If you fancy being at the head of the queue for a pint this festive season, you could always buy your own place.
There’s a good few on the market at the moment, including a fine boozer in Troon that needs a new lease of life.
Bruce’s Well is a big bar commanding a central position and is on the market at offers over just £250,000.
And that includes two flats up the stairs. It is being flogged through DM Hall on behalf of owner, the pub giant Greene King.
In Prestwick Reds restaurant is offered leasehold at £29,000 a year.
The leafy suburb of Doonfoot only has one pub, the Balgarth Pines.
The pub restaurant has a turnover of more than £1.25million and run under a general manager.
The owner is selling it for around £950,000 and it boasts more than 150 covers inside, as well as a big terrace and tables out the back door.
Agents Christie& Co say: “Balgarth operates primarily as a family/destination bar and restaurant where food sales account for 72% of its income.”
The 25 bedroomed Horizon Hotel is the only one on Ayr seafront and is a popular wedding venue.
Christie & Co also have this property and are seeking £1.25m.
The Costley & Costley empire has three well-known properties on the market.
The wonderfully thatched Souter’s Inn and Patisserie in Kirkoswald attracts Burns lovers, locals and passing trade.
A spare £1.6m will secure it.
The Ellisland in Racecourse Road, Ayr, is another much-loved hotel, with nine bespoke rooms. The price here is £1.2m.
A third Costley property on the market is the ivy-clad Cochrane Inn restaurant at Gateside.
It is on offer at £495,000.
Or how about Irvine’s oldest pub, The Ship Inn, at £650,000?
Make mine a double!
