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The Good Pub Guide 2012 Paperback – 6 Oct. 2011

by Alisdair Aird (Author), Fiona Stapley (Author)

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In 2012 The Good Pub Guide celebrates its 30th anniversary, and is as invaluable as ever. Although this year we have had to introduce entry charges for Full Entries, no pub appears in these sections unless recommended by our readers, inspected anonymously and approved by the Good Pub Guide team, and then invited to join us.

Here you will find classic country pubs, town-centre inns, riverside retreats, historic gems and exciting newcomers, plus pubs specialising in food, wine, malt whisky, or own-brew beer. Find out the top pubs in each county for beer, dining and accommodation, and discover the winners of the coveted titles of Pub of the Year and Landlord of the Year. Packed with information, The Good Pub Guide 2012 is a fund of honest, entertaining and indispensable information.

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1104 pages
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English
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Ebury Press
Publication date

6 Oct. 2011
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11.43 x 5.08 x 20.32 cm
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0091930278
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978-0091930271
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Invaluable ― Sunday Telegraph

Britain's most indispensable book. ― Oz Clarke

A good pub is the backbone, heart and stomach of any walk worth doing - in winter with a plate of steak-and-kidney and a pint of Old Cruncher by the fire, in summer out in the garden with a sandwich and a nice hoppy Summer Special. I've used The Good Pub Guide since Noah was a lad to pinpoint a great pub with a decent pint as base camp for a walk, and it's never let me down. -- Christopher Somerville ― The Times

Don't leave home without the nation's favourite read... The Good Pub Guide 2012...is celebrating its 30th birthday and is packed full of handy information for pub-goers. ― Thirsty Work, Press Association

About the Author

Alisdair Aird is a by-word for trustworthy reporting. Prominent in consumer research, Alisdair Aird worked for many years with Which?, editing its motoring magazine and Which? magazine itself. He set up Holiday Which? and the consumer policy and research side of the National Consumer Council.

He has edited The Good Pub Guide since its first edition in 1983, and since 1996 with Fiona Stapley.

Fiona Stapley worked with Alisdair Aird on The Good Pub Guide for over 15 years. She previously worked with the Consumers' Association.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Ebury Press (6 Oct. 2011)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 1104 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0091930278
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0091930271
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 11.43 x 5.08 x 20.32 cm

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Sadly, inconvenient to use and no longer independent

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 19 October 2011

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I've bought this in previous years and it was very useful. This year I bought the 2012 guide without looking at any of the reviews here. The negative reviews are correct!
This new guide is extremely inconvenient to use:
You look at a map and see an entry for a town - you then look up the guide to the maps to see what "region" it is deemed to be in, then find the part of the guide that covers that region, and look through the entries for that town. Each of the "editors' favourites" entries get a full description (good), but then you get further entries under an "also worth a visit" section. These have star ratings, but very brief entries, without telephone numbers, food details, opening hours etc., etc. I was confused - are these starred entries "worse" than the "editors' choices"? No, it seems these entries just haven't paid a fee, so get a 2nd rate entry! Worse still, these "also worth a visit" entries do not warrant being featured in the maps. So if you look at a town which is devoid of any entry - it just means that no pub has paid for an entry, but there might be several "also worth a visit" entries! I buy this book mostly to find pubs that do accommodation, but as most of the entries no longer give this information, it is hardly a proper unbiased and independent guide. If the editors had the decency to clearly explain their new system, I might have had some sympathy for them, instead I was extremely annoyed about the structure and contents of the book - until reading these reviews realised what had happened.
I was very tempted to send the book back to Amazon. I will certainly never buy this book in future years, an d suggest anyone thinking of buying a copy look carfeully at the reviews here to see whether it is of much use to you.

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Mike.M

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 11 April 2013

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I bought the last year's guide as it was much cheaper than new, I don't expect that mant have changed in a year! and I don't go to that many pubs either!! I did use it in the Salisbury area as I did not know where to go and was pleased to have it. It is a pity the guide is not available for smaller areas such as South East England or even Southern England as it covers the whole country which of course includes many areas where I will not be going. The list of good pubs is not exhaustive and there are many that do not feature in this book. However I would recommend it as an ideal travelling companion.

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T. Creevy

Useful guide for pub connoisseurs

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 27 December 2011

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The major difference between this guide and CAMRA's Good Beer Guide is the emphasis on ambience, food and location rather than the beer quality. It is also more detailed in the descriptions of their top pubs. There is criticism from some quarters over charging for appearance for the top featured pubs. I can accept that this is necessary however as long as this does not prevent a great pub from inclusion. All the genuinely good pubs I have frequented recently appear with accurate and detailed descriptions so this edition can be trusted although I would be interested to hear if any pubs refused to pay the fee. All in all this is a very handy book and great value at the discounted Amazon price.

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Mr. KM EASTELOW

Good Pub Guide 2012.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 6 May 2012

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I bought my copy not long after its issue in 2012 without thought as I have been buying GPG from as far back as 2000. Very disappointed due to change of format and presentation.I miss the county guides as these were a good way of locating pubs in a specific area.The useage of "Regions" to describe locations strikes me as an EU Directive.The policy of charging for entry destroys the whole ethos of previous editions. I was told by the landlord of a small hostelry in Shropshire some two years ago he could be included in the next years guide for £ 200.00. His entry for his modest basic pub has a similar entry to a superb dining pub of repute within the same area.The result is that you cannot get a true indication of a pubs quality. For those who have them cherish your 2011 guide as that is the last definitive guide to pubs in Britain. Unless the format is reversed I feel that the 2012 edition will be the final guide published!
Finally perhaps the better pubs could request a new symbol in the guide to indicate "No Payment Made"

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Ballroom39

Best pub guide I know but disappointed with change of format for 2012

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 8 October 2011

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Regular purchaser of this Guide which for us has been the best and most reliable source of information for good pubs when travelling in UK. Disappointed with the change of format this year, grouping into geographical areas, rather than the traditional counties makes locating new pubs for us in the Guide less easy. The change to charging a fee for entries results in the perception of some loss of integrity and the change to whiter more expensive paper for the text appears to be a needless expense when the Guide has a realistic life of 12 months. The introduction of black and white maps to replace the traditional four colour maps is also disappointing.

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steve1745

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 24 May 2012

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A lesson in how to destroy a winning formula. The Good Pub Guide was an essential annual purchase but no more. Find a copy of the 2011 guide and treasure it. Why? A pub can now elevate its presentation in the book by paying for an entry compared to a possibly far superior pub that chooses not to. The publishers claim that a pub cannot buy its way into the book, unlike some so called 'guides', but confidence has been shattered. This change has also meant that the paying pubs, which are in the minority, are now grouped into large regions, compared to the old counties, which makes locating a pub more difficult. The non paying pubs are still organised by county. A shambles. Is it too much to hope that the publishers will reverse direction for the 2013 edition.

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Not so Good Pub Guide

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 26 June 2012

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I was in two minds about purchasing the kindle version of the Good Pub Guide. Numerous reviewers had slated the guides impartiality after the authors adopted a "pay to feature" policy. I can live with this but I can't understand their decision to organise the guide by region and not county. If I'm holidaying in Cornwall I don't want to have to search through endless pubs in Devon, Dorset and Somerset to locate those in Cornwall! I can't recommend the guide for this reason.

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 11 June 2013

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