Welcome to the Slough, Windsor & Maidenhead Branch of the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA).

BREAKING NEWS:

WE HAVE BUDGET APPROVAL THAT THE 12th MAIDENHEAD BEER & CIDER FESTIVAL IS GOING AHEAD ON THE 4/5TH JULY 2025 at THE SPORTS BAR. WE WILL BE UPDATING THE MBCF Website AS INFO IS AVAILABE AND WILL BE LAUNCHING EARLY-BIRD TICKETS ON MONDAY 31st MARCH.

Every May CAMRA branches across the country celebrate ‘Mild May’, an initiative to celebrate and highlight the beer style Mild, which was recently under threat of extinction due to a drop in popularity. To help revive the Mild beer style, CAMRA branches encourage local pubs to have at least one Mild on the handpumps during the month of May, and some organise trips to pubs and breweries that embrace and support the beer style.

CAMRA celebrates the mild beer style every May using the hashtag #MildMonth.

Campaign hits back against Handpump Hijack.

CAMRA has launched a campaign to raise awareness of Carlsberg Marston’s Brewing Company’s (CMBC) Fresh Ale concept, which sells keg versions of three of its cask beers through handpumps – long associated with real ales. So far, CMBC has Wainwright Gold, Wainwright Amber and Hobgoblin IPA, which will have “brewery conditioned beer” on the pump clip, in the Fresh Ale line-up.

Each May and October CAMRA celebrates cider and perry to coincide with the production cycle of apples and pears.

This May’s Cider and Perry Month begins in the wake of the sobering news of Heineken’s decision to cut down almost 300 acres of orchards. Heineken – which manufactures products including Bulmers, Strongbow and Inch’s – has felled the trees ahead of its planned sale of the Monmouthshire land.

Whether you are new to Real Ale or are a seasoned Real Ale aficionado, you will find lots of useful local info on this website relating to Real Ale, Real Cider and Real Pubs!

We Organise the Maidenhead Beer & Cider Festival each year and more details can be found on the MBCF Website.

The About Us page will tell you all you need to know about the Slough, Windsor & Maidenhead branch of CAMRA, and about the nationwide organisation of which we are part.

Our Branch News page has local pub news and other related items.

The Pub Of The Year, inc Cider & Club page highlights those pubs that we have recently given awards to, principally the Pub of the Year and Pub of the Season awards.

We have an active social calendar, and details of this are on our What's On page.

There are often Beer Festivals to visit, especially those at one of the many pubs in the area. These are all listed on our What's On page.

On our Pubs pages, you will find information on our local pubs. You will also find our recently introduced Online Pub Guide.

Our Beer pages cover all aspects of beer in the area.

If you like Cider or Perry, these are drinks which CAMRA also actively promotes, and you will find information on these on the Real Cider & Perry page.

If you are not already a member, please visit our Join Us page, where we give you all the reasons you need to become a member of CAMRA!