Good Beer Guide 2010

Originally the

Stamford Brook

, the 20m

Dockman

has, amongst its other virtues, a bollard pull of 8.5 tons from 312 twin turbo Dorman engines installed by previous owner PR Services, which invested some £200,000 in a refit that included not only the engines, gearboxes and drives, but also the bigger helm position and windows. Together these give not just the much needed extra comfort but also enable better viewing of operations from the bridge.

Just in time for Christmas, MJ brings you a review of the Good Beer Guide 2010, for all our avid readers and real ale enthusiasts lucky enough to live in the UK. The book is an ideal gift for the beer lover in your circle.

Now in its 37th edition, the Good Beer Guide 2010 is fully revised and updated and contains more than 4,500 pubs across the UK. The book covers country inns, stylish city bars and of course the good old fashioned backstreet boozer. So whether you are onshore or offshore and looking forward to getting your feet back on dry land, this book will help ensure that you’re never too far away from finding the perfect pint.

The cover picture is of the Harbour Inn, a pretty seaside inn next to the harbour in Solva, West Wales. It is located next to where immigrants once left for North America. Its review makes you want to drop tools and head there directly, ‘A community pub with a traditional atmosphere, it serves as a base for many village activities and is popular with the locals who come to enjoy a quiet, relaxing pint.’

In fact, this guide is never short of any pubs in seaside or waterside locations if you are finding it hard to tear yourself away from the water.

It also contains an informative features section, with articles on pubs, beer and brewing as well as a beer festival listing. There is also a unique brewery section listing all the breweries in the UK that brew real ale, with tasting notes written by the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) tasting panel.

CAMRA have campaigned for real ale, real pubs and consumer rights since 1971. They are an independent, voluntary organisation with over 100,000 members in the UK. It is the members who actually contribute to revising this guide every year. Get your copy now.