All CAMRA members have the chance to nominate beers from their local area via the CBoB voting website. www.cbobvoting.org.uk. This means that beers from all parts of the country have an equal chance to be nominated. The voting period opened on 1st September, and SWM would like as many members as possible submitting their votes for their favourite local beers. You can nominate up to five beers in each of the eleven categories to be put forward for the CBoB competition, but if you only want to nominate beers in one category, or even just one beer, that’s fine. The more votes we get, the better the results will be. You do not have to nominate all the beers in one go. You can alter your selections anytime up to the deadline at midnight on 1st November.

Not all beers are eligible for CBoB; mainstream beer styles like Bitters, Best Bitters, Strong Bitters & Golden Ales have to be available for at least 7 months of the year. Other beer styles have to be available for a lesser period depending on the rarity and seasonality of the beer style. CAMRA is currently carrying out a complete root and branch revision of our beer styles, but the current styles will be used this and next year.

Initial nominations for CBoB are made at a local level so only beers that are produced in the area near you (based on your registered address) will be available for nomination. We realise that some of you will drink beers from a wider area, but many members also tend to only drink more local beers. This will be the last year using this system; next year members will be able to vote for a wider selection of beers if they so choose.

How to Vote. Any CAMRA member can login into the CBoB website https://bis.camra.org.uk/cbobvoting/ using their member login details. Having logged in you will be able to access information about the nomination schedule. Make sure your branch hears your voice on this. The CBoB voting system gives every CAMRA member the opportunity to have a say in who wins and becomes CAMRA’s Champion Beer of Britain, don’t moan about which beers get judged at GBBF, get involved and vote for your favourites. Spread the word once you've voted #votecbob.

If you have any technical problems entering your selection, or with the website, please contact ku.gro.gnitovbobc@troppus for help. For any general non-technical issues please contact ku.gro.armac@gnitekram.

This year the nomination period runs from Saturday, 1st September 2018 to midnight on Thursday, 1st November 2018.