DOZENS of pubs across Berkshire have been named among the best in the country in an annual guide.
The Campaign for Real Ale's (CAMRA's) 2022 guide has been released and aims to encourage punters to support their local pubs and breweries following the coronavirus pandemic.
The guide, which surveys 4,500 pubs across the UK, is considered the definitive beer drinker’s guide to the very best pints in the most picturesque and friendly pubs.
Despite being hampered by lockdowns and restrictions in the early part of this year, thousands of independent volunteers have worked together to compile this year’s entries, helping to identify significant trends and themes locally and nationally.
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Their 49th guide has found the number of independent UK breweries has risen to 1,902 in 2021 from 1,816 in 2020 which is the highest number recorded in the guide since publication began in 1974.
CAMRA national chairman Nik Antona said: “After the struggles of the past 18 months for the industry, it is great that the Good Beer Guide figures are showing the resilience of pubs and brewers in the face of strife – an increase in brewery numbers after they dipped last year for the first time, as well as more than 500 new pub entries.
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"This is great to see, especially coupled with the news from the Government’s latest Budget, including the announcement of a new, lower rate of duty for draught beer and cider.
“However, the industry is still vulnerable in the aftermath of Covid-19 lockdowns. Breweries still face issues around costs of goods, lack of business rate relief and silence from the government on Small Brewers' Relief reform.
"We are calling on the government to make sur e the new draught duty rate applies to containers 20-litres and up so all our small and independent brewers can benefit.”
The pubs which feature on the list and where they are based in Berkshire include:
Bracknell Forest
Victoria Arms, Terrace Road North, Binfield, Bracknell RG42 5JA
Cannie Man, 2 Bywood, Bracknell RG12 7RF
Old Manor, Grenville Place, Bracknell RG12 1BP
The White Hart, Church Road, Winkfield, Windsor SL4 4SE
Reading
Alehouse, 2 Broad St, Reading RG1 2BH
Allied Arms, 57 St Mary's Butts, Reading RG1 2LG
The Butler, 85-91 Chatham St, Reading RG1 7DS
The Castle Tap, 120 Castle St, Reading RG1 7RJ
The Greyfriar, 53 Greyfriars Rd, Reading RG1 1PA
The Nag's Head, 5 Russell St, Reading RG1 7XD
Park House (University of Reading), Whiteknights Campus, Reading RG6 6UA
The Retreat, 8 St John's Street, Reading RG1 4EH
Three Guineas, 8 St John's Street, Reading RG1 4EH
Weather Station, 19 Eldon Terrace, Reading RG1 4DX
The Fox and Hounds, 51 Gosbrook Rd, Caversham, Reading RG4 8BN
The Griffin, 10 Church Rd, Caversham, Reading RG4 7AD
West Berkshire
The Bell Inn, Bell Lane, Aldworth, Reading RG8 9SE
Hungerford Club, 3 The Croft, Hungerford RG17 0HY
John O'Gaunt, Bridge St, Hungerford RG17 0EG
The Catherine Wheel, Berkshire, 35 Cheap St, Newbury RG14 5DB
The Cow and Cask, 1 Inches Yard, Market St, Newbury RG14 5DP
The King Charles Tavern, 54 Cheap St, Newbury RG14 5BX
The Lion, 39 West St, Newbury RG14 1BD
The Lock, Stock and Barrel, 104 Northbrook St, Newbury RG14 1AA
The Great Shefford, Newbury Rd, Great Shefford, Hungerford RG17 7DS
The Wheatsheaf Inn, 15 Chapel St, Thatcham RG18 4JP
The Rowbarge, Station Rd, Woolhampton, Reading RG7 5SH
Taproom and Kitchen at West Berkshire Brewery, The Old Dairy Frilsham Farm, Yattendon RG18 0XT
Wokingham
The Tally Ho, Fleet Hill, Eversley, Hook RG27 0RR
The Wheelwright's Arms, Davis Way, Reading RG10 0TR
The Bull Inn, High Street, Sonning, Reading RG4 6UP
Wargrave and District Snooker Club, Woodclyffe Hostel, Church St, Wargrave, Reading RG10 8EP
The Crispin, 45 Denmark Street, Wokingham RG40 2AY
Oakingham Belle, Oak Avenue, Wokingham RG40 1LH
The Queen's Head, 23 The Terrace, Wokingham RG40 1BP
The Ship Inn, 104 Peach St, Wokingham RG40 1XH
Windsor and Maidenhead
The Swan, 9 Mill Lane, Windsor SL4 5JG
George Inn, 77 High St, Eton, Windsor SL4 6AF
The Royal Oak, Knowl Hill Common, Knowl Hill, Reading RG10 9YE
The Bear, 8-10 High St, Maidenhead SL6 1QJ
The Crauford Arms, 15 Gringer Hill, Maidenhead SL6 7LY
The Maiden's Head, 34 High St, Maidenhead SL6 1QE
The Boundary Arms, 112 Pinkneys Rd, Maidenhead SL6 5DN
The Bell, The Street, Waltham St Lawrence, Reading RG10 0JJ
A Hoppy Place, 11 St. Leonards Rd, Windsor SL4 3BN
The Acre, Victoria St, Windsor SL4 1EN
The Carpenters Arms, 4 Market St, Windsor SL4 1PB
The Corner House, 22 Sheet St, Windsor SL4 1BG
Windsor and Eton Brewery Tap Room, 1-4 Vansittart Estate, Duke St, Windsor SL4 1SE
The Windsor Trooper, 97 St. Leonards Rd, Windsor SL4 3BZ
The Perserverance 2 High St, Wraysbury, Staines TW19 5DB
Slough
The Moon and the Spoon, 86-88 High Street, Slough SL1 1EL
The Barleycorn, 151 Lower Cippenham Lane, Slough SL1 5DS
The Good Beer Guide 2022 is now available from the CAMRA shop through this link and there is an updated app version available for download on both iOS and Android devices.
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