The Good Beer Guide 2023: 50th Edition

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The guide, which surveys 4,500 of the best pubs across the UK, is the definitive beer drinker’s guide to the very best pints in the most picturesque and friendly pubs. The Three Sheets To The Wind team outside the pub in Rochester high street The Good Beer Guide 2023 is finally here. Along with the existing numerous London pubs already on the list, a whole new load of boozers have been added this year. Another pub to be added to the guide after only being open a short amount of time is Three Sheets to the Wind in Rochester. The Guide also includes a list of real ale breweries in the United Kingdom, with lists and tasting notes on their beers.

Whilst we experienced a boom in the brewing industry over recent years, it’s clear that the effects of Covid-19 and subsequent cost of living and cost of goods crisis has been keenly felt. I’d encourage everyone to use this Guide to seek out the very best examples of pub excellence and support these locals by visiting them." Which pubs are included in the guide?We put theirs on and sometimes it will go in one night and the same with Oakham, it's a very popular beer for us, but they like Bristol Beer Factory and Twisted Wheel. It's giving people a choice really." After two long stints as Editor, Roger Protz announced in autumn 2017 that the 2018 Guide would be his last. CAMRA stated that from the 2019 Guide it would carry the name of the managing editor. In total, 200 of the company’s pubs are listed in CAMRA’s Good Beer Guide 2023, the UK’s best-selling beer and pub guide. The family-run pub opened in April last year on Rochester High Street, selling Austrian and Kent beers to reflect the owners’ heritage. Three Tuns in Lower Halstow, near Sittingbourne Right on the roadside in Lower Halstow, The Three Tuns was serving ale to local folk long before cars were using The Street (60692917)

The original Kimberley Brewery sign on the ceiling at Roots Emporium (Image: Joseph Raynor/ Nottingham Post) We've also defined the different types of beers for you, so while you're sipping on that new IPA you are loving, you can read up about the differences between a New England–style and a West coast–style. Or while you're finding your next go-to brew, you can learn what makes a German-style beer German.The content of the guide is decided upon by volunteers in CAMRA's 200-plus local branches. Throughout the preceding year CAMRA members anonymously rate the quality of the cellarmanship of beer in venues using CAMRA's National Beer Scoring System (NBSS) through either WhatPub or the Good Beer Guide app. [2] These scores are then reviewed by local volunteers in the spring who put forward those they consider to serve the best real ale. The number of entries each branch area has is decided at county level with an emphasis on ensuring that a geographically wide spread set of entries are included in each year's Guide. It is that time of the year once again where the best of British pubs are celebrated as part of CAMRA’s Good Beer Guide. The guide, which highlights the best spots around the country to grab a pint, is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. An entry in the definitive beer drinkers guide doesn't do any harm at all and helps to pull punters in from other areas, who join the regulars whose ages range from early 20s right up to their 80s. Teresa said: "I love it - it can be hard work at times.

The incredible Camberwell bakery where people queue out the door for London's 'best' bread and pastries More than 4,500 pubs were surveyed by independent volunteers with 387 pubs across the West Midlands region covered as part of this year’s guide. CAMRA also takes into account brewery numbers, noting that the West Midlands lost nine breweries over the past twelve months. As well as the ‘Famous Five’ (Pubs who have been included in the Good Beer Guide since the first edition) there are a number of other pubs out there that are on a massive streak for inclusion in The Good Beer Guide. There were also plenty of Kent pubs who kept their place in the guide for another year, along with a selection of local breweries.It's safe to say we're in the golden age of beer. And that means it's a great time to expand your horizons and discover new-to-you styles. To help you do just that, we've rounded up 31 of the best beers you can sip on right now. From mainstream lagers and historic Belgian ales to cult-status IPAs and innovative craft stouts, these are the hits: the flagship beers, the genre-establishing beers, the experimental beers that took off. The first printed edition was published in 1974. In a list of the country's brewers, the entry for Watney's consisted of the advice to "Avoid like the plague." [6] Concerned that this statement was libellous, the publisher, Waddington's, recalled the first print run and revised the entry to "Avoid at all costs." [7] Editions [ edit ] It is our belief that, if a licensee serves an excellent pint of real ale, then everything else in the pub, including customer service, quality of food and atmosphere, is likely to be of an equally high standard.”