Good Beer Guide Good Beer Guide The Good Beer Guide is a book published annually by the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) listing what it considers to be the best cask ale outlets (pubs, clubs, and off licences) in the United Kingdom. The book is published from CAMRA's headquarters at St Albans and was edited by Roger Protz for many years, but the contents are assembled by CAMRA's 200-plus local branches. The local branches consist of members who have an interest in keeping up to date with what is going on regarding the availability of real ale (cask conditioned beer) in their own
Cask ale small amount of CO to replace the oxygen in the cask. Not enough CO to push it up to the bar—that's "top pressure"—but enough "blanket pressure" to keep the beer fresh tasting for longer by replacing some or most of the oxygen that has made it into the cask with CO, an inert gas. The use of cask breathers was at first considered "extraneous carbon dioxide", so CAMRA did not endorse this method. However at its 2018 AGM and Members' Weekend in Coventry a motion to accept a neutral stance on the devices was passed. Broadly speaking, cask ale brewing