The Champion Beer of Britain is one of the most prestigious beer competitions in the world

It is the ultimate honour for UK brewers and has helped put many into the media spotlight
Judging for the competition takes two years to complete, starting with nominations
from individual CAMRA members and Tasting Panels, then area competitions

All the judging adheres to a strict blind tasting policy. How does beer get entered?
First, we need to know how the beer is brewed - so the brewery and beer data
given to us has to be correct. Updates can be submitted for the selected brewery and core beers
via the CAMRA Brewery Liaison Officer on our website
It needs to be a cask-conditioned beer (or for the Champion Bottled and Canned
Beer of Britain categories, bottle-conditioned or canned-conditioned)
and be brewed regularly with the exact availability dependent on the style
Only CAMRA members or a CAMRA Tasting Panel can make a nomination

How does the judging work?

All the rounds of judging are judged blind - nobody knows which beers they are tasting
Nominations and judging takes place across 12 style categories (plus two bottled and
canned-conditioned categories)
Nominations are judged in nine area competitions, with the top scoring beers
moving on to UK-wide final judging rounds