Good Beer Guide 2019 by Campaign for Real Ale

The Good Beer Guide, which is published annually by CAMRA, helps beer lovers take a barometer of the local beer scene. Hadland recommends Cumbrian Ales, Great Corby and Hesket Newmarket Breweries, as well as towns off the beaten track such as Chorley, which boasts a healthy pub scene due to the boom in micropubs in the area. Writing in a bespoke foreword for the North West section of the Guide, Hadland notes that Manchester has a lot to offer beer and cider lovers and highlights the fantastic array of pubs to visit across Liverpool, Chester, the Lake District and Southport.

Smaller brewers are also becoming increasingly environmentally aware, introducing new processes to reduce their carbon footprint and responding to consumer calls for more information on ingredients and niche products, assessors noted.To celebrate the 50th edition of the Good Beer Guide, CAMRA’s premier publication featuring the very best pubs to find a great pint in the UK, award-winning author Laura Hadland has showcased the local beer highlights across the North West of England. In total the UK is now home to 2,500 breweries, 1,750 of which produce real ale, The Good Beer Guide states. The UK’s appetite for craft beer shows no signs of waning, analysis of the nation’s brewing and pub scene indicates. Thirst for craft beerĬamra also investigated the new crop of breweries springing up across the country, finding they generally place a greater emphasis than in years gone by on giving back to the local community by supporting charities or providing training and employment opportunities.

The overall national pub of the year winner will be announced in early 2019. These are the 16 best pubs in the UK in 2018, according to CamraĬentral Southern England – Nag’s Head, Reading East Anglia – Chequers, Little Gransden East Midlands – White Hart, Bargate Greater London – Little Green Dragon, Enfield Greater Manchester – Flying Horse, Rochdale Kent – Lanes, Dover Merseyside – Cricketers Arms, St Helens North East England – Golden Smog, Stockton-on-Tees Scotland and Northern Ireland – Volunteer Arms (Staggs), Musselburgh South West England – Fleece Inn, Hillesley Surrey and Sussex – Surrey Oaks, Newdigate Wales – Bridge End Inn, Ruabon Wessex and the Channel Islands – Wonston Arms, Wonston West Midlands – Fountain Inn, Leek West Pennines – Little Bare, Morecambe Yorkshire – George & Dragon, Hudswell

Good Beer Guide 2019 by Campaign for Real Ale