Mine's a Pint Issue 45

of campaigning by licensee groups and
CAMRA.
In the last two years, the number of pubs
run on traditional long-term tenancies
has fallen, as some tenants are replaced
by managers. Licensee campaigners
are concerned that this may encourage
management turnover, all to avoid pubs
being covered by the Code. The impact
on customers is less clear.
Our Pub Campaigns Committee is
looking, confidentially, for information.
It is particularly interested to see if
changes in management to pub company
pubs result in more or less choice for
pub-goers. Has your local pub increased
or reduced its range of real ale and cider
after a change of tenant? Or do you work
in a pubco pub and have seen changes?
The Committee would also like to know
about any changes in prices and in the
quality of the beer being served.
Please send information to the
Committee’s Chair, Paul Ainsworth –
paul.ainsworth@camra.org.uk
GOOD BEER GUIDE
BELGIUM
The 8th edition of the Good Beer Guide
Belgium is now available to pre-order
through the CAMRA shop at a special
advance price of £11.99.
This book is an indispensible companion
for anyone visiting or living in Belgium.
A complete guide to the world of
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Belgian beer,
it’s packed with
information
on breweries,
beers and bars
from around
the country. It
also features
comprehensive
advice on
getting there,
what to eat,
where to stay
and how to bring the best of Belgium’s
beer offering back home with you.
The guide contains full-colour provinceby-province
maps and detailed city maps
with bar locations and includes details
of over 800 bars, cafés and beer shops.
Tim Webb and Joe Stange are the coauthors.
Tim has written the seven
previous editions of the Good Beer
Guide Belgium and is one of the world’s
best-known beer writers. His “World
Atlas of Beer” and “Pocket Beer Book”,
co-authored with Stephen Beaumont,
has appeared in more than a dozen
editions worldwide. Joe is a freelance
journalist whose writing has appeared
in the New York Times and All About
Beer magazine, among others. He cowrote
the last edition of the Good
Beer Guide Belgium with Tim Webb. A
former resident of Belgium, he now lives
in Germany.
Publication date is 16 April and preorder
copies will be dispatched hot off
the press. Visit shop.camra.org.uk to
secure your copy today.