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I've written a post on this controversy <a href="kenanddot.wordpress.com/2011/08/15/real-...ot;>here</a>;.

Nice article. For what it is worth, I think CAMRA disappeared up its own fundament many years ago. Now rather than promoting new brews they appear very fascistic in their approach.

It seems a bit harsh to say that about an organisation of tens of thousands of people. I think their campaign to reform the beer tie is a thoroughly good thing whatever one's stance on craft beer vs real ale.

Are you sure your beer is real ale? Do you use cornies? If you serve on top pressure from a cornie, or even top up the co2 in a pressure barrel, your beer magically ceases to be "real ale", even if the co2 in the beer was generated in the serving vessel, by fermentation.

Either of these practices count as adding "extraneous carbon dioxide".

Does it really matter that CAMRA's defintion of Real Ale is narrow? I don't think it does. Real Ale to me is a certain style of beer. Some I'm happy to drink and some I'm not.

Good Beer is the likes of Brewdog stuff. I don't know why they would be bothered trying to redefine Real Ale to get their beer into the category, as their beer, like any quality beer, is able to stand on its own two feet.

But denying Good Beer from the likes of the GBBF is being control freaks, and I can see an argument for people wanting to loosen CAMRA's grip. If it was the Great British Real Ale Festival then I'd understand.

&amp;quot;Tube&amp;quot;:6kyc1eu2 wrote: Does it really matter that CAMRA's defintion of Real Ale is narrow? I don't think it does. Real Ale to me is a certain style of beer. Some I'm happy to drink and some I'm not.[/quote:6kyc1eu2]

The term "Real Ale" annoys me, as it implies that the beer coming out of my taps is in some wake fake. The type of beer it refers to is either Cask Conditioned or Bottle Conditioned beer and those are the terms we should be using.

&amp;quot;Tube&amp;quot;:6kyc1eu2 wrote: But denying Good Beer from the likes of the GBBF is being control freaks, and I can see an argument for people wanting to loosen CAMRA's grip. If it was the Great British Real Ale Festival then I'd understand.[/quote:6kyc1eu2]

CAMRA are free to do as they please with the GBBF. It's their festival, they make the rules. If others don't like it, they can organise their own festival.