This is Britain's best-selling beer guide. Now in its 38th year, The Good Beer Guide is fully revised and updated each year, with details of more than 4,500 pubs across the country serving the best real ale. Along with pub reviews and information, the guide has a unique 'Breweries Section' which lists all the breweries - micro, regional and national - that produce real ale in the UK, and the beers that they brew. Tasting notes for the beers, compiled by CAMRA-trained tasting teams, are also included. The Good Beer Guide is more than just a pub guide - it is the complete book for beer lovers.
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The definitive rundown of the best places in the UK to get a pint of real ale, from cosy country inns to upmarket style bars. --Time Out magazine
The indispensible Good Beer Guide to pubs, breweries, food and ales. --The Independent
The indispensible Good Beer Guide to pubs, breweries, food and ales. --The Independent
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Roger Protz is a campaigner, broadcaster and author of more than 25 ground-breaking books about beer, pubs and brewing. He appears regularly on radio and TV and contributes to the Guardian, the Morning Advertiser, CAMRA's award-winning magazine Beer and members' newspaper What's Brewing and the website www.beer-pages.com. Twice winner of the Glenfiddich Drink Writer of the Year Award, in 2004 Roger won a Lifetime Achievement Award from the British Guild of Beer Writers.
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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful
By Beery Deery
Format:Paperback
This guide is great for sourcing out the gems in city, town and countryside alike, that I wouldn't know where there otherwise.
The Good Pub Guide is okay - but this wins out for me as I'm interested in sampling local produce (i.e beer) in beautiful pubs. This guide focuses on great beer before it considers the pubs - so I know my taste buds are in for a treat with every recommendation.
I also love that the guide makes use of a symbol system - highlighting pubs that are CAMRA award winning (and therefore the best ale pubs in the country) - but also letting me know if the pub has a real fire or serves food - great for plotting out those long cycle routes myself and my partner go on.
This is a winner for me! My grandfather introduced me to the guide and our family always use it when we are planning out an afternoon walk down a canal, or a trip to a national trust property.
The Good Pub Guide is okay - but this wins out for me as I'm interested in sampling local produce (i.e beer) in beautiful pubs. This guide focuses on great beer before it considers the pubs - so I know my taste buds are in for a treat with every recommendation.
I also love that the guide makes use of a symbol system - highlighting pubs that are CAMRA award winning (and therefore the best ale pubs in the country) - but also letting me know if the pub has a real fire or serves food - great for plotting out those long cycle routes myself and my partner go on.
This is a winner for me! My grandfather introduced me to the guide and our family always use it when we are planning out an afternoon walk down a canal, or a trip to a national trust property.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
By Leanback
Format:Paperback
I get the Good Beer Guide every other year and keep it in the car glovebox. Whenever I'm in a town I'm unfamiliar with I know I'll easily be able to find a decent pub selling top quality beer. The guide is easy to follow and logically laid out.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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The Good Beer Guide is, in my opinion, the best there is for finding good ales in a variety of pubs. I would not say it is infallible but then again it is just a guide and is compiled by humans writing about real ale that is served by other humans and human error is always possible as is a change of ownership of a pub or even a change of cellarman.
That said previous editions of the guide have taken me to some great pubs from Aberdeen to Penzance and I regard it as an essential when planning my holidays. Not only great pubs for beer but great pubs for food and accommodation. And the book is also well worth reading. Lots of interesting articles about beer, a guide to the breweries producing real ale and notes about many of the beers they produce.
Yes there will always be criticism that a particular pub is not included but the book includes details of how to nominate a pub for the next edition. Yes some people will moan about a pub being included or will claim the guide is biased against a particular brewery or that some areas with excellent pubs do not get a mention but various local factors may account for that.......areas with no CAMRA branch nearby may not be covered as well as those with a thriving branch.......but for all that the book is by far the best guide to real ale pubs that money can buy.
That said previous editions of the guide have taken me to some great pubs from Aberdeen to Penzance and I regard it as an essential when planning my holidays. Not only great pubs for beer but great pubs for food and accommodation. And the book is also well worth reading. Lots of interesting articles about beer, a guide to the breweries producing real ale and notes about many of the beers they produce.
Yes there will always be criticism that a particular pub is not included but the book includes details of how to nominate a pub for the next edition. Yes some people will moan about a pub being included or will claim the guide is biased against a particular brewery or that some areas with excellent pubs do not get a mention but various local factors may account for that.......areas with no CAMRA branch nearby may not be covered as well as those with a thriving branch.......but for all that the book is by far the best guide to real ale pubs that money can buy.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
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Getting better all the time
I buy the Good Beer Guide every 2 to 3 years.
CAMRA seem to be putting a lot of effort into updating the accuracy of the guide, and I did not have the problem ov... Read more
CAMRA seem to be putting a lot of effort into updating the accuracy of the guide, and I did not have the problem ov... Read more
Published 16 months ago by Highwayman
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Very good guide to ale pubs
The GBG's are very good for pointing you in the right direction towards pubs that serve a decent pint of ale (especially in unfamiliar areas), as well as acknowledging its listed... Read more
Published 20 months ago by APR
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excellent
This book is very accurate so far. Bought for a very keen pub friend, his favourites were in it, we used it that weekend and the pub was a very high standard as detailed. Read more
Published 22 months ago by cath
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When Quatity Counts
I use this wherever I go. Feel guilty that I don't belong to Camera but can't campaign for everything. Read more
Published 22 months ago by lonniej
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Good Beer Guide 2011
Good Beer Guide 2011
This annual publication is an excellent guide for the beer lover with not only beer discriptions and quality but also good info on the pubs... Read more
This annual publication is an excellent guide for the beer lover with not only beer discriptions and quality but also good info on the pubs... Read more
Published on 23 May 2011 by footballjohn
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Best Guide
I originally bought The Real Ale Pub Guide as a present for my partner,only to discover that he usually bought the Camra,Good Beer Guide. I can see why. Read more
Published on 24 April 2011 by B Clark
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Indispensable
Excellent as ever - this is the one publication you cannot be without. When planning any trips anywhere I look first at this guide just to see if it's worth going!
Published on 24 Mar 2011 by A. J. Wicks
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GOOD BEER GUIDE CHEAPER THAN CAMRA
I BOUGHT THIS FROM AMAZON CHEAPER THAN I COULD GET IT ANYWHERE ELSE INCLUDING C.A.M.R.A WHO PRODUCE IT & I'M A MEMBER.
EVERY LITTLE HELPS.
EVERY LITTLE HELPS.
Published on 5 Mar 2011 by F. howard
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Good beer guide
Bought as a present for a nephew - already have my own copy.
Good when visiting somewhere new as often helps to find pubs that have good beer and are a bit... Read more
Good when visiting somewhere new as often helps to find pubs that have good beer and are a bit... Read more
Published on 4 Feb 2011 by Archersphilia
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CAMRA Good Beer Guide
I am a member of CAMRA and have been purchasing this guide on and off for years. If you like Real Ale this is the definative guide and provides all the information you could... Read more
Published on 26 Jan 2011 by J. Smallcombe
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