Beer Brewed in Solihull Solihull CAMRA recently joined Steve and Charlotte Whitworth to celebrate the opening of Whitworth Brewery in Shirley. CAMRA Welcomes Minimum Alcohol Pricing CAMRA supports the Prime Minister's plans to introduce a minimum unit price for alcohol, which could end pubs being undercut by below-cost supermarket alcohol price promotions. Date Set for Solihull Beer Festival The fourteenth installment of our popular annual festival will take place on Friday 5th and Saturday 6th October 2102, as usual at the Royal British Legion, Solihull. Osborne Keeps Beer Escalator Drinkers and the pub industry have reacted angrily to George Osborne's budget decision to keep the duty escalator, which raises the price of beer by 2% above inflation each year. The Spring Beer Festival Season Is Here What better way to shake of the winter than with a visit to a beer festival? Make sure you know what's coming up in your area... Drinker Hits Press The latest issue of the Solihull Drinker, our quarterly newsletter, is out now. Find it in your Solihull local, or download it from here. Win a Gallon of Ale Solihull's membership continues to grow. Join now, and you might be the lucky winner of a gallon of Real Ale for our 400th member, courtesy of the White Swan in Solihull. Messin' About on the Water As the good weather hesitantly returns, there's nothing, absolutely nothing half so much worth doing as simply having a cool pint of real ale in a canalside pub. Tax on a Pint Passes £1 Mark The chancellor's 7.5% increase in beer duty increases the total tax on a pint to over £1 for the first time. Britain now endures the second highest beer tax in Europe. 2012 Good Beer Guide Launched The 2012 edition of CAMRA's indespensible Good Beer Guide is published this month, featuring listings for more than 4500 of the best pubs in Britain and the UK's top independent brewers. Interactive Brewery Ever wondered how a brewery works? Our interactive cutaway brewery shows you step by step.
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