CAMRA - Campaign for Real Ale, Berkshire South-East Branch

Local Ale (LocAle)

LocAle is a nationwide Camra campaign to encourage pubs to stock at least one locally-brewed real ale, of acceptable quality.

The concept of LocAle was developed by the Nottingham branch of CAMRA, following the takeover and subsequent closure of the Hardy's and Hanson's brewery in Kimberley, near Nottingham, by Greene King.

Beer was being brewed in Suffolk and transported to Nottinghamshire; not only was the beer no longer local, but the number of miles travelled to deliver the beer was not friendly to the environment.

The experience in Nottingham has been very positive, and now many more pubs there sell beers from local brewers. Pub goers also like to see pubs selling a local beer, even if they are not real ale (or even beer) drinkers.

CAMRA - Berkshire South East Branch

Here in Berkshire South East we have a number of breweries which, although not right on our doorstep, we can easily classify as local.

However, currently we do not have that many pubs in our area regularly selling beers from these local brewers. But we hope that the LocAle campaign will address this.

Our LocAle Accredited Pubs
Town / Village	Pub(s)
Ascot	Jagz, Station Hill, SL5 9EG
Binfield	Jack o'Newbury, Terrace Road North, RG42 5PH
Bracknell	Old Manor, Grenville Place, Church Road, RG12 1BP
Sandhurst	Rose & Crown, 108 High Street, GU47 8HA
Winkfield	Cottage Inn, Winkfield Street, Maidens Green, SL4 4SW
Winkfield	White Hart, Church Road SL4 4SE
Wokingham	Crispin, 45 Denmark Street, RG40 2AY
	Square Bar, 8 Market Place RG40 1AL
	Victoria Arms, 1 Easthampstead Road RG40 2EN

We wish to accredit more pubs under the LocAle scheme, so let us know if your local is selling locally-brewed beers, of good quality. We want to help promote LocAle, by campaigning for pubs to stock a local beer, and to provide point of sale material in support of this.

But it is also down to you, the drinker, to make your voice known about local beers. Ask the licensee at your local to try and obtain a beer from one of the breweries listed on this page – many will be very pleased to supply if they are allowed! And, if your local pub DOES put one of these fine ales on, let us know, so we can publicise the fact in our newsletter and on this website.

Our LocAle Breweries
	Abbey Ford Chertsey, Surrey
	Andwells Andwell, Hampshire
	Ascot Ales Camberley, Surrey
	Binghams Ruscombe, Berkshire
	Crondall Crondall, Hampshire
	Farnham Farnham, Surrey
	Hogs Back Tongham, Surrey
	Loddon Dunsden Green, Oxfordshire
	Longdog Basingstoke, Hampshire
	Rebellion Marlow, Buckinghamshire
	Sherfield Village Sherfield on Loddon, Hampshire
	Tillingbourne Shere, Surrey
	Triple fff Four Marks, Hampshire
	Twickenham Fine Ales Twickenham, Middlesex
	Two Bridges Caversham, Berkshire
	West Berkshire Yattendon, Berkshire
	Windsor & Eton Windsor, Berkshire
	Zero Degrees (Brew pub / restaurant) Reading, Berkshire

Disclaimer: The views expressed on this site are not necessarily those of the Campaign for Real Ale Ltd. Whilst every effort is made to ensure that the information on this site is accurate and up to date, no responsibility for errors and omissions can be accepted.

WEBSITE LAST UPDATED: 5^th February 2012