London’s Best Beer, Pubs and Bars
The CAMRA Guide to London's Best Beer, Pubs and Bars by Des de Moor
My first book, The CAMRA Guide to London’s Best Beer Pubs and Bars, was published by CAMRA Books on 4 July 2011.
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The book is a comprehensive guide to drinking great beer in London, with listings of over 250 places to drink, information on the growing number of London brewers, brief tasting notes for hundreds of beers readily available in London and background pieces on London’s history, geography and brewing tradition.
Winner of the British Guild of Beer Writers Budweiser Budvar John White award for best travel writing 2011. Read more here.
“Capturing the feel of each pub with vivid descriptions…this book is a necessity if you’re a beer geek heading to London Town” — Beer Advocate
Read reviews:
by Jeff Evans at Inside Beer
by Susanna Forbest at DrinkBritain
by Simon Johnson at Reluctant Scooper
by Robert Gale at Travels with Beer
Read my guest blog at View London: Ten top London beers and places to drink them.
Read about my selection of London beers for BEER magazine.
Read more about the process of writing the book here, and in the May 2011 British Guild of Beer Writers Newsletter.
Tastings, signings and other related events.
I’ll be DJ’ing, and signing books, at guide entry the Snooty Fox on Friday 3 February 2012. Read more.
Additions and updates
Definitely not cask. Craft keg beer awaiting distribution to eager drinkers at the Camden Town brewery, London, February 2011
The beer scene in London is highly dynamic at the moment with frequent new pub, bar and shop openings, many existing venues expanding their ranges and new breweries mushrooming. The guide is being regularly updated to reflected this, with additions appearing as blog entries and a periodic supplement available to download as a PDF.
Download the latest updates (January 2012) as a PDF.
Please send suggestions, amendments and comments to des@desdemoor.com.
View updates online
- Places to drink including listings for numerous venues not included in the book.
- Brewers and beers including a comprehensive and regularly updated listing of current and planned london breweries.
Beer festivals
Since the guide went to press I’ve found an excellent calendar of beer festivals and other beer-related events throughout the UK, including pub-based festivals, at www.aletalk.co.uk. Below you’ll find the current listings for southeast England including London — I’m grateful to Steven of aletalk for giving me permission to include them here. For more details of beer festivals in other parts of Britain please visit the aletalk site. Please also go to aletalk to report errors or new festivals as I’m not responsible for the contents of the calendar.
