Good beer guide 2012
By: edited by Roger Protz
Contributors: Campaign for Real Ale
Publisher: CAMRA
Published: 2011
Place of publication: St. Albans]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 888
ISBN-13: 9781852492977; 9781852492861
Subjects: Bars (Drinking establishments); Guidebooks; Beer; COOKING; Beverages
Description: Now in its 39th year, this guide is fully revised and updated with details of more than 4,500 locations across the UK serving the best real alefrom country inns to urban-style bars and backstreet boozers More than just a pub guide, this is a complete book for beer lovers. Completely independent, with no entry fees for listings, it is revised and updated yearly by CAMRA's 110,000 members. Along with pub reviews and information, the guide has a unique Breweries Section which lists over 600 breweriesmicro, regional, and nationalthat produce real ale in the UK, and the beers they brew. Pub entries give details of the beers served, food, pub history, architecture, transportation links, beer gardens, accommodation, disabled access, and facilities for families. Tasting notes for the beers, compiled by CAMRA-trained tasting teams, are also included. A full-color, 36-page features section at the front contains informative and interesting articles relating to beer, pubs, and brewing.
Table of contents: title: Book cover; About the Good Beer Guide; How to use the Good Beer Guide; Introduction; London Pub Marathon; Features; CAMRA's Pub of the Year; Brewing Success; A Word From Our Sponsor: Cask Marque; Treading the Pub Boards; Beer Festivals & Key Events; Beer Trends; All About Ale; Britain's Classic Beer Styles; Camra's Beers of the Year; Bedfordshire; England; Berkshire; Buckinghamshire; Cambridgeshire; Cheshire; Cornwall; Cumbria; Derbyshire; Devon; Dorset; Durham; Essex; Gloucestershire & Bristol; Hampshire; Herefordshire; Hertfordshire; Isle of Wight; Kent; Lancashire; Leicestershire & Rutland.; title: LincolnshireGreater London; Greater Manchester; Merseyside; Norfolk; Northamptonshire; Northumberland; Nottinghamshire; Oxfordshire; Shropshire; Somerset; Staffordshire; Suffolk; Surrey; Sussex, East; Sussex, West; Tyne & Wear; Warwickshire; West Midlands; Wiltshire; Worcestershire; Yorkshire, East; Yorkshire, North; Yorkshire, South; Yorkshire, West; Aberdeen & Grampian; Scotland; Argyll & The Isles; Ayrshire & Arran; Borders; Dumfries & Galloway; Edinburgh & The Lothians; Greater Glasgow & Clyde Valley; Highlands & Western Isles; Kingdom of Fife; Loch Lomond, Stirling & The Trossachs.; title: Northern IslesTayside; Glamorgan; Wales; Gwent; Mid-Wales; North-East Wales; North-West Wales; West Wales; Northern Ireland; Channel Islands; Isle of Man; Breweries Section; A Word From Our Sponsor: SIBA; How to use the Breweries Section; Independent Breweries; Closed & Future Breweries; National Breweries; Global Giants; Places Index; Beers Index; Award Winning Pubs; Pub Heritage; Books for Beer Lovers; Good Beer Guide on the Move; Join Camra.