric Arch
To celebrate their first anniversary as the Doric Arch, the pub is planning an anniversary cask ale fayre, to run from 10th to 31st October. [more...]

Beers Announced for Duke of Hamilton Beer Festival.
Richard Wooderson has now firmed up the beers he intends to have on at his festival over the weekend of 31 August and 1st/2nd Sept. [more...]

Junction Tavern Beer Festival 24/27 August.
Jacky & Chris and all the staff will be extending a warm welcome to their 8th Beer Festival at the Junction Tavern to be held over the August Bank Holiday weekend, Friday 24th - Monday 27th August. They have got a great selection of 50 ales from independent brewers across the country - including a good number from Yorkshire and Worcestershire. [more...]

Beer Festival at the Duke of Hamilton, Hampstead.
There has been a slight generational shift at the Duke of Hamilton in Hampstead. This three-times winner of North London's Pub of the Year title was until recently run by husband and wife team, Michael and Mary Wooderson but they are now taking a bit of a back seat and their son Richard is at the reins. [more...]

Coronet, Holloway Road, wins Pub of the Season Award
Congratulations are due to the Coronet, Holloway Road, N7 which has been chosen as the CAMRA North London Autumn Pub of the Season. This JD Wetherspoon pub is a definite beacon for real ale in what is otherwise not a very dependable area. [more...]

The Junction Tavern 7th Beer Festival
The Junction Tavern is holding its 7th Beer Festival over the May Day Bank Holiday Weekend, Friday 4th to Monday 7th May. They will be featuring 40 - 50 real ales from independent brewers across the country. [more...]

North London Pub of the Year
Congratulations to all the team at the Calthorpe Arms, Grays Inn Rd, WC1 which has just been voted CAMRA North London Pub of the Year. [more...]

Beer and Cider of the Festival Awards
Drinkers at London Drinker, which was held on 28 to 30 March 2007, made Spire Brewery Sergeant Pepper Stout the Beer of the Festival. Spire, which was set up about a year ago in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, produces a range of beers with 'musical' names. It is fitting that the beer of the festival should be a dark stout, since the festival coincided with CAMRA's Stout and Porter promotion week. [more...]

New Pub Guide Shows Disastrous Demolition of Pub Heritage in NW1 and NW5
The North London Branch of CAMRA is calling for an end of the destructive policies that have annihilated pubs in NW1 and NW5. Over the last 6 months, the Branch has been surveying the pubs in the NW1 and NW5 postal districts and was dismayed to find that the area had lost a quarter of its pubs in the last decade. [more...]

The Baring wins the Pub of the Season Award.
As part of Community Pubs Week, the North London Branch awarded its Pub of the Season award to The Baring, 55 Baring Street, N1. [more...]

Holly Bush celebrates on Thurs 28th September
On Thursday 28th September The Holly Bush will be selling all of their real ales for only 62p a pint. The pub is aiming to have as many customers as they can at their party who were drinking at the pub 25 years ago. The Holly Bush is famous for its Organic British food and award winning well kept beers served in National Heritage Surroundings. Contact: Jesus Anorve at The Holly Bush on jesus@hollybushpub.com

The 4th CAMRA & Wenlock Autumn Beer & Cider Festival
Once again, CAMRA, in conjunction with the Wenlock Arms, will be running a mini beer and cider festival in the upstairs room of the pub on Friday and Saturday, October 27/28. [more...]

Dartmouth Arms Specials for CAMRA Cider and Perry month
The Dartmouth Arms, one of a small number of pubs in our branch area to regularly have draught Cider and Perry available, is getting ready to provide a Cider and Perry special at the end of October. [more...]

The Junction Tavern 6th Beer Festival
We have received the following from Jacky and Chris at The Junction Tavern, NW5. "Dear All, Well, it's that time of year again...the GBBF is just a distant memory...but don't despair!! [more...]

MX9s Tournament and Beer Festival
Nice to hear from Hector McNeil who informs us of the MX9s - an annual tournament which is held on the Rugby League Challenge Cup weekend. [more...]

The Junction Tavern 5th Beer Festival
The Junction Tavern 5th Beer Festival is this Bank Holiday weekend - Friday 26th to Monday 29th May 2006. At the special request of CAMRA North London, we've got a cracking selection of Milds for you to try. [more...]

All-London Young Members Social
Don't miss out on the All-London Young Members Social, being held on Tuesday 18th April at the Crosse Keys, EC3, from 7pm onwards. [more...]

The Junction Tavern 4th Beer Festival
The Junction Tavern on Fortess Road, Kentish Town, is to hold it's 4th Beer Festival from Friday 3rd to Sunday 5th February. [more...]

The 3rd CAMRA & Wenlock Autumn Beer & Cider Festival
Don't miss out on what is now an annual event. The third Autumn Beer & Cider Festival, jointly run by North London CAMRA and the Wenlock Arms, will be held on Friday 21st to Saturday 22nd October 2005 at the Wenlock Arms, 26 Wenlock Road, London N1 7TA. [more...]

Beer Festival at the Flask in Highgate
This summer we are celebrating about 300 years at The Flask. Throughout May we will be showcasing different types of beer leading to a beer festival over the bank holiday weekend. [more...]

Get "Wild About Mild".
May is CAMRA's Mild month, and in the North London branch area a number of pubs will be helping to promote this traditional style of beer. [more...]

Fuller's bring back Hock as a seasonal beer.
Good news for drinkers is the return for a seasonal period of Fuller's Hock. Once a regular beer from the Griffin Brewery, like a lot of London beers in the lower gravity range it succumbed to a falling out of fashion. [more...]

Shepherd Neame brings back a real ale in the bottle.
Kent brewers Shepherd Neame have rejoined the bottle conditioned beer ranks. Sheps were an early advocate of this style with their Spitfire, but for a number of reasons this was dropped some years ago. [more...]

Fuller's Brewery want your feedback on quality
Fuller's have launched a new initiative - Proud of your Pride - designed to give drinkers a chance to tell them if, and where, you are "proud of your Pride". They are looking for feedback on good beer and on not so good beer. [more...]

Prince Albert returns to Real Ale
The Prince Albert is a small street corner local in Elia Street, hidden in the south west corner of the N1 postal district, close to City Road and Upper Street. [more...]

Pigs Ear Beer Festival 2004
The Pigs Ear Beer Festival 2004, which was planned for this December, has been cancelled. The festival organizers and the local CAMRA branch, East London and City, still plan to go ahead with the festival in December 2005.

Birthday Bash Mini Beer Festival
Don't miss out on the Birthday Bash mini Beer Festival being held at the Wenlock Arms on Friday 22nd to Saturday 23rd October. [more...]

October - CAMRA's Cider and Perry Month
Although CAMRA is known as an organisation for beer, it has also been supporting and promoting real cider and perry for around 30 years. [more...]

CAMRA's National Cider and Perry Month
CAMRA, the Campaign for Real Ale, will be celebrating 'Real' cider and perry throughout October to boost the market for Britain's independent producers. [more...]

North London Branch 30th Anniversary
A great time was had by over 50 North London Branch members, past and present, in celebration of 30 years of campaigning in North London. [more...]

Two Wetherspoons pubs up for sale in NW London
Two more Wetherspoons pubs in North West London are up for sale - said to be under offer awaiting completion. [more...]

London Pubs Group Daytime Crawl of Enfield
The London Pubs Group has organised a daytime pub crawl of Enfield. Meet 11.30am King’s Head, Market Place, EN2; 12.15pm Stag, 1 Little Park Gardens, EN2; 1pm Pied Bull, Bulls Cross, EN2; 2.30pm King and Tinker, Whitewebbs Lane, EN2; 3.30pm Fallow Buck, Clay Hill, EN2; 4.15pm Rose and Crown, Clay Hill, EN2; 5pm Wonder, 1 Batley Road, EN2; 6pm Old Wheatsheaf, 3 Windmill Hill, EN2. Public transport will be necessary at times.
Contact: Jane Jephcote 020 7973 3102 (w)

Mild in May!
CAMRA urges pubs, off-licences and beer consumers to try a Mild this month. [more...]

London Pubs Group on the World Wide Web
The London Pubs Group now has a Website at www.londonpubsgroup.co.uk. [more...]

North London Branch 30th Anniversary Celebration
As a part of the North London Branch's 30th Anniversary celebrations and during CAMRA's National Pubs Week, Christine Cryne of CAMRA presents the manager at the Flask, Hampstead with a certificate celebrating the fact that the pub has sold real ale for all of those 30 years. [more...]

Rails, Snails, Steam, Sails and Ales!
The North London Branch of the 'Campaign for Real Ale' is delighted to be hosting on Saturday 1st May 2004 a visit along the Gospel Oak to Barking line. [more...]

The Apple Of An Irish Eye!
When you think of a drink to celebrate St Patrick's day then you probably think of Irish whisky or a one of the famous dark, rich Irish stouts. [more...]

Strong Bottles Turn To Draught In Celebration
With the London Drinker Beer & Cider Festival celebrating 20 years, this year is special and the London brewers think so too. [more...]

National Pubs Week at the Rugby Tavern
If you're wondering what to do between the 23rd to 27th you could do worse than celebrate CAMRA's National Pubs Week by coming along to the Rugby Tavern in the heart of Bloomsbury WC1. [more...]

Real Ale at the Spread Eagle survives the taste of time!
The North London branch of CAMRA, the Campaign for Real Ale, is celebrating its 30th birthday this January. As part of the celebrations, the branch is awarding certificates to the handful of pubs that were selling real ale back when the branch was formed. [more...]

CAMRA's Cider and Perry Month.
October is CAMRA's first Cider and Perry Month. The following pubs in North London are participating and will have a range of real ciders and perries available. [more...]

London Drinker Beer Festival Date for the Diary
An early notice to all beer festival goers that the next London Drinker Beer Festival (Camden Town Hall, near St Pancras) will be the twentieth event. The dates are 17th - 19th March 2004.

Wetherspoon's Beer Festival
Drinkers will be able to enjoy a number of award-winning real ales at Wetherspoon pubs across the UK. [more...]

Theakston goes the Family Way
After 20 years of being owned by Scottish & Newcastle, Theakston is returning to family hands. [more...]

Good Bottled Beer
Did you know that real ale is available in bottled form? A number of brewers put their beer into bottles unpasteurised and unfiltered to produce a beer that under goes a second fermentation in the bottle. [more...]

Oakdale Arms wins Pub of the Season
North London's newest free house has been voted the Winter Pub of the Season by members of the North London Branch of CAMRA. [more...]

CAMRA Champion Beer of Britain
'Bitter & Twisted' brewed by Harviestoun of Dollar in Clackmannanshire has been judged to be the Champion Beer in Britain by a panel of brewers, beer writers and journalists at the Great British Beer Festival. [more...]

Brakspear brewing to return to Oxfordshire
Refresh UK has announced that their existing Wychwood Brewery in Witney will be extended to include a new brewhouse for Brakspear beers using much of the original Brakspear equipment. [more...]

Three Cups reopens as the Old Nick
The Three Cups in Sandland Street, WC1 has reopened as the Old Nick. [more...]

CAMRA's Cider and Perry Month
To end CAMRA's Cider and Perry Month in October, the North London Branch, in conjunction with the Wenlock Arms, is running a one day Beer and Cider Festival on Saturday 25th October. [more...]

Old Empire Strikes Back!
In the nineteenth century, a brewer in London developed a light coloured beer for exporting to India called India Pale Ale. [more...]