The Siren’s Calling wins Pub

of the Year

Each year the Bristol & District branch of CAMRA (the Campaign for Real Ale) invites local members to nominate pubs for consideration in the branch Pub Of The Year competition. The finalists from this nomination stage are then judged against various official CAMRA criteria (so considering additional factors than just the beer) to decide the result. For 2023, the Siren’s Calling in Portishead was voted Pub Of The Year and the Merchants Arms (Hotwells) was the runner-up.

Bristol & District CAMRA branch chair Richard Brooks said: “It is quite something to be judged by local CAMRA members as being the best pubs in our branch area, so very well done to both the Siren’s Calling and to the Merchants Arms. The Siren’s Calling is a comparatively new pub that first opened in 2018 and since then has really established itself on the real ale scene. In their feedback the Pub of the Year judges praised the range and quality of the beer at the Siren’s Calling. They were also impressed by the community focus of the pub and that it shows initiative in holding a range of beer related events.”

• sirenscalling.co.uk; themerchantsarms.co.uk

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