Good Beer Guide
My new project for 2019 onwards, which might take a few decades, is to start visiting every pub in the Good Beer Guide (GBG). Obviously that’s an unreachable aim since there are 4,500 pubs in the guide (as of July 2023, I’ve visited nearly 320), but I’ll try to divert to these pubs where I can…..
The new book, the 50th edition, is now out. I’ve been pretty impressed at the pubs listed in the guide, so CAMRA are doing a good job, despite the complaints they get about the listing process.
Another potential problem is that pubs fall out of the guide and get added to it, so I might well be listing pubs below that are no longer GBG pubs. I’ll only list them below once I’ve written about the pub.
ALDERSHOT
AMBLESIDE
ANNAN
BARNSLEY
BASINGSTOKE
BASSINGHAM
BECCLES
BERWICK-UPON-TWEED
BILLERICAY
Billericay Brewing Co. Micropub
BIRMINGHAM
Head of Steam (Visit 1) : Head of Steam (Visit 2)
BLOXWICH
BRADFORD
BRIGHTON
BRISTOL
BUNGAY
BURTON
CAMBRIDGE
CHELMSFORD
COLCHESTER
COVENTRY
CROMER
DARLINGTON
Crafty Merlins Bottle Shop & Micropub
DRIFFIELD
EDINBURGH
FARNBOROUGH
FLEET
GLASGOW
GREAT YARMOUTH
HALIFAX
HARWICH
HAWORTH
HEMPTON (NORFOLK)
HUDDERSFIELD
HULL
Chilli Devil’s Real Ale and Chilli Bar
INGLETON
KING’S LYNN
Wenns Chop & Ale House (visit 1)
Wenns Chop & Ale House (visit 2)
LEEDS
Vocation @ Assembly Underground
LEEK
LEICESTER
LIVERPOOL
LONDON (listed by borough as I didn’t know how best else to group them together)
LONDON (CENTRAL/CITY OF LONDON)
LONDON (CAMDEN, BOROUGH OF)
Craft Beer Co, Clerkenwell (Visit 1)
Craft Beer Co, Clerkenwell (Visit 2)
Doric Arch, Euston
Holborn Whippet, Holborn
Swan, Holborn
Ye Olde Mitre, Holborn
LONDON (EALING, BOROUGH OF)
George and Dragon, Acton
Red Lion and Pineapple, Acton
Sir Michael Balcon, Ealing
LONDON (HACKNEY, BOROUGH OF)
Craft Beer Co, Old Street
Crown and Shuttle, Shoreditch
LONDON (HAMMERSMITH AND FULHAM, BOROUGH OF)
Central Bar, Shepherds Bush
Craft Beer Co, Hammersmith
LONDON (HAVERING, BOROUGH OF)
JJ Moons, Hornchurch
Upminster Taproom, Upminster
LONDON (HILLINGDON, BOROUGH OF)
White Hart, Harlington
Botwell Inn, Hayes
LONDON (HOUNSLOW, BOROUGH OF)
Moon Under the Water, Hounslow
Tabard Pub, Chiswick
LONDON (ISLINGTON, BOROUGH OF)
LONDON (KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA, BOROUGH OF)
Churchill Arms, Kensington
LONDON (LEWISHAM, BOROUGH OF)
Brockley Barge, Brockley
LONDON (NEWHAM, BOROUGH OF)
Goldengrove, Stratford
Tap East, Stratford
LONDON (RICHMOND UPON THAMES, BOROUGH OF)
Roebuck, Richmond
LONDON (TOWER HAMLETS, BOROUGH OF)
Craft Beer Co, Limehouse
LONDON (WESTMINSTER, CITY OF)
Cask Pub & Kitchen, Pimlico
Lamb and Flag, Covent Garden
LUTON
White House, The (Visit 1) White House, The (Visit 2)
NEWCASTLE
NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYME
NORTH WALSHAM
NORWICH
Brewery Tap and Brewery Tap Brew York Tap Takeover
Coach and Horses (Bethel Street)
OXFORD
PAISLEY
PETERBOROUGH
READING
ROBIN HOOD’S BAY
ROCHESTER
RUGELEY
SALTAIRE
SCARBOROUGH
SHEFFIELD
SHIPLEY
SITTINGBOURNE
SOWERBY BRIDGE
STONE
SUDBURY
WARWICK
WEDNESBURY
WHITBY
WOLVERHAMPTON