Cambridge & District CAMRA

National Beer Scoring Scheme

CAMRA has a National Beer Scoring Scheme to record the quality of real ale as found in pubs.

The scheme is based on small cards filled in during or after trips to pubs. The idea is to record scores for beers and pubs over an extended period and then to use that infomation towards CAMRA's various awards, such as Champion Beers and Pubs of the Year.

Many branches run a local version of the scheme and Cambridge & District Branch now have our own Web-based one, for branch members only: Beer Quality Scoring. We encourage branch members to record their experiences with beers.

Provided we receive plenty of scores, giving a good coverage of pubs and coverage of any given pub over many months, we can use the information to help with our own Pub of the Year judging, with Good Beer Guide selection and with the Cambridgeshire Champion Beer of the Year competition.