Aberdeen, Grampian and Northern Isles

CAMRA in NE Scotland is 50

The Aberdeen, Grampian and Northern Isles branch of CAMRA celebrates it’s 50th birthday in November 2026. The first ever meeting, held to gauge interest in forming a a branch here in the North East was held at the Yardarm on Regent Quay, then the only pub in the city to sell real ale. Events are […]

Beer of the Year 2026 Presentation

On Friday 14th August, a presentation was made to the Orkney Brewery for their Dark Island, which had been voted by the Aberdeen, Grampian and Northern Isles Branch members as our Beer of the Year 2026. John White, a CAMRA member living in Orkney, gave the award to Norman Sinclair, Managing Director (blue shirt) and […]

North Sea Ale Magazine Published

A new bumper edition of the branch North Sea Ale magazine has been published. This celebrates the 50th anniversary of the branch. Download your copy from the website now.

Cairngorm CBoB Presentation

On Friday 3rd of July, two awards are being presented to Cairngorm Brewery at their Aviemore premises from the Champion Beer of Britain (CBoB) national judging competition. Gold in the Premium Bitters Category for Wildcat (5.1%) Silver in the Overall Winner Award Category Although the brewery lies within Highlands branch, all other CAMRA members are […]

New Inn Meeting and Social

Ten members of the branch took various tortuous routes to the New Inn at Aberchirder (Foggieloan) for the scheduled branch meeting on 9th June 2026. From Aberdeen there is a choice of buses and routes, but all converged at the Crown Bar in Huntly while waiting for the onward bus connection to Foggie, where there […]

New Ratings for Cask Beer Scoring

There are tens of thousands of pubs across the country serving cask beers, and many of those serve really good pints. For lovers of a decent pint, it’s important to be able to find them. CAMRA’s Good Beer Guide has been the ‘bible’ for finding the very best ones since 1974 and continues to be relied […]

Craft Bar Presentation

On Saturday 9th May 2026 an arrangement had been made with the Craft Bar in Pitmedden to  present them with the certificate for Shire/Country Pub of the Year 2026. This was the second consecutive year that the Craft had won this award. But why visit only one pub when you can visit 3? Five branch […]

Ravenswood Presentation

Presentation of yet another Club of the Year award to Banchory Legion prior to the branch AGM on 28th March. Beers on the bar during the visit were Orkney Raven and Orkney Northern Light.

Fierce Real Ale Trail

On April 11th, Fierce Beer held the Northern Lights beer festival in the Music Hall, Aberdeen. While primarily showcasing keg beer options from Fierce and guest breweries, a separate Real Ale Trail ran in parallel over that weekend hosted by bars operated by the McGinty’s group. The Grill (2 ales ) The Stag (2 ales) […]