Cardiff Campaign for Real Ale

The Campaign for Real Ale is the leading consumer organisation that campaigns for real ale and the rights of those who drink it. CAMRA's membership is drawn from across the world and now stands are more than 130,000, many thousands of whom volunteer large quantities of their time in furtherance of CAMRA's aims.

Cardiff branch is the largest branch in South Wales, totalling over five hundred members. We select our Pub of the Year from the hundreds of pubs in the Cardiff area, as well as contributing to the Good Beer Guide and the Champion Beer of Britain competition. The branch is also socially active, regularly organising trips and visits to breweries, pubs and other places of interest.

Pub Of The Year

Published by Rhys Evans on April 9th, 2012

It’s that time again to select and award the prestigious title of Branch Pub of the Year.

This year, you may have heard that the Pub of the Year award (abbreviated within CAMRA circles to POTY) went to the CITY ARMS in Quay Street, whilst the “Highly Commended” POTY award goes to the GWAELOD-Y-GARTH, on the northernmost City boundary.

So what does a Pub have to do to in order to win the award?

In summary, I like to think of it as the pub that has done most to further CAMRA’s aims.

Celt Experience Brewery Visit

Published by Rhys Evans on October 7th, 2011

On Friday 30 September, we enjoyed an evening visit to the Celt Experience Brewery at Caerphilly. A minibus conveyed some of us from Cardiff but other members found it more convenient to make their own ways from their places of work to the brewery.

We chatted with brewery owner Tom Newman, a Caerphilly lad, who spent some years across the water brewing for Butcombe before setting up his Newmans' Brewery in Bristol. He returned to Caerphilly in 2007 to set up the Celt Experience Brewery, which produces beer under both the Newmans and Celt Experience banners.

Severn Valley Railway Trip

Published by Rhys Evans on October 7th, 2011

We gathered bright and early outside the National Museum, Cardiff on 17 September for our trip to the Severn Valley Railway.

A punctual departure ensued and, with no pick-ups at Newport and a good run up the motorway, we made it to Kidderminster in time to catch an earlier train than intended.

A former Great Western Railway steam engine hauled us over to Bewdley and up the Severn Valley to Bridgnorth where the local branch of CAMRA were holding a beer festival in a marquee at the station.

Down the Bishops Castle Hill

Published by Rhys Evans on July 20th, 2011

Cardiff CAMRA visited Bishops Castle in Shropshire last Saturday (9 July).

The occasion was the annual Bishops Castle Real Ale & Cider Festival, held in all the town's six pubs.

Superstitious members might have feared the worst when told we had six hours to visit six pubs ending at the Six Bells but in the event everything went well.

Bishops Castle is built on the side of a steep hill so we turned it into a gravity-assisted pub crawl by getting our driver to drop us off at the top of the hill and picking us up at the bottom.

Award success for the Gwaelod y Garth

Published by Ian Hill on March 23rd, 2011

Cardiff CAMRA are delighted to announce that the Gwaelod y Garth Inn in Gwaelod y Garth has won its prestigious Pub of the Year Competition 2011.

Situated in an attractive village just outside Cardiff, the licensees, Richard and Barbara Angell have built up a thriving community pub since taking over in 2004, serving up to five real ales, a real cider and fine food.

The Albany in Roath was also congratulated, taking Runner Up position.

Gwaelod y Garth Inn

Published by Ian Hill on March 23rd, 2011

Location

Main Road Gwaelod-y-Garth

Cardiff CF15 9HH

United Kingdom

See map: Google Maps

The Gwaelod Y Garth is a stone built pub in the village of Gwaelod – Y – Garth, located within the boundary of the City and County of Cardiff. The pub and village name is derived from the Welsh for “Foothills of the Garth” as that is exactly its location. It is a popular meeting place, the hub of the local community and for ramblers and cyclists, even the occasional hand gliding enthusiast, it is a popular starting and finishing point.

Spectacular views across the valley are offered from the windows and from the beer garden.

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