Beer Scoring

It’s your chance to submit your honest opinion of the beers that you try in pubs you visit. All members can submit their beer score for any pub they visit.

Why should I do it?

Beer scores let the branch get a picture of the quality of beer being served pubs in our area.  They help us find and promote hidden gems and encourage pubs that aren’t getting it right.

Beer scores directly influence the pubs that the branch enter into the Good Beer Guide and our Pub of the Year competition. The more information we have the better our selections can be. 

These two graphics explain in detail how Beer Scores are used in each of the processes:

• How does Colchester CAMRA choose its Pub of the Year? (POTY)?
• How does Colchester CAMRA choose pubs for the Good Beer Guide?

There’s over 140 pubs in our branch so we need members from across the area to help us gather information year-round about our pubs. Send us the scores and we will use them to compile a "league table" showing how good and how consistent the beer is in the pubs covered by the branch.

Ok, I’m in, so how do I do it?

It’s easy, firstly, visit a pub and have a beer! Then score your pint on the scale below. You don't need to be a beer tasting expert to take part.

You can submit your scores at www.beerscoring.org.uk. Your username is your CAMRA membership number and your password is your home postcode (unless you’ve changed it already).

If doing it online isn’t for you then we have handy sheets of beer cards available for you to note your scores on. Hand them over at the next meeting or social and we’ll submit your scores online on your behalf.

Feel free to grab a sheet of cards even if you’re submitting online - it can be tricky to remember your scores at the end of a ‘long evening’...