The National Beer Scoring Scheme (NBSS) is a six-level scale for judging beer quality in pubs. It is an easy-to-use system that has been designed to assist CAMRA branches in selecting pubs for the Good Beer Guide and monitoring beer quality by encouraging CAMRA members to report on beer quality where ever they go.
CAMRA members submit scores via CAMRA’s website (login required).
The beer scoring system changed on 1 June 2026 and uses descriptive ratings. The ratings replace the old 0-5 score scale and remove the use of half points. There is tick box, separate from the ratings, for ‘no cask beer available’. The ratings and descriptions are as follows:
More information is available on the main CAMRA site here.