Launched in September 2007, this is the 35th edition of the Good Beer Guide, CAMRA's best-selling guide to Britain's 4,500 top real ale pubs.
 
It contains information about pub facilities for families and the disabled, history, architecture, food, accommodation, local places of interest... and, of course, the beer: the best pubs serving the finest real ale in the country. 

Unique to the Guide – a list of every brewery in the country, large and small, with details of all the cask-conditioned and bottle conditioned beers they brew, with professional tasting notes.              

There is also a full list of CAMRA’s National Inventory of Pubs – pubs with interiors of outstanding historic interest. Helping to save these pubs for posterity.

All entries are surveyed on a regular basis by CAMRA members. Other guides may only send a questionnaire and are never visited. There is no charge for entry into the Good Beer Guide.

New for 2008:

CAMRA research reveals whether consumers feel that pubs are better in the present day compared to the 1970’s when the first Good Beer Guide was released.

CAMRA list the unique pubs that have featured in every edition of the guide since it was first published.

Good Beer Guide editor Roger Protz explores breweries that are dedicated to real ale and have an environmentally friendly agenda. These are leading the way in revolutionising the industry for a greener future.

An entry in the Good Beer Guide is a stamp of approval from CAMRA and the Bristol & District branch take this seriously. The number one consideration for entry is consistently good quality real ale. We endeavour to survey all year round to check on this and hold an open and democratic selection meeting. 

We certainly don't rest on our laurels, which is why there are new entries and deletions every year. Sometimes a pub might have a bad patch and be removed for a year then make a glorious return when the ale is back up to scratch, which is hopefully consistently excellent!

If you would like to assist us in our never ending quest to find the best real ale pubs, please come along to a branch meeting (see the Diary page for details). 

You can buy a copy of the Good Beer Guide from us at a branch meeting or you can order one over the Internet from CAMRA by clicking here