Beer in England - Advocacy and Organisations

Advocacy and Organisations

• The British Beer and Pub Association represents large brewers.
• The Independent Family Brewers of Britain represents regional brewers. It campaigns in favour of the Tie.
• The Campaign for a Fair Pint are an organisation of publicans campaigning against the Tie.
• Perfect Pint website and mobile application allowing users to search and share information about great Real Ales based on personal tastes, location and current pubs availability
• The Society of Independent Brewers represents small brewers.
• The Craft Brewing Association represents microbreweries and home brewers.
• The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) represents consumers
• Cask Marque is a voluntary accreditation scheme that allows publicans to display a special symbol indicating that their cask ale is of good quality, as judged by a series of surprise inspections.
• Real ale's most enthusiastic fans are hobbyists known as tickers or scoopers who try to outdo each other in sampling as many varieties as possible. They are not known to be organised.