The winners of this year's Branch Pub of the Year (POTY) and Cider Pub of the Year (CPOTY) awards are as follows:

Edinburgh:

• 1st - Dreadnought
• 2nd - Stockbridge Tap
• 3rd (joint) - Guildford Arms & Jolly Judge

Lothians:

• 1st - Volunteer Arms (Staggs), Musselburgh
• 2nd - Dean Tavern, Newtongrange
• 3rd - Grey Horse, Balerno

Borders:

• 1st - Rutherfords, Kelso
• 2nd - Bridge Inn, Peebles
• 3rd (joint) - Cross Inn, Paxton & Salmon Inn, Galashiels

Dreadnought, Staggs, and Rutherfords will now be judged by members of the branch to win our overall branch pub of the year. This will be announced mid March.

Cider Pub of the Year:

• 1st - Jolly Judge
• 2nd - Dreadnought
• 3rd - Steel Coulson Southside

Jolly Judge will now go forward to be judged for the Scottish CPOTY.

Once judging is completed, presentations to the three POTYs, and CPOTY will be organised.

Congratulations to all the pubs on the list!

The Good Beer Guide is the UK’s definitive guidebook to good pubs that serve real ale across the UK. Refreshed and updated for its 53rd edition, it is fully revised and features recommended pubs across the United Kingdom that serve the best real ale as well as a comprehensive listing of UK breweries. This is the complete book for beer lovers and for anyone wanting to experience the UK’s finest pubs. The Good Beer Guide is completely independent, with listings based entirely on evaluation by CAMRA members. The foreword for this year’s guide has been penned by Ed Byrne, comedian and beer lover. Famous for his #preshowpints on social media, he has posted about the various bars and breweries he has sampled around the UK prior to his shows.

The 2026 edition was launched in September 2025. There are around 60 pubs, hotels and other outlets open to the public within our branch area in the new Guide. For more information, see the GBG page at the national CAMRA website.

We are very pleased to announce that Volunteer Arms [Staggs] in Musselburgh is the CAMRA Scottish Pub of the Year 2025! We will be celebrating this and presenting Staggs with their award on Saturday 6th September at 2pm.

The Summer 2025 issue of Pints of View magazine will be appearing shortly in real ale outlets in the branch area. This issue includes articles on Kay’s Bar and Teuchters Landing, a trip to Plzeň, and the 50th anniversary of the branch.

This issue is also available as a downloadable PDF on the Pints of View Magazine page.