Good Beer Guide Press Releases
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Discover CAMRA's best pubs in the North West at the launch of the Good Beer Guide
The pubs and breweries of the North West are being celebrated at the official regional launch of the Campaign for Real Ale's Good Beer Guide in Salford, Manchester.
23/09/2016
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Top 16 pubs in the UK named by Campaign for Real Ale
As its launches the latest edition of its Good Beer Guide, the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) has named the top 16 pubs in the country as part of its nationwide search for the National Pub of the Year.
23/09/2016
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Good Beer Guide salutes the great pub revival
The 2017 edition of the Good Beer Guide, GBG, published by the Campaign For Real Ale, CAMRA, celebrates the big fight back by the much-loved British pub. Editor Roger Protz says “that while traditional pubs continue to close, new types of pubs are opening at a fast rate and are drawing large crowds of enthusiastic drinkers.”
23/09/2016
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Fishy business: Good Beer Guide reports moves to axe isinglass
A growing number of brewers are looking at alternatives to isinglass as a clearing or “fining” agent in their beers, the 2017 Good Beer Guide (GBG), published by the Campaign for Real Ale, CAMRA, reports. Isinglass is made from the swim bladders of fish – and as more and more drinkers today are vegetarians and vegans, brewers are looking at alternative ways to serve crystal clear pints.
15/09/2016
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CAMRA's Good Beer Guide warns global brewers threaten choice
Real Ale may be the success story of British beer, but the new Good Beer Guide, published by the Campaign for Real Ale (CARMA), warns of possible threats posed by global brewers moving into the buoyant cask sector.
15/09/2016
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New ‘safe drinking’ limits are rocky road to prohibition
The 2017 Good Beer Guide (GBG) published by the Campaign for Real Ale, CAMRA, says the move to restrict drinking to no more than 14 units a week for men and women is bad science.
15/09/2016
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Good Beer Guide celebrates London as Beer Boom City
The 2017 edition of the Good Beer Guide (GBG), published by the Campaign for Real Ale, CAMRA, charts the remarkable rebirth of brewing in London. The capital was dubbed a “beer desert” by the Campaign in the 1970s but now the guide lists 69 breweries, with five more due to open in the near future.
15/09/2016
A breakdown of Regional Stats in the 2017 Guide.
Central Southern | ||||
2017 Pubs | New Pub Entries | 2017 Breweries | New Breweries | |
Berkshire | 53 | 17 | 14 | 2 |
Buckinghamshire | 54 | 20 | 14 | 5 |
Oxfordshire | 69 | 18 | 26 | 4 |
176 | 55 | 54 | 11 | |
East Anglia | ||||
2017 Pubs | New Pub Entries | 2017 Breweries | New Breweries | |
Bedfordshire | 49 | 9 | 8 | 1 |
Cambridgeshire | 70 | 15 | 21 | 1 |
Essex | 110 | 30 | 30 | 3 |
Hertfordshire | 64 | 17 | 34 | 7 |
Norfolk | 105 | 37 | 40 | 5 |
Suffolk | 72 | 15 | 25 | 1 |
Total: | 470 | 123 | 158 | 18 |
East Midlands | ||||
2017 Pubs | New Pub Entries | 2017 Breweries | New Breweries | |
Derbyshire | 95 | 23 | 65 | 13 |
Leicestershire | 68 | 16 | 21 | 4 |
Lincolnshire | 113 | 20 | 28 | 0 |
Northamptonshire | 49 | 12 | 42 | 6 |
Nottinghamshire | 74 | 17 | 23 | 0 |
Total: | 399 | 88 | 179 | 23 |
Greater London | ||||
2017 Pubs | New Pub Entries | 2017 Breweries | New Breweries | |
Greater London | 292 | 60 | 72 | 7 |
Total: | 292 | 60 | 72 | 7 |
Greater Manchester | ||||
2017 Pubs | New Pub Entries | 2017 Breweries | New Breweries | |
Greater Manchester | 158 | 29 | 70 | 10 |
Total: | 158 | 29 | 70 | 10 |
Kent | ||||
2017 Pubs | New Pub Entries | 2017 Breweries | New Breweries | |
Kent | 145 | 38 | 37 | 4 |
Total: | 145 | 38 | 37 | 4 |
Merseyside & Cheshire | ||||
Region | 2017 Pubs | New Pub Entries | 2017 Breweries | New Breweries |
Cheshire | 70 | 15 | 33 | 5 |
Merseyside | 70 | 20 | 17 | 5 |
Total: | 140 | 35 | 50 | 10 |
North East | ||||
2017 Pubs | New Pub Entries | 2017 Breweries | New Breweries | |
Durham | 85 | 14 | 18 | 2 |
Northumberland | 39 | 11 | 11 | 2 |
Tyne and Wear | 59 | 9 | 27 | 4 |
Total: | 183 | 34 | 56 | 8 |
South West | ||||
2017 Pubs | New Pub Entries | 2017 Breweries | New Breweries | |
Cornwall | 62 | 10 | 33 | 5 |
Devon | 125 | 35 | 50 | 7 |
Gloucestershire | 103 | 27 | 41 | 7 |
Somerset | 102 | 19 | 28 | 4 |
Wiltshire | 62 | 16 | 23 | 1 |
Total: | 454 | 107 | 175 | 24 |
Scotland & Northern Ireland | ||||
2017 Pubs | New Pub Entries | 2017 Breweries | New Breweries | |
Aberdeen & Grampian | 41 | 8 | 11 | 1 |
Argyll & The Isles | 14 | 2 | 7 | 1 |
Ayrshire & Arran | 21 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
Borders | 18 | 7 | 7 | 1 |
Dumfries & Galloway | 20 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
Edinburgh & The Lothians | 45 | 15 | 18 | 1 |
Greater Glasgow & Clyde Valley | 46 | 9 | 10 | 2 |
Highlands & The Western Isles | 35 | 3 | 14 | 1 |
Kingdom of Fife | 21 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
Loch Lomond, Stirling & The Trossachs | 21 | 5 | 12 | 0 |
Northern Ireland | 20 | 3 | 19 | 11 |
Northern Isles | 8 | 4 | 0 | |
Tayside | 30 | 8 | 5 | 0 |
340 | 70 | 120 | 19 | |
Surrey and Sussex | ||||
2017 Pubs | New Pub Entries | 2017 Breweries | New Breweries | |
Surrey | 70 | 14 | 18 | 6 |
East Sussex | 64 | 14 | 30 | 3 |
West Sussex | 62 | 15 | 26 | 2 |
Total: | 196 | 43 | 74 | 11 |
Wales | ||||
2017 Pubs | New Pub Entries | 2017 Breweries | New Breweries | |
Glamorgan | 93 | 18 | 25 | 2 |
Gwent | 39 | 10 | 8 | 1 |
Mid Wales | 35 | 10 | 8 | 1 |
NE Wales | 42 | 8 | 16 | 0 |
NW Wales | 46 | 14 | 15 | 2 |
West Wales | 70 | 17 | 16 | 3 |
Total: | 325 | 77 | 88 | 9 |
Wessex and CI | ||||
2017 Pubs | New Pub Entries | 2017 Breweries | New Breweries | |
Channel Isles | 22 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
Dorset | 66 | 20 | 18 | 2 |
Hants | 119 | 33 | 32 | 5 |
Isle of Wight | 22 | 8 | 3 | 0 |
Total: | 229 | 64 | 57 | 7 |
West Midlands | ||||
2017 Pubs | New Pub Entries | 2017 Breweries | New Breweries | |
Herefordshire | 26 | 8 | 12 | 2 |
Shropshire | 58 | 11 | 25 | 4 |
Staffs | 88 | 26 | 31 | 3 |
Warwickshire | 48 | 9 | 17 | 0 |
West Mids | 118 | 29 | 30 | 1 |
Worcestershire | 56 | 16 | 19 | 3 |
Total: | 394 | 99 | 134 | 13 |
West Pennines | ||||
2017 Pubs | New Pub Entries | 2017 Breweries | New Breweries | |
Cumbria | 88 | 5 | 42 | 5 |
Lancashire | 121 | 33 | 33 | 5 |
Isle of Man | 28 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
Total: | 237 | 42 | 79 | 10 |
Yorkshire | ||||
2016 Pubs | New Pub Entries | 2016 Breweries | New Breweries | |
Yorkshire (East) | 42 | 9 | 12 | 3 |
Yorkshire (North) | 141 | 37 | 44 | 4 |
Yorkshire (South) | 77 | 19 | 27 | 5 |
Yorkshire (West) | 131 | 30 | 70 | 13 |
Total: | 391 | 98 | 153 | 25 |