We may be 86 days away from Christmas, but it may feel like Christmas has come early for cask ale lovers.

That is because the CAMRA Good Beer Guide 2025 has been released.

The gospel of real ale hotspots and top quality boozers, was first published in 1972 by The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA).

Campaign for Real Ale's (CAMRA) Good Beer Guide is the UK's best-selling beer and pub guide.

And in 2024, a huge amount of local pubs and bars have made the list.

W3: Acton

Red Lion & Pineapple - 281 High Street, W3 9BP 

The Red Lion & Pineapple used to be two seperate pubs back in the day (credit: Google Maps).

West London Trades Union Club - 33-35 High Street, W3 6ND 

The West London Trades Union Club serves two real ales (credit: Google Maps).

W5: Ealing 

Questors Grapevine Bar - 12 Mattock Lane, W5 5BQ

Ealing Nub New partners, The Questors Theatre, has made the Good Beer Guide 2025 (credit: Google Maps).

Reacting to making the 2025 Good Beer Guide, Questors told Nub News: "The Questors Grapevine Club are proud to be in the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) Good Beer Guide 2025, having appeared in consecutive guides since 2004.

"Entry into the guide is testimony to the work that our entirely volunteer based team do daily to serve top quality, excellent condition Real Ale to The Questors members and visitors to The Club.

"Entry into the Good Beer Guide is voted for by branches of CAMRA and The Questors members would like to thank CAMRA West Middlesex Branch for recognising The Club and entering it into the guide."

Sir Michael Balcon - 46-47 The Mall, W5 3TJ 

Sir Micahel Balcon is the second wetherspoon pub from Ealing in this year's guide (credit: Google Maps).

W7: Hanwell

Dodo Micropub - 52 Boston Road, W7 3TR 

The Dodo Micropub receving its CAMRA Good Beer Guide 2025 (credit: thedodomicropub/Instagram).

The Fox Inn - Green Lane, W7 2PJ 

The Fox Inn is a free house in Hanwell, Ealing (credit: Google Maps).

The Grosvenor - 127 Oaklands Road, W7 2DT  

The Grosvenor is a historical pub in Ealing (credit: The Grosvenor).

The Viaduct - 221 Uxbridge Road, W7 3TD 

On Friday The Viaduct in Hanwell hosts comedy nights (credit: The Viaduct).

The Owl & the Pussycat - 106 Northfield Avenue, W13 9RT 

The Owl & the Pussycat is located on the site of a former bookshop (credit: Google Maps).

Special to this year, its 52nd edition will feature not one but two covers, starring two of the UK's favourite fictional locals: Coronation Street's Rovers Return Inn, and Emmerdale's Woolpack.

The Guide, which lists 4,500 of the best pubs across the UK, is the definitive beer drinker's guide for those seeking the best pints in the nations' pubs – and costs £14.99 online.

Despite the tough trading environment facing a lot of licensees, they continue to battle against the odds, and the 2025 Guide boasts over 900 pubs that are new to this edition.

Information in the Guide is collated by thousands of CAMRA volunteers who give up their time every year to select the best of the best across the UK. As well as covering 143 of the very best pubs across Merseyside and Cheshire, it includes 36 new pub entries across the counties.

With two of ITV's flagship soaps being referenced on the cover, the foreword of The Good Beer Guide 2025 has been written by multi award-winning TV executive producer Iain Macleod.

In his foreword, MacLeod wrote: "...the story which threatened one of our pubs the most was also the one which most resonated with our times."

He continued: "In 2023, the Rovers Return closed its doors. A combination of the lingering legacy of the Covid lockdowns and the cost-of-living crisis meant that landlady Jenny Bradley couldn't afford to keep it open.

"The characters – and the viewers – lamented the news like the loss of a loved one. If it were needed, it was a timely reminder of the central place the nation's pubs have in our lives and in our affections."

Ealing and beer are no strangers with CAMRA hosting the Ealing Beer Festival annually (credit: Cesar Medina).

The amount of pubs continues to decline in the UK, but CAMRA shines a light on these businesses. In total, there were 38,175 pubs in the UK at the end of 2023, down from 41,015 a decade earlier.

Ash Corbett-Collins, the national chairman of CAMRA, said: "The Rovers Return Inn and the Woolpack represent the UK's love of their local, and to have them featured on the covers for this year's Guide is very exciting."

"In 2023, the Rovers Return closed its doors. A combination of the lingering legacy of the Covid lockdowns and the cost-of-living crisis meant that landlady Jenny Bradley couldn't afford to keep it open.

"The characters – and the viewers – lamented the news like the loss of a loved one. If it were needed, it was a timely reminder of the central place the nation's pubs have in our lives and in our affections."

Ash added: ""CAMRA's mission is to ensure support from the Government as well as tangible legislation to protect pubs in this country. By next year's edition of the Guide, we want to be talking about the beer and pub trade growing with the support of communities and parliament alike."

This year's Guide is sponsored by Midland Snacks Traditional Pork Scratchings and endorsed by Cask Marque.

The Good Beer Guide 2025 has been released, today, 26 September 2024, and is available to purchase now from this link.

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