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 […]

Beer of the Year 2026

Over a dozen members of the branch gathered in the snug at Ma Cameron’s on Saturday 21st Feb 2026 to review the results of the voting for pubs to be included in the 2027 Good Beer Guide. This comprises 10 pubs in Aberdeen City, 27 pubs elsewhere in Aberdeenshire, and 9 pubs in the Northern […]

Presentation for Brewery of the Year 2025

Swannay have been presented with the certificates for both Brewery and Beer of the Year 2025. John White, a branch member living in Orkney presented the certificate for Brewery of the Year and another certificate for Island Hopping Beer of the Year to Lewis Hill of Swannay Brewery.

2025 Beer of the Year

The branch is pleased to announce the following brewery and beer of the year: Brewery of the Year 2025: Swannay Brewery, Orkney Swannay was preferred to another local brewery, Burnside from Laurencekirk, which took second place. Beer of the Year 2025: Island Hopping from Swannay Brewery There was a very tight competition for beer of the year, with […]

Cairngorm Gold Wins Gold

Cairngorm’s Black Gold has been crowned CAMRA’s Champion Winter Beer of Britain at the Great British Beer Festival Winter 2025. Following more than a year of local blind-tasting panels and regional heats, the final round of judging took place at the festival, with the 4.4 per cent ABV session stout from Scottish brewer Cairngorm taking […]