The Good Beer Guide 2024

by Emma Haines (Editor), Bruce Dickinson (Introduction)

The Good Beer Guide is the UK’s best-selling beer and pub guide and it continues to represent the best of the best in the brewing and hospitality industry.

With 4500 pubs, bars, and clubs selected by unpaid volunteers up and down the country, this is the best guide for pubgoers interested in being served a good pint of real ale as well as those who wish to find a local near them that is welcoming and has many other benefits that may appeal.

Each entry contains a short description as well as details of regular beers that can be linked to the brewery section to discover local beers, as well as some treasured national favourites.

This guide is compiled by consumers for consumers and is the most independent and complete guide to find good beer.

999 pages, Paperback

Published September 28, 2023

About the author

Emma Haines is an illustrator and designer based in Nottingham, England.

Reviews

[Paul · Rating 3 out of 5]

It’s always a difficult read to take in the best pubs in the country to find new beers. A lot of it is very repetitive, though occasionally there are some unique and amusing tips which makes these pubs the ones that you want to visit. This year’s foreword seems to focus on introducing people to our movement; perhaps because we’re expected to pick up new readers as a result of the chosen cover and theme. Shamefully, Roger Protz’s excellent analysis of the current brewery scene has been pushed towards the back, and should have been at the forefront as a campaigning issue. Some sections are just repetitive, and perhaps it would have been better to have included some images, though I suppose that as it’s a reference book they wouldn’t necessarily expect someone to read it as a book. It’s a shame that the Kent area has seemed to have skipped the editorial stage. Hopefully they’ll be more vigilant next year.