Who are CAMRA and what is Real Ale?
CAMRA ( ‘CAMpaign for Real Ale’) is an independent, voluntary, consumer organisation, whose main aims are promoting real ale and the traditional British pub. For more info on CAMRA please check out the website http://www.camra.org.uk/page.aspx?o=about Real Ale (sometimes called Cask Ale) is the term given to a beer that has been produced using natural processes and is still fermenting or ‘alive’ when it is delivered to pubs in the cask. Generally the breweries producing Real Ales are small local independent craftsmen. With Keg beer (EG, Lagers, Smooth Beers, Guinness etc) the fermentation is stopped in the brewery, either buy filtering, chemicals or pasteurisation so that the yeasts are killed. Pubs then pump the beer using CO2, which also puts the fizz in it. Chelmsford Beer Festival is run by volunteers from the Chelmsford & Mid Essex branch of CAMRA. for more details of our activities and events, please visit our website.
