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 November 2023, I’ve visited nearly 340), but I’ll try to divert to these pubs where I can…..
The new 2025 book, the 52nd edition, was released in September 2024. 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)
BLACKPOOL
BLOXWICH
BOURNEMOUTH
BRADFORD
BRIGHTON
BRISTOL
BUNGAY
BURTON
CAMBRIDGE
CHELMSFORD
COLCHESTER
COVENTRY
CROMER
DARLINGTON
Crafty Merlins Bottle Shop & Micropub
DRIFFIELD
EDINBURGH
FARNBOROUGH
FLEET
GAINSBOROUGH
GLASGOW
GREAT YARMOUTH
HALIFAX
HARWICH
HAWORTH
HEMPTON (NORFOLK)
HEREFORD
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
LEOMINSTER
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)
Carlton Tavern, Kilburn
Cask Pub & Kitchen, Pimlico
Lamb and Flag, Covent Garden
LUTON
White House, The (Visit 1) White House, The (Visit 2)
MALDON
MALTBY
MANCHESTER
NEWCASTLE
NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYME
NORTH WALSHAM
NORWICH
Brewery Tap and Brewery Tap Brew York Tap Takeover
Coach and Horses (Bethel Street)
OXFORD
PAIGNTON
PAISLEY
PETERBOROUGH
PRESTON
READING
ROBIN HOOD’S BAY
ROCHESTER
ROTHERHAM
RUGELEY
SALTAIRE
SCARBOROUGH
SHEFFIELD
Shakespeares Ale & Cider House (Visit Two)
SHIPLEY
SITTINGBOURNE
SOWERBY BRIDGE
STAFFORD
STOCKPORT
STONE
SUDBURY
TEWKESBURY
TORQUAY
WARWICK
WEDNESBURY
WHITBY
WOLVERHAMPTON