The following criteria are used by our branch to select entries for the Good Beer Guide. This updated process was agreed at an open Committee Meeting on 13 November 2024:

• A survey list is prepared from twelve months’ beer scoring (NBSS) statistics. All pubs with a minimum average score of 3.0 from five or more members are included; a score in each of the four quarters is preferred, although consideration is given if just one quarter is missing

• Volunteers survey each of the listed pubs to ensure the information we hold about them is up to date

• Final selection takes place at a branch meeting. The pubs selected will be those with the highest beer scores, as indicated by the NBSS confidence ranking. The meeting may agree changes to the final list, to take into account changes to a pub or other good reasons not reflected by the scores, before voting to agree the final list.