Campaign for Real Ale Campaign for Real Ale The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) is an independent voluntary consumer organisation headquartered in St Albans, England, which promotes real ale, real cider and the traditional British pub. With over 191,000 members, it is now the largest single-issue consumer group in the UK, and is a founding member of the European Beer Consumers Union (EBCU). The organisation was founded in 1971 in Kruger's bar in Dunquin, Kerry, Ireland by Michael Hardman, Graham Lees, Jim Makin, and Bill Mellor, who were opposed to the growing mass production of beer and the homogenisation of the British brewing industry.
Old Town Ale House, Chicago also located on Wells and North Avenue). Other paintings include lewd political satire (such as Rod Blagojevich. and Sarah Palin) also painted by Elliott. The Old Town Ale House has been called "The best bar in the world that I know about" by Roger Ebert whose biographical film "Life Itself" contains several interviews within the bar, and ends with a portrait of Ebert in the bar that was painted by Elliott. Old Town Ale House, Chicago The Old Town Ale House is a saloon in the Old Town neighborhood of Chicago that has been operation since 1958. It is currently