The Good Beer Guide 2023: 50th Edition

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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 pub has always offered a very warm welcome to all, whether locals or visitors from further afield, including walkers from the nearby Ridgeway. With nearly 1,000 pages, recommendations consider beer quality as well as the history and architecture of a pub and various aspects such as food, gardens, family and disabled facilities, and special events.

The 2023 edition of CAMRA's Good Beer Guide is the 50th in the series of this essential reference to the best 4,500 or so of the UK's pubs.Now, little more than a year after reopening, the pub is one of the latest additions to the Good Beer Guide. If it's something more straightforward you're after, Newcastle Brown Ale is like the brown ale poster child. From Croydon and Uxbridge to Camberwell and Chiswick, London is officially home to some of the UK's very best pubs.

Its piney, citrusy hop character paved the way for America's love affair with the IPA, while the Sierra Nevada Pale Ale remains a staple in its own right. Rather than a professionally published volume, it was a collection of sheets of paper stapled together and posted out to CAMRA members.

A kriek is a lambic (more on this below) made with cherries, and a quadrupel is a strong, dark Belgian ale with caramel, molasses, bread, and pepper flavors. More recently, as in during the 20th century, Belgian brewers sought to compete with German and Czech lagers with lighter styles, and the blonde ale was born. Today, Belgium's beer scene is richly varied between independent breweries and Trappist breweries (abbeys that make beer), producing beautiful interpretations of iconic styles. And from that extensive list, we've pulled out all of the new additions in London this year and listed them by borough - has your favourite finally made it? Beer drinkers can find out who serves the best mild, session bitters, golden ales and IPAs, from the smallest micro pub to bigger establishments with lounges, snugs and sprawling gardens More than 70 pubs in the county feature in the A-Z listings, highlighting the best spots in the UK for a stand-out pint.

The country's 1516 law requires German beer to be made only from water, hops, and barley (and later, when fermentation was understood, yeast). One of those making the grade is a quirky micro pub in Kimberley, a town once famed for its brewing. Many pubs are still trying to settle on their opening times and meal times so CAMRA has avoided entering opening hours as these may change during the currency of the Guide.The combo is a lovely American twist on a Belgian classic that smells and tastes like brown sugar, dark fruit, chocolate, caramel, vanilla, and of course, cherries. It became so popular that last year they extended at the back, transforming a leaking garage into a cosy 20-seater outhouse with a log burner. The last few years have been an incredibly difficult time for the industry, and we need more support than ever before to keep our nation’s pubs open and thriving. Staff at the pubs work hard to ensure that the real ales on offer are kept in first-class condition at all times – and the pubs’ inclusion in the guide highlights this. Volunteers then rate the pubs based on their quality of beer, atmosphere, location and ability to accommodate real ale drinkers.

They're bright with a dry finish and most importantly, a bouquet of herbal, citrusy, bitter hop notes. The Leathern Bottle is a Grade II-listed traditional country pub, spread over three rooms separated by a large open fireplace and the main bar area.While the Daisy Cutter Pale Ale from Half Acre Beer Company is a craft kid compared to the Sierra Nevada Pale Ale, it's still got a respectable decade under its belt.