Fourteen Cardiff pubs have been named in the Campaign for Real Ale’s Good Beer Guide 2022.
The guide, which includes more than 4,500 pubs across the UK, highlights places selected by CAMRA members to enjoy good beers from small breweries as well as cask-conditioned lagers and world beers.
This is the 49th edition of CAMRA's best-selling guide to pubs and its contributors have encouraged readers to support their local pubs and breweries in the aftermath of the coronavirus pandemic.
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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 – a national increase in brewery numbers after they dipped last year for the first time, as well as over 500 new pub entries.”
The foreword for this year’s guide was written by best-selling singer and pub owner James Blunt, who has thrown his support behind the British pub sector and reflected on the industry’s struggles during the coronavirus pandemic.
He said: “Whilst, in recent years, there might have been a trend for people to drink cheap supermarket beer at home, those people have been locked away for the best part of a year, and now those people want out. They can taste real beer from the tap, and food cooked by a pro, and they can meet legally and joyfully.”
Here's the full list of Cardiff pubs featured in the guide:
1. The Andrew Buchan, 29 Albany Road, Roath CF24 3LH
2. Cathays Beer House, 109 Crwys Road CF24 4NF
3. The Central Bar, 39 Windsor Place CF10 3BW
4. The Deri Inn, Heol-y-Deri, Rhiwbina CF14 6UH
5. The Flute & Tankard, 4 Windsor Place CF10 3BX
6. The Grange, 134 Penarth Road CF11 6NJ
7. Head of Steam, 18-19 Church Street CF10 1BG
8. The Heathcock, 58-60 Bridge Street, Llandaff CF5 2EN
9. The Lansdowne, 71 Beda Road CF5 1LX
10. The Pen & Wig, 1 Park Grove CF10 3BJ
11. Queen’s Vaults, 29 Westgate Street CF10 1EH
12. The Romilly, 69-71 Romilly Crescent CF11 9NQ
13. St Canna’s Ale House, 42 Llandaff Road CF11 9NJ
14. Tiny Rebel, 26 Westgate Street CF10 1DD
More CAMRA pub recommendations can be found in the Good Beer Guide 2022, which is out now.
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