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🍺 We’re proud to be an official supporter of the SIBA, Indiebeeruk campaign which is independent breweries. 🍻With global conglomerates dominating the market, make sure you are supporting independent breweries. Learn more on the Indie Beer site: ow.ly/X7Lh50UkOvg

🗨️ We have responded to the Scottish Government Finance Secretary’s Budget statement to introduce a 40% business rates relief for pubs in Scotland. 👉 Read Director of CAMRA Scotland, Stuart McMahon’s, comment here: ow.ly/yhlc50UkXr4

This is the no-frills reality of Scottish hospitality business right now. 2025 is going to be tough. Support your local pub all through December and don’t forget to visit in January too!

Welcome rates relief for Scottish pubs but review urgently needed ow.ly/NIZH50Unjen

Reminder: Two-Pub Social - Brauhaus, Lauriston Pl., then Bennets (Tollcross), Thursday 12 Dec from 7:30pm.

👏 Thank you Craig Hoy MSP MSP (Convenor of the Cross Party Group on Beer and Pubs) for holding a Scottish Parliament debate last week on the importance of Scottish Beer & Pubs. We will continue to work with you for a fair deal for consumers, pubs and breweries across Scotland.

🍺 Due to the ongoing Guinness shortage, we have compiled a 12 Stouts of Christmas list with some of our recent award-winning dark brews. Find these fantastic cask or bottle-conditioned beers in a pub, club or taproom near you this Christmas. 👉 Read here: ow.ly/k5pb50Upe7G

Reminder: Branch Social Meeting at the Dean Tavern (Temperance Room), Newtongrange on Saturday 14 Dec at 2pm. Our monthly meeting with your chance to come along and meet fellow members, enjoy a beer and share pub and brewery news. Post meeting social at Coach & Horses, Dalkeith.

⛄The Great British Beer Festival Winter 2025 is just around the corner, have you got tickets yet? 🍻Our winter event in Yorkshire has some amazing beers, plus great real cider and perry. Come along for a great time! 🗓️ 12-15 Feb 📍Magna Science Adventure Centre, Rotherham 🎟️ Buy tickets here: ow.ly/pKqT50UvGch

Reminder: our three-pub Xmas social in Leith is this Saturday 28th December. We're meeting at Malt & Hops at 2pm, then going to King's Wark around 3:15pm, and then Henry Hall's Carriers Quarters around 4:30pm. Please feel free to join or leave whenever suits you.

🙋‍♂️ Thinking of taking up a new volunteer role in the New Year? 🍻 CAMRA committees offer a great way to use and develop your skills, and there's a range of roles to suit everyone. 👉 Find out more here: ow.ly/Fbgk50UxIPH 📷 Amelia Claudia

Campaign pioneer remembered wb.camra.org.uk/2024/12/19/cam…

Great piece by Roger Protz laying bare the sad story of how Heineken needlessly killed off the Caledonian Brewery while splashing the budget that could have saved it on the launch of a new mass lager brand, that then failed. wb.camra.org.uk/2025/01/02/hei…

Reminder: Two-Pub Social - Castle Arms, then the Bow Bar, tomorrow, Thursday 9 January from 7:30pm. All welcome. Please come and meet other members and have a chat and a beer. We often move to the second pub between 8:30 and 9pm.

Reminder: Branch 50th Anniversary meeting at the Roseleaf, Sandport Pl, Leith on Friday 17th January at 7pm.

Reminder: Real Ale Quality Award Presentation at Kay's Bar, Jamaica Street, on Tuesday 21 January, 7:30pm for 8pm.

Reminder: Branch Social Meeting at the Nether Abbey Hotel (Music Room), North Berwick, on Saturday 25 January at 2pm. Trains from Edinburgh arrive at quarter past the hour, then a 5 minute walk to the hotel.

Reminder: Haddington Pub Crawl Social on Saturday 8 February. Meet at The Railway at 14:00.

Just a note to say that we will no longer be posting on Twitter/X. However we are still on Facebook (facebook.com/edinburghcamra), Instagram (instagram.com/edinburghcamra) and now also on Bluesky (bsky.app/profile/edinbu…).